WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.320 Well, welcome to church. I always say that when I get up here, 2 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:08.320 church is my favorite part of the whole week. Church is my favorite 3 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:12.000 thing in life. Even I'm a little church mouse. I told you last 4 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.839 week. I'm a little church mouse. Church mouse. And we are starting 5 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:20.239 a series. We started last week and we're continuing to go right now, 6 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:27.399 and it's called the My Church Series. Can you tell it's everywhere right? 7 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:31.679 If you were a little confused, just move your eye a little bit and 8 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:35.320 then you'll get clarity. But the My Church Pathway, I'm going to talk 9 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:38.719 to you a little bit today about the my Church Pathway. Our goal here 10 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:42.920 at New Horizon is that each of you would begin to absolutely love church. 11 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:50.479 Oh that's better. I want you to love church. And the reason I 12 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:56.679 want you to love church is because Jesus loves church. Jesus loves church. 13 00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:00.960 God loves the church, and you are the church. And it's amazing. 14 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:04.920 So but our church, of what we talk about right now is my church. 15 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:10.000 This is my church. Can you say that this is my church? 16 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.959 Can you say that? We want you all to step away from saying their 17 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.200 church, that church, the church down the road, the one I go 18 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:19.519 to every once in a while and be able to say, no new horizon, 19 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.480 this place is my church. Now if you want to make another church 20 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:27.439 your church, awesome. I love every single church. I drive by every 21 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:32.319 church I d I reach my hand out and I bless them. I hope 22 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:34.879 you do too. Bless that church. You know they're going through it. 23 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.519 You know they have troubles, you know they have an assignment. You know 24 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.480 they have stuff to do. You know they have great people in there. 25 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.319 You know they're birth and babies in the House of God. Reach your hand 26 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.319 out and bless every church you drive to and then go to your church. 27 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.439 Go to the one that says you can say this is my church. Amen. 28 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.680 And I'm hoping that as the day goes by, you're going to understand 29 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:02.400 why I'm saying these things. But so the my Church kind of series that 30 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:07.079 we're doing, it's, uh, it's got two big words that are associated 31 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.800 with it. So it would be it's our way of assimilation if you're new, 32 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:15.240 to kind of bring you in and synthesize you into the fabric of this 33 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:21.400 church. And also if you're a longtime member and you've been in this church, 34 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.319 we got to keep you integrated just because you just because you're sitting in 35 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:29.520 the garage. Doesn't make you a car right just because you come to church, 36 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:34.560 it don't make you a strong member, a strong, healthy piece of 37 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:38.800 that church. Amen. So this whole situation, it has four different sections 38 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:43.280 to it. We want you and the words are really little, so put 39 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:47.879 your glasses on if you need them. So we ask four different kind of 40 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:52.360 pathways. The my home, which is the membership that says, this is 41 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:57.719 my home, church, my community. This is my group of people that 42 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.800 I know and I get together with on a small group basis. This is 43 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:06.560 my team. This is the team that I serve on, and then my 44 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:09.360 growth. In other words, I want we want you to be involved in 45 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:15.560 some of the teaching and the wisdom that comes out of church. See Church 46 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:23.960 formed me, Church continues to form me. The Bible declares that it's through 47 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:31.400 the church, somebody say, church, that the manifold wisdom of God will 48 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:40.759 be made manifest to principalities and powers of this age. It's through the church. 49 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:51.520 Wisdom flows out of the church. Friday night we had club wed. 50 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:55.319 Wisdom for your marriages flows out of the Word of God, and out of 51 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:00.360 the church, wisdom for your family, wisdom for your business wisdom. Now, 52 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:05.759 wisdom is different than knowledge because knowledge is knowing. Wisdom is how do 53 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:11.719 you make knowledge work in your life right? And a lot of people they 54 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:15.400 gotten, they gotten the know how, but they don't have the wisdom to 55 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.800 bring it forth. And that's what you get in church. Church is amazing. 56 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:28.319 I love church. Church is. Church is the underpinning of Western civilization. 57 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:33.399 You pull the church out of Western civilization and it will collapse. This 58 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:45.000 is the foundation for society. Church is the stabilizing force. Church is called. 59 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:48.360 Jesus called you the salt of the earth. In other words, you 60 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:57.360 are sprinkled all over the place so the earth won't rot. That's you, 61 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:01.920 that's us together. This also says that you are the light of the world. 62 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:06.360 In other words, if you don't shine out there, the world becomes 63 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:15.439 a very dark place. So you're the light. I'm telling you, the 64 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:19.800 church is so vital and so important. The church is. As Frank was 65 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:25.759 stealing my thunder up here, my next line was gonna be Frank, this 66 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:32.519 is my line. The church, Jesus declares, is the thing that will 67 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:39.560 stand against the gates of hell. And guess who wins the church? Because 68 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:44.600 Jesus has declared that the gates of Hell will not fail, will not prevail. 69 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:47.600 So that tells me that the Church is, as I said last week, 70 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:53.879 gonna come toe to toe with darkness, with evil, with Hell itself. 71 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:58.439 And we better not shrink back. We better not waiver, we better 72 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:02.240 not wonder, we better not get afraid, because our savior, Lord Jesus 73 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:08.920 Christ, has declared that we will be the victor in his tandem with him 74 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:11.720 against the gates of Hell. Turn to your neighbor and say, you and 75 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:16.000 I are gonna win against the gates of Hell. You may be wondering who's 76 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:20.120 gonna win us or the gates of Hell. Well, Jesus already told us, 77 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:32.720 So quit wondering, get out there and stand. I'm preaching really good. 78 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:43.040 The church is also called the Body of Christ. It's very interesting. 79 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:48.240 The church is powerful. It's large. The Church is the largest group of 80 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:55.639 people in the world. Did you know that two point eight billion Christians worldwide? 81 00:06:55.680 --> 00:07:00.279 Two thousand years ago it was zero. Now it's the biggest belief group 82 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.319 on the planet. And you are part of it. You are a part 83 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:08.480 of a winning organization. And the enemy wants you to be so scared, 84 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:16.040 so fragmented, but it's based in a lie. The truth is that you're 85 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:23.560 a part of something very big and something very amazing. The church is not 86 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:28.800 anemic. It's growing, it's gaining straight and the church is doing amazing things, 87 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.800 doing amazing things. Now, some churches are struggling a little bit here 88 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:36.120 and there, but I will tell you what that on the whole, the 89 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:46.319 church is winning. Jesus is winning through the church. Hallelujah. So I 90 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:48.120 told you. The church is sometimes called the body of Christ. And the 91 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.360 reason why he talks about that is that, now if he says that, 92 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:56.480 that means I can look at my body and get some ideas of what he's 93 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:00.879 meaning. Okay, so my body, he's the body of Christ. Or 94 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.879 we are the body of Christ. He's the head. We are all the 95 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.600 body. Right. Well, I have a body, I have a head, 96 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:11.399 and I have a body, and my body kind of looks like one 97 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:16.279 unit. Right, this is me, Count me as one, right, 98 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:22.040 But really, what I am is the sum total of twenty eight billion little 99 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:31.240 tiny cells. And every one of my little tiny twenty eight billion cells are 100 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:35.519 busy little places. Inside of each one of my twenty eight billion cells, 101 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:41.399 there's a little manual and inside that manual is what God wrote about what I'm 102 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:46.000 supposed to be. It has written in there the color of my eyes, 103 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.960 the color of my hair, how tall I'll be, what all look like? 104 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.320 And every one of my cells reads that and goes, Okay, this 105 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:01.360 is what I am. This is my identity. I am not something else. 106 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.279 I am Joel, and I'm gonna do my very best to build Joel. 107 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:13.919 I have twenty eight billion little tiny pieces of cells that reads its instruction 108 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:18.080 and becomes just like me. And inside of each one of my cells there's 109 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:24.159 these little things called mitochonda. Anybody know what mitochondria is, right, So 110 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:31.080 there's these little time are you a medical person a nurse? That's right? 111 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:35.159 So inside of every single cell there's these little things called mitochondria, And inside 112 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:41.320 of mitochondria there are a little powers like power plant, and they make these 113 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:48.240 things called a d P a dino try a dinocene triphosphate ATP sorry. ATP 114 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:54.480 is energy, it's strength, it's ability. So every one of my cells 115 00:09:54.519 --> 00:10:01.120 has to be really strong and really healthy and really a and so that all 116 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:05.320 of my twenty eight billion cells can stand at attention and do what I want 117 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:15.799 it to do. Now, I Joel inhabits what my cells have built. 118 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:24.440 I am not my cells. I am a spirit. But I live inside 119 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:31.039 of the sum total of all of my cells. And depending on the health 120 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:37.960 of every one of my cells, that will enable me as Joel to do 121 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.679 great things. But if everyone of my cells is not healthy, kind of 122 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:48.960 weak, not really doing what it's supposed to do, then when I try 123 00:10:48.000 --> 00:11:00.159 to express Joel, my body won't be there to help. Right. So 124 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:03.919 the other day we went out and we played soccer as a family. I 125 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.519 have always been fairly capable of getting myself out on the field to do sports 126 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:13.519 type activities. I've usually been able to hold my end up of any team. 127 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:18.399 And we're out there and I saw the ball rolling towards me. It 128 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:22.240 was about ten feet off to the side, and my head said, Joel, 129 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:24.240 we're gonna go get that ball, and we're gonna steal it away from 130 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:28.080 Ryan. Ryan is my son in law who is six' four and really 131 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:31.559 big, and the I was going to get in there and steal it from 132 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.679 him. So head said, run really fast, be very cool as you 133 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:41.399 run, and swing your leg out and just hit that ball and steal from 134 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:48.320 So my head said, my cells had a different story. My cells were 135 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.399 some of them were yawning, some of them were sitting around, some of 136 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:56.480 them were sleeping, some of them were confused. So when my body said, 137 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:58.960 you know, okay, let's go, I started running. I was 138 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:05.279 kind of like and I went to swing my leg and I threw my leg 139 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:11.039 out right down my back and I missed the ball. Okay, So what 140 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:16.759 happened was the sum total of not very healthy cells. So I walked away 141 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:20.840 saying, okay, self, we're going on a diet, we're gonna start 142 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:24.120 exercise, and we're gonna change life up. But what I'm trying to tell 143 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:31.639 you is I am the sum total of the health and strength of all of 144 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:37.840 my cells. Now, the Kingdom of God is the same way. We 145 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:45.039 are called the Body of Christ. The body of Christ. The local church 146 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:50.720 is the building block of the Body of Christ. There are thirty seven million 147 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:58.840 local churches worldwide, thirty seven million of us that get together on a weekly 148 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:05.799 basis. And every single one of those thirty seven million churches needs to be 149 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:11.399 healthy, needs to be strong, They need to be well put together, 150 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.799 well united. They need to be organized, and they need to be honest, 151 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.639 you know, to be to be unified with one another. They need 152 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:24.559 to come together so that that body, that cell can be there at attention. 153 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.879 And when God says I'm gonna move in the earth, because He inhabits 154 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:39.080 every cell, every church, that's where he is. He expresses himself inside 155 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:43.519 of every church, and he's waiting for the church to come together, and 156 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:52.279 he inhabits that gathering in that church. You see what I'm saying. See 157 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:58.960 where I'm going. The church, the local church is the building block of 158 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:03.320 the Kingdom of God, of the body of Christ, of the expression that 159 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:07.960 He wants to bring forth. He wants us, and he wants his kingdom. 160 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.399 He wants to say, okay, people, we're gonna go out there 161 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:13.279 right now and the world needs us. We're gonna go out. We're gonna 162 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.039 you know, He gives us all of the directions, and we got to 163 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.559 come out the gate ready to go. We don't want to be limping. 164 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:31.159 I love the church. God gives the church pastors. Pastors are the ones 165 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.039 that pull us all together and say, good, come on, guys, 166 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.559 we take care of you, we give you the word, we change you, 167 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:39.480 we wash you. The Holy Spirit comes and does his work and he 168 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.960 makes us is our goal here at New Horizon, that this church. I 169 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.879 can't speak to other churches, but that this church, if this is your 170 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:52.919 church, if this is my church, that we as the leaders of this 171 00:14:52.080 --> 00:15:01.240 church, would lead us well, that this church can be expression of God. 172 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:05.120 That when he says go, we are right there, ready to go. 173 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.480 When he says stop, we stop. When he says sit, we 174 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.519 sit. When he says put your hands out and give. When he says 175 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:15.960 go over there, and minister here and minister there, we are right there 176 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:20.600 and ready to go. Because we are a healthy church. We have strength 177 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:26.480 inside of us. We're not wiped out, We're not burned out. We 178 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:30.720 are not tired of this. We're not bored with this. We're not distracted 179 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:37.840 by the world and their problems. We are a mighty, mighty unit of 180 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:48.320 the Body of Christ. The church is a busy place, just like the 181 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:54.759 cell is a busy place. I need eight volunteers. Come on eight, 182 00:15:56.120 --> 00:16:00.799 Sebastian, you're gonna be another one. Come on up, I got one. 183 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.639 You were up here last week, weren't too. You know exactly what's 184 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:07.759 happening roun two. Come on up, Come on up, Joey, Sebastian, 185 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:11.639 are you trying to get your your friends there to help you. Come 186 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:17.200 up and be the hero. We'll leave those guys behind. Okay, come 187 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:18.840 on up. I need some more. I need some more. I only 188 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:23.840 have three. Here's four. I need eight of you. I need eight 189 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:29.519 of you. There's another one, Devin. Come on. Yeah, you're 190 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:33.480 gonna get voluntold in just a second. Oh, here comes Lona. Come 191 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.879 on up. One, two, three, four, five, six seven 192 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:48.600 one more. There we go, Come on up eight. So I am 193 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.720 the pastor of this local church. The Bible says that you are all lively 194 00:16:53.799 --> 00:17:00.039 stones that He's gathered up today, and you have become a little living sacrife. 195 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:03.480 You woke up this morning and you said, I'm not going to live 196 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:07.799 my life for myself today. I am going to go to the House of 197 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:11.839 God and I'm gonna worship together with all of the rest of my lively stones, 198 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:18.440 so that we can build a sanctuary for God to inhabit. Now, 199 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:22.200 the church is not this building. The church is every soul that comes into 200 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:27.240 the building. So these are some lively stones. These are some living sacrifices 201 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:32.799 that have chosen to come together today. Amen. So I'm the pastor, 202 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:37.799 So I am going to get all of these living stones. Put in a 203 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:44.519 place to where they can just build the most beautiful right there. Push and 204 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:48.279 you come over. You know what this is all about. Okay, job, 205 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:51.039 come here. You're right here. Now, you guys have to spread 206 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:52.920 apart because we've got to have room for lots of people here. Okay, 207 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:57.440 now, hey, would you help me? Would you help me? Okay, 208 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:02.799 take this and grab another one. We're gonna make a little sanctuary here. 209 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.759 Put that over there. Hey, will you help me? Gerard, 210 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:14.200 thank you for helping. Give them a hand. Okay, all the rest 211 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.720 of you forre keep holding your arms up. Come on, we gotta have 212 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:22.400 nice, nice, really cool looking church. Keep them up. Okay the 213 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:26.119 rest of you. Welcome to church. How are you? Come on in 214 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:30.279 over here? People, This is the front door. Okay, you can 215 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.680 have a seat right here. Yeah, are you comfortable. Here's your coffee? 216 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.839 There you go. Come on in, welcome, have a seat, 217 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.799 have a seat. You guys all doing? Okay? All right? Come 218 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:41.640 on, come on in and have a seat. You can sit in the 219 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.240 front row. The preacher is a really good preacher, and she spits all 220 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:55.960 the time. You're right. So here's the church right here, and the 221 00:18:56.039 --> 00:19:00.559 music starts playing and the people inside they're worshiping, and how is it? 222 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:04.680 Hallelujah, hallelujah? How you doing? Amen? Is you feeling good? 223 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:08.759 I feel this? Hallelujah? How you doing? Back here? You feeling 224 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:11.319 the love? I feel the love? You feel in the love? How 225 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:15.920 you doing? Oh? Yeah? Praise praise God? What fun? Fun? 226 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:18.759 Fun? Fun? You know what your arms? How are your arms 227 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:22.680 feeling? Praise the Lord? How are they feeling though they're on fire? 228 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:29.160 They're on fire with Jesus or because they're tired a little bit of both. 229 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:33.160 Okay, so we got us a church going here. How's your arms doing? 230 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:40.799 Here's a They're okay, they're kind of shaking a little bit, getting 231 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:44.920 kind of tired. All right? Well, hey, you know what, 232 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:48.759 I don't know about you, but you would you be I got I got 233 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.759 a worker back here that needs a break, see you right there? Would 234 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:56.119 you be willing to help out? Would you? Oh? Wow? Come 235 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:59.319 on over here? Yeah? Now, Devin, you could come over here. 236 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:04.200 You could just say here, it's another Sunday worship. Woo. How 237 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:08.000 you feeling fine? Your arm's getting tired? No? Okay, well you 238 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:12.640 can keep working. How are you're feeling they're a little burning. They're burning, 239 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:17.519 don't drop them. Okay, Hey, how about you? Would you 240 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:21.319 like to help someday? Oh you will help? Well, come on over 241 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:23.279 here. Look at what I got. I got some help. But you 242 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:29.920 can sit down. So what we have here is we've got a really healthy 243 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:33.920 church. A lot is going on, a lot of energy is being expended. 244 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:37.720 Amazing people are coming in from the community. They're feeling the love of 245 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:41.200 God, They're feeling the presence of God. Because the Bible says in one 246 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:48.079 Corinthians three sixteen that don't you realize that together you have become God's inner sanctuary, 247 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:53.279 and that the spirit of God makes his permanent home in you. This 248 00:20:53.440 --> 00:21:03.400 is God's permanent home. Not this this because these lively stones decided to come 249 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:08.200 to church today and kind of help out. How's your arms doing over there? 250 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:11.359 Kind of you're kind of lowering them. Wouldn't it be nice if you 251 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:15.799 could, maybe one Sunday a month not have to come and hold your arms 252 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:18.839 up? Wouldn't that be nice? Hey, would you like to help? 253 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.359 Why don't you do that? All right? All right? And hey, 254 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:26.799 would you be willing to help out over here? So Sebastian could maybe sit 255 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:30.440 down, look at that. Okay. Now the next Sunday. We've got 256 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:33.559 our teams in place. We've got everybody helping one another. Let's pretend it's 257 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:40.079 the next Sunday. Everybody switch on your Marcus, I go switch, find 258 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:42.400 your place, get on your team, lift up your arms, sit down, 259 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:51.119 that's your job. Okay, and it's the next Sunday. Everybody switch, 260 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:57.279 find your place, sit down, worship God. Party. Who are 261 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:03.759 your arms feeling better? Okay, next Sunday, every switch whoa Now, 262 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:10.440 this is a church that can run the distance. This is a church. 263 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:15.759 Everybody's switch. It's the next Sunday. There you go. This is a 264 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:19.400 church that we'll be able to beat the gates a hell because we're not exhausted. 265 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:23.519 This is a church that's working together. This is a church that's unified. 266 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:30.000 Switch it's the next week. This is a church that works together and 267 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:36.039 loves one another. We don't have observers, we don't have concert goers. 268 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:41.039 We have bodies of the Christ that come together and serve one another. Give 269 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:55.799 them a hand. You guys can go sit down. This is what makes 270 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:59.319 a good church. I think if I ask to every soul in this room, 271 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:04.000 do you want a good church. Every one of us lungs for a 272 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:12.200 good church, a healthy church, an effective church. Every one of us 273 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:17.160 want to be involved in a place that when God says, do this, 274 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:22.680 we're right there doing it because we're healthy and we're strong, we're healed. 275 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:33.000 You spend all week with Holy Spirit and you and He washes you, and 276 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:37.640 you read the Word, and you grow and you have your prayer times and 277 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:42.079 you become more and more like Him individually. But when we come together, 278 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:49.640 when the lively stones come together and be living sacrifices, laying down what you 279 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:55.960 want to do, dyne to your own will and desires, dying to your 280 00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:00.720 own ambitions, and are willing to come together and build the House of God, 281 00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:11.440 we will see his presence. We will see his presence. I love 282 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.440 the verse. You guys don't have it back there, So don't worry, 283 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:22.440 mister projection, Brad, how many of you I love, Brad, come 284 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:29.079 and be his living stones who are continually being assembled into the sanctuary for God. 285 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:34.640 For now you serve as holy priests, offering up spiritual sacrifices that He 286 00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:42.720 readily accepts through Jesus Christ. That is church, and that is what I 287 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:47.799 lay my life down for That's why I get up in the morning, and 288 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:49.160 that's why I love every single one of you during in the not did you 289 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:55.640 see me up yours? Just looking at you, taken you in. You 290 00:24:55.720 --> 00:25:00.680 are my gift. But you know what the Word says, says that I'm 291 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:06.680 your gift because I'm your pastor. Duange your pastor. He's my pastor, 292 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:12.799 He's my gift. God gives you gifts called pastors. Pastors are to bring 293 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:18.279 the Word, and pastors are to encourage you to conform to the Word, 294 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:25.759 whether you like it or not. I heard that over there. Who was 295 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:30.000 that that was laughing at me? That's my job. If I don't, 296 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.200 the Bible says, I'm going to stand before God and give an account for 297 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:37.400 what I have done with my life. But because I'm a pastor, I 298 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:41.440 also have to give account for you. You don't have to give an account 299 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.480 for me. I have to give an account for you. So that means 300 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.720 me, my husband, the rest of us who are on staff here as 301 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:56.880 pastors. It is incumbent upon us that we teach you well. So are 302 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:03.559 you ready for some word? This is not me, this is God speaking 303 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:06.279 to you. Are you ready? So? Brad the next ones are gonna 304 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:10.240 go fire, rapid fire fast. Are you ready back there? Don't you 305 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:15.920 wish you could be a projection person? Absolutely? The answer is yes one 306 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:21.920 Peter four, ten and eleven. Every believer has received grace gifts, so 307 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:26.480 use them to serve one another as faithful stewards of a mini colored tapestry of 308 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.319 God's grace. I'm gonna skip to the next one, Mark ten five. 309 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:36.240 For even the son of Man did not come expecting to be served by everyone. 310 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:41.000 That's Jesus himself, but to serve everyone and to give his life as 311 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:47.519 the ransom price for this salvation of many Galatians five point thirteen. You, 312 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:51.160 my brothers and sisters, were called to be free, but do not use 313 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:56.720 your freedom to induldulge in the flesh. Rather serve one another humbly in love 314 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:03.920 Hebrew. For God the faithful one is not unfair. How can he forget 315 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:07.880 the beautiful work that you have done for him. He remembers the love you 316 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:14.880 demonstrated as you continually serve his beloved ones for the glory of his name. 317 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:22.000 Philippians two four. Abandon every display of selfishness, possess a greater concern for 318 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:26.559 what matters to others instead of your own interests Matthew twenty three eleven. The 319 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:33.839 greatest, I mean the greatest. That doesn't leave much out between you and 320 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:40.119 the greatest. The greatest among you will be the one who always serves. 321 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:48.240 This is a truth. God wants to bring his lively stones together. Not 322 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:52.759 so we get a warm, fuzzy feeling and get filled up for the week. 323 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:59.920 But that happens. That happens every time because his presence meets us. 324 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:04.319 But God brings us together, and he says, I want you to serve 325 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:10.720 one another. Why that's dumb. Don't you know how important I am. 326 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:21.480 Don't you think you should serve me? I work hard all week. I 327 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:23.599 don't need to come to church and serve people I don't even know or like. 328 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:34.880 But God commands us to serve. Because when you serve, you can't 329 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:45.200 be proud. And serve you immediately become humble. You immediately become a living 330 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:49.359 sacrifice when you serve, and God calls us to be living sacrifices. Once 331 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:52.680 again, let me remind you what a living sacrifice is. It's someone who 332 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:57.160 has died but not yet, someone who has completely died, but you're still 333 00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:08.839 alive. Say, I am a living sacrifice. I am a part of 334 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:17.759 a local church. I am a part of the body of Christ. Amen, 335 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:27.920 did I hurt you too bad? So when you stand before God and 336 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:33.799 you give an account for your life, some of it's going to be gold 337 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:37.759 and gems, the Bible says, but some of it's going to be straw, 338 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:45.240 little sticks. Those things will burn up. But the things that are 339 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:51.759 left are what you're going to offer. I want my arms so full. 340 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:56.640 I want a backpack packed up. I want a rolling bag. I'm taken 341 00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:00.240 with me. I want my purse stuff. I want my pocket stuff, 342 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:08.519 so many gems, the things that don't burn up, so that I can 343 00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:15.599 dump it at the feet of Jesus. So I just want to encourage you 344 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:25.839 here today. Let's make New Horizon the healthiest church on the planet. Let's 345 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:30.480 just do it. Let's do it. Let's buck the tide. Let's buck 346 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:33.960 the tide. I want every marriage in New Horizon to be the strongest, 347 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:38.400 most healthiest marriage. You know, they say that churches Christians have the same 348 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:41.440 divorce rate as the world. I'm just gonna say not. Here at New 349 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:47.119 Horizon, our marriages are strong. Are they perfect? Absolutely not? But 350 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:53.799 are they strong and healthy? Absolutely. Children are falling left and right in 351 00:30:53.920 --> 00:31:00.720 this world, but not New Horizon kids. They are gonna so the Lord. 352 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:06.240 They're gonna serve the Lord. They're gonna know what God's love is. 353 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:14.440 Churches all across America, they're defined by the few that do a lot of 354 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:18.799 work. New Horizon is going to be exactly the opposite. All the people 355 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:30.039 are gonna do a little bit of work. You didn't clap very hard for 356 00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:37.640 that one. You're all shouting and hooping about the marriages. But I want 357 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:42.720 this church to express the love of Christ. And I want this church to 358 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:51.039 be the healthiest of all churches. And Duyna and I pledge to be the 359 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:56.880 best pastors we can be. We're gonna fail, we're gonna make mistakes, 360 00:31:57.400 --> 00:32:00.799 but there's gonna be so much grace and mercy and this place, and we're 361 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.640 all going to be so humble. We're going to hear the word of the 362 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:05.160 Lord, and we're going to conform every one of us. Every one of 363 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:09.240 us stand at the cross, not just you. I do too, Amen. 364 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:13.920 I need all the department heads to go straight to your table. I'm 365 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:22.480 a little bit late, but not too late. These are all heroes. 366 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.559 Everybody, give these heroes a hand. These are all people that have stepped 367 00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:30.480 up said I am willing to take on the responsibility to lead some teams so 368 00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:36.160 that we can have a strong church. These are ones that take teams, 369 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:40.440 take volunteers and build them into teams and make the place just hum right along, 370 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:44.920 just hum right along. So what we have here at New Horizon. 371 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.559 Over here we have deb Morris, who's in charge of the Prayer Ministry. 372 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:52.240 Give a big hand. We have great prayer here. We have the Destiny 373 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:54.440 Prayer Team, which also includes the Prophetic Team. So come on over there, 374 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:59.319 talk to them. We got Sandy over here though Inspire Women's Ministry. 375 00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.920 We've got dessert, we got all sorts of fun. And you know what, 376 00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:06.599 My banana bread is over there. Now listen, people, you have 377 00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:08.960 to go over and talk and you gotta put your name on them, and 378 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:14.079 then you can have a piece of my banana bread. All right, it's 379 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:16.839 really good. Then next to Kingdom Kids, she's coming. I know she's 380 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:21.920 coming. Colleen. Somebody a Debbie, go get Colleen. I am in 381 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.839 charge of Kingdom Kids, so I should be standing over there. I'll just 382 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:28.599 let you know I have a couple of opportunities. Oh yeah, Gerard, 383 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:32.920 that's Colleen's husband. You will do, you will absolutely do. Go over 384 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:36.480 there and say hi to Gerard. I think there's banana bread over there too. 385 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:39.079 I need a couple. I need about four more adult volunteers for second 386 00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:43.400 Service, and my teams will be complete. At this point, we got 387 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:45.880 a few people are having to do extra duty. We don't want that. 388 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:51.920 Hey, listen. When I was in Sunday School, my most favorite teacher 389 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:55.000 was Western Michael was her name. Everybody say Western Michael. She was eighty 390 00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:59.119 years old. She had a gray bun right here, and you know what, 391 00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:06.039 she hadn't yet. She hadn't tapped out yet. She's kept showing up. 392 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:09.639 And I remember sitting in the chair and she would sing Jesus Loves Me, 393 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:15.159 and she was faithful. She was there and it taught me about the 394 00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:19.400 love of God for me. Okay, so much for Kingdom Kids. Go 395 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:22.880 over there and sign up Children's ministry. Oh, here's Colleen. Give her 396 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:27.400 a hand. Children's Ministry over here, Heritage Girls, Trail Life. Don't 397 00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:30.639 tell me there's not a better, more important ministry right now for the world 398 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:36.440 than Heritage Girls and Trail life. Those are boys, okay, teaching boys 399 00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:38.760 to be boys and girls to be girls. We've got tribe youth back there. 400 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.840 If you want to help out with the youth group. There's all sorts 401 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:44.480 of different things you could do back there. There's a food there is my 402 00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:51.320 son back there and his lovely fiancee Wave. It's her banana bat bread recipe. 403 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:54.960 That's on my table. Over here, Food Bank Outreach, Hispanic Ministry. 404 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:58.440 We got Pastor Dennis and Almah. Over here, we got lights. 405 00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:02.800 Lights is so easy, but it's so cool building, help with maintenance, 406 00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:06.960 merchandise, so stuff you can do during the week. Stuff. I want 407 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:12.199 everybody doing something. There's no reason that we should have any lack for strength 408 00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:15.679 in this house. Amen. Over here, we have sound and production. 409 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:20.360 Today was John Town's first day on the soundboard. Give him a hand. 410 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:25.280 He stepped up. Hallelujah. We've got worship and art. So we've got 411 00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:30.840 projection over here, So come on over be willing to just click that mouse 412 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:34.480 for us. Then we don't have to have one person doing it all the 413 00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:37.000 time, just everybody. We don't want anybody burned out. Right, green 414 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:40.480 room and restored life. Come see rock Sanna. We got the cafe. 415 00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:45.320 Make a cup of coffee. People, you all say you love coffee, 416 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:50.320 Come one Sunday a month and make a cup of coffee. Right parking in 417 00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:52.480 security, Brad's gonna have to run over there and do that. Help us, 418 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:55.800 help us keep our cars safe. That's easy. You don't have to 419 00:35:55.840 --> 00:36:00.360 have any great amazing things to be able to do that. You have to 420 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:06.519 be available hospitality over there. I want every aisle to have a mighty man 421 00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:12.159 and woman of God being an usher. Don't I want more hands greeting people 422 00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:15.519 at the doorway when the world comes in. They gotta feel your love. 423 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:21.280 You don't want to be the one that sits here every time, because after 424 00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:25.280 a while it'll start feeling like it's their church. I wanted to feel like 425 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:28.920 it's your church because you're on a team. Or you want me to stop 426 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:34.360 now, we ran out of parking spaces this morning. What in the world 427 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:40.920 Judah's prayer house over here? So I need you all. Do you have 428 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:47.199 a ministry menu card? Did you get a ministry menu card? That was 429 00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:52.760 a long time ago? Man, we worshiped for an eternity. Okay, 430 00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:55.000 pull up your ministry menu cards. Those are all the options for you to 431 00:36:55.000 --> 00:37:01.320 get involved. Everyone does something right, it's a beautiful thing. So I'll 432 00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:08.199 stand up. So there's goodies at every station. I want you to go 433 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:12.679 around, put your name on at least one list. You will be contacted 434 00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:19.679 and given more information about it. But become an integrated part of a local 435 00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:22.840 church. Amen. You're also gonna need to go get your kids eventually. 436 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:28.159 Here today first service forgot all about their children and it was chaos back there. 437 00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:30.360 So my apologies to all of you. But so don't free to buy 438 00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:35.800 your kids, but go around, talk to people, get your name, 439 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:37.960 just do a little something something. Maybe you used to do something something, 440 00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:42.920 maybe you haven't done something something for a long time. Let's do something something. 441 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:45.920 Amen, Father and Jesus name, thank you for today. Thank you 442 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:51.000 for your lively stones and your living sacrifices. God, I thank you in 443 00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:54.679 Jesus' name. Amen. Amen, you are dismissed. Go get some goodies 444 00:37:55.360 --> 00:38:00.000 and get involved. Amen, find a team.