WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.339 Yeah, my parents, they had twins, had a kid and 2 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:07.519 then another set of twins. And then whatever got into 3 00:00:07.540 --> 00:00:10.919 their mind, they had five more after that. And I 4 00:00:10.939 --> 00:00:15.820 happen to be number 10. I'm not complaining. I'm very happy. Big, beautiful, 5 00:00:15.859 --> 00:00:19.219 wonder family. And today's topic is near and dear to 6 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:23.179 my heart because we're jumping into what Pastor Dwayne already prefaced. 7 00:00:23.949 --> 00:00:27.370 It's a controversy type of deal thing, but it shouldn't be. 8 00:00:28.269 --> 00:00:34.000 And we're reiterating kingdom values, kingdom mindsets, kingdom agendas, per se. 9 00:00:34.420 --> 00:00:36.619 And our goal this morning is that we're going to 10 00:00:36.659 --> 00:00:38.820 talk about what the kingdom is all about. And we're 11 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:42.520 going to try to dismantle the weapons that the enemy 12 00:00:42.579 --> 00:00:49.399 has positioned against us that's crept into the bride of 13 00:00:49.450 --> 00:00:54.130 Christ and to our mentality and deceived us on certain levels. 14 00:00:54.350 --> 00:01:00.310 You guys ready? So I will say beforehand, I apologize. 15 00:01:00.789 --> 00:01:05.590 I'm very sorry. In my heart, I have no intention 16 00:01:05.659 --> 00:01:09.200 to offend, to hurt or harm nobody in this room, 17 00:01:09.659 --> 00:01:13.859 nobody watching online. I don't want to shame anybody's experience 18 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:16.659 of what you've been through, what you've done, or the 19 00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:20.319 mentality maybe that you've had until this point. My biggest 20 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:23.700 goal and desire is to take you higher into a 21 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:25.780 place that might be better for us as the kingdom 22 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:30.329 of God. Okay. So please forgive me in advance, but 23 00:01:31.049 --> 00:01:34.290 more than anything, keep your heart open. Okay. Cause my, 24 00:01:34.930 --> 00:01:38.420 my goal this morning is to tell you kids are okay. 25 00:01:39.230 --> 00:01:42.299 It's okay to have kids. I'm going to talk about 26 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:44.700 some things that are, that are going to be harmful 27 00:01:45.260 --> 00:01:46.959 because of the way we grew up, but they shouldn't 28 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.040 be harmful to us. Okay, cool. So y'all forgive me 29 00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:54.019 in ahead of time. Cool. So the topic that I 30 00:01:54.099 --> 00:01:58.000 chose when the list of topics came up, this one 31 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.780 was near and dear to my heart just because my 32 00:02:00.829 --> 00:02:02.709 wife and I couldn't have kids for a while. We 33 00:02:02.750 --> 00:02:04.849 actually were married for almost 10 years before we had 34 00:02:04.890 --> 00:02:07.290 a kid. And for five of those years, they were really, 35 00:02:07.349 --> 00:02:10.729 really hard. just because we tried really hard to have 36 00:02:10.770 --> 00:02:13.129 a child, and we believe, we pray, we did everything 37 00:02:13.180 --> 00:02:15.419 we could to have a kid, and we couldn't, and 38 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.379 many of you joined us on that journey to pray 39 00:02:17.419 --> 00:02:19.539 and believe with us, and I want to thank you 40 00:02:19.659 --> 00:02:23.379 for that, and through the power of communion with pastors, 41 00:02:24.539 --> 00:02:27.550 they slipped out, but Joe and Sandy, they sat down 42 00:02:27.590 --> 00:02:29.930 with us. We had communion, and That was a breakthrough 43 00:02:29.939 --> 00:02:32.590 moment for us. And shortly after that, literally two weeks 44 00:02:32.689 --> 00:02:36.789 after that, my wife conceived. And praise the Lord for that. 45 00:02:37.310 --> 00:02:40.870 It's been almost three years since that moment. But through 46 00:02:40.909 --> 00:02:43.310 that power, we were able to have a child. And 47 00:02:43.509 --> 00:02:46.469 we're going to have many more in Jesus' name. Ten 48 00:02:46.530 --> 00:02:51.439 is nothing. We got this. Amen. So this topic is 49 00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:53.199 near and dear to my heart. So when it came 50 00:02:53.379 --> 00:02:55.120 up in our list of topics, I knew I had 51 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:56.819 to talk about this. And it's such an honor to 52 00:02:56.840 --> 00:03:00.319 talk about it today. Because I believe it's on the 53 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:06.099 father's heart. His children. Okay. And so I titled this, 54 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:10.379 no kids, no future. Can you say that with me? 55 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:15.360 No kids, no future. One more time. No kids, no future. 56 00:03:17.490 --> 00:03:26.219 Very blunt, very direct, very simple, very truthful. Okay. So 57 00:03:26.590 --> 00:03:29.789 I decided to take the liberty to do a dive 58 00:03:29.830 --> 00:03:37.129 into recent studies performed by big organizations that do studies. 59 00:03:37.770 --> 00:03:39.430 I'm going to get into some of those. But as 60 00:03:39.469 --> 00:03:41.830 I was going into the studies, I was a bit troubled. 61 00:03:41.909 --> 00:03:45.449 And it made me really tear up. And so this morning, 62 00:03:45.909 --> 00:03:48.069 I'm going to bring some of these to you. And 63 00:03:48.090 --> 00:03:50.300 I'm also going to bring the scripture to you as 64 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:55.639 well to help us understand why the current tread in 65 00:03:56.270 --> 00:04:01.599 trend in society is demonic. Okay. So right now there's 66 00:04:01.620 --> 00:04:07.219 something that's called a replacement fertility rate, replacement fertility rate. 67 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:11.580 We need every female to give birth to at least 68 00:04:11.740 --> 00:04:16.370 two to just reproduce what we have right now. It's 69 00:04:16.410 --> 00:04:19.370 actually 2.1 because you got to account for the mishaps 70 00:04:19.449 --> 00:04:24.819 and certain situations that happen early on. So Every female 71 00:04:24.860 --> 00:04:27.170 needs to do at least two. And this is males too. 72 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:31.850 You got to understand it takes two anyway. So right now, 73 00:04:32.110 --> 00:04:36.470 since about 2007, we hit a moment in the US 74 00:04:36.509 --> 00:04:40.069 history where it was above two and we tanked right 75 00:04:40.180 --> 00:04:46.740 underneath two. 2007. We hit like a 1.9 something. Okay. 76 00:04:47.259 --> 00:04:52.810 And since 2007, we've been gradually declining in our efforts 77 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.199 in society To reproduce. 1.9, 1.8, 1.9, 1.7, 1.8. Now 78 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.089 we're at 1.59. 1.59. Right now, between the ages of 79 00:04:58.079 --> 00:04:59.949 25 and 30, two-thirds of the females don't have a 80 00:04:59.949 --> 00:05:03.879 child in the prime of their fertility and don't want it. 81 00:05:22.550 --> 00:05:25.689 They're choosing to not have kids. You know, some of 82 00:05:25.769 --> 00:05:28.509 us might say, what are they doing? This is not 83 00:05:28.550 --> 00:05:32.879 a direct reflection of females only. Maybe it's the men 84 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:36.699 that don't know that they're men. The females have nothing 85 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:40.300 to depend on. This isn't just a directional word and 86 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:44.779 singling somebody out. This is a society that we're living in. Okay, 87 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:47.279 and so thankfully here in the church and here at 88 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:50.829 New Horizons, We're not of this mindset, but we don't 89 00:05:51.029 --> 00:05:55.180 also engage in society to change the culture and transform. 90 00:05:55.899 --> 00:05:59.459 So I'm coming with you at 100% passion this morning, okay? 91 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:02.100 And my goal is that the fire that I have 92 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:05.120 would light you up and that you would go back 93 00:06:05.180 --> 00:06:09.649 into your society and contend for the future and contend 94 00:06:09.689 --> 00:06:14.089 and believe for something greater than yourself, okay? And so 95 00:06:14.230 --> 00:06:19.339 right now at a 1.59 ratio, You know, that's not 96 00:06:19.379 --> 00:06:21.759 like every mom has to have two kids. It could 97 00:06:21.779 --> 00:06:25.439 be one mom has one kid, but the other has three. 98 00:06:26.050 --> 00:06:27.930 Or one mom has 10, and then she gives a 99 00:06:27.970 --> 00:06:30.730 freebie to like four moms. You know what I'm saying? 100 00:06:31.550 --> 00:06:34.889 But generally, if we're going on average, everyone needs to 101 00:06:34.930 --> 00:06:37.579 have at least two just to replenish. But if we 102 00:06:37.620 --> 00:06:39.720 want to expand and grow, we need to be like 103 00:06:39.779 --> 00:06:42.199 at a three. You know what I'm saying? If you're 104 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:45.480 at a four, hallelujah. Bless your life. And if you 105 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:49.279 got more, amen. All the better. But at the end 106 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:53.480 of the day, we as a society are rejecting the 107 00:06:53.660 --> 00:06:59.579 idea of replacing or replenishing or multiplying or doing our 108 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:03.319 due diligence as humanity. And so right now, the craziest 109 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:07.639 thing is that people in the secular world are studying 110 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:11.300 what is going on. What is this phenomena? What is 111 00:07:11.339 --> 00:07:13.600 going on? And they've put a name to this thing. 112 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:21.620 It's called the baby bust situation. Baby bust. Now you 113 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:27.100 and I, knowing that God is all about reproduction, we 114 00:07:27.139 --> 00:07:31.060 understand that this mindset of being a baby bust mentality 115 00:07:31.860 --> 00:07:36.209 falls into the realm of demonic influence. And so we 116 00:07:36.250 --> 00:07:38.449 can call it this morning as it is the baby 117 00:07:38.509 --> 00:07:44.470 bust demon. And it's our responsibility as heaven's answer on 118 00:07:44.509 --> 00:07:47.920 this earth to cast it out. First and foremost, out 119 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:51.600 of our own mentality, and then out of everybody we encounter. 120 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:59.970 You guys ready? Let's go right into Genesis chapter 1, 121 00:07:59.970 --> 00:08:03.850 verse 27. When we are dealing with culture, we have 122 00:08:03.889 --> 00:08:08.250 to understand the basis and the foundation that we stand 123 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:12.540 on is not feelings. It's not opinions. It's his word 124 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:16.879 and his scripture. And in Genesis chapter 1, the scriptures 125 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:20.240 talk about on the sixth day, God created male and 126 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:23.180 female in his image. So it says, verse 27, so 127 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:28.689 God created human beings in his own image. And in 128 00:08:28.709 --> 00:08:31.589 the image of God, he created them, male and female, 129 00:08:31.649 --> 00:08:38.879 he created them. Watch this next verse. Then God blessed 130 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:43.629 them and said, blessed. Say it with me. Be fruitful 131 00:08:44.149 --> 00:08:50.690 and multiply. You know what that's called? The baby boom blessing. 132 00:08:52.049 --> 00:08:56.340 Say it with me. Baby boom blessing. So God has 133 00:08:56.379 --> 00:08:58.700 given us a command. By the way, this is not 134 00:08:58.740 --> 00:09:02.460 a suggestion. This is actually written in the fabric of 135 00:09:02.539 --> 00:09:09.159 our DNA. to replenish, to repopulate, to advance and grow 136 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:22.049 and build and do this thing out there. There's a 137 00:09:22.090 --> 00:09:26.090 Pew Research Center that did the study where they asked 138 00:09:26.289 --> 00:09:31.909 adults that are 50 and under who do not have children, 139 00:09:33.450 --> 00:09:39.700 They asked them a simple question. Why no kids? Why 140 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:49.879 no kids? Do you want to hear the results? 57% said, 141 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:55.710 I just don't want kids. Like, that was the first 142 00:09:55.769 --> 00:10:01.340 response out of 57 people. 57% of the people. First 143 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:07.200 initial honest response. I don't want kids. Do you understand 144 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:11.340 that this kind of mentality doesn't just happen? This is 145 00:10:11.379 --> 00:10:17.039 a cultural shift over a period of time. I just 146 00:10:17.090 --> 00:10:22.840 don't want kids. 47, 44% said they want to focus 147 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:30.139 on other things like career, hobbies, personal interests. And so 148 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.919 what they did is the same group of people, after 149 00:10:32.970 --> 00:10:38.350 they responded, they asked, okay, you have no kids. You 150 00:10:38.370 --> 00:10:41.730 wanted to have more personal time. You just didn't want kids. 151 00:10:42.090 --> 00:10:47.559 So how has your life been easier today? Because I 152 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:52.279 feel like that question really gets into the real reasoning 153 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.960 of why you're not having kids, right? So how has 154 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:04.809 it been easier? And 90% of these people, or excuse me, 155 00:11:04.809 --> 00:11:10.990 80% of these people said they have more time for themselves. 79%. 156 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:22.600 So life is cheaper. They can afford to do more 157 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:31.210 things they want to do. I want to present something 158 00:11:31.230 --> 00:11:36.210 to you this morning, and it's sobering. That this response, 159 00:11:38.509 --> 00:11:41.070 the attitude, the heart of that. 160 00:11:40.990 --> 00:11:52.299 Response, it's an anti-Christ response. It's an anti-Christ response. 161 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:59.759 It's an anti-kingdom response. It's an attitude that rejects Christ. 162 00:12:02.850 --> 00:12:04.929 And I know in this church here, we don't have, 163 00:12:05.789 --> 00:12:09.570 we're not dealing with that much, but out there we are. 164 00:12:11.769 --> 00:12:13.929 You got to worry about you. You first take care 165 00:12:13.950 --> 00:12:22.389 of you. It's this attitude of selfishness. and we sacrifice 166 00:12:22.450 --> 00:12:26.129 the future on the altar of the God of self. 167 00:12:27.169 --> 00:12:32.100 We've made idols unto ourselves of ourselves. Think about it. 168 00:12:32.710 --> 00:12:35.009 Even in the subconscious, we're always thinking, how can we 169 00:12:35.049 --> 00:12:37.090 better our lives? What can we do better to grow? 170 00:12:37.129 --> 00:12:40.659 What can we do better to grow what we have 171 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:43.549 and increase and And, oh, they're affecting me, so I can't. 172 00:12:43.590 --> 00:12:47.210 They're blocked out. Block. Don't bother me. I'm going over here. 173 00:12:47.230 --> 00:12:48.870 Over here. Somebody affected me. 174 00:12:48.909 --> 00:12:49.090 Nope. 175 00:12:49.509 --> 00:12:52.009 That's nope. I'm going to worry about myself. All about me. 176 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.769 This attitude, it's anti-Christ. I want to bring something up. 177 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:03.159 In Luke chapter 9, the disciples were arguing with the 178 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:08.629 same vibe, same attitude. Talking about who's the greatest among them. Selfish. 179 00:13:09.110 --> 00:13:13.559 Same attitude. Same spirit. Talking about who among them is 180 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:20.360 the greatest? Who among them has maybe great achievements? Self-promotion. 181 00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:27.269 Sacrificing each other on their own titles. His disciples began 182 00:13:27.309 --> 00:13:31.450 to argue about which of them was the greatest. But 183 00:13:31.610 --> 00:13:37.610 Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child. Huh. 184 00:13:38.450 --> 00:13:42.100 A little child to himself. I want you to catch 185 00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:48.039 this next part. Then he said to them, anyone who 186 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:53.500 welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me. 187 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:04.570 Anyone who welcomes a little one welcomes Christ. It's interesting 188 00:14:04.610 --> 00:14:08.059 how society is rejecting the little ones. I just don't 189 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:11.580 want them. I just don't like them. They're an inconvenience 190 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.019 to my time. They're an inconvenience to my future, to 191 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:21.620 my money, to my interests, to my hobbies. But Jesus 192 00:14:21.750 --> 00:14:25.970 welcomes them in. Another part of the scripture says that 193 00:14:26.029 --> 00:14:28.450 their angels are in the very presence of God, the 194 00:14:28.509 --> 00:14:35.820 little ones. They welcome me and they also welcome my 195 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:41.779 father who sent me. This is very important. Whoever is 196 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:45.100 the least among you is the greatest. So he takes 197 00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:48.789 a child, puts a child in his lap. And he's saying, 198 00:14:50.289 --> 00:14:54.350 the least among you is the greatest. He is showing 199 00:14:54.850 --> 00:14:58.580 us the body of Christ. He was showing us the 200 00:14:58.820 --> 00:15:02.059 attitude of Christ to be the least. How many of 201 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:05.480 us know that Jesus didn't come to be served? He 202 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:09.250 came to serve. How many of us know that on 203 00:15:09.289 --> 00:15:11.389 the day he was betrayed, on that evening, on the 204 00:15:11.450 --> 00:15:13.970 last supper, he got on his knee and began to 205 00:15:14.049 --> 00:15:17.269 wash the disciples' feet? It wasn't about humility. It was 206 00:15:17.330 --> 00:15:20.460 about a lifestyle that we ought to carry. That's why 207 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:24.200 he said, you must do what I do. He said 208 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:27.220 to us, you must take my example for if you 209 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:30.639 do not take this posture of serving one another and 210 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:32.870 not caring about your own interest but the interest of 211 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:36.509 your neighbor and the future generation, you have no part 212 00:15:36.570 --> 00:15:46.470 with me. The result of an antichrist mentality has two 213 00:15:46.549 --> 00:15:51.830 devastating results. The first one is abortion. It's real. They 214 00:15:51.889 --> 00:15:56.190 interfere with my future, so Done. In 2022, Roe v. 215 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:58.519 Wade was overturned. And a lot of us in the 216 00:15:58.580 --> 00:16:05.820 church were like, praise the Lord. Righteousness wins. It was delegalized, 217 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:09.220 de-enforced legalized over all the states, but still give them 218 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:12.120 the opportunity to do whatever they want per state. So 219 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:16.210 some states banned it, some didn't. But you know what 220 00:16:16.289 --> 00:16:19.629 lifted up? Telehealth. You know, right now, 29% of abortions 221 00:16:19.669 --> 00:16:25.799 happen via telehealth. Take a pill, boom. You could be 222 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:27.799 in a state that banned it and call a doctor 223 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:30.120 in New York, say, what's up? They'll ship it to 224 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:36.320 you and New York laws protect their own doctors. How 225 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:39.740 many of us know that changing legislation is good and godly, 226 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:43.519 but it does not change a heart? This is a 227 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:46.679 cultural mind that you and I have been given by 228 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:49.360 God to go into the culture and say no. No. 229 00:16:50.389 --> 00:16:54.250 Your child matters to the heavenly father, to your future, 230 00:16:54.529 --> 00:16:57.690 to me. I will walk this journey. I will adopt. 231 00:16:57.990 --> 00:17:00.289 I will do what it needs to happen. But it 232 00:17:00.350 --> 00:17:03.269 takes us, the bride of Christ, to stand up in 233 00:17:03.350 --> 00:17:06.430 our rightful place and say no more. We're going to 234 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:08.920 fight for our future. We're going to fight for the 235 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:13.960 kingdom of heaven on this earth. Since 2020, there's been 236 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:19.609 a 21% increase in abortions. Roe v. Wade didn't do 237 00:17:19.730 --> 00:17:24.230 nothing for that. I'm not saying it wasn't beneficial. We 238 00:17:24.269 --> 00:17:27.589 should vote all the more. But I'm saying this is 239 00:17:27.650 --> 00:17:30.640 a heart issue. This is an issue that you and 240 00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:34.039 I are tasked. We can't do it from here. We're 241 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:36.240 only talking to you. You're the ones. You're the hands 242 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:39.019 and feet. You're the mouth of God on this earth. 243 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.390 We're here just to stir each other up, encourage one 244 00:17:42.450 --> 00:17:45.970 another to go do the works. to go speak the words, 245 00:17:46.029 --> 00:17:50.589 to go encourage change, transform the culture and society. One 246 00:17:50.650 --> 00:17:58.170 in four current pregnancies result in abortions. Two thirds of 247 00:17:58.210 --> 00:18:04.059 these abortions are happening to females in their 20s. I 248 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:09.359 want you to think about this. It's not underage. Like 249 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:13.960 2% is 17 or younger. We're talking about in the 250 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:20.569 prime The society has engraved into our minds that kids 251 00:18:20.670 --> 00:18:27.900 are a hindrance. Kids are a burden. Kids are wrong 252 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:32.859 for what we have in our future. It's quite the opposite. 253 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:41.119 In Exodus, we find that kids were murdered when Moses 254 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:44.539 was born. The time of Moses, they took all the males, 255 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:48.359 threw them in the Nile, killed them all, killed them all. 256 00:18:49.269 --> 00:18:55.049 It's all on the altar of selfishness. Pharaoh, oh my God, 257 00:18:55.890 --> 00:18:58.430 these Hebrews are going to overtake us and turn on us, 258 00:18:58.529 --> 00:19:02.190 kill them all, kill all the boys. The time of Jesus, 259 00:19:03.369 --> 00:19:08.779 we also find the same thing. Herod sent his soldiers 260 00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:13.410 to kill every boy two and under. Why? Because King Jesus, 261 00:19:13.490 --> 00:19:19.049 the light that has come, threatens selfish agendas. That was 262 00:19:19.349 --> 00:19:24.859 a physical manifestation. That was in the seen realm. Right 263 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:27.779 now it's happening in the spiritual. It's happening in the unseen. 264 00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:35.230 It's happening by a pill. How many of us know 265 00:19:35.269 --> 00:19:38.730 that because kids are written in the fabric of who 266 00:19:38.769 --> 00:19:41.509 we are as people... When you don't have kids and 267 00:19:41.529 --> 00:19:43.900 when you become a society that doesn't have kids, it 268 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:47.119 leaves a void in your heart. It leaves something that 269 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:50.150 you we're just called to love on something. We want 270 00:19:50.170 --> 00:19:55.779 to love something. We want to go make babies without 271 00:19:55.819 --> 00:20:04.759 having babies. You'll get it tomorrow. But we've become a 272 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:09.170 society that's all about self and how we feel. And unfortunately, 273 00:20:09.190 --> 00:20:14.470 it has led us down this path with the second 274 00:20:14.950 --> 00:20:19.589 atrocity almost to say, I'm only talking about statistics right now. 275 00:20:21.509 --> 00:20:23.809 With this void in our heart, it needs to be filled. 276 00:20:23.849 --> 00:20:27.150 We understand that, right? And so it led us to 277 00:20:27.190 --> 00:20:33.319 this number two violation. It's adoption and not the way 278 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:37.339 you're thinking. I want you to hear me good because 279 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:42.519 I'm not pointing anybody out. The abortion of kids and 280 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:52.059 the adoption of pets. Please. I understand that it's like 281 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:57.279 70 to 80% of households have pets. There was a 282 00:20:57.319 --> 00:21:02.349 study done with our society with the intention of not 283 00:21:02.390 --> 00:21:05.829 having kids to have pets. And they asked them, why 284 00:21:05.890 --> 00:21:08.079 don't you have a kid? You want to hear some 285 00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:14.859 of the results? 70% say a pet substitutes a child. 286 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:23.769 You know that there's twice as many pets, pet homes, 287 00:21:24.750 --> 00:21:29.369 as there is kid homes? There's about 160 million homes 288 00:21:29.430 --> 00:21:34.109 in the U.S. with pets. You want to hear how 289 00:21:34.150 --> 00:21:37.559 many kid homes? Under 18. So this is a long list. Long, 290 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:44.369 long term of time. We got 73 million kid homes 291 00:21:44.410 --> 00:21:50.630 right now. 163 million pet homes and 73 million kid homes. 292 00:21:51.670 --> 00:21:55.700 In 2002, it was about 50-50. We're still growing. We're 293 00:21:55.720 --> 00:22:00.240 still good. 2007, these numbers went bad the other way. 294 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:02.299 We have right now, we're at a 70% pet home 295 00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:09.609 ratio to a 40% kid home ratio. It's pretty drastic. 296 00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:17.880 It's pretty heavy. So they asked these same people, why 297 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:22.400 no kids? They said to substitute a child. 69% said 298 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:25.240 a pet is easier than a child. How do they know? 299 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:28.940 I don't know. Do you know how many doggy daycares 300 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:31.670 there are? How much money it is? 48% have said 301 00:22:31.710 --> 00:22:34.450 it's cheaper. The other 50 are realistic. They understand pets 302 00:22:34.470 --> 00:22:42.440 are expensive. 51% of these individuals who do not, who 303 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:45.910 choose to not have a kid because it substitutes, a 304 00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:49.369 pet substitute says, a pet is equal or more value 305 00:22:49.470 --> 00:22:54.950 to a human. A pet. I want you to go 306 00:22:54.990 --> 00:22:57.150 back to Genesis if you can. Is that Devin back there? Devin, 307 00:22:57.170 --> 00:23:02.099 go back to Genesis 1.28. Watch, fill the earth and 308 00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:05.420 govern it after be fruitful and multiply. Rain over the 309 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:07.980 fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and 310 00:23:08.029 --> 00:23:12.789 all the animals that scurry along the ground. Notice, and 311 00:23:12.890 --> 00:23:15.609 please don't take offense, it doesn't say confide in the animals. 312 00:23:16.589 --> 00:23:23.029 And I, please, I understand there's scientific, there's emotional things, there's, 313 00:23:23.490 --> 00:23:27.759 I understand. But we're confiding in animals more than the 314 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:34.400 presence of Jesus. Do you understand that we as a society, 315 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:37.599 not us in the room, we're perfect, but we as 316 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:40.259 a society are choosing to look at a face of 317 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:44.039 a pet, at the face of the living God. We're 318 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:48.930 rejecting the very blessing that God has given us and 319 00:23:49.029 --> 00:23:52.690 sacrificing our future as a society on the altar of self. 320 00:23:56.349 --> 00:23:59.890 Have a... brother in Christ named Shane Winnings that goes 321 00:23:59.950 --> 00:24:04.410 around college campuses and does viral videos where he records 322 00:24:05.190 --> 00:24:08.200 certain things that are kind of tricky, but he walked 323 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:11.859 around and with a clipboard, hey, there's these pets that 324 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:16.240 are being aborted, forced abortions, and we're signing a petition 325 00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:18.279 for the pets that are being aborted to stop them 326 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:21.140 getting aborted. Would you sign this? And he probably had 327 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:23.680 like a 90 plus percent ratio of like, yes, I 328 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:26.440 will sign that. And then the next clipboard is like, 329 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:28.769 they're doing the same thing to humans. Would you sign that? 330 00:24:28.789 --> 00:24:36.109 It's like, no, I won't sign that. This is real. 331 00:24:36.970 --> 00:24:40.299 Because society has said a pet is not an inconvenience, 332 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:44.440 but a human is. And that is demonic. So the 333 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:53.849 question today is, are kids a burden? Wow. The word 334 00:24:53.930 --> 00:24:58.049 burden is a very objective term. Not in society. Society 335 00:24:58.130 --> 00:25:02.640 has labeled burden as a negative connotation, as an oppressive term. 336 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:10.079 And generally, it's used as an oppressive term. Saying kids 337 00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:11.569 are going to take your money. They're going to take 338 00:25:11.609 --> 00:25:14.950 your future. They're going to take your sleep. They're going 339 00:25:14.970 --> 00:25:17.900 to take everything from you and leave you high and dry. Why? 340 00:25:20.109 --> 00:25:22.630 Maybe that mentality has led us to be such a 341 00:25:22.710 --> 00:25:25.869 separation between the kids you do have and where we're 342 00:25:25.930 --> 00:25:31.339 at now. The attitude that we have leads us down 343 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:36.000 a wrong path. I want to bring a scripture here. 344 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:39.859 Matthew chapter 11 verse 28. Watch what Jesus says. Can 345 00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:42.589 I get the keys whenever there's a chance? Thank you. 346 00:25:45.369 --> 00:25:51.609 Jesus said, come to me All of you who are 347 00:25:51.690 --> 00:25:55.309 weary and carry heavy burdens and I will give you rest. 348 00:25:55.329 --> 00:26:00.329 Next verse. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach 349 00:26:00.369 --> 00:26:03.589 you because I'm humble and gentle at heart and you 350 00:26:03.990 --> 00:26:06.630 will find rest for your souls. And watch this next part. 351 00:26:07.190 --> 00:26:11.849 For my yoke is easy to bear and the burden, 352 00:26:11.890 --> 00:26:19.319 say burden. Burden that he gives us. The burden that 353 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:28.130 I give you is light or it's easy. I wonder 354 00:26:28.390 --> 00:26:34.230 if it's a kingdom burden, children. It's a burden of blessing. 355 00:26:34.730 --> 00:26:39.180 It's a burden. Of maturity. It's a burden of purpose. 356 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:42.809 It's a burden of honor. It's a burden that gives 357 00:26:42.829 --> 00:26:46.470 you something to live for. It's a burden of legacy. 358 00:26:46.769 --> 00:26:50.140 It's a burden that gives us. The opportunity to live. 359 00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:55.309 The Christian life out on this earth. Family. Family. is 360 00:26:55.369 --> 00:26:58.170 one of the biggest pillars of society. And if the 361 00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:00.859 enemy knows in the time of Moses, he can snuff 362 00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:03.279 that out. In the time of Jesus, he can snuff 363 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:06.980 that out. And in your present time, in the 21st century, 364 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:10.480 if he's snuffing that out at a 25% ratio right now, 365 00:27:10.769 --> 00:27:12.250 what do you think it's going to be in 10 366 00:27:12.250 --> 00:27:27.140 years unless you rise up? Excuse my passion. It's Father's Day. 367 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:32.380 What do you think is on his heart? His kids. 368 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:37.319 You're on his heart. So this morning, there's no shame. 369 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:42.579 There's no condemnation. Some of us have just believed a lie, maybe, 370 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:46.339 in our history. This morning is just an opportunity to say, God, 371 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.900 I don't want even to listen to what Roman has 372 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.210 to say. I want to listen to what you have 373 00:27:50.230 --> 00:27:52.150 to say. I want to open that scripture and see 374 00:27:52.250 --> 00:27:55.490 who you are, your nature, your character. What you value, 375 00:27:55.529 --> 00:27:57.529 I want that to be the value system of mine. 376 00:27:59.269 --> 00:28:01.609 Some of us carry mentalities of like, well, if I 377 00:28:01.670 --> 00:28:03.549 can't be a blessing in my kid's life, I don't 378 00:28:03.569 --> 00:28:07.470 want kids at all. I'm telling you what, you have 379 00:28:07.509 --> 00:28:11.650 no idea. You have no idea what God has for you. 380 00:28:11.750 --> 00:28:14.380 Some of us are provoked to restore relationships with our 381 00:28:14.410 --> 00:28:16.859 kids right now. There might be a father or two 382 00:28:16.890 --> 00:28:18.299 in this room that's saying, you know what, I haven't 383 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:21.200 fathered really well. And maybe that's why my kids don't 384 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:24.079 want to have kids. And maybe this morning is a 385 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:26.390 moment of, Of like, I'm going to man up. And 386 00:28:26.430 --> 00:28:29.269 I'm going to show what servanthood looks like. Wash the 387 00:28:29.309 --> 00:28:31.930 feet of my kids. Come in humility and say, you 388 00:28:31.970 --> 00:28:34.309 know what? I know I'm wrong. Maybe I'm not. But 389 00:28:34.329 --> 00:28:37.450 it doesn't matter. I'll take that. I'll take that. And 390 00:28:37.549 --> 00:28:40.329 I'll take that. Whatever it is, I'll carry that. I 391 00:28:41.329 --> 00:28:44.140 just want to be restored to my purpose. And that's 392 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:47.160 being a father. That's being a mother. That's being a leader. 393 00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:50.180 That's being an influencer. That's going into the society that 394 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:52.460 God has put you in. And say, you know what? 395 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:56.349 You matter to me. You matter to me. Your future 396 00:28:56.410 --> 00:29:00.210 matters to me. This morning, would you just stand to 397 00:29:00.230 --> 00:29:04.769 your feet? I don't know if you're in the room 398 00:29:04.809 --> 00:29:08.390 and you're convicted to just be a mouthpiece or if 399 00:29:08.410 --> 00:29:12.470 you're convicted to potentially repent or if you're convicted to say, 400 00:29:12.490 --> 00:29:14.049 you know what? I don't even know what he's talking about, 401 00:29:14.069 --> 00:29:16.309