Speaker 1: Yeah, my parents, they had twins, had a kid and
Speaker 1: then another set of twins. And then whatever got into
Speaker 1: their mind, they had five more after that. And I
Speaker 1: happen to be number 10. I'm not complaining. I'm very happy. Big, beautiful,
Speaker 1: wonder family. And today's topic is near and dear to
Speaker 1: my heart because we're jumping into what Pastor Dwayne already prefaced.
Speaker 1: It's a controversy type of deal thing, but it shouldn't be.
Speaker 1: And we're reiterating kingdom values, kingdom mindsets, kingdom agendas, per se.
Speaker 1: And our goal this morning is that we're going to
Speaker 1: talk about what the kingdom is all about. And we're
Speaker 1: going to try to dismantle the weapons that the enemy
Speaker 1: has positioned against us that's crept into the bride of
Speaker 1: Christ and to our mentality and deceived us on certain levels.
Speaker 1: You guys ready? So I will say beforehand, I apologize.
Speaker 1: I'm very sorry. In my heart, I have no intention
Speaker 1: to offend, to hurt or harm nobody in this room,
Speaker 1: nobody watching online. I don't want to shame anybody's experience
Speaker 1: of what you've been through, what you've done, or the
Speaker 1: mentality maybe that you've had until this point. My biggest
Speaker 1: goal and desire is to take you higher into a
Speaker 1: place that might be better for us as the kingdom
Speaker 1: of God. Okay. So please forgive me in advance, but
Speaker 1: more than anything, keep your heart open. Okay. Cause my,
Speaker 1: my goal this morning is to tell you kids are okay.
Speaker 1: It's okay to have kids. I'm going to talk about
Speaker 1: some things that are, that are going to be harmful
Speaker 1: because of the way we grew up, but they shouldn't
Speaker 1: be harmful to us. Okay, cool. So y'all forgive me
Speaker 1: in ahead of time. Cool. So the topic that I
Speaker 1: chose when the list of topics came up, this one
Speaker 1: was near and dear to my heart just because my
Speaker 1: wife and I couldn't have kids for a while. We
Speaker 1: actually were married for almost 10 years before we had
Speaker 1: a kid. And for five of those years, they were really,
Speaker 1: really hard. just because we tried really hard to have
Speaker 1: a child, and we believe, we pray, we did everything
Speaker 1: we could to have a kid, and we couldn't, and
Speaker 1: many of you joined us on that journey to pray
Speaker 1: and believe with us, and I want to thank you
Speaker 1: for that, and through the power of communion with pastors,
Speaker 1: they slipped out, but Joe and Sandy, they sat down
Speaker 1: with us. We had communion, and That was a breakthrough
Speaker 1: moment for us. And shortly after that, literally two weeks
Speaker 1: after that, my wife conceived. And praise the Lord for that.
Speaker 1: It's been almost three years since that moment. But through
Speaker 1: that power, we were able to have a child. And
Speaker 1: we're going to have many more in Jesus' name. Ten
Speaker 1: is nothing. We got this. Amen. So this topic is
Speaker 1: near and dear to my heart. So when it came
Speaker 1: up in our list of topics, I knew I had
Speaker 1: to talk about this. And it's such an honor to
Speaker 1: talk about it today. Because I believe it's on the
Speaker 1: father's heart. His children. Okay. And so I titled this,
Speaker 1: no kids, no future. Can you say that with me?
Speaker 1: No kids, no future. One more time. No kids, no future.
Speaker 1: Very blunt, very direct, very simple, very truthful. Okay. So
Speaker 1: I decided to take the liberty to do a dive
Speaker 1: into recent studies performed by big organizations that do studies.
Speaker 1: I'm going to get into some of those. But as
Speaker 1: I was going into the studies, I was a bit troubled.
Speaker 1: And it made me really tear up. And so this morning,
Speaker 1: I'm going to bring some of these to you. And
Speaker 1: I'm also going to bring the scripture to you as
Speaker 1: well to help us understand why the current tread in
Speaker 1: trend in society is demonic. Okay. So right now there's
Speaker 1: something that's called a replacement fertility rate, replacement fertility rate.
Speaker 1: We need every female to give birth to at least
Speaker 1: two to just reproduce what we have right now. It's
Speaker 1: actually 2.1 because you got to account for the mishaps
Speaker 1: and certain situations that happen early on. So Every female
Speaker 1: needs to do at least two. And this is males too.
Speaker 1: You got to understand it takes two anyway. So right now,
Speaker 1: since about 2007, we hit a moment in the US
Speaker 1: history where it was above two and we tanked right
Speaker 1: underneath two. 2007. We hit like a 1.9 something. Okay.
Speaker 1: And since 2007, we've been gradually declining in our efforts
Speaker 1: in society To reproduce. 1.9, 1.8, 1.9, 1.7, 1.8. Now
Speaker 1: we're at 1.59. 1.59. Right now, between the ages of
Speaker 1: 25 and 30, two-thirds of the females don't have a
Speaker 1: child in the prime of their fertility and don't want it.
Speaker 1: They're choosing to not have kids. You know, some of
Speaker 1: us might say, what are they doing? This is not
Speaker 1: a direct reflection of females only. Maybe it's the men
Speaker 1: that don't know that they're men. The females have nothing
Speaker 1: to depend on. This isn't just a directional word and
Speaker 1: singling somebody out. This is a society that we're living in. Okay,
Speaker 1: and so thankfully here in the church and here at
Speaker 1: New Horizons, We're not of this mindset, but we don't
Speaker 1: also engage in society to change the culture and transform.
Speaker 1: So I'm coming with you at 100% passion this morning, okay?
Speaker 1: And my goal is that the fire that I have
Speaker 1: would light you up and that you would go back
Speaker 1: into your society and contend for the future and contend
Speaker 1: and believe for something greater than yourself, okay? And so
Speaker 1: right now at a 1.59 ratio, You know, that's not
Speaker 1: like every mom has to have two kids. It could
Speaker 1: be one mom has one kid, but the other has three.
Speaker 1: Or one mom has 10, and then she gives a
Speaker 1: freebie to like four moms. You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 1: But generally, if we're going on average, everyone needs to
Speaker 1: have at least two just to replenish. But if we
Speaker 1: want to expand and grow, we need to be like
Speaker 1: at a three. You know what I'm saying? If you're
Speaker 1: at a four, hallelujah. Bless your life. And if you
Speaker 1: got more, amen. All the better. But at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, we as a society are rejecting the
Speaker 1: idea of replacing or replenishing or multiplying or doing our
Speaker 1: due diligence as humanity. And so right now, the craziest
Speaker 1: thing is that people in the secular world are studying
Speaker 1: what is going on. What is this phenomena? What is
Speaker 1: going on? And they've put a name to this thing.
Speaker 1: It's called the baby bust situation. Baby bust. Now you
Speaker 1: and I, knowing that God is all about reproduction, we
Speaker 1: understand that this mindset of being a baby bust mentality
Speaker 1: falls into the realm of demonic influence. And so we
Speaker 1: can call it this morning as it is the baby
Speaker 1: bust demon. And it's our responsibility as heaven's answer on
Speaker 1: this earth to cast it out. First and foremost, out
Speaker 1: of our own mentality, and then out of everybody we encounter.
Speaker 1: You guys ready? Let's go right into Genesis chapter 1,
Speaker 1: verse 27. When we are dealing with culture, we have
Speaker 1: to understand the basis and the foundation that we stand
Speaker 1: on is not feelings. It's not opinions. It's his word
Speaker 1: and his scripture. And in Genesis chapter 1, the scriptures
Speaker 1: talk about on the sixth day, God created male and
Speaker 1: female in his image. So it says, verse 27, so
Speaker 1: God created human beings in his own image. And in
Speaker 1: the image of God, he created them, male and female,
Speaker 1: he created them. Watch this next verse. Then God blessed
Speaker 1: them and said, blessed. Say it with me. Be fruitful
Speaker 1: and multiply. You know what that's called? The baby boom blessing.
Speaker 1: Say it with me. Baby boom blessing. So God has
Speaker 1: given us a command. By the way, this is not
Speaker 1: a suggestion. This is actually written in the fabric of
Speaker 1: our DNA. to replenish, to repopulate, to advance and grow
Speaker 1: and build and do this thing out there. There's a
Speaker 1: Pew Research Center that did the study where they asked
Speaker 1: adults that are 50 and under who do not have children,
Speaker 1: They asked them a simple question. Why no kids? Why
Speaker 1: no kids? Do you want to hear the results? 57% said,
Speaker 1: I just don't want kids. Like, that was the first
Speaker 1: response out of 57 people. 57% of the people. First
Speaker 1: initial honest response. I don't want kids. Do you understand
Speaker 1: that this kind of mentality doesn't just happen? This is
Speaker 1: a cultural shift over a period of time. I just
Speaker 1: don't want kids. 47, 44% said they want to focus
Speaker 1: on other things like career, hobbies, personal interests. And so
Speaker 1: what they did is the same group of people, after
Speaker 1: they responded, they asked, okay, you have no kids. You
Speaker 1: wanted to have more personal time. You just didn't want kids.
Speaker 1: So how has your life been easier today? Because I
Speaker 1: feel like that question really gets into the real reasoning
Speaker 1: of why you're not having kids, right? So how has
Speaker 1: it been easier? And 90% of these people, or excuse me,
Speaker 1: 80% of these people said they have more time for themselves. 79%.
Speaker 1: So life is cheaper. They can afford to do more
Speaker 1: things they want to do. I want to present something
Speaker 1: to you this morning, and it's sobering. That this response,
Speaker 1: the attitude, the heart of that.
Speaker 2: Response, it's an anti-Christ response. It's an anti-Christ response.
Speaker 1: It's an anti-kingdom response. It's an attitude that rejects Christ.
Speaker 1: And I know in this church here, we don't have,
Speaker 1: we're not dealing with that much, but out there we are.
Speaker 1: You got to worry about you. You first take care
Speaker 1: of you. It's this attitude of selfishness. and we sacrifice
Speaker 1: the future on the altar of the God of self.
Speaker 1: We've made idols unto ourselves of ourselves. Think about it.
Speaker 1: Even in the subconscious, we're always thinking, how can we
Speaker 1: better our lives? What can we do better to grow?
Speaker 1: What can we do better to grow what we have
Speaker 1: and increase and And, oh, they're affecting me, so I can't.
Speaker 1: They're blocked out. Block. Don't bother me. I'm going over here.
Speaker 1: Over here. Somebody affected me.
Speaker 2: Nope.
Speaker 1: That's nope. I'm going to worry about myself. All about me.
Speaker 1: This attitude, it's anti-Christ. I want to bring something up.
Speaker 1: In Luke chapter 9, the disciples were arguing with the
Speaker 1: same vibe, same attitude. Talking about who's the greatest among them. Selfish.
Speaker 1: Same attitude. Same spirit. Talking about who among them is
Speaker 1: the greatest? Who among them has maybe great achievements? Self-promotion.
Speaker 1: Sacrificing each other on their own titles. His disciples began
Speaker 1: to argue about which of them was the greatest. But
Speaker 1: Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child. Huh.
Speaker 1: A little child to himself. I want you to catch
Speaker 1: this next part. Then he said to them, anyone who
Speaker 1: welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me.
Speaker 1: Anyone who welcomes a little one welcomes Christ. It's interesting
Speaker 1: how society is rejecting the little ones. I just don't
Speaker 1: want them. I just don't like them. They're an inconvenience
Speaker 1: to my time. They're an inconvenience to my future, to
Speaker 1: my money, to my interests, to my hobbies. But Jesus
Speaker 1: welcomes them in. Another part of the scripture says that
Speaker 1: their angels are in the very presence of God, the
Speaker 1: little ones. They welcome me and they also welcome my
Speaker 1: father who sent me. This is very important. Whoever is
Speaker 1: the least among you is the greatest. So he takes
Speaker 1: a child, puts a child in his lap. And he's saying,
Speaker 1: the least among you is the greatest. He is showing
Speaker 1: us the body of Christ. He was showing us the
Speaker 1: attitude of Christ to be the least. How many of
Speaker 1: us know that Jesus didn't come to be served? He
Speaker 1: came to serve. How many of us know that on
Speaker 1: the day he was betrayed, on that evening, on the
Speaker 1: last supper, he got on his knee and began to
Speaker 1: wash the disciples' feet? It wasn't about humility. It was
Speaker 1: about a lifestyle that we ought to carry. That's why
Speaker 1: he said, you must do what I do. He said
Speaker 1: to us, you must take my example for if you
Speaker 1: do not take this posture of serving one another and
Speaker 1: not caring about your own interest but the interest of
Speaker 1: your neighbor and the future generation, you have no part
Speaker 1: with me. The result of an antichrist mentality has two
Speaker 1: devastating results. The first one is abortion. It's real. They
Speaker 1: interfere with my future, so Done. In 2022, Roe v.
Speaker 1: Wade was overturned. And a lot of us in the
Speaker 1: church were like, praise the Lord. Righteousness wins. It was delegalized,
Speaker 1: de-enforced legalized over all the states, but still give them
Speaker 1: the opportunity to do whatever they want per state. So
Speaker 1: some states banned it, some didn't. But you know what
Speaker 1: lifted up? Telehealth. You know, right now, 29% of abortions
Speaker 1: happen via telehealth. Take a pill, boom. You could be
Speaker 1: in a state that banned it and call a doctor
Speaker 1: in New York, say, what's up? They'll ship it to
Speaker 1: you and New York laws protect their own doctors. How
Speaker 1: many of us know that changing legislation is good and godly,
Speaker 1: but it does not change a heart? This is a
Speaker 1: cultural mind that you and I have been given by
Speaker 1: God to go into the culture and say no. No.
Speaker 1: Your child matters to the heavenly father, to your future,
Speaker 1: to me. I will walk this journey. I will adopt.
Speaker 1: I will do what it needs to happen. But it
Speaker 1: takes us, the bride of Christ, to stand up in
Speaker 1: our rightful place and say no more. We're going to
Speaker 1: fight for our future. We're going to fight for the
Speaker 1: kingdom of heaven on this earth. Since 2020, there's been
Speaker 1: a 21% increase in abortions. Roe v. Wade didn't do
Speaker 1: nothing for that. I'm not saying it wasn't beneficial. We
Speaker 1: should vote all the more. But I'm saying this is
Speaker 1: a heart issue. This is an issue that you and
Speaker 1: I are tasked. We can't do it from here. We're
Speaker 1: only talking to you. You're the ones. You're the hands
Speaker 1: and feet. You're the mouth of God on this earth.
Speaker 1: We're here just to stir each other up, encourage one
Speaker 1: another to go do the works. to go speak the words,
Speaker 1: to go encourage change, transform the culture and society. One
Speaker 1: in four current pregnancies result in abortions. Two thirds of
Speaker 1: these abortions are happening to females in their 20s. I
Speaker 1: want you to think about this. It's not underage. Like
Speaker 1: 2% is 17 or younger. We're talking about in the
Speaker 1: prime The society has engraved into our minds that kids
Speaker 1: are a hindrance. Kids are a burden. Kids are wrong
Speaker 1: for what we have in our future. It's quite the opposite.
Speaker 1: In Exodus, we find that kids were murdered when Moses
Speaker 1: was born. The time of Moses, they took all the males,
Speaker 1: threw them in the Nile, killed them all, killed them all.
Speaker 1: It's all on the altar of selfishness. Pharaoh, oh my God,
Speaker 1: these Hebrews are going to overtake us and turn on us,
Speaker 1: kill them all, kill all the boys. The time of Jesus,
Speaker 1: we also find the same thing. Herod sent his soldiers
Speaker 1: to kill every boy two and under. Why? Because King Jesus,
Speaker 1: the light that has come, threatens selfish agendas. That was
Speaker 1: a physical manifestation. That was in the seen realm. Right
Speaker 1: now it's happening in the spiritual. It's happening in the unseen.
Speaker 1: It's happening by a pill. How many of us know
Speaker 1: that because kids are written in the fabric of who
Speaker 1: we are as people... When you don't have kids and
Speaker 1: when you become a society that doesn't have kids, it
Speaker 1: leaves a void in your heart. It leaves something that
Speaker 1: you we're just called to love on something. We want
Speaker 1: to love something. We want to go make babies without
Speaker 1: having babies. You'll get it tomorrow. But we've become a
Speaker 1: society that's all about self and how we feel. And unfortunately,
Speaker 1: it has led us down this path with the second
Speaker 1: atrocity almost to say, I'm only talking about statistics right now.
Speaker 1: With this void in our heart, it needs to be filled.
Speaker 1: We understand that, right? And so it led us to
Speaker 1: this number two violation. It's adoption and not the way
Speaker 1: you're thinking. I want you to hear me good because
Speaker 1: I'm not pointing anybody out. The abortion of kids and
Speaker 1: the adoption of pets. Please. I understand that it's like
Speaker 1: 70 to 80% of households have pets. There was a
Speaker 1: study done with our society with the intention of not
Speaker 1: having kids to have pets. And they asked them, why
Speaker 1: don't you have a kid? You want to hear some
Speaker 1: of the results? 70% say a pet substitutes a child.
Speaker 1: You know that there's twice as many pets, pet homes,
Speaker 1: as there is kid homes? There's about 160 million homes
Speaker 1: in the U.S. with pets. You want to hear how
Speaker 1: many kid homes? Under 18. So this is a long list. Long,
Speaker 1: long term of time. We got 73 million kid homes
Speaker 1: right now. 163 million pet homes and 73 million kid homes.
Speaker 1: In 2002, it was about 50-50. We're still growing. We're
Speaker 1: still good. 2007, these numbers went bad the other way.
Speaker 1: We have right now, we're at a 70% pet home
Speaker 1: ratio to a 40% kid home ratio. It's pretty drastic.
Speaker 1: It's pretty heavy. So they asked these same people, why
Speaker 1: no kids? They said to substitute a child. 69% said
Speaker 1: a pet is easier than a child. How do they know?
Speaker 1: I don't know. Do you know how many doggy daycares
Speaker 1: there are? How much money it is? 48% have said
Speaker 1: it's cheaper. The other 50 are realistic. They understand pets
Speaker 1: are expensive. 51% of these individuals who do not, who
Speaker 1: choose to not have a kid because it substitutes, a
Speaker 1: pet substitute says, a pet is equal or more value
Speaker 1: to a human. A pet. I want you to go
Speaker 1: back to Genesis if you can. Is that Devin back there? Devin,
Speaker 1: go back to Genesis 1.28. Watch, fill the earth and
Speaker 1: govern it after be fruitful and multiply. Rain over the
Speaker 1: fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and
Speaker 1: all the animals that scurry along the ground. Notice, and
Speaker 1: please don't take offense, it doesn't say confide in the animals.
Speaker 1: And I, please, I understand there's scientific, there's emotional things, there's,
Speaker 1: I understand. But we're confiding in animals more than the
Speaker 1: presence of Jesus. Do you understand that we as a society,
Speaker 1: not us in the room, we're perfect, but we as
Speaker 1: a society are choosing to look at a face of
Speaker 1: a pet, at the face of the living God. We're
Speaker 1: rejecting the very blessing that God has given us and
Speaker 1: sacrificing our future as a society on the altar of self.
Speaker 1: Have a... brother in Christ named Shane Winnings that goes
Speaker 1: around college campuses and does viral videos where he records
Speaker 1: certain things that are kind of tricky, but he walked
Speaker 1: around and with a clipboard, hey, there's these pets that
Speaker 1: are being aborted, forced abortions, and we're signing a petition
Speaker 1: for the pets that are being aborted to stop them
Speaker 1: getting aborted. Would you sign this? And he probably had
Speaker 1: like a 90 plus percent ratio of like, yes, I
Speaker 1: will sign that. And then the next clipboard is like,
Speaker 1: they're doing the same thing to humans. Would you sign that?
Speaker 1: It's like, no, I won't sign that. This is real.
Speaker 1: Because society has said a pet is not an inconvenience,
Speaker 1: but a human is. And that is demonic. So the
Speaker 1: question today is, are kids a burden? Wow. The word
Speaker 1: burden is a very objective term. Not in society. Society
Speaker 1: has labeled burden as a negative connotation, as an oppressive term.
Speaker 1: And generally, it's used as an oppressive term. Saying kids
Speaker 1: are going to take your money. They're going to take
Speaker 1: your future. They're going to take your sleep. They're going
Speaker 1: to take everything from you and leave you high and dry. Why?
Speaker 1: Maybe that mentality has led us to be such a
Speaker 1: separation between the kids you do have and where we're
Speaker 1: at now. The attitude that we have leads us down
Speaker 1: a wrong path. I want to bring a scripture here.
Speaker 1: Matthew chapter 11 verse 28. Watch what Jesus says. Can
Speaker 1: I get the keys whenever there's a chance? Thank you.
Speaker 1: Jesus said, come to me All of you who are
Speaker 1: weary and carry heavy burdens and I will give you rest.
Speaker 1: Next verse. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach
Speaker 1: you because I'm humble and gentle at heart and you
Speaker 1: will find rest for your souls. And watch this next part.
Speaker 1: For my yoke is easy to bear and the burden,
Speaker 1: say burden. Burden that he gives us. The burden that
Speaker 1: I give you is light or it's easy. I wonder
Speaker 1: if it's a kingdom burden, children. It's a burden of blessing.
Speaker 1: It's a burden. Of maturity. It's a burden of purpose.
Speaker 1: It's a burden of honor. It's a burden that gives
Speaker 1: you something to live for. It's a burden of legacy.
Speaker 1: It's a burden that gives us. The opportunity to live.
Speaker 1: The Christian life out on this earth. Family. Family. is
Speaker 1: one of the biggest pillars of society. And if the
Speaker 1: enemy knows in the time of Moses, he can snuff
Speaker 1: that out. In the time of Jesus, he can snuff
Speaker 1: that out. And in your present time, in the 21st century,
Speaker 1: if he's snuffing that out at a 25% ratio right now,
Speaker 1: what do you think it's going to be in 10
Speaker 1: years unless you rise up? Excuse my passion. It's Father's Day.
Speaker 1: What do you think is on his heart? His kids.
Speaker 1: You're on his heart. So this morning, there's no shame.
Speaker 1: There's no condemnation. Some of us have just believed a lie, maybe,
Speaker 1: in our history. This morning is just an opportunity to say, God,
Speaker 1: I don't want even to listen to what Roman has
Speaker 1: to say. I want to listen to what you have
Speaker 1: to say. I want to open that scripture and see
Speaker 1: who you are, your nature, your character. What you value,
Speaker 1: I want that to be the value system of mine.
Speaker 1: Some of us carry mentalities of like, well, if I
Speaker 1: can't be a blessing in my kid's life, I don't
Speaker 1: want kids at all. I'm telling you what, you have
Speaker 1: no idea. You have no idea what God has for you.
Speaker 1: Some of us are provoked to restore relationships with our
Speaker 1: kids right now. There might be a father or two
Speaker 1: in this room that's saying, you know what, I haven't
Speaker 1: fathered really well. And maybe that's why my kids don't
Speaker 1: want to have kids. And maybe this morning is a
Speaker 1: moment of, Of like, I'm going to man up. And
Speaker 1: I'm going to show what servanthood looks like. Wash the
Speaker 1: feet of my kids. Come in humility and say, you
Speaker 1: know what? I know I'm wrong. Maybe I'm not. But
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. I'll take that. I'll take that. And
Speaker 1: I'll take that. Whatever it is, I'll carry that. I
Speaker 1: just want to be restored to my purpose. And that's
Speaker 1: being a father. That's being a mother. That's being a leader.
Speaker 1: That's being an influencer. That's going into the society that
Speaker 1: God has put you in. And say, you know what?
Speaker 1: You matter to me. You matter to me. Your future
Speaker 1: matters to me. This morning, would you just stand to
Speaker 1: your feet? I don't know if you're in the room
Speaker 1: and you're convicted to just be a mouthpiece or if
Speaker 1: you're convicted to potentially repent or if you're convicted to say,
Speaker 1: you know what? I don't even know what he's talking about,
Speaker 1: but I know I need to know Jesus. There's an
Speaker 1: opportunity this morning to know our heavenly father. So I'm
Speaker 1: going to have the destiny, the prayer team come up
Speaker 1: just for a quick, quick moment. I know we got
Speaker 1: a wonderful car show out there with some food and
Speaker 1: fun and fellowship, but this morning I want there to
Speaker 1: be an opportunity just to receive healing if you need healing.
Speaker 1: If there's past trauma, if you were raised in a
Speaker 1: family with bad fatherly or motherly examples and you just
Speaker 1: need healing, this is a moment. This is a moment.
Speaker 1: If you, maybe you're in this room and you're like,
Speaker 1: you know what? I haven't been the best parent, but
Speaker 1: I want to move forward. This is a moment. Maybe
Speaker 1: you're here and you're past the point of being a parent,
Speaker 1: but you're like, you know what? I want to actually
Speaker 1: be an instrument in the hand of God. And I
Speaker 1: want to be a multiplication on this earth of the
Speaker 1: kingdom of heaven. This is a moment for you too.
Speaker 1: If there's something that hits you this morning, And you're saying,
Speaker 1: you know what? I want to be more influential in
Speaker 1: the society. And I want to see it go from
Speaker 1: a 1.59 to 1.65 to a 1.75 to a 2.5.
Speaker 1: You know that if they stopped abortions today, we would
Speaker 1: be replenished as a society. We'd be at a 2.1
Speaker 1: as a society. There's no lack of kids. It's just
Speaker 1: the discernment of the mind that God's raising us up into. Cool?
Speaker 1: Would you close your eyes? Father, I thank you that
Speaker 1: this morning is a morning of change, a morning of excitement. God,
Speaker 1: that you're going to fire us up. And I know
Speaker 1: it's a sobering word, but I know it's on your heart.
Speaker 1: And God, you wish the best for your kids. And
Speaker 1: here we are. We ask that you would utilize us,
Speaker 1: transform us from the inside out to be your hands
Speaker 1: and feet on this earth. In Jesus' name, I want
Speaker 1: to encourage you to come and pray with somebody. Maybe
Speaker 1: there's a pain in your body, or maybe you're giving
Speaker 1: your life to the Lord, or maybe there's something you
Speaker 1: want to see change in your life. Come pray with
Speaker 1: a prayer partner. God bless you this morning.