WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:05.599 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry 2 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:09.359 of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we continue in a series 3 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:13.199 called Better Together. In this series, Rick takes us through 4 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:18.079 First Corinthians chapter thirteen and shows us how to cultivate deep, 5 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:22.600 meaningful relationships with the people around us. In just a 6 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.079 few moments, we're going to tell you how you can 7 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:28.719 get a copy of Pastor Rick's book called God's Power 8 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:32.399 to Change Your Life. In it, you'll discover how God 9 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:35.479 provides the power you need to take you from where 10 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.719 you are to where you want to be. Find out 11 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:42.280 more by going to Pastorick dot com, or by texting 12 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:46.359 the word daily to eight hundred, six hundred five thousand 13 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:50.439 and four while you listen to today's message, that's Pastorick 14 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:54.520 dot com or the word daily to eight hundred, six 15 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:58.880 hundred five thousand and four. Right now, here's Pastor Rick 16 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:02.039 Warren with part. You have a message called why we 17 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:02.880 need each Other? 18 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:04.719 He Bruce ten. 19 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:09.280 Let us not give up the habit of meeting together. 20 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:11.439 Notice it's a habit, something you do all the time. 21 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.640 Let us not give up the habit of meeting together. Instead, 22 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:19.079 let us encourage one another, he says, you know, you're 23 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:21.920 created for community, and I want you to encourage each 24 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:23.040 other by meeting together. 25 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:25.280 Now that verse, he's not talking. 26 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:29.280 About what we're doing right now. This is not a community, folks. 27 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:34.560 This is a crowd. It's a quite large crowd, okay. 28 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:38.879 And you can't encourage each other here, you know, we can't. 29 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:40.599 You can't even get to talk to very many people. 30 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.120 There's just too many people. This can only be done 31 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:44.120 in a small group. 32 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:48.239 You know. Can you be in a crowd and be lonely? Sure? 33 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:50.680 This last week I was in Manhattan. 34 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.400 I had to go buy a coat for a TV 35 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:54.760 show I was going to be on, and so I 36 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:56.840 walked out by myself. I was in one hundred thousand people, 37 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:59.879 but it still felt very lonely because I didn't know anybody. 38 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:02.760 So it has nothing to do with the size. It's 39 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:05.680 talking about getting together with people who encourage you. Would 40 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:09.000 you write this down. Community is God's answer to loneliness. 41 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:15.360 Community is God's answer to loneliness, and we all need 42 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:17.960 a place where we can practice love. 43 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:21.280 It's what the world needs. We need to learn how 44 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:22.879 to love now. 45 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:25.240 The Bible says that I've got to have other people 46 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.800 in my life as I'm walking through life, I need 47 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:32.759 other people to grow. Would you write that down? I 48 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:37.120 can't grow without others. The Bible is very clear about this. 49 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:40.479 I cannot grow without other people in my life. Why 50 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:44.280 because life is about relationships, not about achievement. God is 51 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:45.919 love and he wants me to learn to love him 52 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:49.039 and love others. Those are the two greatest lessons in life. 53 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:49.280 Now. 54 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:52.479 The Bible gets very specific about this and one Corinthians fourteen. 55 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:55.159 I love this in the message paraphrase, it's pretty clear. 56 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:59.479 It says when you gather, When you gather, each one 57 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.199 of you be prepared with something useful for all. 58 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:04.280 Sing a hymn, teach a lesson, tell. 59 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:07.800 A story, lead a prayer, provide an insight, take your turn, 60 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:10.039 with no one person taking over. 61 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:13.520 That way, you all learn from each other. 62 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.520 Question does that sound like something we do here on 63 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:17.199 Sunday morning? 64 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:19.000 No? 65 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:21.240 No, I don't stand up here and say, anybody got 66 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:25.120 a poem? You know what happened to you this week? 67 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:29.280 Who has a prayer request? Who learned something from God 68 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.360 this week? Who needs to be prayer? And we're too 69 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:36.439 big to do that. This can only happen in a 70 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:40.159 small group. And that's why to be a healthy believer, 71 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.360 you need large group worship and small group fellowship, temple 72 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:47.280 courts and house to house. And that's why in our 73 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.400 church we ask everybody to come on a weekend service 74 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:52.879 and be in a small group. If you're only getting 75 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.280 half of that, and you're only getting half of the 76 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:57.759 benefit of this church, you need to walk through life 77 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:01.439 in a small group of believers. Now, why we'll look 78 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:05.199 at the next verse Phesians four. As each part talking 79 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:07.719 about the body of Christ. As each part does its work, 80 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:13.039 it helps the other parts grow. So Christ's whole body 81 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.280 is healthy and growing. 82 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.680 And read it with me. Full of love. 83 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:21.519 That's what God wants in your life, and he wants 84 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:23.480 for all of us. He wants us to be healthy 85 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:27.199 and growing and full of love. And that's my prayer 86 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:30.439 for you as your pastor. I want you to be healthy, 87 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:32.879 and I want you to be growing, and I want 88 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:34.199 you to be full of love. 89 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:36.399 Now, there's only one way you can do that. 90 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:39.079 You've got to get with other Christians who can walk 91 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:43.079 through life with you. You see, you can't learn community 92 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:47.120 without being in a community. Not a crowd, but in 93 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:49.680 a community. The Bible says this in. 94 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:52.160 One Peter four nine. 95 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:58.639 Open your homes to each other without what complaining? 96 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:04.720 H what's your complaint? What's your excuse for not opening 97 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.600 up your own? Well, my home is dirty, Well clean 98 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:08.120 it up. 99 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:13.480 Okay, just clean it up, all right, listen, that's a 100 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:16.839 real easy thing. Okay, Well my home isn't big enough. 101 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:19.240 Can you put three people in it? Then you can 102 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:19.800 have a group. 103 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:23.600 The Bible says, where two or more gathered in my name, 104 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:24.800 I'm there in the midst of them. 105 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:27.759 You say, well, you know what I don't like my neighbors, Well, 106 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:31.959 don't invite them. I'm not telling you to invite people 107 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:34.920 you don't like. Invite the people you do like. You 108 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:38.160 don't have to invite people. Invite your neighbor friends, invite 109 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:39.720 your coworkers, your family. 110 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:41.120 You don't just get some. 111 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.600 People, he said, Well, nobody would really want to come 112 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:45.120 to my house and study this? 113 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:48.079 Oh really? Really? 114 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:55.160 You see, everybody has a longing for belonging. Everybody deep 115 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:58.839 in the human spirit is a longing for belonging. It's 116 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:03.439 why the worst kind of punishment is solitary confinement. We're 117 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:07.319 made for relationships. God wired us that way, and that's 118 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:11.439 why people will join all kinds of stupid causes just 119 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.319 because they want to belong. Listen, the people in your 120 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:18.360 neighborhood would love to come to your house. Let me 121 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:20.519 give you an example of this. Two years ago when 122 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:24.439 we did forty days of Purpose, and I on the 123 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.399 day we started, like today, I handed out a little card, 124 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:29.360 a little invitation card, and I said, you know what, 125 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:32.920 I want you to give this card to somebody that 126 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:36.040 you know who doesn't go to church anywhere or doesn't 127 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:39.120 have any knowledge of the love of God, and you 128 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.279 invite them to your small group. 129 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:43.519 And in one week you did this. 130 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:45.680 In one week, we went from eight thousand people in 131 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.399 small groups to twenty four thousand in small groups. 132 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.680 Don't tell listen, your neighbors are more willing to come 133 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:55.560 than you're willing to invite them. They are. 134 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.120 So that's the first reason we need a group. We 135 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:00.720 need each other because we need people to walk with us. 136 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.439 Number two, I also need others to work with me. 137 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:07.720 I need people to work with me. Did you know 138 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:09.879 that the Bible says God puts you on earth to 139 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:14.160 do a certain work that only you can do. Ephesians 140 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:19.279 two ten says this God made us to do good 141 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:23.879 works which he planned in advance for us to live 142 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:28.720 our lives doing. Before you were even born, God decided 143 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:31.959 the talents, he was going to give you, the natural abilities, 144 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.000 he was going to give you the background. He even 145 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:37.040 chose where you would be born, who your parents would be, 146 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:39.759 when you would be born, and all of this because 147 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.279 He has a purpose for your life. And part of 148 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:46.120 that purpose is He has some work for you to do. Now, 149 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:50.199 anytime you use your talents or your abilities to help 150 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:53.959 somebody else, there's a word for that. It's called ministry 151 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:59.279 or service. And all of us are ministers, not pastors. Ministers. 152 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.120 What that means is when you use your gifts and 153 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:06.160 what God wis you to be to help others, you're 154 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:07.879 doing what God brought you to do. 155 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:09.879 He says, these are your good works. 156 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:12.959 Now, remember we've talked about this many times that life 157 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.639 on earth is practice for eternity. You get one hundred 158 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.720 years at the most on earth, you get trillions of 159 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:22.879 years in heaven, and in heaven you're gonna do four things. 160 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:25.439 And one of the things you're gonna do in heaven 161 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:28.959 is you're gonna serve God. And so what God wants 162 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:31.319 you to do while you're here on earth, spend some 163 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:37.559 of that time practicing, practicing serving, and so he says, 164 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:39.600 I want you to learn to serve. I want you 165 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:42.000 to do these good works, but I don't want you 166 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:45.360 to do them by yourself. You see, in heaven, when 167 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:47.360 you get there, everybody's going to work, but we'll all 168 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.840 each just have a little peace, so you'll never get tired. 169 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:53.080 You're not gonna be overworked or overloaded in heaven because 170 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:55.360 God will give you just a little peace to do, 171 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:57.840 but everybody will do their part and it'll all get done. 172 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.480 What happens here on earth, though, is you're worn out, 173 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:05.000 You're exhausted, You're a burnout. Some of you came to 174 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.080 church exhausted. Why because you're trying to do it all 175 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:15.039 and you're trying to do it all by yourself. 176 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:18.240 You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. 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Here on Pastor 205 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:03.679 Rick's daily hope. 206 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.159 You see in heaven when you get there, everybody's going 207 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.440 to work, but we'll all each just have a little piece, 208 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.200 so you'll never get tired. You're not gonna be overworked 209 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:13.759 or overloaded in heaven because God will give you just 210 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.559 a little piece to do, but everybody will do their 211 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.120 part and it'll all get done. What happens here on earth, though, 212 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.320 is you're worn out, you're exhausted, you're burnout. Some of 213 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:28.279 you came to church exhausted. Why because you're trying to 214 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:30.399 do it all, and you're trying to do it all 215 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:34.360 by yourself, and that's why you're worn out. God never 216 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:37.039 meant for you to go through life walking alone or 217 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:40.799 working alone. You need to be in a relationship with 218 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:43.399 others who help you get done what you need to do. 219 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:46.039 Otherwise you're going to be worn out and fatigued all 220 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:49.519 the time. Now, God tells us in the Bible why 221 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:52.679 we're supposed to work together. Look at the next verse 222 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:57.759 in Ecclesiastes. For two people are better than one because 223 00:11:58.159 --> 00:11:59.919 they get more done. 224 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:00.919 Read it with me. 225 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.720 Would you by working together. They get more done by 226 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.600 working together. Now everybody knows this show is get more 227 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.919 done as a team than you do as an individual. 228 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:15.639 It's also a whole lot more fun. It's also less tiring, 229 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.519 and you learn to cooperate together. There's all kinds of 230 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:24.039 benefits to working together, you know. In the last twelve days, 231 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.320 I was on a speaking tour on the East Coast, 232 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.919 and I spoke in eleven different cities in twelve days, 233 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:33.240 and it was up and down in a plane for 234 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:36.080 the last twelve days. We started a week ago. On 235 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.639 a week ago on Friday to Washington, d C. I 236 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:40.799 flew to Washington, d C. Where I spoke at the Pentagon. 237 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:44.639 Spoke twice there, once to a general's Bible study had 238 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:48.080 sixty seven generals in it, and then another to the 239 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:51.559 employees of the Pentagon. Then we left the Pentagon and 240 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.360 we flew to Philadelphia, where we had meetings there. We 241 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.879 went from Philadelphia to West Point where I spoke to 242 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:01.759 the four thousand cadets at West Point, and then we 243 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:04.200 went from West Point to New York City and a 244 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:06.480 place after play. Well, I would have been worn out 245 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:09.840 if I hadn't taken a team with me. We then 246 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:13.799 went to Chattanooga, where one hundred and seventy churches in 247 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.639 that one city did forty days of Purpose altogether. And 248 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:20.639 it was citywide and had fifty thousand people going through it, 249 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:23.320 and they put up billboards all over town it said 250 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:27.720 got Purpose. And then we went to Nashville and I 251 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:30.559 spoke about six thousand mothers of preschoolers there, and then 252 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:35.000 Liberty University, and then I spoke at Annapolis the Naval Academy, 253 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:37.720 and stopped by Billy Graham's house at High and came home. 254 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.399 Now I would have been worn out. 255 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.320 I wouldn't have been here this weekend if I had 256 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:46.679 had it all depended on me. That's just overwhelming, that 257 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.679 kind of a schedule. But I took a team with me, 258 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.399 and every time that plane hit the ground, each of 259 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:56.399 us knew what we had to do. Nobody is good 260 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.120 at everything. Would you agree with that? Nobody's good at everything? 261 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.360 And so we need each other. And so you put 262 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:05.039 people around you compensate for your weaknesses, who are strong 263 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:08.279 in areas you're not good at. And I came home 264 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:11.720 from that, I wasn't tired. I went I went to bed, 265 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.399 got up next on th at six thirty and went 266 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:18.519 back to work. Why because when you share together, it 267 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:21.799 lightens the load. You know, when we were at West Point, 268 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:26.000 they showed us a system that feeds four thousand cadets 269 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:30.399 in fifteen minutes. Imagine that, and they do it three 270 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.440 times a day, feed four thousand cadets in fifteen minutes. 271 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:36.519 How in the world they do that. Everybody has a role, 272 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.600 with butter. 273 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:46.120 Just seeing if you're listening, everybody has a role to play. 274 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:50.240 Everybody has a part, and it's all like clockwork. 275 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:51.600 Bam bam bam. 276 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.600 Everybody has a part, and if you do little bits 277 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:57.320 of piece, it can all get done. The reason why 278 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:01.960 you're exhausted you're trying to do it all yourself. You know, 279 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.720 some people fall for what I call them Mother Teresa syndrome. 280 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:08.639 And that's the idea that the lone person goes out 281 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:11.879 to change the world all by themselves. That doesn't even 282 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:14.840 Mother Teresa didn't do that. She had an army of 283 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:18.879 people helping her. You've heard me say before, snowflakes are frail, 284 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:24.559 but if enough of them stick together, they can stop traffic. Now, individually, 285 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:26.639 I can't make that big a difference in the world, 286 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.240 And individually you can't make that big difference in the world. 287 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:32.879 But together, you know, in this church we got eighty 288 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:38.279 two thousand snowflakes. That's a lot of snow, and that 289 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:41.840 can make some significant difference. Together, we can make a 290 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:46.200 difference if everybody does just a little, a little would 291 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.720 you write this down? Community is God's answer to fatigue. 292 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:53.919 If you're tired, it's because you don't have the relationships 293 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:56.879 built in to support you that you need in what 294 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:59.759 God has called you to do. As have you ever 295 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:03.360 watch on TV or maybe the movie Witness where Amish 296 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.840 build a barn together. 297 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:08.159 They do it in a day. It's amazing. 298 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:10.519 I mean just you know, the whole community shows up 299 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:12.120 and where there was nothing, at the end of the day, 300 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:15.759 there's a barn standing what everybody has a little part 301 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.240 to play. 302 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:20.399 Now. The Bible says this in Galatians six'. 303 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:25.320 Ten every time we get the, chance let us work 304 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:28.840 for the benefit of all THAT'S i need others to 305 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:32.159 work with, me starting with the people closest to us 306 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:35.399 in the community of. Faith what's the community of, faith 307 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:38.840 it's our church. FAMILY i need people to walk with 308 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:40.759 me through, life AND i need people to work with 309 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:43.480 me through. Life BUT i also number, THREE i need 310 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:45.120 others to watch. 311 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.480 Out for me in, life to watch out for. 312 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:50.720 Them i'm talking about people who defend, me who'll stand 313 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:53.399 up for, me who'll protect, me who will help you 314 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.120 keep me staying on, Track who will you, know watch my? 315 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.120 Backside who'll warn? Me we all need this because we 316 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:02.519 all have blind. Spots The bible says In filippians two, 317 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:07.799 four look out for one another's, interests not just your. 318 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:11.000 Own if you want a counterculture, verse that's, it because In, 319 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:15.319 america the general idea is it's all about. Me it's 320 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.319 all about my, needs my interest my, wants my, desires my. 321 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:21.720 Ambitions the rest you forget. YOU i live for, myself 322 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:24.839 forget everybody. Else this one, says don't just look out 323 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:28.839 for your own, interests look out for others. Too have 324 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:31.839 you ever seen these neighborhood watch? Signs sometimes you see 325 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:34.920 them out in an. Area that's a sign of. Community it, 326 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:37.960 says we watch out for each. Other, here we're looking 327 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:39.799 out for each. Other my guess, is if you went 328 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:41.759 on vacation this summer and you were gone for a 329 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.519 week or maybe two, weeks you probably told your neighbor 330 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.119 you were going to be. Gone they, said you, Know 331 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:47.440 i'm going to be gone for a couple. Weeks would 332 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.799 you kind of keep an eye out on my? House 333 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:51.720 would you kind of watch out look out for my? 334 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:54.680 Stuff because we all want our stuff looked out, for 335 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.599 and that's a good thing to have your stuff looked, 336 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:01.720 after watched out. For but my question is not is 337 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.839 anybody watching out for your? Stuff is anybody watching out 338 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:08.200 for your? Soul because your soul is a whole lot 339 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:11.279 more important than your. Stuff is there anybody in your 340 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.440 life who helps you stay on track? Spiritually is there 341 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:16.759 anybody who loves you enough to, Say i'm not gonna 342 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:18.680 let you get, Discouraged i'm not gonna let you drop. 343 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.200 Out i'm not gonna let, you you, know get. Tired 344 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:23.640 i'm here with. You let me support. You and who 345 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:27.279 encourages you in your spiritual. Life if you don't have 346 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:28.319 anybody like, that that's. 347 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.680 Sad. 348 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:32.759 See the fact is we all have blind spots things 349 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.960 we can't. See you, KNOW i grew this beard this. 350 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.720 Summer and then my Wife kay, said you, know, honey 351 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:40.039 if you're gonna have the, beard you gotta get it 352 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:42.440 rid of the flat hair. Thing, Okay so she came 353 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:44.599 up with this little spikey do, here you, know like you. 354 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:47.759 Know the only problem IS i can't see the back 355 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:50.519 and it sticks up straight on the. Back, okay SO 356 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:52.400 i don't know if it's sticking up or is it right? 357 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:55.680 NOW i don't, Know, OKAY i, mean So i'm not 358 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:59.200 making this up last night before and again this. Morning 359 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.079 i'm getting ready to come. Church i'm starting to walk 360 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.960 out the. Door, okay go. 361 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:06.359 STOP i, thought what DID i? Do she's fixing a little. 362 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.799 You, know doing a little. THING i would have never known. 363 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.640 That you, know you get a you get a tail light, 364 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:15.759 Out you're never gonna know. It somebody's got to look 365 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:18.480 out for. You somebody's gotta say you got a tail light. 366 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:18.720 Out. 367 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:22.440 Now The bible says That hebrews thirteen to, one keep 368 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:27.119 being concerned about each. Other as The lord's followers should 369 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.680 we should care about each. 370 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:31.920 Other we're, Family we're In god's, family. 371 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:34.680 And as brothers and, SISTERS i should defend, you and 372 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:37.240 you should defend. Me AND i help you stay on, 373 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:39.640 track and you help me stay on. Track now it 374 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:42.880 says keep being concerned circle the word keep that means 375 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:47.400 not just once you're you're vigilant in a, war everybody 376 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:51.240 has to take time on sentry duty while everybody else is, 377 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:54.640 sleeping somebody stays awake to make sure the enemy isn't crashing. In, 378 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:58.039 now since nine to, eleven we've all been a whole 379 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:01.640 lot more vigilant for each other with terrorism and things like. 380 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:04.319 That but did you know that you have an enemy 381 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:10.000 far more destructive than. Terrorists oh, yeah you have a personal. 382 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:14.799 Enemy and he hates your guts and he wants to defeat. 383 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:18.359 You his name Is, satan And satan wants to mess 384 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.480 up your. Life satan wants to bring problems in your. 385 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:26.039 Life satan wants to ruin your. Relationships he wants to 386 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:28.160 hurt you as bad as he. Can, now why would 387 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:31.519 he do? That because he can't Hurt. God See, satan 388 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.759 what he wants to do is he wants to Hurt, 389 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:34.960 god but he. Can't when he can't hurt, somebody what 390 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.119 do you? 391 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.000 Do you go after their? 392 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:39.240 Children if you couldn't get to, me you'd go after 393 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:43.279 my wife or my. Kids satan can't Hurt, god so 394 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:45.920 what does he? Do he tries to Hurt god's children 395 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:49.039 and he doesn't care what it'll, take how badly you 396 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:51.640 get Hurt he wants to mess you up, anyway and 397 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:54.039 the moment you wake up in the, morning he's already 398 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:56.720 been plotting how to get you to waste that, day 399 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:59.720 to blow it with anger or worry or fear or 400 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:04.519 get or shame or depression or any other resentment or. 401 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:07.119