What Happens Next, Part One
Pastor Aaron Batchelor Preached on 9/2/2026
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Summary
Pastor Aaron Batchelor begins a series on navigating the future by emphasizing that a life capable of withstanding life's storms is built solely on obedience to the Word of God. Using the parable of the two builders, he challenges believers to move beyond being mere hearers of the Word to becoming intentional doers who prioritize their walk with God over their feelings.
Key points
- •Both the wise and foolish builders in Matthew 7 heard the same word; the only difference was their obedience to it.
- •A foundation is built by moving from information to obedience, not just by admiring the blueprint or hearing the message.
- •Spiritual growth and roots are developed through intentional daily habits, not by accidental spiritual encounters or occasional visits to God.
- •Feelings are real but unreliable; faith is deciding that what God says carries more authority than how we feel.
- •The strength of a building is revealed in the storm, and that strength is established long before the flood arrives.
Scripture
Obedience
Faith
Holy Spirit
Spiritual Growth
Scripture
Life application
This week, identify one specific command from Scripture that you have heard but not yet acted upon. Commit to moving from information to obedience by taking one practical step to apply that word, regardless of how you feel or what distractions arise.
Reflection questions
- What is currently the 'sand' in your life that causes your peace to shift when circumstances change?
- In what area of your life do you feel a gap between what you know God's Word says and what you are actually doing?
- How can you prioritize the 'roots' of your relationship with Christ this week rather than just seeking the 'fruit'?
- When your feelings and God's Word disagree, which one typically takes the throne in your decision-making?
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0:00Praise [music] God. Praise God.
0:01Hallelujah. Oh, that feels good. Why
0:03don't we clap our hands to the Lord one
0:04more time? And would you put a voice
0:06with that tonight? Just give him a shout
0:08of hallelujah in this place. Hallelujah.
0:11[cheering]
0:16[applause]
0:18[cheering]
0:19Glory.
0:22Praise God. Amen. Feels good in the
0:25house of the Lord tonight. Thank you for
0:26coming to Bible study and thank you to
0:28this wonderful youth group tonight.
0:30Aren't you glad and thankful for the
0:32wonderful New Life Youth.
0:36Praise God. Praise God. So glad that
0:39you're here tonight. Praise God. Amen.
0:43And uh glad that all of our guests are
0:45in the house. If you're a guest with us,
0:47if you've come from Friends Day, or if
0:49this is perhaps your first Bible study
0:51you've been to on a Wednesday night,
0:53welcome. We're so glad that you're here.
0:56We're so glad that you're in the house
0:58of the Lord tonight. We're going to have
1:00a great time together. We've got a
1:02couple of world travelers that are with
1:04us tonight. It's good to see the
1:05carpenters in the house of the Lord with
1:07us. They've been overseas and working
1:09and ministering and give you all honor
1:11tonight. It's good to see brother
1:13Franklin back in the house of the Lord.
1:15Two weeks over in Vietnam. We love the
1:17Franklin. So glad to see him back. Amen.
1:22I thank God there's uh others that are
1:25here that are doing missions work um and
1:27that uh have a burden to take the gospel
1:31and to love people in countries that you
1:33or I may never visit. We may never go.
1:36I'm so thankful for the body of Christ.
1:38We need each other, don't we? Amen. And
1:41the world needs Jesus. I said the world
1:45needs Jesus.
1:47Oh, thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah.
1:51Hallelujah.
1:52Oh, thank you, Lord. Well, I'm excited
1:55about tonight. I'm thankful for what the
1:57Lord did on Friends Day. I I've got a
1:59lot to share with you about Friends Day,
2:01but we're going to save it for Sunday
2:02when the whole family's together and
2:04we're going to share it with them and
2:06celebrate all the wonderful things that
2:07God did. Tonight I want to jump right
2:10into the word of the Lord. And so let's
2:12open our Bibles to Matthew chapter 7.
2:14We're beginning a new miniseries called
2:17What Happens Next. Wouldn't you love to
2:20know what happens next before a decision
2:23is made?
2:24>> Boy, wouldn't that be great? But I
2:26believe here tonight that God is going
2:28to give us a rich understanding and
2:31revelation that his word has all the
2:34answers that we have need of for
2:35whatever decision or whatever season
2:38that you're in or lies ahead. Matthew
2:41chapter 7, Jesus is preaching now and
2:44here is what he says. Anyone who listens
2:48to my teaching and follows it is wise
2:52like a person who builds a house on
2:56solid rock. Now I'm reading from if you
2:59got your King James version or ESV
3:01version, I'm reading from the New Living
3:03Translation tonight. Verse 25. Though
3:06the rain comes in torrents and the
3:09floodwaters rise and the winds beat
3:12against that house, it won't collapse
3:15because it [music] is built on the
3:18bedrock. But anyone who hears my
3:21teaching and doesn't obey it is foolish.
3:25That's what Jesus said. Like a person
3:28who builds a house on sand. When the
3:31rains and the floods come and the winds
3:34beat against that house, [music]
3:35it will collapse with a mighty crash.
3:39What happens next? Heavenly Father,
3:42thank you for your word tonight. Thank
3:44you for your people that have gathered
3:46together in your house in this midweek
3:47Bible study. And I pray that your spirit
3:49would give us understanding, revelation,
3:51knowledge. Help us to not just be
3:53hearers of the word, but doers only. We
3:56open up our hearts and our ears to you
3:58[music] tonight, our master, our savior.
4:00We want to hear what your spirit is
4:02saying to the church. And we give you
4:04all the thanks in advance. In Jesus name
4:06we pray. And everybody said, "Amen."
4:10>> Praise God. You may be seated in the
4:12presence of the Lord.
4:15I'm sure that all of you have
4:18seen or heard by now about the
4:21devastating flash flood that happened in
4:24Nepal
4:26as of Saturday. Now these numbers
4:28unfortunately have perhaps increased but
4:31as of Saturday over 735 people lost
4:35their lives. Another 2,500
4:38are still missing. Thank you for praying
4:41for brothers and sisters, people that
4:43you or I may not even know, but we're
4:45covering them in prayer. If you would
4:47like to give to our compassion fund,
4:49we're thankful that we do have a fund
4:51that whenever compassion services
4:53international calls and others uh that
4:56we're able to give from that fund. So,
4:58if you would like to give a financial
4:59donation, you can give that to the
5:01compassion fund of New Life St. Louis.
5:03It was a devastating flood and that
5:06flood tore through Nepal. Water came
5:09crashing through communities. Buildings
5:11were destroyed. Homes were swept away.
5:15But in the middle of all of that
5:17devastation, the cameras captured
5:20something remarkable. As you see in the
5:22photo now, a massive stream of water
5:25mixed with huge boulders and mud and
5:28uprooted trees was flowing relentlessly
5:30at dangerous speeds in a remote corner
5:33of Nepal. It had carved its own path,
5:37toppled buildings both large and small,
5:39and amidst the death and destruction all
5:41around, a small family was holding on to
5:45life in their green colored house that
5:47you see in that photo. Surrounded by
5:50muddy water and all sides, they huddled
5:52on their balcony, hoping that their
5:55modest home would survive the constant
5:57pounding and that they would live to see
6:00another day. And miraculously, thank the
6:02Lord, both the family and the house
6:04survived that flash flood. Naturally,
6:08everybody wanted to know the same thing.
6:10Rounds have been making its way on
6:13Instagram and on Facebook. Why did that
6:16house survive when so many other houses
6:19didn't? Engineers looked at that
6:22structure you see in that photo. They
6:24pointed to something you couldn't really
6:26see from the outside of the house and
6:28they talked to the owner of that home
6:30and interviewed him and they discovered
6:33it was how the house was built that
6:35caused it to stand the devastation. The
6:38structure reportedly had reinforced
6:41concrete uh in the frame with steel
6:45tying the columns and beams and
6:47foundation together. And when the force
6:49of that flood hit the house from the
6:51side, the structure was able to transfer
6:55that force down toward the ground rather
6:58than simply coming apart. The
7:01difference, the point of the
7:03illustration isn't what happened to the
7:05house. The difference was how the house
7:09was built. I want you to look again at
7:11Matthew chapter 7. The wise man's house
7:15experienced rain, flood, and wind. The
7:19foolish man's house experienced rain,
7:23flood, and wind. Perhaps sometimes we
7:27think the evidence that God is with us
7:29is that the storm never comes. But Jesus
7:33never promised a stormless life.
7:37He promised us something better than
7:41just no pain and no suffering. He
7:44promised a foundation strong enough to
7:48stand when the storm comes.
7:51>> That's what Jesus promised. In Matthew
7:547, Jesus tells us in this story that
7:57both men heard the word and Jesus says,
8:01"Anyone who listens to my teaching and
8:04follows it is wise." And then he says,
8:07"But anyone who hears my teaching and
8:10doesn't obey it is foolish." So the
8:13difference isn't that one went to church
8:14and one didn't go to church or one had a
8:17Bible and one didn't have a Bible or one
8:19heard Jesus and one didn't. That wasn't
8:21the difference. Both of them heard the
8:24word. Both of them heard Jesus. The
8:27difference was what they did with what
8:30they heard.
8:32>> So tonight we're beginning a three-week
8:34miniseries. as I told you what happens
8:36next. And we're going to do something a
8:38little bit different. I've been excited
8:40and waiting and uh told our staff about
8:42it. They've been excited and praying
8:43with me. So, we're going to try
8:45something a little bit fun, a little bit
8:46different here at this [snorts] Bible
8:48study tonight. Several times throughout
8:50these lessons in the next couple of
8:51weeks, you're going to pull out your
8:53phone. This perhaps may be the only time
8:55you ever hear a pastor say in a church,
8:58"Get your phone out."
9:00But go ahead and grab your phone because
9:03we're going to vote. Your answers are
9:06actually going to help determine which
9:09direction parts of this lesson go
9:12tonight. And so we're going to start
9:15tonight and make sure that everybody
9:16knows how this works. And before we
9:19start any other big decisions in this
9:22Bible study, we want to have a little
9:23bit of fun. So take your phones out and
9:25all you're going to do is you're going
9:26to open up the camera on your phone.
9:28Android or iPhone, both work. You're
9:30going to point it at that QR code. There
9:32should be a link that pops up. You click
9:34the link and you're in. That's all that
9:36you have to do if you'd like to play
9:38along tonight and help us in our Bible
9:41study. So, go ahead and get your phones
9:42out. And so, we're going to start with
9:44something that is highly theological,
9:47something that is deeply spiritual in
9:49our first poll tonight, and that is
9:50this. Which of these would be hardest
9:54for you to give up for 30 days? And so
9:57we're going to open up the poll and all
9:59we want you to do is just choose which
10:01of these would be hardest for you to
10:03give up for 30 days. Coffee, social
10:07media, desserts, or streaming TV.
10:12Coffee, social media, desserts, or
10:15streaming slashtv.
10:17And that streaming that could be
10:19Netflix, it could be your Amazon Prime.
10:21Whatever streaming means to you or TV,
10:24go ahead and vote right now. We've got
10:25votes that are already coming in. Coffee
10:27went right up on the top. Wow. That was
10:33It's It's moving right now. So, go ahead
10:35and pull out your phone. Social media is
10:37making Boy, it's making a push to try to
10:39topple coffee, but coffee is just too
10:41strong. Coffee is too strong. [laughter]
10:48Wow. All right. Thank God it's not
10:51desserts. I was really hoping it
10:52wouldn't be desserts. this. All right,
10:55we're pushing. Everybody still voting?
10:56Everybody got your vote in?
11:00All right, I want to make sure everybody
11:01can participate. Everybody in. We're
11:03getting ready to close the vote. So,
11:05this is your your final time. Five,
11:08four,
11:09three, two, one, and coffee wins. All
11:13right, coffee wins. So, I want to take
11:16it upon myself to go ahead and announce
11:17that for the next 30 days, we're giving
11:20up coffee.
11:22>> [laughter]
11:24>> I wouldn't do that to you. I wouldn't do
11:26that to you. I know our business meeting
11:29is coming right around the corner. I
11:30wouldn't do that to you.
11:34[laughter]
11:37H some of you aren't addicted. I know
11:39that you just get a headache and you
11:40become impossible to live with and so
11:42you just need your coffee. I know that.
11:44That's the truth of the matter. All
11:45right. You know how this works. Now,
11:47this is how the polls are going to work.
11:49So, keep your phones out. Now, that poll
11:51that we did, that really didn't matter
11:52for the last one. But the next one that
11:55we do is going to matter because there
11:57are some choices that are fun to make.
12:00And then there are choices in life that
12:03determine what we're building our lives
12:06on. Whether or not you drink coffee
12:08perhaps is not going to shake your world
12:11as far as your spiritual life is
12:13concerned. But there are things that do
12:15determine where your life is going to go
12:17for eternity. But before we first take
12:20this real vote tonight, I want you to
12:22understand something that every person
12:25in this room is building. You are
12:28building the house of your life. Whether
12:30you want to or not, you're already
12:33building. Every person in this room gets
12:36a choice at what you get to build your
12:38life on. You can build your life on your
12:42feelings. You can build your life on
12:44culture. You can build your life on what
12:47everybody else thinks around you. You
12:49can build your life on your own wisdom
12:51or as I uh propose to you tonight and as
12:55the word of God and Jesus himself
12:58proposed to us and preached to us, you
13:00can build your life on the idea that if
13:03Jesus said it, that's what I'm going to
13:05build my life on.
13:08I just want you to remember that you
13:11choose your foundation, but you don't
13:14get to choose what happens when the
13:16storm hits.
13:18>> Jesus said, "One stands and the other
13:20falls." You get to choose the
13:22foundation. You do not get to choose the
13:25consequences.
13:27There's another level to Matthew chapter
13:287 before we open up the second poll.
13:30Jesus doesn't say whoever hears these
13:33words of mine. He just says whoever
13:35hears these words and does them.
13:39So I guess technically tonight we could
13:41say that the Bible sitting on your
13:43nightstand or within your iPhone or your
13:45device is not your foundation. The
13:48sermon you heard Sunday at Wednesday is
13:50not your foundation. The Bible study
13:52that you attended your life group is not
13:54your foundation. The word becomes
13:57foundational when it moves from
13:59information to obedience.
14:04>> That's exactly what Jesus is talking
14:06about in Matthew chapter 7. You don't
14:09build a foundation by admiring the
14:11blueprint. You don't build a foundation
14:14by highlighting the blueprint. You don't
14:17get build a foundation by posting the
14:19blueprint on Instagram. Eventually,
14:22you've got to take what the architect
14:24said and you've got to build your life
14:27with it and filter every choice and
14:29every decision through what Jesus said.
14:32Cuz Jesus said, "The person who hears
14:36what I say and does it is building on
14:39the rock."
14:43So here's our question tonight. The
14:46question is, where do we start? Where do
14:49I need the word of God in my life? So,
14:51here's the poll. Where do you need God's
14:55word to speak into your life right now?
14:59Where do you need his word to speak into
15:02your life? Is it your relationship with
15:04him? Do you need to work on your prayer,
15:06your faith, your spiritual growth,
15:08fasting? Do you need to work on that
15:10relationship with God? Do you need the
15:11word to speak into your relationships,
15:14your marriage, your family, your
15:16friendships? Do you need the word of God
15:19to speak into your future? Do you have
15:21decisions that you need to make your
15:23career, your ministry, direction in your
15:25life? Or how about your battles? Do you
15:27need the word of God most to speak to
15:29your battles, your temptations, your
15:31habits, your hang-ups, your personal
15:33struggles? I want you to look at these
15:35four areas and don't pick the one that
15:37thinks you think sounds the most
15:39spiritual. Just pick the one where you
15:41genuinely need God's word to speak into
15:44your life right now. And so I see that
15:47you are already right now voting on
15:50that.
16:00We are neck and neck. [snorts] My walk
16:03with God and my future.
16:07[snorts]
16:12All right. Everybody had an opportunity.
16:15All right, I'm going to wait then. See,
16:17that's just You have not because you ask
16:19not. You need more time.
16:23I love it.
16:26I'm really liking the interaction here.
16:27This is great. All right, speak it out.
16:33All right, I want to take our time
16:34through this first poll here because
16:35this is going to take the direction of
16:36this lesson tonight.
16:42While they're voting, I want you to
16:44understand. I want you to just kind of
16:46realize that when we come to a Bible
16:48study, when we come to a service,
16:50everybody is dealing with different
16:52things.
16:55Everybody is dealing with different
16:57circumstances. And you may be surprised
16:58to know tonight, I know I only have four
17:01responses up here, but you may be
17:03surprised to know that you're not alone
17:05in the struggle that you're struggling
17:07with. That there are other people in the
17:09body of Christ that are wondering and
17:12questioning and thinking through these
17:13things. All right, let's go ahead and
17:16close the poll. All right, my walk with
17:19God. 38%. That's where we're going to
17:22go. My walk with God. Somebody say,
17:24"Stay connected."
17:27>> We're going to hone in and we're going
17:28to focus on what you voted on, what you
17:32chose. So, we're going to see what the
17:33word says
17:35about
17:37my walk with God. John chapter 15,
17:41here's what Jesus said. abide in me and
17:45I in you as the branch cannot.
17:49You're the branch. Somebody say, "I'm
17:51the branch."
17:52>> The branch cannot bear fruit by itself.
17:56Unless it abides in the vine, neither
18:00can you. Jesus said, "Unless you abide
18:02in me. I am the vine. You are the
18:06branches. Whoever abides in me and I in
18:09him, he it is that bears much fruit. And
18:13this line right here has been ringing in
18:15my ears for the past several weeks.
18:17Jesus says, "For apart from me, you can
18:21do nothing. Nothing of eternal value,
18:25nothing of significance, nothing that's
18:27going to last, nothing that is going to
18:29cause your house to stand." Jesus said,
18:32"Without me, you can do nothing." But
18:36here's the problem that I think all of
18:38us face within our flesh is that a lot
18:39of us want the fruit of a relationship
18:42with God without developing the roots of
18:45a relationship with God.
18:48>> Can I just tell you it takes time to
18:51develop the roots? It takes time to pull
18:53weeds up out of a garden and to water it
18:56and to look after it and to tend it.
18:58Fruit doesn't just always pop up
19:00overnight. I wish it did cuz I'm not
19:02much of a gardener. But whenever it
19:04comes to flowers and plants and trees
19:06and if we're using the illustration
19:08Jesus is talking about, it takes time as
19:11you abide in the vine for that branch to
19:14produce fruit. We can't just want the
19:17fruit and not develop the roots. We want
19:20peace, but we don't want prayer. We want
19:22faith, but we don't want to stay in the
19:24word. We want spiritual strength without
19:27spiritual disciplines. We want God to
19:30feel close while we give him whatever
19:33time is left over.
19:36>> Jesus said, "You've got to abide in me,
19:37not visit me occasionally. You've got to
19:40abide in me." He says, "Remain." He
19:43says, "Stay right beside me. Abide.
19:45Stay. Live connected. A branch doesn't
19:48struggle to manufacture the fruit."
19:51Being fruitful in the spirit is not one
19:54of the works of the flesh. It's not
19:55something that we got to manufacture on
19:58our own. In fact, scripture says that it
20:00is God that both will. He gives us the
20:02will and he does the work through hi us
20:05through his spirit. It is God who does
20:08that in us. And so if you're wanting to
20:10bear fruit in your life, it is a work of
20:12the spirit as you stay connected to the
20:15vine.
20:16>> You don't build a strong spiritual house
20:19accidentally. Can I just tell you for
20:21those of you that may be dismayed or
20:23frustrated or a little envious because
20:25you look at other people and think, man,
20:27how could I have a spiritual life? I'll
20:29never reach their level of spirituality.
20:32I I'll never be able to come. We compare
20:34ourselves a lot. Pastor has been he fall
20:38into that trap sometimes himself. Can I
20:40just tell you right now is that whenever
20:42you look at people like that, you look
20:44at homes that that God is moving in,
20:46they've got rhythm, they've got
20:48spiritual life, that doesn't happen
20:50overnight. And it doesn't happen
20:52accidentally. It has to be an
20:54intentional effort on our part to abide
20:57in Jesus every single day.
21:02Every prayer you pray is just another
21:05piece of reinforcement to the house
21:08you're trying to build. Every time you
21:11open up the Bible, you are building a
21:13house that can stand storms. Every time
21:16you obey what you've read, you are
21:18building a house. Every time you
21:21worship, when you don't feel like
21:23worshiping, you are building your house.
21:25I think that Noah's family was probably
21:28pretty appreciative. That Noah didn't
21:30give up after just a couple of years
21:33because the work was too hard. I'm glad
21:35brother Noah didn't give up when the
21:37world was mocking him. When they were
21:39laughing at him, or they didn't join in
21:41on what he was doing. I'm glad that Noah
21:44didn't give up when it looked like he
21:45was the minority and everybody else in
21:48the majority didn't want to worship the
21:49same true God. No one. No one. No one.
21:53It was just Noah with the no one. And he
21:56was there with his family. I'm thankful
21:58he didn't give up building the ark.
22:00Sometimes it doesn't look glamorous and
22:02it doesn't look glittery. You're just
22:04building every day cuz you know without
22:07him you can do nothing. And you got to
22:09stay connected
22:13to the vine.
22:15You don't wake up in your 20s, young
22:17people, and all of a sudden you're
22:18spiritual. You don't wake up in your 40s
22:20and 50s and finally discover your
22:22purpose and a deep relationship with
22:25God. You have to start today, right now,
22:28in this moment to make up your mind and
22:30say, "I may not be where I want to be
22:32yet, but he's making me. He's forming
22:35me, and I've got to abide in his word."
22:40Somebody said it like this. This hit me
22:43square between the eyes. Your
22:45relationship with God will never
22:48consistently rise above the habits that
22:52keep you connected to God.
22:58>> I can't have a strong relationship with
23:01God unless I'm being intentional on
23:03drawing close to him. But he does
23:05promise if you draw nigh to me, I will
23:09draw nigh to you.
23:12>> That is God's promise to us. But maybe
23:15our problem isn't that we don't know
23:17what to do. We know the spiritual
23:20disciplines. We know to pray. We know to
23:22worship when it's not convenient. We
23:24know to go to church. We know to serve
23:26and love. And we know what to do.
23:30Perhaps that's not the problem. Maybe
23:31the real issue is what keeps us from
23:34doing what we know. It's that gap that
23:39we find. It's getting lost in the woods
23:42as Paul was. The good that I should do,
23:46I don't do. The evil that I'm not
23:49supposed to, I end up doing. And Paul
23:51finds this struggle within his flesh.
23:53That's why he just had to die daily. He
23:55had to stay connected to the vine. And
23:59so, I want you to think right now, what
24:01keeps us from obeying God's word? And
24:05so, I want us to take another poll
24:07tonight. And here's the question for
24:09this poll. What most often keeps you
24:13from actually doing what you know God's
24:17word says?
24:19What keeps you from doing what God's
24:23word actually tells us? Is it your
24:25feelings? I mean, I know what God's word
24:27says, but I just feel differently. Is it
24:29fear? I know what to do, but I'm afraid
24:32of what might happen, what they might
24:34say about me. I'm afraid of what my life
24:35might look like. Is it distractions? Is
24:39it the noise? Is it the entertainment?
24:41Is it the demands of life of of the
24:43crowd that just matters most in your
24:46life? Or is it comfort?
24:49I know what obedience requires, but I
24:51don't want the convenience or
24:52inconvenience of sacrifice. What is it
24:56that keeps you from actually doing what
24:59you know God's word says? And here we
25:02go. distraction 61%.
25:09Some of you were checking Instagram and
25:11Facebook while you were going through
25:12this poll, weren't you? That's
25:17fear,
25:19comfort,
25:21my feelings.
25:33What keeps us from actually doing what
25:36we know
25:38God's word tells us to do?
25:44All right. How we doing? Anybody need a
25:47little bit more time? We're good over
25:49here. Here.
25:52All right. For this poll, I want to flip
25:53it a little bit. I was taught something
25:55growing up in church. All right. I I I
25:58grew up cutting my teeth on the wooden
25:59benches of a Pentecostal apostolic
26:02church. And I love my heritage, but I
26:05was taught something and I remember
26:07Grandpa Jones actually telling me this,
26:10mama, is he he taught me to when I
26:13looked into the word, not just to look
26:14for sermons, but but look to know Jesus.
26:18But he also taught me that whenever I
26:19come to church, that I don't just come
26:21to church always just to see what I can
26:23get out of it. I want to do something
26:25right now because I know the majority of
26:27you voted. Those of you that are
26:29participating, you voted that
26:30distraction was number one. And we could
26:33go immediately to distraction and we
26:34could talk about that because the
26:35majority of you are struggling with
26:37that. And let me tell you, there are
26:39answers in the word of God for that. And
26:41there's a whole part of this lesson I
26:43could go to. But I wanted to flip it on
26:45its head here because I want to teach us
26:47something tonight as the body of Christ.
26:49And that is everybody here is dealing
26:51with things that are different. And a
26:53majority of you perhaps may say
26:55distraction is like the number one
26:56thing. But I want you to look at the
26:57very bottom of the list. My feelings.
27:01And here's the point that I want to make
27:03right now with this poll is that
27:04sometimes whenever we come to church, it
27:07may be the one woman that's pressing her
27:11way through the crowd with the issue of
27:13blood.
27:16Did you waste your time going to church
27:18if Jesus heals her?
27:22Did you waste your time hearing the word
27:25of God preached if it didn't speak to
27:27your distraction need?
27:31>> I was taught that whenever you come to
27:32the house of God and anything that is
27:34preached from this word, it's
27:36profitable.
27:38>> All scripture is given by inspiration of
27:41God and is profitable. And I may be
27:44sitting there going, "Well, God, I got a
27:45big need and I didn't feel like Sunday
27:46answered it. I didn't feel like the
27:48Bible study answered it." And God wants
27:49to answer our needs and he wants to
27:51speak. But I want to teach us something
27:53right now. Sometimes we come together as
27:55the body of Christ and Jesus is trying
27:57to speak to somebody. And is it possible
27:59that we could bear the burdens of
28:01somebody else? We could see somebody
28:02else interest more important than our
28:05own right now that that we could we
28:07could go ahead and put our needs aside
28:09and say, "You know what, God? Speak to
28:11her. Lord, speak to him. God, I know
28:13you're going to take care of me. I trust
28:15you. I know your word has got the answer
28:17that I'm looking for. And if it doesn't
28:19come across the pulpit tonight, you
28:21haven't forgotten me. You're not silent.
28:23I can go home and get in the word myself
28:25and I can find the Is that all right
28:26tonight? Is that okay?
28:29I want to take this lesson right now to
28:31the few. I want to take now I want to
28:33take this lesson right now to the very
28:35few of you who said my feelings and I
28:37want the word of God to speak into.
28:39Would it be all right with the majority
28:41tonight if you were to say, "You know
28:43what? God still has an answer for my
28:44life. But when we come together, whoever
28:47he wants to talk to and whoever he wants
28:49to move upon is fine with me cuz it's
28:51his church. We are his people. We're the
28:54sheep of his pastor. And when I come to
28:56church, I'm not just a consumer. I am a
28:59participator in what Jesus is doing in
29:02the kingdom."
29:05>> [applause]
29:07>> So, I know we voted the majority said
29:09the distractions and you're itching for
29:12that. But what if there's somebody
29:13that's desperate tonight hanging on and
29:17their feelings seem to be so
29:19overwhelming in their life?
29:22Let's go there.
29:24Let's talk about our feelings.
29:29When what I feel and what God says
29:33doesn't agree.
29:35Anybody else besides pastor ever tried
29:37to get God to agree with your feelings?
29:41God, I don't understand. It was like the
29:43conversation between Moses and God. It
29:45seemed like there were certain times on
29:47the mountain, they were never on the
29:48same page with emotions. Sometimes Moses
29:51was so angry at the people and God's
29:52like, "Let's just calm down and let's
29:54talk about this and I haven't forgotten
29:56my covenant." And there were other times
29:57that God was like, "Moses, step out of
29:59the way. I'll start a whole nation with
30:01you. I'm going to destroy him." And
30:02Moses's like, "God, hold on. Let's take
30:04a moment to think about this."
30:07>> There's been times that my feelings get
30:10all out of whack. I mean, you know the
30:11kind of pastor that you have. I'm an
30:13emotional pastor. I love it. I I used to
30:15try to hide. Now I just lean into it.
30:16That's that's who I am. I lean into it,
30:19but I can't be led by my feelings.
30:21Proverbs 35 and 6. This is our word for
30:24us. Trust in the Lord with all
30:29[screaming] thine heart, and lean not to
30:32thine own understanding. In all thy ways
30:36acknowledge him, and he shall
30:40>> direct thy paths.
30:42>> You know what I've discovered? My
30:43feelings are not evil.
30:46God gave you emotions.
30:48>> The problem begins when my feelings
30:51become more authoritative than God's
30:53word. Feelings
30:55are real, but my feelings are not always
30:58reliable.
31:01>> I can feel rejected and still be loved.
31:07Two amens on that. I can feel hopeless
31:11while God is still working.
31:14>> I can feel like forgiving somebody is
31:17impossible while Jesus still commands us
31:19to forgive.
31:22I can feel far away from God without God
31:26having moved from anywhere.
31:30>> There's a book called Punch Fear in the
31:33Face. Love it. John Auff.
31:36He wrote a great book called Punch Fear
31:37in the Face. And he wrote something that
31:39still stays with me to this day. He
31:41wrote, "Fear is a hypocrite."
31:45>> Come on. We need to pull the mask off of
31:46fear. It's a hypocrite because fear will
31:49tell you, "Don't do it. you're not
31:51ready.
31:52>> And then fear will turn around and say,
31:54"Well, you should have done it already.
31:55What are you doing?"
31:58>> Fear says, "Don't speak up because
32:01people might judge you." And then fear
32:03says, "You know, nobody notices you."
32:06>> Fear says, "Don't trust anybody cuz you
32:08might get hurt." And then it whispers to
32:10you, "Nobody really loves you."
32:13>> Fear says, "Don't step out because you
32:15might fail." And then it turns around
32:17and condemns you because you're still
32:19standing in the same place. I like it.
32:21John Aub, let's punch fear in the face.
32:25[applause and cheering]
32:28>> That's the problem with letting your
32:31feelings lead your life because your
32:33feelings can be real as I have
32:35discovered without being right.
32:40This is where Matthew chapter 7 comes
32:43into play and becomes so powerful
32:45because sand moves, rock doesn't.
32:50>> Our emotions can be like sand.
32:55>> Emotions are like sifting sand. Got
32:57money in the bank. Man, I'm feeling
32:59good. Bill shows up in the mailbox and
33:02suddenly my feelings aren't so good.
33:06Somebody starts a flirting with me and
33:08looking my way and woo not us but
33:11somebody starts and I feel good.
33:15>> Suddenly they stop now my feelings are
33:18down. It feels like sand because it's
33:21moving. Monday God is good. Tuesday
33:23where is God? Wednesday everything's
33:26going to work out. Thursday my life is
33:28falling apart. If I built my theology on
33:32how I feel today, my foundation is going
33:35to move every morning. [cheering] What
33:37I've got to depend on is his word. And
33:40his word says his mercy is new every
33:43morning. His compassions fail not. Great
33:47is his faithfulness. He cannot change.
33:51He is the same yesterday, today, and
33:53forever. Whether I feel him or not, his
33:56word said he'll never leave me. He'll
33:58never forsake me. He's always beside me.
34:02[cheering]
34:02>> I got to stand on his word. I can't feel
34:04him some days, but I'm going to stand on
34:06his word. I don't think I can hear him
34:08some days, but I'm going to stand on his
34:10word. [cheering]
34:13>> Oh, I remember that song Priscilla
34:15McGrder used to sing. When everything
34:18else failed, stand on his word.
34:22while cancer was going throughout her
34:25body and she was literally dying from
34:27that sickness. She'd sing through
34:29weakened voice, "Stand on his word.
34:32Thank you, Sister Priscilla, now in the
34:34cloud of witnesses. Thank you, brothers
34:36and sisters who have been through some
34:37rough patches and in seasons you don't
34:40understand, but you're still standing on
34:43his word. Your house is not going to
34:45fail when the storm comes. You're still
34:48going to live for God and you're still
34:50going to make it and you're still
34:52victorious whether you feel it or not
34:54cuz Jesus said heaven and earth shall
34:57pass away but my word shall never
35:04forever settled in heaven forever
35:07established
35:09>> word of God. Yes,
35:11>> Peter was doing fine walking on the
35:14water cuz Jesus said, "Come
35:18and then Matthew says he saw the strong
35:20wind and he became terrified."
35:23I mean, I feel like I would have got
35:25terrified. That's scary. His
35:27circumstances changed what he felt and
35:31suddenly what he felt became louder than
35:34what Jesus had said and he started to
35:37sink.
35:39Faith is not pretending that you don't
35:42feel. Faith is deciding that what God
35:47says carries more authority
35:50than how I feel.
35:54>> Oh, I cannot put my feelings on the
35:56throne. I can't do it. I've got to put
35:59Jesus on the throne of my heart. I got
36:01to put his word on the throne. I've got
36:03to put him rightful place. I got to get
36:06him back where he belongs.
36:09Sometimes you just have to do it
36:11feelings and all. You just got to let
36:13faith take over.
36:15When my feelings and God's word
36:17disagree,
36:19I build on the word.
36:24Poll number three had four responses
36:28that you could have voted on. Feelings,
36:30fear,
36:32distraction,
36:33comfort.
36:35Maybe yours did win, maybe it didn't
36:38win, but if we're honest tonight, I
36:41think that every one of us probably sees
36:42ourselves somewhere on that pole.
36:45Sometimes I know what God says, but I
36:48feel differently.
36:51Sometimes I know what God says, but I'm
36:53afraid. I'm afraid to step out.
36:55Sometimes I know what God says, but I'm
36:58just too distracted.
37:00Not the devil. I'm just distracted.
37:04And sometimes I know exactly what God
37:07says.
37:08I just know that obedience costs a lot
37:10and I don't want to have to do it.
37:14But I want to go back to where Jesus
37:16started us tonight. Anyone who listens
37:20to my teaching and follows it is wise.
37:26I want you to notice that Jesus didn't
37:27say that the wise man understood
37:30everything.
37:31He didn't say that the wise man never
37:33felt afraid. He didn't say that the wise
37:35man never struggled.
37:37Jesus said he just heard the word and he
37:40did it.
37:42He heard the word and he did it. That's
37:46wisdom.
37:47Wisdom is I hear what he says and I'll
37:50do it in spite of what I don't
37:53understand, in spite of how I feel, in
37:57spite of every circumstance around me
37:59that says otherwise. Because he said it,
38:03I'll do it.
38:06And Jesus said, if somebody builds their
38:08life on my word, they'll be wise and
38:12their house will stand.
38:16So, we've answered two questions
38:17tonight. Where do I need God's word in
38:19my life right now?
38:22And the second, what's keeping me from
38:24doing what God says? There's only one
38:26question that's left tonight.
38:29Only one question that's left. And this
38:31time, I'm not going to try to follow
38:34after one particular answer because the
38:38answer is going to be your altar call.
38:42The answer is going to be between you
38:45and Jesus tonight.
38:47Here's the final and the last poll if
38:50you would put that poll up tonight. And
38:53the poll is this.
38:55What is your next step with God's word?
39:01What's your next step?
39:03To obey it,
39:05build on it, to read it, or to know it?
39:11between you and Jesus tonight.
39:14Where is your altar call at?
39:19This is you. I can't answer this for
39:21you. I want you to answer it. And if
39:23you're not polling right now with your
39:24phone, just answer it in your spirit.
39:25That's all right. What is your altar
39:28call? Are you saying, "Jesus, I need to
39:31build on it. I know what it says. I've
39:32memorized scripture. I've read it,
39:34reread it. I've heard it preached a
39:36thousand different ways. I just need to
39:38do it. I need to build on it. I need to
39:41obey it. I need to know it. Maybe you
39:45need to go back to the word and say, you
39:46know what? Maybe I need to do a study
39:49on this emotion of jealousy. Maybe I
39:51need to see what the word says about
39:52this. Maybe I need to go back to it and
39:55I need to know it or read it.
39:59Musicians, you can come tonight. Your
40:02altar call tonight isn't just something
40:04that I'm going to give you. This is your
40:07response
40:08between you and Jesus. This poll right
40:11here, this is bringing us to our
40:13conclusion this evening. This poll, it
40:16doesn't matter who the majority is
40:18because whatever God is speaking to you,
40:20it's between you and him. Do you
40:24remember that greenhouse that we started
40:25with in the poll?
40:27Nobody was installing reinforcement when
40:30the flood was coming. The work had
40:33already been done. Can I tell you
40:37tonight, there are things that God wants
40:39to build into you right now, tonight
40:42that you're going to need them down the
40:44road.
40:46You don't know what storm may be coming.
40:49You don't know what happens next, but
40:52you can decide today what you're going
40:56to build your life on.
41:00You can look at it and say, "Lord,
41:03I have decided that whatever you tell
41:06me. Whatever you say, I'm going to
41:10follow it to the best of my ability and
41:13by your spirit and by your grace. And if
41:14I stumble, I'm going to pick myself back
41:17up because your word has the answer for
41:21my life." Would you stand with me
41:22tonight? This altar is about to be open
41:25in the next 60 seconds. And whenever it
41:28is, whatever you pulled, whatever you
41:31spoke to Jesus in this poll, this last
41:33one, I want you to pray about it
41:35tonight. I want you to yield [music]
41:36yourself to the Lord tonight. I want you
41:39to ask him and say, "God, help me to
41:40make your word the foundation of my
41:43life. Bring me [music] back to it."
41:45Heavenly Father,
41:48I want to thank you for your presence
41:49that I feel here. And I want to thank
41:50you for [music] your word,
41:53Lord. I know there's so many times I've
41:55had questions and I've had doubts. And I
41:57know, Lord, there's been times that I've
41:59been disobedient, but your word has
42:01never failed me. I want to say thank
42:03you, Lord, that I'm standing here by
42:05your grace. I want to say thank you
42:07because somebody taught me to study it,
42:10to read it, to meditate upon your word.
42:12It means so much to me. It's my bread.
42:15It's my light. It's the lamp into my
42:17feet. Lord, I want to thank you for your
42:19word. And tonight, Lord, I pray that you
42:21would let each and every one of us in
42:23this house tonight make the commitment
42:25to build their life on the word. And
42:27whatever you're speaking directly to
42:29them, whatever commitment they're making
42:31to you, give us the grace tonight. Lord,
42:34I pray to keep your word the focal
42:36point, the center, the foundation of our
42:39lives, cuz we know if the storm isn't
42:42here tonight, we know it may be coming.
42:44and we want to put our faith and our
42:46trust in you cuz we don't know what
42:48happens next. But your word, your word
42:51remains settled in heaven and your word
42:53will be the lamp and the light for our
42:55path. So I pray tonight, oh God, that
42:57you would draw us closer to you than
42:59we've ever been to hear what your spirit
43:02is saying. Give us understanding. Give
43:05us faith. I pray Lord and help us to be
43:08more like you in Jesus name. I wonder if
43:12you'd make your way to this altar right
43:14now and whatever you answer tonight,
43:16would you take that prayer to the Lord?
43:18Would you make your way to this altar
43:20tonight? And would you say, "Lord Jesus,
43:22here I am. I need to know your word,
43:25God. I pray you give me understanding.
43:26Lord, I need to obey your word. I need
43:28your spirit to give me discipline. I
43:31need your spirit to give me faith. I
43:33need you to help me, oh God, to
43:35understand it, to build my life on it,
43:37to just do what you've said. Help me, I
43:39pray, Lord. Help me, I pray, to be more
43:42like you. Would you come close now?
43:44Would you come to this altar? Would you
43:46make this a time of prayer between you
43:48and the master builder? Come on. Would
43:51you make it time right now where you let
43:53the word of God be reinforced in your
43:56life in the name of Jesus? Come on. From
43:59the youngest to the oldest of us tonight
44:01in the name of Jesus. We need your word,
44:03Lord. We want to be settled and built
44:06upon the rock that will last in Jesus'
44:09name. Shay. Hallelujah. That's it. Make
44:13this a house of prayer right now. I'm
44:14finished. Make this a house of prayer.
44:16Make this the time where you talk
44:18between you and the Lord tonight in the
44:20name of Jesus. Hallelujah.
44:23Oh yes, God. You know the fears, oh
44:26Lord. God, you know the questions, oh
44:29Lord, in their heart and in their mind.
44:31And you know the circumstances that
44:32they're going through and the winds that
44:34have assailed them. God, you know the
44:36struggles that they've been in. And I
44:37pray, oh Lord, that your word become the
44:40foundation of their life. Help them to
44:41go back, oh God. Help them, Lord, to dig
44:44deep, Lord Jesus, to make your word the
44:46foundation.
44:56Help us, oh [music] God, right,
45:04[music] forgive us, oh Lord.
45:15I will [music] make room for you
45:20[music]
45:22to do whatever you want
45:26to do [music]
45:29from your
45:38>> [singing and music]
45:41>> Oh yes, God.
45:43>> Whatever, Lord, you're saying, whatever
45:44you're speaking. [music] Hallelujah. Oh
45:47yes, Jesus. We're going to make room for
45:49you tonight
45:51in my home, Lord. in my life. If I've
45:53been distracted, [music]
45:55if I've allowed other things to capture
45:57my attention, Lord, then I'm committing
45:58to you tonight. [music] I'm going to lay
45:59aside every weight and every sin that
46:02does so easily beset me. I'm going to
46:04carve I'm [music] going to take more
46:06time now, Lord, for the things that
46:08truly matter and are eternal. [music]
46:12>> Oh yes, God. I want your word to speak
46:14through me. When I'm on the [music] job,
46:16oh Lord, when I'm searching for what my
46:19next step is, your word, oh God, is
46:22going to be my go-to manual. Your word,
46:24oh Lord, is what I need and what I
46:26desire in my life. Speak to me, Lord.
46:29I'll do it. I'll obey it by your grace,
46:32by your help. [music] Oh Lord, I'm
46:34committing myself to you tonight, God.
46:36If there's any of us tonight that are
46:38struggling with [music] addictions and
46:40habits that we can't seem to break, let
46:42your word be the answer. Let your word
46:45set us free. [music] Let your word heal
46:48us, oh God. Let your word restore us.
46:52Let your word renew our minds, I pray,
46:54so [music] we can be transformed.
46:58>> Oh yes, Jesus. Let your word transform
47:01our emotions and our heart, Lord, to be
47:04more loving and more forgiving, [music]
47:06oh God. Let your word be on our tongue,
47:09Lord. season with grace so that we'll
47:11speak the truth and love. Jesus, [music]
47:13whatever challenges, oh God, your people
47:16are facing tonight, let your word, oh
47:18God, be the foundation for them, Lord,
47:21[music]
47:29[music]
47:34is better. [singing and music]
47:37Take down the ground of all my
47:40[music and singing] tradition. Break
47:41down the walls of all my religion. Your
47:45way is better.
47:49Your way [music and singing] is better.
47:53Shake up the ground of all my [singing]
47:56tradition. Break down the walls of all
47:59my [music] religion. Your way is better.
48:05Your way [music] is better.
48:07>> [singing]
48:09>> Shake down the world with all my
48:11tradition. Break down
48:13[music and singing] the walls of all my
48:15religion. Your way is better.
48:21Your way [music] is better.
48:24Shake up [singing] the ground of all my
48:27tradition. Break down the walls [music]
48:30of all my religion. Your is bad.
48:36Your is better. [singing] Sh.
48:40Shake up [music] the ground of all my
48:43tradition. Break down the walls of all
48:46my tradition. [music]
48:48[singing]
48:49>> Hallelujah. Yes, Jesus.
48:55>> I [singing] will make room
48:57for you.
48:59>> Yes, Jesus. Whatever you want. Do
49:03whatever you want. Whatever you want. Do
49:07whatever you want. [music]
49:09>> I will make room for you.
49:11>> I will make room
49:13for you.
49:16[music]
49:17>> Hallelujah.
49:21>> Oh yes, Jesus.
49:25>> Hallelujah.
49:26We've seen tonight that all of us have
49:29perhaps come in with different
49:31challenges. Some of us the same. But we
49:33know that each [music] of us have an
49:35area in our life that God is still
49:36working on and that we need his word to
49:39give us direction. So would you just
49:41link up with somebody right now in front
49:42of you, behind you, beside you? Would
49:45you pray over them as a brother, as a
49:47sister in Christ? Would you ask God to
49:50help them to build their life so that it
49:53withstands whatever storm? Maybe they're
49:54going through a storm tonight. [music]
49:57Maybe there's a wind that's been blowing
49:59against them and they're not exactly
50:00sure how to manage. They're not exactly
50:03sure what else is going to come. Maybe
50:05they feel overwhelmed, but just an arm
50:08around them by a brother or a sister can
50:09encourage them tonight. Would you pray
50:11over them in the Holy Ghost? Would you
50:13pray over them with understanding
50:14tonight in the name of Jesus? Father, I
50:17want to thank you right now
50:19for the body of Christ. Oh Lord. Oh God,
50:23I don't want to be so consumed with my
50:25own needs and my own issues, Lord, that
50:27I don't reach across the aisle and see
50:29my brother and my sister who may be
50:31struggling, who may have needs, God,
50:33that are greater than mine that need to
50:35be lifted up tonight. So I'm asking that
50:37your care, I'm asking your peace, I'm
50:39asking your love uh would flow through
50:41us tonight to one another in the name of
50:44Jesus. Give us discernment, God. Give us
50:46wisdom, I pray. Give us understanding in
50:49the name of Jesus.
50:54God, whatever they've been struggling
50:55with, let there be a freedom. Let there
50:58be a breaking. Let there be a loosing
51:00right now in Jesus' name. Help them, oh
51:03God, to walk in freedom, to walk in
51:05divine light, Lord, and divine
51:07revelation in the name of Jesus.
51:12Yes, oh God, like a light bulb that's
51:14been turned on. Let your word, I pray,
51:16enlighten [music] their mind and their
51:18heart tonight. Let them lay down to bed
51:20with peace in their soul, peace in their
51:23spirit in the name of Jesus.
51:33Let your word be health in their bodies.
51:35Let your word be health when they're
51:36struggling with arthritis. Let your word
51:39be strength, God, when they're
51:40struggling with sickness and the report
51:42of the doctor, Lord, looks gloomy. I
51:44pray that your word would be their
51:46health and your word would be their
51:48strength. That your report would be
51:50their joy, oh God, and their hope. In
51:52the name of Jesus.
51:54In the name of Jesus.
51:58In the name of Jesus.
52:03Oh yes God.
52:05Oh yes God.
52:13Oh yes, God. Hallelujah. I want us to
52:17pray one more prayer before we're done
52:18here tonight. This word of God, we're
52:21going to hide it in our hearts so that
52:22we might not sin against him. We're
52:24going to meditate upon it so that our
52:27thoughts are directed the way that it
52:28needs to be. [music] But as a church, I
52:30want us to pray one more prayer that
52:32we'll ask that the word of God will not
52:34just stay hidden in the heart, but that
52:36it will bubble up. it'll come out of our
52:38mouth and that we'll speak as Ephesians
52:40says speak [music] the truth in love
52:43that somewhere along our walk we'll have
52:46a boldness of the spirit to talk about
52:48his word that we'll share the hope of
52:51eternal life with somebody that will
52:53take what we know to be true and what
52:55we're living and building our house on
52:57and that God will give us confidence and
52:59boldness we just had a phenomenal
53:01friends day where people came because
53:03they watched your life you invited them
53:06they felt the presence of the Lord. They
53:08saw the fellowship and love on the
53:09outside. And I wonder if we could pray
53:11now and say, Lord, help us to be bold to
53:14share the word. Help us not to grow
53:16silent, Lord. And help us to do it all
53:18with love. Could you lift your hands
53:20with me? Let this be our concluding
53:22prayer tonight. I know you love the
53:24word. I know you love the Lord. But
53:26would you ask him to give you boldness
53:27as the church in the name of Jesus?
53:30Lord, don't let the only time that
53:32people in this city hear the word be
53:35across the pulpit. But I pray that it
53:37would come from brothers and sisters of
53:39like-minded faith. Give us a holy
53:41boldness. I pray in the name of Jesus
53:44that the word we have heard, taught, and
53:46preached, that we have studied, that we
53:48have read for ourselves would bubble up
53:50on the inside of us and be like a fire
53:53shut up in our bones like Jeremiah said.
53:55Give us boldness. Give us compassion.
53:58give us love to speak the truth that we
54:01believe, that we know, that we've seen
54:03change our lives. I pray there come a
54:06fresh anointing upon your people right
54:08now in the name of Jesus.
54:11Oh yes, God. Let your spirit be poured
54:14out, I pray, until your word comes alive
54:17in us and through us, God, so people's
54:20lives will be transformed. We give you
54:22the glory and the honor tonight. We give
54:25you the praise and we thank you that
54:27you've given us a word we can build our
54:29lives on that we can stand upon.
54:32Hallelujah. That's it. Would you just
54:33give him the glory tonight? Would you
54:35praise him and thank him that your house
54:37is still standing in spite of all that's
54:41gone on? Your house is still stand.
54:53Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Somebody just
54:57confess it tonight and say, "I'm going
54:59to make it."
55:00>> Turn to somebody, say, "You're going to
55:01make it."
55:03>> You're going to make it. If your life is
55:04built on the everlasting [music] word of
55:09God. Praise God. Amen. Did you enjoy
55:11tonight? Was that all right? It helped
55:13you a little bit. [applause]
55:15Amen. I received something and had fun
55:17if you didn't, but I I think we're on
55:20the right track, Bishop. I think we're
55:21on the right track. We need the word of
55:23God. Brother Jones, thank you all for
55:25carrying the torch, preaching the word.
55:27Thank you, brothers and sisters. God
55:29bless you tonight. Thank you, young
55:30people, for leading us in worship
55:32tonight. We love you. We're behind you.
55:34Looking forward to commission. Come join
55:36us. I'm telling you, it's going to be
55:38dynamite. Powerful. Drew Galloway is one
55:41of the top young preachers of our
55:43generation. And I'm telling you what, he
55:44is powerful and on fire and in tune with
55:47God. You won't want to miss it. God
55:48bless you. Shake somebody's hand. High
55:50five somebody. Tell them how much you
55:51love them. How glad you are to be a part
55:53of the family of God. You're dismissed
55:54in the wonderful name of Jesus.