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April 29, 2026 Preached on 4/30/2026
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Summary
This sermon explores the nature of sin as a barrier to intimacy with God, emphasizing that missing the mark - whether through rebellion, ignorance, or unwise weights - steals our spiritual peace and purpose. By understanding the gravity of sin and the necessity of heart-alignment, believers are encouraged to consecrate themselves in preparation for the wonders God intends to perform.
Key points
- •Sin is not only intentional rebellion but also includes missing the mark through ignorance or lack of alignment with God's standard.
- •Ignorance of God's law does not remove responsibility, as God's standards remain constant while his mercy allows for our growth.
- •Sin acts as a thief that steals intimacy with God, produces shame that causes us to hide (like Adam and Eve), and disrupts spiritual communication.
- •There is a vital distinction between 'transgression' (willful violation), 'iniquity' (the internal heart distortion), and 'weights' (unwise choices that slow spiritual progress).
- •Preparation for miracles requires 'consecration' - making a conscious decision to get back into alignment so we are in position to 'catch' what God is releasing.
Scripture
Holiness
Repentance
Spiritual Growth
Life application
This week, ask God to reveal not just obvious sins, but any 'weights' or internal 'iniquities' that are slowing your progress. Actively choose to lay down one unwise habit or distraction to better align yourself for the blessings He wants to pour out.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you been treating sin as a 'mistake' rather than a thief of your spiritual intimacy?
- Are there any 'weights' in your life - things not necessarily sinful but unwise - that are making your race more difficult to run?
- How does the reality that God seeks you out even when you are hiding in shame change your perspective on repentance?
- What does it mean for your life today to 'consecrate yourself' in anticipation of what God will do tomorrow?
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Full transcript
0:00missing the mark. And scripture tells us
0:00that that is the case for all of us.
0:00Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned
0:04and fallen short of the glory of God."
0:08So, Romans tells us we've all sinned. We
0:09all fall short. We've all missed the
0:11mark. Every single one of us have fallen
0:14short of the target that we were
0:16intended to hit.
0:18But, here's where we need to expand our
0:20thinking a little bit because sin I do
0:23not believe is just rebellion. I don't
0:25think it's just the obvious big things.
0:27You can miss the mark by going too far
0:30or not being far enough.
0:31But, I think it's more than just
0:33intentional rebellion. Let's look at
0:35this passage of scripture in Leviticus
0:37chapter 4
0:39verses 1 through 3.
0:41It says, "And the Lord God spoke to
0:42Moses saying,
0:44Speak to the people of Israel saying, If
0:47anyone sins unintentionally in any of
0:50the Lord's commandments about things not
0:53to be done
0:54and does any one of them, if if it is
0:57the anointed priest who sins, thus
1:00bringing guilt on the people, then he
1:01shall offer for the sin that he has
1:03committed a bull from the herd without
1:05blemish to the Lord for a sin offering."
1:07Let's read verse number two again. It
1:10says, "Speak to the people of Israel
1:12saying, If anyone sins unintentionally
1:16in any of the Lord's commandments about
1:18things not to be done and does any one
1:20of them."
1:22So, it says if you do it
1:22unintentionally, you didn't even know
1:24you were sinning,
1:25but you unintentionally sinned. Did you
1:28know that you can sin unintentionally?
1:30There can be ignorance that you don't
1:32know what God wants from you and you can
1:34sin. So, it's not just relegated to
1:36defiance. It's not just relegated to
1:38rebellions. Now, we've all had moments
1:40of rebellion,
1:41but there's been times that we've sinned
1:43because we just didn't understand what
1:45God was really requiring of us. And
1:47those moments bring us into misalignment
1:50with God.
1:51Now, sometimes we comfort ourselves. I
1:54think we comfort ourselves a couple of
1:55different ways. We'll say, "Well, I just
1:57didn't know.
1:58I didn't know what God wanted from me
2:00here. I didn't understand."
2:02And we think that removes the
2:04consequence of the sin. That's not what
2:05happened in the Old Testament. Ignorance
2:07doesn't remove responsibility.
2:10The reality is that just because we
2:12don't know God's standard, that doesn't
2:15change God's standard. All right?
2:18So, here's what that means. A new
2:19convert can come into the house of God
2:21and they can be sincerely loving God
2:25and they can be serving God and striving
2:27for God, but they can still in certain
2:30areas of their life be sinning.
2:33And those areas can cause issues for
2:34them because God doesn't change his
2:36standard. Now, he's merciful,
2:38he's kind, he's loving. He doesn't cut
2:42that new convert off, but he also
2:44doesn't lower his standard to meet the
2:45new convert. Does that make sense?
2:48The expectation for all of us is that we
2:51continue in the redemption process, that
2:54we keep growing. How many of you all
2:55know you still got some growing to do?
2:58Amen. There's still growth that needs to
2:59take place. So, the standard doesn't
3:02change. Scripture says we can sin it
3:04unintentionally and it was still sin
3:07because it's not just about your intent.
3:10It's about your alignment.
3:12Uh you you've probably heard this. If
3:13you have parents or if you're a parent,
3:15uh if your kids do something wrong,
3:18they'll say, "I didn't mean to." What
3:20are they speaking to?
3:22They're speaking to their intent, right?
3:25They're saying, "My intent wasn't to
3:26sin.
3:28My intent wasn't to do wrong."
3:30But, they still likely did wrong. Does
3:33that make sense to everybody? I would
3:35usually use the analogy, if I roll over
3:37in the middle of the night
3:38and I elbow Sherith in the nose,
3:41I can say to her,
3:43"I didn't mean to do it.
3:45It was an accident. I had no conscious
3:47thought involved there, right?"
3:50However, does that mean I still didn't
3:52hurt her?
3:53Does that mean I still didn't sin
3:55against her and cause her injury? No, I
3:57still did the act even if I didn't mean
3:59to. So, we can't let ourselves off the
4:01hook with that. How about this one? Have
4:02you ever been driving on the road?
4:04I
4:06I don't I don't like this analogy, but
4:08have you ever been driving on the road
4:10and you miss a speed limit sign and you
4:11get pulled over and you say to the
4:13officer,
4:15"I didn't know the speed limit."
4:17Does that get you out of your ticket
4:18automatically?
4:20Does the officer go, "Well, if you
4:21didn't know,
4:23if you didn't know the speed limit, then
4:24I can't really hold you accountable to
4:25the speed limit, right?" No, the officer
4:28would say, "The law still applies to you
4:30whether you were aware of the speed
4:31limit or not. Ignorance of the law is no
4:34defense. You cannot claim ignorance of
4:36the law."
4:37And so, we can't just define our sin as
4:39rebellion, but we have to have a posture
4:41of saying, "God, I want to continue to
4:43grow. God, what areas of my life are out
4:46of alignment with you?
4:48God, what's the next thing that you're
4:49calling me to?
4:51Maybe it's something that you're calling
4:52me to lay down.
4:53Maybe it's not something I'm doing
4:55consciously. Maybe it's not something
4:57I'm doing out of rebellion, but God, is
4:59there anything in my life that's keeping
5:00me out of alignment for what you created
5:03me for
5:05and for the thing that you want to
5:06deliver to my life?
5:08I've got to get that right with God.
5:10Now, let's talk about the impact of sin.
5:13Sin creates separation.
5:15Isaiah 59:2 says, "But your iniquities
5:18have made a separation between you and
5:21your God, and your sins have hidden his
5:22face from you so that he does not hear."
5:25Now, this is not God being mean. This is
5:28not just arbitrary punishment.
5:31Uh I don't want to soften sin. I you
5:33know, even though God is merciful, uh
5:35he's he's not going to be able to blink
5:38at sin. The problem as we read in the
5:40scripture is that if we soften sin and
5:43we think it's not a big deal, it still
5:45separates from us from God. Sin doesn't
5:49allow us to approach God with the same
5:51intimacy that we would normally be able
5:53to. Sin is a very serious thing. Again,
5:56not because he's harsh towards us, but
5:59because of what it does to us and our
6:01intimacy with him.
6:03That passage we just read, it says it's
6:05your iniquities
6:07have made a separation between you and
6:10God. That's not God reacting meanly.
6:12That's not God reacting emotionally.
6:15That's the natural result of what sin is
6:18and what sin does to you and I as a
6:20relationship with God. When we see
6:22people in the world who are sinning, we
6:25don't approach them critically and
6:27harshly. We approach them understanding
6:30that they're bearing the consequences of
6:32their sin even if they don't recognize
6:35it. They're not walking in everything
6:37that God has for them. That doesn't mean
6:39that God doesn't love them. Of course,
6:41he does. It doesn't mean he's not still
6:42reaching for them. It doesn't even mean
6:44that he won't work on their behalf at
6:46times. But, they're not aligned in the
6:48way they should be with God. They're not
6:50positioned correctly and we should have
6:52great compassion for them.
6:55We should say, "We want that person to
6:56have everything that God has, but sin is
6:59serious and it creates separation." So,
7:01let's go through some ways that
7:03scripture teaches us that we have
7:05separation from God when we have sin in
7:08our life. Let's look at Genesis 3.
7:11Genesis 3:8, 9, and 10. This is the cr-
7:14just past the creation story when Adam
7:16and Eve were walking in pr- in the
7:19presence of God, but they sinned. Sin
7:21enters in. Scripture says, "And they
7:22heard the sound of the Lord God walking
7:25in the garden in the cool of the day.
7:27And the man and his wife hid themselves
7:29from the presence of the Lord God among
7:31the trees of the garden. But, the Lord
7:33God called to the man and said to him,
7:35'Where are you?' And he said, 'I heard
7:38the sound of you in the garden and I was
7:40afraid because I was naked and I hid
7:43myself.'"
7:45Sin separates us from God, but sin also
7:48creates shame in our life. And whether
7:51we recognize it or not,
7:53when we walk in sin,
7:56we hide ourselves from the presence of
7:57God.
7:59Have you ever noticed this? Have you
8:00ever had a time in your life
8:02where you are struggling, you're
8:04sinning, you're not really walking with
8:06God the way that you need to be walking
8:08with God?
8:10And you find yourself coming into the
8:11house of God
8:13and you're not as quick to worship as
8:14you might have been previously.
8:17And if you were in this is no
8:19reflection on anyone sitting anywhere in
8:21the congregation. But, if you were on
8:23fire for God sitting on the front pew,
8:26you start to kind of make your way to
8:27the back pews.
8:29And the whole time you start to say,
8:30"You know what?
8:31Uh it's not that big of a deal. I'm I'm
8:33just I'm just sitting somewhere else."
8:36But, in reality,
8:38you're starting to take steps back from
8:39God.
8:40You're starting to to respond to that
8:44shame and go into hiding. And here's the
8:46thing I want you to understand about
8:47this. Notice,
8:49God didn't withdraw from Adam and Eve.
8:51As a matter of fact, what does scripture
8:52say there?
8:54He was looking for them.
8:56It wasn't God who removed himself.
8:59It was us who removed ourselves. We
9:02withdrew. He continued to reach. He
9:04continued to look. He recognized the
9:06distance, but he continued to reach for
9:08us. And that pattern has never changed
9:10in all of human history. Sin produces
9:12shame.
9:14And shame causes us to pull back from
9:15that presence of God that we were
9:17created to walk in.
9:19It distances us from from him and it
9:21creates shame. Here's the next thing it
9:23does. It disrupts our communication with
9:25God. Psalm 66:18 says, "If I had
9:28cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord
9:31would not have listened."
9:34So, if you have sin,
9:36if you do cherish iniquity, God doesn't
9:39listen because he can't engage with sin.
9:421 John 1:6 says, "If we say we have
9:45fellowship with him while we walk in
9:46darkness, we lie and we do not practice
9:49the truth."
9:51If we say we have fellowship while we're
9:52sinning, we're lying. We're not
9:53practicing truth. So, Psalm 66 says, "If
9:56I have iniquity in my heart, the Lord
9:57won't hear me." 1 John says, "If we
9:59claim to have fellowship while we're
10:01sinning and walking in darkness, we're
10:02lying to ourselves."
10:05Again, that's not God being arbitrary.
10:07That's not God being unfair. That's just
10:09relational equity between God and man.
10:11You can't walk in rebellion and intimacy
10:14at the same time.
10:17You can't do that. There's a breakdown
10:19in connection and your alignment with
10:21God is lost. This happens in marriages
10:23as well.
10:24When one spouse is unfaithful,
10:28even if the other spouse doesn't know,
10:30it creates distance
10:32because you can't walk in closeness
10:35and still harbor those things in your
10:37life. It just doesn't work. We're
10:39deceiving ourselves. We may think that
10:41we're walking closely, but we're not.
10:43We're starting to fade. So, it disrupts
10:45our communication with God. The next
10:46thing it does is that it brings us into
10:48conflict with God's nature because he's
10:50perfect and holy. Psalms 5:4-6 says,
10:54"For you are not a God who delights in
10:56wickedness.
10:57Evil may not dwell with you. The
10:59boastful shall not stand before your
11:01eyes. You hate all evildoers. You
11:03destroy those who speak lies. The Lord
11:06abhors the blood bloodthirsty and
11:08deceitful man." He doesn't delight in
11:10wickedness. Evil can't dwell with him.
11:13The boastful can't stand before him. He
11:15doesn't delight in wickedness. Sin is
11:17not neutral.
11:19It's fundamentally opposed to who God
11:22is.
11:23This is why when we're out amongst the
11:24world, we walk with people who can't
11:27hear his voice.
11:29It's not because he's not reaching. It's
11:30not because he didn't die for them. It's
11:32not because he doesn't love them. It's
11:34not because he doesn't have compassion
11:35on them, but because sin dulls their
11:38sight and their hearing. It's not
11:40neutral. It's opposed to the very nature
11:43of God. So, if we sin, if we embrace
11:45sin, we're stepping out of alignment
11:47with who he is.
11:49We lose alignment with his nature and
11:51once again, sin creates separation.
11:54Again, not because God's pushing you
11:56away.
11:57He wants to walk in relationship with
11:59you. He's searching for you. He's
12:00seeking after you.
12:02But because sin's sin positions you in
12:04opposition to his character.
12:07Let's look at what it does to you in a
12:08little deeper way. Let's look at Romans
12:10chapter 6 verse 23. It says, "For the
12:13wages of sin is death. But the free gift
12:16of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
12:19our Lord."
12:20Now, sin isn't just some external act.
12:22It's not something that you do outside
12:24of yourself. It creates an internal
12:26condition.
12:28It starts to distort the image of God in
12:30your life. It starts to dull your
12:32sensitivity to the spirit of God.
12:36Have you ever gone through a season of
12:37your life where you didn't even realize
12:39it, but maybe you were making some poor
12:41choices. You were growing cold to the
12:43things of God. And then God wakes you
12:45up. You're in a time of prayer. You're
12:47in a service and God wakes you up and
12:49speaks to you about some things in your
12:51life because your sensitivity has become
12:53dull.
12:54And if you're not careful, if you
12:56continue on that path, it'll eventually
13:00lead to spiritual death because sin is
13:02serious and the wages of sin is death.
13:05There's a progression to it. James 1:14
13:08says, "But each person is tempted when
13:10he is lured and enticed by his own
13:12desire. Then desire when it has
13:14conceived gives birth to sin and sin
13:16when it is fully grown brings forth
13:19death." So, there's this progression. If
13:21you continue to walk in sin, it never
13:23stays there. It never stays small.
13:26Desire conceives it, but then that gives
13:28birth to sin and then sin when it is
13:30fully grown brings forth death. Now, I'm
13:32so thankful
13:33that we still have a way of escape. How
13:35many of you are thankful for that?
13:37How many of you are thankful that you
13:38can still call on him? You can still ask
13:39for forgiveness. You can still find
13:42uh you can still find God in your life
13:45right now.
13:46But if we continue, it's a serious
13:48thing. It's not just a mistake, but it
13:50sets you on a trajectory because sin is
13:53not a static thing.
13:55It grows. It develops. It progresses.
13:58It doesn't stay small in your life. It
14:01continues to develop and it sets you on
14:04a trajectory. So, sin is serious and it
14:06separates us from God because it creates
14:09distance relationally between we and
14:11God. It disrupts our communication with
14:13him. It conflicts with his nature and if
14:16we're not careful, it eventually leads
14:18us towards death.
14:20So, we want to be careful. Sin is a
14:22serious thing, but
14:24let's talk a little bit more about it
14:25because I think I want to I want to dive
14:27a little more deeply into making sure we
14:29have an understanding of what sin is.
14:31So, there's sin which is missing the
14:33mark.
14:35Not all sin operates the same way
14:37though. All sin is missing the mark, but
14:39then we have transgressions and
14:41iniquities. Over and over again in
14:42scripture, talks about transgression and
14:45iniquity. Transgression
14:48is the willful crossing
14:50of a boundary that God has set up.
14:52If he's told you not to do something,
14:55transgression is when you willfully
14:57choose to break that guideline and do it
15:01anyways. It's the willful violation. And
15:04then we read about iniquity which is the
15:06root of that. Iniquity is the root
15:09beneath the act. Iniquity is the
15:11internal distortion that you can have in
15:13your spirit. The motive, the pattern,
15:16it's the direction of the heart that
15:18eventually leads towards the
15:20transgression. Now, let me explain this
15:22a little more. Uh if I were going to
15:24steal from you,
15:26how many of you drove a car here
15:27tonight?
15:28If I decide I want to go outside and I
15:30want to steal your car, there's two
15:32things that have to happen here. First
15:33of all, I have to look at your car
15:36and I have to covet your car, right? I
15:39have to look at it and I have to say,
15:40"That's a nice car.
15:42And I think I might want to steal that."
15:43It starts internally. It's the iniquity,
15:46the inward state of my spirit that
15:49starts to contemplate these things.
15:51It starts to say, "You know what? Maybe
15:52I'll I'll I'll go out there later and
15:54I'll see if I can steal that car." The
15:56transgression comes in when I act to
15:59actually steal it.
16:01Now, I have to deal with both of those
16:03things. If I steal the car,
16:05I have to deal with that. But I also
16:07have to deal with the condition of my
16:08heart. Did you know that sin before it
16:10ever exposes itself externally starts in
16:14your heart well before?
16:15We see this all throughout scripture
16:17when Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees
16:19and they start to question him on all
16:21the finer points of the law and they
16:22say, "Well, is this sin or is that sin?"
16:24And he starts to speak to their heart
16:25condition. He says, "No, I say that
16:27you've committed adultery well before
16:29now."
16:30Why is he saying that? Because he's no,
16:31your internal heart direction matters,
16:33right? It's a big deal. It matters. And
16:36there's something happening in your life
16:38well before we see external action. So,
16:41iniquity is the internal distortion.
16:44It's the misguided thoughts and the
16:46misguided uh sense that we have in our
16:49heart and then that starts to drive our
16:52behavior. So, we want to be careful. Sin
16:54is what we actually do and a
16:55transgression is what we actually do,
16:58but iniquity is the heart condition that
16:59creates it. So, I've got to deal not
17:02just with my actions, but I got to deal
17:03with my heart. And that's truly the most
17:06difficult thing you'll ever do. How many
17:08of you have learned at this point in
17:09your life that
17:10uh the enemy will send distractions. The
17:13enemy will send difficulties. You may
17:16deal with tragedy in your life. Other
17:18people may hurt you and sin against you
17:21and treat you poorly and even abuse you
17:24and mistreat you.
17:26All of that may be true.
17:28But do you know who the biggest problem
17:30in your life is going to be?
17:32The one person that you will have to
17:34continually wrestle with
17:36that will never leave you as long as
17:38you're on this earth
17:40and will and has the potential to do you
17:42far more harm than anybody else. Do you
17:44know who that person is?
17:46It's you.
17:48You are the most difficult person you
17:50will ever deal with. Did you know that?
17:52Because your heart is deceitful and
17:54it'll lie to you
17:56and it'll try to accuse the brethren and
17:59it'll do everything but hold itself to
18:01account because the flesh wants to
18:04please itself. The flesh wants to make
18:06its its life easy.
18:08And you're going to have to come to
18:09realization that I can't blame everybody
18:11else, but I have to own my own actions
18:14and I have to get real with God about
18:16the iniquity that might exist in my
18:18heart. This is why Paul says, "We die
18:20daily." I have to deal not just with my
18:22behavior, but I have to deal with the
18:25heart condition or the iniquity that
18:27causes it. Let's go on to another
18:29passage of scripture here. John 10:10.
18:32Now, here's where I really want to focus
18:34in because I wanted to spend some time
18:35talking about sin and the consequences
18:37of sin and the seriousness of sin
18:40because I think the world We're going to
18:41talk about original sin here in just a
18:43moment. I think the world
18:45uh wants to
18:47cause us to be desensitized to sin and
18:49make us think that sin's just not that
18:50big of a deal. But what I really want to
18:52focus on is what we're losing when we
18:55sin because sin is a thief. It steals
18:59from us. John 10:10 says, "The thief
19:02comes only to steal and kill and
19:05destroy. I came that they might have
19:07life and have it abundantly." Sin steals
19:10from us. It steals our relationship with
19:13God. It comes into your life to steal,
19:15kill, and destroy. We think that our sin
19:18primarily affects God.
19:20As if it offends him in some way. And
19:22I'm sure it does offend his nature. But
19:24scripture really shows us that sin
19:26primarily damages us.
19:29Because God came to bring us life.
19:31God came to bring provision. God came to
19:33bring blessing. But sin separates us
19:36from all those things. Here's what I
19:37really want you to understand as we go
19:38into May of Miracles. God again has a
19:41good intent towards you.
19:43He wants to move on your behalf. He
19:45wants to speak into your life. He wants
19:47to bless you.
19:49But when sin enters in, whether it's
19:51iniquity of the heart or transgression
19:53or whatever it might be, it separates us
19:56from him and it steals from us. How many
19:59of y'all right now, if you look back
20:01over your life and you think, "Man, I
20:02look back over rebellious seasons in my
20:04life and seasons in my life where I
20:05wasn't making good decisions." And I go,
20:07"My goodness,
20:09sin stole from me in those seasons."
20:12Have you ever recognized that in your
20:13life? And you go, "Sin took from me. Sin
20:15confused me. Sin deceived me. And I
20:18traded something so good
20:21for something that was so small.
20:24Something that was of such little
20:26importance and value. It stole from me.
20:29It damaged me. It robs us of peace. It
20:32robs us of clarity and sensitivity to
20:34his spirit. It robs us of confidence and
20:37purpose.
20:38That's why this season of preparation
20:41matters. Because we want to go into May
20:43of Miracles with confidence that God's
20:45going to move. We want to walk in with
20:47purpose. That God's going to speak to
20:50us. That God's going to add to the
20:51church. That he's going to speak into
20:53our lives and perform miracles that may
20:56have been dormant for many, many years.
20:58But we've got to have clarity. We've got
21:00to be sensitive to the moving of God. I
21:03believe God's going to send people
21:05that are in need of him and his presence
21:07and his salvation. And guess what?
21:10Pastor Adaboles is not going to be able
21:11to pray with all of those people.
21:13Pastor Adaboles is not going to be able
21:14to build a relationship with all those
21:15people.
21:17But during the month of May, you may sit
21:18next to someone
21:20who needs to hear from God.
21:23And it may be your kindness
21:25that speaks to them.
21:27Today I was on a call
21:29where the Victor was on the call. And we
21:30were hearing a testimony from a woman
21:33uh who was Buddhist. She was going
21:35through a really difficult season in her
21:36life. She said, "I didn't She said, "I
21:38didn't come to know God until I was 40."
21:40She said, "I didn't grow up going to
21:42church. I didn't know any of that
21:43stuff." And she was a corporate banker,
21:45very successful. And she only came to
21:47church because their neighbors were
21:49Christians and their kids kept
21:51witnessing and inviting her kids.
21:53And she said, "Well, you know, they've
21:55helped me out a ton.
21:56They've watched my kids. They've done
21:58all kinds of things. Maybe I should take
21:59them up on one of these offers and
22:00actually come to church." So she comes
22:02to church. And she said, "When I was
22:03walking in," she said, "I was looking
22:05for every reason
22:08to eject."
22:10She said, "And this was crazy because I
22:11was externally successful in life.
22:15You know, I had done well. I had risen
22:16through the corporate ranks. I'd made
22:17money. I'd done all those things." She
22:19said, "And I walked in there almost
22:21fearful." She said, "I'd never had that
22:22before."
22:23Brother Reggie, I don't know where
22:24you're at, but this made me think of you
22:25when she told this story. She said, "I
22:27walked in and she said it was really
22:28full." She said, "Well, the first thing
22:29that happened, I was in the parking lot
22:32and there was one spot left." And she
22:33said, "I was just going to pull out. I
22:35just
22:36I don't know. There's only one spot. I'm
22:36going to pull out." And she said, "And a
22:37volunteer in the parking lot saw me and
22:40waved to me. Said, 'Hey, come here.
22:42There's a spot right here for you.'"
22:44And they said they were so kind to her
22:46and spoke to her and welcomed her. She
22:48said, "Okay, so I'll take the next step
22:49and I'll walk into the building." She
22:50She walked in the building and the
22:51building was crowded.
22:53And she didn't see any seats. And she
22:55said, "For all of my confidence
22:58in the world," she said, "I was very
22:59insecure walking into that church. That
23:01I had no idea what was going to happen.
23:02I'd never really been in church. Didn't
23:04know anything about it."
23:05And she said, "One of the ushers grabbed
23:08me and said, 'Are you looking for a
23:09seat?'" She said, "Yes."
23:11And he said, "I'll find a seat for you."
23:13He said, "They went up and found a
23:15seat." Brother Reggie, I can see you
23:16doing this. You do this all the time and
23:17your team that do such a great job.
23:19Thank you for that.
23:21And they She said, "I walked in and
23:22followed him." She said, "I was so
23:23nervous." She said, "But it allowed me
23:25to say,
23:26'Well, I'm not really interrupting. I'm
23:28following him. He's the one looking for
23:29a seat. I'm just doing what he tells me
23:31to do, right?'"
23:32And so she said, "I came in and I sat."
23:34And she said, "My entire life was
23:35changed."
23:37She end ended up working for the church
23:39and doing all kinds of things and going
23:40into to various service roles and
23:42ministry roles. She said, "But my entire
23:44life was changed but just by those
23:46people coming in." Folks, you could be
23:47the person over the next month
23:50that impacts someone walking in that you
23:52have no idea what they're facing.
23:54No idea what's going on in their life.
23:55No idea what they're dealing with, what
23:57their facing, what their backgrounds
23:58been. And it could be you that helps
24:01lead them to God. It So we've got to be
24:03in position. When you come to church,
24:06really anytime, but especially over the
24:08next month, uh you're not just walking
24:11in. I know you walk in tired from work
24:12and I get all of that. But you walk in
24:15saying, "You know what? I'm here to
24:17bless somebody. I'm here to serve
24:18somebody. I'm here to be spiritually
24:20sensitive and in tune to what God wants
24:23to do. There are things happening here
24:26week in and week out. If we told you all
24:28the stories of the things that people
24:29walk in here with, you would be amazed.
24:32But you have no idea the ability you
24:33have to influence, to serve, to love, to
24:37help them as they make a choice to serve
24:39God and to walk with him.
24:41We don't want them to be separated from
24:43God. We don't want sin to steal from
24:44them. And we want to make sure that
24:46we're positioned correctly. That we're
24:48not damaged in a way from him so that we
24:51walk in here with peace and clarity and
24:52sensitivity. And we're walking in
24:54confidence and purpose so that God can
24:56use us.
24:58And what I want you to understand uh
25:00when God deals with you about your sin,
25:04when he brings conviction to your life,
25:06he's not a big bad God who's trying to
25:08punish you.
25:10He's trying to say, "I have so much in
25:13store for you.
25:14I have so much I want to pour out on
25:16your life. I want to use you for
25:17purpose.
25:19I want to use you for my kingdom to
25:20bless other people and to serve other
25:22people. I want to bring so much
25:23fulfillment to your life."
25:26When he deals with you, he's not just
25:29trying to punish you, but he's trying to
25:31protect you and he's trying to protect
25:34everything that he has in store for you.
25:37You understand that?
25:38He's not just looking to punish you.
25:41He's not a big bad God roaming around
25:44trying to see As a matter of fact, a
25:45couple weeks ago we talked about that.
25:46He's actually roaming around looking for
25:47people that he can bless. For people
25:49that he can work on behalf of. He's
25:51trying to protect what he has for you.
25:53This is why sin is a thief.
25:55This is why transgressions and ineq-
25:57iniquity are so serious. Because yes,
26:00eventually it'll bring ultimate
26:01separation and death.
26:03But well before we get to that point,
26:05it'll rob you of everything that God has
26:07for you. It'll steal fulfillment and
26:09purpose and peace and clarity from your
26:11life. And we want everything that God
26:13has for us. We want to protect what he
26:16has for us. Now,
26:17this applies to every single one of us.
26:20If we go back to that Genesis 3
26:21foundation where everything shifted,
26:24humanity chose independence from God.
26:27Now, I know Adam and Eve were the
26:28forerunners and they were the first ones
26:30to do this. But when sin entered in,
26:32there was shame and separation and they
26:34hid from that presence of God. But the
26:36sad truth is that from that point on,
26:39every single person has been born in
26:42that same condition.
26:44Every single person has been born in
26:45that condition of original sin. A life
26:49that is away from God that needs to be
26:51brought back into alignment. Again, we
26:52read Romans 3:23 that says, "For all
26:55have sinned and fall short of the glory
26:58of God." That's the human condition.
27:00Humanity chose independence. Something
27:02shifted. We lost that original purity
27:04and righteousness that we had been
27:06created in. We inherited a nature that
27:09bends itself towards sin.
27:12We don't just sin. We do sin, but we're
27:14born into a condition that leans towards
27:16it. Now, I bring this up tonight because
27:18I think this is very important in our
27:20culture. You'll hear people say things
27:23like, "God loves you just as you are."
27:26God loves you. And they'll affirm
27:28anything that you want to do or say or
27:30believe or be. They'll affirm that.
27:33That's someone who ultimately doesn't
27:34believe in original sin.
27:36They say, "Well, I don't believe that
27:38you were created or or born into sin. I
27:40believe that you were born good and God
27:41loves you just as you are." Folks, God
27:43does love you just as you are. That is
27:46true.
27:48But that's incomplete
27:50if that's where you stop your
27:52understanding. You're going to operate
27:54under a misunderstanding. Yes, God loves
27:56you exactly as you are,
27:59but he refuses to leave you as you are.
28:03He's not going to leave you in the
28:04condition you're in because he
28:05understands that sin will separate you.
28:07It'll distort you. It'll break that
28:09image of God in your life. It'll
28:12ultimately kill and destroy you. That's
28:15why we need redemption. That's why we
28:17needed a savior. Because sin will
28:19ultimately kill you. So we're all born
28:22into original sin. This is important
28:23that we understand this. That we've all
28:25sinned. That we've all fallen short of
28:27the glory of God. That we all needed a
28:29savior.
28:30And when you hear people in our culture
28:31say, "Well, God loves you." And then
28:33Have Have you seen this? I don't
28:35I don't I don't want to get too deeply
28:37into this, but maybe you've seen this.
28:39Uh there's been a social media
28:40phenomenon the last few months or so.
28:43There was a a biological man who was
28:45living as a woman.
28:47And uh he
28:49came into church. And he started talking
28:51about how God was dealing with him.
28:53And God was calling him to something
28:55more.
28:56And God was developing him. And And
28:58then, as the unfortunate nature of
29:01social media is, uh Christian
29:03organizations started to come alongside
29:05this person.
29:06And started to sponsor them. And they
29:08started talking about all these
29:09different Christian things as they're in
29:10this process
29:12of identifying as a man again. And then
29:14if you've seen this in just the last few
29:16days
29:18uh this person has made another change
29:20and said I got tired of living that way
29:22and not living my truth and I'm going to
29:24live as I believe God created me as a
29:27woman even though I'm a biological man.
29:30And when that happened
29:32a lot of Christians stepped out and were
29:34very kind and loving but they said, "We
29:36cannot let you continue to believe that
29:39when it's not true. We have to confront
29:41you in that sin. We love you. This is
29:43deeper discipleship. We've got to
29:45confront some things in your life." And
29:46then there were a bunch of other
29:47Christians that spoke up and said, "Oh,
29:49this is just Christians being mean and
29:50critical and judgmental. Don't listen to
29:53them. Whatever you want to be, that's
29:54what God created you to be. God loves
29:56you."
29:57So well God does love that person just
29:59as he loves all of us. But God loves us
30:02enough that he understands the
30:04consequences of sin that it separates
30:07us, that it destroys us, that it breaks
30:09our communication with him. He loves us
30:11enough to address it. Parents, when you
30:13have kids
30:14they're acting poorly, it's not loving
30:17to let that go.
30:20Because eventually they'll act that way
30:22at school and they'll act that way in
30:24the world and they'll act that way on
30:26their job and they'll act that way out
30:27in public. And eventually that behavior
30:30will be dealt with by someone else,
30:32right? It'll be dealt with by a teacher
30:34or a principal or law enforcement or
30:35whatever. And you think you're being
30:37kind but you're not. It's the same
30:39principle here. People think they're
30:40being kind but they're actually not. If
30:43you have a 2-year-old
30:45that's running to stick a fork in an
30:48electrical outlet it's not kind to say,
30:51"Well, whatever you want to do."
30:54That's not kind, is it?
30:56That's not kind of the 2-year-old. You
30:58have to step in and say, "No, no,
30:59that'll hurt you. That'll ultimately
31:01kill you." We have to be careful there.
31:03So we want to make sure that we under
31:05and and that we understand the theology
31:07beneath this because when people make
31:08those statements, what they're
31:09essentially saying is I don't believe in
31:11original sin.
31:13I don't believe that sin entered into
31:14all of our lives. I don't believe Romans
31:163:23 that all have sinned and fallen
31:18short of the glory of God. You're okay
31:20just as you are.
31:21So well God loves you just as you are
31:23but he doesn't want to leave you just as
31:25you are. He doesn't want you to be
31:26separated from him. Let's go a little
31:28further here. Let's talk a little bit
31:29beyond sin because I don't think it's
31:31just sin that can separate us from God
31:34and cause us damage in our lives.
31:36Hebrews 12:1 says, "Therefore, since we
31:38are surrounded by so great a cloud of
31:40witnesses, let us also lay aside every
31:42weight and sin which clings so closely
31:46and let us run with endurance the race
31:49that is set before us." It's a very
31:52interesting distinction in the
31:53scripture. It says we're surrounded by
31:54so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
31:56lay aside every weight and sin.
32:01So the reality is not everything is sin.
32:06Not everything that pulls you out of a
32:08proper position is sin. Sin separates
32:11you but scripture also talks about the
32:14weight that can separate you. It says
32:16lay aside every weight. I like to think
32:18of those weights as living without
32:20wisdom.
32:21Things in your life that are not sinful
32:23but they're still slowing you down. I
32:25like to think of it like this. If I were
32:27to give you a backpack to carry and I
32:29said we're going to put some bricks in
32:30this backpack
32:32and you're just going to walk around
32:33every day with this backpack.
32:35Now you can still get throughout your
32:37day, right? But it would make everything
32:39about your life more difficult, wouldn't
32:41it?
32:42Everything would be a little more
32:43challenging because you'd be carrying
32:45this weight with you. When we talk about
32:47that, what we're talking about is wisdom
32:49decisions.
32:50Not sin, not moral right and wrong but
32:54living wisely, living skillfully.
32:57Living in ways that would be pleasing to
32:59God and making sure that we're not being
33:00slowed down. Let me give you an example.
33:02Uh we talk all the time here
33:04about financial peace and uh we give the
33:08membership to Ramsey Plus and we want to
33:09help people with finances.
33:11Uh we don't think
33:13and in biblically
33:15we couldn't lie we couldn't back up a
33:17belief that would say that well you're
33:19more valuable or loved by God if you're
33:22wealthier if you're poor.
33:23If you're making good financial
33:25decisions, you're closer to God. If
33:26you're making poor financial decisions,
33:28you're further from God. Well, scripture
33:29doesn't really back that up, does it?
33:32But scripture would say that you should
33:34be wise in how you handle your finances
33:36because God wants you to be free in that
33:38area. God wants to be able to bless you.
33:40How many of y'all have kids? Our our my
33:42my two youngest girls have a uh bank
33:44ledger with me that I keep and I keep
33:47track of how much money they have and
33:48how much money that they spend, right?
33:50And my youngest is a saver. So she's
33:53always giving me money. Dad, add this to
33:55my bank account. Add this to my bank
33:56account.
33:57And then we'll get to the store and
33:59she'll say something and she'll always
34:00do this. She'll go,
34:01um "Hey
34:03uh she's like, "I want this thing at the
34:05store. Will you buy this for me?" And
34:06I'll say no but you can buy it out of
34:08your money.
34:10And then she'll go, "Oh, never mind. I
34:11don't want it.
34:13I'm good. I'm fine. I don't want it."
34:16Okay.
34:17Now what am I trying to teach her there?
34:18I'm trying to teach her the value of
34:19money. I'm trying to teach her that uh
34:22listen, money is valuable. It we use it
34:24for a purpose. It's not the end all be
34:26all. It's not a scorecard
34:28but it is important to your life. And
34:31I'm trying to teach her to make wise
34:32decisions with her money. I'm giving her
34:34ownership of some money so that she can
34:37make spending decisions, right? So we
34:39want the same thing for you with your
34:41money. We don't want you to struggle.
34:43How many of y'all don't raise your hands
34:44to this? How many of y'all have ever
34:45uh spent money on something and you're
34:47sitting there thinking, "I don't really
34:48know if I have the money in the bank for
34:49this. I don't know when I buy this thing
34:52if I'm going to be able to pay this bill
34:53at the end of the month.
34:54I'm all stressed out about this, right?
34:56How many of y'all have ever walked into
34:57church stressed out about something
34:58financially, right? We don't want that
35:01for you. We want peace for you. But
35:02we're also not saying that you are
35:04separated from God.
35:06If you're wealthy, praise God.
35:09That's amazing. Scripture actually has
35:12some instruction for you that you should
35:14instruct others, that you should use it
35:16uh to distribute, to bless other people
35:18and to take care of your family.
35:19Scripture actually gives you some
35:20instruction for that. And if you walk
35:21into the house of God tonight and you
35:23go, "I'm just broke. I'm absolutely
35:25poor." Praise God. You're just as much
35:26as part of the a part of the family.
35:29You're not separated from the presence
35:30of God or from the family but we want
35:32you to be blessed in your finances. We
35:34want you to make wise financial
35:36decisions. Does that make sense to
35:37everybody?
35:38So these are wisdom decisions about uh
35:41how we want to live our life. It's not
35:42necessarily sinful but it's not wise.
35:45Not everything that's unwise is sin but
35:48lack of wisdom can still cost you,
35:51right? It can still harm you. So you
35:53want to make decisions that are honoring
35:56to God and that are wise and that keep
35:58you aligned. Not just laying aside sin
36:01but every weight. When we go, "God, what
36:03could I do that would bring me more into
36:06alignment? What's the thing I need to
36:07lay down that maybe isn't sin but I
36:09still need to be wiser?" So we can get
36:11out of position in all these different
36:12ways. We can do it usually because we
36:15make emotional decisions and we're just
36:17impulsive or our heart gets wrong. We
36:19have wrong motivations. It doesn't tend
36:21to happen in one moment. It tends to
36:23happen gradually over time and we don't
36:27generally make the decision to fall away
36:28from God immediately but we just start
36:30to gradually go in different directions
36:32because of emotional decisions and
36:34impulsive decisions or pressure or fear.
36:36We drift away from God. Now here's the
36:39thing. You can get back in alignment
36:41with God and all that he has for you but
36:43you're not going to drift into it.
36:45You're going to have to make a conscious
36:46decision. You can drift out of position
36:50but you're never going to drift into
36:52position.
36:53You're going to have to make a conscious
36:55choice to get back in alignment with God
36:58and I'm going to close tonight the same
37:00way I closed a couple of weeks ago on
37:01Sunday morning.
37:03We're going to look at Joshua chapter 3
37:05verse 5.
37:08Joshua chapter 3 verse 5 as we get into
37:10alignment and we check ourselves to make
37:12sure we don't have sin in our lives, to
37:14make sure that we're living wisely, that
37:16we're not living unwisely.
37:18Here's what Joshua said in Joshua 3:5.
37:20Then Joshua said to the people,
37:22"Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow the
37:24Lord will do wonders among you."
37:27This is when they're about to take the
37:28promised land. They're about to defeat
37:29Jericho. They're about to defeat every
37:32enemy, lay claim to every promise that
37:34God's had for them.
37:37But before they do that
37:39and God's already anticipating doing the
37:41wonders. He's saying, "I'm about to do
37:42these wonders among you."
37:45But he calls them to consecration.
37:47Joshua says, "Consecrate yourselves." In
37:49other words, prepare yourselves before
37:51the miracle. Prepare yourself before God
37:54does wonders among you. You have to
37:56consecrate. You have to get ready. It's
37:58not about earning anything
38:00but it's about getting in proper
38:01position.
38:03God already intends to do it. He already
38:05wants to bless. He already wants to
38:06move. He already wants to revive. But
38:09it's us saying, "God, anything that's
38:10out of alignment in my life
38:12anything that's not right with you
38:14anything that would be less than
38:16pleasing you, God, I'm going to lay that
38:18thing down."
38:20It's about saying, "God, I want
38:21everything that you have for me. I want
38:22to align with you. I want to be in
38:24proper position with you." And as I
38:26start to do that
38:28I start to turn a corner and I start to
38:30approach God a little differently.
38:32When I approach God saying, "God, listen
38:35take anything out of my life, God. Rip
38:36it out of me." The way that David
38:37prayed. God, be clear when you judge.
38:39God, it's me and me alone that sinned.
38:41God, anything that's in my life that's
38:43not pleasing you, take it out of me."
38:45Then this amazing thing happens. If we
38:47will start to prepare
38:49and we will spend the next few days and
38:52end the prayer and fasting preparing for
38:54what God has for us, then we can say
38:56what uh Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 6
38:58says where it says, "Without faith it is
39:00impossible to please him for who whoever
39:03would draw near to God must believe that
39:05he exists and that he rewards those who
39:07seek him. We can start to live that
39:10confident expectation of that scripture.
39:12We say, "God, I have faith. God, I've
39:14gotten my life right. I've gotten into
39:15alignment and position. I'm going to
39:17draw near to you. I'm going to get ready
39:20for every wonder and every miracle that
39:21you have for me." And then I can walk in
39:24confident expectation that he exists and
39:27that he rewards those that seek him.
39:31There's a shift in your spirit when you
39:33start to deal with the things in your
39:35life that shouldn't be there. You can
39:37stop hesitating when you approach God.
39:39You can start believing in him. Your
39:41your confidence is no longer placed in
39:43your performance,
39:46but it's placed in your relationship
39:48with this good God who wants to bless
39:50you and wants to pour out favor upon
39:52you.
39:52It's not based on your track record.
39:55It's not based on any of that. It's
39:56based on his character. And then you can
39:59just walk boldly into his presence and
40:01expect that he's going to move on your
40:02behalf. Would you stand with me tonight?
40:05Now again,
40:07I want to be clear as we wrap this up
40:09this evening
40:10that we're getting back into position.
40:14I believe that the ball's already in the
40:15air.
40:17God's already thrown the ball. It's
40:18already headed our way.
40:21He's going to do wonders. He's going to
40:22do miracles. He's going to do works
40:23among us. We just have to make sure that
40:26we're in proper position
40:28to catch everything that God's about to
40:30release.
40:31I remember a few years ago,
40:33uh brother Clendennen was actually
40:35speaking at one of our prayer and
40:36fasting
40:37and he was talking about receiving from
40:39God. He said, "You know, sometimes uh
40:41we'll be in a church service. There'll
40:43be a powerful move of God." And he says,
40:45"People will start prophesying and
40:46they'll start speaking things
40:48uh that God wants to do." And he said,
40:50"You know, you can actually
40:53deny what God wants to do in your life."
40:56He said, "I've seen situations where God
40:58spoke into someone's life." He said,
41:00"Even where God used him to speak things
41:02into the people's life." He said, "I
41:03could just see on their face that they
41:05weren't receiving it.
41:06That they didn't believe God could do it
41:08for them. That they didn't believe that
41:10they were worthy. They didn't have
41:11confident expectation that God was about
41:14to work on their behalf." And then he
41:16went on to say,
41:18"Whenever He said, 'Whenever I'm in a
41:19situation like that, when God the
41:21presence of God starts moving and he
41:22starts uh speaking deliverance and
41:24provision to people,' he said, 'I just
41:26pray, God, I'll take all of it.
41:28I'll take whatever you have for for for
41:30me, I'll take it. And if they don't
41:31receive that blessing, if they don't
41:33receive that miracle, I'll take it.'"
41:35So now every time we're in church and
41:36God starts moving and he starts speaking
41:37and I say, "God, here am I. God, it's
41:40not about me. I don't deserve anything.
41:42I already know all of that.
41:43I know I don't deserve anything, but
41:45God, I'll take every blessing you want
41:47to pour out. God, I'll walk in favor.
41:49I'll walk in position to receive from
41:52you." And that's what I want us to do. I
41:54want us to get in a position to receive
41:57from God over this next month. Not from
41:59a place of condemnation. I know sin is
42:01serious. I know sin separates us from
42:03God, but this isn't about condemnation.
42:07This is about saying, "God, I'm tired
42:09of not receiving everything that you
42:11have for me. I'm tired of sin and the
42:13enemy or maybe just lack of wisdom
42:16keeping me out of proper alignment. God,
42:18I want to get in alignment." Here's the
42:20thing, uh again, it's not about
42:21perfection. Remember we talked about
42:23that.
42:24It's not about being perfect. It's just
42:25about being in progress.
42:27Sometimes we stop the progress.
42:29Sometimes we get out of alignment and we
42:31stop progressing. All we want to do
42:33tonight is deal with anything in our
42:35life that God would call us to deal
42:37with. Get back in a relationship with
42:39him and make sure that we're
42:41progressing. If there's a sin, bring it.
42:44If you know there's something in your
42:46life that needs to die,
42:48kill it at the altar tonight.
42:50If there's iniquity in your heart,
42:52expose it. Lay it on the altar. If
42:54there's a weight,
42:56if there's a wisdom issue in your life
42:58that you're wrestling with, lay it down
43:00on the altar. If there's misalignment
43:02tonight, correct it. And get a holy
43:04indignation where you say, "God, I'm
43:05tired of not receiving everything that
43:07you have for me."
43:08Sin is a thief. Sin is a liar.
43:11And I'm not going to let it reign in my
43:13life anymore. God, I want everything
43:14that you have for me. And I'm going to
43:16walk in confident expectation.
43:19I'm going to walk in faith that you are
43:20for me.
43:21That you have favor in store for me. So
43:24we're not asking God to just move on our
43:26behalf.
43:27We're positioning ourselves because
43:29again, I believe the blessing's already
43:31on the way.
43:32The wonder's already on the way. The
43:33miracle's already on the way. We're just
43:35getting ourselves positioned for all the
43:37things that he's going to do. You know,
43:40I I had a Bible school instructor that
43:42used to say,
43:45"Uh don't plan your life
43:47to the nth degree. Don't try to plan out
43:49every detail of your life." Because he
43:51said, "If you do that,
43:53uh
43:54you'll underplan your life.
43:56You'll set limits on what God wants to
43:58do."
44:00He said, "The way you plan your life is
44:01you walk in wisdom. You do everything
44:03you can to prepare." He said, "And then
44:04you say, 'God, you just take care of the
44:06results.
44:07God, you bless and move and direct.'"
44:09And he said, "You'll be amazed at what
44:11God wants to do on your behalf if you'll
44:13just let him move." How many of y'all
44:15would just start to make a shift to say
44:16today and say,
44:17"What if
44:19there's wonders on the way in your life?
44:21What if there's miracles on the way in
44:23your life? What if God is just saying,
44:25'I just need you to get in alignment. I
44:27just need you to expect confidently and
44:29walk in faith that I actually want to
44:31work on your behalf.'"
44:33And all you have to do is get your
44:35relationship right and get yourself in
44:37position to receive. How many would
44:39start to just shift and say, "God, I
44:40believe that."
44:42I believe that God is not desiring for
44:44me to live in bondage. He's not desiring
44:46for me to live in condemnation. That's
44:49not what he wants us to walk in as
44:50children of God.
44:52But we've got to deal with our hearts.
44:54We've got to get in proper alignment
44:55relationally and we've got to make sure
44:57that we are in process with God. Can you
45:00start to make your way to this altar
45:02tonight? I know our musicians are on
45:04their way.
45:05But let's just start to pray tonight.
45:06Just find a place of prayer. If it's at
45:08this altar,
45:10and remember, we're not trying to earn
45:11anything from God.
45:13We're just trying to make sure that
45:14we're walking in proper relationship and
45:17connection and alignment with God. We
45:19want to make sure that we're positioned
45:21for everything that he has for us
45:24over these coming weeks. We want to make
45:25sure that when he starts to move, when
45:27the presence of God starts to move in
45:28this house, and it might not even be in
45:30this house. It might be in your home. It
45:32might be on your job. [music] When the
45:33presence of God starts to move,
45:36you're positioned and ready to receive
45:38everything
45:39that he has for you. Let's pray tonight.
45:41God, [music] we love you. God, I pray
45:43that you would cleanse us. God, I pray
45:44that you would God, remove any root of
45:48sin. [music] God, I pray that we would
45:49come before you honestly tonight. God,
45:52that we would lay down our lives before