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0:00Everything.
0:23[music]
0:26Heat.
0:37[music]
0:47Hey. Hey.
0:49[music]
1:02Hey,
1:18[music]
1:20you
1:26>> [music]
1:34>> Oh yeah.
1:46[music]
1:48Heat. Heat.
2:07[music]
2:14Hey,
2:34hey, hey. [music]
2:38Heat. Heat. N.
2:54>> [music]
3:11[music]
3:44>> Let's
3:53[music]
3:58go.
4:03[music]
4:10[music]
4:22>> [music]
4:22>> Heat.
4:26Heat.
4:48>> [music]
4:52>> Good morning, Summit [music] Park
4:54Church. Come on, let's dance to those
4:55feet today. And who's ready to praise
4:57the Lord this morning? Come on, put
4:59those [music] hands together. Hey. Hey.
5:03Come on, repeat after me. Let everything
5:05>> Let [music] everything
5:06>> that has
5:07>> that has
5:08>> praise the Lord.
5:09>> Praise the Lord.
5:10>> Yeah, praise the Lord.
5:11>> Praise the Lord.
5:12>> Let everything [music]
5:14>> that has praise
5:15>> that has
5:16>> praise the Lord.
5:17>> Praise the Lord.
5:18>> Yeah, praise [music] the Lord. Come on,
5:19let's sing. I praise in the valley.
5:22I praise on the mountain. [singing]
5:27I praise when [music] I'm
5:30praise when I'm down.
5:34I praise when I [music and singing]
5:38praise
5:43the waters [music and singing]
5:45my enemy
5:49[music]
5:54[music]
5:56[singing]
5:59soul. Praise [music]
6:04the Lord. Oh my soul.
6:08[music and singing]
6:09I feel it. I praise. I know. [music]
6:14I praise God. I know. My praise.
6:17[singing] I know. I feel
6:21[music] my praise is my
6:25[singing]
6:28sound. My praise [music] is the sound.
6:31My praise is a sh every
6:36[music] as long as I'm breathing. Heat.
6:39Heat. Heat.
6:43[music]
6:49Heat. Heat. Heat.
6:53[music]
6:55[singing]
6:59Heat. Heat. Heat.
7:01[music]
7:09Oh, my [music] soul. Oh my soul. Come
7:14on, every hand together in this place
7:16today. [music]
7:17If you got a praise in your heart, if
7:19you got a reason to be thankful, come
7:22on, put those hands together.
7:24[music]
7:26And we sing, I praise cuz you're
7:29sovereign. [music] I praise cuz you
7:31reign. I praise cuz you [singing] rose
7:33and defeated the grave. I praise cuz
7:36[music] you're faithful. I'm praise cuz
7:38you're true. I'm praise cuz there's
7:40nobody gater than you. I praise cuz
7:44you're [music]
7:45I praise cuz you're praise [music] me.
7:50I'm praise
7:54you. I'm praise [music]
7:57you.
8:00[music]
8:03Heat. Heat.
8:07[music]
8:12[music]
8:14Yeah. Heat.
8:17[music]
8:23[singing]
8:25Heat. Heat.
8:26[music]
8:34[music]
8:36Heat.
8:40Heat.
8:42[music]
8:46[singing]
8:48[music]
8:53>> [music]
8:59[music]
9:00>> Everything
9:03Praise the Lord. [music]
9:05Praise the Lord. Every day
9:12praise the Lord. [music] Praise the
9:13Lord. Come on, let's lift up a shout of
9:16praise to him.
9:22Yeah,
9:24[music]
9:25man. God is worthy of the praise. God is
9:29worthy of all the praise. Hey church.
9:32And [music] at this time I want to
9:33invite the prayer team down to the
9:35front. And today I want to encourage you
9:37[music] today. If you have a prayer need
9:39uh mental, physical, spiritually,
9:40emotionally, it doesn't matter what it
9:42is. [music] I want you to step out in
9:44boldness today and come down and agree
9:46with our with our prayer team. Our
9:48prayer team is here to agree with you in
9:49[music] prayer. The Bible says in James
9:515, "Is anyone among you sick? Then let
9:53them call on the elders of the church
9:55and [music] they will pray for you and
9:56anoint you with oil in the name of the
9:58Lord." And those prayers offered up in
10:00faith will make [music] that sick person
10:02well. So church, let's put our hope and
10:05our faith and our trust in the one
10:07[music] that we know can do all things.
10:10Come on, let's pray. Dear heavenly
10:11father, we thank you for being so good,
10:13[music] so being so faithful to us. And
10:15Lord, today all the things that are
10:17represented in this room, the things
10:19that we're struggling with, God, we put
10:20it in the palm [music] of your hands,
10:22God. And we ask you today to turn our
10:25situations around [music] for good,
10:27Lord. We trust you in Jesus' name we
10:29pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Hey, if you need
10:32prayer, [music] our prayer team is down
10:34here to agree with you.
10:42[music]
10:47>> [music]
10:53>> A thousand generations [music]
10:56falling down [singing] in worship
10:59to sing the song of ages to the end.
11:06and all who've [music and singing] gone
11:08before us. And all who will believe
11:13sing the [music] song of ages to the
11:17land.
11:19Your [music] name is the [singing]
11:22highest. Your name is the greatest.
11:26[music and singing] Your name
11:28stands above them all.
11:32host [music] and dominions [singing]
11:36all powers and position your name.
11:40[music]
11:41He stands [singing] above them all and
11:45the angels [music]
11:46cry.
11:48Holy
11:51all creation [music and singing]
11:53cries.
11:55Holy [music]
11:58you are lifted.
12:03[music]
12:05Oh,
12:07[singing]
12:16if you [music]
12:20sing the song forever to [music]
12:30If you [music]
12:33sing forever [music]
12:40Heat. Heat. Heat. [music]
12:45[music]
12:45[singing]
12:50Yeah. Heat. [music]
12:54[singing]
12:55[music]
13:01>> [music]
13:03>> Heat.
13:06[singing]
13:08[music]
13:13Heat. [music]
13:21[music] Heat.
13:27[music]
13:31Heat. Heat.
13:33[music]
13:40[music]
13:41the highest. Your name is the greatest.
13:46Your name it stands above [singing] them
13:50all
13:52over [music]
13:54and dominions [singing] of house and
13:58position. Your name Jesus. [music]
14:02[singing]
14:04Every place [music]
14:07Jesus
14:12[music]
14:13[singing]
14:17[music]
14:22[music]
14:29[music]
14:33Heat. Heat.
14:35[music]
14:35[singing]
14:39[music]
14:44[music]
14:53>> [music]
14:59[music]
15:01>> Heat. Heat.
15:06[music]
15:09Heat. [singing]
15:11[music] Heat.
15:15[music]
15:22>> [music]
15:24>> You will always be
15:28holy, [music]
15:32holy [singing]
15:32forever.
15:36[music]
15:41God, we lift you up. God, we [music]
15:43lift you up.
15:47Father, we give you all the praise and
15:48the glory of this word.
15:51Lord, who else is like you?
15:55[music] What other name to the save?
15:56What other name can you do?
16:00It's only [music] you, Lord.
16:05>> [music]
16:07>> And I [singing] could see your name for
16:13all [music]
16:14my [singing] life
16:16and still [music] find more to love each
16:22time.
16:24[music] Jesus be the name ever on my
16:27knees.
16:32You're sweeter every [singing] time
16:33[music] that I call on you. Cuz there's
16:36just something about your name.
16:38[music and singing]
16:40There's just something about your name.
16:44There's just something about your name
16:46[music and singing]
16:47that makes me cry. Holy.
16:51There [music and singing] is no other
16:52name.
16:55There is no other name.
16:59There is no other name. [music] name.
17:02Jesus, [singing] you're worthy.
17:05[music]
17:07You have been the friend [music]
17:12who [singing] never
17:14left. And I [music] won't
17:18forget
17:20your faithfulness.
17:24And [music] Jesus be the name [singing]
17:26of my life.
17:30>> [music]
17:32>> It's sweeter every time that I call him.
17:36There something [music] about
17:39that sing. There something about
17:43[music]
17:44something about
17:47it that makes [singing] me
17:52[music]
17:56[singing]
17:59>> [music]
18:02>> Jesus
18:07[music]
18:09Heat. Heat.
18:11[music]
18:17[music]
18:22Heat. Heat. Heat.
18:25[music]
18:29[singing]
18:34>> [music]
18:42[music]
18:43>> Come on. Can we lift our hands across
18:44the room today? And let's just [music]
18:46begin to call Jesus worthy. He's worthy
18:49of our hearts. He's worthy [music] of
18:51our worship. Come on. He's worthy of our
18:54praise in this place today. God, you're
18:56worthy. Jesus, you're worthy.
19:01>> [music]
19:06>> Jesus show me [music]
19:08is like the morning light the one the
19:12darkness can't deny the resurrection
19:17and [music] the life Jesus
19:21Jesus your name [music]
19:23say your name can heal your name you
19:27make the song we sing [music] your
19:32>> [singing]
19:33>> Jesus. [music]
19:36Jesus
19:38Christ
19:40for [singing] us.
19:43[music]
19:50Heat. Heat.
19:52[music]
20:00Yeah. [music]
20:06Heat. [music]
20:08[singing]
20:16Yeah.
20:18[music]
20:20Heat.
20:25[music]
20:30[music]
20:38>> [music]
20:42>> Heat. Heat.
20:45[music]
20:53>> [music]
21:04[music]
21:05>> always Jesus. Heat. Heat.
21:11[music]
21:21Heat. Heat.
21:23[music]
21:29[music]
21:30[singing]
21:33the glory.
21:36[music]
21:38Come on, let's lift up the name of
21:40Jesus.
21:43God, you want to worship in this place.
21:45Oh, we love you, [music] Lord. Praise
21:48your name.
21:50Yes, Lord. [music]
21:55Oh, man. It is good. It's good to
21:57[music] be in God's house today. Amen.
22:01Oh man, that was that was uh might think
22:03we do a little bit better than that.
22:04Come on. It is good to be in God's house
22:05today. Can I get an amen? Yeah. Come on.
22:08Come on, man. It is just good. I just
22:10love this. I love this moment that we're
22:12having right now. We're saying Jesus be
22:15the name. Jesus be the name. You know
22:17how there are so many things that we can
22:20put at the center of our lives. There's
22:23so many names that we can give worth to.
22:25There's [music] so many names, so many
22:26things we can give glory to. But how
22:29many of you know there's only one name
22:30who is worthy of the name worthy of the
22:34glory in our life? It's Jesus Christ.
22:36And so I just thought, man, it'd be just
22:38so great for us just to put Jesus over
22:40everything this morning. Amen. Can we
22:42just put him over everything? Can we
22:43just whatever it is in your life that
22:45you need Jesus to be over? Would you
22:46just lift your hands, lift your hearts
22:48all across this place? Come on. Can we
22:49just put him at the center of our lives
22:52today? Father, we thank you. We thank
22:54you that God, you are worthy of our
22:57hope. You are worthy of our trust and it
23:01is well placed when it is placed in you.
23:03And so God, we just take time right now
23:05[music] and we just center our lives on
23:07you. We center our affections, our
23:09thoughts, our desires on you. We give
23:10you the glory. We give you the honor. We
23:13give you the praise. And God, [music] we
23:14just ask you to come and make your
23:17yourself at home in our hearts today.
23:20God, we pray that you'd speak to us this
23:22morning. We pray that God, you would
23:23draw us close to you. And that God, we
23:26would leave this place different [music]
23:28than when we came in more like you and
23:30less like this world. And Father, we
23:32give you the honor. We give you the
23:34praise. We give you all of the glory in
23:37Jesus' name. [music] And everybody said
23:39a good strong amen. Come on, let's give
23:41him praise one more time today.
23:46It's good good to be in God's house.
23:48Before [music] you before you find your
23:49seat, why don't you find 65 people next
23:51to you? Say, "Man, you are sounding good
23:52this morning." Come on, find someone
23:54just next to you. Say, "Man, you are
23:55sounding good this morning.
24:03Good morning, church. It's so good to
24:04see everybody.
24:07We doing all right today? We good? Good.
24:10Man, it's great to have everybody here.
24:12Uh, welcome to Summer Park Church. Uh
24:14especially if this is your first time,
24:15man, we're so glad that you are here and
24:18we just hope that you felt the presence
24:20of God during worship. Wasn't that
24:22worship great? Come on, give it up for
24:23that worship team. So good. Just, man,
24:24bringing it.
24:27We hope that you felt the presence of
24:29God, that you felt encouraged, that you
24:30felt strengthened in your faith. And we
24:33hope that you felt welcome today. No
24:34matter where you're from or what's going
24:36on in your world today, we want you to
24:37know this. God loves you. And he has a
24:41plan for your life. and he wants
24:43something good to take place today. So,
24:45we hope that you experience that and we
24:47want to help get you connected. We want
24:49to help you experience all that God has
24:50for you. And so, if you're new, the
24:52first way to experience that here at
24:54Summit Park is by filling out an info
24:56card. Everybody say info card. So, it's
24:58this little white card that's on your
25:00seat there or it's in the seat back in
25:01front of you. If you're new, if you
25:02would take a minute, fill that out and
25:05then actually after service take it to
25:07the new here booth and we just love to
25:11give we have a gift for you. We want to
25:12give you, we want to meet you, want to
25:14help you get connected uh to Summit Park
25:16and really most importantly to all that
25:18God has for you. But we're just really
25:20glad you're here. If you're new, come on
25:21church. Can we take a minute? Can we
25:22welcome everybody who's new to joining
25:24us for the first time? Come on, put your
25:25hands together. Really glad to have you.
25:28And if you are new or you've been coming
25:30for a little while and you have not been
25:31through Growth Track, that is your next
25:34step. So, I want to encourage you to go
25:35through Growth Track. Man, you're going
25:37to learn more about the church. You're
25:38going to get a chance to hear about our
25:40story, what we're about, but most
25:41importantly, you're going to hear about
25:42who you are and how God has made you and
25:44how God has wired you. And so, we want
25:47to encourage you to go through Growth
25:48Track. Our next step one starts August
25:512nd and it meets right across the street
25:53in our ministry center building, that
25:54great building across the street. We'd
25:56love to have you there. And uh it's a
25:58great it's a three four is Oh man, I
26:00know we just changed this. It's it's
26:02four now. Okay. It's a four-step
26:04four-step process for you to uh to grow
26:08in your relationship with the Lord.
26:09You're going to learn so much about who
26:11you are and help you get connected to
26:12the ministry here at Summit Park. But I
26:14want to encourage you to go to Growth
26:15Track. And the way you can find Growth
26:16Track is by filling out that connect
26:17card. You can go to that little that
26:19little QR code there and it's also on
26:21the screen and it's going to take you to
26:23a links page. You can sign up for Growth
26:24Track. You can see all of the things
26:26that we have coming up here at some
26:28aart. And one of those things that is
26:30coming up is kids camp and it's one week
26:33away everybody. Okay?
26:36And all the parents rejoiced.
26:39The parents are excited about kids camp
26:41coming up and I want to encourage you.
26:43The kids are going to have so much fun.
26:44This is a free camp that we have going
26:46on in the evenings Monday through
26:48Thursday next week and it is incredible.
26:50I mean the the team has an amazing time
26:54planned for your kids and so you will
26:56not be disappointed by bringing them
26:58here. It's free. Come on, somebody. We
27:00know that's the best price. Parents, the
27:02struggle is real. So, it's free and you
27:04can bring your kids. But here's here's
27:06the thing. We need we need you to sign
27:08up, okay? We need to know how many
27:10people are coming. So, if you could do
27:11that today, I know some of you have been
27:13procrastinating because you're like, I
27:15don't know. Maybe our plans will change.
27:16We might do something else. I know. But
27:18just go ahead and sign them up. That
27:21will help us plan because we're we're
27:22buying things. We're getting things
27:24together. And we'd love to know how many
27:26people are going to be coming. So, sign
27:27your kids up today. It's going to be
27:28great. Uh, we're going to be uh getting
27:30ready for the tithe and offering a
27:32couple ways. You can give today. You can
27:33give the C uh seat back in front of you.
27:36Go to our links page. You can give in
27:37the giving box on your way out or in the
27:39offering bucket as it comes by in just a
27:41moment. But one of the exciting things
27:42that we're doing with our giving this
27:45summer is we're participating in the
27:47back to school shoe drive.
27:52Shoe drive. And if you're paying
27:54attention, you know that's different
27:55than what we've normally done, which was
27:56a backpack drive. What we've been what
28:00we're this year, we're doing a shoe
28:01drive. And here's the thing. We've
28:02realized that a lot of churches, and
28:04this is awesome, a lot of community
28:05things, they've been doing a lot of
28:06backpacks. So, that's awesome. So, we've
28:09effectively changed the game for the
28:11backpacks, but what kids need now are
28:13shoes. And so, we're leaning in. We're
28:15actually partnering with other churches
28:17this year, and we're going to be doing a
28:19back to school shoe drive. And you have
28:21a little card there. It's got little
28:22information on your seat. You can fill
28:25look look at that. You can scan the QR
28:26code for more information. But we're
28:28going to be making a big difference
28:29partnering again with other schools in
28:30the area. And you can help by donating
28:33new shoes in children's sizes 10 and a
28:35half through adult size 7. And we have a
28:38little box out in the lobby that you can
28:40bring those shoes to starting today. Um
28:43and you can you can participate in this
28:45today, next week, and also the 26th. Or
28:48if you're not able to to make it and
28:49pick up some shoes, you can also give a
28:51gift of $60 and that's going to help one
28:54kid go to school with a new pair of
28:56shoes. Come on, somebody. How many know
28:58that's a big deal? That's a big deal.
29:00So, I mean, here's the reality. I mean,
29:03in our own backyard, in our own
29:05backyard, there are so many needs. So
29:07many kids who are going back to school
29:09and they feel insecure. They've got
29:11holes in their shoes. We can make a
29:12difference about that. And so, I want to
29:13encourage you to participate. It's going
29:15to be a lot of fun to see how God uses
29:16us to make a difference uh in that. Uh
29:19well, today guys, we are in week two of
29:21summer at Summit Park. And we have with
29:25us our good friend Douggee Wackman is in
29:29the house today, everybody. So, for
29:32those of you who know him, for those of
29:34you who you know you know him, you know
29:35that you love him and he's a fan
29:37favorite here and we're so glad that
29:39you're here, Doug. Always so appreciate
29:41you taking time to be with us. Uh Doug
29:44can be literally anywhere in the
29:46country. Uh he's he's a sought-after
29:49communicator. Uh but uh and very very
29:51busy. The Lord is using he and his
29:54family in a powerful way in Austin. And
29:57but he's carved out time to be with us
29:59this weekend. And Doug, we so appreciate
30:01it and thank you so much for being here.
30:03You're going to love him. He's g He
30:04always brings a a fresh word. And I also
30:07want to encourage you. He's he's he's
30:09bring his book is coming out. His very
30:11first book is coming out next month. Is
30:13it next month? Next month it's coming
30:15out. But y'all, you can reserve your
30:17copy today. All right. You can reserve
30:20your copy today and get this thing
30:22launched strong. Now, I've read this
30:24book. Okay. So, I've read this book. I'm
30:26telling you, it's awesome. It's about
30:28it's all about what does God have for me
30:31next? And how many of you ever asked
30:32that question? What does God have for me
30:34next? Yes. All of us, all of the time,
30:37right? So, this is something that uh all
30:39of us are constantly looking at. I want
30:40to encourage you check that out. This
30:42book is amazing. Uh he's got a great
30:44word for us today. And so, we're going
30:46to hear a couple videos. As you see
30:49those videos and Doug comes up, if you
30:51would stand and welcome him because it
30:52is going to be a great day. Thank you so
30:54much for being here at Summit Park.
30:57>> Hey everybody, my name is Hannah and I'm
30:59the kids pastor here at Summit Park
31:00Church and I want to invite your first
31:02through fifth grader to our free kids
31:04camp July 20th through the 23rd. They're
31:06going to learn all about Jesus, make
31:08lots of friends, and better yet, go down
31:10this awesome water slide. We'll see you
31:12there.
31:15[music]
31:25>> [music]
31:30[music]
31:36[music]
32:31>> Please welcome to Summit Park Church,
32:33[music]
32:33Doug Wckenman.
32:36[applause]
32:38Good morning, Summit Park. Hey, come on.
32:40Can we give all the glory, praise, and
32:42honor to the name above every name, the
32:45name of Jesus Christ?
32:48Let's go. And can you help me out? Can
32:50we welcome everybody joining us online?
32:53We love you so much. And then one more
32:56thing before you take a seat. I need you
32:58guys to help me show some love to your
33:00fearless leaders, Pastors Scott and Jen
33:02O'Bky.
33:04I sincerely love you guys. I'm inspired
33:07by you. Every time I come here, I leave
33:09better just cuz I get to be around you
33:11for like 24 hours. So, from the bottom
33:13of my heart, I mean it. Thank you for
33:15your s your sacrifice and service to the
33:18kingdom of heaven cuz I go back to
33:20Austin. A better man, a better pastor, a
33:22better dad, a better friend every single
33:24time I get to be here. So, thank you to
33:26you guys. Yeah. [applause]
33:29All right, you guys can take a seat.
33:32Here we go. I uh I tend to be
33:34long-winded, you know what I mean? And
33:35I'm on a clock. I hate those clocks,
33:38man. So, we're going to get going. My
33:40name is Doug Wackinman and I pastor a
33:42church called Red Rocks in Austin,
33:44Texas. I'm going to show you a picture
33:45of my family because studies show you
33:48will immediately like me more if I do
33:50that. So, that is my beautiful wife,
33:52Sam. Will is seven, Kinsley is five, and
33:55Mela just turned two. I'm not saying
33:58Ma's my favorite, but I'm also not not
34:01saying Mila's my favorite. I'm just
34:03saying she's the only one of the three
34:04who hasn't talked back to me yet. Okay.
34:07But this group, that is my first
34:09calling, the first church I'm building,
34:11and the greatest gift God has given to
34:13me outside of my salvation.
34:16So, now you know me a little bit better.
34:18Today, I want to preach a simple a
34:20simple and hopefully helpful message
34:22called How to Hear the Voice of God. And
34:26I just want to give you three practical
34:28ways that God speaks because he is
34:30speaking all the time. So, how to hear
34:34the voice of God. God. So God, we love
34:36you.
34:37We uh we shut out distraction right now
34:41and we sink into the moment.
34:44You are always speaking. You are always
34:46right here and right now. It's us who
34:49aren't.
34:51So we get right here and right now. And
34:53we simply say speak to us. We're
34:55listening. We love you in Jesus name.
34:57And everybody said
34:59>> amen. Amen. All right. I'm going to
35:02start with the bold statement about
35:03human nature. Here's what I think. I
35:06think as human beings, we think we know
35:09way better than we actually do when it
35:12comes to so many different things. I saw
35:14a recent survey that said 50% of guys
35:19believe in an emergency situation they
35:21could land a commercial jet. [laughter]
35:25That's ridiculous. Okay, guys. I love
35:27you, but a commercial jet. Like, I could
35:30do that,
35:32you know, but Lawson, my buddy I brought
35:34with me, there's no way Lawson could do
35:36that. So, I guess I'm doing the math in
35:38real time right now. Maybe it is like
35:40half. You know, that's how we think as
35:42men. Oh, I've seen Top Gun. So, if the
35:44pilot has a heart attack, nobody panic
35:46cuz I've seen Top Gun one and two. And I
35:50see a lot of myself in Maverick. You
35:52know what I mean? We think we know
35:54better than we really do. And ladies,
35:56because I don't want to leave you out,
35:57and I'm speaking mostly to my generation
35:59and younger, y'all think that you can
36:01solve cases better than the FBI.
36:04And maybe you can, you know, maybe the
36:06CIA should be made up of single girls in
36:10Kansas City with a little bit of time on
36:12their hands and access to Wi-Fi and a
36:14bottle of Barefoot Chardonnay. And
36:16you're going to get to the bottom of
36:17that case so fast. It's like, don't even
36:20tell her he's a suspect. Just say just
36:22give her a name and a blurry photo and
36:25and say this is the knucklehead who
36:27stood up your best friend on a hinge
36:28date three nights ago. We need to find
36:31him and expose him. And she is cracking
36:33that case, man. And cracking some
36:35skulls.
36:37Just tell her he's in finance, 6'5, blue
36:39eyes with a trust fund, and uh in 6
36:43hours or less, you're going to have a
36:44blood type and a shoe size. 10 and a
36:48half in Nikes, 11 in Crocs.
36:52It's human nature to think we know
36:54better than we really do. In fact, give
36:57us a few decades on this planet and we
36:59start to believe we know better than an
37:01infinite God as well. But here's what I
37:04know. When it comes to plans,
37:08gods are better.
37:10And God just he knows better than we do.
37:12God's ways are better than the world's
37:15ways. And I'm going to say this again
37:17once again for the younger generations
37:19in this room especially because the
37:21world has ways and it has these really
37:24beautifully printed brochures that
37:26overpromise but underdel every single
37:30time. And you here's just you got to get
37:33this. You don't have to be 78 before you
37:36figure this out. God's ways are not just
37:40holier.
37:42They're better. They're richer. They're
37:46healthier. They're fuller. They're
37:48they're funner. That's not even
37:49grammatically correct, but they're
37:51goodter in every possible way. It's
37:54like, how does Forest Frank say it? I
37:56searched the world till my head hurt
37:58just to find out God's way is better.
38:01I'm praying for somebody in here. You
38:03don't have to search the world for
38:04another decade. You can learn the lesson
38:07the easy way today. He is a good God who
38:10has good plans for your life. Like Scott
38:12said, that's I wrote my very first book.
38:14It gets released to the world next
38:16month. It's called, "What does God have
38:17planned for me next?" It's all about how
38:19do I follow a God I can't always see
38:21with a voice I can't always hear into a
38:22future that I don't know. And if he does
38:26have good plans for me, how do I figure
38:28out what they are? I I want to
38:29experience all of it and miss none of
38:31it. So, how do I make big decisions with
38:34God? How do I hear the voice of God?
38:39In First Kings chapter 19, Elijah, the
38:42legendary prophet from the Old
38:43Testament, Elijah wants to hear the
38:46voice of God. James 5, by the way, says
38:49Elijah was a human being just like me
38:50and just like you. That makes me feel
38:52better that even Elijah was having a
38:55hard time hearing God's voice. So Elijah
38:58climbs a mountain. He does what a lot of
39:00us do when we're desperate for some
39:02divine direction. and he goes to Hill
39:04Country or finds the closest lake and a
39:07beautiful scenic overlook at sunset with
39:09his leather Bible and puts on his
39:12favorite worship song and and he looks
39:14at the sunset or the stars coming out
39:16and goes, "Speak to me, Lord." And this
39:19is what happened starting in verse 11.
39:21Then a great and powerful wind tore the
39:24mountains apart and shattered the rocks
39:27before the Lord. But the Lord was not in
39:30the wind.
39:32After the wind, there was an earthquake,
39:34but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
39:37After the earthquake came a fire, but
39:40the Lord was not in the fire. After the
39:43fire came a gentle whisper,
39:48and it was in the gentle whisper that
39:49Elijah heard the voice of God. The
39:53Hebrew word there for gentle whisper is
39:55the word de mama. It's not a mama joke.
39:58It's just it's just a word. It's de
40:00mama. And it means a gentle whisper or a
40:04still small voice. So God has an outdoor
40:08voice and knows how to use it. When he
40:10said, "Let there be light." I I'm sure
40:12that broke a few celestial decibel
40:15meters. You know what I mean? He has an
40:17outdoor voice, but God often times
40:20whispers to us. And Mark Batterson tells
40:24us why. I love this quote. When someone
40:26speaks in a whisper, you have to get
40:28very close to hear.
40:30We lean in toward a whisper, and that's
40:33what God wants. The goal of hearing the
40:35heavenly father's voice isn't just
40:37hearing his voice. That's so key. It is
40:40intimacy with him. That's why he speaks
40:44in a whisper. He wants to be as close to
40:46us as divinely possible. He loves us. He
40:50likes us that much. And that that's good
40:53preaching. it like it if it it's good in
40:56church, but in when you're trying to
40:58live that out, it's kind of frustrating.
41:00You're like, why you got to whisper?
41:02It'd be so much easier with with this
41:04whole God's plans thing and trying to
41:06figure out what they are if you could
41:08just like go to Starbucks with God and
41:11sit down over a venty two pump caramel
41:13macchiato and pretend it's coffee and
41:14not a milkshake, even though it's way
41:16more close to ice cream than coffee, but
41:18we'll keep pretending it's coffee.
41:20That's that's fine. and you sit down
41:21across from God and you go, "Hey, God,
41:23thanks for meeting me. I know you're
41:25busy. Uh, how's heaven? How's Gabriel?
41:27How are the golden streets? Anything I
41:29can pray for you for?" You know, "Hey,
41:31by the way, while I have you, who should
41:32I marry? And what job should I take? And
41:36should I move there or should I should I
41:39stay here? What's my calling? And while
41:41I have you, what is a calling?" You
41:43know, it's so ethereal calling. Do I
41:46have more than one? Should I buy? Should
41:48I rent? Should I invest in AI? Should I
41:51be polite to chat GPT? Probably, by the
41:54way. Okay. Should I send my kids to
41:56public school or or private school?
41:59Like, what are the plans you have for
42:01me? I know the verse. You have good
42:03plans for me. A hope and a future. I
42:05memorized it. I even got it tattooed on
42:07my ribs for crying out loud. But what
42:09are said plans that you like? That would
42:12be so much easier. You take so many
42:15notes at that coffee meeting. But that's
42:18not how God works. Why?
42:22Because he loves you and likes you so
42:25much that he wants you close.
42:28See, sometimes I'll whisper something to
42:30my son, Will, and he'll he'll look at me
42:33like, "What' you say, Dad?" And and I'll
42:35whisper it again under my breath. And
42:37then he'll get closer and I'll whisper
42:39it again. And then he gets closer and
42:40then when he's right next to me, I'll
42:42grab him like, "Gotcha, you little
42:44knucklehead."
42:45Is it a trick? Maybe. Does it make me a
42:48bad dad? Absolutely not. I love him so
42:53much that I want him as close to me as
42:56as possible. I mean, it'd be nice if God
42:58showed up in the fire or a hurricane to
43:01to shout to you in his outdoor voice to
43:04marry this person, break up with that
43:06person, move there, stay here, don't
43:09smoke that. But God whispers.
43:12And to hear him, you have to get close
43:15because God knows something we often
43:17forget. That hearing God is not the goal
43:19of hearing God. Proximity with God is
43:22the goal of hearing God. I mean, this is
43:25frustrating, but it's true. The process
43:27of prayer will change you in ways that
43:30getting an answer to your prayer never
43:31could. Summit Park, I'm praying for so
43:34many answered prayers for y'all in 2026.
43:36I'm just saying your pursuit of hearing
43:39the voice of God and the wrestling and
43:42when you're wrestling with him by
43:44definition you are close to him. Your
43:47pursuit of God's voice, your process of
43:49praying through that is going to change
43:53you and transform you from the inside
43:55out way more than an answered prayer or
43:57even hearing his voice ever could. God
44:00whispers with a still small voice. It's
44:03frustrating on surface level until you
44:06realize the reason why in his heart. And
44:08I will say this, whispers are clear when
44:11you are close.
44:13Chris Hajes says it like this. God
44:15doesn't have a speaking problem. We have
44:18a hearing problem.
44:21You need to leave here believing that
44:23God wants to speak to you.
44:26Not just Elijah. Elijah was a human
44:28being just like you. God wants to
44:30communicate with you. It's true. But
44:33it's important that you believe it's
44:34true for you because you will experience
44:36it to the level and degree that you
44:38believe it's true for you. God wants to
44:41communicate to you. He is always
44:44speaking. And today I just want to give
44:45you three practical ways to hear his
44:47voice. There's there are so many ways. I
44:50just want to give you three. The first
44:51one is this. God communicates through
44:54community.
44:57God will speak to you through people.
45:00God will speak through you to people.
45:04Now, first of all, I think God speaks
45:06loudest through your life when you don't
45:07have to say a word. Where the story that
45:10you live preaches the message that you
45:12believe. Where the things you do and the
45:15things you choose not to do speak
45:17volumes to the people around you about
45:20who God is to you. But when it comes to
45:24hearing God through the people in your
45:26life, here's just a simple tool.
45:28Consider the source. Consider the
45:31source. Mark Batterson makes the point
45:33that God way more often will speak
45:35through friends than through strangers.
45:37Now, God can speak and communicate
45:38through anything. In the Old Testament,
45:40he speaks through a donkey.
45:42He speaks through a tree that's on fire.
45:44He speaks through a cloud. I I think God
45:47speaks through comedians all the time. I
45:49think comedians are like modern-day
45:50prophets and they don't even know it
45:52because they can say what all of us need
45:54to hear and get away with it cuz it's
45:55funny. You know, God will speak and use
45:57he'll he'll speak through anything. I'm
45:59just saying often times he will speak
46:02through you or to you through a trusted
46:05relationship because speaking truth and
46:07love is an earned right in the byproduct
46:09of relational equity. My brother, God
46:13speaks to me through my brother all the
46:14time because he knows me and he loves me
46:16enough to tell me sometimes what I don't
46:19want to hear. He knows my blind spots.
46:21He can see them. I've given him
46:22permission to call me on them. The
46:25stronger the relationship, the more
46:26weight the words carry. 15 years ago, I
46:29just started following Jesus. And one
46:31afternoon, I was in college at CU
46:32Boulder, and God spoke to me through my
46:35college pastor, Bill Stevens. And it was
46:37like a year into to Christianity. I was
46:40a leader at the at our college ministry
46:42called the Annex. And um I was I was
46:45leading a small group and I had stage
46:47responsibilities on Tuesday evening. in.
46:49But I was I was caught up in that
46:51classic double life, you know, where
46:53Tuesday night was church, but Wednesday
46:55night we had a party at our house and
46:57Thursday night was small group, but then
46:58Friday and Saturday was more parties and
47:01and and and getting drunk and and raers.
47:04And then Sunday was like set aside for
47:06an all day of repentance. And then it
47:08was it was wash, rinse, and repeat. And
47:11that starts to get old and meaningless.
47:15Like I said, you can keep searching the
47:17world till your head hurts or you can
47:18just realize that God's way is so much
47:22better. And he spoke through Bill to me
47:24one afternoon because Bill took me out
47:26to coffee [clears throat] and Bill uh he
47:29sat me down. This was my first Christian
47:31call out as they say. And iron sharpens
47:33iron. I know the verse, but man, the
47:35friction is not fun. And the first thing
47:38Bill said to me was, um, I'm not going
47:40to tell you I'm not I'm I'm just going
47:41to shoot you straight and tell you what
47:42you need to hear. And I thought, "Oh,
47:44okay. This is new." And he said, "It'd
47:48be one thing, Doug, if you weren't a
47:49leader. After all, PSA, God has only
47:51ever used broken people other than
47:53Jesus. There are no other kinds." He
47:55said, "But you are a leader in this
47:57ministry. And and especially the young
47:59guys in your group, the way you're
48:01living is just not godly. And it's
48:04confusing. And it it's you you have been
48:07given so much influence by God, and you
48:10are punting on first down." And I sat
48:13there. I was just It was He's like, "God
48:15has plans for you. I'm try You're you're
48:17I don't want you to miss them right now.
48:19You're you're ignoring them." And I I
48:22sat there just like my heart was racing.
48:24And I know you're thinking like I
48:26responded like the mature Christian man
48:29of God that I was. And not quite yet.
48:31Like I walked out of that coffee shop so
48:33mad. And I reached for the legalism
48:36card. You know what I mean? Where I'm
48:38like, "That's legal. Legalism." I didn't
48:41know my pastor was a legalist,
48:44which is just lowhanging fruit when
48:45you're feeling the the sting of
48:47conviction, you know, to mask it.
48:51I really felt on my walk back to my car,
48:55God spoke to me. And notice in this
48:57case, speaking is a feeling. He said,
49:00"Hey, buddy." God calls me buddy a lot.
49:03Like I think that's why I call will
49:04buddy.
49:06He said, "Um,
49:09legalism Try. What about maturity?
49:13That's a better word.
49:15Hey, don't call wisdom legalism
49:19to your own detriment. Like, I'm I'm
49:21trying to to speak to you right now
49:23through your pastor,
49:25knucklehead. He calls me that, too. If
49:27you're smart, if you're smart, you will
49:30you will hear what I'm I'm trying to
49:33say. God will speak through trusted
49:35people. He'll speak through your
49:36pastors. Like if this is your church
49:38home, if you have planted yourself in
49:40this house, God will speak to you
49:42through the shepherds he's placed over
49:43your life in Scott and Jen. Scripture
49:45tells us to walk with the wise. You are
49:47doing that just by being part of this
49:49church. God communicates through
49:52community. The question is like, how do
49:54you know if it's God or not? How do you
49:57know if that was really the Holy Spirit
49:58or that was the pizza I had for dinner
50:01last night? You know, cuz we all have
50:03friends who will tell us what we want to
50:04hear. Like you might be a friend who
50:07tells your friends what they want to
50:09hear. You might be paying a counselor a
50:11lot of money to tell you exactly what
50:13you want to hear. So how do you know if
50:17and not to say God doesn't tell you what
50:19you want to hear. He does that all the
50:20time. I'm just saying if he wasn't
50:22telling you what you wanted to hear and
50:23he was trying to tell you something you
50:24didn't want to hear, would you hear him?
50:27And before you say, "Well, yeah. When
50:28was the last time he did?"
50:33When you hear the words false teacher,
50:34if you're anything like me, you
50:36immediately start to think of like the
50:38public figure pastor who's preaching
50:40prosperity to lead people astray. And
50:44you know what? Sadly, true. But I think
50:47a much bigger category of false teachers
50:50in our day and age is well-intentioned
50:53Christian friends
50:55who give really bad advice and stamp
50:58God's name on it because it's what you
51:01want to hear and it's easy to say and it
51:04lines up with the world's patterns and
51:05it it's like it's like this. Oh, move in
51:08together. Like financially it makes more
51:11sense. God knows you're you're going to
51:12get married one day. He He just wants
51:14you to be happy. And And we It's called
51:17playing the God card. It happens all the
51:19time where when we we say, Here's what
51:22I'm trying to say. We'll do things like
51:24this all the time. Like God just wants,
51:27God will say, God just
51:30whatever you say after that,
51:33like I really hope God said that
51:37because we now do that really
51:39flippantly.
51:40But when you say God says,
51:43whatever you say after that, it's like
51:45you are speaking on behalf of the
51:47creator of the universe. Can we just add
51:50a little bit of weight and reverence
51:52back into those two words? God God says
51:56it's Proverbs 14:12 says there is a way
51:59that appears to be right. The world has
52:02ways that appear to be right. Those
52:04brochures look good.
52:07Everybody's finding what they're looking
52:08for.
52:10But in the end, it leads to death. Just
52:13because it's said well on Instagram
52:15doesn't mean it's true. False teaching
52:17is not stamped with the big false
52:19teaching sign. It It's like all great
52:22lies. It's full of a lot of truth.
52:26That's why knowing scripture, I was
52:29going to do a whole point on it, but
52:31like this is the number one way to
52:33recognize the voice of God. Like if you
52:35have access to one of these, I don't
52:36think we know what we have in this. It's
52:39on my coffee table. It's on my shelf.
52:41It's in your phone. But Christians all
52:44throughout history and even in parts of
52:45the world right now would give any This
52:47has been passed on through the
52:49generations by the blood of Christians
52:52so that we could have if you have access
52:54to one of these, you can't tell me God
52:55is not speaking to you. He speaks to you
52:58all the time. And God will never use
53:00somebody in your life to speak to you
53:02something that contradicts this. It's
53:05why you got to know you got to know the
53:07real thing.
53:09God will speak to you through his word.
53:11God will communicate through his through
53:13community. I'll keep moving. Point
53:15number two, God shouts to us in the
53:18struggle.
53:20And I know this is sensitive and I know
53:22pain is so real. I feel like the more
53:24meetings I have right now, it seems like
53:26everybody is fighting some kind of
53:27battle. Like the amount of pain in this
53:30room right now, if we pass this
53:32microphone around, and I don't know why
53:34bad things happen, and I'm not just
53:36gonna pretend to. I do know the Bible's
53:39not trying to sell you nothing, which is
53:40why I trust it. It was even Jesus who
53:43said, "In this world, y'all going to
53:44have trouble." And his wish is not to
53:48give us a pain-free life or even to pull
53:50us out of the world, but rather to be
53:52with us right smack dab in the middle of
53:54the world. It's not to help us avoid
53:56every valley. It's the shepherd is with
53:59me in the valley. His rod and staff
54:02comfort me. He will draw near to you.
54:04God will shout to you in your struggle.
54:07It's about more and more of his of his
54:09presence. CS Lewis said, "He will
54:11whisper in our pleasures, but he will
54:13shout to us in our pain."
54:15>> Shout to us in our in our pain.
54:20He speaks so loud when we are in a
54:24season of of struggle. And I do know
54:27that with God, pain is not pointless.
54:30Because if the purpose of life is the
54:31pursuit of happiness, pain becomes the
54:33ultimate enemy. But if the purpose of
54:36life is something beyond this life,
54:38namely a transcendent God who uses all
54:42things to draw you closer to him, well
54:44then pain becomes a portal into more of
54:46his presence.
54:50On October 31st, 2003, Bethany Hamilton
54:53was a
54:5413-year-old girl surfing off the coast
54:56of Kauaii when she was attacked by a
54:5914oot tiger shark. She lost 60% of her
55:02blood. A lot of you know the story. And
55:04her left arm.
55:06And I my theology I believe this with
55:09all my heart. God does not send sharks
55:13literally or figuratively. In this
55:16world, you will have trouble. Sometimes
55:18sharks just show up. You want to know
55:20what's crazy about Bethany is Jeremiah
55:2229:11, the good plans verse. God has
55:24good plans for me, a hope and a future.
55:26That was her life verse before her
55:28accident.
55:30And it continues to be her life verse to
55:32this day that God can use the worstcase
55:36scenario and weave it together for the
55:39good of those who love him. And he
55:42shouts to us in our pain. Bethany
55:44listened. And now when Bethany speaks,
55:46the world listens to her. She was quoted
55:48in an interview saying, "I wouldn't
55:50change what happened to me because
55:52there's no way I could reach this many
55:54people for Jesus with both of my arms."
55:57Like, wow. That's why I trust Christians
55:59who have bled in this life before, who
56:02have walked through serious pain and
56:04come out the other side more in love
56:06with God, like still still believing,
56:08still full of faith. I'm like, I'll let
56:10that person speak into my life any day
56:12cuz that's a faith that's been tested.
56:14That that's real. That is that's a
56:18beautiful testimony. But this is just
56:20hard for us as as as Americans because
56:23we are all about comfort, maximizing
56:26comfort, minimizing pain from the opioid
56:28epidemic all the way to memory foam
56:30pillows. And I get it. You know, I try
56:33to do the exact same thing. in. But do
56:35not fall for the easy to sell lie that
56:37Christianity is just a ticket to a
56:39pain-free life. It's not. You know,
56:43Jesus is the conquering king. He's the
56:46conquering lion who walked out of his
56:48tomb having conquered death on Sunday.
56:51That was a resurrection, right? But
56:53Jesus is also the suffering lamb who two
56:58days before was crucified and betrayed
57:02and spat on and
57:05mocked and he is the he is the
57:09conquering line and in him there is
57:10healing and there is victory and in him
57:13you can do all things. And that is 100%
57:17true. But what's also true is he is the
57:20suffering lamb, the man of sorrows who
57:22is familiar with pain. And here's the
57:24thing, God will speak to you from both
57:27offices.
57:28He has an office
57:30and on the front door it says conquering
57:32lion and he will call you into that
57:35office to speak to you from that vantage
57:37point all the time.
57:39But God also has another office called
57:41suffering lamb.
57:43That's why we have a high priest who is
57:45familiar with pain, who can empathize
57:48with everything that we've gone through,
57:50and he has the ability to call us into
57:52that office and draw near to us in our
57:54struggle. That's why scripture says he
57:56counts every single one of our tears.
57:59And nothing is wasted with nothing's
58:03wasted with him. For two decades, I have
58:06had chronic head pain,
58:09daily headaches, and migraines that
58:12literally like take my breath away. I
58:15I've logged hundreds of them through the
58:18night on my living room floor just
58:20pulling at my hair trying to breathe
58:22through the pain. And you know what's
58:24interesting? I've had about a thousand
58:26people all over the world pray for
58:27healing.
58:29So far
58:31it hasn't happened. Comma yet. Sometimes
58:34it's important when you share your story
58:37to add comma yet at the end of what you
58:40said. And I can praise God now. Like my
58:44next time here, I believe I I'll I'll
58:46give you a praise report about the
58:47miracle of healing. I I really believe
58:49that with all of my heart and I'll be
58:50able to say on this platform, God is so
58:52good. But you want to know what might be
58:54even more powerful is right now before
58:56that's happened and I believe it's
58:58coming. But before it happens, I can
59:01stand up here and say, "God is so good
59:03and he is healer and I will get mine."
59:08Whether it's this life or in heaven
59:10forever,
59:12he is healer and he is he's so good. And
59:18until then, this is my testimony.
59:21Some of my most painful nights have been
59:23my closest I've ever had with Jesus.
59:27And while I would never choose it,
59:30I wouldn't change it.
59:33I don't think
59:36this is real life. You know,
59:39if you are in pain,
59:43and I think a lot of people are fighting
59:44battles in this room right now, this is
59:47varsity level what I'm about to say.
59:49Okay?
59:51Don't be too fixated on escaping pain
59:53that you fail to get something from it.
59:56Because the circumstances we often are
59:58just trying to change. God is trying to
59:59use those circumstances to change us.
1:00:04Don't be so quick to,
1:00:07you know, David said, "I walk through
1:00:08the valley." He doesn't sit down in the
1:00:11valley and throw a pity party and make
1:00:14camp here, but he also doesn't sprint
1:00:17through it. is that though I walk,
1:00:21every valley has one thing in common.
1:00:22They all end.
1:00:25And never will it be easier to hear
1:00:26God's voice than it is right now in the
1:00:28valley.
1:00:30And if you listen for his voice, he will
1:00:32shout to you in that struggle. And you
1:00:34will walk out of that valley stronger
1:00:37and better for it and closer to him and
1:00:39more mature and complete, lacking
1:00:42nothing. Like James chapter 1 says, like
1:00:44I said, varsity level, but you're up for
1:00:48it. You got royal blood coursing through
1:00:50your veins. You're made in the image of
1:00:52God. He will shout to you in the
1:00:55struggle. Amen.
1:00:57And then I'll finish right here. God
1:00:59speaks clearly to us when we're bored.
1:01:04And I think this has never been more
1:01:05timely because we have engineered
1:01:07boredom out of our lives. We're afraid
1:01:10of being bored.
1:01:12like we can't even wait in line at the
1:01:13grocery store without scrolling.
1:01:16We can't like we can't cook a meal
1:01:18without an episode on. It's almost like
1:01:20we're running away from being alone with
1:01:22ourselves. We've engineered boredom
1:01:25away. But there is something in your
1:01:27brain called the default mode network.
1:01:30And it's in when your brain is in this
1:01:31mode, that's when you get all your big
1:01:34epiphies about life. And if you've ever
1:01:35had any revelations about, oh my gosh,
1:01:37I'm supposed to go left and not right.
1:01:39I'm supposed to stay and not go where
1:01:41you've connected the dots where God has
1:01:44spoken to you. It's been when your brain
1:01:47is in the default mode network. But the
1:01:50reason those moments are happening fewer
1:01:52and farther in between for us is because
1:01:54your brain has to be bored to go into
1:01:58the default mode network. And we've
1:02:01engineered that out of our lives. It's
1:02:05we're praying for divine direction.
1:02:07We're like overstimulated all the time
1:02:10from right when we wake up in the
1:02:11morning asking God for would you speak
1:02:13to me? Would you give me peace? Would
1:02:15you? And I think he's like I would love
1:02:17to. There's nowhere in your life or in
1:02:19your mind for me to put it.
1:02:24I'll finish with this verse. Psalm
1:02:2646:10. You guys know this verse. Be
1:02:28still and know that I am God. The Hebrew
1:02:33word for be still is the word rafa. It
1:02:35means to be still, to stop, to cease. It
1:02:39means to be bored.
1:02:42For when you are bored, when you have
1:02:44those moments of stillness where you're
1:02:46not being stimulated and your brain does
1:02:48not have neurochemical fireworks every 5
1:02:51seconds,
1:02:53that you know that he is God, that you
1:02:56know what he's leading you to do next,
1:02:58that you can you can hear his voice. I
1:03:00think back to that word damama, that
1:03:02other Hebrew word, a still small voice.
1:03:06But you have to be still
1:03:09even for small moments of time in order
1:03:11to hear the still small voice of God.
1:03:17And the one way I have for you to do
1:03:19that,
1:03:21start your [music] day with scripture
1:03:22before your smartphone.
1:03:25I'm not saying go throw this in the
1:03:26lake. I'm saying there's a wise way to
1:03:29have a smartphone. But if [music] you
1:03:31think that your good intentions are good
1:03:33enough, you're fooling yourself.
1:03:36It takes living with intention. [music]
1:03:38It takes creating rituals and habits and
1:03:40systems in your life that are going to
1:03:42deliver the vision that you [music]
1:03:45have. Because 89% of Americans wake up
1:03:47in the morning and in the first eight
1:03:49minutes reach for this. And I'm a
1:03:51culprit. I get it. It's normal.
1:03:55I'm just saying what else is normal in
1:03:582026?
1:04:00Anxiety,
1:04:01depression,
1:04:03dumerism,
1:04:04feeling a sense of apathy, and feeling
1:04:07lost and depleted dopamine in our
1:04:09brains. And I could go on and list about
1:04:12a hundred things. My point is this. The
1:04:14last thing you want to be right now is
1:04:15normal. Don't be normal. Be weird.
1:04:19Scripture before your smartphone.
1:04:22When you read this in the morning, when
1:04:24you reach for scripture, even for 10
1:04:26minutes before you reach for your phone,
1:04:27you will find a God who's actually
1:04:29looking for you back.
1:04:32We reach for our phones. You know,
1:04:33babies are born looking for somebody who
1:04:36is looking for them. Babies are born,
1:04:39they go from the warmth of the womb and
1:04:41they pop out into this crazy cold world
1:04:43where they have trouble. And so, they
1:04:45look for somebody who's looking for
1:04:47them. Neurochemistry shows us that
1:04:49moment where a mom meets baby is as big
1:04:52a deal as it feels. And what they both
1:04:54feel is you're the one I've been looking
1:04:56for. The tragic irony according to
1:04:59Justin Whitmill early [music] is we
1:05:01reach for these in the morning because
1:05:03we are born a new into the world every
1:05:05morning
1:05:07and there's nobody looking for us.
1:05:11We look for the mercies of God. We look
1:05:14for some divine direction. and we look
1:05:16for somebody looking for us and all we
1:05:19see is this sort of blurry
1:05:21fractured [music]
1:05:22reflection of our own image.
1:05:28The tragic irony is in here in the words
1:05:32of this book, you will find a God who is
1:05:35who is looking [music] for you.
1:05:42Justin in that book talks about facial
1:05:44recognition as a spiritually revealing
1:05:46technology. Like we turn your gaze
1:05:47[music] to the screen and like a mother
1:05:49it lights up at your mere attention but
1:05:52there is no gaze to be returned. Just
1:05:54the strange blue glow of our own
1:05:56fractured reflections. And
1:06:02God has such good plans for your life.
1:06:04So much I want to say right now. He has
1:06:06such good plans for your life. He is a
1:06:08good God who is communicating to you all
1:06:11the time. We live in a world where it's
1:06:13impossible to be still.
1:06:16It's impossible to hear the gentle
1:06:18whisper.
1:06:20We think all the time, "God, I wish
1:06:22you'd be more clear. Whispers are clear
1:06:24when you're close."
1:06:26He's given you a God instinct. The sheep
1:06:29know the sound of the shepherd's voice,
1:06:33and it's in his presence. Even if you
1:06:35start your day, you start your day with
1:06:38scripture for 10 minutes, you will set
1:06:41your brain into a specific mode that it
1:06:43will be in for the rest of the day where
1:06:44I promise you, you will be more attuned
1:06:46to [music] the presence of God and the
1:06:48voice of God directing you and guiding
1:06:51you. In here
1:06:54you'll find all the world's ways,
1:06:58more anxiety and more apathy and more
1:07:01and all the while God is wanting to
1:07:03speak to you.
1:07:06Be still and know that he is the God of
1:07:09your life.
1:07:10He communicates through community. He
1:07:13shouts in the struggle
1:07:17and he draws so close to you [music]
1:07:19when you're actually bored for a few
1:07:21moments and you're still. So, I just
1:07:24want to do that right now as I know
1:07:25we're about to [music] worship to make
1:07:27room. I want to invite you in here to
1:07:29bow your head and close your eyes.
1:07:36And on purpose, I'm
1:07:39not going to say anything for about 20
1:07:41seconds.
1:07:44We so rarely get these moments.
1:08:09God, we make room in our lives. We make
1:08:11room in our schedules.
1:08:14We create [music] space in our brains,
1:08:16in our minds right now,
1:08:20for you to communicate, for you to
1:08:21speak.
1:08:25Promise to draw near to us as we draw
1:08:27near to you. So would you do just that
1:08:30in these final moments?
1:08:35Thank you for being a good dad with good
1:08:37plans for his kids. We trust you.
1:08:41guide us, [music] direct us, speak to us
1:08:46in Jesus name. Amen.
1:08:50>> Come on church, let's stand [music] to
1:08:51our feet and let's end our service of
1:08:53worship.
1:08:55>> I will make room [music]
1:08:58for you
1:09:01[singing]
1:09:02to do whatever you want to. [music]
1:09:07to do whatever [singing] you want to.
1:09:11I'll make room
1:09:14for you [music]
1:09:17[singing]
1:09:18to do whatever you want to [music]
1:09:22to do whatever you want to [singing]
1:09:27cuz I will make room [music] for you
1:09:34to do whatever [music and singing] you
1:09:36want to
1:09:38to do whatever you want do.
1:09:43Yes, I [music and singing] will make
1:09:44room for you,
1:09:47Jesus,
1:09:50[music] to do whatever [singing] you
1:09:52want to.
1:09:54To do whatever you want [music] to.
1:10:00So shake up the ground [singing] of all
1:10:02my tradition. Break down the [music]
1:10:05walls of all my religion. You're always
1:10:09there.
1:10:12You're always there. [music]
1:10:16Shake up the ground of all my [music]
1:10:19tradition. Break down the wall of all my
1:10:23religion. [singing]
1:10:24You're always there.
1:10:28You're always [music and singing]
1:10:29there.
1:10:31I will make room for you
1:10:37[music]
1:10:38to do whatever [singing] you want to
1:10:42[music] to do whatever you want to.
1:10:47Yes, I [music] will make [singing] room
1:10:50for you.
1:10:52You
1:10:55to do whatever [singing]
1:10:56you want [music] to
1:10:59to do whatever you want to.
1:11:04[music]
1:11:06>> Come on, let's give the Lord a hand of
1:11:08praise today. Yeah. Give him [music]
1:11:10praise in this place.
1:11:13Man, what a powerful powerful message.
1:11:15Could we show our appreciation to Pastor
1:11:17Doug? Man, wasn't that so good?
1:11:20Amazing message.
1:11:23Hey, if you're in this place and you'd
1:11:24like to give your life to Jesus, [music]
1:11:25that's the most important decision you
1:11:27could ever make. And we'd love the
1:11:29opportunity to pray for you. So, I'm
1:11:30going to go ahead and invite the prayer
1:11:31team to go ahead and make their way
1:11:32forward. Want to give you this right
1:11:34here. It's on the seat back in front of
1:11:35you. It's got some next steps and a QR
1:11:37code where we can give you some
1:11:38resources. But for everybody, we want to
1:11:40welcome you to come forward if you've
1:11:41got a need in this place. We'd love the
1:11:43chance to pray for you. But for all of
1:11:44us, make sure that you take the uh shoe
1:11:47drive card with you. Be praying. Think
1:11:49about how you can be a part of that. And
1:11:50also we got some treats for you out on
1:11:52the patio. So make sure you check those
1:11:53out. But thanks so much for coming to
1:11:55Sun Park. Have a great rest of your day.
1:11:56We'll see you later. God bless.
1:12:00I just want to know
1:12:04what [music] you're
1:12:22All I
1:12:26All I need,
1:12:31all I long for,
1:12:40all I
1:12:47need.
1:12:51I long for
1:12:55everything.
1:12:59All I dream,
1:13:04all I need,
1:13:08all
1:13:12for
1:13:37I just love
1:13:41you. I [music] just love you.
1:13:46I just love
1:13:51you. I just love you.
1:13:56I just love
1:14:00you. I just love you.
1:14:05I just love
1:14:09you. I just love you.
1:14:14Every
1:14:20is what I want.

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