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0:03What's up, family? Welcome to the
0:04Blueprint Bible study. Incredibly
0:06excited about our time together. And I
0:09say that each week because I am. I'm
0:12excited to learn more about God's word.
0:16I'm excited about the change that takes
0:19place in my life when I live God's word.
0:22And I love the opportunity to lift up
0:25God's word to my fellow brothers and
0:27sisters in the faith or those who may
0:30not even be a part of the faith, but
0:32[snorts] you're on your own spiritual
0:33journey. And you are seeking. You are
0:36seeking not only more of God's presence,
0:40but you're seeking and in search of
0:42God's principles, God's truth. Man, if
0:44you're here, I want to welcome you. My
0:45name is Darris Stamps. I'm super excited
0:47to have this opportunity to share the
0:49word of God with you. We call this the
0:51Blueprint because we believe the Bible
0:53very clearly is the blueprint to life as
0:56God intended. There's a word that is
0:58used to describe There's a word in the
1:00Bible used to describe life as God
1:03intended. That word is found frequently
1:05throughout the teachings of Jesus in the
1:07New Testament. That word is kingdom.
1:09When Jesus says, "The kingdom of God and
1:11the kingdom of heaven," and those words
1:13are used very often interchangeably, "is
1:15like is like is like is like." He is
1:18saying life When he says, "The kingdom
1:20of God is like," hey, this is what life
1:21is like when God's in charge.
1:25So, kingdom marriage is hey, this is
1:26what a marriage is like when God's in
1:28charge. A kingdom mindset is like, hey,
1:30this is the kind of mindset you have
1:32when your mind is governed and guided by
1:35the king.
1:37If I'm making sense, put it in the chat
1:38right now. Make sense? It makes sense.
1:41Yep. So, the third way you can live life
1:43culture's way, which is the way of the
1:45world, church's way, which is the way of
1:46religion, or the king's way, which is
1:47the way of the rabbi, Jesus. When you
1:49live life that way, eventually the
1:52result you get is a kingdom life. So, if
1:55I live if I manage my marriage third
1:58way,
1:59if I start third way today, I'm not
2:01going to have a kingdom marriage
2:01tomorrow.
2:03I got to stay on the way long enough
2:05until I reap the harvest of the result.
2:08And the result, if I do marriage third
2:10way,
2:11and I stay on that way long enough, if I
2:13refuse to be weary in doing good, then
2:15eventually what am I going to have? I'm
2:16going to have a kingdom marriage.
2:18So, this this this Bible study we call
2:20the blueprint, we're teaching people the
2:21way to life as God intended. I'm
2:25starting a series at our church, Change
2:27Church, on Sunday
2:29that is a series called We Outside, and
2:31it's really a series on purpose. I I
2:34want to
2:36expose some believers
2:39to truth that we see in scripture, that
2:41there's a contribution that God's called
2:43you to make outside the four walls of
2:45the church you're part of.
2:47Um that we're salt and light
2:50in the earth and in the world. Salt of
2:52the earth, light of the world.
2:55And so, we're going to have some really,
2:56really important conversations over the
2:58course of this series on how the
3:02scriptures are very clear that God has
3:03equipped you with spiritual gifts and
3:07wants you to display spiritual fruit
3:09as a missionary to the space and place
3:12and culture that he's called you to.
3:14And uh it's going to be an interesting
3:15conversation. We're talking about
3:17purpose,
3:18and we're talking about spiritual gifts
3:20and spiritual fruit. And uh it's going
3:22to be an interesting conversation. So, I
3:23felt like it would be helpful to just
3:25lay some foundation for you in this
3:27blueprint. And I know many of you who
3:29watch Blueprint, you're not part of our
3:30church, and that's fine, but I do think
3:32if you care about your purpose, this
3:33series I'm going to be doing on Sundays
3:35is something you should lean into. So,
3:37I really want us
3:39um to just kind of open up our hearts,
3:41cuz I want to lay some foundation
3:42tonight for what I'm going to actually
3:44start on Sunday. And I want to go to
3:46Jeremiah chapter number one, beginning
3:47at verse number four, and I want to talk
3:50today from this subject called Made want
3:53to teach today from this subject called
3:55Made for More.
3:57Made for more. Before we read, I just
4:00feel a prompting to pray here.
4:02So, Father, I thank you for your word. I
4:05thank you that it is light, that it is
4:07illuminating, that it reveals, that it
4:10exposes. And I pray, as your word is
4:12taught today, that your word is wielded
4:15as a weapon against deception, against
4:18discouragement, against despair, against
4:22any and everything that the enemy is
4:24using to inhibit your people from
4:27experiencing your best. You said in your
4:31word that your word is a lamp unto our
4:33feet and a light unto our path. I pray
4:36for every confused person, every
4:38concerned person, every person that
4:42needs divine direction for some
4:44decisions that they have to make.
4:45Somebody watching me right now doesn't
4:48know what to do. And I pray that you
4:51give them a prompting, that you give
4:53them a word, that you give them a sign
4:56[clears throat] to let them know which
4:58way to go. Do it now, Jesus. And I pray
5:00against
5:01any dilemma that would distract people
5:04from receiving what you're getting ready
5:06to say today. We bind that, and we pray
5:08that this prayer would be a shield that
5:12pushes back against that in the name of
5:15the Lord Jesus. It's in that name we
5:16pray.
5:17Amen. Somebody drop some fire in the
5:19chat if you feel a witness from the Holy
5:22Spirit on that prayer.
5:25Yes, indeed. He's going to do that.
5:29He's going to do that.
5:31He's going to answer that prayer.
5:32Jeremiah chapter 1, verse 4.
5:35The word of the Lord came to me saying,
5:38"Before I form you in the womb, I knew
5:41you.
5:43Before you were born, I set you apart.
5:47And I appointed you as a prophet to
5:51the nations."
5:53Again, I want to tag this title to this
5:55text, made
5:58for
5:59more.
6:00I want to start um
6:02this time of teaching by articulating
6:04something that I repeat regularly.
6:06And I don't repeat it regularly because
6:08I've got because I forgot I've said it.
6:10I repeat it regularly because I think we
6:12consistently need to hear it. Your
6:14presence on this planet has purpose.
6:19Look at me. You're not the consequence
6:21of some cosmic coincidence. You're not
6:23the result of some relational accident.
6:25Your parents may have been surprised by
6:26your arrival. God was not.
6:28You have been strategically,
6:30intentionally placed on this planet for
6:32such a time as this. You, sir, you,
6:35ma'am, were created intentionally.
6:38You've been equipped uniquely, and
6:40you've been called to contribute
6:42meaningfully. I'mma say that again. You
6:45have been created intentionally.
6:48You have been equipped uniquely, and you
6:52have been called to contribute
6:55meaningfully.
6:56One more time.
6:58You have been created intentionally,
7:01equipped uniquely, and called to
7:05contribute meaningfully.
7:08And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what
7:11I believe we see a gentleman named
7:14Jeremiah being introduced to in this
7:16particular passage. This passage is one
7:19of few passages in scripture that give
7:22us insight into an individual's calling.
7:26Somebody put calling in the chat right
7:28now. If you're watching this live, come
7:30on, put it in there now. Calling. Uh th-
7:33there are very few examples that we see
7:35in scripture of a person's calling
7:38experience. We see it with Moses with
7:42the burning bush. We see it with Gideon
7:45when he is threshing wheat in the wine
7:47press. We see it with some of the
7:49disciples when Jesus extends the
7:51invitation to them to follow me and I'll
7:54make you a fisher of men. But, we see we
7:57see it right here
7:59in what what we're going to explore is
8:01what we see right here in the book of
8:04Jeremiah. Now, this book, Jeremiah,
8:08details and exposes us to the prophetic
8:11ministry of a gentleman named Jeremiah.
8:14Now, Jeremiah is actually the son of a
8:17priest, and I don't have time to deal
8:19with that, but I want you to see
8:20something that people
8:23who came from families of priests
8:25typically became priests. But, here's
8:28what I want you to see. Jeremiah comes
8:31from the family of a priest, but he
8:33doesn't become a priest. He becomes a
8:35prophet. Look at me. This means this
8:37teaches us something that your ability
8:41to carry out your life's assignment will
8:43be tied to your willingness to embrace
8:47your own uniqueness.
8:49My God,
8:51that fulfilling destiny may mean
8:53diverting from paths people you love
8:57think you should follow.
9:01Did you hear what I just said?
9:04And there are many people I'm just using
9:06this these terms metaphorically, not
9:08literally, okay? I'm not saying you're
9:10literally supposed to be a prophet, but
9:11I'm using this metaphorically to
9:13describe uniqueness. There are many
9:15people
9:16that are trying to fit in the priest box
9:19when you've been called to be a prophet.
9:22I'm not saying prophet literally. I am
9:24saying that God wants to do something in
9:27you uniquely. And individuals' ability
9:31to carry out their assignment is going
9:33to be tied to their willingness to
9:35embrace their uniqueness. And we live in
9:37a culture where where Well, when I say
9:40everyone, you know that I'm you know
9:41that I mean that generally, but
9:43metaphorically,
9:45but we live in a culture
9:47where most people
9:49say they want to be different, but they
9:51fighting for normal.
9:54Did you hear what I just [clears throat]
9:55said?
9:57They say they want to be different, but
9:59they fighting for normal.
10:02They say they want to be rare, but they
10:04fighting for regular.
10:08Because operating in your uniqueness is
10:10expensive.
10:12>> [laughter]
10:13>> It's going to cost something.
10:16It comes with a price.
10:19Watch this.
10:21But the result
10:24is worth more than the expense.
10:28So Jeremiah is Jeremiah is the son
10:32of a priest.
10:34Comes from a town in the territory of
10:35Benjamin.
10:37But he embraces his ministry
10:39as a prophet.
10:41Now I want you to catch something here.
10:44What we
10:46get an opportunity to hear
10:48in verses 4 through 5
10:51is God introducing Jeremiah to his
10:54assignment.
10:57The Bible is clear
10:58in verses 1 through 3
11:01that this is during the kingly reign of
11:04a king named Josiah who has a very
11:06interesting reign. And if you're not
11:08familiar with him, I think you should
11:09look him up. He assumes the role of a
11:11king at a very very young age and
11:14[clears throat]
11:14he is leading during the time where
11:16there's spiritual decline, there is
11:18covenant
11:19um
11:20infidelity and unfaithfulness,
11:22covenantal infidelity and
11:24unfaithfulness. God's keeping his part
11:25of the covenant, they're not keeping
11:27their part of the covenant. There's
11:28political instability. There is the
11:31threat of military foreign domination
11:34and invasion. As a matter of fact,
11:36Jeremiah would eventually witness the
11:38Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem
11:42as a matter of fact and see people taken
11:44into exile and one of his most famous
11:47prophetic proclamations, Jeremiah 29:11,
11:51is actually given to people who've been
11:53taken away in exile when he says, "I
11:56know the plans I have for you, plans to
11:58prosper you not to harm you, plans to
12:00give you a hope and a future." He is
12:02saying that to people in exile.
12:06Which means
12:08you might get some of your best words in
12:09some of your worst seasons. Mhm.
12:13That the revelation God gives sometimes
12:15may seem to contradict your situation,
12:17but you better listen to me. What you
12:19are dealing with with your facts are
12:20facts, but what God says is truth, and
12:23facts don't change change truth, but
12:25truth will change facts.
12:31So, Jeremiah would eventually be used to
12:34communicate God's word to a very at
12:37times obstinate and resistant people.
12:40People who are frequently fighting help
12:42that they needed. I know you can't
12:43relate to that. His [snorts] assignment
12:46would would would
12:48would literally
12:50um
12:51infect him with anxiousness and
12:54agitation to the degree that we see even
12:58in Jeremiah 20. I love the transparency.
13:00We see in Jeremiah 20 him saying, "I'm
13:02tired of this." He literally told God.
13:04He said, "You deceived me." We read what
13:07God told him in
13:09>> [laughter]
13:09>> chapter
13:11in chapter number one. Check this out.
13:13Uh uh
13:15God says to Jeremiah, "Before I form you
13:16in the womb, I knew you. Before you were
13:18born, I set you apart. I appointed you
13:19as a prophet to the nations." And
13:21Jeremiah says, "Alas, sovereign Lord, I
13:23don't know how to speak. I'm too young."
13:25But God said, "Don't say I'm too young.
13:28You must go to overcome
13:30uh everyone that I send to you and say
13:33whatever I command you. Do not be afraid
13:35of them, for I am with you and will
13:38rescue you," declares the Lord. Now,
13:42here's what I want you to see here. I
13:44want you to see some something like this
13:46in Jeremiah chapter one. So, this is
13:47what God says in his calling experience.
13:49Now, here's what's interesting. In
13:51Jeremiah chapter 20, Jeremiah literally
13:53says to God, "You deceived me."
13:57When you called me,
13:59you didn't tell me all of this.
14:01Because he is dealing with hostility. He
14:03is dealing with persecution. Sometimes
14:06the persecution and hostility is so
14:09intense, it's literally putting his life
14:12in jeopardy. He's It's "This is not
14:14worth it." And he says, because of the
14:16accumulation of my frustration, I said
14:18to myself, I'm not going to keep
14:20prophesying. I'm not going to keep
14:22saying these things. He says, I will
14:24speak no more of this. I will not even
14:26make mention in his name. But watch what
14:28he says here. He says, but his word was
14:31within me like a burning fire shut up in
14:34my bones.
14:36Mhm. You know his purpose when you want
14:39to quit and you can't.
14:42>> [laughter]
14:44>> You know his purpose when you don't have
14:45to stay, but you got to stay.
14:48Woo, when you could leave, but you can't
14:50leave.
14:51When you don't have to take it, but you
14:52got to take it.
14:57This is
14:59Jeremiah's ministry.
15:01Verses 4 through 5, we get to see
15:03Jeremiah's prophetic commission. What is
15:07God doing? He is introducing him
15:11to his purpose. He is He is
15:13the one who made him
15:16is articulating to him what he is made
15:19for.
15:25And no matter how agitating, no matter
15:27how frustrating
15:29it no matter how irritating it is,
15:32what God made for you and had in mind
15:35for you is what's best for you.
15:41This, ladies and gentlemen,
15:43is purpose.
15:44And listen,
15:46our experience may not be as grand as
15:50Jeremiah's.
15:53But all of us have to have a Jeremiah 1
15:55experience. It is when you get a
15:57revelation of the reason for your
15:59creation. All of us at some point need a
16:03Jeremiah experience. It is when you
16:06recognize not just that I've been made,
16:08but you get a revelation of what you've
16:10been made for. We call this purpose.
16:14You've been made for more than just to
16:17accumulate and amass wealth. You've been
16:21made for more just to be a chronic
16:23consumer on this planet called Earth.
16:27You've been made for more than simply
16:29going to church. I'm not even going to
16:31say every Sunday cuz most people don't
16:33do that. But But you've been made for
16:35more than going to church regularly.
16:38You've been made for more than simply
16:40praying consistently. You've been made
16:42for more than simply giving generously.
16:45And you, ladies and gentlemen, will
16:47never know what you're made for without
16:50having a Jeremiah 1 experience
16:53with the one who made you.
16:57It is he that has made us, the biblical
16:59writer says, not we ourselves. We are
17:01his people and the sheep of his pasture.
17:06The Bible's clear. I've been bought with
17:08a price. I belong to him, the one who
17:11saved my life, reserves the right to use
17:15my life in a way that he sees fit.
17:19Talk back to me. It's purpose.
17:22And I'm going to tell you something.
17:24This is one of the most important
17:25subjects that we can talk about, but it
17:27is one that one of the subjects and at
17:29at the time of this filming, I have been
17:31doing pastoral ministry 21 years. And in
17:34my 21 years of pastoral ministry, by
17:35far, unequivocally, undeniably, in my
17:38experience, it is the subject most
17:39people are most confused about and it is
17:41scary to me as a pastor. It is scary for
17:44me as a pastor. I believe this as a
17:46pastor [laughter] because most people
17:48are going to get to the end of their
17:49life and never do with their life what
17:51they were supposed to do with it. It's
17:52scary.
17:54It's scary.
17:57It's scary.
18:01In my experience, most, meaning the
18:03majority,
18:05of people get to the end of their life
18:07with no sense of purpose for their life.
18:10They've achieved some things. They've
18:12acquired some things. They've
18:14accomplished some things. But
18:16achievement, acquirement, and
18:17accomplishment doesn't mean I'm
18:19operating in society in assignment.
18:22When I operate in assignment, I get the
18:24highest form of compensation. And the
18:25highest form of compensation is
18:27fulfillment. And that's what everybody
18:30is searching for.
18:32And when you're searching for it,
18:33Solomon says in Ecclesiastes, if you're
18:35searching for that kind of significance
18:38in anything that is under the sun,
18:40Solomon says you're chasing wind.
18:45He says it's like chasing wind.
18:48If I ya ya ya Solomon literally says
18:52that. He says, "Hey, relationally,
18:54nobody's got more than me. Financially,
18:57nobody's got more than me. When it comes
18:58to accomplishments, very few people have
19:00done more than me." And he says it's all
19:02vanity. It's meaningless.
19:10In terms of its ability to actually
19:13give satisfaction to my soul. That, sir,
19:16that, ma'am, only comes when we're
19:18operating in our assignment.
19:23It's purpose.
19:25It is the subject so many individuals
19:27are confused about.
19:29And they spend years looking for
19:31something that God wants to give them.
19:35They literally spend years seeking for
19:37something that God doesn't want to hide.
19:39Why would he want to hide this?
19:42So, maybe if people are confused, maybe
19:45it's not because God doesn't want to
19:47give them this information. Maybe
19:49they're looking for it in the wrong
19:50place. Maybe they're operating with
19:52assumptions about what it means. Maybe
19:54they're not looking for it because they
19:55think they already know what it is.
20:00And unfortunately, many people are
20:02operating It's not theology, but a
20:04reduct a reductionist ideology about
20:06purpose. And they reduce purpose to a
20:08profession, to a position, to a
20:10platform, or a particular
20:11accomplishment.
20:16But, purpose, write this down,
20:19is the reason for the reasons for the
20:22creation or the existence of a thing.
20:25The reasons for
20:27the
20:28the creation or the existence of a
20:29thing. It speaks to the intention behind
20:31creation and then the contribution that
20:33creation was designed to make. God
20:37has intentions for you and I. And then
20:39there are contributions that God wants
20:43us to make.
20:49If I'm making sense, say yes in the
20:50chat.
20:52So, what I want to do is I want to use
20:54the word of God to wage war against the
20:56weapon of confusion
20:59when it comes to this particular
21:00subject.
21:02I want to align our assumptions with the
21:05truth of scripture concerning purpose.
21:10And there are four dimensions of purpose
21:12that I think are incredibly important,
21:13family. Number one, the person you
21:16become.
21:19The person you become.
21:21When people don't understand this, they
21:23major in the thing that they do and then
21:25they minor in the person that they
21:26become, not realizing and recognizing
21:29that the person you become often times
21:32undermines the impact, can undermine or
21:35accelerate, undermine or accentuate,
21:38excuse me, the impact of what you do.
21:41That there are some people that are
21:43really good at what they do, but really
21:45bad at who they are. And when people get
21:47exposed to who they are, I don't care
21:49that much about what you do.
21:55But I want you to I want you to hear I
21:56want you to hear me now.
21:59When I say who you become, I'm talking
22:00about your character, your convictions,
22:02and your conduct are all expressions of
22:05your purpose. It's what's called a
22:06ministry of presence. Who are you? When
22:10you walk in the room, does generosity
22:12walk in the room? When you walk in the
22:14room, does patience walk in the room?
22:16When you walk in the room, your presence
22:20your presence becomes a ministry based
22:23on who you are.
22:27Am I making sense?
22:29Some people lift rooms and make them
22:31lighter. Some people infect rooms with
22:33cynicism and make them heavier.
22:38Who you become? Why? I'm going to tell
22:39you why this is important now.
22:41I want you to look throughout scripture
22:43and with some people
22:46they have very obvious and very powerful
22:48spiritual gifts.
22:51But you don't remember them for their
22:52spiritual gifts. Daniel is a prophet.
22:56The book of Daniel is situated in the
22:58section of the Bible called major
22:59prophets. It's very exhaustive.
23:02But if I would have ever asked the
23:04average Christian, even if they're
23:06highly biblically literate,
23:08what do you know about Daniel? And I'm
23:10trying not to run because I feel the
23:12Holy Ghost here.
23:13I feel a witness of the spirit. I feel
23:15the spirit uniquely at work
23:17[clears throat] taking scales off of
23:20people's eyes. I see Now I see I sense
23:23this very strongly that as I am teaching
23:26this that the spirit himself is doing a
23:30work taking scales off people's eyes
23:33because when you look at the book of
23:34Daniel, what you'll see is there's very
23:36exhaustive prophetic ministry, but if
23:39you ask the average believer, what do
23:40you know about him? Even [clears throat]
23:42those that are highly biblically
23:43literate are going to say the lion's
23:44den. Glory to God. Why? Because you
23:48remember him for his example, not even
23:51his contribution.
23:53You're inspired by his example. You're
23:56comforted by his example. You're
23:58educated by his example that even when I
24:02go into hostile environments
24:06where I should be consumed.
24:08Come on here.
24:10I should be consumed
24:12by extenuating circumstances or people.
24:15That's what lions can represent. That
24:17which would devour me. That which would
24:20tear me to pieces. But when I go in that
24:23and come out of that and I'm whole,
24:25hallelujah, and put together.
24:29That alone
24:31is an example that inspires, encourages,
24:35and educates other people.
24:38Woo! What if your greatest contribution
24:42Mhm.
24:44in in
24:46what you do,
24:47but what if your greatest contribution
24:49is in the example that you set?
24:51Y'all, I could go all throughout
24:52scripture and give you so many examples
24:53of this. I could ask you the average I'm
24:55literally on Sunday going to be talking
24:57a little bit about something called
24:58spiritual gifts. We're really going to
24:59take a biblical uh
25:03We're going to take a biblical
25:04expository journey on a few passages of
25:06scripture to help us understand
25:08spiritual gifts more accurately. But if
25:10I were to say, "What's Lazarus's
25:11spiritual gift?" You wouldn't even know.
25:14Because what God used with him
25:17was not his gifts. God used his getup.
25:20Come on in here.
25:22He was in the grave 4 days,
25:25but God got him up.
25:28That's what he used. So, part of purpose
25:30is who you become.
25:33And so many people are running trying to
25:35figure out what I'm supposed to do.
25:37And God's like, "Sit down
25:40so I can shape who you are."
25:46Your competency has outran your
25:47character.
25:53You really good, but we don't trust you.
25:55You really good, but we don't receive
25:58from you. You really good, but you're
26:00not safe.
26:01You really good, but you still gossip.
26:07So, you got answers to my issues, but
26:09you can't be trusted with my secrets.
26:11Competency has outran character.
26:16And I don't blame Christians. I really
26:20I really attribute this reality to
26:22Christian leaders. Because when
26:24Christian leaders allow their competency
26:28to outrun their character, then what are
26:30we expecting to happen
26:32with Christians?
26:39What we call successful isn't always
26:42what God will call safe.
26:46So, purpose requires formation, not just
26:49function.
26:51So, you working on your purpose when you
26:53let God work on you.
26:56Because the kind of spouse that your
26:58partner gets is going to be based not
27:00just on your function, it's going to be
27:01based on your formation. Are you
27:03hypersensitive? Are you defensive? Are
27:04you abusive? Are you combative?
27:12The kind of parent your children get is
27:14going to be based on not just function.
27:17I'm at the games. I'm giving money. They
27:19got a PlayStation in the room.
27:21But, it is formation. Who are you?
27:26So, it impacts the person is impacted by
27:28the person you become. Number two is
27:30impacted by the relationships you
27:31manage.
27:36This is important.
27:39How am I managing
27:41my relational world?
27:45Because this is important. Calling is
27:47not just limited to public
27:48accomplishments.
27:53I don't just steward my gifts.
27:57I don't just
27:58steward my time.
28:00I steward the people God has entrusted
28:01to me.
28:08Am I exploitive?
28:11Do I use people?
28:15Am I consistent?
28:19Am I present?
28:24So, it's not just the the things that I
28:25do, it's the person I become, it's the
28:27relationships I manage. Number three,
28:30it's the gifts I unleash.
28:32Now, there are three types of gifts that
28:35God gives.
28:36I'm going to be talking about this in
28:37the series.
28:38There's natural ability, we call that
28:41talent.
28:42There's acquired skill, these are
28:44competencies.
28:46And then there are spiritual gifts.
28:48Natural ability, that's talent. You are
28:51born with it.
28:52Acquired skill, these are things you
28:55learned out of preference or necessity.
29:01Am I making sense?
29:06And then there were
29:08That's what's called spiritual gifts.
29:09I'm not going to make a deep dive into
29:10this, but here's the point that I'm
29:12making.
29:15God
29:17desires to deploy all three sets of
29:20those.
29:24God use all three.
29:27I can have a natural ability to speak,
29:30but then I need to acquire skill to be
29:33an effective speaker.
29:35But then there's a spiritual gift that
29:37gives me a teaching gift. See, because
29:40speaking deals with the ability to
29:42articulate thoughts.
29:44The teaching gift shows you what
29:46thoughts to articulate.
29:48You can say nothing eloquently.
29:51It's like, man, that man just talked,
29:52but he didn't really say anything worth
29:54hearing.
29:55It was light. It was cornflakes. It
29:57wasn't cornbread, it was cornflakes.
30:00Come on, some of y'all If you know I'm
30:01right about it, put you right about it,
30:02Bishop. I'm not a bishop, but that's
30:06That's That's when I feel like I'm
30:07acting older.
30:09See, I got a natural age, and then I got
30:10a age I give myself in the spirit. In
30:13the spirit, in this season of my life,
30:14I'm 67.
30:17I'm about to I'm about to move it up to
30:1870.
30:19I can say what I want.
30:25Somebody put in the chat, talk about it,
30:26Bishop.
30:27I can say what I want. I'm a 70-year-old
30:30bishop.
30:31You can tell somebody is walking out of
30:32church, ah, sit down.
30:35>> [laughter]
30:37>> Where you going? Sit down. I'm going to
30:38the bathroom, Oh, all right. All
30:39right, daughter.
30:41All right, go on.
30:42Go on.
30:44Um Bishop, they wouldn't ask they
30:45wouldn't ask any questions. What You
30:46couldn't be thirsty?
30:48They got you in church 3 and 1/2 hours.
30:50You can't have no water?
30:51Ushers say, "Get that water out the
30:52sanctuary." We've been in here 3 and 1/2
30:55hours.
30:57My mouth is dry.
31:00And the Bishop sitting up with the
31:01throne chairs, he got Gatorade,
31:03Kool-Aid. Uh I wanted to be a preacher
31:06when I was a little boy because they got
31:07Peppermint Peppermints, Werther's
31:09Originals, and they got to drink during
31:11church.
31:12That's why I want to be a preacher. I
31:13want that.
31:16Here's my point.
31:18There are people that will use their
31:20natural ability, their acquired skill
31:26for every agenda but God's.
31:32How is God the one that gave you the
31:33gifts?
31:35And he gets no first right of refusal
31:37for them.
31:41Now, we're going to talk about this idea
31:43of spiritual gifts because
31:46what Paul tells Timothy is fanning to
31:49flame. Stir up the gifts, which means
31:51gifts can be deposited and be dormant.
31:53>> [clears throat]
31:57>> We see this a lot with with what we
31:59believe I'm not arguing with you. I'm
32:00not arg-
32:01I'm not arguing with you about this. I
32:02don't know why pe- Here's one thing I
32:04want to share some of y'all. This going
32:06to protect your peace. Establish a
32:08standard for who you're willing to argue
32:10with.
32:14Somebody put I don't know what to tell
32:16you to put it in the chat. Put it in the
32:18chat.
32:19But just put it in the chat, I know
32:20you're right.
32:21Establish a standard.
32:23The Bible says clearly, "A servant of
32:25the Lord must not strive."
32:28I saw what Jesus
32:30I I saw how strategic Jesus was. There
32:32were times he would engage, and then
32:34there were times he would ignore. Paul
32:35the same way.
32:37There were certain people he I mean,
32:38when he's on um
32:40Mars Hill, he's engaging
32:44with a certain kind of person that
32:46actually wanted a conversation, not an
32:48argument.
32:51So, I'm not going to argue with this,
32:53but like an example of a gift that can
32:54go like gifts when not put into use can
32:57go dormant. So, let's say like what we
33:00believe, our theology, we have a
33:01continuationist pneumatology. We believe
33:03in a prayer and praise language that
33:06that is historically called speaking in
33:08tongues, but we believe that the
33:10utilization of that uh in the corporate
33:12gathering should be really consistent
33:14with 1 Corinthians chapter number 14.
33:16And so, Paul gives some decent and in
33:18order. So, Paul gives very clear what we
33:21believe to be uh boundaries for the way
33:24that gift is utilized in the context of
33:26a local gathering. So, here's the point.
33:28He says, "Forbid not." So, we don't
33:29forbid, but Paul says decent and in
33:31order. And so, I think local churches
33:33have the ability to establish what
33:35decent and in order looks like here and
33:38for us. Here's the point that I'm
33:39making. When a person goes from an
33:41environment where it is no holds barred
33:45to an environment that says decent and
33:47in order, sometimes the gift goes
33:49dormant because they haven't learned how
33:51to use it in a way that takes into
33:54consideration 1 Corinthians chapter
33:55number 14. So, it's possible to have
33:58spiritual gifts and those gifts go
33:59dormant. But, what's happening with a
34:01lot of people is that they're using
34:02their natural ability and their acquired
34:04skill.
34:05They they got the gifts that are
34:07deposited. Those gifts are just dormant.
34:09Now, Lord, I'm I'm I'm already I'm I'm
34:11over teaching this, but here's the point
34:13that I'm making.
34:14The point that I'm making is
34:17a person can't accomplish their
34:18assignment unless they're willing to
34:20unleash their natural ability, acquired
34:21skill, and spiritual gifts in a way that
34:23is consistent with the reason God placed
34:26them on this planet.
34:30So, it's okay to make a dollar with
34:32acquired skill. I mean,
34:34we teach that. I teach that in my
34:36marketplace programs. Like my my
34:38community for uh faith-based high
34:40achievers that want to move that that
34:42want to experience quantum leaps that
34:43take them from underwhelm and under
34:45optimize to overflowing in peace,
34:47productivity, purpose, and profit.
34:50It's It's called Daniels. It's a
34:51faith-based personal development
34:53community that develops people
34:54personally and professionally. That
34:56teaches them how to fulfill the
34:57marketplace mandate. That's one of the
34:59collectives that exist. There's a
35:00collective inside It's a large coaching
35:02community, so we created these
35:03collectives to make it really small. So,
35:06just like small groups in a church, we
35:07created that in the community. And so,
35:09we got this collective called
35:10Marketplace Mandate Collective. People
35:12who understand I'm supposed to be a
35:13missionary to the marketplace. So, I go
35:15to the marketplace not just to make a
35:16dollar. We We We on that. But also to
35:19make a difference.
35:24Not just to get a check. Get that.
35:26But to make a change.
35:33And I'll just ask you as a Christian,
35:35do you really think God just gave you
35:37natural ability, acquired skill, and
35:39spiritual gifts just so you could have a
35:41pretty house?
35:42I love you. That's shallow.
35:46Not that you're shallow. That is a
35:48shallow understanding
35:51of the purpose of gifts.
35:54So, the fact that God called Jeremiah to
35:58prophesy subliminally suggests to us he
36:01has the ability to do it.
36:03But he has to be willing to unleash it.
36:09And here's what we do.
36:11Here's what some Christians do.
36:13Because there is a degree of
36:14inconvenience and aggravation associated
36:16with using your gifts in God's kingdom,
36:19we treat it optional.
36:22We'll take all the warfare in the world
36:23at work.
36:26But if somebody hurt our feelings in
36:28church, we out.
36:34Why? Cuz we take the income more
36:36seriously than our assignment.
36:39And it's not that we don't need income.
36:41It is a means to which God makes
36:42provision for his people. Of course, we
36:44need that.
36:47But some of us are unconsciously,
36:49literally,
36:52handling
36:54and dealing with a degree of complexity
36:57and warfare at work, and we won't even
36:59take inconvenience at church.
37:03Number four, we're done.
37:05Number one, the person you become.
37:06Number two, the relationships you
37:07manage. Number three, the gifts you
37:08unleash. And number four, the resources
37:10you release.
37:13Purpose involves the strategic
37:14stewardship of what God has entrusted
37:15into you, including
37:17time, influence, relationships,
37:19opportunity, and financial resources.
37:22Now, here's what I believe very clearly,
37:24that
37:25um
37:27individuals, not income,
37:30are one of the highest forms of earthly
37:31wealth.
37:33That relationships literally can do for
37:34people what income can't. But this
37:37includes income, and many people don't
37:39see a part of how they release resources
37:42into the world as a part of their
37:43purpose. Now, Solomon says in
37:46Ecclesiastes chapter number two, he
37:48says, "Now listen."
37:49He says, "Life's going to give you
37:52going to give you grief." He says, "The
37:53fool the the the fate of the fool and
37:55the wise man are both the same, that we
37:58both going to the same destination. The
37:59wise man and the fool both going to
38:01death."
38:02Now, what wisdom does is it makes your
38:04journey there a lot less bumpy than the
38:06fool, but we all going to the same
38:08place. And Solomon is like, he says,
38:10"Hey, because you know that it is
38:11inevitable for you." He said, "It's
38:13important to enjoy the fruit of your
38:15labor."
38:17So, we're not anti that. We think that
38:19is biblical. Yet at the same time,
38:22we need to get a revelation that God
38:23didn't give us resources just to enjoy.
38:26He gives us resources to also deploy. He
38:29says, "Hey,
38:30I give you the ability
38:32to get the resources.
38:34So, I don't send them from heaven, but
38:36the ability you're using to get them, I
38:37gave you that ability.
38:39So, what I need you to do
38:42is I need you to deploy those resources
38:44at my direction.
38:46I need you to aim them in areas that I
38:48say aim your resources there.
38:50Cuz I didn't just give you time
38:52to do what I called you to do. I gave
38:54you treasure to do what I called you to
38:56do.
38:58So, at some point it is like, "Okay, how
39:00many bags do we have that we can't use?"
39:03And then there are people that are
39:05living in a bag.
39:11Come on, Zion.
39:12Come on, Zion.
39:14Come on, Zion.
39:16See, God has called all of us to be
39:18intercessors, but in addition to us
39:20being intercessors, he's called us also
39:23to be answers.
39:25Here's my heart for our church.
39:27Here's my heart. Here's my heart for our
39:28church. Here's my heart for even the
39:30Blueprint community here. My heart for
39:32us is that we are intercessors and we
39:35answers. [clears throat]
39:36Intercessors, I'm talking to God about
39:38the problem. Answer, I'm in a position
39:41to be the solution.
39:43Woo!
39:45Hey, that doctor's not a good doctor. I
39:47know one.
39:51You You one semester away from finishing
39:52school and financial aid didn't come
39:54through. We don't have to pray about
39:55that. We write a check about that.
39:58We pray when you sick and you can't get
39:59well. We going to write a check about
40:01that.
40:03Cuz somebody got to be the answer.
40:05And when we don't have a healthy
40:07theology
40:09of economic empowerment, we are always
40:12at the mercy of the wicked
40:15to do good with wealth.
40:21Hallelujah.
40:24But may God stir our hearts
40:27with this conviction that we are made
40:28for more.
40:29And if you're unclear, cuz there you're
40:32either in one of three stages.
40:34You're unaware of your purpose.
40:38Right? So, it means that you you
40:42you just have no clue.
40:45You confused about it.
40:48Two, or number three, you were clear,
40:51but you sense shifting. Now, purpose
40:53isn't shifting. You may think it's
40:54purpose, but your role is shifting, not
40:57purpose.
41:00So, most people are there. Now, some
41:01people are in the season like, "Yo, I'm
41:03I'm right where I need to be right now."
41:04Cool. But, if you're any of those other
41:06three places, I'm inviting you to join
41:08me on this journey on Sundays.
41:11Don't play with this.
41:14Because I don't care how successful you
41:15are, independent of your assignment,
41:17you're chasing wind.
41:20You going to
41:21Some Some of you may never get what
41:22you're chasing. Some of you, here's
41:24going to be your curse, not like a hex
41:26when I say curse,
41:28but here's going to be your burden.
41:30Your burden's going to be you're going
41:31to get what you want. And then you're
41:33going to see it didn't do for you what
41:34you thought it was going to do.
41:36And now you're chasing something else.
41:37And now you're chasing something else.
41:39Because more of what doesn't satisfy
41:41don't satisfy.
41:44And my heart for us is that we receive
41:46this this way.
41:48You've been made for more.
41:50And I want you to take a journey with me
41:52on Sundays and on Wednesdays
41:55over these next 5 weeks or so,
41:57so you can make sure you're crystal
41:59clear on this.
42:02Cuz you might be doing a good thing. It
42:03don't mean it's a God thing.
42:08We're going to walk through this
42:09together, and I believe the Lord is
42:10going to open our eyes
42:12>> [snorts]
42:12>> so we can see him and see what we were
42:14made for differently.
42:16Man, I love you.
42:18Uh I'm going to wrap up our time of
42:19teaching here. I want to create some
42:21space for us. You know, I think God
42:23cares about a teaching ministry.
42:27I think he really does.
42:29He cares greatly about local churches,
42:30but he also cares about what we call gap
42:32ministry. Ministries that fill in the
42:34gap between what local churches provide
42:36and what the body of Christ needs. And
42:38the teaching ministry is a ministry like
42:40I serve Change Church, but there are
42:42those of you who are part of this
42:43blueprint community, you got a church,
42:44you got a pastor. Change Church ain't
42:45even your kind of church.
42:49But this teaching ministry is blessing
42:50you.
42:52And my question is, do you think God
42:53wants a teaching ministry that is
42:55biblically faithful yet highly
42:56practical? I've heard I hear a lot of
42:58biblically faithful messages and I'm
43:00just like, I don't know what I can do
43:01with that tomorrow.
43:03Cuz I'm actually an individual that
43:05wants to live it out in my day-to-day
43:06life. Not just in my morals.
43:10You can live right morally and not live
43:11well.
43:12A person can not sin with their money
43:14and be terrible in managing it.
43:16And whatever whatever whatever area you
43:19don't manage well is the area you'll
43:21eventually have misery in.
43:23Don't manage your relational life well,
43:25there's a day coming you're going to
43:26have misery in it.
43:28So, does God care about the expansion of
43:30this teaching ministry? Yes.
43:34So, should we
43:35some of us at least be directing
43:37resources to help expand its reach and
43:39impact?
43:40Undoubtedly.
43:43And each week we give people an
43:44opportunity as they're able
43:47and as their hearts are stirred to do
43:48that.
43:50You believe in this.
43:52Would you so into it?
43:54Man, we want to produce curriculums and
43:56books and apps. [clears throat]
43:58Uh we're working on one right now.
44:00And uh
44:02we can do that when God's people
44:03surround
44:05a vision.
44:06Um
44:07God determines a vision
44:10but God's people
44:12help bring that vision to reality.
44:15We love you.
44:16Father, I thank you for your word. May
44:18it dwell richly Colossians 3:16 in the
44:21hearts of your people.
44:23Open our eyes to see that we were made
44:25for more.
44:27And over these next several weeks, would
44:28you confirm or show us what we were made
44:31for?
44:32In the name of Jesus we pray.
44:34Amen.
44:36See you next time.
45:04>> Mhm.

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