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0:00What an amazing thought
0:04that God wants to speak into your path.
0:10And he wants to speak into your path
0:12just to make sure we're all on the same
0:13page today in a way that would bring you
0:16the fullest
0:19life.
0:21So he's not trying to cramp your style.
0:25He's trying to lead you
0:28to the fullest
0:30life.
0:33He wants to disciple us.
0:36A word that sort of slipped out the side
0:38door of the church maybe a little while
0:40back.
0:42He wants to teach us, show us. The word
0:44disciple, he is the word pupil. He wants
0:46to be our leader and he's inviting us to
0:51follow him. He's not inviting us to show
0:53up at gatherings at church. Although I
0:55love today,
0:57he's inviting us to follow him. To
1:01follow his example, his footsteps, his
1:03teaching, his ways, his thoughts, his
1:07lifestyle, his destination, his
1:09priorities, his values. He's saying,
1:11"Come follow me because I am the way."
1:15Amen. I am the truth and I am the life.
1:20>> I'm the way to the father. I'm the way
1:23to what you want and what you need and
1:25what you were created for and what you
1:27long for and what you're looking for.
1:30I'm the way and I actually am the way
1:36now in our world. That's not the only
1:40opportunity that's out there. A few
1:43weeks ago, when we introduced the large
1:45Stanley uh sorry, we'll edit that out.
1:48the large uh water container.
1:52I I said that I had asked chat GPT this
1:57question.
1:58How does the algorithm control my life?
2:03Therefore, we we wouldn't have to have a
2:05guy standing up here or or a lady up
2:07here, a person up here saying, "Let me
2:09tell you about how the algorithm is
2:11trying to control your life. Let's just
2:13ask the machine."
2:16So chat GPT quickly answered within a
2:20nancond
2:21and said algorithms control your daily
2:24life by acting as invisible digital
2:26curators that shape your habits,
2:31curate the information you see and make
2:34automated decisions about your future.
2:38They influence what you buy, what you
2:40watch, how you work, and the
2:42opportunities you receive. They
2:45manipulate your daily experiences
2:47through several core mechanisms
2:50and then I highlighted a few of those.
2:53Number one, by curating your reality,
2:56algorithms limit and personalize the
3:00content you consume,
3:03building customized echo chambers that
3:07shape your personal philosophy and
3:10worldview.
3:12By repeatedly showing you certain
3:14perspectives,
3:16they can exploit the illusionary truth
3:19effect, making you desensitized
3:22to or more accepting
3:25of extreme ideas.
3:28The second way that chat GPT said the
3:32algorithm is trying to control my life
3:34is by capturing my attention.
3:37To maximize ad revenue, platforms are
3:40designed to be addictive.
3:43Algorithms learn from your unconscious
3:46behavior,
3:47tracking exactly how long you linger on
3:50a post,
3:52when you swipe away, and what time you
3:56scroll
3:58to feed you a continuous loop of
4:01engaging,
4:03relevant
4:05content.
4:10In other words, the algorithm
4:14wants to disciple us.
4:18It wants to be our leader. It wants us
4:20to follow it. It wants us to become the
4:23pupil of its design. And what is it
4:26doing? Well, it's just absolutely
4:29staring us down every second of the day.
4:32And it knows ultimately and this is the
4:34thing that we have to come to grips
4:36with. The algorithm
4:39knows what we like
4:42and what we want.
4:45And so it feeds us us and then pushes us
4:50further into us
4:54in an attempt to convince us that that
4:56is the way and that is the truth
5:01and that is the life and that is the way
5:05to what we are looking for. Now if
5:09you're not on social media,
5:11congratulations. That's awesome.
5:14But you're still in the algorithm.
5:18If you never seen Netflix, well,
5:20congratulations. You're still in the
5:21algorithm.
5:24Your television knows so much more about
5:26you than you think. You turn it on and
5:28turn it off, but you're not really sure
5:30when it goes on and when it goes off.
5:33Everything we do is being monitored.
5:36Your phone is listening to you.
5:39You're like, "No, it's not." Well, why
5:40then after you were talking about
5:44canoes with your friend
5:47did REI send you a coupon
5:51in the email stream for a canoe and you
5:56went, "Wow, that's weird.
5:58They're having canoes on sale at REI
6:00right now." Blue ones like we were
6:04talking about the blue one.
6:07So the world around us
6:10is attempting
6:13to lead us
6:15and that's why we're in this collection
6:18over the summer called recommended for
6:21you. The same as you would see as you
6:24end your show on the platform that
6:26you're streaming on. Most likely
6:28somewhere in the next little bit of
6:30time, something's going to come up and
6:31say you might like or we're recommending
6:35for you or because you watch this, we
6:37think you might want to watch this. Even
6:40on an airplane delta, if you scan the
6:42thing long enough on the little monitor
6:45on the seatback, it'll start telling you
6:47what it wants you to watch.
6:50And so God is saying today, I would like
6:53to recommend to you the way to the
6:57fullest possible life. Amen. Jesus said
7:01it this way in Matthew chapter 5. That's
7:03where we were last week in the talk
7:05about curating a life or actually having
7:08a relationship with God that is real and
7:11authentic.
7:12And in Matthew chapter 5, six different
7:15times, Jesus is helping us understand
7:18how the law in the Old Testament is now
7:21transferred into a lifestyle in the New
7:24Testament. And this is what he says six
7:26different ways in Matthew chapter 5. He
7:28says, "You've heard it said,
7:31but I say to you,
7:33example, you've heard it say that if you
7:36kill someone, then you murdered them.
7:38But I say to you, if you harbor hatred
7:42in your heart towards someone, it's just
7:44the same.
7:46And he just goes through this chapter.
7:49You've heard it said, but I say to you,
7:52and that's what he's really wanting to
7:53do in this collection. You've heard it
7:55said out there in the world. But I say
7:58to you, and today, I don't know how this
8:01is going to go. The talk um is not the
8:04longest talk we're probably going to
8:05have in the collection. And it might end
8:08up being the least watched talk in the
8:11history of our church
8:14because today what Jesus is saying, what
8:17he's recommending for you,
8:20are you ready? Can I get an amen?
8:23>> No, not yet. What he's recommending for
8:26you
8:29is that it's not about you.
8:38The algorithm is not going to do that.
8:41The algorithm is going to put you center
8:43stage.
8:44It is going to put you in the epicenter
8:47of the orbit of life.
8:51But God is recommending something
8:53different today to lead us to life. And
8:57as we're going to see as this message
8:59unfolds, it's the unexpected path to the
9:03fullest and freest version of you.
9:07And it begins with this big idea that
9:09it's not about you. Now, just bear with
9:12me just for a moment, okay? A, I'm
9:14coming from another generation. I get
9:16that. I've traveled over several
9:18iterations of American thinking by now,
9:21and I understand the one that we're
9:23currently living in.
9:26But what the algorithm wants to say,
9:28let's just keep blaming it on the
9:30algorithm for a moment, is that it's all
9:32about your your fullness. Your your
9:35freest version of you is about
9:36self-help.
9:38It's about self-care.
9:40It's about self-improvement.
9:43It's about selfactualization.
9:45In fact, you used to walk into a large
9:48bookstore when we had really large
9:49bookstores and invariably you would go
9:52to the Christian living section and you
9:55can do that here in Atlanta and the
9:57Christian living section is there and
9:59it's robust. It's, you know, this big.
10:02But then when you turn the corner to the
10:03self fill-in-theblank section, you're in
10:07a department store now.
10:09Because people didn't really come to
10:11this bookstore looking to be discipled
10:14by Jesus. They came there looking for a
10:16way to improve their self.
10:20And so
10:24when Jesus says, "I'm recommending to
10:26you that it's not about you." That is
10:28quite a different
10:30direction of the wind. Now, let me say
10:33this and let me just say it and
10:36hopefully it'll
10:38be seared into our thinking today as we
10:40work through this journey.
10:44making sure that we find the healing
10:47that is available to us in Christ
10:51and the rest that being united with him
10:55brings
10:56is essential.
10:59Let me say that one more time. Making
11:01sure that we find the healing that is
11:04available to us in Christ and the rest
11:07that being united with him brings is
11:10essential. We're not throwing that out
11:13the window today. We're just saying that
11:17the pathway to fullness and freedom
11:20might surprise you.
11:23You've heard it said that you must first
11:25take care of yourself.
11:28Now, you might actually say that out
11:31loud with words. Hey, my first goal is
11:33take care of me. Or you might just be
11:35more like me and you just lived it out.
11:38You didn't really articulate it.
11:41What does that look like? It looks like
11:43we're waking up and we're going, uh, how
11:45do I feel?
11:47Uh, what do I need?
11:50What do I think?
11:52What do I want?
11:54What are my options?
11:57And all of a sudden, before we know it,
11:59we are in a loop of self. But Jesus is
12:04saying, you've heard it said, it's all
12:07about you. But I say to you, it's not
12:12about you. When we had the government
12:15shutdown a few months ago, um it was
12:18terrible to travel. Anybody out there in
12:20the jungle of 4hour TSA lines, it was
12:23nuts. Uh I had a flight had to catch.
12:26Things were tight. Wasn't going to work.
12:28But I knew someone. And the someone
12:30said, "I I know a way." And they knew a
12:33way. There's a way where where it looks
12:36like there is no way there is a way.
12:39Come to find out the person says meet me
12:42at the exit of the terminal where you
12:46leave the terminal not where you come
12:47in. So all the people and thousands and
12:49thousands of people are going into the
12:52place where you go in and everybody's
12:53saying if if you're going to get this
12:55flight you got to go in that way and
12:56this person said no go around to where
12:58the exit is and there's no no people
13:00coming out of the exit. Not one single
13:01person. My friend will meet you there.
13:02And they did. And what happened for the
13:04next 15 minutes was absolutely
13:06mind-boggling to me. I have flown
13:09millions and millions and millions and
13:10millions of miles uh in my lifetime. I
13:14had no idea. We just went indoors and up
13:17elevators and this person had the magic
13:20badge. And every time they swiped a
13:21thing, a light change, a door open, a
13:24thing happened. There was a a TSA
13:26checkpoint that I don't know who goes to
13:28it, but there weren't anybody at it that
13:30day. And we just kept doing this. We
13:32went upstairs, downstairs, through
13:34double doors. We came out in baggage
13:36claim. I mean, like not the one where
13:37you get your bag, like the one down
13:38underneath in the belly of the airport
13:41where where things are happening. We're
13:43standing there like, "Oh, wow. Okay,
13:44this is great. Fantastic. Where are we?
13:46And how are we going to get where we're
13:47going? Just keep following me. Keep
13:49following me. Swipe, swipe, swipe,
13:50swipe, swipe." All of a sudden, the door
13:52opens and I'm standing at the gate. I'm
13:55skating my phone getting on a plane.
13:59I know if you were in that line, you're
14:02like,
14:04I know.
14:08But what I learned that day is what God
14:12is wanting to set in front of us today.
14:14That sometimes the way to where we want
14:16to go is an unexpected way.
14:21And it may look like everybody is going
14:24in this way to get where you want to go.
14:27And God says,"I know, but there's
14:30another way.
14:32Meet me at the exit
14:34and I'll show you the way." This is what
14:37he's saying to us today. This is not
14:39new, by the way. Paul is writing to
14:41Timothy at the very end of his life. And
14:44he's giving Tim Timothy marching orders
14:47for how to lead the people forward in
14:50this newfound church world. And he says
14:54to him in chapter 3:1, "But mark this.
14:57There will be terrible times in the last
14:59days."
15:01Now, a just footnote, that was 2,000
15:04plus years ago when Paul was helping
15:08Timothy understand what it was going to
15:09look like in the last days.
15:12People, here's the description. People
15:14will be lovers
15:17of themselves.
15:20Wow, what a news flash.
15:23No phones, no internet, no algorithm,
15:27just hardwired from the fall in the
15:30garden to put ourselves in the center of
15:34our existence and to think how do I
15:37feel? What do I need? What do I think?
15:42What do I want? What are my options?
15:46He said they'll be lovers of money,
15:49boastful,
15:51proud, abusive, disobedient to their
15:54parents. Let's just say it again, mom
15:57and dad. They'll be disobedient to their
15:59parents.
16:01They'll be ungrateful,
16:03unholy,
16:05without love, unforgiving, slanderous,
16:08without self-control, brutal, not lovers
16:12of the good. They will be treacherous,
16:14rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure
16:18rather than lovers of God.
16:23And here's the worst part. If that's not
16:25bad enough, they'll have a form of
16:27godliness,
16:31but they'll deny its power.
16:34Have nothing to do
16:37with such people in the last days.
16:42Notice that people will be lovers
16:48of self,
16:51thinking that that's the way to where
16:54they want to go. They'll have a form of
16:57godliness. In other words, they'll look
17:01right, but they won't have the power
17:05of of God.
17:08And we're going to see why in just a
17:10moment. So, three things about it not
17:13being about you. Are we having a good
17:15time so far?
17:16>> Awesome. Number one, God wants to
17:19encourage you today to embrace that you
17:22are dearly loved and praised by God.
17:26So, this is not a hey, sit down and shut
17:30up because nobody cares about you
17:31message.
17:33This message is radically freeing
17:36because this message is telling us what
17:39we really really want to hear and that
17:43is that we are dearly loved and prized
17:45by God.
17:48So we're not going to get into that as a
17:50whole talk today. Just go back and
17:51listen to a hundred of the messages from
17:54Passion City Church. But let me just
17:56highlight a few thoughts. You and I are
17:59existing in a world that desired you and
18:02invited you. And when I say world, I'm
18:04not talking about just like a mechanism
18:06of creation. I'm talking about the God
18:08of creation desired you and invited you
18:11into this world. You were not here by
18:13accident or happen stance. You were not
18:15here by the decision of your mom and dad
18:17or people who weren't necessarily even
18:19in a relationship wanting to have
18:21someone like you join the situation. You
18:24are not here by accident. You have been
18:27invited into this story
18:30>> and you were desired to be in the story.
18:34Put that in the self-help section.
18:39>> Second big idea is you're existing in a
18:42cocoon of unconditional love.
18:47Even if you do not have a faith in
18:49Christ, you're not even sure if you
18:51believe in God, you are still existing
18:54right now. Maybe even you're thinking
18:57you're against God. Well, guess what?
18:59God's not against you.
19:02Oh, well, I don't believe in God. Well,
19:04God believes in you.
19:06I don't know if there is a God. Well,
19:08the God who created you certainly knows
19:10there is a you.
19:13And you're existing right now in a
19:16cocoon of his unconditional love. You
19:19can't earn it. You can't buy it. You
19:23cannot achieve it.
19:26You're in a cocoon right now of
19:29unconditional love. You say, "Well, you
19:31hadn't met my dad." Well, no, I haven't
19:33met your dad, but I have met your
19:34heavenly father.
19:36>> Well, you you don't know about my ex.
19:38Well, I know I don't know about your ex,
19:39but I do know about the one who gave his
19:42life on a cross for you.
19:45Yeah, you should have grown up in my
19:47house when they cocoons of unconditional
19:51love in my house. I know. Well, that's
19:54why we're here today to consider what a
19:57miracle it is to be in his house.
20:03You're existing third big idea
20:06in a position. This is if you're a
20:08believer in Christ
20:10of new life in Christ.
20:14The old you that story is ending and the
20:18brand new you story is underway.
20:22Fourth big idea, you're existing in an
20:25economy of abundance. Wow.
20:29No shortages in this economy we're in.
20:33Number five, you're existing in a
20:35relationship of unlimited power. In
20:39other words, the hand that you hold is
20:40the hand that holds the entire world.
20:44The spirit that is in you is the same
20:46spirit that raised Christ from the dead.
20:50The sixth big idea is you're existing,
20:54walking with God and holding this word
20:56in your hands and in your heart with
20:59superior knowledge, destiny, and
21:03purpose.
21:05In other words, when you're rolling in
21:06to your neighborhood or your place of
21:08work or wherever you work out and you
21:10know God and you know God's word, you're
21:12walking in with superior knowledge. I
21:15know how the whole story unfolds. I know
21:18exactly how it ends. I know everything
21:21is coming together in God's plan. And
21:24he's showing me what the plan is.
21:27I know him. I know his ways. I know his
21:30thoughts. I know his kingdom.
21:34And I have destiny on my life. And I
21:39have purpose on my life. It is amazing
21:41how down we can get on ourselves,
21:45how trapped we can get in our own heads,
21:49how masterfully we manage to not get out
21:52of our own way.
21:55And how stunningly we can live like
21:58poppers when we are written into the
22:00will of the king of kings.
22:03>> Amen.
22:07how quickly we can abandon the fullness
22:10orbit, the one that orbits around him,
22:15and we can migrate to the full less
22:20orbit,
22:22the one that
22:24orbits around
22:26us.
22:29That's the first thing God wants you to
22:31know today.
22:33Amen.
22:34>> Amen. The second thing that God wants us
22:36to see today is that once you come to
22:38terms with how valuable you are, forget
22:41about self.
22:45Sounds like a paradox, doesn't it? Well,
22:48once you're fully on board with just how
22:52blessed and valuable and loved and
22:56prized you are, just forget about self
23:00and move on in life. Paul wrote it a
23:04different way in Philippians when he
23:06said, "Do nothing from selfish
23:09selfish
23:12um ambition
23:16or conceit,
23:18but in humility, count others more
23:20significant or more important than
23:23yourself." Now, now remember, he's he's
23:25telling these churches who they are, how
23:28rich they are, how blessed they are, how
23:31new they are,
23:34how much their lives have changed in
23:37Christ. And then as soon as he's getting
23:40that across to them, he says, "Oh, and
23:42by the way, let's forget about self.
23:46Don't do anything out of self. Don't do
23:49anything motivated by self. Don't do
23:51anything that's led by how do I feel?
23:54What do I need? What do I think? What do
23:56I want? What are my options? No, don't
23:58do that. Consider in humility other
24:01people more important than yourselves.
24:03Now, this talk is so challenging to me
24:05personally and I I would imagine
24:07challenging to anybody who's really
24:09wanting to follow God today. And and I
24:12kept thinking, what is a good example?
24:13What's a good example? I need a good
24:15example. You can't just preach the
24:16truth. You have to have a good story.
24:18You have to have a good example. have to
24:19have a aical takeaway. And I thought,
24:21okay, what is the example? What is the
24:23example? What is the example? And then I
24:24thought, oh, I got it. The example is
24:26sitting right there.
24:32My wife is the example.
24:36She's not perfect,
24:38but imagine living with me for couple
24:41decades.
24:43It's perfecting for sure.
24:47And when I thought about the person who
24:49does nothing from selfish ambition
24:53or conceit, I thought, hm,
24:57she's the example.
25:00I've watched her
25:03for 40 plus years
25:08just constantly think
25:11about someone else, constantly serve
25:14someone else.
25:16stand in the background, stand in the
25:18shadow, and make a way
25:22for someone else. That probably could be
25:25said for every mom that's in this room
25:26right now, you're the example of this
25:28right here. And so many of the dads that
25:31are in this room right now, you're the
25:32example of this.
25:35Time after time after time, you said,
25:36"Well, if it was up to me, just simply
25:38going, uh, how do I feel? What do I
25:40need? What do I think? What do I want?
25:42What are my options?" I would have done
25:43A, B, C, DED, E, F, and G. But I got
25:46these two kids that I'm committed to.
25:48And I'm going to do what's best for them
25:52right now. And it's not really what I
25:54want to do necessarily, but it's what
25:56I'm going to do because
25:59I don't want to lead them out of selfish
26:02ambition or conceit, but in humility, I
26:05want to consider them more important
26:06than me.
26:08And moms have done that not a hundred
26:10times, not a thousand times, tens of
26:13thousands of times.
26:16And that's the picture that God is
26:19wanting to get across to us today.
26:24So if the world is saying, put yourself
26:27at the center, what is Jesus saying?
26:29Well, Jesus is saying, you've heard it
26:32said, but I say to you, and this is what
26:34Jesus says to us. This is the core text
26:36today. In Matthew 16, then Jesus said to
26:40his pupils,
26:44to his disciples,
26:47"Whoever wants to be my disciple must
26:50deny themselves their self
26:54and take up their cross and follow me."
26:57So, not only did Jesus say, "Hey, if you
26:59if you want to come on the way that is
27:02the the the way and the life and the
27:06truth, if you want to come on that way,
27:09then take care of yourself first." No,
27:11he said, "If you want to come on that
27:12way, then deny yourself
27:17because self is going to want the easy
27:19way. Self is going to want the me way.
27:21Self is going to want the it's all about
27:24my thoughts way. But you're going to
27:26have to deny that. And I'm going to show
27:28you how to do it. I'm going to show you
27:31what that
27:33looks like.
27:36Whoever wants to be my disciple
27:40must deny
27:42themselves. They must
27:46embrace this idea that it's not about
27:50me.
27:52It's the unexpected way. I know every
27:54other line is going, "No, here's the
27:56way. Here's the way. Here's the way.
27:58Here's the way." And he's saying, "No,
27:59there's an unexpected way." And the
28:01unexpected way is to embrace the idea
28:03that it's not about you. A friend of
28:05mine was talking about America 250. And
28:09in a beautiful tribute to our nation and
28:12a prophetic encouragement for our future
28:14said, "Real freedom is not the liberty
28:17to do what we like, but the power to
28:21become what we ought."
28:24And that's what God is offering to you
28:27and me today. The third idea that he's
28:30wanting to get across to us today, and
28:32we'll close with this,
28:35is that you and I have the opportunity
28:36today to embrace our role in a greater
28:39story.
28:41>> To embrace our role in a kingdom story,
28:45to understand that it isn't about me,
28:48but I'm a part of something great and I
28:52have a role
28:54to play.
28:55It's about the we of the kingdom and the
28:59we of the common good.
29:02The we of the kingdom of God and the we
29:04of the common good of all people. I've
29:07been reading the Constitution last uh
29:10week or so, the Declaration of
29:13Independence, the
29:15various articles and amendments, and I
29:18couldn't get over the the first few
29:21lines of the Constitution.
29:25Every everyone knows the first phrase,
29:29we
29:31the people
29:33of the United States
29:36in search of a more perfect
29:40union.
29:42You would think in a nation like
29:44America, which is all about
29:45individualism and self-exression and
29:48man, what a great land that you can just
29:50do your thing, that our very birth
29:53moment was not I,
29:57but it was we.
30:00There was a power in the Wii that is
30:04greater than the me. And that is what
30:07kingdom living is really all about. It's
30:10not hating yourself. It's just
30:12understanding that you're in a big story
30:14and in a big drama that's unfolding and
30:18it is the story of God and we all have a
30:20role to play in it but we're embracing
30:22our role in a greater story. So succeed,
30:26do great, win, achieve, awesome
30:30but kingdom
30:32man. Everybody's got World Cup fever
30:34right now. This is maybe one of the
30:35greatest things we've seen in a while
30:36that every nation now is trying to out
30:38sing the other nation's national anthem.
30:42Am I right?
30:43>> Have you ever heard people sing the
30:44national anthem as loud as you have in
30:46the last few weeks in your lifetime? No.
30:49>> How many people are coming down the road
30:50trying not to spill their beer? You
30:52know, they're they're looking for their
30:53seat. But man, I'm telling you, people
30:54now are like they're engaged like, "Oh,
30:56no. You're not going to take us down.
30:58Get ready." And then unfortunately, ours
31:00doesn't start like some of those really
31:01awesome ONES WHERE THEY GO.
31:04OURS IS LIKE, "OH, SAY." and you're
31:06like, "Oh man, could we just get a boom
31:10in there?"
31:13And so when the game here in Atlanta
31:16went down Wednesday, England and the Dr.
31:19Congo, what a clash that was. And then
31:24Harry Kane,
31:26formerly of Tottenham Hotspurs. Any
31:29Hotspurs fans? No.
31:33Well, I heard it. I heard it. Cheers,
31:36mate. Awesome. I don't know. I don't
31:38know where you were. Cheers. I'll drink
31:41to that.
31:45It's just hot water. That's all that's
31:46in there. Trust me, you can come inspect
31:48it. Wow. Harry Kane now playing in the
31:52German league. He comes through, saves
31:56the day. Anybody know what I'm talking
31:58about? Or anybody wear this? Okay,
31:59great. He saves the day. Now he's
32:01running to the corner
32:04and what does he do? He grabs his
32:07jersey.
32:08What does he do? He kisses the three
32:13lion crest.
32:18What is he saying? This is he is one of
32:21the greatest living football players
32:25and he is saying I did it.
32:29We did it
32:33and you've seen it all through this
32:35tournament.
32:38Footnote,
32:40countries that are in shambles.
32:45Many of them economies in the tank.
32:50leaders,
32:53systems,
32:55inflation, places you do not want to
32:58start a business.
33:04There's a we underneath the current.
33:09We may not be perfect, but
33:11it's not all me. Look around. It is we.
33:16And this is the mindset of a follower of
33:18Jesus.
33:20Yeah, I'm the one who knocked in the
33:23goal.
33:25Kingdom of God, glory of God, name of
33:29God, FAME OF GOD, JESUS FIRST.
33:34>> We
33:37and that mindset is getting lost
33:42to the algorithm
33:46of me.
33:51Last week we were talking about our
33:52private lives
33:55versus our public lives.
33:59Understanding that what happens in our
34:02private life is what ultimately fuels
34:05what happens in our public life.
34:08So this Jesus who would steal away with
34:11the father who who couldn't be found for
34:14a moment by the disciples because he
34:16needed time alone
34:20ultimately
34:24did the greatest thing that's ever been
34:25done
34:28right out
34:30in public
34:32at 3:00 in the afternoon.
34:39Definitely. And please don't email me.
34:43Put a new spin on work life balance.
34:53Didn't say I got I got to be dead by 3
34:55cuz I got to be home by 5.
34:57Jesus was saying this is why I'm here.
35:01He put a new paradigm in play and it's
35:05it's this love works
35:10and right at the end his private life
35:15which you should fight for
35:20fueled his public
35:22obedience.
35:26the sacrifice that freed the world.
35:30On June 6th, 1944,
35:342,400
35:36young men in our nation died on Omaha
35:41Beach.
35:44At the top of the bluff
35:47are 9,386
35:50graves.
35:56There was a mindset
35:59of we
36:03and a willingness
36:06to deny self.
36:14Jesus went on to say, "For whoever wants
36:17to save their life," this is what the
36:19algorithm is going to tell us, "Whoever
36:21wants to save self will lose their life.
36:27But whoever loses their life for me will
36:31find it."
36:34For what good will it be for someone to
36:37gain the whole world, yet forfeit their
36:40soul, their self?
36:43Or what can anyone give in exchange for
36:45their soul? For the son of man is going
36:47to come in his father's glory with his
36:49angels and then he will reward each
36:52person according to what they have done.
36:56So the world is going to keep telling
36:58us, man, save it. Save it. Save it.
37:00Protect it. Save it. Save it. Save it.
37:02Manage it. Save it. Manage it. Save it.
37:04Manage it. And God is saying, "No, give
37:06it away. That's where you find it.
37:09Give it away. That's where you'll find
37:11it. Give it away. That's where you'll
37:14find it." I mentioned that I came from
37:16another era. I had a hero when I was
37:21high school and college age. His name
37:23was Ian North. Most no. It'd be hard to
37:26even look up Ian North online and find a
37:28lot. Amazing missionary leader, led an
37:31organization based in Atlanta that
37:33trained pastors in countries all around
37:35the world, especially hard-to-reach
37:36countries, many of them where preaching
37:38the gospel would get you killed.
37:41And Ian was in the same church that I
37:43was in. His kids were similar age to me.
37:48And he was almost hardly ever at church
37:50because he was always some other part of
37:52the world. But occasionally he'd come
37:54and he'd preach and every now and then I
37:56would get a little bit of time with him.
37:58And I'll never forget having a
37:59conversation with him at a retreat that
38:01he had invited me to. And and we were
38:03just talking for I don't know 30 minutes
38:05maybe tops. And he was explaining to me
38:07I said, "Tell tell me the secret to
38:09life. Tell me the secret to to to you
38:11and and Dorothy."
38:14And he just looked at me. He's
38:15Australian, incredible accent.
38:18And he he looked at me. And he said,
38:20"Well, you know, our our marriage got
38:22off to a very challenging start when we
38:24got married and had kids. uh my ministry
38:27was really focused on the people of
38:30India
38:33and it was imperative for me to be there
38:34and to raise up churches and leaders and
38:37to pastor them and this is in the you
38:40know 50s and he's like traveling back
38:42and forth was challenging and so in the
38:44first I I don't have all the specific
38:46details in my mind but generally
38:48speaking and then the first two years of
38:50our marriage
38:52we lived in different continents
39:00Did you hear what I just said?
39:04Find that
39:06in a book somewhere.
39:11You're like, man, I must have just
39:12wrecked his family. Yeah, his kids are
39:14leading
39:16the organization that he founded
39:20in various parts of the world.
39:23They're my age.
39:27They're evangelists
39:30like their dad
39:32and they understand what he understood
39:36that the mission
39:38is mighty
39:41and that freedom
39:44and the freest version of me,
39:47the fullest version of me, the my best
39:51self
39:52does not come when the mission is me.
39:56It comes when I understand that I am in
40:00a mighty mission and sometimes it cost
40:06but at the end of that cost is where
40:08life is found. I have been around I less
40:13than five people in my lifetime
40:16of all the people I've known like Ian
40:20North.
40:25I can tell you from my observation,
40:29he has very little
40:34regret
40:36in heaven
40:39and a monster
40:42reward.
40:46That used to be normal.
40:49Preaching that message was normal. Come
40:52to the altar. Surrender your life. Sell
40:55everything you've got. Go to the
40:58nations. Go to the ends of the earth.
41:00Get on your knees. Go on your closet.
41:02Give sacrificially. That was the
41:05message.
41:07Does any is anybody old enough to back
41:08me up on that? That was the message. I
41:12would go down to the front. I would say,
41:15"God, I want to surrender my life." I
41:17would say, "Jesus, here I am. Send me."
41:21And then somehow over time the algorithm
41:24has slid into the story and has put us
41:27in the center of the orbit and has
41:29convinced us that comfort is where life
41:32is found.
41:35>> And it's robbing us blind
41:39of the opportunity to be the best
41:42version of us that there can be. God is
41:48recommending to you today and to me
41:50today. It's not about you.
41:55>> Oh, you are prized and blessed more than
41:59you know. Don't get down on yourself
42:02today.
42:05But life comes
42:09when you lay it all down
42:12and say, "You know what, God?
42:15It's not about how I feel. It's about
42:17what do you say?
42:20It's not about what do I need. It's
42:21about what would you like.
42:24It's not about what do I think. It's
42:26about what have you already said. It's
42:29not about what do I want. It's about how
42:31can I be of greater service to you.
42:34And it's not just about what are my
42:36options. It's I already decided my
42:40option. And my option was to totally
42:43surrender my life to you. Amen.

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