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0:00Getting a little rowdy in here today.
0:01Hallelujah.
0:03God is good. God is good. We got a full
0:05room.
0:06Packed house.
0:08Child dedications today. What a glorious
0:10day to be in the house of the Lord. And
0:12I do want to say thank you to everybody
0:14that is watching online today. Do me a
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0:23will help us get connected with you. And
0:24speaking of that, I mentioned at our
0:26first service today
0:28that just this week we received a video
0:31all the way from South Africa.
0:34South Africa of this group that gets
0:36together every morning out there or
0:39every Monday morning out there and they
0:40watch the reels from Authentic Church.
0:42And so, can we give God some praise on
0:45that?
0:46Like you never know. You never know who
0:48you're going to impact when you spread
0:50the gospel.
0:52But here's a here's a special
0:53revelation. That's not true just for
0:54pastors. That's true for you, too.
0:57Nobody clapping on that one. Listen,
0:59that's that's true for you, too. Like it
1:01shouldn't be just the pastor spreading
1:03the gospel. God wants to use you. He
1:05wants to share your testimony to other
1:07people. And the amazing thing about it,
1:09you never know who you're going to
1:11impact or how you're going to reach the
1:13world, right? And so, like I said
1:15earlier, we've been in this series
1:16titled Unstoppable. And I could be
1:19wrong, but I believe this is week 22.
1:2322.
1:25Probably somebody's going to come up to
1:26me afterwards and say, "Pastor, that was
1:28wrong." But I think
1:29I think it is week 22 or somewhere along
1:32the way, but I pray that it's been very
1:34beneficial, encouraging to you guys
1:36learning the entire book of Acts. We
1:38have been through some incredible
1:40stories, right? Do you understand like
1:42context matters, right?
1:44And that's why I love doing this because
1:45now when you look at at Ephesians, you
1:48understand when Paul was in Ephesus,
1:51he's dealing with spiritual warfare
1:52because they were into witchcraft. And
1:53that's why he says, "Hey, this is not
1:55always a physical fight. What? You're
1:57fighting principalities. You're fighting
1:59these dark spiritual forces around us.
2:01You start to understand the context. You
2:03start to understand the background. And
2:05when you hear Paul say, "Hey, I had a
2:07thorn in my side, and God didn't remove
2:09it because it's the only thing that kept
2:10me humble, but the gospel is still being
2:13spread." You now understand that he was
2:15in chains.
2:17That he had been beaten. That he had
2:18been falsely accused. That mobs came
2:21after his life. Yet, he continued to
2:23spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
2:26And I pray that it motivates you
2:29as a church that we continue moving
2:31forward believing God for the
2:32impossible. Because the truth is,
2:34listen, the truth is this world is hard
2:36and life is hard.
2:39And if you haven't been through it yet,
2:40you will go through it.
2:42And some of y'all right now, you got a
2:43testimony where you just came out of it.
2:45And the truth is, I'm sorry to to burst
2:47your bubble here, you're probably going
2:49to go through it again
2:50in a different way. But God wants to
2:52change your perception on life. Yes,
2:55there will be trials, but every trial
2:57that comes my way is just an opportunity
2:59for God to show up.
3:01Every problem that I see in my life is
3:04just an opportunity for God to produce
3:06the miracle. I have to have my heart
3:07broken at times in order to understand
3:10how much I need him
3:12to heal my heart.
3:14To give him all the pieces. And so, this
3:16is what it means to be unstoppable. And
3:18again, the vision behind this series is
3:19to take a deep dive into the entire book
3:22of Acts. And so, if you have your
3:23Bibles, go ahead and turn to Acts
3:24chapter 27. We're going to finish the
3:27last two chapters, Acts chapter 27 and
3:30chapter 28. And I'm going to go ahead
3:33and give you my title today.
3:35You're welcome. Okay, I know that's a
3:36little little early, but here's the
3:38title. Something has to go.
3:43Something has to go. Do me a favor, look
3:46to your neighbor and tell them,
3:47"Something has to go."
3:50You've been wearing those shoes for the
3:52last 20 years. Something
3:54has I'm just kidding. We're going to go
3:57into some things that are deeper than
3:59that because I have learned I have
4:01learned in my life
4:03and throughout the Bible
4:05that in order to move forward, how many
4:07of y'all want to move forward in what
4:08the Lord has for you?
4:10In order to move forward, God may ask
4:12you to let go of the thing that's
4:13holding you back.
4:15And the truth is there are a lot of us
4:17that are holding on to the very thing
4:19that God told you to surrender a long
4:20time ago. And I think when we when we
4:22hear this we're like, well pastor isn't
4:23talking about me because surely he's
4:25talking about something major and we
4:27always think of like these major sins in
4:29our mind like adultery or or murder or
4:32all these different things, right? But
4:33listen, sometimes God is telling you to
4:35surrender your control.
4:37Because you want to trust the Lord, but
4:39at the same time you want to be in
4:40involved with that and make all the
4:42plans with the Lord and kind of call the
4:43shots a little bit and that's not how it
4:45works.
4:46You're telling God, God I'll do that if
4:48don't you ever tell God if.
4:51If you tell God if, God's going to be
4:52like, get out there. You know what I
4:53mean? Like go ahead and do what I told
4:55you to do because it's going to happen
4:56anyway, right? And so we have to learn
4:58to be led by the Holy Spirit. I'm just
5:00telling you along the way along the way
5:03to the destination, there's going to be
5:04some trials of things where God is
5:06telling you to let go of the very thing
5:08you're holding on to and sometimes
5:09listen, sometimes that's your backup
5:11plan.
5:14Sometimes it's your plan B or even your
5:16plan C.
5:18The question that I have for you today
5:19is do you truly trust the Lord
5:22with your life
5:23with your future? And so we see that
5:25here with Paul and just to refresh your
5:26memory because last week we're in a lot
5:28of chapters out of the book of Acts. I
5:29believe it's from chapters 21 to 27
5:33and and we learn that uh Paul goes into
5:35Jerusalem. He is quickly spotted, okay?
5:38And people start to come after him and
5:39so he's beaten, he's arrested, he's
5:41placed on trial, he's in he's in front
5:43of a a few governors or a couple
5:45governors. He's also in front of a king
5:46and he keeps spreading the gospel of
5:48Jesus Christ. But Paul knows, okay, cuz
5:51he got the opportunity to go back to
5:52Jerusalem, and they thought this would
5:54help him live, but he knows if he goes
5:55back to Jerusalem, the Jews are going to
5:57kill him. So, he appeals to Caesar
6:00because he is a Roman citizen. And so,
6:02this is his right. He says, "I appeal to
6:04Caesar." And so, that's where we left
6:05off. So, now in Acts chapter 27, Paul is
6:09on his way to Rome,
6:11but he's a prisoner.
6:14Oh, man.
6:15Let me tell you something really good
6:17today.
6:18There may be things that happen in your
6:19life that may surprise you, but nothing
6:22surprises the Lord.
6:24And by his goodness, there are times in
6:26our life where he will actually tell you
6:28a warning or what is coming for a
6:30reason. Paul wasn't surprised by this.
6:33Why? Because God already revealed it to
6:35him.
6:36Acts chapter 23, verse 11. You remember
6:38this?
6:39That night, while Paul was in prison,
6:42the Lord appeared to Paul and said, "Be
6:44encouraged, Paul.
6:45Just as you have been a witness to me
6:47here in Jerusalem, you must preach the
6:50good news in Rome as well."
6:54Jesus gives you an assignment. We talked
6:55about that. Jesus also gives you a
6:57destination. Now, here's the problem.
6:59Here's a Here's the thing we struggle
7:01with. Jesus will give you a destination,
7:03but it doesn't mean getting there is
7:04going to be easy.
7:07Y'all hear me this morning? Okay.
7:09It's going to be hard.
7:11I I need y'all to hear me. People will
7:13come after you. Sometimes financially,
7:16it looks like you don't have enough
7:17money to do it. It seems impossible. You
7:20don't know how the door is going to
7:22open, but again, that's how you start to
7:24see miracles in your life
7:26by trusting the Lord. So, in Acts
7:28chapter 27 now, Paul is on his way as a
7:32prisoner to Italy. All right? And he's
7:34sailing across the Mediterranean Sea,
7:37right? And immediately, there are these
7:39strong winds.
7:41The weather gets bad. It's close to
7:43winter, it is cold, and Paul's kind of
7:45looking around like, "Hey guys, um
7:49I'm not speaking prophetically here, but
7:50I just think this is a bad idea.
7:52I think it's a bad idea for us to sail
7:54right now
7:55across the sea. It seems dangerous. We
7:58could lose our lives." So, I want you to
8:00hear this in Acts chapter 27, 10 through
8:0313.
8:04"Men," he said,
8:06"I believe there is trouble ahead if we
8:08keep going on.
8:10Shipwreck.
8:11That's bad. Loss of cargo. And the
8:14danger
8:16danger to our lives as well."
8:18But the officer in charge of the
8:21prisoners listened more to the ship's
8:23captain and the owner than to Paul. And
8:26since Fair Haven was an exposed harbor,
8:28a poor place to spend the winter, most
8:31of the crew wanted to go to Phoenix,
8:33farther up the coast of Crete, and spend
8:35the winter there. Let me ask you this
8:37question. Have you ever wanted to yell
8:39at somebody
8:40because they're not listening to you?
8:42And and it's pretty obvious, too.
8:45Like, that's a red light, you need to
8:46stop. That's a red light, you need to
8:47slow What are you doing? Slow down.
8:50Right? Every husband in the room knows
8:51what that feels like.
8:53No pointing. Anyway,
8:55um but but I I imagine in this scene,
8:57Paul is like, "Guys, this is a very
8:59dangerous idea." But there are people,
9:01right, that are just kind of like, "Ah,
9:02it's no big deal. It's no big deal.
9:04Like, it's it's it's okay. We're going
9:06to make it."
9:07And I I feel like that's how they
9:10they saw this because they were so
9:12determined.
9:13And I can relate to this. I I I fall
9:15into this, too. You're so determined to
9:16get where you want to go.
9:18You don't care that nothing's in order
9:20sometimes.
9:22And and I get in trouble with this even
9:23in my own home because my wife will be
9:25looking at the ceiling sometimes like,
9:26"I think we got a leak."
9:29And I'm like, "I I think it's good.
9:31We're okay.
9:32Everything's good. Hey, the car was
9:34making like a funny sound last night."
9:35It's good. I drove it all day, too. It's
9:37fine. The kids are throwing up, just
9:39tell them to go outside. It's fine.
9:41Everything's fine. Some of us are living
9:43life just like that. Everything's fine.
9:45Everything's fine. Knowing that it's not
9:47fine. And so, again, Paul's not speaking
9:49prophetically here. He's using common
9:51sense. He's like, "Guys, it's not a good
9:53idea for us to go. The storm is coming,
9:56and we could die." Mhm.
10:00But, they didn't listen to Paul.
10:02And notice this, Acts chapter 27, verse
10:0414. But, the weather changed abruptly.
10:08I love how the Bible puts it there.
10:10They start sailing, thinking
10:12everything's okay. And then, just like
10:14that,
10:15the weather starts to change. And a wind
10:18of a typhoon strength called a
10:19northeaster burst across the island and
10:23blew us out to the sea. Now,
10:26I want you to hear verses 18 through 20.
10:28The next day, as gale-force winds
10:31continued to batter the ship,
10:35the crew began throwing the cargo
10:38overboard. What did Paul say?
10:41"Hey guys, I believe it's going to be
10:42bad. We may have to throw some of our
10:44stuff overboard. We can lose our lives."
10:46Here it is. The crew began throwing the
10:48cargo overboard, and the following day,
10:51they even took some of the ship's gear
10:53and threw it overboard. The terrible
10:55storm raged for many days,
10:59blotting out the sun and the stars.
11:02And so, they can barely see where
11:04they're going. The rain is heavy, the
11:06wind is strong. They feel like they're
11:08about to die, right? And you can't even
11:11see the light or the stars. It's
11:13completely pitch dark. Can you imagine
11:15how scary this is?
11:17Like, can you see this?
11:18But, then,
11:20but then, I want you to hear the last
11:22last verse right here. This is what
11:23stood out to me.
11:25Until at last,
11:27all hope was gone.
11:31I'm reading the story, and that's just
11:33the Lord told me to pause.
11:36What do you do when you feel like all
11:37your hope is gone?
11:40What do you do when you feel like you're
11:41in such a storm, such a dark situation
11:44that it already feels like you're dead?
11:48I mean, you're not thriving. You're just
11:49barely getting by at this point. You're
11:51barely breathing. You're just trying to
11:52make way, right? And it feels like the
11:54storm is crashing and beating against
11:56you. You feel like you're falling apart
11:58and you've been praying. That's That's
12:00the thing though.
12:01Like I'm not saying you're not praying.
12:02We We pray all the time, but still we're
12:04not always seeing things change and
12:06that's really hard. God, I'm praying,
12:08but financially like I'm still I'm still
12:10struggling with this situation.
12:12God, I'm believing, but nothing has
12:14changed. Things keep getting worse and
12:16in fact the diagnosis
12:19IT'S STILL HERE.
12:22AND AND I wake up some days in in
12:23complete pain.
12:25And I'm hurting and I just I just
12:27thought
12:31I just thought you would heal me by now.
12:32I thought you would rescue me by now. I
12:35thought you would bring me into a
12:36relationship by now. I thought
12:39I thought, right? It's It gets hard.
12:41The situation
12:43the situation is making you doubt God
12:45now. Let's change perception here.
12:48Let me ask this question. What if the
12:50situation
12:52that is causing you to doubt God is
12:54actually the situation that's going to
12:55cause you to see how good he is?
12:58Oh, I'm telling you right now. Change
13:00perception because again, you don't get
13:02a miracle without a what?
13:04Without a problem. Without a situation.
13:07So, the very situation in your life
13:09that's making you question who God is is
13:12actually the situation where God shows
13:14his full character. Shows his love.
13:17Shows his grace. Shows you that even in
13:19the middle of a storm, he can rescue
13:21you.
13:22When you got nothing together.
13:25God can bring it all together.
13:28Okay, so let's continue the story here
13:29because what I want to show you, too,
13:32Paul teaches us
13:33how to hold on to hope.
13:35And it's really, really powerful, okay?
13:38But I want you to see in Acts 27:21,
13:40finally, Paul called the crew together
13:41and said, "Men,
13:43this is funny to me. Men, before he gets
13:45into the revelation, you should have
13:46listened to me.
13:49I told you
13:51>> [laughter]
13:51>> I told YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE that if we
13:53left Crete,
13:55we could have avoided all this damage
13:57and loss. You should have listened to
14:00me."
14:01I told you not to buy that credit card.
14:04I told you not to get into that
14:05relationship. I told you so. How many of
14:07y'all would just love to just tell that
14:09person, "I told you so."
14:11Don't do it here, do it later.
14:14I told you it was a bad idea.
14:17But
14:19don't miss this.
14:21Because right after that, he reveals the
14:23key in holding on to hope when it feels
14:25like the storm is coming after you.
14:27Verses [snorts] 22 through 26, but take
14:30courage.
14:32None of you will lose your lives. Even
14:34though the ship will go down. Underline
14:38that right there. He is clarifying. God
14:41promised to save us, he didn't promise
14:44to save the ship.
14:46See, see, this is where we battle. We're
14:49trying to get there, but we're losing
14:51things along the way. And we're like,
14:53"God, why aren't you helping me?" "Oh,
14:54I'm helping you. You're still alive."
14:57You made some bad decisions, right? In
14:59fact, here's what I want to praise God
15:01with. I thank God that he is so good. He
15:04can use our wisdom for his glory, right?
15:07Amen to that?
15:10Okay.
15:11Thank God he is so good. He can use our
15:14stupidity for his glory, too.
15:17Come on, I got to I got to praise God
15:19for all the stupid decisions that I made
15:21in my life and God still rescued me and
15:24brought me out of it. Now, I'm not
15:25giving you an excuse to make bad
15:27decisions. I'm just stating that your
15:29bad decisions don't have to be the end
15:30of the story.
15:32Don't have to be the end of your story.
15:33God can rescue you from that, but he can
15:35take the good and the bad and still use
15:38it all for his glory. In fact, the enemy
15:40can come after you.
15:41People can have ill intentions against
15:44you, want to hurt you, and and still,
15:46just like Joseph said, my God can take
15:48what you intended to harm me and still
15:50use it for the the good.
15:53But along the way, listen, you might
15:54lose some things.
15:57It doesn't mean that God's not there.
15:59You may lose some things along the way.
16:00Why? Because God is protecting you. But
16:02Paul said for last night an angel
16:05an angel of the God to whom I belong and
16:07whom I serve stood beside me.
16:10And he said, "Don't be afraid, Paul,
16:13for you will surely stand trial before
16:15Caesar."
16:17Now, listen to this right here. What's
16:18more, what's more, God in his goodness
16:21has granted safety to everyone sailing
16:23with you. So, take courage. Okay.
16:27You reading what I'm reading?
16:29When you're walking in obedience
16:32and God has put a hedge of protection
16:34over you. Hedge of protection is an
16:35angelic protection around you. Angels
16:38are actually guarding you, guiding you.
16:40When you're walking in obedience, there
16:42are going to be some people around you
16:44that will be protected just because
16:46you're walking with God.
16:49Okay.
16:50The same thing is true on the other
16:51side.
16:52Because again, remember the story of
16:54Jonah?
16:55You can disobey the Lord, too,
16:57and it can also cause a storm in others'
16:59lives
17:01because of what you decide to do. The
17:02truth is you have a choice today. You
17:03have a choice today. You're going to
17:05follow the world or you're going to
17:06follow Jesus. You can't do both.
17:09You can't do both. Why? Why can't I do
17:10both, pastor? Because Jesus said, "If
17:12you follow me, the world is going to
17:13hate you."
17:15Jesus also said you cannot serve two
17:16masters. You want to know why? You will
17:18love one, you will hate the other.
17:20Notice that Jesus does not say you will
17:21love one, you will tolerate the other.
17:24He made it very clear. No, you will love
17:26one, you'll be devoted to one, and then
17:28you will hate the other cuz they will
17:30always talk about the other one. YOU
17:31CAN'T BE COMMITTED TO BOTH SIDES. That's
17:34what makes you double-minded. So, you
17:36have to follow the Lord. All right. So,
17:38we see this. We see this.
17:41He says, "You're going to be saved."
17:44Because God is protecting me on this
17:45journey, and we're walking in obedience.
17:47I know we're in a storm, but God is
17:48still protecting us. Now, okay.
17:52How do you hold on to hope?
17:54Here's the answer.
17:56For I believe God.
17:59And it will be just as he said.
18:03Okay.
18:06When it feels like you're crashing,
18:09and it feels like the storm is about to
18:11make you sink, you still have a choice.
18:16And either you're going to believe the
18:18hopelessness that you hear,
18:21or you're going to believe God's word.
18:24The people here, the sailors, the
18:26commanders, they're distracted with the
18:29storm, but Paul is standing on the word.
18:33I'll say it like this, Paul is standing
18:34on business.
18:35Okay? He's standing on the word. He's
18:38not looking at the storm. He says, "I
18:39already KNOW WHAT MY GOD SAID."
18:42MHM. MHM. AND WHEN YOU KNOW what God
18:44said, why would you be afraid of the
18:46atmosphere?
18:47Okay. Okay.
18:49All right.
18:51But it's still hard. It's still hard.
18:53When life is crashing around you. So, I
18:55I made some points here. The first point
18:56is this, and I kind of had some
18:58subpoints with it. A lot of points
19:00today. But point number one is this, you
19:02don't need an alternative to God.
19:05The truth is,
19:07when it feels like God is not doing it
19:09fast enough,
19:10when it feels like God is not rescuing
19:12you the way that you want him to rescue
19:14you right now, you will be tempted
19:18with an alternative plan,
19:20a backup plan to do your own thing and
19:21try to take control.
19:23Okay? And I'm telling you right now, you
19:25will be tempted to take control and it
19:27will lead to your destruction.
19:29By verse 27, I want you to hear the
19:31context here. They have been in the
19:32storm now for 14 nights. It is cold. It
19:36is scary. They have not eaten also.
19:39They're too scared to eat. So, they have
19:41not eaten.
19:43And believing God's word is getting
19:45harder and harder.
19:48So, notice the STORM KEEPS COMING. PAUL
19:50SAYS, "I know what my Lord has spoken."
19:53But they're thinking, "Yeah, but the
19:54storm is still here."
19:56I I can't even eat. I can't rest. I
19:58still feel like I'm about to die. And
20:01so, some of the sailors decided to take
20:03matters into their own hands
20:05and they try to secretly escape.
20:08Here's a warning.
20:09Listen to me on this. When you stop
20:12trusting God, you start trying to save
20:14yourself.
20:16And I'm telling you right now, that is a
20:19a recipe for disaster.
20:21Acts 27:28-30 states it like this, "They
20:24dropped a weighted line
20:26and found that the water was 120 ft
20:28deep.
20:29But a little later, they measured again
20:32and found it was only 90 ft deep. And at
20:35this rate, they were afraid we would
20:37soon be driven against the rocks along
20:39the shore. So, they threw out the four
20:41anchors from the back of the ship and
20:43prayed for daylight." Now, now listen to
20:45this right here. Then the sailors
20:48Let me say it like this.
20:50The ones steering the ship
20:53decided and tried to abandon the ship.
20:57They lowered the lifeboat as though they
21:00were going to put out anchors
21:03from the front of the ship and they were
21:05going to try to escape. I want you to
21:06think about this for a second. The
21:07people who are in charge of getting you
21:10to your destination safely
21:14are trying to jump ship
21:16secretly. That's like imagine being on a
21:18plane.
21:20Okay? And and the pilot comes out with a
21:22parachute. Later. And just
21:25>> [laughter]
21:26>> What ARE YOU DOING?
21:28WHY WHY DID YOU JUMP OUT OF THE PLANE?
21:30THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
21:31They're looking for the life boat.
21:34Because they stop believing in what God
21:36said.
21:39Okay.
21:40All right. I got to get down for a
21:41second.
21:42Because I'm thinking they're looking
21:43over the ship
21:45and they start thinking to themselves,
21:47my plan
21:49Oh, my plan sounds better than God's
21:51plan with that Paul.
21:53And so we got some lifeboats here and I
21:56can get in the lifeboat and I can be
21:58safe. What they don't know is this, the
22:00very plan that they have to save
22:02themselves will actually lead to
22:04everybody's destruction.
22:06Can actually lead to everybody's death.
22:09All right. So, listen to what Paul says
22:11because this is big right here. Acts
22:1327:31-32.
22:15But Paul said to the commanding officer
22:17and the soldiers, you're going to die.
22:20That's pretty much what he says here. He
22:22says, you're going to die. I'm going to
22:24die. We're all going to die unless the
22:26sailors stay aboard. And then verse 32
22:29is one another scripture that stood out
22:30to me. The soldiers cut the rope
22:34to the lifeboat
22:36and let it drift away.
22:39Two Two revelations here. Go ahead and
22:41bring that scripture back, please.
22:42Two revelations here.
22:45Paul is saying
22:47your getaway plan
22:49your plan B
22:50you taking control
22:52is going to lead to everybody's death.
22:55But it's still a temptation.
22:57Because you can't fool yourself and not
22:59think, all right, if you know or think
23:01you're about to die
23:02you'd be looking for a lifeboat, too,
23:04right? It It kind of makes sense. Like,
23:06okay,
23:06>> [laughter]
23:06>> I think we're going under. I don't know
23:08if I can believe this Paul guy. I need
23:09to be looking for a lifeboat. It makes
23:11sense, but just because it makes sense
23:12doesn't mean that it came from God.
23:15Okay? Now, God is a God of order, all
23:17right? But at the same time, when we
23:19move by faith, faith is not always going
23:21to make sense. So, the lifeboat, listen,
23:25the lifeboat, the second option, taking
23:28control, is a temptation. And so, what
23:31does he say? He says, "Cut the rope."
23:35I need you to hear me on this,
23:36spiritually. Okay? Cut the rope to the
23:39thing that is tempting you, the plan B,
23:42and let it drift.
23:44Let it drift away. Let it get away from
23:46you, all right? Because again,
23:49Paul is making it clear. He's saying,
23:51"Listen, they're the ones that are
23:52supposed to sail us all the way to where
23:54we need to be. If they're not here, we
23:56die. This doesn't work. Everybody's
23:58dead. You got to cut the rope, which
24:00also is another revelation. God's
24:03promise that they would all survive does
24:05not eliminate the responsibility to
24:08follow the Lord."
24:11Meaning,
24:12just because God said he would do it,
24:15doesn't mean you can do anything you
24:16want to do.
24:18There's still obedience. Obedience is
24:20still part of the plan.
24:22God is stating to Paul and everybody,
24:24"I'm going to get you to Rome, but
24:25everybody has to play their part." So
24:28many times, we just walk away from what
24:30God is doing, thinking, "Well, he said
24:32it. I'll just end up there." Like you're
24:33eating Cheetos on the couch, thinking
24:35one day you're going to step into the
24:36miracle.
24:37And I like Cheetos, okay? It's probably
24:40what I'm going to do today after the
24:41service. But,
24:43but we can't just sit on the couch all
24:44day long.
24:46But God said he's going to do it in my
24:48life. God said he's going to bring me
24:49into a relationship. I believe the Lord.
24:51Well, you still got to walk out the
24:52door.
24:54Like you STILL GOT TO
24:56YOU STILL GOT TO PURSUE. You still got
24:57to you got to seek, you got to listen to
24:59the Lord.
25:00Can't just just stay around.
25:04But it's relatable because
25:06it made me think how many of us have a a
25:08life boat.
25:11How many of us in this room right now we
25:12have a backup plan?
25:15Because we're too afraid to trust God
25:17completely. I'm going to teach you some
25:18revelations about this. This is where my
25:19subpoints come from. First revelation it
25:21says sometimes you have to cut off what
25:23you keep running to.
25:25Acts 27:32,
25:27the soldiers cut the ropes to the
25:29lifeboat and let it drift away meaning
25:32they made sure it was no longer an
25:34option. How do you get rid of the
25:35temptation? Make sure that it's no
25:37longer an option. Guard your heart,
25:40guard your eyes, guard where you are,
25:42what atmosphere you're in. Make sure if
25:45it's bringing you down, make sure if
25:47it's no longer an option.
25:50Get away from it, run away from it.
25:52There are things in the Bible talks
25:53about this, there are things in your
25:54life you cannot handle, especially lust.
25:57So don't play with the lion of it, run
25:59away from it.
26:01Because otherwise you're going to fall
26:02into the temptation.
26:05And I say this over and over again, but
26:06why would you run to it if you're
26:07struggling with it?
26:09Why would why would you play with it?
26:10Why would you even be close to it?
26:13And so
26:14some examples of this are are
26:16relationships. See, we're asking God for
26:18a breakthrough.
26:19We're asking God for a breakthrough, but
26:20we're still holding on to things.
26:22Relationships and and I believe somebody
26:25in here you know what's unhealthy.
26:27You know you keep compromising.
26:30But every time you get lonely you go
26:31back into something God told you to
26:32release.
26:34Now
26:35I understand this and I'm I'm saying
26:37this with love. I understand this and
26:38how you feel.
26:40But I've heard this and I I just want to
26:42clarify.
26:43There are people going back to toxic
26:45relationships
26:47because they would rather be with the
26:48wrong person than be alone with God.
26:53Again, a a recipe for disaster and
26:56heartbreak and hurt.
27:00God is love, right?
27:02So, how do you know how to love without
27:03God? Been in the center of every
27:05relationship because his love looks
27:07different from the love of the world.
27:08The love of the world's going to tell
27:09you if it feels good, go after it. And
27:11how many of you know that your emotions
27:12can change instantly? But but God's love
27:15is a self-sacrifice. He gave his life
27:17for you, which means sometimes you're
27:19going to lead and you're going to bleed
27:21for the people that you love. Sometimes
27:22you're going to give up the things that
27:23you actually want to do to do things for
27:25other people. This is a sacrificial love
27:28that we can only learn from Jesus
27:29Christ. This is how we love each other
27:31better.
27:33And when you love God, you will love
27:34your spouse better. You will love your
27:36family better. You will love your
27:37children better. You will even love
27:39people that don't love you back.
27:42And that's hard.
27:44>> [laughter]
27:45>> That's another sermon. Uh
27:48Let me keep going here. All right.
27:49Because some of y'all cuz I get it. I
27:51get it. Some of us are well, that's not
27:52me, pastor. I've been married for 40
27:53years. I'm good on that. All right. What
27:54about finances?
27:57It's good to plan ahead for the future.
27:59It's good to save up. These things are
28:00good things. But here's where it gets
28:02dangerous. When your peace comes from
28:04how much you have in the bank account
28:06more than your faith in God.
28:08And and I'm telling you right now, God's
28:10going to challenge that at some time.
28:11You you may have it planned out for the
28:13vacation. You may have it planned out
28:14for your future. And God may say, but
28:16what if you give it to that person to
28:17help them cuz they're struggling?
28:20What if you give it to my church because
28:22we're building and I'm I'm leading
28:23people right now to me? What if you give
28:26it to them? What if you give it to this
28:27situation? But you may say, but but God,
28:30>> [laughter]
28:31>> that that goes against my plan. Well,
28:32who do you trust? Who gave you
28:35the money that's in your account? See,
28:37see the Lord really worked with me
28:39on this. He's showed me so much grace. I
28:40struggled with this for years
28:42years of my life.
28:44Um
28:45And the crazy thing is it was the year
28:46of evangelism that I learned that my
28:48money comes from the Lord.
28:50When I no longer had the comfort of a a
28:52paycheck every 2 weeks from a church and
28:54I had to rely completely on miracles for
28:56God to provide,
28:58I learned that the Lord always provides.
29:01And you may work for it, but listen, the
29:02Lord still provided it.
29:04And I'm just telling you I'm preparing
29:05you. What if God said, "You know what?
29:06Give a little more. Do a little more. Do
29:08something." And and I'm telling you cuz
29:10I struggled with this. God, how I can't
29:12give. I can't give. And here's what the
29:13Lord convicted me, but I gave you my
29:15son.
29:18And you're telling me you're going to
29:19stand before my altar one day,
29:22my throne,
29:23and you've invested into Netflix,
29:25and you've invested into fast food, and
29:28you've invested into gyms, and you've
29:29invested all these things, but you never
29:31invested in my house?
29:34I don't want that.
29:35God convicted me on that.
29:37One more thing. What about control?
29:38Let's go back to this. I told you I'm
29:39going for everybody.
29:42>> [laughter]
29:43>> Hide your kids. Hide your wife. We're
29:44going for everybody. Okay.
29:47Sorry, Lord. Uh
29:48>> [snorts]
29:49>> All right. What about control? You want
29:51to follow God, but again, you want to
29:52also call all the shots.
29:54Proverbs 3:5 states, "Trust the Lord
29:56with all your heart. Do not depend on
29:59your understanding."
30:01Your own plans, your own understanding.
30:02Why? BECAUSE GOD IS DOING SOMETHING THAT
30:04IS impossible for you to do.
30:07And so you got to trust him.
30:09All right. Second revelation is this.
30:11Just because it looks safe doesn't mean
30:13it's God's will.
30:15All right? A a lifeboat looked like the
30:17safer option, but an opportunity to
30:19leave is not always permission from God
30:21to leave.
30:23We don't like that. Let me let me say it
30:24again though. But an opportunity to
30:26leave is not always permission from God
30:27to leave.
30:29Again, remember Jonah.
30:32Jonah was called to Nineveh. He tried to
30:34escape to Tarsus. Um the boat was there.
30:37He could have said, "Well, the boat's
30:38available.
30:40The boat gives me permission to leave.
30:41It's a way out. Listen, just because
30:43this ship is available doesn't mean God
30:45sent it.
30:47You hear me on this?
30:50And so you got to trust the Lord.
30:53But we're still holding on to things
30:54that God told us to let go of. And and
30:56again, Paul said, "If you want to
30:57survive, stay in the boat." It doesn't
30:59make sense.
31:01Like if you're going through it and
31:02you're really dealing with it, then the
31:03last thing you would think of is stay in
31:05the boat.
31:06Right?
31:07Paul's like, "If you want to live, if
31:09everybody wants to live, stay in the
31:10boat. Cut the rope to the lifeboat, to
31:13the plan B, to all these other things."
31:18You got to let go.
31:20Mike, can we come up here real quick?
31:23Let's give Mike a hand for helping me
31:25with this illustration real quick.
31:27>> [applause]
31:27>> Oh, handsome dude right here. By the
31:28way, ladies, he's single. Just letting
31:30you know.
31:34He's like, "That got old in the first
31:35service, Dad." Okay. All right.
31:37But I started thinking cuz this is what
31:39we do. All right, hold it tight. God, I
31:41want to move forward.
31:43Right? I want to move forward. I want to
31:45be all that you told me to be. I want to
31:47move into the promise.
31:49But you're still holding on to the very
31:51thing God told you to let go of.
31:53And this is what it looks like
31:54spiritually. This is why you feel stuck.
31:56And so we could all fill in the blank.
31:58Maybe it's relationships. Maybe it's
32:00finances. Maybe it's bitterness. You've
32:03been mad for 20 years.
32:07And every time you see that person, it
32:08just
32:09kills you.
32:12You got this anger and this bitterness.
32:14And so hold hold it tight. Hold it
32:16tight. And you're wondering, "God, how
32:17come I can never move? How come I can
32:19never move?" And sometimes you even
32:20struggle with it. Struggle with it. And
32:22it's crazy.
32:24What is forgiveness? It's It's forward
32:25giving over to the Lord. It's
32:30It's letting go.
32:33Crazy.
32:35So many of us are holding on to these
32:37things that are hurting us.
32:40And the only way to overcome the
32:42temptation, again,
32:44Acts 27:32,
32:46the soldiers cut the rope.
32:49And the lifeboat drifts away. The only
32:52way for you to surrender everything over
32:54to Jesus is to finally realize you got
32:57to let go,
32:58forgive, give it to God,
33:01and then eventually
33:03cut the rope.
33:06It's the only way for you to move
33:07forward.
33:09Otherwise, you're always going to feel
33:10stuck. You're always going to feel like
33:11you're you're fighting. Can we give one
33:13more round of applause for Micah? Thank
33:15you, buddy.
33:16>> [applause]
33:17>> And I know it's a it's it's a simple
33:18illustration, but I think it just shows
33:21us the picture perfectly how we feel.
33:23I'm stuck and I'm trying to get there
33:25and God's telling YOU LET IT GO.
33:28BUT I CAN'T LET IT GO.
33:30NOT IN THE STORM.
33:33I'm trying so hard to get out of the
33:34boat. And maybe the boat
33:37is the thing that's saving you at the
33:38moment.
33:40And so
33:42here's my last point and this is
33:44this is what's so good, okay?
33:46Listen to this.
33:48There's a storm for a reason.
33:52There is a storm. All right, let me
33:54clarify
33:56because so many times we think there's a
33:57storm in our life because we're doing
33:59something wrong.
34:01Yes, storms can come, problems will come
34:03based on your choices, especially
34:05disobedience against God. But the truth
34:07is biblically also Jesus may send you
34:10into a storm on purpose.
34:12Again, I told you the only way to see
34:14Jesus walk on water is to be in a storm.
34:17The only way to see the miracles of God
34:19sometimes is to be in the middle of that
34:21storm to cry out to him. And so as they
34:23reach the shore,
34:25the front of the ship slams into the
34:27ground beneath the water. All right, so
34:29the the ship gets stuck and the waves
34:31start tearing the ship apart. And this
34:33is crazy to me. Like 14 days, right?
34:36They've been
34:37in the sea and then the rain's coming,
34:39they think they're about to die. And now
34:40the ship IS LITERALLY TEARING APART
34:42BECAUSE AGAIN, GOD SAID, "I will save
34:44you." But he didn't say he would save
34:46the ship. And so now they got to get to
34:47the island. And the soldiers are
34:49starting to discuss with themselves, "We
34:51can't let the prisoners get to this
34:52island called Malta.
34:54We got to kill them." So Paul was almost
34:56killed by the soldiers.
34:57And the commander is like, "No, no, no.
34:59Let him go. He's okay." And so he let
35:01all the prisoners go to this island
35:03called Malta. Let me make it very clear.
35:05Nobody wanted to go to Malta.
35:09Like have you ever been there?
35:10Meaning like in your life have you been
35:12in a place you never wanted to be at?
35:15Wasn't part of the destination? Wasn't
35:17part of your plan? BUT A STORM CAME,
35:19SHIPWRECK.
35:21Everything messed up and now you're on
35:22this little island called Malta.
35:25You're there with people you've never
35:26met before wondering, "God, how did I
35:28get here?" Here's some encouragement for
35:30you today. The ship can be breaking
35:32apart, but God's promise still stands.
35:36Oh man. Okay.
35:39Okay.
35:42And let me say this, too.
35:45Just when you think
35:47just when you think it can't get any
35:49worse,
35:51it got worse.
35:53Acts 28 verses 1 through 4.
35:56Once we were safe on shore,
35:58we learned that we were on the island of
35:59Malta.
36:00The people of the island were very kind
36:02to us, but it was cold and rainy. So
36:05they built a fire on the shore to
36:06welcome us. As Paul gathered an armful
36:09of sticks, Paul is saying, "Hey, these
36:11people are nice. Let me help them. Let
36:13me get some sticks for the fire." And
36:15then what happened?
36:17A poisonous snake. Would you be like,
36:19"Come on!"
36:21IT'S LIKE THIS IS COMICAL.
36:24>> [laughter]
36:24>> LIKE AM I ON CAMERA or something? Like
36:26this has been an awful day.
36:28An awful few days. Everything is going
36:32wrong.
36:34And again, this woman tempted to go to
36:35our backup plan. Can I Can I say this?
36:39You know what's crazy? When I decided to
36:41go into full-time ministry,
36:44people would ask me, "All right, what's
36:45your degree going to be?" And I'd say,
36:47"Leadership. Ministry leadership is what
36:48I want my bachelor's in."
36:51And then they would say, "Okay, what's
36:52what's your other degree going to be
36:53just in case?"
36:55And I was like,
36:57"In case what?"
37:00"You got to get two of them? What are
37:01you Like [laughter] I'm trying to figure
37:03this out. Is this a master's? Is that
37:04what you're talking about?" No, no, no.
37:05No, just in case the ministry thing
37:07don't work out for you because everybody
37:09told me going to ministry going to be
37:10poor.
37:12It's crazy. That's That's mostly what I
37:14heard.
37:16"Well, if you go into ministry, you're
37:17just going to be poor. You're probably
37:18going to really really struggle. So, you
37:19might want a backup plan."
37:24Listen,
37:25I don't need a backup plan with God.
37:29Maybe this is a word for you. Maybe
37:30Maybe you're also feeling this calling
37:34and some people got you doubting.
37:36Listen,
37:37I'm living proof right here standing
37:38before you. I never needed a backup plan
37:40with God.
37:42Why would I need a plan B when I know
37:44plan A?
37:45And I know that he will always provide,
37:47that he will always come through. He has
37:49every single time. God will not fail me
37:51now, and he will not fail you.
37:54And the truth is, you don't need a
37:55backup plan with God.
37:57Because I'm telling you right now, God
37:59can provide what no money could provide
38:01for you.
38:03God can help you and lead you in ways
38:05when you follow him. But some days
38:07YOU'RE LIKE, "GOD, WHY?"
38:10SOME DAYS SOME DAYS it feels like I I
38:12JUST GOT BITTEN.
38:15IT'S CRAZY, TOO, CUZ IF YOU KEEP
38:16READING,
38:18so the poisonous snake,
38:20driven out by the heat, grabbed his
38:21hand.
38:22And the people of the island saw it
38:24hanging from his hand.
38:26They're just watching.
38:28I want you to
38:29I want you to see that in the story. HE
38:29SAYS LIKE, "AH!"
38:31THEY'RE JUST LOOKING.
38:33Maybe they're whispering, "Maybe we
38:34should go get a medic."
38:36But they're just watching.
38:39Actually, they didn't say, "Let's get a
38:40medic." They said, "Hey, he must be a
38:41murderer."
38:43No doubt.
38:45"Though he escaped the sea, justice will
38:47not permit him to live." I want you to
38:48see how people can be sometimes.
38:52Oh, man.
38:54Paul's just trying to be nice, and a
38:55snake is eating your hand in front of
38:58eating his friend eating his hand in
38:59front of his new friends. Like, think
39:00about this. Like, it's literally
39:03snake is on him.
39:05It's hurting.
39:08And the people the people are just
39:09peopling.
39:11You know what I mean by that? Like,
39:12they're assuming the worst.
39:14Oh, he got hurt. He's going through a
39:15trial. Something. He did something.
39:17He must be a murderer. God's not going
39:19to let him get away with it.
39:22Some people will see one chapter of your
39:24life and think they know the whole
39:25story.
39:27Okay.
39:29But they don't know you.
39:32God knows you.
39:34And he will direct you, and he will help
39:35you, and he will heal you.
39:37So, don't let people who don't know you
39:39convince you that God has abandoned you.
39:42Sometimes Jesus does send us into the
39:44storm.
39:46But what happens next? Listen to this.
39:47Acts 28:5-6. But Paul shook off the
39:50snake into the fire and was unharmed.
39:54But watch what the people did. Again,
39:56they're just peopling.
39:57Waited for him to swell up and suddenly
39:59drop dead.
40:01Can you imagine this? They didn't go get
40:03help. They're just talking. They're just
40:05gossiping. They're saying he's a
40:06murderer. I mean, this looks like a
40:08Facebook comment section.
40:12I'm here every week if you'd like to
40:13come back next week.
40:17People just peopling.
40:21But when they had waited a long time and
40:22saw that he was in harm,
40:25See, people are waiting for your
40:26disaster. And I hate I hate to tell you
40:27that, but there are there are some
40:29people waiting for disaster in your
40:30life. But let God show them a testimony
40:33instead.
40:35But again, here's what people do. They
40:36change their minds and then decided that
40:38he was a god.
40:40Like you see this?
40:42HE'S A MURDERER. He's a god.
40:46Stop getting your identity from people.
40:49You're you're driving yourself mad.
40:52You're driving yourself mad trying to
40:53please everybody. Listen, you may please
40:55people one day, but the next day they
40:56may be angry with you. It's okay. It's
40:58called life.
41:01We're all going to go through it and
41:02we're all going to have emotions. It's
41:03okay. Let's just grow together.
41:06Let's not attack each other. Let's grow
41:07together.
41:08Let's listen to the Holy Spirit when he
41:10corrects us and leads us and guides us.
41:14But here's Okay, here's the part I
41:16really want you to see.
41:18Acts 28:7-10. Near the shore where we
41:20landed was an estate belonging to
41:23Publius, the chief official of the
41:25island. He welcomed us and treated us
41:27kindly for 3 days. As it happened,
41:29Publius' father was ill with fever.
41:33This is interesting. And Paul went in
41:35and prayed for him, laying his hands on
41:38him, and he healed him.
41:40Then all the other sick people on the
41:42island came and were healed. As a
41:45result, we were showered with honors.
41:48And when the time came to sail, people
41:50supplied us with everything that we
41:52needed for the trip. Hold on. Hold on.
41:54Okay. Okay. Okay, storm comes. He's a
41:56prisoner going to Rome. Storm comes.
41:59The ship is breaking apart.
42:01He's almost killed by the soldiers. He
42:03makes it to this this random island,
42:05this small island called Malta. He's
42:07bitten by a poisonous snake just to end
42:09up in this man's house.
42:14To heal his father.
42:19You see this?
42:22Sometimes the destination is not what
42:23you thought it would be, but it still
42:25doesn't mean that the Lord isn't working
42:26where you are.
42:29And because his father was healed, what
42:30happened after this? Then the rest of
42:32the people on the island started to
42:33bring their sick to Paul and he started
42:36to heal them.
42:39You see, sometimes we're so focused on
42:41the destination,
42:44we forget what God can do right now.
42:47But my question is, what if God allowed
42:49all this?
42:51You said you was going to say, Paul,
42:52what if he allowed all this just so that
42:54Paul could heal these people on Malta.
42:56So, I did some digging and I looked up
42:58Malta today. Did you know predominantly
43:00Malta is Christian?
43:04Think about that.
43:05Because of a shipwreck
43:07and a man named Paul landing on this
43:09random island SHARING THE GOSPEL, THIS
43:12ISLAND TODAY IS predominantly
43:14Christian.
43:17I don't miss those opportunities.
43:21Wow.
43:23And so,
43:26and so, this is kind of where our
43:28journey
43:30for Paul starts to end. This is
43:32kind of the ending of our story out of
43:34the book of Acts.
43:37The journey for to Rome
43:38took Paul months. It actually was not a
43:40quick trip at all. 14 nights in a
43:41violent storm, 3 months stranded on
43:43Malta.
43:44When they finally arrived to Rome, Paul
43:46was still a prisoner. He was able to
43:48meet other believers. There was other
43:50believers there
43:51even before he started to preach the
43:53gospel.
43:54He continued to preach and teach and I
43:55want you to listen to how Acts ends.
43:58Acts 28:30 and 31, for the next 2 years
44:01Paul lived in Rome.
44:04At his own expense, he welcomed all
44:06visited him, boldly
44:08proclaiming the kingdom of God
44:12and teaching about the Lord Jesus
44:14Christ. Now, I want you to notice the
44:15last line right here.
44:17No one tried
44:19to stop him.
44:21Some translations state it more like
44:23this,
44:24he was too bold
44:27to stop spreading the gospel of Jesus
44:29Christ.
44:32But, what did God reveal to him? God
44:34revealed that hey, it would not be easy.
44:36God did reveal that he would lose his
44:37life eventually. And so,
44:40according to the early Christian
44:41tradition, Paul was martyred in Rome
44:43about 2 to 5 years later, give or take.
44:47Executed by beheading during the reign
44:49of Emperor Nero. He was a dangerous
44:52lunatic.
44:55He set Rome on fire, blamed the
44:56Christians. He was evil and wicked.
45:00Yet, Paul never stopped spreading
45:03gospel.
45:06And again,
45:08I just think it's so powerful to know
45:09that in Malta today,
45:13the island is predominantly Christian
45:15because everywhere Paul went, whether he
45:18expected it or not,
45:20he shared the love of Jesus Christ.
45:23Second Timothy chapter 4, verse 7.
45:26He said, "I fought the good fight.
45:29I have finished the race.
45:32And I
45:34have remained faithful through it all."
45:36I'm going to ask you to stand right here
45:38and
45:39ask you to close your eyes.
45:44I want you to be very honest with the
45:45Lord today.
45:47How many of y'all feel like you're in
45:48the middle of a storm and you've been
45:50thinking about that life boat?
45:53And I want you to ask yourself this
45:54question, what is the life boat for me?
45:56What is the thing that I keep running
45:58back to?
46:00When God tells me to walk in obedience,
46:02what is the thing that I keep running
46:04back to? The the plan B
46:07that is pulling me away, that's keeping
46:08me stuck. I'm going to telling you God
46:10is so good that if you just let go of
46:13the life boat, you're going to see his
46:14miracles.
46:17I've seen it. I've witnessed them.
46:21I'm not I'm not just saying these
46:22things. I I've seen his glory and I've
46:24seen his grace.
46:26I've seen him do the impossible and I
46:28want that for you. I want you to know
46:29the Lord in such an intimate way.
46:33But what's the life boat?
46:36Is it a relationship you keep going back
46:37to?
46:40Maybe it's your money. Maybe that's
46:41where your security has come and God is
46:43challenging you on that.
46:46Maybe again it's the bitterness or
46:48anger. Maybe maybe you're just broken.
46:53Maybe you're saying God, why is life so
46:55hard?
46:58Why is this storm so bad?
47:02Can I really make it to the other side?
47:06I'm telling you to cut the rope
47:09of the things that are pulling you away
47:11from God and I'm telling you to
47:12surrender
47:13everything over to the Lord right now.
47:17God, I surrender.
47:21I surrender the plan B. I surrender the
47:23life boat. I surrender
47:25me trying to take control of my own life
47:27and do things my way. It never works
47:30out.
47:31It never fulfills me. So,
47:34do something different.
47:37Give it over to the Lord. Trust him.
47:40Trust him.
47:42Trust the Lord.
47:44He will never disappoint.
47:47He always comes through
47:51beyond what you can even comprehend.
47:55So, right now if you need prayer to
47:56release the lifeboat, will you raise
47:57your hand?
47:59Whatever that may be in your life, just
48:01raise your hand. God, I thank you,
48:02Jesus, for their willingness to be
48:05honest right now before your holy
48:07presence. And I pray in the name of
48:09Jesus, Holy Spirit,
48:12cut the rope.
48:14Cut the rope.
48:16Because the truth is, yes, God
48:18declares the outcome,
48:21but we still have to be obedient
48:24to see the outcome.
48:28And anytime the enemy's after you,
48:30doubt,
48:32or even your own flesh, I just pray
48:34against those voices.
48:36And I ask in the name of Jesus, as we
48:39started the entire book of Acts, I pray
48:42that power comes upon you
48:45through the Holy Spirit,
48:47who will always guide you in truth
48:49>> [music]
48:49>> and give you strength you do not have.
48:52Lord, I thank you, God, for your grace.
48:54I thank you, Lord, for your mercy. We
48:56thank you, Father, for this word. And we
48:58thank you, Father, for the book of Acts
49:01to learn these truths that we have, to
49:04dive deep,
49:05and to now know we can become
49:07unstoppable by your Holy Spirit. We
49:10praise you. We glorify you. In Jesus'
49:13mighty name, everybody said
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49:23series, and we closed it out today, 22
49:26weeks of going through the book of Acts.
49:29Pastor Bobby's been able to lay out the
49:30journey of Paul and what it was for the
49:33early church. So I hope that you have
49:35been blessed by this. I hope God has
49:37been able to speak through Pastor
49:38straight into whatever you're going
49:40through, whatever your life has, what
49:42that looks like for you, whether it is
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