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Good to see you all today. I, I got to play in a pickleball tournament yesterday, and I’m out of shape. You guys.

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But what it did teach me is that, you know, having fun in pickleball is a good thing. Okay. And sometimes you need to pick your partner better.

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I’m not telling you.

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But I think I was the the the cost on the team. But it was a good time. Samuel put on a fundraiser for the baseball team. And so.

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Yesterday morning was the beginners bracket.

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But somehow he let this a couple. I think they they titled their team name Team Medicare.

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And they got first.

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Definitely the oldest couple out there. And they dominated. Yeah.

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All right. Well you guys were we’re at church. We’re talking about Jesus. We’re worshiping Jesus. And we’re getting to see Holy Spirit. At work today was a display of how Holy Spirit continues to be a part of this process of building his church. And so I’m excited about that. The one thing I never want to do is, is be in the lead of building his church.

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I really want him to have his way and to accomplish what needs to be accomplished, which really is trusting him with all our hearts, knowing him in all that he is, the fullness of this amazing God that we serve. And so my message today is coming with a simple little title built through repentance. The church is under construction and it is built through repentance.

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Last week we got to hear an amazing message by Liz. Pastor Liz, talk to us about gifts being given, but fruit being grown. And that is a statement that, you know, growing up in this church, we got to hear a lot. Pastor Pat really dove in on that concept, and it’s always been something that’s carried to this house.

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Growing fruit, being like Jesus is where our lives are, being touched and prodded. But she gave an important revelation when she referenced Genesis 4922 about Joseph being a fruitful bow, a tree planted by a well next to a wall. Right? And how we in our lives sometimes have identified these walls that are our barriers, these walls that hinder us, these walls that are defining our our potential.

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And she said, you gotta you gotta see it differently. Time to grow over the wall.

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And so here we are today. We’re going to we’re going to jump into this a little bit, have some fun. But I really feel like the greatest opportunity in front of us today is finding this place of peace with him. So much is happening in our world. I’m so grateful that I got to vote this last week.

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I’m so grateful that we live in a country where ideas are being, dealt with through something called the vote. That is a much more peaceful and considerate way to have conversation. But it it may not have pleased everybody how results came out. But what it does do is it constantly reminds us of the value and the responsibility that we have to discuss things, to learn, to grow, to build ideas, and to get better at communicating ideas.

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These kinds of things are responsibilities in a country that values freedom, in a country that values the right for someone to, build their own opinions. There’s a responsibility that we all should have about that, that opportunity. Build an opinion that is going to work. Build an opinion that is going to carry you somewhere, build an opinion that is helpful and that is considerate, and that is able to get you somewhere.

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Well, my opinion is that if we follow the Bible, we’re going to get somewhere that’s meaningful and long lasting. And so, you know, I thought it was interesting that Liz talked about a tree growing over the wall in the midst of our message. The church under construction.

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God is building his church, and yet he’s growing his church. Can the two actually coincide? Absolutely. It requires us to realize that God’s ways are above ours, that his wisdom is diverse and multifaceted, that it is much greater than we could ever comprehend. But in Ephesians 22221 it says, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

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You know, there’s there’s an important that we understand how to grow, and there’s an important for us to understand how to be placed. And both things are happening in our lives. God is taking you as this lively stone and fitting you perfectly in the body of Christ. And that fit means you have purpose. It means that this life you live is essential and adds value to the function that God has in mind.

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So today I want to zero in on a scripture that had been presented at the start when a shell presented this message. Ephesians 310 and it says, God’s intent was to use the church to reveal the manifold wisdom of God to the rulers and authorities in the heavenlies.

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As we look at this scripture, we’re recognizing that God has called his church literally to reveal his wisdom and not only just to reveal his wisdom in this world, but he’s talking about these spiritual dimensions of revealing his wisdom. He’s talking about us engaging in in places that we can’t actually see. Which means there’s an understanding that we got to operate out of if we’re going to be able to even step into that understanding and that opportunity.

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But it would be easy for us to read through this scripture and overlook this little word to reveal the manifold wisdom of God. That means something was hidden. If something has to be revealed, something was unknown. But here it is now being revealed. It is. It is a mystery, as it were, that God had known something all along.

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But now here’s Paul talking about it being revealed. And so if you guys want to open your phones or your Bibles to Ephesians three verse eight, I want to actually just read this, set of scriptures to you.

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All right. Ephesians chapter three, verse eight.

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Ready to Brody. All right, here we go. This is Paul talking to me, who am less than the least of all the saints. Disgrace was given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. That’s a round word unsearchable. I love that. We could never find out all of the riches of Christ and this guy talking to us.

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Paul is a major figure in the Bible, right? And he’s coming from a place of discovery. He’s coming from a place of responsibility where he has he has come to grips with who God is and what God is doing and what God is trying to accomplish, so much so that he was willing to face all of the things that he began to face.

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Those those things were imprisonment. Those things were stones, those things were shipwrecks. Those things were stepping into large crowds of of people that hated you. And those things were being in places that were uncomfortable. Paul was was a man coming from this place. And I, I don’t think that any of us would ourselves be willing to do that if we didn’t believe what we were going to tell people.

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So there’s this there’s this reality that we have to grasp right now because this author is a man telling us something that he genuinely believes he’s genuinely discovered, he’s genuinely willing to give his life for so that others may discover something that needs to be revealed.

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So from the searchable riches of Christ, we go on and we say or read and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Christ Jesus, to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.

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And I’m going to go all the way to chapter four according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in him. Therefore, I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees to the father of the Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.

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That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man. That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend what all the saints with all the saints, what is the width and length and depth and height.

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To know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ask or think, according to the power that works in us. To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.

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Amen. And verse, verse one of chapter four says, I therefore the prisoner of the Lord be sieged, you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. All right. It’s good to hear the scriptures. And that’s a powerful set of scriptures. And what we’re reading about in this set of scriptures, essentially is a man declaring the purpose of God, declaring that you have a purpose and that that purpose is not very complicated.

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It’s literally that God wants to use you, this fellowship of mystery. That word fellowship comes from a word. And we we recognize it as this intimate relationship, this fellowship, this, this partnership with one another. And I might have pronounced it wrong with with Stephanos here. This is going to be opportunity for us to grow, I believe.

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How do you say it, Stephanos? Nia. There it is. Yeah, and this is going to be good. We’re going to get smart.

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All right, so we have this this clarity of partnership happening here that Paul says you are now a a partner. You are now a partaker. You are now in this intimate relationship with Jesus to help him accomplish this need to reveal his wisdom in the earth. All right. So you have a responsibility to live your life, to form your opinions, to, you know, show up to a ballot box and vote.

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And you’re making those decisions because you’ve started to form opinions. You started to identify patterns that you want to live your life. And here’s Paul stepping into a world that have this kind of operation. And he’s saying, hey, there’s something you didn’t know. There’s something called the manifold wisdom of God that you need to know. And if you know this, it’s actually going to change how you function.

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I thought the prophecy today that Pastor David released was amazing. Holy spirit shows up and just helps us gain some confirmation. You know, some people don’t like a charismatic church where maybe Holy Spirit is given a little bit more freedom to operate. But the reason it’s of value is because we got to hear a prophetic word from someone who has no idea what I’m preaching on, really come to life, because it matches what I’m going to preach on.

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And so that is for us opportunity to see that. Wow. Maybe the manifold wisdom of God is of greater value than I realize, but that doesn’t mean you got to repent yet, okay? It just means that you’re starting to recognize that maybe there’s something I don’t know and there’s something I should discover which is important. You guys, we have to walk a process.

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So we jump into verse 11 where it says according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in him. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. So here we see faith, faith in him.

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This is an important statement. What is faith? It’s defined in the Greek as conviction of truth. Confidence in so literally, for you to have faith, you have to have a conviction of the truth. You have to believe in it.

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That is never going to be blind faith. That means you’re actually going to go through a process of deciding whether you believe in this. But that’s a that’s an important distinction, because a lot of people associate with something but never embrace the something. Right? I have I have the opportunity to coach some soccer and the the joy is let’s go play soccer.

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The the fact of purpose and how you approach that is going to change how you play the game. You’re on the soccer team. But if your thought is, hey, I’m just here for fun, so I’m not really going to show up to practice or when I’m at practice, I’m just going to kind of fool around and talk with my my pals.

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In that concept, you’re in name a soccer player, but in fruit, a poor excuse of a soccer player.

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Right. And so there’s a there’s a connection that we have to make with our faith, and it has to be in this, this place of understanding where our faith has value.

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So in leading up to this message, this word repentance was put on my heart because we actually haven’t heard it in any of the scriptures that we’ve read. And so I was I was just thinking about it and trying to understand it a little bit. And then I just felt like Holy Spirit said, I’m building my church through repentance now.

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Growing up in the church, we hear that for myself, I grew up in the church, right? Others may not have this experience, but this was a word that was taught to me. This was the word that I heard. This was a call to action that I, I responded to many times, but in it I responded a certain way.

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I responded out of obedience sometimes because I needed to change some of my behaviors, and I knew my behaviors were not good, but it was always taught as a change of direction.

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It was always taught in this form that it’s it’s not really a a decision to stop doing something right. Man, I gotta stop doing these things because they’re not good for my life. I gotta stop doing these things because, man, they don’t measure up to the standard of the culture. I gotta stop doing these things because people are telling me that it’s not good.

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That kind of decision making is always going to frustrate you, because what’s going to happen is you’re going to fail. You’re going to fail again and again and again. But you may get maybe longer gaps of time in between your failures. You may you may start to build greater self-control. You may start to, you know, change your environment a little bit.

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So those things change. But it’s it’s really difficult to stop the behaviors.

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The reason is because of revelation of who Jesus is and who you are. Our behaviors aren’t going to change until we have a better understanding of the manifold wisdom of God. Without that understanding, we are just going to keep doing our best because it’s still true. There’s behaviors in our world that still have consequence, right? They’re going to potentially wreck a relationship.

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They’re going to maybe potentially put you in prison. You know, there’s there’s consequences. You know, we had somebody get in a car accident recently and it was, you know, a drunk driver that hit them. It’s it’s a consequence of the behavior. Right. But but this isn’t necessarily the focus when God’s talking about repentance.

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The the message when it was released in the book of acts and Peter preaches for the first time, he says, repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins. But that was that was following a message. He had just he had just delivered a truth that Jesus Christ just overcame the grave, that he conquered death, hell in sin to free us and to restore us in relationship to the father.

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Right. So there was this this major proclamation was given. And then he says, repent and be baptized. He’s not saying, come and apologize for your sins. He’s saying, take hold of this new reality that Jesus has just showed up and changed everything. There is a total shift in the world that is taking place and if you will embrace this, get baptized and you’re going to receive the forgiveness of sins.

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But that repentance is wow, thank you Jesus for what you just did. Help me to know you more.

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So that word repentance is is an important distinction that I was hoping to make today. And it’s again, it’s a concept, not necessarily an action. Proverbs 1318 through 19 says, poverty and shame will come to him who disdains correction, but he who regards a rebuke will be honored. So this this word regard that means to value correction your when you understand repentance in this light, what you’re doing is you’re asking for people to give you their opinion of a situation and or you’re allowing people to give their opinion of a situation, and you want it because you regard correction.

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You want somebody to help you discover what is true. That’s a position. That’s a that’s a mindset that we take on. That’s what repentance reveals. Repentance reveals a mindset that you are looking for a way to do life. And if somebody will help you understand whether that that way is correct, whether it’s actually valuable, whether it’s worth your time, then you gain, you gain honor, essentially is what we’re reading in the Scripture.

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So repentance really is a change in what we believe that changes how we process life.

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It’s a change in what we believe that changes how we process life.

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Last week, if we think about the picture of Pastor Liz gave us of this, this tree, this fruitful tree reaching over the wall, we get a glimpse of possibility. I think many of us were inspired to face some challenges in our life and maybe, maybe see it a little bit differently, maybe see the obstacle in our life, not necessarily as a boundary anymore.

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So how can we be fruitful? How can we? How can we grow in a way where our reach extends beyond these boundaries?

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For that to take place in your life, you actually have to embrace a change of thinking. You’re confronting this. Focus on your obstacle, this wall that is frustrating you, that is causing you pain, that is causing you, you know, some sort of anger maybe, or.

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Just a brokenness potentially. This this focus, wherever your attention is at on what’s making you unhappy.

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Has to change.

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Can it can you really change your focus while this obstacle is in your wall, in your life? Is it possible?

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I see lots of head shaking? Yes, and I’m betting that those are people who have had to do that.

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Those are people that have disappointments in their life, things that man they wish went differently. Maybe it’s a medical issue, you know, maybe it’s a relational issue. Maybe it’s a financial issue. You may have a wall in your life that seems to be your barrier, seems to be your problem, seems to be the the limiting factor in your life.

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But if there’s a wisdom that can show up and can catch your attention and gain your faith, then potentially that could change.

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I’m declaring the words of Paul. Paul says absolutely. Paul says that we’re coming from this place of his work in us.

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This is the truth that we got to embrace. He calls it the eternal purpose which was accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, and eternal purpose that Jesus Christ accomplished. That means you didn’t accomplish it. It means he did something that has an eternal power, and that is able to give you a new sense of intention. He says. Have boldness to access him with confidence.

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So you get to hear this message of Christ and you get to respond to it. And that response allows you to to know that God’s got your back. Jesus paid the price for you. Jesus is your answer.

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So that can change how you start processing life. That means you’ll stop looking at your works as the way to move forward, or that you’re no longer qualified, right? Your your life has disqualified you from receiving God’s mercy, right? These are all places of of mental conflict that anyone who’s been a Christian for a number of years is familiar with.

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We wrestle against an enemy who hates this wisdom of God, who hates that Jesus Christ changed the rule, right? I don’t know if you’ve stepped into a space before that you weren’t the boss of, but if you stepped into a space that somebody else was the boss of and said, hey, I’m in charge now, there’s going to be some agitation there.

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Oh you are.

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I didn’t get the memo right, that that kind of confrontation is shown, but that is literally what Jesus has just accomplished. When he conquered the grave, he stepped in to announce his rulership, his authority, his kingship. But that has not been just a great report for the rulers and principalities of the heavenlies in their in their interests. At least it’s in everybody’s interest because he is love.

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Amen.

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All right. So as we grow our trust in God, we essentially are changing the views we used to process life with. And that’s what I really want people to hear today. Your processing, your life. You’re taking this this week by week. You’re going to work. You’re putting a roof over your head, you’re hanging out with friends. You’re trying to, you know, maximize your joy in life.

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And all of that is a good thing.

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How we process those decisions matter. Because if we do it God’s way, it’s going to accomplish something that might blow us all away. Well, how did Paul say it? He said.

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That it’s that infinite, infinite possibility, right? The riches that are beyond what we could ask or think.

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Again, we heard that in the prophecy, the greatness of God’s possibilities are beyond what you could ask or think. So what was the challenge? Some of us, some of us are thinking too small.

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That’s only because of where your trust is at. I’m not here to tell you to think larger. I’m actually here to direct you to this opportunity. Where by following Jesus, you can change your limitations. But without doing that, don’t think larger. You know you’re going to stress yourself out. You’re going to overwhelm your life because you’re operating on your strength, your limits, your abilities.

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So stay in that place of smallness, of of individual ability until you have this revelation, because it’s going to require you to face all of your challenges with courage. And when you face it and the anxiety gets so intense, and maybe the the pressure gets so intense because you’re really taking the step of faith, you’re going to keep going because you trust him.

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But you wouldn’t. If it’s all on you, you’ll I gotta this is too much. I gotta back up. You know, I gotta, I gotta regain footing. And I’ve had to do that in my life. I’ve followed Jesus. You know, I was raised in the church. I’ve had to take steps back and reposition. But what I had to reposition is who I was trusting.

00:34:34:15 – 00:35:07:09
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And I took a moment to do that, and that was okay. But I also learned how to push through things and see God intervene. So this this is a mental adjustment of how we’re going to do some of these things. I wanted to jump on the statement to where Paul says, don’t get caught up about my tribulation. He says, don’t lose heart at my tribulation for you.

00:35:07:11 – 00:35:38:14
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I thought this was such a great, little note that he adds there, because Paul is literally kind of giving us this example of a life that’s fully trusting God. And so he’s he’s saying, hey, see my tribulation, I’m in prison and all this stuff. Don’t feel bad for me. This is your glory. I am accomplishing the work of the cross and I love it.

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Do you don’t think you got to get me out of prison? That’s the wrong prayer that God handled that keep praying that the the manifold wisdom of God grows in the space that he sends you. Wherever you’re operating. Are you revealing the manifold wisdom of God? Don’t worry about the hardships, but we often pray about hardships to go away.

00:36:09:12 – 00:36:42:04
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It’s actually something I’m processing. But when we are are always praying for things, we pray for this. We pray these complete prayers. Lord, make cancer go away everywhere. There’s there’s a fact that we’re walking out this imperfect world. Know what God is requiring of you. Yes, he wants wholeness. That’s why Jesus came. Yes, he wants healing. It’s why Jesus came.

00:36:42:09 – 00:37:10:02
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Yes, there are going to be moments where we see the miraculous power of God, but there’s also a process that God is walking out and we’re stepping into a process. And at each moment we’re going to receive wisdom and guidance from Holy Spirit. The next section of scriptures talks about that being strengthened in the inner man by his spirit.

00:37:10:04 – 00:37:47:27
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Right. This is this is where we are learning to draw from as individuals. We’re recognizing that the world is not so simple and that we need help. And so what we have to align in our in our lives is a way of thinking, how are we processing the life we’re living right now? Is it through this dependance on him, or is it through a natural understanding that works?

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I’m going to go to work. I’m going to, you know, have my retirement. I’m going to, you know, save and do all these things. Those are wise, natural steps that the Bible instructs steward your life, you know, plan for a rainy day, prepare. But then there’s these these moments of Holy Spirit asking something of you. Are we able to hear that and receive that and follow that?

00:38:26:28 – 00:38:40:18
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So Paul is encouraging us tribulation. It’s a good thing. It’s it’s your honor. It’s where the the glory is at.

00:38:40:21 – 00:39:28:07
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So our changed thinking is going to produce a changed way of living that is rooted in love and strengthened by God’s prayer. That’s what starts to become the evidence, the fruitfulness of your life. When you go through a difficult situation where you are enduring trial, pain, suffering, and you’re doing it with joy and you’re doing it with faith, and you’re continuing to give out of the supply God gives you that is testifying of this, of this change of thinking.

00:39:28:10 – 00:40:19:02
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It’s for the potential of so much more his abundance. And I love how Paul says it in verse 14 he says, for this reason I bow my knees to the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. So this conviction that he has of how great God is, this conviction that he has of of the fullness of his love, the conviction that he has of the absoluteness of his work, has him on his knees, saying, this is, this is why I’m on my knees, you guys, because of the Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you here, that he’s granting you according to the riches of

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his glory. He’s granting you according to his riches of glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man. Paul is testifying. He’s testifying of the greatness of God. And he goes on to say that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Again, that conviction that you have come to agree with so much that it’s causing how you guide your life, the logic that’s steering your decisions to change.

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That’s when you know you have faith.

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When how you process your life starts to fit the Word of God. And I loved the song we sang today. We hear praise. He hears faith. Think about what that means. Our our inability sometimes to praise is testifying to our struggle.

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But when we praise, he hears faith. Because we trust God. I don’t want to hold back. I want to fall on my knees because I’m so convinced that this message is true.

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But that’s not condemnation. I. I need to make sure we don’t land there. Repentance is about revelation. God is. God is interested in you discovering how good he is. God is interested in you discovering the glory that he has restored to mankind. And he’s hoping that when people step into a church, they’re going to reveal how good God is.

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They’re going to reveal how righteous God is. They’re going to reveal how holy God is right, because he’s partnered with the church to reveal these things. And so for those who are discovering this, I hope that’s your experience when you step into this place, because it is all about his goodness. But he has a way of righteousness. He is the righteous king.

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He is a just God that has a result, and that result is life. He’s only interested in life. He’s only interested in you bringing forth life. You being a a river of water flowing out of you. That’s what Jesus says in John seven. He says, whoever drinks from me, out of him shall flow rivers of living water. That’s what God’s imagining of you.

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And he doesn’t need you to perform.

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He just need you to agree. But in agreement. Things change because now we actually believe that. Oh wow, you are the Lord I you deserve all my praise. I if I make this decision following you, there is a a glory that is going to be revealed.

00:44:04:09 – 00:44:31:07
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And and verse 17, it says that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height, to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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There is so much for us to grasp in this time, and I.

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I want to make sure that everybody that’s here today is capturing the opportunity in front of them to see God glorified in greater measure, to see your life start to operate out of his supply. It’s it’s possible that what you think is not what God thinks, that what he has in mind for you is much greater than you realize.

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But if you’re if you’re connecting with the fellowship with him, the partnering with him, his greatness is not just for you to live in this amazing home and to have amazing cars, though that may show up his his greatness for you is that you reveal this abundance of God wherever you go, and that who you touch awakens. Oh wake my soul and sing.

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Sing his praise allow. Sing his praise alive. Yeah, that is what you want to happen to every person that God is sending you to. That their soul awakens to how great he is, to how good our God is. The the path in front of us is one of opportunity that is so much greater than us. Because of the power that works in us, he is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to that power working in us.

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To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Repentance means we stop allowing our natural limitations to become the final word on what God can do. It’s where we start allowing his authority and greatness and abundance to be our focus, to be what we agree with. And we sit in our our moment with thankfulness and or gratitude and and thanksgiving being poured out because of what he’s done.

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When a team believes they cannot win, when a team feels doomed to fail. Individuals start to experience a psychological shift away from the group’s goal, and they start protecting themselves.

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So if we step into a place and we already think we’re going to fail. We we step into a survival mindset.

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And that’s not that’s not what God wants. He wants you to to step into your next season with faith that you’re on a winning team. He wants you to step into your next season, trusting him, not trying to cover your own dairy air.

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He wants you to. He wants you to keep offering ideas. He wants you to keep contributing to the conversation. He wants you to keep thinking that you have a part in the a seat at the table and a part in the conversation, an opportunity to add to. He sees you as a living stone, perfectly placed, and we have to step into our moments with that kind of understanding.

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We can’t dismiss ourselves. We gotta know who we are in him. But that kind of faith is not easy. What’s easy is finger pointing. What’s easy is apathy. Stepping back. What’s easy is thinking there’s no use. What’s the point? I try. It never changes.

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That. That’s a mentality that isn’t aligned with what Paul is declaring to us. What Paul says I’m falling to my knees about because it’s a it’s a revelation of God’s glory. That’s what’s in front of us. And that’s.

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What it means to walk worthy of our calling, worthy of the call that God has for you. In verse, in verse one there of chapter four, the calling which you were called to.

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Man, you’re a part, you got a place.

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Grow in faith today. Let your roots go deep in his love. As that Scripture said in his love, and enjoy all the good things he has to say about you. He’s not going to say anything that would diminish your value. So if you if you can’t recognize that or you can’t believe that I understand you haven’t had this revelation of his love, but Paul’s announcing what his love is.

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I can testify of his love. There are hundreds of people in this room that can testify of his love. So if you’re not convinced of it, keep asking people why? Why are you convinced of it? I’m not sure I believe it, but why are you convinced of it? His love is what’s enabled my life to be what it is.

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I am counting on that. I am leaning on that. I am drawing from that. And we’re planted by that streams of water that Jesus provides. So the manifold wisdom of God, it’s because of Christ that we can now come boldly and confidently into his presence by our faith in him. Because of this manifold wisdom of God, I am not going to lose heart because of the tribulations I see.

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Because of this wisdom of God, I am going to trust him. Because of this wisdom of God, my roots are going to go deep in his love. Because of this manifold wisdom of God, I get to tap into his power, which is able to accomplish infinitely more than we could ever ask or think. We can lead a life worthy of that calling that we have been called to because of the manifold wisdom of God, which is entirely dependent on what Jesus Christ has accomplished.

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It is his power, his way, his authority that we’re walking in today. And we get to step forward with confidence. Church. So if you’re if you’re a believer in Jesus and you believe this is for you, stand to your knees because we’re going to pray in. Stand to your feet. Yeah.

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Don’t you love it? And for those that gotta go to their knees, it’s a good time. Father, I thank you. I thank you for your revelation. I thank you for your word. I thank you for a room full of faith. God. And I just ask that every ear, every heart, Lord, would be touched by you, God, that there would not be a doubt of who you are and how you feel about us, Lord.

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And there would not be a doubt that you have a plan and purpose for our life. And so we step forward, Lord, into this, this season ahead. God, this week in front of us, counting on your goodness, counting on your power. Counting on your work, father, to help us make decisions that are worthy of your call. And we praise you for this.

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In Jesus name, Amen. Amen. Church, we’re going to go to fellowship across the way to to have food and break bread together, to hear stories, to see how each other’s doing. If you are new to the church, we have food available and we’d love to sit with you, hear your story and have a good time. Love you.