the Cross to the Beach
What is the ruin your eyes the good goes really good, and I'm in a minute. You'll see why. Piecing things together using a good I love it when God speaks through different Weiss and he uses different people to continue to confirm things and share things. I want to tell you have a story today and we're going to keep building on this whole thing about the God of the new beginnings. The God has a new beginning for all of us. I don't know if you've ever been in a place that is dark. And it's so cool that Josh and Joey he night they're gone. We lost them.
Sarah wasn't oh now I can say whatever I want about Josh now. Is it room downstairs at velocity Church in the new building in the school and three rooms away from any outside light. time you're so good talk it walk in and energy winning you turn lights on as you progressed deeper and deeper into the belly of the building. Okay, and we still work with interns. I love lean times that young guy said and and we would do filming down there cuz it's a great place to film couldn't hit, you can control the washing and I remember we go in there and it should go and you turn the light on you get your bearings and then you turn the light off because you need to just turn the stage lighting on the lighting that you need to feel me and we were in there and this is one room that's off that that is now removed from life. And we needed something out of the room and then we just there with young guys. What are they going to do? We walk into the room to grab something. I can sambal fed Flix the lot.
And it's dark. Give me Nana place. It's so dark. You can put your hand in front of your face and you can't see it when you can feel it. You know, there's something there and it's like hey guys, stop mucking around turn the lights on. But that walked in and slipped a lot. and it's like
it's here somewhere. It's not funny anymore cuz I'm starting to get a little bit like
this stuff ever ate ever been in a place like that. Now I'm going to ask another question. Have you ever been in a place like that? There's not a physical blacks. We actually feel like you're smelling like this darkness that that is tangible in your life where you don't know where you are. You don't know what's happening. You just you just as much as you want to tell yourself. It's okay. I'm 25 meters from the outside. You just caught self talk yourself into and I can't talk yourself down. You can't cannot speak fight that you just did a point where you just panicking. I want to talk about that loser the moment, you know, as I said this whole thing about the inside of me for having a preaching in January in the beginning of every Wednesday God are the new beginning and I'm at last we talked about go to the second chance or I was really really good and I just want to pick up on a few things that he said he said that the greatest gift that the church gets to reveal to the world was what Grice You thinking about the privilege we have is a group of people we get to display to the world to show them to proclaim. The God is a loving forgiving gracious God I said, that's a that's good, isn't it? That's a good message. That's a message to iron to tell and I love a spike on the passage from Luke 15 verses 1 to 2, and it's a passageway. You know, the Pharisees Econo having a dig at Jesus. Hey, hey welcome Cena's. You didn't did kind of like up there pointing down like that guy who's supposed to be he welcomes Sinners and you know, what else he does. He even answer them. Does Jesse Falcon people
I do. Yes, sir rod I do. She doesn't see he doesn't see grace this week things. He's Grace is strength. The broken people can come running into the arms of God. This is the message that we have to Proclaim to the world. How often do we stuff a message up? How often does the world get the wrong message about this loving an amazing? God see crisis such an important message and I want to make a statement and I don't want you to hear it in his bluntness. It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter what you've done. You are welcome here.
Nazarite that you know, I like as as the pasta instantly went now I need to give some clarifying statements. You know how I felt because someone's going to say but what about Can I just say what about nothing? His grace is sufficient for you. That's it. Isn't it? Now? We understand this close as we understand this conditions in this stuff around these are we need to be taking off the God. We need to be coming to him with his desire to encounter him. But his grace is sufficient for you your welcome in this place. Jimmy's message on the website was a great message in that chair really wants but what am I to do a little bit on that story that was telling me for cuz I want to talk about this is hotness that we find ourselves in. And I think I've been there is anyone else. Can you can you can you jump on the journey with me a little bit here. I swear you just feel like lost and hopeless sent and end with without with them or if it's just like I just got no idea. I've nothing about this so many passages of scripture so many stories that I could actually use from the Bible to talk about this so many of them. I'm going to use one today and I'll talk about in a second, but I want to give you a court Thomas Fuller in 1650. All right, that's a really really long time ago. I don't know why she put that into context 1650 dependency right It's always darkest just before the day Donuts. It's always darkest just before the tide in the Batman movie Batman had said this what is it wasn't Batman is darkest just before the dawn and I promise you the dawn is coming. I love that thought. When you want to eat then put yourself in the context if you buy any more lies. Places before isn't that a lovely statement? Is that nice? Is that is that just like a warm fuzzy feeling in the midst of Despair and darkness? I tell you what to actually self speak that into your life when you're in the midst of that is really hot. It is tough. You may not know, you know, like everything is falling apart of the Inuits gone. It'll be okay. It's always darkest before the dawn India right just around the corner of those things. I need will just that's really easy for us to say in a broad place, but when we were in that place, it's a really really hard thing to say. She sometimes it's impossible to get out feelings to line up with that fine. It's just in a sense. It feels like it's be honest. I don't want to talk about this now. As I said at the passage in Matthew 27, and I want to talk about Jesus on the cross.
Now I'm talking about a dark place or I want to read these passages for you sitting on tree 246. It says the people passing by shouted abuse. This is Jesus hanging on the cross shaking their heads in mockery. Look at you now that you told him you said you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days. Well, then if you're the Son of God save yourself and come down from the cross and this is us on tonight. The leading priests the teachers of religious Lauren. The oldest mocked are also mocked Jesus. He save others I scuffed but he can save himself. So he is the king of Israel. Is he letting come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him. I trusted God so I can rescue him now if he wants him free said I am the son of God. Even the revolutionaries who crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way and at noon Darkness fell across the whole land until 3 and about three Jesus cold out with a loud voice. I'm not even going to try to say that. That means my God my God. Why have you abandoned me? Can you imagine a DACA place to be?
Can you imagine? Which Jesus was at at that very point. You have a think about that the circumstances that lead to this point for Jesus. 3 years of ministry and I like he's in a sense like a rockstar everywhere. He goes thousands gather. His disciples who was lived with him for three years get to this point and that abandon him. OSHA for safety mineral and he died so early in our house and pine leaves as he walks into Jerusalem as he rides in the same people days later, and I'm walking and cursing him. And then you think about the religious ladies are going to be a hot one this concert. You've been fighting in a sense for 3 years to bring truth to expose that hypocrisy all of the Sun that looks like I win.
That got him on a cross safe letting to his death this this argument from a from a natural perspective Taiwan. and then we get to this last first and this is why I just it just my God my God. Why have you left me? This is Jesus the son of God another one constant he had while he walked the Earth was his relationship with his father. He heard him he communed with him when I went out stuffy spoke with him a price and we get to this point here where Jesus cries out God. Why have you turned your back on? How many freaking to put an ultimate ultimate fight scene this is it? I don't think I haven't experienced this. I have an experience experience God turning his back on me. This is a horrible place to be tonight. Evelyn stories and I said I have all the stories. I want to pick this one of the reasons. I want to pick this one is this thought is Jesus is crying at these. Why have you forsaken me God in in top place in a week and feel like the skyway? You can get to a point where where things are going wrong way where everything seems to be falling apart and you're there and you got God. Where are you? Why'd you left me? Why you leaving me? And I don't know you might not have ever cried that out before but I have I've been in a place where I don't understand what you were doing God. Why have you left me? Why'd you hang me out to dry? The reason I wanted to talk about this story is because there's a passage of scripture that havery setting five refers to its from Deuteronomy 31 and Joshua Juana's promise to Moses and the Joshua that's a promise to us. You know what he says. He says I will never leave you nor forsake you I will never leave you I will never forget you and this is a promise that's real Frost right where you are in the dock is x in the docks places. And you know why it's a promise because Jesus hung on a cross. And went my God my God. Why have you forsaken me? That's why we can be ever-present. We got the father because he took upon himself. Alpine achievement the consequences of a mistakes he hung on the cross and he took it all and when God looked at him and he looked upon him. He said I can't look upon my son that I love. Because of the fields the yak from the world that he's carrying and paying the penalty for see that's a promise for you, and I don't know how you feel about that. If you really have a thought about that before, but when we get into a dark place, we don't have to be in that place. Because Jesus has survived that please leave that places to hike in that place for us where we have no hope we have hard because God when it'll latest over cyclist, and I love compelled. God to send Jesus. We love John 3:16 is a passage of scripture to Highway 11. I just even this passage on you before I even knew anything about God. I just seen it for God so loved the world that he sent his only son. zaco statement Best mold in a statement it's more than words in the Bible its truth and it's true that spoken over our lives. God loves you. Say we speak about new beginnings and that's what we going to be looking at are being set free from. Places. I tell you what this is going to be the greatest news ever told. We talk about Christ we talk about love. We we bought an expression. It's the message the words that we have. See if you and me in our darkest Place feeling lost the line without hypobromous, you know one simple prayer can get us out of that spice. One simple prayer now I'm saying this a kite and it's really easy to sound like you know, this is a message for those who don't know God. You know, I like you. You will need to tell people who haven't got a count relationship with Jesus about him. But this message is actually for us cuz the amount of people I talked to that field separated from God's love and I are solid Born Again Christians is amazing. Now you sit down you talk with people and I got a lot of made mistakes.
Disobeyed God and I feel disconnected or separated lucky7 his connection with me. Now we would like now you sit there any guy that's not truth. Guess what? You're right. But how often in the midst of feelings can we not connect to the truth? Another reality of a situation means nothing when was stock with these desperate feelings and he's desperate thoughts these connections, you know, we kind of feel that goes turn his back on us because we let him down with neglected and he's gone out and that's it. I just can't deal with you anymore. And it's like a bad child and every kind of think Nellie like like God is like Santa is a naughty and nice list and you're on the naughty list or on the nice list. A. What if that was true that I would be on the naughty list. The dock place will be justified and it's where I would leave but it's not how God works. He Loves Us is a passion about this God's love is not conditional and it's not based on your behavior or your obedient something that's a really really like frame thing. No matter how good I am or how bad I am changes God's love for me in Norway. desecrates or does not God in very nature is perfect. Love.
It doesn't sit there and I was just checking out the Skyles you being a little bit more good than bad yet.
He says I don't care what you've done. I don't care how you do leaves. I love you, and you're welcome. That's something which we need to get into a locked. Now this whole story about Jesus on the cross the whole thing about the dark place Jesus experiencing this but we with you know God is there is there in the midst of it for us no matter where we are God is there for us. I just want to show you from the life of the Apostle Peter exactly what this looks like cuz cuz we can go get that but I don't think we really get it cuz I talked to some of you guys. I think you're always get me something I don't know is get this you know why I still feel like I've done something which is separated me from God's love and any's and we're on time out of the moment. You know, I'm in the naughty Corner sitting on a chair. And go to get back to me when I'm when I'm served. When I've had that you know that the consequences of my actions, you know what I mean like that game for the handout. I feel like that. Play Applause. I feel like that night but I just want to show you in a lot of pain because it's so cool. I walked with Jesus and was one of these three best buddies. Netflix said you just like I want you to get the relationship the patron Jesus had cuz I know they would get it if I asked you who are the three closest people in your life.
Spouse parents siblings best friend who the three. Can you see them? Can you get can you lose them if you don't have one? I'll be one for you. All right.
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Peter was in that intimate relationship with Jesus. He was that close to him. All right, just a few things that happen.
Book of Luke chapter 22 3 years long time living literally in each other's Pockets hanging out doing life there at the Last Supper. This is the last meal that going to have with Jesus before he goes to the cross. Choking that all these little things and I'm going to wait for the message problem. This is 31 and 32 and Jesus speaking into a situation and he says Simon This is peda stye on your toys. Satan has tried his best to separate all of you from me like chaff from wheat some and I prayed for you in particular that you would not give in or give out. When you have come through the time of testing turn to your companions and give them a fresh stop. It's a really really cool statement written different versions in a race slightly different. But Jesus is there with his best. You know what I mean? One of the three that any any sistering Peter you're going to file me. And I know it. And when you come through this time of testing. Once you once you failed me and you realize where you're at, I want you to come back. I don't want to want you to strengthen the others. I'm going to I'm going to build with you Peter. This is this is Jesus. This is I think I would have been more consumed with what I was going to go through in the next few hours. No, I was going to go through but this is the giving loving Nitro God. The next verse verse 33 Peter Peter replies, you know an impedance style Masa. I'm ready for anything with you.
Now, you know the story I need a few hours later. Jesus is denied by Pacer three times. Is there an illness like? I don't know the man and he supposed to cry. And it Dawns on him or assist on he's done exactly what Jesus said he would he's rejected Christ in his time and made invest 62 says he went out and he went to Italy he was broken absolutely broken by these. It's really interesting to watch. Okay to Dallas from here and I reckon you and I do this all the time as well. He went back to his old wise. It was like my relationship with God is being just said it's been damaged. It's been injured that the cold that he had on my life what he wanted me to do with obviously that's off the table now because I disappointed God. And it goes back to what he near he went back to fishing. He was a fisherman. He went back to the thing he did before God I coating now. I just want to practice a little bit because I think it's amazing that I do the same thing. Silverado steering wheel because it's like well, that's all I got left now. That you might not do that. You might just be able to soar with the Eagles. But I tend to run with the turkeys I call you sometime so I can lift yourself. You might be able to do this well, but I struggle a little bit and I think what's really interesting is it amazes me how my feelings can dictate my truth.
How I feel about something can actually in a sense rent a truth useless. I run with feelings not with truth. And I think it's a little bit happy to feels but it's actually not the truth to pay. Because Jesus loved to pay. Jesus had and what the table we hadn't said That's it man. You stuffed up your out we going to go to pay de 2.0 replace you it's not what he did and she said no need to come on. Let's get back to these and and I know this and know that he had more evidence is in Madden 16 7. Jesus has been laid in the Tomb in the women have gone there in order to prepare his body. So he's gone and I get there and his body is gone. Describe Klaus and is an angel in there and I love these two goddess for every single one of us hate you need to go and tell the disciples that he's risen again. Oh and and she'll pay.
That don't say hi until Nathaniel. Tell Philip. nicest high until peda then I'll see him again soon. Tell Peter that I'm coming to connect with him again, and all of this is going to be one of the coolest New Beginnings in the Bible.
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self fruitful there's nothing in your own life anymore. It's a waste of time. I called you for something greater. So what's Jesus to go a kilometer that way? You guys hey throw your net on the other side.
Let me see Chicago. Don't you think I try the other side? Don't you know anyone who's been fishing on a pier? And you'll fishing you got nothing and one person out there catches a fish with a brown guy. And I got 30 people fishing for this one little spot man. I have tried everything to catch fish. That's why they're in Jesus. This is how you throw the net on the other side of the part and then it scratches really clean and I caught 153 large fish.
Arkansas code nothing will not be happy with one. The script is really clear when Jesus speaks when he came on and when he Gods when he leaves. There's a Great Harvest Right bonding stairs fruitfulness and I live and it's so clear it wasn't just one facial five facial like right now so many fish the tower maze the Nets didn't break and instantly got it It's like that's Jesus. And he jumps off the boat and swims to shore.
153 fish in the net behind him and he abandons all of that because he's got he's on his back on God such an amazing story through the 19th and I pay this back on Shore. He's mating with Jesus and and Jesus restores relationship with betta but not just relationship. He actually restores the call of God backing sloth. his pain in a doc spice He's he's he's feels like he's filed. He feels like he's just lost his abandoned and Jesus comes to him and calls him back. I just thinking through this the spot paid as filing. Nothing, that was a spectacular file, but I know how you feel about those other things, but that was pretty big and it didn't happen in secret. We've been reading about it for 2,000 spectacular file, but Jesus didn't rejecting you never abandon him and never forgot him. It came back for him later lady's feelings pushing my wife in the very one who actually loved him to the very one who had a cold for him for his life. I just think about this year. Can I don't know where you're at? I don't know what's been happening. I don't know why God is really impressed on me to get to speak this message. Parents feeling about people feeling abandoned. And I also looked you know, we can get in these places, but you know, none of that is true. Because God will never leave us you'll never forget us he's plans for our lives that yes, and I meant I will happen. Does sometimes we get in such a place that we don't feel we can get out that way she'll trapped the we feel just like either we've done something wrong or just like God doesn't get it or he just doesn't love us and we sitting at spice this darkness that that becomes so real a life and it seems to overwhelm us. That's not how God wants us to live. I just want to ask you today and I want to skate around just to shut your eyes and I had and I already offered a grandma do this and I'm just going to ask for a show of hands if you want me to pray for you. I'm going to call you down the front not going to do anything like that tonight. I just want to know if this is supposed to do today. Is Callahan's actually is what's a hands?
God wants you. Back on task. He wants you fruitful again. He wants you to living a life of abundance. That's his plan for you to read the newsletter this way Jeremiah 29:11. God knows the plans he has for you not to harm you or hurt you enough to push you down. He wants good prosperous plans to be at work in your life father. I thank you that you love us so much that you there's nothing you hold back from us that is good for us. Why is desire? Hasta be with you. In this intimate relationship you love so much but I pray that is this first thoughts. Maybe it's just saying mean things have been happening for people that are pushed them and and and I feel like you're not there was I feel separated off God. I pray that you would come flooding back into they laugh while turning on a switch in a dark room is a lot just instantly pushes Ola. And so I let a pray for us if we would feel your wants will see you love me a lot and I pray this in Jesus name. I'm in. I thank you so much for coming to church. I pray this year is going to be an amazing year for you for those around you for your family. So I really do believe that we're in for cookie this year. Make it hurt, but say that you're pretty bad so I can sit out to be miserable glasses can be terrible, but I honestly believe that God has something grinding store when it's a depressing every week how much it's depressing that come to speak Thai. Kind of just sit there and watch what's going to happen, you know, but tell me hungry expecting God to speak expecting God to move in your life going to be a vessel team this year.
I do. I want him to move powerful EMA stand in a community. If you would like prayer, I would love to pray for you. We have a wonderful latest and that would love to pray for you, but it's not make sure you come outside of someone congrats light Grayson to such an amazing little boy. Could you help I will see you next week is that good is rising expectation.
Going to be a new beginning.