The Connected Life: Week 2

Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning.

It is good to be in the house of the

Lord this morning. Amen. Hey man, come on, let's praise

the Lord one more time in this place. Hallelujah, Praise

the Lord. Well listen, I am Pastor Mike, and I'm

so glad to be here with you this morning and

just be able to spend a little time together as

we dive into the Word this morning. So let us pray. Father,

we do thank you God. We glorify your name. Lord.

There is no one like you, And so we come

into this place knowing that you are already here. Lord God.

We ask that even now, that everything that we've already

experienced in worship of God, and even and through exhortation

of God, that You or God will take us to

the next level. Lord, take us deeper within your word today,

Lord God, that our ears might be in tune, that

our eyes might see, that our mouths might look God

communicate and declare the truth in it, O Lord, and

that our hearts will be fixed towards you, Holy Spirit.

Come now, do what only you can do in this space.

Draw us closer together, individually and collectively. In Jesus' name.

I do pray a man a man. Well, listen, it

is good to be here again this morning as we

take another step into the Connected Life series, focusing today

on guarding your heart and your family. Today, we want

to look at Nehemiah chapter four, verses thirteen and fourteen,

And after I read this in your hearing, I'm going

to go a little deeper to understand where this passage

is coming out of. But the Bible says this. It says, therefore,

I station some of the people behind the lowest points

of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by

families with their swords, shields, and spears. After I looked

things over, I stood up and said to the nobles,

the officials the rest of the people, don't be afraid

of them. Remember the Lord who is great and awesome,

and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters,

your wives, and your homes. Nhemiah four thirteen through fourteen.

In this passage of scripture, there are something I want

to highlight here. In that highlight word I want to

look at is the word fight, and so fight when

we look at it in this original text, the word

is shamar. Shamar. Shamar means that we are to guard,

to keep, to watch over, to observe. So when we

see the word fight, some of us think it's hand

to hand combat, but I want to let you know

that it's not an actual physical fight. We are actually guarding,

we're keeping watch over, and we are observing. The biggest

fight is a fight when you are already prepared for

the fight. Today. A family does not become spiritually strong

by accident. We must recognize where we are vulnerable, make

contentional changes, and remember what is worth fighting for. Mia

Maya was not just building rebuilding a wall. He was

rebuilding a people. The enemy was not just attacking brick

and martar. The enemy was attacking security, unity, peace, and

the future of families. And that is still how the

enemy works today. After the exile of God's people, they

returned to Jerusalem and they rebuilt the temple, but the

outer walls were in ruins. This was indicating that the

city could be taken in an attack, that if someone

wanted to come into the city, all they had to

do was step in, because the walls were not really

existing or in existence at that time. Some of us

remember that Nehemiah was in Persia, but when he heard

about the walls of Jerusalem, Jerusalem being in ruins. He

returned to rally up the people to rebuild the wall.

But as every good mission, there is always opposition, and

so there were local entities that were battling against God's people,

these enemies who would make comments and they would intimidate

them and say that we're gonna come in and anyway,

we're gonna disrupt your work, the things that you're trying

to do. And so this played a role in initially

distracting the people. I want to let you know that

most times, the biggest thing that we're gonna deal with

in our lives is distraction. The enemy is always gonna

want to distract you from the purpose, from the design

of what God wants to do in your life and

also in your family's life. The enemy still uses the

same strategy of distraction. He uses distraction, and then he

follows up with temptation. He comes along, he gives us.

We become exhausted. Then we're doing things that we start

comparing ourselves to other people and other things, and finally

we have this thing of constant digital noise. Everyone in

this room today has a device or something that has

your digital attention. And so the enemy uses all that

he can to keep us away from focusing on the

things of God. But Nia Mayah responded by organizing a defense.

He put guards and posted them both day and night

around the walls and the gates of Jerusalem to make

sure that the families could be stationed behind the lowest

points of the wall. Nea Mayah devised a strategy to

get the job done. In order to get the job done,

you are gonna have to have a strategy in order

to keep our families together, to keep our families safe,

we have to have a strategy. Most of us we

have in our homes a fire plan. If a fire

breaks out, we know what to do. And if you

don't have that, I would encourage you to devise that.

But in any situation where we can be taken away,

we need to have a strategy. We need to have

a plan, and so Ne and Mayah had one this morning.

I want to say this before we go any deeper.

Devices are not evil. Devices are not evil. It's hard

to preach, and you got four in front of you, right,

They're not evil, But it's what they do when you

use the device, when you allow it to have access.

If you are not keeping watch over it, it then

becomes dangerous. Today's message is not only for children in youth.

Matter of fact, it's not for children and youth, but

it's for adults. It's for parents, it's for grandparents, it's

for singles, it's for married couples. It's from any household.

If you are a human being on this planet, you

probably have some form of device. This message is for you.

Because the truth is this is not a kid problem.

Adults are being shaped by screens too. Families are being

discipled by whatever has their attention the most. The concern

is real. How do we know it's real Because when

the world starts recognizing the problem, I want to let

you know the Church already identified it, but then the

world starts to recognize it. The CDC reported that about

half of the US teenagers ages twe through seventeen had

four or more hours of daily screen time outside of schoolwork,

and one and four of those who had four or

more hours of screen time outside of school reported symptoms

of anxiety and depression in the week's following being exposed.

The Surgeon General said social media use among teens is

nearly universal, with up to ninety five percent of teams

using social media platforms, and that youth who spends three

hours or more on social media face double the risk

factors of mental health problems, which are anxiety and depression symptoms.

The Pew research found that forty one percent of US

adults and nearly half of teens say they are online

concert It's not just teens. So the research confirms what

we already know. This is a major problem. I know

we could say, well, I have an excuse, because then

I'm an adult, and so I'm an adult and I'm working. Well,

a student can say the same thing, Well, I'm a

student and I'm in school. There is a problem, and

we have to identify that we do have a problem. Today,

I would like to offer you three rs to help

us all guard our hearts and our families. The first

R is this recognize the exposed places. Nea Maya said.

He stationed the people at the lowest points of the wall,

at the exposed places. The first step in spiritual protection

is honesty. We've got to be honest with ourselves. He

stationed them at the lowest points because the lowest points

are the places that someone can just step in. They

don't have to work to get in, they don't have

to climb the wall. And so we've got to identify

what are the lowest places in our families. Each family

has exposed places. Every adult has exposed places. Some are

obvious and some are very subtle. Sometimes exposed places are

not blatant sin. Sometimes it's a constant distraction that stops

you from doing the things that you need to do.

Sometimes it's emotional exhaustion. You keep watching, you keep washing,

and you feel overwhelmed. You saw the elpisode and you're like,

oh my god, that's so horrible, what just happened? Let

me watch the next episode. Sometimes it's a slow shaping

of our values by entertainment, scrolling and scrolling and scrolling,

and then we start to impair and then we see

something political, we become outraged, and before you know it,

then we have the less thing happening. And I want

to let you know that most times we say less

and people think it's about a person, but it's not

about a person. Sometimes it's about the stuff. You see

somebody with the house, you see somebody with the car,

somebody with the vacation, somebody with something that you now

want because you didn't even know it existed until you

saw it. Gotta have it, Gotta have it. TikTok shot,

TikTok shock. They got me too. Sometimes the enemy does

not break in through dramatic crisis. Sometimes he slips through

the open door we stop paying attention to. That is

why this point matters. You cannot guard what you refuse

to identify. I'm gonna say that again. You cannot guard

what you refuse to identify. For some homes, the exposed

place is what comes through the TV screen. It's not

the device, it's the TV screen because we've been watching

that show. Some of us have been watching General Hospital

since Luke and Laura. They're not even there anymore. I

hope not. I hope they ain't come back. They gotta

be like ninety two years old by now. But we're

hooked and we keep watching because we're connected. And some

of us it's not a TV show. It's the sticks.

Gotta hop online with my friends after work. I gotta

do my thing and I just need I just need.

An hour turns into four or five, six hours until

we are exhausted with the game. For some of us,

it's what comes through our phones. For others, it's the

absence of conversation. You're in the same room, but nobody's talking.

It's the absence of words because I am distracted by

what's in front of me. For some adults, the exposed

place is not their children's screen time, it's their own.

We can be so busy monitoring our kids' screen time

that we never even monitor ourselves. We've gotta take a

look at ourselves as well. John ten and Ten says,

the thief comes only to steal, and kill and destroy.

I have come that they may have life and have

it to full. I want to let you know the

strategy of the enemy has not changed. He is still

trying to steal our attention. He's trying to kill our peace,

and he's trying to destroy our relationships. And he's using

it in the form of these rectangle boxes, anything to

keep us from being in relationship with each other and

with God. Simple truth. What repeatedly enters our eyes, our ears,

eventually enters our heart and begins to shape our life

and our home. This week, I want to offer some applications,

and the application for this week. One of them is

we need to do a prayerful inspection of our walls.

We need to walk around the walls of our family.

And I'm not talking about physical walls, but I'm talking

about spiritual walls. And I want us to look at

our family and see where are the places that are

most vulnerable. It's the first question we should ask ourselves. Secondly,

what content, habits, or patterns are weakening us? Am I

watching this show so much that I am literally feeling

myself being pulled away from God, being pulled away from

my family, being pulled away from the ones that I love?

Am I so caught up on this social media thing

that I've got to like everything? Thirdly, what is shaping

our emotions more than the presence of God? What's making

us feel? Do I feel more about this than Him?

Where have the devices become a doorway instead of a tool? Listen, Lord,

have mercy if we didn't have these devices, man, Like,

this thing does everything for me. Like I can't even

drive my car without this thing. Literally, I can't drive

my car without it. Right, it opens my garage. I

get around this whole church with this phone. There's doors.

I get it, I go be and it goes right through. Right,

So it's a tool. But when I take this tool

and I give it authority and power over my life,

it can become dangerous. The key to this inspection, do

not start with shame, start with honesty. I want to

let you know. Listen, no one's got a reason to

be a shame. No shame here. Let's be honest. And

I didn't come here to say, hey, point the finger

because I got my own stuff. I'm dealing with amen.

So we've got to be honest about where you are,

where we are in this conversation as it relates to

our devices. Start with honesty. Number two, reposition your people.

Me and Mayah did not just identify the exposed places.

He posted people by families with sword, chill and spear.

In other words, he did not leave the family unprepared.

He positioned them for battle. I want to say this,

you need to be ready for battle. We don't even

talk like that anymore. We talk like this. Jesus did

it all. Jesus died on the cross. Yes, this is true.

He got up with all victory and power in his hand.

Because he's got victory. I got victory. All of that's true.

But I want to let you know you need to

be ready to fight. As well. Growing up as a kid,

my grandmother she was ready for battle. How did I

know it? She would sing songs. I'm a souljah, indeed.

On the other Lord, I'm a soulja indeed. Now I

would be like Grandma, but where's your equipment? She's a

singing she's a soldier. Okay, all right, all right, soldier.

But I found her weapons because her weapons were not cardinal,

they were mighty through God to pull down strongholders. Because

that woman knew how to pray. She would get on

her knees and she would pray, and we would see

things happening because of Grandma's prayers. I want to let

you know we have to be prepared to fight, so

we need to have the equipment for battle. This is

important to us. Now. We cannot complain about culture. Culture

is not gonna change. It's probably gonna get a lot worse.

And we can't afford to move backwards. We gotta keep

moving forward. We gotta press the battle on. And that

means that we have to know who we are fighting for,

who is standing with and we are standing with the Lord,

and that means that we have to reorder our homes.

This is a call to every family. It's time to

put things in order. And I know you're thinking, like,

how can I do it. We've been doing this so long.

I don't know if we can revert. I want to

let you know. You can revert back. You could start again.

You could start having the dialogue, you could start having

the conversations. You can rebuild the walls. Now. I know

this is not an amen type of sermon. Most of

you will wish I would preach about coffee today. Just

preach about coffee pastor might please. It'd be good because

coffee is always good, right, But today this is a

word that we need. Deuteronomy six says God's words are

to be on our hearts and impress them upon our children.

Proverbs for twenty three says, above all else, guard your heart,

for everything you do flows from it. That means protection

must be intentional. You're not gonna just be protected. You

have to be intentional about your protection. Intentional. Some of

you have families because you were not intentional about your protection.

I hope that was high enough that it went over

to the ones that they met. Praise the Lord. Amen.

I couldn't figure it out in the first service, but

I got it write this time. Theymen, hallelujah. Amen, you

gotta be intentional. So notice this. Nea Maya's people had

three weapons. We need those weapons too. You need a sword.

The sword is the conversations. We need to have conversations.

Adults must talk. You need to be talking to each other's.

Parents must talk to one another. Parents must talk to

their children and grandparents. You need to bring some wisdom

to the table. You've been here long enough, you've seen enough.

And the worst thing we ever did the grandparents was

bring them up phone. You remember, because you had to

sit there and explain how to turn the thing on,

how to get to this screen. And they said, all

I want to do is make calls. Now grandma's not

baking cookies anymore. She's playing Cray Candy Crush. So we've changed,

but we need to go back to some things. It's

okay to go back to some things. We've gotta be talking. Listen, parents,

I know some of us we are we're raising kids

in two different homes. But I'm telling you, mom and dad,

you need to get on the same page. So the

same rules you have that your house is the same

rules that's in the other house. That we are on

the same page because it's worth fighting for. We cannot

let the algorithms have the loudest voice in our homes. Thirdly,

they had sorry. Secondly, they had shields. Shields represent the boundaries.

Every home has to have boundaries. Boundaries are not punishment.

Boundaries are protection. Healthy homes don't just have love, they

also have limits. There's got to be a place where

you say, no, we don't do this here. We don't

do this here. This is not something we do in

our home. We care so much about you, but we

won't allow this. Listen in our home. When our kids

were growing up, we did not allow them. When they

were with their friends, they wanted to face time and

do things of that nature. Were like, you don't face

time in bedrooms, you don't FaceTime in bathrooms, you don't

let's not face time in a home at all, because

that just might be one to walk around sometimes and

I gotta be thinking about what I'm wearing now, you know.

It's it's just like kind of like that that mentality

of like, listen, let's protect the home. Everybody doesn't need

access and entry into your home. You've got to protect

your home. Well, these boundaries are so important to the home.

The shield is important to the home, and then thirdly

is the spear. The spirit represents values. Every family has

to have values. You have to know what your house

stands for. If you don't define your values, culture will

define them for you. Joshua was very clear about that

in Joshua twenty four. He said, but if serving the

Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourself this

day whom you will serve. But as for me and

my house, we will serve the Lord. For my house,

I don't care what Susie's doing down the street. I

don't know who Susie is, But whoever she is, I

don't care. But in this house we love. In this house,

we forgive. In this house, we pray. In this house,

we connect. In this house, we come together because we

are family. As for me and my house, we will

serve the Lord. This is where the message must be

real balanced, because adults, we can't call our children and

youth away from digital access or excess while staying changed

to our own devices. This is not a do as

I say, not as I do message. This is us

coming together. Parents must model the life they want to reproduce,

you gotta model it. The Surgeon General's guidance for families

includes creating family media plans, establishing tech free zones, and

modeling responsible behavior. Modeling responsible behavior. Body's watching you. That

little baby is watching you. I know you think they're

only one and two, and they are not paying attention,

and they got toys to play with, and you got

them distracted with something else. But they're watching. What distracts you.

They need your presence, They need your eyes open to

see what is going on in their lives. A simple truth.

We do not drift into spiritual health. We decide our

way there. I want to let you know the same

way we don't drift into physical health. Some of y'all

been to the gym, and some of us went past

the gym, but we know what a gym is, right,

And so you don't just become physically healthy. And the

same way you just don't become physically healthy, you just

don't just become virtually healthy. You've gotta do some work.

You gotta show up, you gotta get in your word,

you've gotta pray, you've gotta do the work. And that's

how you become spiritually healthy. You gotta decide your way there.

Application pick one structural change this week. No phones at

the dinner table may could be one of them. Maybe

it's no devices in the bedroom at night. That could

be one of them. One shared hour of screen free connection.

I don't want to connect with anything else. I don't

want to connect with anyone else. I want to connect

with you, my family. I want to be connected in

this space for one smooth hour. Maybe it's a family

devotion time during the week. Maybe it's a one hour

or or some time spent an honest conversation about what

everyone in the house is consuming. What are you watching?

What do you take an adult? It's not about us

enforcing it, it's about us modeling it. If you lead,

they will follow. Three. The third one today is to

remember what you are fighting for. I love this word remember,

And the reason I love him remember is because of

this movie I watch, and I probably watch it way

too much because of my kids. Well, let me to

say I like the movie. Okay, it's a lion king.

The most famous line in that whole movie is when

Simba forgets who he is and he gets out there

in the wilderness and he gets knocked over the head,

and then he sees his father. I'm not sure because

he'sknocked over his head, but he sees his father and

he looks into reflection. Maybe that was a screen of

some sort, and move Fossa shows up and he says, remember,

it's the coolest thing. I love that. We need to

remember what we're fighting for. We're fighting for our homes,

We're fighting for our peace, We're fighting for our families.

We're fighting for our continued victory in Jesus. We must fight.

And if we are going to shemar, if we are

going to fight, we need to put on the full

honor of God. The Bible says in Ephesian six' ten it, says,

finally be strong in The lord and in his mighty.

Power put on the full armor Of god so that

you can take your stand against the devil's. Schemes the

devil's got. Schemes it's a. Scheme it's a. Crapshoot it's a.

Thing he's trying to mix up the. Cards he's doing

that type of. Thing it's a scheme for our. Struggle

it's not against flesh and. Blood you are not fighting

with your thirteen year old. Daughter you're fighting with the

scheme that the double has set. Up Darry you're not

fighting with your mama because she won't pay you attention

when your whole world is. Exploding you are fighting with

the schemes of the. Enemy but we wrestle against the,

rulers against the, authorities against the powers of this dark.

World there are powers and operation in this dark. WORLD

i want to let you know that the algorithm is

listening to you right. Now if you just started saying polka,

dot poka, dot pok, Dot i'm telling you you'll get

everything poka, dot poka, dot, umbrellas polka dot, hats polka dot,

shirts polka dot, socks because the algorithm is listening to

your words and you you are fighting against. That Nea

mayah told the people remember The lord who is great and,

awesome and fight for your, families for your, sons for your,

daughters your, wives and your. Homes this is the heart

of this. Message we are not fighting for control. Parents

you are not fighting for control over your. Kids we

are fighting for. Hearts we're fighting for. Peace we're fighting for.

Clarity we're fighting for. Presents we want, presents presence, together

to be in the same, room to be at the

same dinner, table to be in the same, space and

you are actually, there fully, told tuned in to the

moment that we don't miss. It and most, importantly we

are fighting for the spiritual future of our. Homes ephesian

six reminds us about this. Wrestle so the problem is

not merely. Technology the issue is spiritual. Formation who is shaping,

us what is discipling, us what is capturing our affections

and our? Attention what is our minds being conformed? To

what's changing our minds our? Thoughts we didn't always think this?

Way how do we get? Here, WELL i want to

let you know The bible, says do not conform any

longer to the pattern of this. World the world has a,

pattern and it keeps going deeper and deeper and. Deeper

but be transformed by the renewing of your, mind and

then you'll be able to test and approve What god's

will is his, good pleasing and perfect. WILL i want

to let you know you cannot continue to conform to this.

Pattern there's destruction at the end of this. Pattern but

be transformed by the renewing of your. Mind we must

remember that family is worth fighting, for but, adults we

need to remember our own heart is worth fighting for,

Too it's Worth. God we're not just trying to protect our.

Kids we're trying to protect. Marriages we're trying to protect.

Peace we're trying to protect mental, space protecting. Tenderness the

world around us can cause us to be so callous

and so, hard and we don't feel, anymore and we

don't share. Anymore we have a lack of. Empathy we're

protecting our walk With. God social media and digital life

can connect, people but they also are very. Risky The

American Psychological association has worn that social media is not

inherently good or. Bad hear that it's not inherently good or,

bad but check this. Out it affects depends heavily on

how it is, used the content, involved and the vulnerabbibilities

of the person using. It how vulnerable are you to these,

things the things that you're, seeing the things that you're taking.

In so this sermon should not come across as anti.

Technology it should come across as pro, wisdom pro, discipleship

and pro, family because this is what, matters simple. Truth

we do not fight for if we don't fight for

the spiritual climate of our, homes something else will shape.

Us if you don't, fight the enemy is already. Winning

if you don't, fight doing nothing is. Dangerous i'm gonna

say that. Again doing nothing is. Dangerous we've got to do.

So so this, week here's an. Application write down every

name of every person in your. Home well why write it?

DOWN i know everybody who lives in my. House, well

maybe there's some other people who are connected to your.

House maybe it's, grandma maybe it's, aunt maybe it's an.

Uncle maybe it's your, brother your, sister maybe someone else

who's connected to your. Family and once you write their names,

DOWN i want you to pray over those. Names and

THEN i want you to do. THIS i want you

to ask these questions of The. Lord what does this

person need from me? Spiritually what CAN i? Render what

CAN i offer? To what boundaries would bless? Them what

boundaries DO i need to? Set what boundaries DO i

need to? Set With? Grandma? Grandma when they come to your,

house they can only be on the tablet for one.

HOUR i know you really love, them you want them

to be, happy and you want them to not get

on your. Nerves but one, hour what conversation HAVE i been.

Avoiding what conversation HAVE i been avoiding with my? Spouse?

Y'all some of y'all so Glad i'm preaching this. Today.

Amen i'm glad he said it BECAUSE i ain't gotta

say it. Now, amen what example DO i need to?

Set start with? Prayer then take one practical, Step just

do one. Thing. LISTEN i want to give you seven

tips to safeguard your. Family. One create device free. Spaces

device free. Spaces this is a space we don't use.

Devices this is a space for, connection for, rest for,

conversation and we don't use. Devices. Two keep devices out

of the bedroom at. Night i'm telling you it messes you.

Up AND i know some people, say WELL i just can't. Sleep,

well guess what if you pull out Your bible and start.

READING i bet you go to. Sleep i've seen many

go to sleep with The. Bible. Amen ain't no blue

light on This. Bible. Amen get you one to turn

pages all? Right, okay get the regular old school when

they sell them at The barns And nobles. Too. Amen,

three build a family media. Plan build it. Together don't

only make rules for the. Children let the whole household

agree about rules and. Rhythms and. Expectations. Four review screen,

habits honestly talk about. It my biggest goal right now

is for My bible app to be the number one

thing that pops up WHEN i open up to see

review my screen. Time that's my goal right now is.

Text people text a lot these, Days lord A. Mercy.

Five replace screen time with connection, time, meals, walks, games,

prayer reading, together face to face conversations build what screens.

Cannot when you pick the kid up from, school they

are old enough now to sit in the front, seat

talk to, them because most times it looks like this

kid is and the other side going and Sometimes, mom

is you? Two? Dad Six talk openly about content and,

influence not just what you're. Watching but the better question

is how is it shaping? You how is that show shaping?

You is it Glorifying? God is it making you? BETTER

i know you might be enjoying, it but is it

introducing some things that might be toxic down the? Road

model what you? Repeat what you? Want. Repeated number, Seven

model what you want. Repeated, adults you get to set the.

Tone kids will watch and they will normalize what you.

Do guarding your family starts with guarding your own. Heart

identifying weak, spaces creating wise, boundaries and remembering that the

fight is. Spiritual this is a spiritual, fight and your

family is worth. It AS i get ready to, Neha

mayah and the people Of god took fifty two days

to rebuild the, walls how long did it take to

tear them? Down AS i was looking and searching and

preparing for this, MESSAGE i searched my own, heart search

my own, devices AND i started to ask myself the

questions where DO i need to, Stretch where DO i

need to? Grow where DO i need to do? Better

where DO i need to Meet? God in this, CONVERSATION

i want to invite you to take a journey with.

Me over the next fifty two, DAYS i am going

to make some changes in my consumption of digital. Media

only you can make that decision for. YOU i don't

want to give a prescription here because maybe your docage

is different what you're taking. In but you know you

need to make a. Change AND i want you to

sit with your, family sit with your, kids sit with,

yourself and, Say, Lord i'm searching within myself what needs to. Change,

lord help me show me WHAT i need to. Change

AND i trust. THIS i know The lord. Will and

as you pull, AWAY i promise you you're gonna start

seeing a lot. Clearer you're gonna start hearing a lot,

Clearer you're gonna start feeling a lot. Better why because

you won't be consumed by the thing that's been consuming. You, so, parents,

grandparents young, people it's time to get. Up it's time

to get back on the. Wall it's time to post

ourselves in strategic positions that the enemy does not have

access to our family. Anymore stay with me. Today if

you have your, device just grab it for a. Second

james did this last week and he had me in

the back AND i was, like, ooh this thing goes

everywhere with, us everywhere every room of our house that

goes in some of us take it in the bathroom

and he, say, oh let me check one. Email and

before you know, it you've been in there for thirty,

minutes could barely. WALK i knew you knew WHAT i

was talking. About BUT i don't want this to have

that type of power in my. LIFE i Want god

to have the most important space in my life that

WHEN i walk through my, home in every, space That

i'm more interested in Meeting him than meeting a deadline or,

meeting the next email or the next post, store whatever's out.

THERE i want him to take. Resident so this MORNING

i want to pray for. YOU i want to pray two,

things that The lord will search your, heart and then

that The lord will bless, you and that he will

bless you real. Good let's. Pray. GOD i thank you right.

NOW i thank you for your. Word. God you've met,

US O, god every, Night thursday night and this morning

and this second. Service Lord, god you've met. Us And Lord,

god you've been challenging, US O, god and we feel,

it and we won't ignore. It. God we will not

walk out of this space and say we did not

hear the word Of, god we did not hear the.

Challenge we are going to take the challenge because it

matters our, family, matters our, soul, matters our, mind, matters

our ears and mouths and hearts matter Or. God we

want you more than anything. Else. God So lord search,

us and if you find, Anything, god take it. Out

Will god correct, it straighten it, out help us to

partner With, you that we will have a fortified woe

in our lives that the enemy cannot cross and he

cannot enter And, lord as you do bless your. People,

lord may you bless and keep. Us may your faith

shine upon. Us may you continue to be so gracious

to us Of god and give us shalom your. Peace

this is my. Prayer it is, so and so it

is In jesus'. Name let everybody say amen and, amen