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Easter 2026 | What Name is Written Over your Life? | Pastor Matt Keller

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  1. And let me just say this, we're so thankful that you would take

  2. a little portion of your holiday weekend and be in God's house.

  3. And we just really believe that God that wants to speak to you,

  4. that the God of the universe loves you and he has a word for

  5. every single one of us today. So I'm so glad you're in the

  6. house and and anybody maybe you noticed you picked up on our

  7. theme this year and that is there's power in the name of

  8. Jesus. Did you catch the little part

  9. about or all over the place about names?

  10. Come on, somebody say the name of Jesus And listen, we around

  11. here at Next Level Church love to have fun.

  12. And, and so over the last few weeks, I actually have done some

  13. research on actual names of real cities in the United States of

  14. America. These are real places.

  15. And maybe you've heard of them. I bet you haven't heard of a lot

  16. of them. And so I did some research.

  17. I double checked the research. I had several people say to me

  18. already, no way that's a real place.

  19. It's real. Let me show you a few of them.

  20. Defiance. OH, actually is.

  21. Is there anybody heard of Defiance?

  22. OH, yeah. I've actually preached at a

  23. church in Defiance. OH, I preached on rebellion.

  24. It just felt right, just it just felt like the right thing to do.

  25. There's another place called Hell, Michigan.

  26. If you've ever said or thought to yourself, man, I feel like

  27. I'm going through hell right now.

  28. I have actually, though, I've been to both those place.

  29. Hell, Michigan, it's not a big city, but it's, it's, it's

  30. there's a sign that says welcome to hell.

  31. It's so that's that's true. Here's another actual true city

  32. in the United States, and that's Chicken Alaska.

  33. Actual place. Apparently they wanted to name

  34. it after like this exotic bird that's found in Alaska, but

  35. there was an argument about what kind of what the actual name of

  36. the bird was. And so somebody said, let's just

  37. call it a chicken, and that became the name of the town.

  38. Chicken Alaska. There you go.

  39. For those of you Christmas enthusiasts, Santa Claus IN I've

  40. been there again. Yep, I love that.

  41. And for those of you who love Hostess prepackaged Hostess

  42. Snacks, Ding Dong, Texas, that might be the place for you.

  43. It's actually named because the little general store in their

  44. little town, their little area had two bells and every time the

  45. door would open, it would go Ding Dong.

  46. And so people started calling it Ding Dong and it's stuck there.

  47. You go to which at some point right now, many of you probably

  48. listening to me or going, Pastor Matt, why are we doing this?

  49. Good question. Same question people in why

  50. Arizona were asking as well. Of course, if there's AY

  51. Arizona, then that would have there would have to be a why not

  52. North Carolina, right? There you go.

  53. True place. It's an actual place, Why not

  54. North Carolina? And you're thinking to yourself,

  55. no, no, no, surely that's an accident.

  56. Same thing people in Maryland thought when they named their

  57. little town accident Maryland. And you may be thinking, well,

  58. maybe it was a really bad car crash or a buggy crash, as it

  59. were. It wasn't.

  60. It was actually just a little plot of land that two people

  61. thought they owned or possessed and they had a different name

  62. for it. And they said, well, this is

  63. just a really bad accident. And that was the name And the

  64. name of the town became accident Maryland.

  65. One more. You ready for this?

  66. Some people in Colorado, perhaps they were doing illegal

  67. substances when they said, you know what, our town doesn't even

  68. need a name. We're just going to call this no

  69. name Colorado for real. There's power in the name.

  70. Everyone say power in the name. Let me ask you, did you have a

  71. nickname? Anybody have a nickname when you

  72. were growing up? Anybody.

  73. Maybe your friends called you something, or maybe your parents

  74. called you something. Maybe your brother or sister

  75. called you something. For me, my brother called me

  76. Mashy Tashy for a long time. I don't know, in 30 years of

  77. preach, I've never confessed that until right now.

  78. Why not do it in front of several thousand people on

  79. Easter? Let's do that, Mashy.

  80. I hated it, man. I hated my brother called me

  81. Mashy Tashy. When I was in in elementary

  82. school, I started doing productions with with the

  83. theater in our local high school.

  84. And so because they would cast me in all the children's parts,

  85. everybody obviously was older in age and size than me.

  86. So I became known as Little Matt.

  87. For several years I was Little Matt and then I went through my

  88. growth spurt and was 61 and was like I'm not Little Matt

  89. anymore. Take that and probably the name

  90. that that rings in my ears. I can hear it even now.

  91. It was in my momma's voice. When I would do something as a

  92. child that I was in trouble for, she would either yell up the

  93. stairs or down the stairs to the basement, and she would use my

  94. first and middle name. Matthew.

  95. William, you get out here, right?

  96. And I knew I was in trouble. Anybody else ever have a mom use

  97. your first and middle name? And you knew, uh oh, there's

  98. power in that name. I better come right now.

  99. Hey. OK, here's what I want you to

  100. do. Audience participation.

  101. Wherever you're at, every location, turn to the person

  102. sitting next to you and tell them what your childhood

  103. nickname was or something that people called you.

  104. Come on. Go ahead.

  105. Tell them what? Your what your how his nickname

  106. was when when you were a kid, somebody you were like, I can't

  107. even say it. Like I'm not actually, I can't

  108. I, I can't say that out loud. That's OK.

  109. We understand in preparation and reading through the Easter story

  110. this year, over the last few months, there's a there's a

  111. detail in the Easter story that that stands out to me and I

  112. actually want to draw our attention to it.

  113. Maybe you've heard or you've read the Easter story throughout

  114. your life. Maybe, you know, you attend on

  115. every Easter, you come to church and you hear the the story of

  116. Jesus and his death and burial and resurrection.

  117. And but I just think that it's possible that there's some of us

  118. that that you're going to catch a detail in the story that may

  119. even change the way you think about crosses, like the symbol

  120. of a cross, because when we think about the cross that Jesus

  121. died on, right, we think of like the main pole and then like 1

  122. cross bar. But the Bible actually records

  123. that that wasn't actually complete.

  124. So I want us to look at the story John chapter 19.

    John 19 chapter mention

  125. It's found in all four gospels. But I want us to look at John

    John 19 chapter mention

  126. chapter 19 this weekend and jump from there.

  127. But before we turn there, let me set the stage for us.

  128. So Jesus has been performing miracles, teaching for about 3

  129. years. And then he starts telling his

  130. disciples and those of you who were in church last Sunday, you

  131. remember we talked about this, that he needed to go up to

  132. Jerusalem and when he got there, he was going to be betrayed and

  133. crucified. And the disciples were kind of

  134. glossed over. They didn't really understand it

  135. till after he was after the resurrection.

  136. And so on Palm Sunday, a week before Easter or was the

  137. Passover in those days, he goes up to Jerusalem.

  138. And again, if you missed last Sunday, you can watch it online.

  139. But we talked about Jesus triumphal entry, Palm Senate.

  140. People are waving palm branches and praising him and and

  141. worshipping him. But unfortunately their praise

  142. and adoration of Jesus didn't last long.

  143. And by Wednesday into Thursday, Jesus has been arrested for

  144. inciting a riot and he's LED from one illegal trial to the

  145. next. And by Thursday night, he's

  146. sentenced to death by crucifixion.

  147. And on Friday morning, what you and I know as Good Friday or

  148. historically was known as Black Friday, Jesus was crucified on a

  149. cross. Let me take you there.

  150. John chapter 19 says this. So they took Jesus away,

    John 19 chapter mention

  151. carrying the cross by himself. He went to the place called

  152. Place of the Skull in Hebrew Golgotha.

  153. There they nailed him to the cross.

  154. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side with

  155. Jesus between them. Verse 19 here.

  156. This is what I want us to see this week in church family.

  157. And Pilate, who was kind of in charge of the whole thing,

  158. posted a sign on the cross that read Jesus of Nazareth, the king

  159. of the Jews. And the place where Jesus was

  160. crucified was near the city. And the sign was written in

  161. three languages, Hebrew, Latin and Greek so that many people

  162. could read it. So Jesus, when he's crucified on

  163. the cross, the Bible tells us that there was a sign that was

  164. placed above him in Hebrew, Latin and Greek, 3 languages.

  165. It would have looked similar to to this above his head.

  166. And it said Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.

  167. Well, of course, when the religious leaders of the day

  168. heard that, they got mad. They didn't, they didn't like

  169. that. So, so look verse 21.

  170. Then the leading priests objected and they said to

  171. Pilate, change it, change it from the king of the Jews to he

  172. said, or he, he, he proclaimed like he thought he was the king

  173. of the Jews. And I love this Pilot replied,

  174. no, what I have written, I have written when Jesus was crucified

  175. on the cross on that Good Friday, there was a sign, there

  176. was a label, there was a name above his head.

  177. So Father, we thank you, but today on Easter, we can

  178. celebrate your death, burial and resurrection.

  179. Lord Jesus. Father, I pray that in the next

  180. few moments you would speak to us.

  181. Lord, our hearts are open. God, we want to hear from you.

  182. We're desperate to hear from you.

  183. Speak. We're listening.

  184. And everyone who agreed with that prayer said Amen.

  185. There was a sign above Jesus on the cross.

  186. Ever thought about what sign would be above your life if

  187. there was 1 ever thought? Maybe you've never thought about

  188. it. Maybe maybe you've thought about

  189. it often. Never thought about what what

  190. the label would be over your life?

  191. What the what the name would be over your life?

  192. Let me ask it a little bit further.

  193. Let me take it a step further. Would you like the label, the

  194. name that would be put over your life?

  195. Would, would, maybe some of us, we would be embarrassed by it or

  196. we would feel ashamed of it. See, I think if we, if we went

  197. around the room today, wherever location you're at, I, I, I have

  198. a sense that most of us would probably not be proud of the

  199. name over our life. Maybe you're listening to me

  200. right now and as I've asked the question, what name, what label,

  201. what would be on over your, over your life?

  202. Maybe the word failure or disappoint.

  203. Maybe it's maybe it's the word addict because you just can't

  204. seem to break free. Maybe, maybe it's irresponsible

  205. or or a mistake. Maybe someone has told you your

  206. entire life you're a mistake. You you were unwanted, you were

  207. unplanned, you maybe, maybe the word over your life this Easter,

  208. if you're being honest, is is the word forgotten because you

  209. feel like life has happened to you and it seems as if no one

  210. can see you anymore? Maybe it's the word messed up or

  211. a mess up. Maybe the word over your life

  212. this Easter, if we're being honest, is regret or promise

  213. breaker. Maybe some of you the word is

  214. imposter because you feel like you're just you're just faking.

  215. You're just going through life faking everybody else.

  216. Maybe, maybe, maybe it's maybe it's womanizer or cheater.

  217. Maybe it's thief. Maybe the word over your life is

  218. guilty or the bad one. Maybe someone in your life,

  219. since you were small, labeled you're the bad one, your sister,

  220. she's the good one, but you're the bad one.

  221. Your brother, he's the OR maybe flip it over, you're the good

  222. one and you felt this pressure on you to perform.

  223. You felt this pressure. I can't ever screw up.

  224. I have to be perfect. I have to be the good one.

  225. I have to live in too. The name maybe your name is

  226. self-made and you've looked on and you've went I've I've pulled

  227. myself up. I've I'm a self-made man.

  228. I'm a self-made woman. Maybe your word is independence

  229. and you've lived your life shaking your fists and everybody

  230. around you. Maybe it's rogue, maybe, I don't

  231. know. Maybe it's defiant or arrogant.

  232. Maybe the word above your head is jerk.

  233. What's your name? What's your label?

  234. What? What's your sign?

  235. Jesus was crucified with a sign over his head.

  236. When Jesus gave his life not for his own sin, because he lived a

  237. perfect sinless life. When Jesus gave up his life on

  238. that cross for your sin and mine, he shed his blood so that

  239. we could be forgiven. And the Bible tells us that by

  240. mid afternoon the world had gone dark.

  241. Jesus breathed his last and he said the words.

  242. It is finished and then the Bible tells us that there was a

  243. great earthquake, that the curtain in the temple was torn

  244. from top to bottom. In other words, symbolizing for

  245. us that the that there's no distance between US and God any

  246. longer. The gap has been broken.

  247. A man named Joseph of Arimathea, the Bible says, went to Pilate.

  248. It says he took courage and he went before Pilate and he asked

  249. for Jesus body. Pilate granted his request and

  250. they took his body down on that first Good Friday and they

  251. buried Jesus in a borrowed tomb and the tomb and they rolled a

  252. giant stone in front of the tomb.

  253. This Friday moved into Saturday, the Sabbath.

  254. The world went quiet, and on Sabbath, nothing happened.

  255. His followers were left to wonder what would come, what

  256. would be. But as Saturday turned into

  257. Sunday, that first resurrection Sunday, well, look what

  258. happened. Matthew 28 says this after the

  259. Sabbath. It dawned on the first day of

  260. the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the

  261. tomb and there was a violent earthquake.

  262. I love this for an Angel of the Lord came down from heaven and

  263. going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and then look at this

  264. part and sat on it. That's our God, that's our God.

  265. He rolled back this heavy stone and then he just sat on it and

  266. went what up world love it Verse 3 his appearance the Angel was

  267. like lightning in his clothes were white as snow.

  268. The guards look at this were so afraid of him that they shook

  269. and became like dead men. They just passed out.

  270. Love it Verse 5 Look the Angel said to the women, do not be

  271. afraid for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was

  272. crucified. Look at this part church family,

  273. he is not here. He has risen just as he said he

  274. would come and see the place where he laid.

  275. Church family, Jesus rose and when he did, he gave you and I

  276. power to have a new name over our life.

  277. That's the God we serve. That's the God we serve.

  278. He is risen. He is risen in.

  279. So this Easter, I want, I want you to remember three things.

  280. I want you to remember 3 things through Jesus.

  281. Here's the first one. Number one, we have our true

  282. identity. Everyone say our true identity.

  283. Through Jesus, we have our true identity.

  284. Listen, I don't know what the label is that's been put on your

  285. life. I don't know what people have

  286. called you or inferred you. I don't know what that name is

  287. that has rattled around in your head for your entire life.

  288. But can I tell you something according to the word of God

  289. that Jesus came in so that you and I could be called sons and

  290. daughters of God? That's who we are.

  291. Galatians chapter 3, verse 26 For you are all sons and

    Galatians 3:26

  292. daughters of God. Look, here's how through faith

  293. in Jesus Christ. When we put our faith in Jesus

  294. Christ, we become sons and daughters of God.

  295. Maybe you've been living under under that negative identity.

  296. Can I tell you something? No matter what name has been

  297. stamped on you, no matter what name has rolled around in your

  298. brain, has defined you up until now.

  299. Good news, because of Jesus, our true identity is no longer what

  300. they said about us, what they say about us, what they infer

  301. about us. Our true identity is found in

  302. Him. We are sons and daughters of

  303. God. When my oldest son Will got

  304. married a few years ago, right after they got engaged, they

  305. they came up with a hashtag because apparently you can't get

  306. married these days without a hashtag.

  307. And so I love it. Suggest my my future

  308. daughter-in-law, now daughter-in-law.

  309. Her hashtag that she came up with when as soon as Will gave

  310. her the ring and she said yes, her hashtag was call her a

  311. Keller. I was like, yeah, like it, call

  312. her a Keller. So everything with their wedding

  313. online was all about hashtag call her a Keller.

  314. And then she got married and guess what?

  315. She took on a new name. Not that her old name was bad,

  316. but her new name was Keller. And I like that name a lot.

  317. See, listen, when you and I come into Jesus, when you and I come

  318. and relate into relationship with the King of Kings and the

  319. Lord of Lords, Jesus, guess what?

  320. He gives us a new name because our identity can be permanently

  321. changed in Him. Jesus is our true identity.

  322. Here's the second thing I hope you'll remember this Easter #2

  323. through Jesus we have our best connection.

  324. Everyone say best connection. Through Jesus we have our best

  325. connection. Let me ask you something.

  326. Have you ever been around someone who is like a

  327. professional name dropper? Anybody know what I'm talking

  328. about? I have a friend who, well, he's

  329. not. I wouldn't even say he's a

  330. friend. He's more of an acquaintance.

  331. But every time I get around this guy, every time I get around

  332. this guy, like within seconds my man is dropping names.

  333. Now, to his credit, he knows a lot of people.

  334. Like you just ask him like he like, for real.

  335. Like he like next. Like within minutes my man is

  336. like, well, hey, I was on so and so's boat the other day and

  337. yeah, a few weeks ago we're on vacation with so and so.

  338. Then I was on this. That was the plane and the thing

  339. I saw so and so and that was the so and so's house.

  340. I'm like, wow, brother, you know a lot of people, you know, that

  341. has nothing to do with anything except you'd like him.

  342. He's a good time. So several years ago, Sarah and

  343. I and our team, several of us were at Christ Fellowship for

  344. Christ Fellowship Conference in West Palm.

  345. Christ Fellowship Pastors Todd and Julie Mullins, who who are

  346. our pastors, which by the way, Pastor Todd Mullins is going to

  347. be preaching in the house with us next Sunday.

  348. Next Sunday. He released a book in the last

  349. year. And so we're doing a whole

  350. series based on his book. So make sure you're here in the

  351. house. So anyway, Pastor Tal, we're

  352. there at Christ Fellowship. And, and so before the 2nd

  353. evening service, which Pastor Jensen Franklin was going to be

  354. preaching at that night, we had dinner in the green room.

  355. And so I actually got to sit next.

  356. Speaking of name dropping, here I go, right?

  357. I got to have dinner with Pastor Jensen Franklin.

  358. That's kind of fun. So it was.

  359. So I was sitting there. I really did just name drop.

  360. Wow, it feels good, actually. So I'm sitting at the table and

  361. then Pastor Jensen was next to me and then next to him at the

  362. end of the table was a guy that he didn't know who had spoken in

  363. the earlier afternoon session. And then Pastor Todd and a few

  364. other people around the table, So I'm listening to Pastor

  365. Jensen and this guy at the end of the table who had spoken

  366. earlier have this conversation and, and they're just getting to

  367. know each other and asking about ministry and what they're doing

  368. and all of that. And then Pastor Jensen asked him

  369. a question that I actually thought when I heard it, he had

  370. misspoke, that he looked at the guy at the end of the table and

  371. he said, who are you from? And I was like, did he mean

  372. like, where are you from? He didn't.

  373. He looked right at this guy and he said, who are you from?

  374. And the guy had actually served with Craig Rochelle at Life

  375. Church in Oklahoma, the biggest church in America.

  376. He had served on his staff for several years.

  377. And he looked right back at Pastor Jensen without missing a

  378. beat. And he said, I'm from Craig

  379. Rochelle. And they said I served for him

  380. 13 years, whatever it was. And, and they just went right on

  381. with their conversation. And Jensen was, oh, that's cool

  382. and whatever. And I never forgot that

  383. question. Who are you from?

  384. Who are you from? See, here's what I think,

  385. Church. I think some of us, when you

  386. hear me ask the question, who are you from?

  387. It throws you a little bit because who you're from or where

  388. you're from is not something that you're particularly proud

  389. of. I've just had this sense coming

  390. into this Easter weekend this year that God wants to set some

  391. of us free because some of you, you're not proud of where you

  392. came from. Some of you, you had a parent, a

  393. father or mother who was incarcerated, who was in prison.

  394. You, maybe you had a father who left you, who walked out on you

  395. that you never knew. You never knew who you're from.

  396. You don't even know where you're.

  397. Maybe you've been adopted and you've kind of live with this

  398. angst in your heart about your connection, who you're connected

  399. to. Can I tell you something?

  400. Thanks be to God through Jesus, we have a new identity, but we

  401. also have our best connection. God wants to set you free, some

  402. of you. You put your faith in Jesus and

  403. you are literally changing your family tree because you have

  404. been ashamed of where you came from.

  405. You have been, you've been discouraged because you're not.

  406. You don't have some fancy name, you grew up on the wrong side of

  407. the tracks or whatever. However you would say in that

  408. neighborhood and God wants you to know this Easter in Jesus,

  409. you have a better connection. Where are you from?

  410. Who are you from? You are from Jesus.

  411. That's who you are and you are literally, I'm so proud of you.

  412. You are literally changing your family tree.

  413. If the stuff you have carried, the baggage you have carried

  414. from your past, guess what? Your kids, your grandkids,

  415. generations down the line from you, they're not going to have

  416. to carry that the way you did. It ends with you.

  417. Why? Because Jesus is our best

  418. connection. He's our best connection #3 What

  419. I want you to remember this Easter is through Jesus we have

  420. our greatest power. Everyone say greatest power

  421. church, Can I tell you who some of the most powerful people in

  422. the world are? Crossing guards?

  423. No, think about it. You take a a retired old man or

  424. a retired woman, retired woman, you put a crossing guard harness

  425. on them and give them a little stop sign.

  426. They can stop a soccer mom running late who hasn't had her

  427. coffee yet. That's power.

  428. That's power. Now what?

  429. How can they stop buses? How can they stop soccer moms

  430. running late? Not in their own name.

  431. Because in and of themselves, they're just as a person making

  432. 12 bucks an hour, watch this. When they put on that sash and

  433. hold up that stop sign, They're not standing in the middle of

  434. the street in their own power, in their own name.

  435. They're standing there with the school behind them.

  436. They're standing there with the laws of our land behind them.

  437. They're standing there with the safety of our children.

  438. That makes me tear up with the safety of our children behind

  439. them. That gives them a lot of power.

  440. And can I tell you something this Easter?

  441. Guess what? When you and I come in our name,

  442. when you and I stand in our name, guess what?

  443. We don't have a whole lot of power.

  444. But there's a name. The Bible says it's greater than

  445. every other name. There's a name that's bigger and

  446. more powerful and stronger than any other name.

  447. And that name is the mighty name of Jesus, man.

  448. There's sometimes when Sarah and I will be facing a situation,

  449. we're up against the wall, we're up against the deadline, we're

  450. up against something that seems impossible.

  451. And can I tell you what we do? We don't stand there going well,

  452. thank goodness I'm a good person.

  453. Thank goodness we're we got into no, no, no, no, no.

  454. Listen, you know what we do? We just start praying in the

  455. name of Jesus. Why?

  456. Because then Matt and Sarah Keller's that name doesn't do

  457. much. But the name of Jesus.

  458. Well, let me show you Philippians chapter 2, verses 10

    Philippians 2:10

  459. and 11 at the name of Jesus. Not our name.

  460. Not the name of our favorite politician or our political

  461. party. Not the name of our favorite

  462. sports team. We're our favorite podcaster.

  463. No, no, no. At the name.

  464. Come on, somebody, at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow.

  465. Look at this, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.

  466. In other words, even the demons have to respond to that name,

  467. the name of Jesus, and every tongue confess or acknowledge,

  468. look that Jesus Christ is Lord. Here.

  469. Watch for one reason, for the glory of God the Father.

  470. This Easter I want you to remember that in him, in Jesus,

  471. we have our true identity, we have our best connection, we

  472. have our greatest power. When Jesus was crucified, he had

  473. a name written above him. You know what that what the name

  474. was? King.

  475. Let me ask you a question. Is Jesus king of your life?

  476. Is he ruler of your heart? Is he, we would say, Lord of

  477. your life? Have you surrendered complete

  478. control to him? Because that's the best way to

  479. live. God's got an amazing plan for

  480. us, the way he wants us to live. And it's not just cerebral.

  481. It's not just a, a, a, a knowing in our mind.

  482. No, no, no, Jesus wants to write a new name over our heart called

  483. son and daughter, but he asked us to surrender.

  484. Is Jesus Lord of your life? Is he ruler?

  485. Is he King over all in your life?

  486. Here's what I think. I think it's possible that there

  487. are many who have come into one of our locations today, Cape

  488. Coral or downtown or East here online, and you've heard about

  489. Jesus, but you've never surrendered your life to His

  490. Lordship. Maybe you've even accepted Him

  491. as Savior, forgiven of your sins, but you've never fully

  492. surrendered your life to Jesus. I want to give you an

  493. opportunity to do that today for the sake of the privacy of this

  494. moment. Can we just every location, can

  495. we just bow our heads across every room?

  496. Just bow. Let's just close our eyes even

  497. just just for the privacy of this moment.

  498. If you're in one of our rooms today or online family, that's

  499. you listen and you've never said yes to a relationship with Jesus

  500. Christ. It's a free gift.

  501. And it's as simple as acknowledging that you're a

  502. Sinner, believing that what Jesus did on the cross was

  503. payment for your sin and then confessing that.

  504. I want to give you an opportunity to confess that

  505. today. So whatever room you're in, I'm

  506. going to count the three in just a moment.

  507. And if you're ready to surrender your life to the lordship of G,

  508. if you're ready to say yes, I need to be.

  509. Pastor Matt. That's me.

  510. Include me in. I want you to throw your hand up

  511. whatever room you're in. Ready.

  512. Come on. Let's do it. 123.

  513. Pastor Matt, that's me. Just throw your hand up.

  514. Awesome. Yeah.

  515. Keep it up. That's it.

  516. Keep it up. Just for a second.

  517. Yeah. Thank you.

  518. I see young hands. I see old hands.

  519. I see hands in the middle. Somebody, anybody else I see,

  520. man. Come on, man.

  521. That's awesome. Ladies, put your Pastor Matt.

  522. That's me. I'm ready to thank you, young

  523. man. I'm ready.

  524. Thank you, ma'am. I'm ready to surrender my life

  525. to the lordship of Jesus. I'm ready.

  526. I need, I need Jesus to forgive me.

  527. I want to be in relationship with God.

  528. Anybody else? East, downtown, Cape Coral, you

  529. can put your hand down. Listen, for the sake of so many

  530. who have lifted their hand today, I want to lead us all in

  531. a prayer. And I want all of us to repeat

  532. this prayer after me. And listen, if you lifted your

  533. hand, I want you to pray from your heart what you're feeling

  534. on the inside. I want you to vocalize it on the

  535. outside. The Bible calls that confess.

  536. And so come on, let's pray this together.

  537. And listen, if you raise your hand, pray this prayer from your

  538. heart. And the God of the universe who

  539. loves you more than you can fathom or know is going to hear

  540. your prayer come in and begin to change you from the inside out.

  541. Come on, let's pray together. Say, dear Jesus, thank you for

  542. loving me and bringing me here today.

  543. In this moment I acknowledge that I'm a Sinner and I need a

  544. Savior. I thank you Jesus, that you died

  545. on the cross for my sin. Right now I confess my sin and I

  546. receive you. Help me from this moment forward

  547. to go your way because it is the best way for the rest of my

  548. days. In Jesus name I pray.

  549. Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen. Wow.

  550. Hey, come on, can we just celebrate that?

  551. Wow. Listen, if if that was you, any

  552. of our locations, we have a free gift we want to give you.

  553. This is a Bible. And if we have these at all of

  554. our locations before you leave today, go to our next steps area

  555. at your location and just tell them I said yes.

  556. And our team is going to freak out high 5 yell and scream and

  557. be so excited for you, but they want to put this in your hand.

  558. And then there's AQR code right here.

  559. And if you'll scan that QR code before you leave the property,

  560. it's actually, we want to send you some videos that Pastor

  561. Sarah and I, my wife and I recorded.

  562. Come on, you watch all kinds of videos on your phone anyway,

  563. watch something that'll actually help you.

  564. OK, Because we want to, that's a good word because we want to

  565. help you in your relationship with Jesus.

  566. So, so before you leave today, if you, if that was you, you

  567. raise your hand, stop and grab this Bible because we and

  568. download those videos because we want to, we want to be on your

  569. team. Amen.

  570. Wow, wow. Hey, you know what?

  571. Come on, can we stand together? Listen, we're not done yet.

  572. I want to invite our worship team to come back at all of our

  573. locations. And here's why.

  574. Because we've been singing that song in the mighty name of

  575. Jesus. And I love that song.

  576. Matter of fact, I want us to sing a little of that song here

  577. for the next couple of moments. And I want us to speak it over

  578. our lives, over our families, over our homes.

  579. And there's actually a line in there.

  580. Maybe you've you've heard it and you've sung it and you were

  581. like, I don't know what that means.

  582. It says the blood of Jesus is on the door frame of my life.

  583. You know what I'm saying? That line, that's a reference to

  584. the Old Testament Passover where the children of Israel had to

  585. sacrifice a lamb and put the blood of the lamb on the door

  586. frame of their house. Speak so the Angel of death

  587. would pass them by. In other words, that them in

  588. their house would be saved. Well, guess what?

  589. Jesus came as our one and for all Passover lamb.

  590. That's why he died. And guess what?

  591. His blood covers us. So come on team, I want us to

  592. sing that I speak the name of Jesus over

  593. your sons and daughters. Father, you see the labels, the

  594. names that they have walked into church with carrying over the

  595. over the door frame over there, the plate of their life.

  596. And God, I pray that today the name changes.

  597. God, I pray that you would give us a new perspective.

  598. I pray that depression would go, anxiety would go.

  599. I thank you that in the name of Jesus there is healing.

  600. So I speak healing over your sons and daughters.

  601. I speak breakthrough over marriages.

  602. I speak provision God. I speak bonuses and and and

  603. promotions in jobs, God, but I pray and speak new ideas in the

  604. name of Jesus for companies and businesses.

  605. God, I speak blessing over each of these, your precious ones,

  606. your sons and daughters, not in my name, in the mighty name of

  607. Jesus. I speak and pray these things

  608. and everyone at every location who will receive that said Amen.

  609. Come on, let's give God the highest prayer.