Truth Bomb: Part 2

main idea of our sermon series we're

talking about truth and uh I just want

to point out that there are a lot of

things that feel like truth and seem

like truth but they're absolutely not

truth so what is truth well truth has to

be absolute has to be for everyone

everywhere at all times uh and I'm using

the title truth bomb because it takes me

back it's kind of a nostalgic thing for

me when I was a youth pastor it was kind

of a thing uh back in the early 2000s

really and I remember one time a bunch

of middle schoolers we had a lock in and

they broke into the kitchen where I was

um where where we stored all the food

and I had made the mistake of buying a a

large container of those cheese balls

from Sam's Club and I put them in the

kitchen because we we were going to give

them to the students but of course the

middle school students uh broke into the

kitchen they found the cheese balls and

of course they don't eat them because

why would you eat the food that we

bought for you no they play dodgeball

with them in the Church Fellowship

center with a carpet in there and of

course they step on them driving the

cheese balls into the carpet and when I

confronted all these middle school

students that had done this they said

truth bomb I'm like oh boy they say

truth bomb you shouldn't have bought

those for

us how's it my fault I'm trying to give

these kids a snack and somehow it's my

fault okay so these are um just some

lessons that that we learn from uh from

truth when you're confronted with Truth

uh how how do you react and so truth

bomb number one last week um I felt like

our our services were getting a little

too crowded so I wanted to kind of

preach through this series try to open

up some seats for uh for new people but

uh we talked about the the truth that is

just because you believe it doesn't make

it true just because you believe it

doesn't make it true and if you want to

Le learn more about that you can go back

last week and listen to that sermon but

what we talked about really was there's

a path and it leads to death it's what

the Bible tells us there's a path and it

seem seems right seems right seems like

the thing we should be doing but

ultimately it leads us to a place of

death but we also talked about another

path a path that leads to life and it's

Jesus who paved that path for us so if

we will follow Jesus he will take us to

the truth and the life so let's pray and

then we'll get started on today's truth

bomm Lord thank I just want to thank you

so much for the opportunity to uh to to

be able to share the gospel with people

I'm just humbled by this

uh this calling Lord I don't know why

you would choose someone like me but you

did and so Lord I pray that today I

would uh do a good job of representing

you and your word and that the truth

that we are confronted with although

could seem painful I pray that you help

us to see it for what it is which is

love coming from our heavenly father who

just wants us to be able to be the

people that you created us to be Lord I

know there's so many on our prayer list

that are suffering and hurting we have

uh several at the the rehab center right

now we have one in the hospital and

others who are at home nursing wounds

and and other ailments and diseases and

God I just pray that in all those

situations that you would just make

yourself known to those people Lord that

you would be very practical in the way

that you showed them your love that you

would send the right people at the right

time into those rooms to encourage them

to to help them heal that you would put

the doctors and nurses in front of them

that can figure out exactly what they

need and give it to them when they need

it Lord we pray those things with

confidence because we're praying in the

awesome name of Jesus Jesus Christ

amen do you remember the day when milk

was just milk anybody else I feel like

I'm an old man talking about this but I

do remember a day when milk was milk you

had your whole milk your skin milk your

1% and your 2% and that was like all of

your milk options and also was wondered

what like what's the other 98% and the

2% milk but anyway um so you know you go

to the store you buy milk but then they

had this like milk Revolution where you

had the plant-based milk and the toose

free milk and the vegan milk and the the

joh the the um non GMO milk and now you

have like selections such as cow milk

goat milk oat milk rice milk soy milk

coconut milk and almond milk how do you

milk an almond anybody know I don't know

but it's all over the place see my

parents they used to be like normal

people and they had milk in the

refrigerator and so if you wanted cereal

you got milk and you pour it on your now

I go look in the refrigerator they have

everything but milk it's like there's no

option for just normal milk and so me

and my kids wanted milk when we were

visiting cuz we wanted to eat some

cereal and so I decided you don't want

to go to the Walmart at Myrtle Beach

okay just for reference if you're ever

in Myrtle Beach don't go to the Walmart

it's a scary place so uh I went to the

little corner store near their house and

there was one gallon of milk left and me

and this other guy we made eye contact

and we made eye contact with the milk

and I would love to stand up here and

tell you that as a pastor I was like sir

God bless you this is your lucky day

because because God loves you so much

that he sent me to your life to give you

this last gallon of milk because the

last shall be first and the the the

first shall be last and it is better to

give than to receive God bless you I

wish I could say that that's what took

place but that's not what took place I

said hey there's Santa Claus and when he

turned to look at Santa Claus I was like

grab the milk okay that's not true

either truth bomb number one this guy

had on a motorcycle club leather vest

and a huge ponytail and he was like 10

times bigger than me um so he got the

milk because I'm a coward so I was like

he take the milk I'm not I wound up at

Walmart yes yes smart that's survival

skills

man so he got the milk and I wound up at

Walmart and I got my milk eventually so

I could eat my Frosted Mini Wheats in

peace but truth bomb number two the more

important one that we should listen to

today is that putting ourselves first is

one of the most natural things that all

of us do putting ourselves first first

is one of the most natural things that

all of us do you take a group photo say

there's four people in the photo soon as

the photo is taken they show you the

photo who do you look at first yourself

always right and you could have one

friend in the photo whose hair is like

blown into their face their eyes are

closed and they're picking their nose

but if you look good in the photo you

know what you say great

photo all of us are the same we might

pretend like we're selfless but inside

our natural instinct is to put ourselves

first which makes sense because we were

born into a world that is self-obsessed

our natural desire is to be selfish I

mean think about it back in the Garden

of Eden when the serpent approached Adam

and Eve the Serpent's main strategy was

to get them to eat of the fruit that

they were told not to eat from and the

way that he conned them into doing it is

to tell them that if they ate of the

fruit they would be

it's the second chapter in the Bible

this is kind of

scary they would be like what Larry

they'd be like God right he appealed to

their selfish nature and then the Bible

tells us that as we are born we are born

with the sin nature that we inherited

from Adam and Eve so we're

naturally selfish and then we live in a

in a world that's run by Satan and what

was Satan's greatest sin what did he get

kicked out out of heaven for it was

Pride he wanted to be God so our natural

inclination is to be selfish and we're

living in a world that Satan has set up

to appeal to our self Obsession so we

have this gravity that pulls us towards

self we have this nagging desire to do

what's best for us and our family even

when it goes against the very heart of

the

Gospel Philippians chapter 2

Philippians 2 · chapter mention

verse3 says do nothing out of selfish

ambition or conceit do nothing out of

selfish ambition or conceit but in

humility consider others more important

than yourselves everyone should look not

to his own interests but rather to the

interests of

others doing what you think is best for

you it sounds good and it feels good and

it feels true but if we recognize God's

word as the supreme ultimate Authority

in our lives then we have to decree that

no Behavior no word or deed should ever

be born from selfish

desire and I wish it was that easy but

we have this clever messaging in our

culture that feeds into the self

self-obsession and it's it's so nuanced

and it's so in your face but you don't

really know that it's not true I I just

did a simple uh search of of my social

media feed to look for for posts that

had references to what we're talking

about today and one that came up over

and over again was one that said

something to the line something in the

line of you can't truly love others

until you love yourself wh which is sort

of true but it doesn't seem incomplete

right it's missing something there's

another one I saw it said treat yourself

I like that one um and stuff like you

deserve it you know like I'm awesome of

course I deserve it you know it kind of

appeals to that there's there's one that

says like self-care is not selfish

because you can't pour from an empty cup

which is true 80% but you have to ask

the question what is filling your cup

what are they pointing you toward and

then I saw one that said cut I was like

cut out anyone in your life that does

not manifest joy and I was like I

wouldn't have kids if that was true

they'd all be up for

adoption man but it's it's deceptive

messaging that tickles your ears because

we are naturally lovers of self that's

why the Bible says do not be a lover of

self let's go to Second Timothy chapter

2 Timothy 3 · chapter mention

3

second CH Timothy chapter 3 starting in

verse

one Paul talking to his Protegé Timothy

who is started to Pastor a church and

he's a young man probably a teenager

early 20s at the oldest and he's

pastoring this this church and Paul

wants to give him some practical wisdom

coming from the Holy Spirit he says know

this Timothy hard times will come in the

last days for people will be lovers of

self lovers of money

boastful proud demeaning disobedient to

their parents ungrateful Unholy unloving

irreconcilable slanderers without

self-control brutal without love for

what is good traitors Reckless conceited

lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of

God holding to a form get this a form of

godliness but denying its power avoid

these people it's a good word avoid

these people he's talking about the

people in the church as well as the

community so Christians are not absolved

from this conversation this is a

horrifying phrase to me when it says

lovers of self because it just hits so

close to home like in our heads we know

that we were created in the image of God

to love God and enjoy him forever and

part of that is serving other people I

mean it's literally the mission

statement of sa Creek Baptist Church

which is love God and serve others but

it's so scary to think that if I'm not

walking circumspectly which is my wife's

favorite word in the entire Bible um and

it means that to watch or to look while

walking so if I'm not taking account of

my motives as I'm going through life and

asking myself why am I making this

decision then I could easily become a

lover of self and in the church context

this presents as a me centered

ecclesiology it it's where the country

club Church comes from it's those Sunday

school groups that become restricted and

it's that service evaluation team where

people can be in a place worshiping with

hundreds of other people and then at the

end of the day if that service didn't

speak directly to them they will go and

say hey we have to change because this

this is not for me it's those types of

things that happen when we become lovers

of self and I want you to know these are

not horrible people these are not

enemies these are people like you and I

that just gradually become people who

fall into this trap of prioritizing

self-care over

selflessness and friends the reason this

is in your Bible is because God loves

you he he's not trying to step on your

toes today he's not trying to beat you

up with the word of God what he's trying

to do is expose something that is bad

for you so as our culture has gone more

and more into this self

self-centeredness it has become the the

most stressed out generation in all of

human history that's the result of

living for self when you live for self

you cut off all the things that are good

and it puts you on an island by yourself

and when you're on an island by yourself

that is when you get stressed out and

anxious and depressed so the truth bomb

is maybe our problem isn't that we don't

love ourselves enough maybe our problem

is is that we love ourselves too

much they're never going to get an amen

after these statements am I that's cool

I

understand Mark chapter

Mark 12 · chapter mention

12 says this is Jesus someone is like

hey what's the most important command

great question Jesus says love the Lord

your God with all of your heart with all

of your soul and with all of your mind

and with all of your strength the second

one is like it love your neighbor as

yourself there is no command greater

than these so first of all we need to

learn to love God with all of our heart

soul and strength secondly we also need

to love our neighbor and they go on to

ask well who is our neighbor because

they're trying to limit that command as

our neighbor in like a 10 mile radius of

our house like they want to know

specifics and so Jesus tells them the

story of the Good Samaritan which the

the point of that Parable is that um the

the neighbor is anybody that has a need

even if they look different than you and

talk different than you that's what

Jesus says so defining your neighbor is

Broad it's everybody anybody that has a

need that's in your sphere you should

love so some of you are like well I

don't love myself right I don't I don't

love myself I I get stressed out too

easily I cry over the silliest stuff I

know people that hate their feet like

lit they'll never be seen without socks

on because they hate their feet They

Don't Love themselves but I would argue

that actually that that level of

critical

self-evaluation shows that you love

yourself way too much otherwise you

wouldn't notice these things so like in

biblical counseling if someone comes in

presenting with those kind of issues we

would help them to see that it's their

their the fact that they are so

self-focused and they see the world

through this myopic lens that it's

actually what's causing them to feel

like they don't love themselves when

actually truth bomb they love themselves

too to much so we give them the care

they need uh to help them see themselves

the way that Jesus does so notice in

this passage Jesus doesn't command us to

love ourselves here because it's kind of

a given most of us naturally just love

ourselves but there are people who

legitimately do not love yourself and I

just want you to to understand that you

are fearfully and wonderfully made God

knit you together in your mother's wound

you were on God's mind at the creation

of the universe you were the joy that

was set before Jesus as he died on the

cross you have dignity you have value

you have purpose Jesus died for you so

that you could be through faith adopted

into his kingdom and become Sons and

Daughters of God so do not ever look in

that mirror and not love yourself

because Jesus loved you for God so loved

the world that's you that he gave his

only begotten

son so we have people that truly don't

love themselves but for the most part

many of us do so let's assume that we

love ourselves as this passage is

assuming he tells us then that we must

love God so we can do that we can love

self we can love God I mean after all

God sacrificed his son because he loved

us so much that those two things are

really easy but then he says to complete

what love actually looks like there's a

another command and that command is to

love your neighbor as yourself so to

complete the greatest command it's has

three things you love yourself you love

God and you love your

neighbor salvation is this beautiful

celebration of

submission so Jesus made this very

difficult statement in Matthew chap 16

ver 24 he was telling his disciples and

other people that if you want to be my

disciple you must do these things he

says if anybody wants to follow after me

that would mean that you love yourself

and you love God right if you want to

follow after me let him deny himself

here's the hard part take up his cross

and follow me so let the weight of that

statement hit you you know I got people

in my life they're like this is my cross

to bear you know it's like I got a nosy

neighbor oh it's my cross cross to bear

I got a difficult math teacher oh it's

my cross to bear they didn't give me my

hot sauce with my tacos oh it's my cross

to bear you know we use that phrase and

we really take the meaning out of it

when Jesus said this to his disciples

when he says deny yourself and take up

your cross the disciples likely gasp

they're like is he serious does he even

understand what he is asking us to do

and the reason that the weight of that

statement doesn't hit us is because a

lot of us don't have the context for

what it actually means you see 30 years

earlier when Jesus was probably three or

three to five years old there was a

thing called a Jewish rebellion and you

can read about it in uh Acts chapter 5

Acts 5 · chapter mention

it's where the Jews Ro rose up against

the Romans because of the the ludicrous

taxes that they were being asked to pay

to Rome and in this Uprising the Jews

were

absolutely slaughtered most most of them

were killed but a lot of them were taken

captive and those that were taken

captive were led into the streets by the

Roman centurions and commanded to take

up their cross to take the Cross Beam

and to March down the streets of their

town to the other beam that was already

in the ground or was laying beside the

road and they would nail the two

together and then hang the people on the

cross on the side of the road as if they

were human Billboards and Rome did this

as a reminder to everybody that would

see see this that if you rise up against

the paana or the Roman peace this is

what would become of you and your people

and it's most likely that as Jesus was

traveling as a young man from from

Bethlehem to Nazareth to Jerusalem that

he saw these people on the side of the

road because history tells us that they

were left up there for sometimes over a

year as an example to the people that

would see them so when Jesus says if you

want to follow me take take up your

cross this is a serious command but we

should not react in

horror the disciples didn't either

because they understood they understood

what was going on see we don't have to

react in horror to that statement

because we can actually take up our

cross since Jesus Took up his cross

before we did see Jesus went to Calvary

for us so now our Act of taking up the

cross is not going to the hill to pay

the pr price for our sin that's already

been paid for our Act is simply

obedience following after Jesus

following in his footsteps we can

actually take up the cross and deny

ourselves because Jesus already took up

the cross for himself so serving others

is not torture it's actually the

expression it's a way to celebrate our

Salvation because salvation is a

celebration of

submission it it's the moment where

Jesus buries our old selfish life our

old selfish ways when he forgives us of

our sin and raises us to New Life with a

new heart and a new attitude in two

weeks we're going to have another

baptism and I love baptism because of

the symbology behind it the reason we

dunk people in the water is because

number one that's how they do it in the

Bible but number two it's a picture of

Jesus on the cross and Jesus in the

grave and Jesus raised to life and then

individually for us it's the symbol of

how we were dead in our selfishness and

our self-centeredness and our sin and

then all of the sudden God comes into

our life through faith and he washes Us

in the blood of Jesus and he raises us

to a new life in Christ where we have a

new heart and a new

attitude service though and this is

where I want to dig in just a little bit

because I know a lot of us are kind of

thinking probably about other people

that are selfish but I I want us to

understand even in a church setting that

our actual religious Services can become

self-serving so for example last week

there were those crazy winds like 23 M

hour gusts and I decided to go to

Walmart because I knew nobody would be

there um so I'm at Walmart I get stuff

and go back to my car and all of a

sudden I see this person and they're

like two just two spots down from where

your your cart return thing so they put

their groceries in their car and they

leave their cart right there beside

their car and I'm thinking 23 mph gust

that thing is a

missile the wind hits it right

somebody's car is getting destroyed so

you know what I did because I'm a good

Christian because I'm a pastor and I

represent Jesus in all that I do I went

and I took that cart right in front of

and I put it and the cart returned and I

looked at them and I was like Praise

Jesus that's not at all I did get the

cart and I did put it in the cart return

but that look had nothing about Jesus

that look was shame on you horrible

people get your life right go to church

that's what that look

was I just wanted to shame them publicly

honestly that's just that's what

happened in my heart in that moment and

after like you know some time went by

I'm like oh my goodness I did that for

the wrong reasons but here's the point

service service can actually be self

serving which is why I love the story of

Mary and Martha let's look at Luke chap

10

now Luke chapter 10 we're going to jump

Luke 10 · chapter mention

to Luke chap 10 verse

38 while they were traveling Jesus and

his disciples they entered a village and

a woman named Martha welcomed them into

her home she had a sister named Mary who

was also who sat at the Lord's feet and

was listening to him but Martha was

distracted by her many Works her many t

asks and she came up and she asked Lord

don't you even care that my sister has

left me to serve alone so tell her to

give me a hand and the Lord answered her

Martha Martha you are worried and upset

about many things but one thing is

necessary Mary has made the right choice

and it will not be taken away from her

so you got the Marys and the Martha

we've done this before but Marys are

contemplative and Martha are active and

Marys are like to talk and Martha's like

to work and Mary's like to be and

Martha's like to do and Mary's like to

be in the presence of others and

Martha's like to be preparing for others

and Mary's are worried about the

relationships and Martha's are worried

about the responsibilities and let's be

honest Marys generally annoy Martha okay

just being honest but but which of the

two does Jesus tell us to be most like

in this story this true story what does

he say who chose the good

portion Mary did the good portion I like

that I always think about the the corner

Brownie and the tray you know cuz I love

the corners like that to me and my

worldview that's the good portion and so

that's what Mary chose she shows the

good portion there's still good brownie

in the pan that's what Martha got but

the good portion that that went to Mary

because she made the right choice but

and you would say but wait whoa whoa

whoa Martha's get stuff done like Martha

invited Jesus and by the way he had 82

disciples at this point people following

him so Jesus plus 82 to their house

right and if it wasn't n for Martha then

Mary never gets to set at the feet of

Jesus so we could just justify this

thing all day long but the truth is

According To Jesus that Martha's service

in this moment was actually

self-serving doesn't it look great on

the outside all the stuff that Martha

did right it does yes it's good it's

good work but in this moment that work

was being done in a self centered way

see service without Jesus will never

lead you into happiness it'll never lead

you into to meaningful relationships or

daily purpose or inner peace because

selfishness here's another truth bomm is

the enemy of Happiness the enemy of

relationships it's the enemy of purpose

it's the enemy of peace I mean just look

at how Martha reacted in her service it

says she was distracted by much serving

she's overextended she's like we have to

get this stuff done

and it says she went up to Jesus and

said Lord do you not care so now she's

frustrated she's like no one is working

as hard as me then she said do you not

care that my sister has left me to do it

all alone now she's feeling isolated

like she's the only one pulling her

weight in the house and then she says to

Jesus tell her to give me a

command she speaks to the Son of God and

commands him to do something for her

that's how far irritated she is right

she's bossing Around Jesus she's like

Jesus if you would just make Mary help

then I could have the dinner served if

you would make Mary help I would have

your laundry clean if you would make

Mary Help the beds would be made and all

the Martha is in the room I know you're

not going to do it out loud but you're

like you go girl

right it's

fine Jesus says in this moment in this

context Martha Martha you are worried

and upset what did I tell you what

happened when we become self-serving

Even in our Christian service when we do

things for the wrong motives we become

anxious stressed and depressed well

guess what it's been that way for 2,000

years look at this Martha Martha you are

worried and you are upset about many

things Jesus cares more about your heart

than he does your hands and the reason

it was so vital in this context for

Martha also to set at the feet feat of

Jesus is because Jesus knows that he's

getting ready to go to the cross and

these are two of his best friends in the

world and if Martha spends the whole

time doing Christian service and not

sitting at the feet of Jesus then she is

wasting this one last opportunity to sit

there with one of her best friends and

her Lord and Savior Jesus

Christ so what's the point the point is

that we need to learn to worship like

like Mary before you work like

Martha so if you

worship if you worship which means that

you're practicing self-care in a

Biblical way worship is singing songs to

Jesus worship is studying your Bible

worship is preserving this beautiful day

of rest called the Sabbath that God

created for us worship is meditating on

God's word if you're doing those things

that act of self care in order to get

yourself mentally and emotionally and

physically and spiritually healthy so

that you can then love God and serve

others then that's no longer being

selfish so we have to worship like Mary

before we work like Mar

Martha and you know what that does it

sets you up to do something very

important because the most important

thing that you will ever do other than

give your life to

Jesus is to love other other people so

I'm going invite the worship team up on

the stage but as they're coming up here

don't lose your concentration I want to

go to Galatians chapter 2 verse

Galatians 2:20

20 Galatians Chapter 2 verse2 Paul says

Galatians 2 · chapter mention

I have been crucified with Christ and I

no longer live but Christ lives in me

the life I now live in the body I live

by faith in the Son of God who loved me

and gave himself for me life is no

longer about me it's it's not about my

wants or my desires or my wishes I'm

dead to that sin I'm dead to myself I'm

dead to my desires it's Christ that

lives within me so when my selfish

desires rise up and they say it's all

about you Kevin you know what I say I

say self you dead you might want to

learn those three words I say self you

dead when self says no you got to treat

yourself

you got to you got to fill yourself up

so you can pour yourself I'm like nope

self you dead I say Jesus killed you the

day that I placed my faith in him self

you are dead because Jesus put you down

that day in elener West Virginia at

ellar Baptist Church under the great

hand of Reverend Panero when I got

baptized in those Waters that was Jesus

drowning my old self and raising me to a

new life that part of me is dead self

you are dead and I don't listen to dead

people but you know who I do listen to

people that used to be dead and came

back to life they got something for me

I'm going to be listening to what they

say and that's exactly who Jesus is

Jesus is Alive and Jesus tells me to

love the Lord your God with all of your

heart with all of your soul with all of

your mind and with all of your strength

and then he says the second command is

so great to love your neighbor as

yourself so one of the most important

things that I'm ever going to do is to

love my neighbor Jesus didn't call us to

promote ourselves he called us to Humble

ourselves Jesus didn't call us to pamper

ourselves he called us to deny ourselves

he did not call us to serve ourselves

but to serve others to share the gospel

with them to meet their practical needs

both of those things at the same time he

he called us to not put ourselves first

but to put ourselves last he called us

to not seek our own pleasure but to

pursue God's purpose even when it hurts

so maybe today you've located an area in

your life where you have been selfish

even in your Christian service maybe

you've noticed an area where you are

doing things and the wrong

motives just listen to what God's truth

says listen to what Jesus has to say he

says look I've killed that part of you

when you gave your life to me that part

of you died you no longer live for self

you live because Christ is in

you so I'm going to ask you if you would

to just kind of bow your head for a

moment let's do some introspection

before we pray and sing a worship

song ask yourself it is

life simply about me

is it my

wants is it my wishes is it my

will or is it Christ that lives in

me have I really truly allowed Jesus to

kill that part of myself that sin

selfish nature have I let him drown it

in the baptismal Waters is it truly

Christ that lives within me when that

selfish side of me Rises up and it will

every single day when it rises up and

says you deserve this don't worry about

them treat

yourself am I able to say the word self

you are

dead do

listen so today Father we

pray I pray for

myself because this is a battle that I

face all the time

I pray that today that you

would put this scripture in my heart so

I might not sin against you help me to

dwell and meditate on the fact that I to

love you with all my heart soul and

strength but also to love my neighbor as

well and and whatever that means

whatever needs are in front of me

whether it's a they need salvation they

need an invite to church they need a

handicap ramp built they need us to go

all the way to the western part of the

state and and help them to get back into

their homes whatever that need looks

like Lord I pray that we would be

sensitive to it not out of selfish

desire to prove ourselves or to show but

Lord to to truly just want to show the

love of Christ to people in very

practical

ways to tell them the

truth so Lord I Thank you for a church

that is built on this Foundation of

selflessness and I know we all struggle

but Lord we we seem to be doing a pretty

decent job here but I know that the

enemy hates that and so I pray that any

that are having their hearts turned

inward right now would then have their

hearts turned outward that they would be

outward focused looking for needs and

opportunities living out this this

command that you have given us to die to

self to take up our cross and to serve

other

people Lord I pray that a Revival would

start in this

community and Lord that you would allow

us to just be a part of it and we know

for that reeval Bible to start we have

to start focusing on the truth of God's

word so this month as we dig into these

difficult truths I pray that you would

help us to see that these These are good

prescriptive words for us that will

simply help us live life in abundance so

father as we worship you today with this

last song if there are any in this room

that that need to just pray where

they're at and say self you are

dead I pray that you would give them the

courage to do that Lord if there are any

that need to come up to the altar or

even pray with me I pray that you would

give them the the boldness to step out

and do what the holy spirit is command

you to do in these moments Lord have

your way freely in our hearts in Jesus

holy and precious name I pray

amen let's stand and worship together

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