Wild Card | Super Bowl Sunday | Pastor Scott Thomas

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>> Hey, this is a big game today. Super

Bowl, Patriots and the Seahawks. And

quite honestly, when you look at the

stats, when you look at the numbers,

quite honestly, this game going down

today is a miracle. It's a miracle. The

Patriots at the beginning of the season

were at 80 to1 odds of making it this

year.

>> Seahawks were 65 to1 odds of making it

this year. Th this is a real life

wildcard story. That's what I want to

talk to you about. the wild card, like

the unexpected, like you've got to be

kidding me. Let me give you some some

context. The Patriots, last year, 2024

season, they had four wins for the

entire season and 13 losses.

This year, they have 14 wins and three

losses. Like, they completely turn the

script like that. Last year, they were

the ultimate broken team. this year.

You've got to be kidding me. First year

brand new head coach Vrabel along with a

secondyear quarterback May and they have

led something that has shocked the NFL

of what they have done. You got to give

them their props. The wildcard factor

that quite honestly when you look at the

Patriots is they they defied every

scouting report. No one anticipated them

being here in the big game right now.

They were rated middle of the pack, just

mediocre, but they arrived here. The

Seahawks, Seahawks had the same kind of

same kind of vibe, like wildcar mindset

to get them here in the 2025 season this

year. They also 14 wins, three losses.

They showed up. But really, the story

related to the Seahawks is regarding

their quarterback Sam Darnold. like

this. This guy, it's his first year with

the Seahawks, but you need to understand

about this cat. He he this is

interesting. He was considered a draft

bust. Back in 18, 2018, when he was

first drafted, everybody thought he's

going to be the next greatest thing, all

this, and he came on strong, but then

all of a sudden began to bottom out

quick. He struggled. He was with the

Jets, then he's with the Panthers, then

he went to the 49ers, and then the

Vikings, and then eventually landed with

the Seahawks this year. And towards the

end of those, he was playing backup

quarterback. He wasn't even starting. He

was just kind of in the roster and

hanging out on the bench waiting for his

turn. In fact, he was just called a

journeyman. He was just kind of going

here and there. And which team was going

to pick him up next and have him as a

backup quarterback.

Wild card. He went from a ridiculous

castoff to actually becoming a Super

Bowl starter this year and leading an

offense that has the world's attention.

This is the clash that's going to hit

today. It's amazing. In fact, let me

just put it this way. The Patriots

season, they were predicted to only win

six games, win six games and lose seven

games this year. The result, 14 wins,

three losses. Sam Darnold, yeah, this

guy, he was just that journeyman. As I

told you, the backup guy today, Super

Bowl starter. probability of both of

these teams meeting in the Super Bowl

today. 08%

chance of them being in the Super Bowl

today. The result, they're playing at

6:30.

>> In other words, you can't always check

the odds to determine what the next

thing about to happen is.

>> Odds and numbers and statistics will lie

to you.

>> Not just in football, in your life, too.

You see, according to the stats, these

teams should not be playing together

today. They should not be playing

against each other. But let me ask you

something. What about your life?

Is your life a wild card moment?

Can you admit that you probably should

not be where you are right now? Things

should have been a whole lot worse in

your world than where you're living

right now. Like with where you where

you're situ I'm not saying everything is

perfect, but the truth is I mean you're

here. There's a lot of other places you

could be, should be. You didn't get

caught. That's all I'm saying. That's

all I'm saying. Like like like the the

improbable odds of changing or turning

or winning. Like it doesn't really look

good based on on where I am. But I want

to encourage you. Don't let the odds

tell you what God's promises can't do.

>> I came here to push back a little bit

today on what you think is going on in

your life. And I'm going to rain on pity

parties for just a little bit today. I

got some good news. I got some hope

because I serve a God who is famous for

defying the odds in people's lives. And

that's a good place to lean in and go,

that's my God right there. In fact,

check this out. Job 5:9. I want you to

Job 5:9

read this with me. Read it loud. Read it

proud. Use your Pulk County outside

voice. Are you ready? Here we go. He's

famous for great and unexpected acts.

There's no end,

>> no end to his surprises.

>> It's what he does. It's who he is. You

were expecting one thing. Let me go. We

deserved one thing and we got something

different in return. You see, when God

decides to move in your life, the odds

are no longer against you. Because if

God is for you,

>> who can be against you?

>> Who can be against you? This is the good

news. I want I I want you to understand

that the Bible the Bible is filled with

wild card stories. I'm not just talking

about a game where guys are going to run

a piece of pig skin a h 100red yards up

and down a field today and and and it's

not going to matter in 10 years what

happened there. I want to talk about

something more important wild card and

that's you. The Bible is filled with

wildcard stories of you've got to be

kidding me. That just happened. What

about this one? This This is an

interesting. There's this guy named

Mphibicheth.

Sidebar. If you're going to have a baby

anytime soon,

I probably wouldn't recommend

Mphibicheth cuz it'll be the eighth

grade before he'll be able to spell his

own name. You understand? Like that.

That's what do they call him? Meth or

fib or whatever. I don't know. But but

anyway, Mphibicheth. Okay, so check

this. Mphibicheth was in the lineage of

King Saul. King Saul was this twisted

guy. Lost his mind and and and just he

he he just he just went kind of cray

cray. And and Mphibicheth is his

grandson.

When King David came in and took over

the throne from King Saul, man, all of

King Saul's family were considered

enemies against King David. And so

typically what would happen is the kings

would wipe out any of that lineage.

But something different happened. You

see Mphibicheth, he was hurt. He was

damaged. When he was young, somebody was

carrying him was running. And the Bible

says he was dropped and became crippled

in his legs. He could not walk. And so

although he was born in born into

royalty, he was born into a corrupt

lineage that was being hunted down. And

now he's crippled and depending on

somebody else to even move him around.

He looked like anything but royalty.

King David steps in and instead of going

after and killing all of King Saul's

relatives, David says, "I'm looking for

any of King Saul's family that has left

that I can show honor to them."

>> And he goes after and Mphibicheth finds

out King David's after him. And Fibby,

he is not about this. You understand?

Like if he's coming after me, I can't

run nowhere. like I'm done. He's going

to take me out. But David, when he found

Mphibicheth, not only did David show him

kindness, he brought him into the

kingdom, brought him into the palace,

put him at the king's table, restored

his inheritance, and when he moved

Mashibbeth, Mphibicheth up to the table

to eat with everybody else, you could

tell no difference between Mphibicheth

and everybody else because everybody is

sitting around the table. And David

restored Mphibicheth. It is a wildcard

story. There is no way this young man

should ever have experienced that kind

of life. But that's what God does. He

gives unexpected opportunity.

>> You see, he takes the weak, he takes the

unexpected. He takes the unqualified,

the damaged and the despised,

and he defies the odds with these

people. He He restores them completely.

1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 27 says

1 Corinthians 1:27

this, "God chose the foolish things of

the world to shame the wise." God chose

the weak things of the world to shame

the strong. Right now, you're looking at

something foolish.

You're looking at something weak. Oh, I

know we we don't like to talk that way.

We do our best that we can, and we got

so many filters to make sure we look

strong on social media. We're always

making sure we we run through several

filters and take 19 pictures to make

sure we get that right look. Oh, that

hair is out of the way. Oh, no. My ear

looks really big there. Like, we're

doing everything to make sure we got it

all going on. But if we're just going to

keep it 100% real in this place, all of

us know that we got these weak, busted

up areas in our life that we're walking

around, we're putting nice hats on,

messed up minds, we're showing throwing

filters all over struggles in families,

and we're trying to make it look good.

But if the truth be known, our low light

reel is more has more footage than our

highlight reel does.

>> We're all struggling in this room. Every

one of us have difficulty. But the Bible

says that God chooses those who

recognize their weakness. He's not

looking for somebody who says they have

it all together. It's someone someone is

strong when they can admit life is above

my pay grade and I need God to help me

with it. There are situations coming

that I can't handle. I can't write a

check and fix it. I can't network this

thing away. I can't ignore it away. It's

I need an answer and it's beyond me. I

need God in my life. And that's exactly

what he does for us.

So, what odds are stacked against your

life?

You're not Mphibicheth, but maybe you

got some things in your you got a busted

home.

May maybe maybe you've been abandoned.

you you you walked through an addiction

or or are there right now you dropped

out of school. The education isn't where

it needs to be. You're dealing with

poverty right now. You got a sickness, a

disease that that you're going a failed

business. Uh maybe you did time or you

are doing time. All my pulseci brothers,

I just want you to know this message

works for you like it works for

everybody. Nobody is left out. We all

need a turnaround. God can make all of

us a wild card.

I just need you to know today. I just

need you to understand today, whether

self-inflicted wounds or you've been

victimized, God has the ability to

restore you. And he's coming after you,

looking for you, not to punish you, but

to bless you, to heal you, and to lift

you higher than you can get on your own,

to restore to you the promises that

Jesus died to give you. In other words,

God is not consulting your past to

determine your future.

>> That was then, this is now, and the best

is yet to come. So if you feel like

today, if you feel like you're you're

you're just a long shot, then I want you

to know that you're exactly who God is

looking for. Because once you and I

recognize, I need him, that's when he

does his best work in our life. You may

see a .08%

chance of probability of you doing

anything in life. And God says, "That's

the odds I'm looking for. Let's go blow

everybody's mind." And that's what he'll

do when we just turn ourselves over to

him. There's another wild card that I

think is really cool in the Bible. Her

name is Esther.

You know her by Esther, but but but the

truth is this. That's not her real name.

The Bible says her real name is Hadassa.

Hadassessa. Hadassa is her government

name.

And Esther is like is her house name

like Okay. So, so what's the difference?

Hadassa is a Jewish girl. Hadassa is a

Jewish name. Esther is a Persian name.

It was a Persian name because Hadassa is

in Persia. She's in a government. She's

in a country where her people are not

she they are the minority. And she

wanted to join in. There was this big

beauty pageant going on getting ready

for the king to select a new queen. And

so she had to go through this grueling

like torturous

oney year preparation getting ready for

this pageant. She had facials and

manicures and massages and and and like

a solid year, the Bible says, a solid

year of preparation. And the king chose

Esther to be his queen. And while that's

amazing by itself, a Persian girl, she's

out of she she doesn't belong here only

for her to rise to the ranks that now

she's the queen of this entire province.

She realized that she wasn't there just

to be queen. She was there to have a

place where she had an opportunity to do

something that God was using her for.

And that was this. She had to talk to

the king. She had to be brave enough to

have a conversation with the king that

could cost her her life. You see, there

was a guy named Hmon. And Hmon hated

every Jew in the province. And he had a

law passed where gallows were built and

they were going to hang every Jew. and

Esther aka well Hadassa aka Esther she

approached the king and when she went to

the king on her own she literally took

her life into her own hands because

nobody does that she could walk in and

approach him and he could have her head

taken off or she could have mercy but

she said this I'm here for such a time

as this

>> I'm going to do what I can and let God

handle the rest she walked in talked to

the king favor was on her side and the

man who built the gallows was hung on

his own gallows. And God saved all of

the people. Here's what I'm trying to

tell you today. God has an unexpected

position for you. Not just an

opportunity, but he wants to move you

into positions that you can't get on

your own. So, he can use your life to

begin to affect and impact and bless

other people. God's God's plan doesn't

leave you on the bench as a spectator.

No, no, no, no. He has a plan to put you

in the starting lineup and use you

beyond anything you ever imagined

possible. Yes, you. Yes, you. Yes, you.

Not your neighbor. I'm talking to you.

God has your name on his starting

roster. And he wants to do something in

your life.

1 Peter chapter 2:es 9-10 say this. You

are the ones chosen by God. Chosen for

the high calling of priestly work.

Chosen to be a holy people. God's

instruments to do his work and speak out

for him. To tell others of the night and

day difference he made for you. From

nothing to something, from rejected to

accepted.

God is calling and he's telling us, I

need you to break your mindset. I need

you to stop living down to culture's

expectations. Stop living down to the

way family talks. And I need you to live

up to my promises in your life. Break

the mindset that says it can't happen so

that he can launch your wildcard

comeback in life. Just the same way he

did it with Esther. He can do the same

with you. That's why Romans chapter 12

Romans 12 · chapter mention

tells us this. Don't become so well

adjusted to your culture that you fit

into it without even thinking. Instead,

fix your attention on God. You'll be

changed from the inside.

>> You got to change your mind. If you're

going to change your world,

>> the way you think is what you become.

And if you and I keep living off of

social media, social media and culture

will own you for the rest of your life.

>> They will control you and manipulate

you, and they will take you where they

want you to go. And you'll never find a

rhythm, a pace, a perspective, a dream

that you can live out. We have go. So

got to be careful of the voices that are

entering the ears that because voices

are determining the choices in your

life. I've got to if I'm going to go

where God wants me to go, I've got to

have the right people in my life. Would

you turn to someone, tell them, are you

the right person in my life? Just ask

them, are you the right person in my

life?

You you you got to check. And I'm just

I'm just here to tell I'm giving

everyone permission to change friends.

No, I'm I'm just telling you like don't

change don't change seats right now.

That'd be really bad. But I'm just

saying just because they entered your

life in one season doesn't mean they get

to stay. If you can't lift me and

encourage me and tell me who God's about

to make me, then I got to step and find

somebody who's got hope and joy and

peace and the promise of God. I didn't

come to play. I'm not promised a

thousand years on this earth. I got a

limited time. And while I'm here, I want

God to do something with my life. He's

given me opportunity, but he's also

given me position. And I want to do

something with it. You see, just as a

team is going to get a fresh set of

downs to move the ball today, God's

mercies are new in your life every

morning, giving you another chance to

get up and follow him. In other words,

just because God's working in your life

doesn't mean you're going to do it

perfect. We fall down and get up and

fall down and get up and we

>> fall down

>> and get up and then we

>> fall down

>> and we get back up and then we

>> fall down.

>> The Bible says a good man, a righteous

person falls seven times and gets back

up. They they they they keep getting

back up. It's not it's not about the

perfection of you and I never falling.

It's the fact that you're going to fall

tomorrow. Shoot, who am I kidding? Some

of us are already falling down today,

man. That's how we roll. Like like we we

got stuff. WE'RE STRUGGLING. I GOT

ISSUES. YOU GOT ISSUES. You want to see

what issues look like? Look at your

neighbor. There's issues right there. WE

ALL GOT ISSUES in our life. WE ALL WE

ALL PUT ON BETTER THAN WE'RE ACTUALLY

LIVING. Where it's It's not We're not

being hypocritical. We're doing the best

we can. We're presenting the best, but

we got struggles on the inside. And the

soonest that you and I can admit that

and say, "Look, I'm doing the best I

can, but I need Jesus to make up the

rest." There's areas I'm missing it. I'm

not able to do everything I should. I

need God in my life. It's not daily

perfection. It's daily pursuit.

>> God has unexpected plans for your life.

You need to hear that. Yes, sir.

>> You don't hear that enough.

>> You don't hear that enough. You hear

where you're blowing at. You hear where

you're wrong. You hear where you messed

up. And you know who all that mess is

coming from? You.

>> You are the worst voice against

yourself.

You and I chew ourselves up and spit

out. The truth is I I I I just quite

honestly think that some of the demons

that were in our life are actually on

full-time retirement because we're doing

a good enough job all by yourself.

Could talk so negative and so hard that

I just cancel me out and I've just

decided God would never want me. God

would never use me.

>> And I want you to know that's a lie. You

and I have got to change our mind so we

can become who he said God has

unexpected plans for your life. Here's

here's here's the third and f I could go

on all day on these wild cards in the

Bible, but here's another one. This guy

named Gideon.

This is a cool one right here. Gideon

reminds me of me.

Weak, afraid,

pastor. Oh, baby, if you only

understood. How, you know, we all got

some areas in our life that if we just

going to be real honest about it. Oh, we

can walk all big in bed, but inside we

like screaming like a little girl,

right? Like like So, watch this. Gideon.

The Bible says that the Midionites, the

Midionites were this army that hated

Israel. And they were encamped all

around Israel. And Midionites were

coming in and stealing cattle, stealing

sheep, stealing all the crops out of the

field. And Israel couldn't do jack about

it. They stole it at will. And Israel

just had to deal with it. And the Bible

says that Gideon, this big, brave,

robust guy,

was hiding behind a well

and a handful of wheat that he was

trying. He was looking, checking out the

the the the landscape to make sure he

could run back to his house without

getting caught by the Medidianites,

taking some food back to his house. And

while he's down here hiding behind a

well, this is not my opinion. This is

Bible. The Bible says an angel showed

up. Say, "Yo, Gideon, what's up?"

How do you know God knows where you're

hiding?

>> He knows all your secret places.

He knows all those little pockets you go

to get away from people and how we

escape the truth and how we go here. Oh,

but man, it he he he knows, right? And

and he says that and here's what the

angel does. The angel addresses Gideon.

Yo, you mighty man of valor.

There's only one of us down here and you

cannot be talking to me right now.

Do you know why the angel called Gideon

a mighty man of valor right there?

Because God is always talking to you

about your future, never your present.

>> He's always building and talking about

where you're going. He sees you through

the lens of my promise coming to pass in

your life. That's why he calls you the

head and not the tail. You will lend and

not borrow. Lend and not borrow. I think

I should just sign for bankruptcy a year

ago. Oh baby, he's going to turn that

around. It's a wildcard opportunity in

your life for God to spend this thing.

But you got to change your mind so that

you can allow him to step in. Because

when this hits, it changes everything.

And the Bible says that Gideon, he stood

up and he said, "All right, God. If you

want to use my life, let's roll." And

the Bible says that there was 32,000

Medidianites.

And when Gideon went to battle, he had

300.

In case you didn't know, those are not

good odds.

>> 300 against 32,000.

But those are the wildcard odds God's

willing to run in your life. Only for

Gideon to equip all of his warriors with

a trumpet in one hand and a pitcher in

the other that had a light in it, a

flame. And here's what God said. Blow

the trumpets and break the pictures. And

when it breaks the pitcher, the oxygen

is going to hit the flame and it's going

to go bright and it's going to freak out

the Midionites. And it did. And the

Bible says that Gideon and his 300,

they routed, they wiped out all the

Midionites, and they didn't have to

fight one of them themselves.

>> They saw the flames hit and the

Midionites thought they were surrounded.

And they ran for their lives. They left

fried chicken on the stove. They had

biscuits and gravy waiting there. They

just walked in and got to sit up like

like they got hooked up because God

knows how to care for his own. Here's

what I'm trying to tell you. Not only

does God have unexpected opportunity,

not only does God have unexpected

position, God has unexpected power in

your life that when you and I just trust

him, he does something that we can't do.

You see, God knows our weaknesses, our

inabilities. He knows our fears

and still chooses us.

>> It's not because you got it together.

>> It's because you don't.

It's your weakness that qualifies you,

not your perfection.

If you can't admit you're weak, then no

one can help you.

Until you come off that delusion, until

I quit lying to me, and then I welcome

him into my life, and then God can do

things for me that I could never do for

myself. Here's I got I I just need to

make a public service announcement. The

life you're living is above your pay

grade.

>> You don't have the ability to live it on

your own. Do you think you know how to

run a marriage?

>> Have you ever tried parenting without

Jesus?

>> Have you ever driven on Florida Avenue

without Jesus?

>> Like, are you serious?

>> Like, no. Like, in every area of our

life, I need him. Would you, would

someone shout, I need him. I need him.

>> Acts 1:8 says this. You will receive

Acts 1:8

power and ability when the Holy Spirit

comes upon you. In other words, God's

God's spirit's coming on you to empower

you so that he can use your life and my

life for his glory. It's God in you that

makes you strong. It's God in you that

makes you bold in you that makes you

able. It's God in you that makes you

victorious. We don't do this separate

from him. It's only in him. Gideon's

odds were horrible, but Gideon's God was

unstoppable.

>> And that's a game changer. That turned

him into a wild card. Let me close with

this.

Years ago, actually, in the 1800s,

we going way back, like we skipped the

1900s, went to the 1800s. Y

in the 1800s

in the Louv. The Louv is the largest art

studio

in the world. It's in Paris.

And there was a a tour guide leading at

that time a group of athletes.

Some have questioned if it was like

during the Olympic time, but a group of

athletes that were well known and

leading them through and just touring

and they were looking at all the

paintings, these these beautiful

renderings, these these artwork. It just

amazing.

In that group touring with them was a

man, his name was Paul Morphe. Paul was

the world champion grandmaster chess

player.

He dominated the world in chess. No one

could beat him. And he's in this group

and the tour is going on and the tour

guy's leading through and they they came

to this one this one this portrait and

the portrait was entitled Checkmate.

And the portrait was a picture of Satan

playing chess against a Christian.

You can see the angel standing there

looking over the Christian trying to

encourage him. But the Christian is

distraught,

perplexed,

done, stuck.

And Satan is enjoying this moment

because Satan has the Christian in a

spot that he's done. Checkmate.

It's over. I got you.

As the tour guide

told what was happening, the tour group

kept going on. But this this grand

champion chess player

was stuck just watching and looking at

the portrait. He was intrigued. And as

the tour group goes on, they went on

down to another room and then they

realized the tour tour leader said,

"Wait a minute. We're missing someone.

Where where?" And they came back to get

this guy. When they walked up, they

said, "I'm sorry that the tour group is

moving on. can can you come and go with

us? And and and and Paul looked back and

he said, "You do understand. I'm a

grandmaster

chess player dominating the world,

right?" Yes, we understand. And we

understand why this portrait would be

very intriguing to you. He said, "Hold

on. You understand that I have the

ability to look at the landscape of a

chessboard and see what nobody else can

see.

>> I've spent years I've spent my life

studying chessboards. I know pieces. I

know moves. I I understand this. And the

tour group said, "Yes, we we understand

that you are the world's best, Paul."

No, no doubt. He goes, "Well, well,

here's what I need you to understand."

He's speaking back to the tour guide.

"You're going to have to either change

the name of the picture or change the

painting because according to what I see

on that board, the king still has one

move.

It's called checkmate.

because it's done. It's over.

But when the grandmaster looked at it,

>> one who could see from a different

perspective than anybody else, I see one

more move. In other words, the king was

not trapped. The king still has one more

move. I I need you to understand today.

You have looked at the portrait of your

life and you may feel like you are in a

checkmate right now and the game is over

and the odds are against you. There's no

way out. Hell is laughing. All the

pressure is building and you think it's

done and people have walked by, waved at

you and pied you and kept on walking.

But when the grandmaster of your life

steps into your portrait and begins to

look at your situation, he sees what

nobody else can see in your life. And he

knows, he knows that the king has one

more move in your life. It's not over. I

know it looks bad, but you need the king

to move in a position that's going to

rearrange every situation that you're

facing right now. You don't see a way

out. You're not built to see a way out.

It's going to take God to get you out of

and through this situation. But that's

exactly what he does. God's got one more

play, one more move in your life. It's

not over. He's going to turn you into a

wildcard situation. He's going to flip

it to where it's defied all of the odds.

You're not disqualified because of your

mistakes. And people are not able to

discard you. They can't do that. It's

beyond their pay grade. And you're not

at the end. And the experts, they may

call you a long shot. And the stats may

call you an underdog. And the culture

may call you a bust. But in God's

opinion, you're just a wild card. And

he's going to give you an opportunity.

He's going to give you position. He's

going to give you power. And he's going

to turn it around for his glory and for

your good. Would you please stand to

your feet?

>> Here's one thing I know.

You'll never have enough money,

education, friends, or influence to do

life the way Jesus will do it with you.

And you and I can choose to live at a

second rate level of life or walk in the

fullness that he can give. That's it.

>> He doesn't mind you blessed. He wants

you blessed. It's a part of his

promises.

>> But I know folks that you and I would

look at and go, man, they got it all

going on, but they have a hard time

sleeping at night because there's no

peace in their heart and the home is a

mess and they have no future to look at.

and they're scrambling to impress people

that don't even know them.

There's something better to live for. A

restored house, laughter in your heart,

blessing in your future, health in your

body, health in your mind, kids that are

together that you're enjoying a legacy.

You got a community around that are

uplifting and serving. Ladies and

gentlemen, welcome to the body of

Christ.

That's what Jesus died for. There's no

reason for you and I to back out, to tap

out of that opportunity. Again, let me

remind you,

Job chapter 5:9,

he's famous for great and unexpected

acts. There's no end to his surprise.

Could you use God pulling a surprise in

your life today?

Would it be all right if he got involved

and messed with some stuff that you've

been messing with and it's only getting

worse?

He knows what to do. And here's the

deal. He needs you to admit, I need you.

I need you. I can't do this. I need you.

You become a man when you can admit, I

need him.

>> Oh, listen. All your deltoys and biceps

and your traps. Good for you. You can't

push that anxiety off your life.

>> You can't press that off. No, it's going

to take Jesus.

Ladies,

you can paint it up and you can pump it

up. But I promise you, you're going to

need Jesus to hold it up at the end of

the day.

We need Jesus.

I don't care what situation, scenario,

what what you throw at him. We all need

him. We all fall short today. Can we

just admit I need you?

>> And in my needing you, I'm not going to

do it perfect. I'm going to fall down

and make a mess of some things and I'm

I'm going to have to get back up again.

He's going, "All right, good. Just dust

yourself off. Let's go." It's pursuit.

It's not perfection. I want to ask you

to bow your heads all through this

place.

If you're here and you say, "Scott, I

need Jesus in my life today.

I need Jesus. I'm making the step today.

I'm sitting at a board and it's

checkmate in my eyes. But I need the

king to make one more move. I need him

to do what I can't see. I need him to

turn a heart. I need him to heal this

home. I need him to give me a picture of

the future. I need him to give me some

wisdom. I need some direction. I need

him to heal my body. The doctors are out

of answers. The counselors have no

answers. It's going to take God whatever

is going on. He is able and he's famous

for doing this in people's lives and

he'll do it for you. If you're here and

you say, "Scott, I need Jesus in my

life. I want to invite him in to be my

Lord and my Savior." On the count of

three, I want you to throw your hands

high in the air. One, two, three. Right

now, where are you? Oh my goodness. Oh

my goodness. Hands down. Thank you.

There was hundreds of hands that just

went up in this room today. I want all

of you to pray this prayer with me. Say,

"Jesus,

>> Jesus,

>> come into my life.

>> Forgive me.

>> Change me.

>> Heal me.

>> Make a move.

>> In my life

>> that I can't see.

>> I can't see.

>> I need you.

>> I can't do this.

>> Without you.

>> Without you,

>> but with you.

>> With you.

>> This life

>> is possible.

>> Is possible.

>> Take all of me.

>> Take all of you.

>> I take all of you.

>> Take all of you.

>> In Jesus name.

>> In Jesus name. Amen. Can you put those

hands together for folks who just made

the greatest move of their life?

Let me tell you something. I love people

who can keep it 100% real with Jesus.

Man, you're my kind of people because

we've just got to we got to get real. We

we got to stop playing and we just got

to get to the heart to the bone of where

we're living. And I need Jesus. Cindy

and I need him. You need him. We all do.

And so I love the fact that you can

admit that in your own life. Now, here's

what I want to do. I want to pray for

you and whatever you're going through, I

want to pray that the one who makes

wildcard decisions happen that he's

going to invade your life. Heavenly

Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray

over this room, this auditorium, I pray

for those watching online, my brothers

at Pokeci right now that God, wherever

we are, that God, your presence, your

power, your love, your hope, your joy,

your miracles would move into situations

and that you would turn things that

nobody can get credit for. In the midst

of the pain, in the midst of the

failure, in the midst of the questions,

I'm asking, God, that you would show up

unexpected, sit down in the situation,

begin to heal a heart, begin to open

doors, bring a favor and a peace, God,

amaze and shock the doctors, blow the

counselor's mind. I pray that the kids

would come back home. I pray, God, the

addiction would be broken. I thank you,

God, you give answers and wisdom going

forward in the name of Jesus. God, today

do something that only you can get the

credit for. It's beyond our education,

beyond our pay grade, beyond our

networking. I can't do this. It's going

to take you. But God, that's when you

show off and you do your best. When I'm

at the end of me, that's when I meet you

for the first time. Today, God, we do

that. We throw our hands up and we

invite you in to work in our homes, work

in our lives, work in our mind, and help

us to declare and speak and see the

things that you promised. We will be

committed to you and we will chase and

work with and through you so that you

can get the best of our life. Thank you

today. Thank you for the opportunity.

Thank you for the position. Thank you

for the power that we have because of

Jesus. It's in your wonderful name we

pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Would you put

those hands together one more time?

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