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Define the We | What Are We | Pastor Scott Thomas

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  13. then check out this message we are

  14. kicking off a series called what are we

  15. it's February it's relationship time and

  16. so we're going to talk about that how

  17. you know that's a loaded

  18. question if you never had anybody ask

  19. you that well then just take my word for

  20. it's a loaded question it it

  21. identifies and

  22. defines identifies and

  23. defines relationships

  24. every relationship needs to be

  25. defined if you don't know what the

  26. relationship is for then you put you you

  27. Verge on abusing that relationship

  28. you've got to identify it parental

  29. relationship sometimes you got to notify

  30. your kids Define that my goal is not to

  31. be your friend my goal is to raise you

  32. in the right way some days you will not

  33. like me that's okay I love you God bless

  34. you

  35. amen that eat your peas right so you you

  36. got to have the

  37. you got to Define friendships you you

  38. got to Define you got to define the

  39. authority you got to know the roles that

  40. you play certainly in dating certainly

  41. in marriage we need to know what those

  42. are it's a clarifying question it it

  43. gives purpose it gives Direction it

  44. defines roles that are to be played it

  45. creates expectations boundaries how

  46. we're going to communicate how we treat

  47. other

  48. people all of these things change based

  49. on the definition of of the relationship

  50. what are we when Caleb and Liz were

  51. dating Caleb had brought Elizabeth over

  52. to the house several times and we like

  53. we like fell in love with

  54. Liz and so I had a very clarifying

  55. conversation with my son and I said we

  56. need to

  57. talk and what's up and I said you need

  58. to understand something do not screw

  59. this up

  60. I had to notify him we have decided that

  61. we like her more than

  62. you if you mess this up we're moving you

  63. out and moving her in do you understand

  64. we just need to get all that clear right

  65. now we we had to clarify in fact it it

  66. is funny we I mean we did have that

  67. conversation by the way but but but all

  68. that being said they were over at the

  69. house had been I don't know how many

  70. times they'd been there but Liz was

  71. settling into our heart I think we were

  72. settling into her heart something like

  73. that we're like fungus we grow on people

  74. and so so she was settling in with her

  75. they were leaving the house one night

  76. got to the out to the vehicle and Liz

  77. looked at Caleb and she goes okay I need

  78. to know something what are we cuz she

  79. needed to know is this going any further

  80. how much am I to lean into this how much

  81. weight do I put on this that we're

  82. sharing what's your perspective I'll

  83. share with you mine it's crazy important

  84. to clarify your your relationships and

  85. your dating for dating couples and for

  86. married couples we're going to talk

  87. about this today three keys to

  88. identifying what are we it's important

  89. to have this but but before I get to the

  90. three keys I I I need to make sure that

  91. you

  92. understand that we need to understand

  93. the me before we try to handle the

  94. we I'll get to the what are we in just a

  95. minute but I need to ask you a question

  96. who are

  97. you because you got to get you defined

  98. before you try to get the wi defined cuz

  99. if you don't know the i in the middle of

  100. the wi that means somebody else is going

  101. to run your life for the rest of your

  102. life you got to know who you are and you

  103. need to know especially who you're not

  104. and this identification these I having

  105. these boundaries these borders these

  106. things set up are healthy for your heart

  107. and for your life if I don't get me

  108. right then I'll never get we right and

  109. so we've got to put this in in context

  110. because it's possible that if I don't

  111. have me down right I start making wrong

  112. expectations of

  113. you now because I'm not sure who I am

  114. I'm expecting you to make me happy I

  115. expected you to do this do

  116. this and I'm expecting things out of you

  117. that you were never intended to fulfill

  118. in my life and now here I'm crying I'm

  119. mad I'm pointing the finger I'm blaming

  120. there's all kinds of drama in the place

  121. and I'm the victim and like no you just

  122. crazy you just that's all you're just

  123. crazy cuz no one could do that you got

  124. to know you so that you can actually

  125. have some health going forward so here's

  126. the question why are you

  127. here why are you here what what is the

  128. purpose of you here in 2000 why weren't

  129. you born in the

  130. 1700s oh can we just thank God that we

  131. weren't born in the 1700 like yeah why

  132. why were I was born in the 1900s but but

  133. what what why why here why now the Bible

  134. tells me you're you're you're made in

  135. the image of God you're fearfully and

  136. wonderfully made the Bible tells me in

  137. the book of Psalm chapter 8 that you've

    Psalms 8 chapter mention

  138. been crowned with Glory and Honor you've

  139. got talents gifts and abilities that

  140. have been wired inside of you how you

  141. see things your perspective all of that

  142. is such a god-ordained thing and the

  143. world was missing something until you

  144. got

  145. here God saw a deficit and you were the

  146. answer he put up inside this world he

  147. didn't put you here to be common he

  148. didn't put you to here put you here to

  149. to be another he put you here to be

  150. unique and identifying who you are and

  151. where you're supposed to go and what

  152. you're supposed to do it's going to make

  153. you different on purpose you need to get

  154. used to being

  155. different this is God's word it has to

  156. do with purpose in your life purpose is

  157. the reason that something exists you

  158. need to identify that before you start

  159. asking questions of who are we I need to

  160. identify who am I that is foundational

  161. to this there's there's a lot of folks

  162. that have attempted to identify that

  163. purpose that reason for existence do a

  164. lot of things through through money

  165. through through notoriety I'll build

  166. I'll build my name in business we we try

  167. a lot of things in order to fulfill this

  168. empty spot but the truth is only purpose

  169. will fulfill that and that stuff is not

  170. purpose it's a byproduct of purpose it's

  171. not purpose itself nothing wrong with

  172. that stuff but if that's what you're

  173. looking at to fulfill you it's always

  174. going to come up empty do you know

  175. there's so many people that have the

  176. money they have the businesses they have

  177. the notoriety they have it all and

  178. they're still as empty as they can be

  179. they can't sleep at night the

  180. relationships are falling apart they

  181. would trade it all right now for one

  182. night's sleep do you understand that we

  183. need to look at their lives and let's

  184. learn something you don't have to make

  185. all the mistakes yourself you can

  186. actually learn from a

  187. mentor and so let's look at lives you

  188. want you want to go Bible the guy named

  189. King Solomon

  190. King Solomon this is David's son King

  191. David's

  192. son God approached Solomon one day and

  193. said Solomon what do you want from

  194. me how you like the idea of God giving

  195. you a blank check and asking you to fill

  196. that in or you just here here's a j what

  197. do you want Solomon I want

  198. wisdom so I can lead your people God

  199. said ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

  200. ding ding ding ding not only did you get

  201. behind the door number three he like he

  202. gave him every door I'll give you the

  203. and with it comes everything else and

  204. God loaded him down Solomon began to

  205. gain so many things he had this crazy

  206. Acumen for knowing how to run life

  207. business guy amazing he owned the entire

  208. international trade route throughout the

  209. Levant that goes around the

  210. Mediterranean all the way through Israel

  211. went up into Mesopotamia down through

  212. Egypt into Africa he set up toll booth

  213. stations through all of that area that

  214. if you're going to work this trade route

  215. with anything you have you got to pay

  216. the price on every location he was a m

  217. in well so that when he built God a

  218. temple he lined the walls with

  219. gold billions he put into building God a

  220. temple billions the man had money he had

  221. business Acumen he was over the top so

  222. much so that the Queen of Sheba she goes

  223. I got to go see this man hey and so she

  224. comes all the way up from Africa I got

  225. to go see this man's wealth I got to see

  226. how he does stuff and she was like Blown

  227. Away shocked looking at everything she

  228. said the half hasn't even been told

  229. how amazing this is he's got all this

  230. going King Solomon listen oh yo no it's

  231. just relation he had 700 wives in 300

  232. side pieces do you hear what I'm telling

  233. you he had

  234. a, women he was trying to keep up with

  235. that was not wisdom that was not wisdom

  236. right

  237. there I got one Puerto Rican y'all pray

  238. for your boy that's all I got to

  239. say BTO

  240. and I love you honey I love you she

  241. she's not here today because she were

  242. preaching in Atlanta she spoke this this

  243. past weekend in Atlanta so she didn't

  244. leave me that's why she's not here but

  245. I'm pray for your boy a thousand

  246. women do you understand how big that

  247. closet how the how many shoes We're

  248. talking

  249. about that was that was a mess Solomon

  250. had it all and watch

  251. this he comes to the end of his life and

  252. in the Book of Ecclesiastes which he

  253. wrote the last chapter the closing

  254. verse here's Solomon's assessment on

  255. life money business Fame

  256. women all of it here's what he says

  257. chapter 12:

  258. 13 here now is my final conclusion help

  259. me with this fear God and obey his

  260. commands

  261. for this is everyone's

  262. Duty he said I'm going to take it all

  263. and boil it right down to one idea you

  264. want to know what your role your goal

  265. your mission your purposes in

  266. life honor God with your

  267. life and do what he said to do and

  268. everything else you desire will come

  269. with it you can get it on your own and

  270. you can pay the price because there is a

  271. tax that will be required on the other

  272. end or you can do it God's way and God

  273. said I know how to bless you and add no

  274. sorrow with it do it God's way get God's

  275. results it kind of sounds like seek

  276. first the kingdom of God and his

  277. righteousness and the stuff will be

  278. added you were designed you were created

  279. listen to me in God's image Genesis

  280. chapter one man you and I we were

  281. designed in God's image which explains

  282. exactly why your purpose cannot be

  283. fulfilled with aart from God you have to

  284. be connected to him to experience the

  285. fullness it's him that opens doors it's

  286. him that closes doors it's him that

  287. makes crooked places straight it's him

  288. that promotes your name it's him that

  289. gives right it's him that directs all of

  290. that ladies and gentlemen he can see

  291. down the road he knows who you need to

  292. be connected with and who you need to

  293. avoid like the

  294. plague and he has a way of leading

  295. shaping and designing all that knowing

  296. Jesus is a is essential in life because

  297. he decides my values my convictions he

  298. tells me when to say yes his word tells

  299. me when to say no there's some people

  300. that you need to say no to that you

  301. might have said yes to I've done that

  302. right there's some people that I said no

  303. to that I wish I'd said yes to He he'll

  304. he'll direct us in that there's

  305. boundaries that he puts in my life and

  306. that's how he directs and and and Jesus

  307. when he's involved like that he leads

  308. every are of your life because the word

  309. becomes primary and the wisdom of that

  310. word begins to direct your heart and

  311. holy spirit is inside that helper

  312. guiding and leading because I've made

  313. Jesus my focus now he's leading in the

  314. focus areas of my life My Career

  315. Education the interest that I'm involved

  316. in he leads with my friends the right

  317. one's in the wrong one's out I'm

  318. likeminded I'm aligned with them we have

  319. common goals together we're pushing my

  320. future my future my decisions my dreams

  321. the direction for my life he leads in

  322. all of those things and he is not one

  323. one who is limiting your life he is one

  324. that is setting your life up God has no

  325. problem with you having all kinds of

  326. amazing blessing flowing everywhere so

  327. that you can be a blessing but the way

  328. you get it the way I get it decides if

  329. we're living in purpose or

  330. not that purpose will save you from

  331. self-inflicted

  332. wounds now I'm no longer living in drama

  333. trying to act like it's all good I I'm

  334. no longer tripping in life taking hits

  335. that I never should have gone through

  336. sleepless nights that I never should

  337. have encountered because I'm doing it

  338. his way in fact let me just put it this

  339. way and I want you to say this loud with

  340. me say this loud with me here it is

  341. Jesus is the foundation of your entire

  342. life would you read that with me say it

  343. loud Jesus is the foundation of my

  344. entire life one more time Jesus is the

  345. foundation of my entire life you see

  346. then after I know who I am and the

  347. purpose I'm here to honor God and to

  348. fulfill his will and everything is going

  349. to come behind that once I know that now

  350. I'm ready for now what are

  351. we I got to establish that before I can

  352. go

  353. forward based on that I want to talk to

  354. you now about these three ways to

  355. identify that relationship or that

  356. situationship you're in whatever you

  357. want to call it I don't if it's if it's

  358. a marriage that's all good it's all good

  359. it's all where are the married folk in

  360. the place all the married folk let me

  361. see married folk okay there's some

  362. people loud and proud about that that's

  363. nice where the where the successfully

  364. sensationally single people were the

  365. sensationally single people yeah very

  366. good very good anybody engaged where

  367. these where the engaged folks some of

  368. y'all engaged you're no longer in

  369. neutral you're move okay that's good

  370. that's good yeah love that anybody just

  371. desperate thirsty like you just look

  372. like I'm don't don't raise your hand

  373. don't raise your hand don't raise your

  374. hand

  375. whatever the case may be I want us to

  376. get in here what are we how do I Define

  377. clarify this relationship number one we

  378. got to go in a hurry number one it's

  379. defined by that two people you and the

  380. one you're connected to actually have

  381. personal relationships with

  382. Jesus this is question number one and I

  383. can tell you now if you're in a in a

  384. relationship I don't care if it's if

  385. it's a business partner if if it's if

  386. it's a a spouse if it is a a dating

  387. relationship if the other person does

  388. not have a relationship with Jesus you

  389. got a messy situation on your

  390. hands that's not my opinion that's Bible

  391. life rule number one let's just lay this

  392. one out if you're looking for a new

  393. tattoo this is a good one right here put

  394. this one on here we go 2 Corinthians

  395. chapter 6:14 look at this here's what it

  396. says do not be yolked together with with

  397. unbelievers for what do righteousness

  398. and wickedness have in common or what

  399. Fellowship can light have with Darkness

  400. now let me lay something out

  401. here I got a lot of people in my life

  402. that don't know Jesus and I love them

  403. right we're we're we're not higher

  404. mightier better than anybody that's not

  405. what I'm

  406. saying but this is to I I I have a lot

  407. of acquaintances and people that I would

  408. do things for to help them

  409. but if I'm going when I talk about

  410. relationships I'm talking about that

  411. person that you have given access to

  412. your heart that has the ability to to

  413. move to shift to influence who you are

  414. and where you're going those are

  415. different and that's what this word is

  416. talking about when when when you're

  417. you're yolked together we're doing it

  418. side by side we're connected and we're

  419. to be going in the same direction I I

  420. want Cindy serving Jesus so he can fix

  421. [Applause]

  422. her it's my message I'll preach it like

  423. I want

  424. to I'm I'm so bold when she's not here

  425. she's coming back you know no no no no

  426. watch watch watch watch watch watch she

  427. wants me serving

  428. Jesus because when I get out of order my

  429. attitude goes sideways I get the

  430. priorities of Life mixed up and I put

  431. the church ahead of her put the church

  432. ahead of family I have a this thing

  433. called conviction where Holy Spirit runs

  434. through me and I feel like the lowest of

  435. lows like this is bad this is wrong you

  436. need to go repent to your wife you need

  437. to apologize you need to fix this and

  438. man whenever that hits you just can't

  439. you can't just shake that off he has a

  440. way of gnawing on you and he's like the

  441. The Hound of heaven and like he he's

  442. after you right he's always on you and I

  443. find myself going to C like Cindy look

  444. I'm I'm so sorry I'm so sorry my

  445. attitude this past week has just been

  446. horrible I know I've been difficult to

  447. be around she goes yes like don't don't

  448. amen me right now I'm trying to get this

  449. out I want her hearing from God she

  450. wants me hearing from God because he's

  451. only going to continue to strengthen the

  452. health of our relationship that's why

  453. it's important that we understand I I

  454. need a spouse who can look me in the

  455. face and say I know today's a big day

  456. I'm pray praying for you God is with you

  457. Scott God's going to give you wisdom and

  458. direction today you're going to make

  459. great decisions I need the one that I

  460. love that knows me the most to look me

  461. in the face and speak faith and life

  462. into me sir nothing like that in the

  463. world I I I know what it is I know what

  464. it is to go home after a you've got to

  465. be kidding me kind of day I've had news

  466. hit that was Heavy go home make it to

  467. the couch lay my head in my wife's lap

  468. and she lay hands on my head while I am

  469. crying and she's praying over

  470. me that ladies and gentlemen is a

  471. special

  472. place I need her knowing Jesus and she

  473. needs me knowing Jesus so that we can

  474. actually live and have this life I she

  475. wants my mind shaped by the Bible I want

  476. her to walk in the wisdom of Heaven I I

  477. I need I need her to be able to handle

  478. anger and pressure biblically

  479. you ever been around someone who didn't

  480. know how to handle it she doesn't need

  481. me putting holes in the walls she needs

  482. me breathing deep Breathe Stretch Shake

  483. let it go see she she need she needs

  484. sorry I I'm sorry she needs me she needs

  485. me handling that under the covering of

  486. God Holy Spirit lead me she she she has

  487. no problem following as long as I'm

  488. leading with him as the head of my life

  489. and the world word is directing this is

  490. how it works together honoring Jesus the

  491. attitude is good full of Hope joy we go

  492. through tough times but we have a hope

  493. that God is good going to bring us out

  494. you need that in your business

  495. relationships if you're in partnership

  496. with somebody you need a business

  497. partner who believes in Jesus like you

  498. believe in Jesus that we can walk this

  499. through together you need that in your

  500. friendships you need it in your dating

  501. life it's across every intimate

  502. relationship who are we you better know

  503. Jesus individually so that there's hell

  504. and there's power going forward this is

  505. fundamental this is fundament if you

  506. don't believe me ask somebody who has

  507. been married to a

  508. non-believer they love them tremendously

  509. and I I love that but it's it's tough

  510. when we have two sets of

  511. convictions Pastor Rick come come help

  512. me if you

  513. would don't be

  514. unequally yolked this is my brother if

  515. we're going into business together I

  516. need a dude that we're aligned we see

  517. the same thing we're praying over some

  518. stuff we still have some different

  519. decisions and different different

  520. opinions about it but we fight for that

  521. unity and we work it out doesn't mean

  522. everything is easy but we're fighting

  523. together we have the same conviction the

  524. same Bible the same Holy Spirit leading

  525. Our Lives if I get out of order I can

  526. repent to him he receives it because he

  527. knows what repentance is like we share

  528. that back and forth but if we're

  529. unequally

  530. yolked that means I'm pulling this way

  531. he's pulling that way ladies and

  532. gentlemen what kind of marriage is this

  533. all

  534. right what what what kind of yeah why

  535. are you dating at this level all

  536. right run forest

  537. run don't you get married in this no but

  538. he looks good he don't look that good he

  539. don't look that good

  540. [Applause]

  541. worship the Bible says how good and how

  542. pleasant it is for brothers to dwell

  543. together in unity there's a commanded

  544. blessing on

  545. Unity but when we're yoked

  546. unequally thank you that ain't

  547. glorifying God and it's causing pressure

  548. and heartache and pain on me and I'm

  549. praying prayers I never should have had

  550. to pray that's right and I'm stressed

  551. out over stuff I never should have been

  552. stressed

  553. over because I didn't know who I was and

  554. I walked into a place letting somebody

  555. else run my world I I can't go

  556. there ladies let me just kind of help

  557. you with this you got that guy and he

  558. looks good and I'm going to talk to the

  559. ladies about this because the Bible says

  560. that when a when when when a when a lady

  561. and a and a man are getting together

  562. that she is coming under the covering of

  563. the man's life that that that's Bible

  564. not my opinion that's Bible so don't get

  565. mad at me but but you got some questions

  566. you need to ask him start with this one

  567. um do you have a

  568. job that's probably a good place to

  569. start if you ain't got a job are you in

  570. school like you going

  571. somewhere do here's another one do you

  572. live with your

  573. mama follow-up question your

  574. Grandmama are you still married

  575. [Applause]

  576. I've lived in P County a minute I know

  577. what I'm talking

  578. about are you over your last

  579. situation are you a Cowboys fan I mean

  580. there there I'm sorry I shouldn't have

  581. gone there there's there are some things

  582. that are just

  583. like watch watch watch watch here's the

  584. first two questions here's the first two

  585. questions you got got to ask number

  586. one tell me about your relationship with

  587. Jesus right all right tell me what

  588. that's

  589. like do do you talk do do you know him

  590. when did you invite him into your life

  591. I'm not looking for a rock star you

  592. don't have to have the book of Hebrews

  593. memorized the Book of John is fine

  594. Hebrews is kind of difficult but but

  595. like

  596. like do you have a relationship with

  597. Jesus and then oh yeah because I'm

  598. telling you guys will tell you anything

  599. we we we'll tell you anything

  600. yeah yeah that's awesome that that is

  601. awesome uh what church do you go

  602. to second question oh I I I I go to Free

  603. Life Chapel cuz he drives by it on the

  604. way to work he knows what it looks like

  605. oh really tell me this what's the

  606. pastor's

  607. name that one right there that one

  608. stumps a lot of people they know a

  609. church name they just don't you want to

  610. find somebody who is

  611. legit again no rock stars there's no

  612. such thing as a rockstar believer we're

  613. all working it out we're all taking our

  614. steps there's no superstars in this but

  615. man just please be in the race just just

  616. be headed somewhere with him because

  617. that answer how he comes out determines

  618. if there's going to be a second date or

  619. not because why would I get stuck in a

  620. tug and pull situation when I know

  621. here's what's going to happen the only

  622. way for the stress to leave a situation

  623. where we're unequally yolked is for me

  624. to give up and follow follow

  625. you ladies and gentlemen you don't give

  626. up your purpose for anybody you don't

  627. walk away from who God made you to be or

  628. his plan for your life for

  629. anybody we hold on to that and by the

  630. way let me just put this out there this

  631. is important for marriages too it's

  632. important for marriages too we need to

  633. ask the question again what are we

  634. doing what are we doing been married for

  635. 15 years we need to visit this question

  636. who are we what's this life about what's

  637. this marriage all about the kids are

  638. about to leave we're going to hit year

  639. 20 of being married year 202 of being

  640. married kids are going to be gone you

  641. and me looking face to face who are we

  642. what's happening in us where are we

  643. going are we on the same page are we

  644. United you got to know that there's

  645. something you you got to have this

  646. conversation again and again and again

  647. don't let your home get stuck you got to

  648. keep talking about Jesus Don't Let Jesus

  649. be a weird Topic in your house no when

  650. it come time to pray don't have three

  651. kids fall over fainting because oh my

  652. God somebody's praying in the house that

  653. ought not be the situation like like

  654. we're we're we're moving we're we we we

  655. attend church we know what it is to pray

  656. we don't have it all together we have

  657. issues but man we're God conscious we're

  658. God aware and we're doing the best we're

  659. moving towards him is our marriage

  660. Christ honoring is it is it encouraging

  661. our faith is are are we living in that

  662. if it's not then repent and reset change

  663. it say from this day on there's some

  664. things that we got to reset number one I

  665. want to go really quick how do you know

  666. the question of what are we you got to

  667. are we both committed to Christ number

  668. two are we in pursuit of Christ

  669. together one thing to know Jesus another

  670. thing to be after

  671. Jesus are we pursuing him this is an

  672. important question you got to keep move

  673. keep your faith growing I'm glad that

  674. when you got married seven years ago

  675. that you were both Believers but we

  676. should be stronger Believers in year

  677. number seven than we were when we first

  678. started I should have found a place to

  679. serve in the church and our our

  680. conversation about Christ should be

  681. growing and I've got I've got I've got

  682. this this group I'm I'm I'm advancing my

  683. understanding with stronger men and

  684. stronger women make stronger families we

  685. should be getting better and stronger

  686. and advancing and my son should start

  687. his marriage to the place that I peaked

  688. out he gets on my shoulders and keeps on

  689. going so we keep dialing up every

  690. generation it gets better and gets

  691. better unequally yolked how how can how

  692. can two

  693. people be a part but still be pursuing

  694. the same thing unless Jesus is the goal

  695. Pastor Rick would you help me again I'm

  696. going to work you out

  697. today if you'll stand over there by the

  698. get to

  699. our now watch

  700. this the word of God this is the goal

  701. for my

  702. life and this is the goal for his life

  703. there it is wh there it is wh there it

  704. is I want to do business with this

  705. guy but as opposed to just pursuing him

  706. I've got to keep pursuing this

  707. word as opposed to pursuing me he's got

  708. to keep pursuing the word

  709. and as long as Jesus and his purpose and

  710. his word and his way and his character

  711. and his wisdom and his will is what is

  712. I'm after and what he's after it only

  713. advances both of us and it brings us

  714. together I need you to understand

  715. something thank you very much I need you

  716. understand

  717. something when you go into a dating

  718. relationship you might not be aware of

  719. this there's three of you all dating not

  720. two

  721. when you said I do it was really we

  722. do because you all got married in front

  723. of somebody and I don't know how big the

  724. crowd was if it was two people or if it

  725. was 2,000 people but they were witnesses

  726. as you all made vows to

  727. God and the three of you entered a

  728. covenant because the three of us are

  729. together I don't have the right or the

  730. authority to divorce my

  731. wife I made lifetime vows to that woman

  732. before him right he heard it and the way

  733. that this works is when his voice and

  734. his wisdom continues to guide lead and

  735. direct this house this wisdom doesn't

  736. come out of Scott this wisdom doesn't

  737. come out of Cindy this wisdom flows from

  738. him and as long as we keep our heads

  739. faed towards him he brings us closer

  740. together Jesus is not the problem in

  741. your

  742. relationships no no no no I know I know

  743. you got 99 problems but Jesus ain't

  744. one no so we keep moving towards him

  745. Ephesians chapter 2 says that we're Made

    Ephesians 2 chapter mention

  746. Alive together with Christ in other

  747. words there should be something where

  748. I'm encouraging Cindy's walk she's

  749. encouraging my walk I'm a better

  750. Christian because of my wife she should

  751. be a better believer because I'm in her

  752. life all of this matters as we move

  753. forward here's the third and final

  754. Point how do I ask the question the

  755. clarifying question what are we number

  756. one the individuals in the relationship

  757. have to have a personal relationship

  758. with Jesus number two we mutually have

  759. to be growing together in that

  760. relationship that right there those are

  761. clarifying if you're not it's time to

  762. reset repent hit some new strides this

  763. third one how do you know what are we

  764. who are the people you're doing life

  765. with all right all

  766. right you need Christian friends the

  767. right friends in your life ladies and

  768. gentlemen voices determine choices right

  769. the voices in your life are planting

  770. thoughts and ideas that you would never

  771. have come up with you ever been doing

  772. really good until you got around that

  773. one person and they said it was a

  774. horrible idea they said something

  775. terrible and you asked what

  776. time some of yall will get that

  777. later that's terrible what time we doing

  778. that yeah let's go we there's there's

  779. some things that I wasn't even thinking

  780. about that all of a sudden

  781. dang I need Cindy right now Cindy right

  782. now she preached this weekend in a

  783. women's event and some of of her

  784. girlfriends from college they all still

  785. stay they're close friends they're

  786. they're married they all serve in Jesus

  787. families their kids we're aunts and

  788. uncles to all those kids

  789. Cindy's with those girls right now and

  790. she's having the time of her life and do

  791. you know why I'm good with that and why

  792. I encourage her to go see your girls cuz

  793. then ain't none of them tried to talk

  794. her into divorcing

  795. me they ain't know they none of those

  796. girls going oh girl I am done with this

  797. situation oh my God marriage ah I don't

  798. need my wife hearing that stuff I need

  799. somebody going that's my man herc ules

  800. Hercules I I need I need to like she's

  801. hanging with some girls who are all

  802. about their boo so she's loving this so

  803. when she comes home she goes where's my

  804. boo I'm like I'm right here girl I'm

  805. right here like like that's I want that

  806. in her

  807. life when when when I'm when I spending

  808. time with my boys I don't need to be out

  809. with guys who are jacked up and angry at

  810. marriage and oh my God these kids I

  811. can't believe this and dang look at her

  812. she looks good I don't need you

  813. attracting my attention to places it

  814. doesn't need to be I need the right

  815. people in my life the right guys in my

  816. life the people that surround you the

  817. people that you choose to influence your

  818. home your dating relationship your

  819. business relationships those voices are

  820. going to have massive

  821. impact on what your future looks like

  822. who are

  823. we do I know my

  824. purpose based on that I qu qualify and

  825. disqualify oh I like you you look good

  826. and you love Jesus

  827. H I'm going to serve him you serve him

  828. we'll walk this out together oh now

  829. we're going to serve him together and

  830. grow together I'm liking this let's get

  831. the right voices in our life and

  832. Surround ourselves with the right people

  833. so we're hearing these things that are

  834. encouraging and planting ideas of

  835. strength and repentance and love and

  836. humility and protection and honor are

  837. building inside this home so that I'm

  838. insulated in what is pleasing to God

  839. with my

  840. life the quality of your relationships

  841. determines the quality of your

  842. life relationships go sideways your life

  843. sucketh that's King James in case you're

  844. wondering there's nothing like being

  845. gutted by that you got to know you got

  846. the right voices in your life listen

  847. what the Bible says Galatians chapter

  848. 6:2 read this out loud we're almost done

  849. here we go 1 2 3 help carry one

  850. another's burdens and in this way you

  851. will obey the

  852. law I'm here to serve you you're here to

  853. serve me stop trying to do life

  854. alone we're built for Community you were

  855. never meant to do Life by yourself do

  856. marriage alone that's why we put Aroma

  857. out there in the lobby that's not for

  858. you to buy a drink that's for you to get

  859. stuck in line so we can say Hi how are

  860. you what's your

  861. name it's a place of community we want

  862. to get to know you we want to do some

  863. life together there's something in you

  864. that's going to encourage us I hope

  865. there's something in us that will

  866. encourage you we need each other right

  867. it's about Community folks God blesses

  868. in community God leads in community God

  869. elevates in community we need each other

  870. relationships matter that's why we have

  871. to keep looking at who are we and make

  872. sure we're doing it in the right way

  873. Relationships by themselves bring enough

  874. tension but when we're making decisions

  875. that are honoring God based on his

  876. wisdom you can do it right and you can

  877. always come out on top would you stand

  878. to your feet in this room please come

  879. on listen I I've made some I've made

  880. some bad decisions in my marriage

  881. I I've I've gone sideways I've my

  882. attitude oh man I I I've gone through

  883. that and I've had to come back and

  884. repent and I'm

  885. sorry anybody else beside me anybody

  886. just hate repenting hate apologizing

  887. anybody besides me look at a bunch of

  888. liars in church won't even raise your

  889. hand it ain't like you love

  890. it I don't like it I don't like

  891. it but I've been there it's called

  892. relationship and when we enter into this

  893. like listen listen in a couple of weeks

  894. not next week cuz we're going to be da

  895. da da D we're going to be in that but

  896. but in two weeks Cindy's going to be up

  897. here with me and she's going to correct

  898. everything I got wrong and and and and

  899. then we're we're going to start talking

  900. real about some relationships and bring

  901. start laying some things out so we can

  902. who are we we're going to talk about

  903. that but but foundationally we have to

  904. know our purpose and then we got to be

  905. able to qualify where are we in this and

  906. once we get this running then we can

  907. expect every promise from God to flow

  908. into our life let's do it right father

  909. thank you thanks for your word thanks

  910. for your hope hope thanks for your joy

  911. that continues to lead our life we can

  912. so Jack things up but by your grace and

  913. your mercy your wisdom your conviction

  914. Holy Spirit you show us how to get it

  915. back on course again I pray for every

  916. relationship in this room the business

  917. relationships the dating relationships I

  918. I I I pray I pray for the the parent

  919. child relationships I I pray God for the

  920. marriage relationships that God you

  921. would help all of us in this room take

  922. steps forward in you if we need to

  923. things and reset things and move forward

  924. then God let's do that let us start

  925. conversations we've not had in years we

  926. want this home fresh we want it full of

  927. laughter we want it full of vision and

  928. dreams and plans and and and and scaling

  929. going to new levels I I want this

  930. Business Partnership to do what it's

  931. never done before God help us to have

  932. those conversations that it's built on

  933. the focus of you on your principles on

  934. what makes you smile we serve and live

  935. it your pleasure and as long as we do

  936. that everything else comes with it God

  937. help us to live this life that we can

  938. enjoy every blessing from the people you

  939. placed in our life help us to say yes

  940. help us to say no at the right times so

  941. that our lives are guided and led by you

  942. we worship you and we thank you for this

  943. in Jesus name amen we hope you enjoyed

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