Here Is Home Series: 10.11.26 But What Did You Ask | Pastor Bryan Powe

that you have become our faithful father and

we're thankful god for that we're thankful for

the love you poured out upon us for giving us

of our sins and making us righteous and acceptable

we thank you god that you gave us spiritual blessings

you've given us a joy an unspeakable joy and

we're thankful god for you in this moment and

it's time for bringing us here together. We don't

take these times for granted. We don't take these

moments for granted, but we are grateful that

we get to come together, worship together, pray

together. We're asking God for you to lead us

and guide us in this moment. As we open up your

word, we pray that your truth will set us free.

That if anybody came in here bound by any lies

or caught up in any schemes, That the truth of

your word will set them free in this hour. That

they will experience the freedom that comes with

knowing truth and being loved by you. In your

precious name I pray. The name above all names.

Y 'all shout it with me church. Jesus, amen,

amen. We'll love on your neighbor. Tell them

you're glad to see them. Tell them this has been

an incredible journey. But looking to say, Hey

neighbor, you've made it to the end of this chapter.

You know, we've been in the series. Here is home.

And I believe it's been one of our most powerful

sermon series. Do y 'all agree? I'm gonna try

that again. I believe it's been one of our most

powerful sermon series. There we go. Here is

home is coming from an understanding that um

God Loves a devoted people The Bible is not casual

nor is it? Shy are reluctant about God's desire

for us to love him completely spirit soul and

body That he wants the fullness of us. He wants

all of us He wants to consume us the Bible speaks

of it like a like a all -consuming fire. He wants

to into your lives and Here is home was more

than just a title. It was a declaration that

if we found ourselves in any great spaces concerning

Where God has called us who we are Some of our

beliefs that we would officially declare. No,

we're home here. We're home in Miracle signs

and wonders right that we're we're home if God

has called you to Tampa, Florida. I'm here. I'm

home Until my address changes. I might as well

be where my feet are You know, we declared home

to this church, you know, God's called you to

reveal the truth ministries here is home, you

know and home and marriages and home and jobs

and home everywhere simply knowing that The Bible

tells us in James that a double -minded man is

unstable in all of his ways and he cannot expect

to receive anything from God And so we're saying,

no, we want to be postured in a place to where

we can receive that all that heaven has for us,

that we want to truly experience that new life.

And we want to go from graves to glory. We want

to experience the glory of God in our lives.

Anybody want to experience the glory of God in

your life? And we realize that in order to experience

that glory, we must have not information, but

revelation from God. We need his wisdom. We need

to know what is not just permissible, what is

profitable for our lives and that takes wisdom

from God. Believe it or not, there are things

God has for you, specifically for you, that without

connection with him, you will not know what they

are. Won't be able to tell you what they are

your mama your daddy your auntie uncle There's

things that God has for you that he is intending

on communicating directly to you And so that

means we need to sit under an open heaven Amen

and under that open heaven God is able to pour

out wisdom that we need for us to be not just

Not just off -the -shelf Christians, but but

truly be ones filled with the spirit of God.

That we don't want to be ones that are so caught

up by the letter that we miss the spirit of God

that's behind every word that is spoken. Y 'all

rocking with me? Amen. And so we spent the majority

of our time there. And you know, as we were closing

this thing out, God just said, it's time, time

to go to war. And so we've been spending these

last three weeks gloves off. So looking to say,

Hey neighbor, this is another gloves off service

meaning that our objective as believers is to

know the truth and it's by that very truth we

shall be set free and understanding that anytime

you hear truth it may be convicting it may be

controversial but those things we know lead to

our good that the Bible I know we've been saying

even when it doesn't taste good it Boy, I'm gonna

try to get on this side. Even when it doesn't

taste good at what it lives good And so we don't

want to hear the truth. Oh, that was good. Yeah,

some of it is really good But stick around to

find out the path. That's normally where you're

like, okay God I hear you mama. She's listening

on the way in she's I ain't gonna miss a minute

of this word and so We went back and I have been

I can't tell you how stirred up I've been, as

a pastor, to see how you guys have been responding

to truth the last two weeks. You know, we went

back to where we actually started this year,

in the book of Haggai. Y 'all see how I did that?

Working on it. In the book of Haggai, and said,

you know, God told us that this year, point blank

period, that we were going to have to consider

our ways. Now, I don't know maybe some people

forgot about that doesn't matter we're all in

here together and so as we were entering to this

last quarter God said we need to go back and

some of us got a little lost some of us No, we

were right where God wants us to be but truthfully

and I say this because you can also miss this

in the book of Haggai is The fact that or the

truth that it wasn't about an individual arrival

I'm saying it again. The book of Haggai wasn't

about an individual's arrival. It was about a

people's arrival. I'm saying it to this side.

Maybe y 'all over here care about folks. But

the book of Haggai, he was telling them to individually

consider their ways for collective victory. Okay,

I said it wrong over this. In the book of Haggai,

he was telling them to individually consider

their ways for a collective victory, that it

wasn't about someone saying, I got it, I'm good.

No, it was about, we individually considered

our way so that we can get it. That we must understand

that there are things that we are called to do

together and experience together, but it may

come through the path of you considering your

individual participation in our we thing. And

so, Even if you are, wherever you are, experiencing

your new life, we ain't all there. So let's come

together and let's as a church, oh man, be that

new community, be that brother's keeper. Y 'all

all right? And so three places which I understand,

not all of these things are, how can I say this?

considered the same way for everybody that's

why you need wisdom from God and so we said we're

gonna dial in these last three weeks the first

week we talked about sowing and last week we

talked about seeking and this week we're gonna

talk about serving and we talked about these

three areas because as a people we haven't really

connected our our what's going on in our lives

naturally to how we've handled those areas spiritually.

And that was also a big mistake that was made

in the Book of Haggai, that they were connecting,

they weren't connecting their realities, what

they were seeing to how they were handling spiritual

matters. And there was a disconnect and Haggai

says, no, no, no, no. What you're experiencing

naturally is directly connected to how you are

handling things spiritually. That you have been

translated into a new Kingdom and so you don't

live by the rules and the dictates of this world

You are governed by a greater kingdom. That's

the kingdom of God say hey neighbor You were

in this world, but not of this world. You are

governed now say this with some audacity by a

greater Kingdom and so he says guys You know,

that's what the Bible says. Seek ye first the

kingdom of God. And you know that these things

are letting us know that when you put God first,

that everything else happens according to how

he wants it to go. And so we prioritize the kingdom

and in prioritizing his kingdom, there are things

about this everyday walking around life that

are no longer of concern. And so here's the thing.

The thing is it's not for us to be to you hear

that truth in order to live that truth It should

say to me when my everyday life is out of order.

It's because something in the kingdom has lost

its order Hear me out Gloves off. I know it's

early Right. So what does that? How do I live

that truth? You can know the truth, but if you

do not know how to He lived by that truth. It

does you no good. So if I know the Bible says

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness

and all these things will be added unto you.

What were those things? Those are things concerning

their everyday walking around life. Well, that's

what I know, but how do I live it? This is how

I live it if I'm if I'm walking around in my

everyday life It's out of order that lets me

know it's because something of the kingdom is

not in order And that's what Haggai was trying

to tell them y 'all keep wondering around while

you're why you got your money got your bags humping

holes in your money bags and your harvest isn't

yielding you're wondering all of these things

but you haven't considered how you've actually

treated God's kingdom and so this is not necessarily

breaking ground of revelation but it's as fundamental

for us to realize as believers y 'all rocking

with me right go with me to mark 10 now oh Jesus

Christ Today we are going to teach a message

on servanthood y 'all knew that when y 'all showed

up here this message Must be taught according

to the word of God Hear me out because as we

start to read It's important for you to realize

that none of us set this standard But all of

us have an opportunity to live up to now I will

also tell you if there's a message that I, Pastor

Brian, carry the greatest conviction concerning

is this one right here. I cannot explain outside

of these truths why God has been so good to me.

If someone asked me, why do you believe God has

been so good? I would say it's because of believing

that what he said here is actually true. So I'm

gonna preach it, just as it's written. Y 'all

like, why pastor came into worship late? I'm

gonna tell you why I came to worship late. I

came into Worship Lake because I was like, God,

if there's a disclaimer, if there's a group of

people this doesn't hit, let me know before we

start. And he did give me a group, which is fine.

And I think this is important. It was so beautiful

because I also realized that we are a multi -generational

church. There are people that are serving this

ministry right now beyond their tenure. So I

don't want you to hear this message and think

God's calling you back to a place you've graduated

from but I do you need you to realize that this

is the same truth that changed you and What is

your assignment is to not back down from the

truth that changed you? Because there's a new

generation that needs to hear the truth Unfortunately,

there's a lot of seasoned people who aren't telling

them the truth anymore Because they are afraid

that the truth is gonna call them back to a place

that they have graduated from which you have

I want to preach the message, but I got to make

sure That y 'all are that people are in the right

seats You hear what I'm saying? right that that

there are many of you who have done this and

well done well done, but then there's those you

still in this and you just need to hear the truth

and stop messing around with them lies. Y 'all

all right. And so I'm asking some of y 'all to

join with me in calling others out of, bruh,

that's not how it works. Because we all can agree

we live in a generation that think that they

can just do what they way. And that's not how

it works. They want what they see, but they don't

want to duplicate anybody who's got it. Oh, they

talking to me. you know they see where you live

now but they don't want to do an ounce of what

you did to get there we have a generation that

wants to be successful without having to be faithful

like that's what we got that's what we got and

they're looking at you and saying well you ain't

there like you like like you still asking me

to be there and you gotta tell i was there it's

your turn that's the truth i did it You up. And

so I'm saying that because this is a multi -generational

church, so I want to teach the truth. But I want

y 'all to also understand some of y 'all ain't

being called back to. You're being called to

say the truth, Bowley. To be reinvigorated with,

you know what, pastor? You right. I'm not finna

try to sugarcoat it with them no more. You cannot

be successful without first being found faithful.

Period. The Bible even tells us that if you wanted

to find out if you are faithful, that you can't

even ask yourself that question. That you should

ask the person to whom you said you're called

to be faithful too. So many people, this generation,

they call themselves faithful. Not knowing the

Bible don't even acknowledge you calling you

faithful. I'll get started. I was seeing how

far I could get. But like y 'all listening, one

last thing before we start. These are just things

God told me to share. before we start, so y 'all

just hear me out. Many of these truths I was

convicted of before I even read them in the text.

Why am I saying this? Because some of you guys,

this message is going to be confirmation of what

you already knew. I was like, I knew that was

true. I just didn't know where it was at. Any

of y 'all ever had one of the moments in scripture?

You felt the conviction before you even read

the text? But amen. Sorry, y 'all there, Mark

Mark 10 · chapter mention

chapter 10, verse. We'll start at 35. I'm reading

ESV. It says, and James and John, the sons of

Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, teacher,

we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.

All right. Now, first, hear me out. We all read

that. We all gasp the same way to think that

Who is anybody to come up to Jesus and make such

a statement as we want you to do for us whatever

we ask of you many of us that just makes the

inside of us tear up and I would say you're that

mature group I was talking about like you'd like

this sound wrong all right I don't even know

what the rest of this is pastor you don't even

got to break this text down but cast them brothers

out but here's the truth That's how this generation

approaches Jesus Unfortunately, that's how many

of us have gone back to approaching Jesus We

talked about this last weekend seeking that we

truthfully are coming here and in our hearts

is one simple request we just want you to do

what we asking and Jesus this is so good you

would think Jesus's response is No, but check

this out church. Jesus doesn't say no He said

to them What do you want? Me to do for you. So

Jesus didn't say no to that request He asked

them. What is it that you want? Because there's

something else we know about the kingdom to whom

much is given Much is required. So Jesus is not

immediately offended by their request Jesus is

not confused, baffled, or even offended by their

request. Jesus first wants to know, well, what

are you asking? And we should always ask ourselves

when we are coming to Christ, what is it that

you truly desire? That's why Jesus asked him,

what is it you want? Because once I hear what

you want, I can discover what's actually in your

heart. And they said to him, grant us to sit

at your right hand and one at your left hand.

glory. What they were saying is the right hand

and the left hand of any leader was considered

places of prestige and honor. What they were

asking for was to be represented in prestige

and honor upon his victory over Jerusalem. Their

thought was that Jesus came to establish an earthly

kingdom that was visible and so what they were

asking for was to be seen in visibility with

him as he conquered this earthly kingdom but

this revealed something in their heart that they

didn't realize that jesus didn't come to establish

an earthly kingdom but a heavenly kingdom jesus

came to destroy an earthly kingdom and establish

a heavenly one And so it actually revealed that

they missed some steps along the way. Sometimes

we've missed some steps along the way. We've

heard some things. Oh, that sounds good. What

did they hear? They heard that the ones who have

been oppressing them roam, that Jesus was going

to go conquer them. And so they were like, hey,

listen, we're about to free the people. And because

they were oppressed as a people, it sounded attractive

to be with the one who was going to take down

the power that they saw. But we know that Jesus

doesn't fight flesh and blood. He fights principalities,

rulers, and places that you cannot see. So they

were imagining a physical victory when Jesus

was fighting a spiritual one. And so, in this

moment, when Jesus was speaking more and more

about his coming time for me to do what I've

came to do, they saw that time was running short.

in seeing that time was running short they're

like we got to get our request in because we

want to be close to him when we win and so they

were seeking a natural victory a scene victory

although Jesus was fighting a spiritual victory

in other words they've been walking with them

but they've been on two different pages hope

y 'all rocking with me and that's happens with

us sometimes sometimes we trade in the deeper

for the cheaper Right, that we started understanding

that he's freed me from sin, he's freed me from

death, he's given me a heavenly home, my eternity

is secure, but over time we've drifted into truly

desiring to be seen visibly good. Wrong side

of the church again. So, the fight was for spiritual

freedom. And so Jesus says, hey listen, I've

come to set you free. from a greater oppression

than you even realize that Rome has. They thought

Rome was an oppressor. They didn't realize that

sin is always a greater oppressor than Rome.

So Jesus didn't come to just set them free from

a physical oppression of Rome, but from a spiritual

oppression called sin. And he's like, listen,

if you've been set free from sin, what can Rome

do? And so Jesus like, I'm doing what you're

saying. It's just not visible the way you want

it. Come on y 'all gotta rock with me, right?

And so They're in this journey. They're like

well, whoa. Whoa. Whoa We now want some visibility

of our victory. I don't want to mess with y 'all

too much But this is where a lot of us are today

That you have been set free sin no longer has

you bound grace is flowing through your life

But yet because you don't have as many physical

signs as victory as you thought you're beginning

to think that the fight wasn't worth it This

is where they are and so they're saying listen

We want to rock next to you because every king

has a throne and so when you conquer I got any

James is in the house any John's in the house,

right? That's right. So their thought was save

us from Rome. His thought was save you from sin

Which is a greater slavery than Rome has ever

Oppressed you with this right here is also revealing

to They said, in your glory, I was going to do

this later on, but I don't think we're going

to make it. But that right there was the trigger

to understand that they had misaligned at some

place because they were wanting to be in Jesus's

glory. And Jesus is like, there is no glory apart

from the fathers. And he appropriates this here.

Jesus said to them, you do not know what you

are asking to drink the cup that I drink. or

to be baptized with the baptism which I am baptized.

In other words, you cannot ask without realizing

that there must be something given to achieve.

You're asking to be with me in glory. Well, the

path of glory goes through death. So the answer

wasn't no. What was given to them was the path

to the request. You gotta see this you gotta

see this so Jesus didn't say that's the stupidest

thing I ever heard before in my life How could

you ask for the right and the left? I know you've

misinterpreted the right and the left, but either

way, we can work that out as we continue to grow

and learn each other. But what I need you to

understand greater now than anything else in

this moment, bump your mistheology right now.

I need you to get a basic principle that if you

are asking for something, you must be willing

to give of yourself in proportion to what you

have asked for. That you cannot ask for something

great and be willing to give something small

That if you are asking for greatness, you must

be willing to sacrifice great With it that you

cannot be asking for much and only be willing

to give Little that if you're asking for much

if you came in hear me out church and ask Jesus

to do something so world -changing It's not that

he said no He didn't tell them no I hear y 'all

dream carriers every week and you believe that

God is going to do Exceedingly abundantly above

what you can ask think or imagine many came in

here You have named what it is that you want

God to do in your life And I'm here to show you

he didn't tell them no He just gave them the

path to what they asked for because the every

promise there's a and so he says hey You want

this glory want this glory? I think y 'all should

look at y 'all never say hey neighbor You want

this glory? You you got to trace the story and

he says hey Are you able to drink the cup that

I drink or be baptized with the baptism which

which I'm baptized Jesus is speaking of the cup

of death If you're willing to rock with your

boy, maybe there's a chance, but what you ask

for is mighty great. What are you saying Pastor

Byron? I know it may seem as though Jesus is

asking you for a lot right now, but have you

considered what you've asked him for? Have you

actually considered what you've asked him for?

We have a church that has minimized our request

in the face the majesty of his glory Just because

he's big doesn't mean it makes what you have

to do small. I'm gonna say it again Just because

he's a big God. It doesn't mean You get away

with doing small things I'm gonna say this Just

because he's a big God That does not mean you

get away with doing small things We have a generation

now that thinks God's so big they can do nothing

I can do nothing. God's so great, I can do nothing.

This is where we are. Boy, y 'all about to run

me out of the church. I can feel y 'all right

now. Anyway, check this out. Verse 39, this should

blow your mind again. And they said to him, we

able. Boy, this is a different group of mama

jammers right here. This is top flight discipleship.

This this is discipleship on levels many of us

have yet to experience Jesus is saying you gonna

have to drink the cup be baptized with the fire.

They're like bring it on Whatever you ask if

it results in glory, we are willing Whatever

you ask if it results in glory, we are willing

whatever you ask if it results in glory, we are

will whatever If it results in glory, we are

willing we don't even understand what it means

to drink the cup But if it takes drinking the

cup to sharing glory past the cup Jesus They

don't even understand the magnitude of what they're

asking for But they do understand the principle

to who much is given much is required Why should

I even expect to have a small request given what

I've asked? I've asked to sit next to Jesus in

victory. I've asked to be side by side with the

Savior in victory. Why would I even think that

comes with me doing something small? Look at

your neighbor. Say, hey neighbor, what have you

asked? I know you're complaining about what he's

called you to do, but what did you ask? That's

the new question. We got to start asking people

when we're seeing people complain about About

about about serving and we're seeing them complaining

about sacrifice and we shouldn't try to try to

help them understand We should first ask them.

What did you ask? Oh what you're mad about and

I know what you think is too high and I know

you the Expectations are through the roof. But

before I even evaluate whether or not they're

misusing you Can I ask you a question? What did

you ask Jesus for? Before I say they putting

too much on you before I say they not considering

your family before I say that they not doing

blah blah blah Can I can I just ask what what

did you what did you what did you ask? What did

you ask Jesus for? because truthfully Some requests

come at the leaving of your family I would be

lying to you if I didn't show you that many times

throughout scripture Based upon the request the

follow -up was get out of here. You have to leave

everything you know you have to put down your

occupation you have to put down what you think

is your primary gifting you're gonna have to

put down what you think is your primary source

of resources you will have to lay it all down

so I can't tell you that the request is too much

before I realize what did you ask you know they

want us up there every night of the week what

did you I can't tell you it's too much until

I know what you upside down, you're not gonna

be able to do that from your couch, bro. You're

not gonna be able to maintain your sleeping schedule

according to some app on your phone. So you're

telling me the app knows more about the rest

you need than the Christ who found you. What

are you saying? I haven't reached my peak. What

is this? The matriarchs are seasoned saints.

Because you're like, what are these devices that

you are using in substitution of the Holy Spirit?

We do not know of the Jesus you follow That's

what y 'all really want to tell them. We don't

know what Jesus y 'all follow, but it ain't the

one that found me I suggest You go find the real

Jesus because the Jesus you think Ain't the Jesus

I serve They said we are able and Jesus said

to them the cup that I drink You will drink and

with the baptism which I am baptized You will

be baptized. What did you say? He says you right?

Right now it's going to be in your way Because

there's only one who's getting on the cross for

all mankind but what you must realize each one

of us does have a cup we will have to drink and

Your cup may not be my cup, but you got a cup

Hey neighbor You got a cup and next time you're

reluctant about drinking it just ask yourself

What did I ask for? But what's most important

here is the principle. What does the cup represent?

It represents suffering It represents the thing

you don't want to go through to get to where

God wants you The cup represents the thing you

don't want to go through to get to where God

wants you and what we must all realize there

is always going to be something you have to go

through to get to where God wants you but you

have to ask yourself before you say ask too much

what did i ask him for because we all have a

cup we must drink up as it turns out James would

be killed he would be martyred John would be

exiled from the country so John separated from

family James killed so that was their cups wasn't

the cross But I love to think about this because

even Jesus had to carry his cross before he got

a chance to fight his fight I'm saying again

Jesus carried the cross Before he fought the

fight. I'm saying to this side. He carried the

cross Before he fought the fight we think carrying

the cross is the fight this side We think carrying

the cross is the fight the cross carrying was

the prerequisite to the cross He had to carry

the crawl the cross to the cross The victory

wasn't in how he got there The victory is that

he withstand everything when he arrived And so

we have believers that think because they went

through something the battle is over No, oftentimes

what you went through just got you to The battlefield

now that you're on it. You got a fight. That's

that seems like a lot the shame it's heavy cross

victory and God's like you ain't even at the

battlefield yet you ain't even made it to the

battle yet and you mad about a cross we had a

leadership meeting last month no y 'all pray

for past this is how times been with me last

week and I'm gonna say this because someone came

to me and they said oh that's right some people

they couldn't make it They had a reason, you

know. They had somewhere else they had to be.

I said, you know, it's so amazing to me. One

day, we'll realize as a people, everybody had

somewhere else to be. There wasn't a person in

the room that didn't have a better place to be.

But for some reason, there's a select amount

of us that think that where we supposed to be

has greater rank than other people. And I don't

understand, maybe one day you'll realize. everybody

always has another option. That's what's going

on in culture today. Some people are living in

what they think they already arrived to. They

really think they already are that. Just because

the song says I'm him that don't make it you.

You get caught up in the lyrics and forget your

reality. What are you saying Pastor Brian? They

had false illusions of places of honor. False

illusions. places of honor Jesus was going to

sit on an earthly throne not realizing he was

ascending to a heavenly one what are you saying

that truth is the kingdom of God is not made

up of place of palaces and thrones but of hearts

and lives that Jesus wasn't trying to sit on

the throne of a built palace but sit on the throne

of one hearts so his reign would be great But

it's an internal victory, not one perceived by

this world's standards of what's great, but what

is truly eternally beneficial. He's the greatest

King without a visible throne. The only time

he would be lifted above this earth, it would

be on a cross. The only time he would be seen

lifted above this earth, it would be on a cross,

dying for everyone that sat below it. That's

how humbled he walked but yet we have a generation

that is serving him So they could be lifted to

places. He would never even be lifted to himself.

There's 40. Oh, man This is so beautiful, but

to sit at my right hand or at my left It's not

mine to grant but it is for those for whom it

has been prepared What was he saying? Y 'all

understand James and John did not quit at the

same But Jesus finishes the same by saying the

thing you asked for it's not even mine to get

Who will determine who's on the left and the

right? But as for me and you We shall follow

and allow him to bless us. However, he so chooses

I heard your request based on your request This

is the ask But I need you to understand, even

though we will give all, it's still not on us

to determine how we will be blessed because of

it. Many people are willing to do things for

a guarantee. Very few are willing to do them

because they understand the great love from which

they've been loved. He's pulling out a heart

of servanthood and service and sacrifice that's

unrecognizable by most of us. Can we be honest

if someone told you I heard what you asked it's

gonna cost you everything But at the end of everything

being taken, I'm not gonna guarantee what you

gave it all up for How many y 'all still rocking?

This is what he's saying. I'm gonna leave y 'all

alone and when the ten heard it they began to

be at James and John and Jesus called them Called

them to him and said to them You know that those

who are considered rulers of the Gentiles Lord

over it Lord it over them and their great ones

exercise authority over them But it shall not

be so among you but whoever Would be great among

you Must be your servant Jesus in those short

amount of text was setting the order for what

greatness in the kingdom looks like. The ten

were indignant because they too were being brought

back to a place of physical representation of

kingdom greatness. They were indignant because

they realized once someone's on your right and

someone's on your left ain't no more seats of

honor left. These two brothers jumped in before

the rest of us realized What was going on? So

members 12 disciples, so the other 10 were listening

it was like hold up Ain't we all going in the

same direction? Why did these two? Because remember

Jesus didn't tell them no I Imagine they were

looking back like we were looking back. Oh, he

bought them. He bought them put them in a place

They just asked for school. Watch them. Watch

them. Save you're about to get them step back

y 'all step back Jesus about to tell them then

they hear Jesus be like sounds fine to me They're

like well if all we had to do was ask It he's

like listen y 'all let me help all y 'all out

this world prioritizes Greatness by its ability

to impose its authority upon others This world

sees greatness by the ability you have to govern

others against their will that their seats of

authority aren't even true seats of honor because

everyone who is subject to them is only subject

because they have some type of authority or ranking

given to them by financial gain by by manly positions

that they have rankings that Determine their

authority, but none of their authority is genuine

if they lose the title they lose the power What

do you say in passive Brian your boss as long

as they? your boss can tell you what to do your

boss go to your house now boss I don't know if

you was aware it is but here you don't read nothing

here this is my house you have situational authority

it runs within the time frame at a location with

given tasks pre -described in a job description

And at the time you ask for something outside

of that time, away from locations or outside

of that job description, you no longer have authority.

Matter of fact, the day you stop passing money,

you lose authority because you don't have true

sonship. You don't have true servants. We are

not here because we believe in what you are doing.

We are here. because it's a means for me somehow

to get closer to what I believe I should be doing.

You're a means to an end. The entrance to the

kingdom. Here's the problem, church. Many of

us are very unaware that we are presently treating

our Heavenly Father like we do these earthly

kings. That if it doesn't fit within my calling,

my gifting, my schedule, where I plan to be already,

it's a no -go. My friends didn't capture your

heart so that he would have to operate within

your confines. He captured your heart so that

he can live outside of what you think should

be done. Gave his life not for your availability.

He gave his life for your life, not give his

life for your availability. He gave his life

as an exchange for your life. Here's the truth.

We say we are willing to suffer for Jesus while

complaining about the mire and irritations that

come with serving others. What is that confines?

Strictions. This doesn't fit my calling. Why

am I being asked? This doesn't fit my availability.

Why are we asking to be there? Jesus, you are

asking me is outside of the convenience of the

life I've created. And Jesus is like, nothing

I did for you fit inside of the convenience of

the God that I was. I took on flesh for you,

and you won't even take on inconvenience for

me. And I put this together as a chart because

many of us, it's not that we're not committed,

it's just we fail to realize what it actually

looks like to be submitted. Jesus wasn't committed

to the cross. He was submitted to the cross.

What do you mean, Pastor Brian? He wasn't on

the cross as a savior. He was on the cross as

a convicted conspiracy theorist. They didn't

put a savior up there in their eyes. They put

a criminal up there. He wasn't on that cross

in glory, on that cross in shame. I'ma go home.

I told y 'all, just forgive me. God tell me,

Brian, that's enough. That's enough. Because

I get extremely passionate about this when I

see people ask for much and complain about little

requests And it shows up in the little things

church. I mean sometimes Just jump out at you

like I don't have on the right outfit today.

It seems so small But it represents something

so much greater. What does it represent? It represents

a limitation You're afraid of looking bad when

he wasn't afraid of being spit on Being mocked

So your cup is a bad hair day. Don't sound like

a bad cup Man, I got to go but it shall not be

so among you in other words That ain't our kingdom.

We do not live that way. We do not live under

the pretense of authority No, we live in authentic

submitted life A life that says the greatest

among us is the servant. The greatest among us

is the one who is willing to go where no one

else is willing to go, do what no one else is

willing to do, do it seen and unseen, heard and

unheard, visible and invisible. We are the ones

that understand that servanthood is the besthood.

That if it needs to be done, It shall be done

because my life is being presented as a sacrifice

Not my availability Whoever would want to be

great amongst you must be your servant and whoever

would be First among you must be a slave of all

for even the son of man came not to be served

but to serve and to give his life as a ransom

for others so Jesus takes this and wraps it up

in what he's doing himself how could you say

you've come to follow me but not be willing to

die to others when the main crux of my whole

mission is to die for others the whole point

of my coming is so that i may die so others may

live that i lay down my very life as a sacrifice

so that others may meet the life of jesus that

if it's bringing them closer to jesus it doesn't

matter what the ask is i'm going to do a throwback

y 'all ready for this the response is simple

here i am lord here we are lord what are you

saying pastor brian that some of guys god is

calling you from being committed to this life

of Christ to being submitted to the life of Christ

and I want to just point out some differences

here Committed people require information Where

are we going? What are we doing? What's supposed

to happen? Submitted people need revelation What

did God say? Committed people connect to what

they understand submitted people Submit to who

they trust Committed people need agreement before

moving Submitted people Need direction while

moving. Here's the thing about committed people.

You'll always find temporary intersections of

Agreement and I want to do this example actually

did this example nine years ago Some y 'all may

remember it because I want you to understand

the fullness of of what is being presented here.

If you're hearing all of this and you think this

is how we build a better church, you're right.

But if you don't understand this is how you build

a better marriage, you missed the whole point.

Jesus is teaching this because as we submit to

what this is, all other things come together.

So I want to give you an example, right? People

who are in a committed marriage. What does that

mean? that they're not in this seat of sacrificial

service to one another. They're committed to

the idea of marriage and if you're committed

to the idea, you will have momentary intersections

where you feel as though it's good. What does

that look like, right? That if the wife says,

you know what? All I want is more date nights.

Then as long as that husband is taking her out

on date nights, While they're out on those dates

she feel as though the marriage is good Whether

or not the husband wanted to be there or not

because it turns out we could care less if people

are where their heart wants them to be nowadays

We'll just take the body husband. Why won't you

just watch some football games with me? You're

not interested in anything. I'm interested in

so the wife sits on the couch Watches the football

game uninterested but in this moment we feel

good why because you're doing what i want and

so there's momentary intersections every date

night and every football game we feel as though

we have a good marriage but what you don't have

is a submitted one you have a committed one and

it's hard to have a fruitful marriage where there

are two living people just wanting their way

the bible tells us that we are submitting one

to another under the lordship Christ. So what

are you saying Pastor? What I'm saying is a submitted

mayor says what is Jesus define love to be and

how many times do we intersect at his points

of agreement not our self -satisfaction. Like

how many times do we find ourselves where he

says love exists not how many times we find ourselves

at places I just want you to be. And so We're

trying to figure out why there's moments where

it feels good and moments where it feels empty.

It's because you have a committed marriage, not

a submitted marriage. You're not both looking

at the image of Jesus and allowing Jesus to determine

where you should be together. But you're looking

at the desires of one another and creating a

to -do list that none of y 'all even really want

to do. Well, how do I do this pastor Brian? I

realize the greatest among us isn't the one who

says what should be done but the one who serves

To the benefit of the other. So what does that

mean? That means that I'm no longer trying to

push my desires on you And you're not trying

to push your desires on me. We are both we are

willing to serve what Jesus says is good for

us Y 'all rocking with me. It's a principle that

unlocks greatness the kingdom it's called surfing

laying down not just my agenda but my life for

the benefit of others because here's the truth

be committed to many things but you only can

be submitted to one thing at a time so many of

you have stretched yourselves so thin you haven't

even experienced the weight of his glory that

comes from submitting who you are completely

to anything. So as we end this Here Is Home series,

my prayer, stop being committed to everything

and be submitted to the one thing that God has

called you to pour your life into it. Finally,

boldly declare, here is, and I cannot expect

to experience the weight of his glory while scattering

seeds across barren land. Let's be planted. be

watered and I must trust God to bring the increase.

I love the words of Jesus' disciples. He speaks

to them in John 6 and 16. He tells them, listen,

I lost a lot of them today because he told them

that they would have to drink of his blood and

eat of his flesh and they all ran. Then there

were 70 left and he says, hey, if that offends

you, you can go too. But I love their words back

to him. They said, Jesus. Where else do we have

to go? You alone have the words of life. Father

God, I thank you for your people today. I pray

that your will be done in their lives. I pray

that your kingdom be lifted up in their lives.

I pray that you alone sit on the throne of their

hearts. I pray that They trust your word. They

lean not to their own understanding I pray that

they Spend some time with this and I pray that

they with authenticity consider their ways and

say God Where am I living committed that I'm

supposed to be submitted God, where am I afraid

and have been hesitant to pour the fullness of

myself in where you are requiring me to I pray

that he gives you wisdom to understand those

places. I pray that he also gives you the wisdom

to understand the places you shouldn't be that

are causing you to live a scattered life, so

therefore you have a fragmented harvest. I pray

that God convict you that he's very clear about

where you are to focus, where you are to be,

so that you can live an actual life of pure servanthood

to where you're not wondering about being Manipulated

you're not wondering about being misled, but

I pray that God Restores your heart Cultivates

a fresh trust in you so that you can experience

the fullness of this kingdom here on earth I

pray that as a church That we are no longer tossed

to and fro by every wind and wave of doctrine

That we're not trying to find a way around the

truth no longer that we will boldly pick up our

crosses We're boldly drink from our cup knowing

that if you gave your life it might just cost

me mine I pray that we be bold in our witness

and be courageous with our faith. I pray that

we Stir one another up as we take this walk.

It's not gonna be easy for anybody But I pray

that as brothers and sisters one to another that

we stir each other up in faith that we don't

become reservoirs of complaint in but we embrace

our brothers and sisters with grace and truth,

that we speak love towards them, but we do not

withhold the truth from them. I pray that we

become living vessels of your glory and your

power. I was about to say something. I'm gonna

say it, because I think it might help y 'all.

Because you may wonder, that Pastor Brian, he

doing a whole lot. And you may not know what

I've asked God for. And I was about to pray it

over y 'all. And you might not want it. I think

some of y 'all do. But I ask God all the time

to let us be the church that brings him back.

Let us be the ones who got it. I ask him that

all the time. I believe we have the ability to

be that church. I do. I believe we can be the

church that heals the wounds of the previous

one and sets a blaze. for what God always wanted

his church to be and feel like. I believe that

with all my heart, that we have the church that

will reign on every mountain of authority in

this world. I believe we will reign on the mountain

of entertainment, of business, of education.

I believe if the mountain exists, we will be

on top of that mountain as people of God. That's

what I ask God for. that every seat of authority

will be occupied by a person that knows him by

his name. I believe some of y 'all have that

same desire. That you don't believe because you're

a Christian that you're in a subset. You believe

because you are saved, you're the set. I'm not

afraid of you putting Christian on my business

as long as you put best next to it. Yet we're

saved and we're the best. And I ask him, allow

us, grace us to be those people. Give us the

wisdom. To be those people show us where our

previous have fallen So that we can walk straighter

Show us those who are sick and hurt and bruised

by what happened and give us wisdom to present

healing to them That's what I pray and I want

to pray for those who you feel that same way

that same desire What's that pastor Brian? That

you are no subset that you have been called to

rule in rain in this world. So if you know that's

you, you know that you've been called to rule

and reign in this world. Now I need you to stand

up regardless of how you presently feel about

yourself. Because one thing we must realize,

the harvest never looks like the seed. So I don't

care what you look like right now, but I believe

that as you submit yourself to the word of God,

the harvest eyes have not seen ears have not

heard what God has planned for those who love

them and I know many of y 'all think the vision

is in the grave but this whole year has been

about calling new life to those things and God

has already told you that you will be blessed

to be a blessing and right now Satan's trying

to rewrite that story but he has no authority.

I understand you done had some bumps, you done

had some bruises, you done had some setbacks,

but our God is a promise keeper. Father God,

I thank you for your people who are standing

here. Father God, I pray by their posture right

now, standing in faith that you will pour out

upon them in this moment. Wisdom that has exceeded

anything they've ever experienced. I pray, Father

God, that you grant them a blessing upon their

hands, their feet, unlike any they've ever experienced.

I hear you, Father, there will be a fresh wind

released beneath their wings this morning. I

pray for a fresh excitement, a fresh stirring

on the inside of them. I play for renewal of

hearts and minds. Satan will not have the final

say. What happened happened, but we serve a resurrected

Savior and he's turning every crooked story straight.

I pray for every, pray against every force that

may be suppressing what you have designed to

do in their lives, that that chain be broken

today. Satan has no authority over their lives.

I pray that the King of Glory wakes them up every

day. I pray that they feel a fire like never

before. That as they seek you, they will see

you. That everybody has been created in the image

of an almighty God and they will reflect that

glory here on earth. I pray that as they walk

into places, the presence and the fragrance of

your power goes with them. That right now, God,

we speak and declare that you are turning things

around for their good. That every scheme Satan

has set up, it is called destroyed today. For

who the Son sets free is free indeed. I speak

freedom over them, God. Freedom. Freedom. If

debt has found them bound, we speak freedom.

If sickness is bound, then we speak freedom.

If confusion has them bound, we speak freedom.

Disappointment, freedom. Regret, freedom. For

this is the day that you have made. And we choose,

we choose, we choose, we choose. to rejoice and

be exceedingly glad in it. Stir up joy in the

hearts of your people, God. Stir up joy in the

hearts of your people, God. Stir up joy, joy,

joy, joy, joy. Let it arise. Let its enemies

be scattered. We will run and not be weary. We

will walk and we will not faint. Yes, Lord. We

believe we will see the goodness of our god right

here in the land of the living generations will

speak of the goodness that you are moving in

and through your people right now god generations

will experience your glory because of the obedience

of the people who are listening right now the

hand of god is upon you the hand of god is upon

you fresh glory god Renewed faith, Lord God.

Goodness of the Lord wake you up every day. May

his favor be upon you. Great grace, greater glory.

Reservoir, I hear a song. Can we sing over y

'all real quick? I know the time is done with

the time gone do, but there's just a song I hear

and I just want to sing it over you as a blessing

upon you. Y 'all hear what I'm saying? You are

blessed. and your family and your children and

their children may his favor be upon you generations

and your family and your children may his favor

be upon you and a thousand generations your family

and your children And their children, may his

favor be upon you. Generations and your family,

may his presence, may his presence go before

you. Behind you, behind you, all around and within

you. He is with you, he is with you. May his

presence go before you, behind you, all around.

And within you He is with you He is with His

presence Go before you Go before... and you are

not saved, and you've not made Jesus Christ your

Lord and personal savior. We would love the church,

the people that introduce you to Jesus. It takes

a confession and a belief, and the Bible tells

us you were then born again. So I'm gonna say

a confession, just say it with us, and know that

in faith that you are saved. But Father God,

I thank you for your son, Jesus. I believe he

died. and rose again and when he rose he rose

my forgiveness my sanctification i am now justified

and been made righteous i've been forgiven of

my sins i have a home in heaven eternity awaits

me but for now there's an assignment before me

and i will serve it faithfully faithfully amen

The Bible says if you confess with your mouth

and believe in your heart that Jesus died and

rose again, you are saved. Church, let's celebrate

people that said that prayer for the first time.

If you're here in the building and you said that,

meet us in the first room on the left as you

leave. Or if you're online, write us, tell us,

let us know that you were saved. We would love

to tell you more about what it means, that decision

means. I love you guys and man, I'm just thankful,

trying not to burst out in tears right now. But

man, you know, anyway, God is telling me I gotta

let y 'all go and just trust that the Word will

do the work. I just wanna go with y 'all to make

sure you do it. Hide the Word in your heart,

man. Hide it in your heart. Y 'all gotta realize

I really don't wanna let y 'all go. But you gotta

go. You gotta go. You gotta do it. You gotta

believe it for yourself, man. It won't leave

you, man. It won't. It won't leave you. You can

trust that. Come on, come on. God and we do trust

the Holy Spirit that's in you because he's actually

the one who's gonna be your reminder of those

things you've committed yourself to man so may

the breath of God be upon you and go out and

do who God called you to be now unto him that

is able to keep you from falling and to present

you faultless before the presence of his glory

with exceeding joy. To the only wise God, our

Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,

both now and ever. Amen. Go and do.