WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:09.000 And I'm digging around in this Abraham story and working on some projects or clarifying stuff. 00:09.560 --> 00:12.840 Sometimes you'll see something in the prophetic or something in the Word and you're like, oh, 00:12.860 --> 00:15.120 that's what's been happening to me for the last two years. 00:16.900 --> 00:20.280 You knew you were going through something and this just said, and that's what it is. 00:20.460 --> 00:21.480 You know, you're like, oh, okay. 00:22.080 --> 00:27.860 So last week, just to refresh, we talked about the covenant with the bemelech in 00:27.860 --> 00:35.380 21 verse 22, it talks about that, where they noticed, as far as Abraham, they noticed God 00:35.380 --> 00:37.380 is with you in everything you do. 00:38.680 --> 00:40.420 His Philistines noticed that. 00:41.740 --> 00:46.140 They were not, you know, they were not looking for the Messiah, all those things. 00:46.460 --> 00:51.360 These are Philistines that were like, we noticed this and you're in our land and God's 00:51.360 --> 00:53.040 with you in everything you do. 00:53.180 --> 00:54.700 So they recognize the blessing. 00:54.700 --> 00:57.320 People should recognize the blessing in our life. 00:58.180 --> 01:03.760 It's, you know, not by what we own, although that's part of it, right? 01:04.040 --> 01:08.080 It can show the blessing that you're just blessing all things in all ways at all times 01:08.080 --> 01:10.580 and you're able to give and all those different things. 01:10.760 --> 01:16.820 But God just being with you and everything you do, even when something comes against 01:16.820 --> 01:19.660 you somewhere that he makes a way where there seems to be no way. 01:19.720 --> 01:20.180 He's with you. 01:20.620 --> 01:22.500 We should be recognized like that. 01:22.500 --> 01:26.820 And so because of that though, that was very threatening to them because they felt, 01:27.140 --> 01:31.740 you know, like, well, he, he could do something here because God's with him 01:31.740 --> 01:33.960 and we're not really serving that God. 01:34.040 --> 01:36.380 So I don't want, I don't want that to happen. 01:36.640 --> 01:40.000 And so they made an oath with each other. 01:40.080 --> 01:44.660 We talked about that and there wasn't a lot of conversation according to the word 01:44.660 --> 01:47.840 because they said, you know, we treated you with kindness. 01:47.840 --> 01:55.080 Be sure that you take care of the king was asking this and his, his captain of the guard. 01:55.220 --> 02:01.720 It's like, I don't want you to come against me, my children, or my children's children. 02:01.920 --> 02:05.180 And I need you to make an oath that we can live here in peace. 02:05.560 --> 02:07.960 Well, how threatening could he have been? 02:08.120 --> 02:13.480 I mean, Abraham had a big family, right, servants and all that. 02:13.700 --> 02:15.940 He had a lot of stuff, but this is a king. 02:15.940 --> 02:19.860 And this is the king's commander of the army is there. 02:20.120 --> 02:22.940 So, but still they felt threatened because of the blessing of God. 02:23.640 --> 02:25.040 So here we are. 02:25.100 --> 02:30.900 And it goes on and, and we talked about how Abraham just said, sure, I'll swear that I'll, 02:30.900 --> 02:32.600 I'll participate in this oath. 02:33.520 --> 02:34.700 We can make that. 02:35.020 --> 02:38.160 He said, but then he brought up a complaint that he had. 02:38.200 --> 02:41.460 And that is that they covered over one of Abraham's wells, 02:41.660 --> 02:45.020 but they did it according to the amplified in a violent manner. 02:45.020 --> 02:49.840 Some of your guys came in covered over a well that we dug in a violent way. 02:50.480 --> 02:51.700 And we can't have that. 02:52.200 --> 02:57.580 So it was a settling of any form of strife, 02:57.720 --> 02:59.260 because we know where there is strife, 02:59.380 --> 03:01.000 there dwelleth every evil and wicked thing. 03:02.060 --> 03:02.580 Yeah. 03:03.540 --> 03:06.740 And so I just see it where God is going to, 03:07.260 --> 03:10.960 in chapter 22, he's going to run him through a bigger test, 03:10.960 --> 03:14.560 but it's best that the heart get dealt with in these ways. 03:15.020 --> 03:17.800 And that there's peace in the land in these ways. 03:18.040 --> 03:20.420 And then he asked him to take Isaac up the mountain. 03:20.960 --> 03:24.180 So we've been going through settling of things 03:24.840 --> 03:28.060 where we've literally said I'm going to make an oath with God 03:28.060 --> 03:30.840 or I'm going to, in that way, we're saying, 03:30.960 --> 03:33.380 yeah, I agree to forgive this person. 03:33.780 --> 03:35.540 I agree to let this go. 03:35.760 --> 03:38.480 I agree to just want to live here in peace. 03:39.280 --> 03:42.640 And God's been working on us in that in the last couple of years. 03:43.940 --> 03:46.900 So now, as he's revealing this, 03:47.360 --> 03:51.420 it's more we can look back and go, oh, that's why, that's why. 03:51.500 --> 03:54.440 He was running us through a filter this whole time. 03:54.520 --> 03:55.020 We're not done. 03:55.500 --> 03:56.820 That filter will always be there 03:56.820 --> 03:58.740 because there's always something, amen? 03:59.360 --> 04:01.400 And there's always some other test that's coming. 04:02.760 --> 04:03.800 But here he is. 04:04.020 --> 04:06.080 So he said he'll swear to the oath. 04:06.280 --> 04:10.880 And then he gave sheep to mark the spot 04:10.880 --> 04:13.200 that they just made a covenant 04:13.800 --> 04:16.540 that nobody's going to cover over anymore at Abraham's wells. 04:17.280 --> 04:18.500 And so they agreed to that. 04:20.500 --> 04:22.300 And verse 31 said, 04:22.440 --> 04:24.220 therefore that place was called Bereshiba, 04:24.540 --> 04:27.100 well of the oath, or well of the seven 04:27.100 --> 04:29.780 because they're the two of them sworn oath. 04:30.300 --> 04:31.860 So they settled some things. 04:31.980 --> 04:33.540 Then after that, we talked about 04:33.540 --> 04:37.560 how Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Bereshiba. 04:37.620 --> 04:40.660 And tamarisk means new beginnings or a new start. 04:41.440 --> 04:43.740 You can't have new beginnings in a new start 04:43.740 --> 04:47.060 if you're operating in the old thing, right? 04:47.240 --> 04:49.160 There has to be an interest common sense that says 04:49.160 --> 04:51.340 we can't plant a tree here and say that 04:51.340 --> 04:53.900 if we're still not finished with this. 04:54.160 --> 04:56.560 But because of the oath and because of the covenant, 04:57.080 --> 04:58.720 it was brought to closure. 04:59.280 --> 05:01.240 We use that term in counseling a lot. 05:01.480 --> 05:03.060 Things that are hanging out, 05:03.200 --> 05:04.540 there are the things that torment you. 05:04.860 --> 05:06.920 The things your subconscious just can't handle. 05:07.260 --> 05:09.960 Because your subconscious tries to solve problems 05:09.960 --> 05:11.040 24 hours a day. 05:11.480 --> 05:13.200 So if you tried to get a good night's sleep, 05:13.200 --> 05:15.760 even if you were, even if you slept 12 hours. 05:16.680 --> 05:18.180 Lord, Lord, that sounds good. 05:18.920 --> 05:20.800 That's happened for me for a while. 05:20.980 --> 05:23.740 But anyways, even if you did that, 05:23.840 --> 05:26.020 you think I'm going to wake up refreshed or whatever. 05:26.220 --> 05:29.760 Not if your soul doesn't have closure on different things. 05:29.980 --> 05:33.220 Because literally your soul will work on that all night. 05:33.880 --> 05:35.960 It'll just keep running the math problem. 05:36.200 --> 05:37.280 Two plus two is what? 05:37.660 --> 05:38.040 What? 05:38.500 --> 05:38.720 What? 05:38.720 --> 05:40.940 The problem here with grandma is what? 05:41.240 --> 05:42.660 And it's looking for an answer. 05:42.920 --> 05:44.360 And it's looking to solve it. 05:44.600 --> 05:45.900 And if it doesn't solve it, 05:45.920 --> 05:47.400 it's because it needs new information. 05:47.820 --> 05:49.460 And what does the word repent mean? 05:49.680 --> 05:51.160 Get new information. 05:52.760 --> 05:55.540 Regret the old way you did something. 05:56.160 --> 05:57.220 And let's make a change. 05:58.200 --> 06:01.200 So the regret was here for a memolec to say, 06:01.340 --> 06:03.360 oh, I didn't even know those guys did that, 06:03.440 --> 06:04.320 covered over your well. 06:04.860 --> 06:06.520 Sorry, dude, I didn't know. 06:07.260 --> 06:10.180 Yeah, let's make a covenant that never happens again. 06:10.500 --> 06:12.540 He was willing to settle it, 06:12.580 --> 06:14.700 even as a person who didn't know God. 06:15.080 --> 06:16.860 He was willing to settle it. 06:17.000 --> 06:18.420 And they brought it to closure. 06:18.700 --> 06:20.220 That's why the tree was planted. 06:20.640 --> 06:24.900 God is looking for closure on the things that are left hanging. 06:25.740 --> 06:27.520 Peace comes through closure. 06:28.700 --> 06:30.760 Sometimes we'll ask him for peace 06:30.760 --> 06:33.960 because we want him to mask over the thing 06:33.960 --> 06:35.220 we don't want to have to deal with. 06:35.220 --> 06:36.520 Come on, give me peace. 06:36.700 --> 06:37.000 Give me peace. 06:37.000 --> 06:38.180 I'll know when he gives me peace 06:38.180 --> 06:39.600 because then this won't bother you anymore. 06:39.740 --> 06:43.060 No, you'll get peace when you bring that thing to closure. 06:43.940 --> 06:44.960 When it's settled. 06:45.240 --> 06:47.520 When you say, yes, I will swear to that. 06:48.600 --> 06:49.000 Amen. 06:50.280 --> 06:53.840 So here, that's a very important part 06:53.840 --> 06:56.400 before we go on with the rest of the story. 06:57.380 --> 06:59.240 It's a constant checking of the heart. 06:59.300 --> 07:00.540 It's a checking of the attitudes. 07:00.900 --> 07:02.700 And you'll know if you think, oh, no, 07:02.740 --> 07:03.880 I think I got things settled. 07:03.880 --> 07:07.080 You'll know because life itself 07:07.080 --> 07:09.080 will push the buttons inside of you 07:09.080 --> 07:11.780 where you have things that are not closed out yet. 07:12.660 --> 07:13.940 You won't have closure. 07:14.540 --> 07:16.280 And when we don't have closure, 07:16.440 --> 07:18.440 sometimes another one that we do is 07:18.440 --> 07:20.100 we'll blame it on the devil. 07:20.760 --> 07:22.280 I'm still under attack. 07:24.440 --> 07:25.820 I'm still under attack. 07:25.940 --> 07:27.240 And see, he's still coming against me. 07:27.680 --> 07:28.420 I still can't. 07:28.560 --> 07:30.520 And I've taken authority over this. 07:30.640 --> 07:30.900 And I'm done. 07:31.220 --> 07:32.900 Your brain is still just looking for closure. 07:32.900 --> 07:34.140 That's what it's looking for. 07:34.440 --> 07:36.400 Your heart is saying, let's close this out. 07:36.500 --> 07:39.420 Let's settle this, but it's unsettled. 07:40.080 --> 07:43.140 There has to be something that we can grab a hold of 07:43.140 --> 07:44.700 and say, here's the settlement. 07:45.180 --> 07:48.220 This is what we've agreed on and plant the tamarisk tree. 07:48.860 --> 07:51.040 This is how we're going to start anew. 07:51.820 --> 07:54.780 So part of closure is not just getting rid of something 07:54.780 --> 07:55.820 by closing it out. 07:55.900 --> 07:57.420 It's like, here's how we're going to close it. 07:57.500 --> 07:58.760 And here's the new beginning. 07:59.900 --> 08:01.200 Here's the way that we're headed. 08:02.180 --> 08:02.740 That makes sense? 08:03.720 --> 08:05.460 So it's very, very important. 08:05.920 --> 08:07.620 And if we blame all that on the devil. 08:07.920 --> 08:11.200 So sometimes, yeah, he started it with the power of sin. 08:11.940 --> 08:14.440 But he doesn't get to finish it because we're Christians. 08:15.900 --> 08:17.560 We're the ones who can bring it to closure. 08:17.900 --> 08:19.360 Okay, so you got one in on me. 08:19.540 --> 08:22.900 I either caused it or I participated in it 08:22.900 --> 08:24.760 or someone did this to me or whatever. 08:24.920 --> 08:25.860 But I'm going to close it out. 08:26.540 --> 08:28.240 We're going to give her a closing account. 08:29.200 --> 08:32.920 Yeah, yeah, just close that puppy out. 08:33.160 --> 08:33.840 Just get rid of it. 08:34.300 --> 08:36.180 And that's what he wants done. 08:36.520 --> 08:39.140 So he's going to put his finger on us, 08:39.260 --> 08:43.580 even continuing through the story in this year for sure, 08:43.740 --> 08:47.180 because he's cleansing us from all unrighteousness. 08:47.380 --> 08:49.960 And he wants us to come to a place of peace. 08:51.020 --> 08:53.240 Peace, remember, shalom, nothing lacking, 08:53.400 --> 08:55.120 nothing broken, nothing left wanting. 08:55.120 --> 08:58.100 And so if we're walking in that, 08:58.400 --> 09:00.880 it is the peace of God that gives us the power 09:00.880 --> 09:02.660 to come against any form of curse, 09:02.980 --> 09:05.000 anything that wants to rob from us, 09:05.160 --> 09:06.400 because we've settled something. 09:07.060 --> 09:08.240 And when you settle something, 09:08.760 --> 09:10.380 there has to be a peace about it. 09:11.020 --> 09:12.260 It's not the kind of settling. 09:12.480 --> 09:14.020 I could get flying, dawn, whatever. 09:15.180 --> 09:16.080 There, we settled it. 09:16.640 --> 09:17.520 No, we didn't. 09:17.600 --> 09:19.620 I agreed to whatever that I didn't really agree to, 09:19.700 --> 09:23.240 because my heart is still upset about whatever it is. 09:23.760 --> 09:27.080 It has to come to the point where we have good boundaries, 09:27.180 --> 09:29.160 so we're not allowing a person to run us over, 09:29.400 --> 09:31.180 but we're loving them the whole time 09:31.180 --> 09:33.220 because we have the peace of God on it. 09:33.360 --> 09:35.860 And there's an oath and there's a covenant that says, 09:36.080 --> 09:37.120 this is how it's going to roll. 09:39.000 --> 09:39.240 Amen? 09:40.280 --> 09:42.080 Then when we plant the tamarice tree, 09:42.220 --> 09:44.740 part of that is for everybody to see the closure. 09:45.260 --> 09:48.960 The other part of it is for us to tend the tamarice tree. 09:49.680 --> 09:52.520 Make sure it's watered, because it's a new beginning. 09:54.920 --> 09:55.360 Amen? 09:56.500 --> 09:58.940 And if we're tending that tree, we're looking at, 09:59.240 --> 10:00.860 nope, nope, I'm bringing reality check. 10:00.940 --> 10:01.980 We already closed that out. 10:02.900 --> 10:03.740 Here's the tree. 10:04.080 --> 10:05.280 We have a new beginning. 10:06.380 --> 10:08.560 Sometimes that has to happen. 10:08.980 --> 10:10.580 I mean, you could settle something in a marriage 10:10.580 --> 10:11.620 in two days later. 10:11.740 --> 10:12.660 You thought you had it settled, 10:12.800 --> 10:14.260 now you're arguing about it all over again. 10:15.100 --> 10:16.280 So was it really settled? 10:18.780 --> 10:20.420 When you plant the tree, 10:20.740 --> 10:22.640 it isn't that you go into denial 10:22.640 --> 10:23.920 to anything that happened. 10:24.260 --> 10:25.860 You know you've made an agreement 10:25.860 --> 10:27.140 of where you're going to go, 10:27.360 --> 10:28.880 and now we have a new beginning. 10:29.140 --> 10:29.960 Here's where we're starting. 10:30.120 --> 10:32.180 There has to be a starting point of doing that. 10:32.720 --> 10:34.620 That's the power that we have 10:34.620 --> 10:36.780 to be able to do that in covenant. 10:37.780 --> 10:38.380 Start over. 10:38.480 --> 10:39.540 That's called deliverance. 10:41.340 --> 10:42.600 I know where, you know, 10:43.100 --> 10:44.800 a lot of times we think deliverance is 10:44.800 --> 10:46.660 puke and green in your head turns in circles. 10:47.900 --> 10:48.340 Right? 10:48.940 --> 10:50.700 And we're like, they got delivered. 10:51.220 --> 10:53.780 No, a bigger deliverance you're going to see 10:53.780 --> 10:55.740 is when you're delivered within your soul 10:55.740 --> 10:56.440 and you're at peace. 10:57.020 --> 10:58.320 And you can plant a tree 10:58.320 --> 11:00.000 and anything coming against you's like, 11:00.040 --> 11:01.940 hey, sorry, no, I got a tree over here 11:01.940 --> 11:03.680 that told me I have a new beginning. 11:04.180 --> 11:05.520 And I'm going to tend to that. 11:05.620 --> 11:06.840 I'm not going to get sucked out 11:06.840 --> 11:07.960 into all this over here 11:07.960 --> 11:09.300 because I have a new beginning 11:09.820 --> 11:11.220 and I'm tending to that tree. 11:12.300 --> 11:12.940 Makes sense? 11:13.860 --> 11:14.260 Yeah. 11:15.380 --> 11:17.500 So, so important that we get this 11:17.500 --> 11:19.220 because if we take lightly 11:21.960 --> 11:24.460 just the things that God has asked us to do, 11:24.920 --> 11:26.160 we'll still go through this. 11:26.420 --> 11:27.800 Life will funnel us through. 11:27.920 --> 11:29.240 We'll still go through a filter 11:29.240 --> 11:31.080 because here we are as Christians 11:31.080 --> 11:33.200 walking through this earthly world, 11:33.360 --> 11:34.480 this place that we're just, 11:34.540 --> 11:35.660 you know, passing through, 11:35.920 --> 11:36.560 but it's wicked. 11:37.320 --> 11:39.920 And then we come into the presence of God 11:39.920 --> 11:41.860 on Sundays in our prayer time, 11:42.000 --> 11:42.700 all those different things. 11:42.820 --> 11:44.660 You cannot be in wickedness 11:44.660 --> 11:46.860 and then come into holiness 11:47.860 --> 11:48.900 and it not go, 11:49.680 --> 11:51.280 you're going to get run through the filter 11:51.280 --> 11:52.640 whether you want to or not 11:53.300 --> 11:55.060 because you get touched by this world. 11:55.740 --> 11:58.100 It tries to convince us one way or another 11:58.100 --> 12:00.560 of things that are not even of our Father's kingdom. 12:01.600 --> 12:03.520 And the only thing that keeps our heart 12:03.520 --> 12:05.040 straight is being in His presence. 12:06.960 --> 12:08.740 In His presence there is joy 12:08.740 --> 12:10.300 and in His presence there is peace 12:10.300 --> 12:11.100 and in His presence 12:11.100 --> 12:12.820 there's everything that we need 12:12.820 --> 12:13.760 in His presence. 12:14.580 --> 12:15.780 He is the all in all. 12:16.020 --> 12:16.880 He is the complete. 12:16.880 --> 12:19.040 And when we're hanging out with Him, 12:19.200 --> 12:20.000 it gets on us. 12:22.100 --> 12:23.420 We got to hang out with Him 12:23.420 --> 12:24.480 for it to get on us. 12:24.540 --> 12:25.840 Now we are in chapter 22. 12:26.060 --> 12:26.480 Here we go. 12:27.520 --> 12:29.000 I like how it says it 12:29.000 --> 12:29.760 because it clarifies, 12:29.960 --> 12:32.120 you know, when you start a chapter, 12:32.480 --> 12:34.800 if it says therefore, 12:35.160 --> 12:36.560 then you have to ask the question, 12:36.700 --> 12:37.380 well, what for? 12:37.580 --> 12:39.780 And go back and read the chapter before 12:39.780 --> 12:42.460 so you know what the therefore was about, right? 12:43.080 --> 12:44.460 Well, this says now after. 12:45.020 --> 12:46.600 That's how it says in the amplified. 12:47.300 --> 12:47.940 Now after. 12:48.100 --> 12:49.900 And what's crazy is my amplified 12:49.900 --> 12:51.820 says it in all caps 12:52.740 --> 12:54.260 when it says now after. 12:54.800 --> 12:56.080 I don't know if they all do, 12:56.280 --> 12:58.180 but now after these things. 12:58.540 --> 13:00.620 So when you see something in all caps, 13:00.840 --> 13:02.320 it does mean like pay attention. 13:03.180 --> 13:06.040 Now after these things, 13:06.240 --> 13:08.180 after the going through of this filter, 13:08.340 --> 13:12.440 after the establishing of the heart. 13:13.660 --> 13:15.080 Now after these things, 13:15.260 --> 13:18.420 God tested the faith and commitment of Abraham. 13:19.200 --> 13:21.820 Now, if he would have tested, 13:22.160 --> 13:24.580 sometimes we think, you know, 13:24.640 --> 13:26.220 God's probably testing me or whatever. 13:26.600 --> 13:28.100 Well, he doesn't move on to the next test. 13:28.200 --> 13:29.180 Do you get the first test? 13:29.380 --> 13:30.700 You can get stuck in a test. 13:31.820 --> 13:33.040 He's not going to say, 13:33.140 --> 13:35.220 I'm going to see if you're as full of faith 13:35.220 --> 13:36.660 and you're going to be committed to me, 13:36.660 --> 13:38.320 if you can't even love your brother. 13:40.360 --> 13:40.800 Right? 13:40.960 --> 13:42.420 Well, what's the point of moving on to this? 13:42.420 --> 13:44.320 To that bigger thing if we didn't get the first thing. 13:45.480 --> 13:47.140 That's why it's so important 13:47.140 --> 13:49.900 that now after is so important. 13:50.080 --> 13:51.300 We have to get this. 13:51.640 --> 13:53.980 We have to know how to plant a tree. 13:54.360 --> 13:56.360 We have to know how to bring things to closure. 13:56.840 --> 13:57.760 And then, you know, 13:57.900 --> 14:00.220 some things it takes a bit to bring to closure. 14:00.620 --> 14:01.580 I mean, there are big things. 14:02.140 --> 14:03.060 And then after a while, 14:03.140 --> 14:04.960 you'll find that big things close faster 14:05.460 --> 14:07.620 when you get in the habit of knowing how to do it. 14:09.260 --> 14:11.540 You get in the habit of knowing how to approach it, 14:11.540 --> 14:13.040 how to bring it to a settlement. 14:13.280 --> 14:14.120 This is how we're going to go. 14:14.460 --> 14:16.040 It does not go on and on. 14:16.200 --> 14:17.380 Of course, like I said, I wasn't there. 14:17.480 --> 14:18.220 I didn't see the movie. 14:19.820 --> 14:21.160 It's one of those things 14:21.160 --> 14:23.600 where it doesn't give a lot of conversation. 14:24.760 --> 14:26.320 You know, like, we got to settle this. 14:26.580 --> 14:28.200 So we're going to be talking about it for weeks. 14:28.940 --> 14:30.280 And then I'll argue with you 14:30.280 --> 14:31.160 and you argue with me. 14:31.180 --> 14:32.760 And then I'll come back with my point. 14:33.160 --> 14:34.600 No, you messed with my well, 14:34.800 --> 14:36.220 but we're going to get this thing settled. 14:36.520 --> 14:37.500 That's how a lot of times 14:37.500 --> 14:39.700 things try to get settled in our households. 14:40.260 --> 14:41.460 That's not what happened. 14:42.000 --> 14:44.400 I mean, both of them, it was interesting. 14:44.900 --> 14:46.720 Both of them, when he brought up, 14:46.880 --> 14:48.300 Abraham brought up the complaint, 14:49.420 --> 14:51.000 Abamelech answered him immediately. 14:52.100 --> 14:53.940 I do not know who did these things. 14:54.880 --> 14:57.380 Indeed, you did not tell me, 14:57.440 --> 14:59.060 and I did not hear of it until today. 14:59.820 --> 15:00.400 Sorry, dude. 15:01.120 --> 15:02.700 I mean, it was like, instead of like, 15:02.740 --> 15:04.040 what? We didn't do that. 15:04.200 --> 15:06.000 He was an argument of about it. 15:06.180 --> 15:08.920 The same way Abraham answered, I will swear. 15:10.040 --> 15:12.060 He didn't say, well, let's talk about it first. 15:12.300 --> 15:15.100 And then there was a point of maturity. 15:15.280 --> 15:16.400 There was a point there 15:16.400 --> 15:19.760 where they could see what an oath and a covenant would do. 15:20.420 --> 15:21.960 Because when you make a promise, 15:22.580 --> 15:24.860 you're tied to that spot. 15:25.940 --> 15:28.000 You know, I promise I'll take the garbage out. 15:28.080 --> 15:29.500 Well, you just tied your words 15:30.020 --> 15:33.180 and your deeds to that spot, right? 15:33.600 --> 15:35.720 If you said, I'll see if I can take the garbage out. 15:35.780 --> 15:37.700 If I get to it, if I have time, that's different. 15:38.340 --> 15:41.940 When you say, I promise, that's an oath. 15:43.660 --> 15:44.900 If you both agree on it, 15:45.560 --> 15:48.240 those things have weightiness in the spirit. 15:48.920 --> 15:52.100 And so sometimes God will ask us also to go back 15:52.900 --> 15:56.680 and make restitution or go back and do the thing 15:56.680 --> 15:58.180 we should have done 10 years ago 15:58.180 --> 15:59.540 that we said we were going to do. 16:03.310 --> 16:05.410 Because you either missed it on the front end 16:05.410 --> 16:06.350 or you're missing it now. 16:07.930 --> 16:09.090 Think about it that way. 16:09.600 --> 16:10.970 I had a lady come up to me 16:10.970 --> 16:12.990 and sometimes people get emotional 16:12.990 --> 16:14.350 and that's exactly what this was. 16:14.470 --> 16:15.950 She was like, your sermon was amazing, 16:16.290 --> 16:18.030 oh my Lord, she's going on. 16:18.150 --> 16:20.250 And I was like, it was way too far over the top. 16:21.170 --> 16:22.890 You know, if you're going to compliment something, 16:23.250 --> 16:23.750 go ahead and compliment. 16:23.930 --> 16:25.510 But this was way too far over the top. 16:25.990 --> 16:29.110 So I was just like, you know, she's wanting something 16:29.110 --> 16:31.730 or she's looking for something here 16:31.730 --> 16:32.910 because it just went on. 16:33.450 --> 16:35.090 And finally I just kind of stopped. 16:35.270 --> 16:36.550 And she said, no, I want to tell you, 16:36.550 --> 16:38.950 I'm going to give $1,000 to your ministry. 16:39.450 --> 16:41.290 The Lord told me, I don't have it in my hand right now, 16:41.290 --> 16:42.370 but I'm giving it to you. 16:43.030 --> 16:44.010 That never happened. 16:44.970 --> 16:46.370 That actually never came back to the church. 16:48.490 --> 16:49.870 That happens a lot. 16:50.270 --> 16:52.550 People get emotional and then they'll get emotional 16:52.550 --> 16:53.770 and they get emo driven. 16:54.090 --> 16:56.230 And then all of a sudden they'll make big statements. 16:56.610 --> 16:58.850 Do not make vows like that. 17:03.340 --> 17:05.140 How do you plant a tree around that one? 17:08.080 --> 17:10.180 So sometimes we've got that going on. 17:10.340 --> 17:12.160 And God will ask us, if we've ever done that, 17:12.200 --> 17:13.620 He's like, go back and fix that. 17:14.300 --> 17:15.540 Well, I said, I was sorry. 17:16.240 --> 17:17.400 Go back and fix that. 17:18.580 --> 17:20.920 Either go and talk to the person about whatever it is 17:20.920 --> 17:23.560 you promised and say, look, I missed it. 17:23.680 --> 17:24.380 I'm so sorry. 17:26.040 --> 17:26.420 Right? 17:27.840 --> 17:31.480 Make a new beginning out of it or fulfill your oath. 17:34.700 --> 17:36.780 Because otherwise it's left hanging. 17:37.320 --> 17:39.440 And they settled what they could settle, 17:39.580 --> 17:42.020 the important things, and now after comes. 17:42.880 --> 17:44.380 Now after these things, 17:44.600 --> 17:46.860 God tested the faith and commitment of Abraham 17:46.860 --> 17:48.420 and said to him, Abraham, 17:49.000 --> 17:51.260 which is really saying, Father of many nations, 17:52.160 --> 17:53.260 that's what he was saying. 17:53.560 --> 17:56.420 He was saying the covenant that he had with Abraham. 17:56.720 --> 17:59.660 He was saying the call of God that was on Abraham. 18:00.000 --> 18:01.460 He was announcing what will happen to Abraham. 18:02.060 --> 18:05.140 Through Abraham, through the word Abraham itself, 18:05.600 --> 18:10.160 when he said Abraham, Abraham and said to him, 18:10.280 --> 18:12.980 Abraham and he answered, here I am, 18:13.040 --> 18:14.380 which we've talked about before, 18:14.800 --> 18:17.020 which is big and you can go nice concept 18:17.020 --> 18:18.240 until you have to walk it out. 18:18.620 --> 18:22.220 Here I am means the all of me is here 18:23.320 --> 18:24.520 when we answer God. 18:25.700 --> 18:27.640 Now you can get all emo like that lady. 18:27.800 --> 18:29.320 She felt like the all of her was here. 18:29.320 --> 18:30.620 She was like, this is amazing. 18:31.000 --> 18:31.780 God's touched my life. 18:31.880 --> 18:33.220 I mean, I'm going to even give $1,000. 18:34.300 --> 18:35.700 She just went over the top, 18:35.940 --> 18:37.900 but it was all emotionally based. 18:38.600 --> 18:39.400 Take a bit. 18:40.480 --> 18:41.240 Take a bit. 18:41.680 --> 18:42.660 We had somebody one time 18:42.660 --> 18:45.080 that wanted to give $20,000, right? 18:45.820 --> 18:48.440 And my husband said, go home and pray about that. 18:49.700 --> 18:51.320 We could have said, thank you. 18:52.880 --> 18:54.380 Go home and pray about it. 18:54.620 --> 18:56.200 And when he did, he was like, I missed it. 18:57.080 --> 18:59.800 I guess I got caught up and I missed it. 19:00.120 --> 19:02.680 We have to know when God speaks to us. 19:03.340 --> 19:05.680 And that's that way we can have things settled. 19:05.820 --> 19:07.720 But now after these things, God tested. 19:08.160 --> 19:10.200 Some of you have planted a tree 19:10.200 --> 19:12.180 and you are in the now after. 19:15.520 --> 19:17.280 You're in the now after right now. 19:18.220 --> 19:20.780 That in itself is a holy statement. 19:22.300 --> 19:24.740 Because the tests of the faith 19:24.740 --> 19:27.180 and the commitment to what? 19:27.980 --> 19:28.940 Abraham's name. 19:30.440 --> 19:32.940 To why you were called who you are 19:32.940 --> 19:34.960 to the destiny that you're carrying. 19:35.100 --> 19:36.140 That's why it's so important, Pastor, 19:36.260 --> 19:37.960 speaking on destiny. 19:38.380 --> 19:39.420 We have to pay attention 19:40.040 --> 19:41.780 because when he calls your name, 19:41.980 --> 19:43.040 he's calling your destiny. 19:45.520 --> 19:47.200 Like I said, when he says, Mary, 19:47.840 --> 19:49.200 there's many Marys, 19:49.420 --> 19:51.960 but his voice intent for me, 19:52.100 --> 19:56.420 my destiny shows up and says, here I am. 19:57.240 --> 19:59.620 I can't say here I am sorta 20:00.360 --> 20:02.020 or I'm kind of here. 20:03.220 --> 20:04.420 Here I'm a little bit. 20:05.540 --> 20:08.440 No, because the word I am means the complete. 20:09.260 --> 20:11.000 That's a hard thing to do. 20:11.120 --> 20:12.360 We have to do that by faith 20:12.360 --> 20:14.800 because sometimes we'll say, I'm all in. 20:15.060 --> 20:16.060 And then we'll find out. 20:16.360 --> 20:17.100 Apparently I was not. 20:17.820 --> 20:19.120 I thought I was all in, 20:19.380 --> 20:20.420 but stuff happened. 20:20.540 --> 20:22.540 And I realized I wasn't so much in 20:22.540 --> 20:23.480 is what I thought I was. 20:24.040 --> 20:27.120 So I am is the complete of who you are. 20:27.200 --> 20:28.520 How would I even gauge 20:28.520 --> 20:30.940 that my whole heart is in something? 20:32.540 --> 20:34.160 I can take a guess at it. 20:34.760 --> 20:36.520 You know, some of the things would be 20:36.520 --> 20:38.480 there'd be such passion about it 20:39.200 --> 20:40.660 that even if I'm tired, 20:40.820 --> 20:42.180 the passion would carry me. 20:42.520 --> 20:44.860 There'd be such thought patterns about it. 20:44.920 --> 20:47.440 There'd be obedience that would show up or whatever. 20:48.220 --> 20:49.920 But I don't, I can't say 20:49.920 --> 20:52.040 my whole heart is in something. 20:52.160 --> 20:53.140 I can say it by faith. 20:53.580 --> 20:55.060 But do I know me that well? 20:57.000 --> 20:58.120 So what happens 20:59.220 --> 21:01.080 is first you answer him 21:01.080 --> 21:02.840 and then he runs the test. 21:04.380 --> 21:06.000 And that's how you know if you're all in. 21:08.240 --> 21:09.900 Some of you are in the test right now. 21:10.900 --> 21:12.000 And it's painful. 21:12.800 --> 21:14.740 You're like, why would he ask this of me? 21:14.880 --> 21:16.400 I don't see where I should have to. 21:16.760 --> 21:18.520 All of that kind of stuff going through. 21:18.620 --> 21:19.960 It doesn't say that Abraham 21:19.960 --> 21:21.520 went through any of those things. 21:22.220 --> 21:24.040 You know, I know I would. 21:25.620 --> 21:27.580 And you want to believe 21:27.580 --> 21:29.360 that your whole heart is in. 21:31.280 --> 21:33.900 But he's going to test us to make sure that it is. 21:34.900 --> 21:37.060 And wherever it hangs itself out 21:37.060 --> 21:37.900 that it's not, 21:38.500 --> 21:40.160 then it's not a condemnation. 21:40.380 --> 21:41.620 It's like, oh, I see you. 21:41.860 --> 21:43.580 What are you doing outside of the will of God? 21:44.100 --> 21:45.180 That's the part of me. 21:45.440 --> 21:46.580 I'm going to have to wrangle. 21:47.440 --> 21:48.840 And I'm going to bring it 21:48.840 --> 21:50.120 to the thing we settled. 21:50.820 --> 21:52.900 And all of me is showing up. 21:54.580 --> 21:57.020 So that's like beat your body into submission. 21:57.360 --> 22:01.060 That's like choose to control yourself. 22:01.880 --> 22:03.500 That's the fruit of the Spirit saying, 22:03.720 --> 22:06.920 ah, all of me is going to show up. 22:07.460 --> 22:09.040 But by faith, we say, 22:09.320 --> 22:10.800 yeah, the all of me is going to show up. 22:11.060 --> 22:13.580 And then when the test really comes, 22:13.720 --> 22:16.340 you'll find that the all of you is not there. 22:19.530 --> 22:21.050 I'm leaving that sink in. 22:21.610 --> 22:23.010 It's not a condemnation. 22:23.470 --> 22:25.670 He filters us not to see, 22:25.790 --> 22:27.270 I got to see if I can trust you. 22:27.570 --> 22:30.510 He's filtering us also so we can see 22:30.510 --> 22:32.530 if we can trust ourselves. 22:33.690 --> 22:37.330 He's filtering us to see whether or not our word, 22:37.470 --> 22:38.790 we can look at ourselves and go, 22:38.950 --> 22:43.710 I said I was in, but now it's kind of like some people say like, 22:44.030 --> 22:46.450 yeah, I know I could go through martyrism 22:46.450 --> 22:49.610 until somebody makes a threat and then they're out. 22:49.610 --> 22:53.630 Look, because you think you know your heart, but you don't. 22:53.990 --> 22:56.130 And there are people who would be like, 22:56.210 --> 22:57.250 I don't know if I could do that. 22:57.350 --> 22:59.350 I don't know if I could face the enemy like that. 22:59.470 --> 23:00.070 I don't know if I would, 23:00.270 --> 23:03.750 and those will be the people in that time that will stand firm. 23:04.910 --> 23:06.610 Because they can see their weakness, 23:06.930 --> 23:08.430 and they grab that weakness, 23:08.770 --> 23:11.890 and they force it to come over to where their strength is. 23:13.850 --> 23:16.510 We are going, all of us is showing up. 23:20.350 --> 23:23.130 I say this, and this once again is not, 23:25.290 --> 23:27.730 I don't know, you can get in your mind that, 23:28.870 --> 23:31.470 I'm trying to manipulate you regarding the building or whatever. 23:31.670 --> 23:33.250 We'll get it out of your mind because I'm not. 23:34.070 --> 23:35.790 But I'm going to use this as an example. 23:36.290 --> 23:38.530 Because I did research and they said, 23:38.910 --> 23:41.430 in churches that have building projects, 23:41.930 --> 23:43.710 or some big thing that you're doing. 23:43.830 --> 23:45.350 It can be missionary based or whatever, 23:45.730 --> 23:47.110 but it's got some hope to it. 23:47.110 --> 23:51.090 People will leave, and a lot of times they'll leave for a season, 23:51.810 --> 23:54.150 and they'll feel called out for a season, 23:55.230 --> 23:58.230 you know, or they'll suddenly get disgruntled. 23:58.310 --> 24:00.210 But most of the time they said in the article, 24:00.450 --> 24:03.610 it says that they just believe for a season, 24:04.030 --> 24:05.550 and they feel God's calling them out. 24:05.870 --> 24:08.270 Well, then once the building's built and everything, 24:08.830 --> 24:09.870 I've mentioned this before, 24:10.050 --> 24:11.310 they come back around and I'm like, 24:11.410 --> 24:13.150 oh thank God he's moved me back here, 24:13.230 --> 24:16.790 and they weren't a part of any of the climbing of the mountain. 24:17.530 --> 24:19.450 Of laying anything down. 24:20.990 --> 24:23.630 But at one point a lot of those people will say, 24:23.870 --> 24:24.630 I'm all in. 24:26.230 --> 24:28.930 So guard your heart for that in any area 24:28.930 --> 24:31.010 where you'll say, no I'm all in, I'm there. 24:31.670 --> 24:32.730 All of me is there, 24:32.870 --> 24:34.830 because when you do that, that's like an oath. 24:35.570 --> 24:38.790 And to have a covenant with God looks that way. 24:41.010 --> 24:43.390 Sometimes people will see people get saved, 24:43.710 --> 24:45.490 and they're like, oh thank God I'm not going to hell. 24:46.110 --> 24:48.050 I received Jesus so I'm not going to hell. 24:48.270 --> 24:49.670 Not actually, you just made a covenant. 24:51.510 --> 24:53.330 The kingdom of God is now in you, 24:53.410 --> 24:54.750 and you covenant with him. 24:55.210 --> 24:56.730 And now he's the king and you're not. 24:58.450 --> 24:59.390 See how there's a... 24:59.390 --> 25:01.030 It's not presented right, 25:01.570 --> 25:03.370 it's just like you want to get saved 25:03.370 --> 25:05.250 from all the bad stuff you're going through? 25:05.950 --> 25:07.590 Okay, well we really should be saved, 25:07.690 --> 25:08.630 then make Jesus Lord. 25:10.630 --> 25:12.470 But we don't offend anybody or whatever. 25:14.770 --> 25:17.410 I take that chance and offend people sometimes. 25:18.590 --> 25:20.810 But a lot of times people are waiting for you 25:20.810 --> 25:21.590 to tell them the truth. 25:21.830 --> 25:23.170 What am I getting myself into? 25:25.110 --> 25:27.850 The gospel was presented to me like that, 25:28.450 --> 25:30.310 where he wants the all of you. 25:31.670 --> 25:34.730 And so it was everything for me to be able to say, 25:34.930 --> 25:38.670 I can't go up to the front and give him half of me. 25:38.770 --> 25:41.830 I have to make an attempt to give him the all of me. 25:41.830 --> 25:44.510 Even though there was flesh that was run in the other way, 25:44.830 --> 25:47.030 I had to by faith make that statement. 25:47.670 --> 25:51.110 And then you can see where all the unfaithful part 25:51.110 --> 25:53.110 of myself would hang itself out. 25:53.470 --> 25:55.210 That's where sanctification comes in. 25:55.690 --> 25:58.070 But you stick to the oath that you made, 25:58.350 --> 26:01.890 and it will cause the need for sanctification. 26:02.950 --> 26:04.890 So when you commit to something, 26:06.110 --> 26:08.570 you stick to the oath that you said. 26:08.570 --> 26:11.150 But the weakness when it shows up, 26:11.250 --> 26:12.390 you're like, sanctify me God. 26:14.030 --> 26:15.230 Sanctification is needed. 26:15.770 --> 26:17.570 I need this washed out of me. 26:17.950 --> 26:19.150 Whatever it is, if it's fear, 26:19.290 --> 26:20.530 it might be excopy. 26:20.630 --> 26:21.530 I want to get out of this. 26:21.650 --> 26:22.870 I don't want to be a part of this. 26:23.030 --> 26:25.130 And it's requiring too much of me, 26:25.210 --> 26:28.190 I need to be sanctified. 26:30.010 --> 26:32.650 That is a big process. 26:33.090 --> 26:35.590 And so after this first test, 26:35.850 --> 26:38.170 God tested the faith and commitment. 26:38.170 --> 26:39.950 Well, the faith is where you're sure. 26:41.510 --> 26:43.770 You said you were sure on whatever it is. 26:44.590 --> 26:45.670 Are you still sure? 26:47.210 --> 26:48.510 That's what's going to be tested. 26:50.410 --> 26:53.170 And then out of being sure comes your commitment. 26:53.770 --> 26:55.470 I'm so sure I'm going to commit to this. 26:56.170 --> 26:58.370 But if the first one's not operating right, 26:58.530 --> 26:59.590 the second one will wane. 27:00.730 --> 27:02.070 Faith and commitment. 27:04.590 --> 27:06.090 That can apply to your marriage. 27:06.270 --> 27:07.930 That can apply to your finances. 27:07.930 --> 27:10.650 Whatever God's asked you to do in your life, 27:10.730 --> 27:11.810 it can apply to that. 27:12.110 --> 27:15.050 He's going to test us in that area. 27:15.510 --> 27:17.450 And does he come up with some big tests? 27:17.590 --> 27:19.070 Like, I'm going to run you through this or whatever? 27:19.270 --> 27:21.390 No, he just watches how life works 27:21.390 --> 27:22.530 and what you do with it. 27:23.430 --> 27:25.270 Because in this world, there will be trouble. 27:26.010 --> 27:27.410 He doesn't have to create trouble. 27:27.510 --> 27:28.890 He doesn't borrow from the devil's kingdom 27:28.890 --> 27:30.310 to set up a test for you. 27:32.730 --> 27:36.330 But he will ask you to be all in 27:36.990 --> 27:38.310 on whatever it is. 27:38.470 --> 27:39.590 And that's the part. 27:40.070 --> 27:41.950 That's why when Abraham answered, 27:42.150 --> 27:43.530 when the father of many nations, 27:43.690 --> 27:45.770 when the destiny of nations answered, 27:46.190 --> 27:47.970 I am here. 27:48.470 --> 27:51.430 It's probably the most important verse 27:52.010 --> 27:53.230 in this whole chapter. 27:55.010 --> 27:57.170 Because it doesn't matter if you're messed up, 27:57.830 --> 27:58.630 you know, wounded, 27:59.070 --> 28:00.310 all kinds of different things, 28:00.530 --> 28:01.370 just be here. 28:02.370 --> 28:03.950 He's going to take care of the rest. 28:04.330 --> 28:05.790 He wants to know that you are 28:05.790 --> 28:09.690 here, present with him, accountable. 28:10.050 --> 28:11.330 Yes, sir, I am here. 28:11.690 --> 28:13.530 The all of me has showed up. 28:13.990 --> 28:16.090 God said, take now your son, 28:16.210 --> 28:17.870 your only son of promise, first two, 28:18.250 --> 28:19.950 whom you love, Isaac, 28:20.370 --> 28:21.910 and go to the region of Mariah. 28:22.050 --> 28:24.630 Mariah, one of the meanings to Mariah 28:24.630 --> 28:25.930 is a place of teaching. 28:27.870 --> 28:29.350 So no, you're, you know, 28:29.570 --> 28:31.950 you're not just going to know how to say, 28:32.090 --> 28:35.150 I am here and just go pull all this off. 28:35.150 --> 28:36.830 No, you're going to have to be in teaching 28:36.830 --> 28:37.750 to pull this off. 28:38.110 --> 28:39.670 You're going to have to go to the place 28:40.190 --> 28:40.770 of teaching. 28:42.230 --> 28:44.150 That's why it's important to get the word. 28:44.370 --> 28:45.350 That's why it's important because 28:45.350 --> 28:47.230 to pull off the thing he's asked you 28:47.230 --> 28:48.930 to do for you to stay present, 28:49.050 --> 28:50.590 for you to be all here, 28:51.370 --> 28:52.210 we have to be taught. 28:53.210 --> 28:54.810 We have to know who he is. 28:55.670 --> 28:57.110 It has to come alive to us. 28:57.370 --> 28:57.910 That makes sense? 28:58.650 --> 29:01.370 We'll continue on in the weeks to come, 29:01.470 --> 29:04.430 but this morning I want to agree 29:05.070 --> 29:06.190 on the here I am. 29:06.530 --> 29:07.910 Now we've agreed on this already, 29:09.850 --> 29:11.230 but I think people have, 29:11.330 --> 29:12.510 you know, called me and stuff. 29:12.630 --> 29:14.670 They're getting more revelation on 29:14.670 --> 29:16.490 bringing closure to stuff. 29:16.690 --> 29:18.210 And did I plant the tree? 29:18.350 --> 29:19.050 I don't know, did I? 29:19.770 --> 29:20.650 I don't know, did you? 29:21.550 --> 29:23.230 These are conversations that we're having. 29:23.610 --> 29:25.010 Did you plant the Tamarist tree? 29:25.070 --> 29:26.350 Do you have a new beginning? 29:26.530 --> 29:28.290 Is there a new marking point 29:28.910 --> 29:29.550 that says 29:30.550 --> 29:32.450 I'm showing up here I am? 29:32.970 --> 29:35.410 We marked this, we closed out the old, 29:36.230 --> 29:38.550 and now we're moving into the next thing 29:38.550 --> 29:40.030 that God asks us to do. 29:41.630 --> 29:42.950 So many times, 29:43.030 --> 29:44.790 Christians get caught in the old thing, 29:44.950 --> 29:46.690 and they stay there till they die. 29:48.070 --> 29:49.310 God's waiting on them for like, 29:49.490 --> 29:51.450 could you settle what's going on in the fam? 29:51.970 --> 29:53.490 Could we just do this? 29:53.790 --> 29:54.570 Can we, you know, 29:55.210 --> 29:56.570 he'll put Institute something 29:56.570 --> 29:58.190 and we don't know how to bring it to closure. 29:58.510 --> 30:00.650 And it eats our lunch and it eats our destiny. 30:00.950 --> 30:01.310 Let's stand. 30:05.470 --> 30:07.530 He told him to take now your son. 30:08.870 --> 30:11.030 Even the fact that he said your son 30:11.610 --> 30:14.630 means he gave Isaac to Abraham. 30:16.330 --> 30:19.190 He's your son, the son that you love, 30:19.910 --> 30:22.030 the promise that you're carrying, 30:22.670 --> 30:25.190 the one who wears the name. 30:25.910 --> 30:29.030 Abraham has now produced Isaac. 30:30.130 --> 30:31.930 And he's mentioning this, 30:32.430 --> 30:33.050 and then he says, 30:33.050 --> 30:35.450 first thing you do is go to Mariah. 30:35.990 --> 30:37.810 Go to the region of teaching. 30:38.990 --> 30:40.350 Get in with God. 30:40.570 --> 30:41.850 Get into his word. 30:42.490 --> 30:44.150 On that subject, on that thing, 30:44.290 --> 30:45.990 Lord, show us, teach us. 30:46.790 --> 30:49.230 But we come now with the first thing 30:49.230 --> 30:52.350 of show us how to be in the spot 30:52.350 --> 30:53.570 where we say, here I am. 30:54.690 --> 30:55.790 Not in emotion, 30:56.430 --> 30:57.890 not in some big promise, 30:58.270 --> 31:00.930 not in something where we're in our flesh 31:00.930 --> 31:02.650 and our soul goes, well, I have to 31:02.650 --> 31:03.570 because other people are. 31:03.850 --> 31:06.930 None of that where we come to a place, 31:07.070 --> 31:10.090 Father, that by your spirit, 31:11.050 --> 31:13.390 when he calls our singular name, 31:13.950 --> 31:15.130 not the name of the church, 31:15.290 --> 31:16.950 when he calls us, when he says, 31:17.230 --> 31:21.350 Mary, I can say, here I am. 31:22.530 --> 31:24.250 The all of me is here. 31:25.610 --> 31:27.550 Do that in us, Lord God. 31:28.470 --> 31:30.590 Do that in our hearts and in our minds. 31:30.590 --> 31:33.270 Here I am. 31:35.930 --> 31:36.410 Hallelujah. 31:37.270 --> 31:39.630 I think we need to practice saying that phrase. 31:40.330 --> 31:41.330 I know it sounds weird, 31:41.410 --> 31:42.290 and it might even feel weird, 31:42.350 --> 31:44.870 but, you know, there's something 31:44.870 --> 31:46.150 that happens in the soul 31:46.750 --> 31:48.950 when we're to make a commitment to him. 31:49.430 --> 31:51.490 We think that it's an all or nothing. 31:51.730 --> 31:52.290 That's immaturity. 31:52.790 --> 31:55.330 You know, it's either you're all in 31:55.330 --> 31:56.110 or you're all out. 31:56.410 --> 31:58.210 No, it's like forgiveness. 31:58.530 --> 32:00.030 I can choose to forgive you. 32:00.030 --> 32:01.890 And my emotions will line up later, 32:01.910 --> 32:02.750 but I did choose, 32:03.070 --> 32:04.710 and I'll keep working on that choice 32:04.710 --> 32:07.070 until my emotion changes, right? 32:07.190 --> 32:08.850 So this, we work on this, 32:09.310 --> 32:09.970 I am all here. 32:10.850 --> 32:11.330 Here I am. 32:12.090 --> 32:12.930 Here I am. 32:13.130 --> 32:13.770 I am here. 32:14.170 --> 32:15.410 I'm here to worship you. 32:15.710 --> 32:17.350 I've made a commitment, Lord God, 32:17.450 --> 32:18.330 and all the different things 32:18.330 --> 32:19.290 you've asked me to do. 32:19.530 --> 32:20.970 Here I am. 32:21.110 --> 32:22.290 So let's just say that. 32:23.410 --> 32:24.850 Here I am. 32:25.570 --> 32:26.070 Say it again. 32:26.330 --> 32:28.770 Here I am. 32:29.310 --> 32:30.990 And Lord, we want you to use us. 32:31.110 --> 32:33.330 We want you to change us. 32:33.430 --> 32:35.710 We want you to reveal to us 32:35.710 --> 32:37.670 to bring about the heart 32:37.670 --> 32:39.610 that is all in. 32:40.830 --> 32:42.410 We're all in, Lord God. 32:44.170 --> 32:46.430 Wash out of us any wishy-washiness. 32:47.130 --> 32:49.490 Any areas where we're sorted in. 32:50.110 --> 32:50.570 Wash it out. 32:50.730 --> 32:52.350 Start purging us, Lord God. 32:52.750 --> 32:53.630 And through teaching, 32:54.070 --> 32:55.330 through destiny teaching, 32:55.510 --> 32:56.770 through teaching on revival 32:56.770 --> 32:57.950 and all the different things, 32:58.510 --> 32:59.890 we'll sit in Mariah 33:01.010 --> 33:02.930 till you tell us when to go up 33:03.890 --> 33:05.330 and we'll get the information 33:05.330 --> 33:06.290 that we need 33:06.910 --> 33:08.530 to stay in the here I am. 33:09.510 --> 33:11.610 We're going to stay in the here I am. 33:12.050 --> 33:14.690 We're staying put in the here I am. 33:17.830 --> 33:19.470 So he's saying right now that 33:20.130 --> 33:21.530 some of you are going through 33:21.530 --> 33:23.030 what you call attacks or whatever. 33:23.650 --> 33:24.790 And they can be, 33:25.170 --> 33:27.590 but there's definitely distractions going on. 33:28.590 --> 33:30.130 Because when we're being tested 33:30.130 --> 33:31.730 in the area of faith or commitment, 33:31.930 --> 33:33.750 something will happen way over here. 33:34.530 --> 33:37.670 And it's to get your gaze to turn over there. 33:38.190 --> 33:39.450 Well, when you're looking over there, 33:39.550 --> 33:40.530 you're not looking over here. 33:43.250 --> 33:44.250 We have to turn. 33:44.350 --> 33:45.810 Not that we don't attend to those things, 33:46.050 --> 33:47.250 but it's like this. 33:47.350 --> 33:48.910 I'll get you, I'll take care of you, 33:48.930 --> 33:50.230 but I got my eye on. 33:51.490 --> 33:52.790 See, the importance is 33:52.790 --> 33:54.410 I'm staying to my commitment. 33:54.950 --> 33:56.310 I'm staying to him first. 33:56.950 --> 33:58.330 I'm saying, well, what if it all blows apart? 33:58.510 --> 33:59.250 Whatever, whatever. 33:59.650 --> 34:01.650 I'm staying to where he is. 34:02.490 --> 34:05.030 The distractions can be something stupid 34:05.030 --> 34:06.290 like your dishwasher breaking. 34:06.510 --> 34:08.030 And you get mad about it. 34:08.030 --> 34:09.370 And suddenly that's all the focus. 34:09.590 --> 34:11.310 And you lose a whole day 34:12.370 --> 34:14.930 of moving toward the thing you committed to 34:14.930 --> 34:15.970 over a dishwasher. 34:18.610 --> 34:20.590 We have to learn how to put 34:21.110 --> 34:22.990 the stupid things in the stupid spot. 34:24.610 --> 34:26.030 That's just a stupid thing. 34:26.310 --> 34:27.330 It's just a dishwasher. 34:27.890 --> 34:29.050 And the end it'll burn. 34:30.430 --> 34:32.290 That's how you have to look at stuff is like, 34:32.450 --> 34:34.690 I didn't get to my dishes today. 34:34.910 --> 34:36.690 I'm not saying to just turn into a slob, 34:36.790 --> 34:38.410 but I'm saying I didn't get it to my dishes today. 34:38.490 --> 34:40.590 But I did do the thing I committed to. 34:43.170 --> 34:44.530 One day that's all gonna burn. 34:44.850 --> 34:45.890 Anyway, this is not. 34:47.690 --> 34:49.790 I'm gonna stay to my commitment. 34:50.170 --> 34:51.870 I am here. 34:53.850 --> 34:55.670 I am here. 34:56.930 --> 34:58.930 Lord God, when you look to and throw 34:58.930 --> 34:59.710 throughout the earth, 34:59.790 --> 35:01.230 you're looking for people to say, 35:01.850 --> 35:03.130 I am here. 35:04.650 --> 35:07.090 So that you might show yourself strong. 35:08.170 --> 35:10.690 You have to have that commitment that says, 35:10.870 --> 35:11.430 I am here. 35:12.730 --> 35:13.430 I am here. 35:21.750 --> 35:23.150 I am here. 35:30.900 --> 35:33.920 Distractions can be out of the spirit of adultery. 35:34.560 --> 35:36.040 And it doesn't even have to be sexual. 35:37.140 --> 35:40.200 It can be that it's something taking your passions 35:40.860 --> 35:42.340 to pay attention to something 35:42.960 --> 35:44.840 that you're not supposed to be focused on. 35:46.100 --> 35:48.160 And it takes up time, space, and energy 35:48.160 --> 35:49.780 in your mind and in your heart. 35:50.300 --> 35:51.960 And then when you just go to say, 35:52.380 --> 35:54.380 I am here, the all of you is not there. 35:57.040 --> 35:58.060 Forgive us God. 35:59.120 --> 36:00.120 For adulterous things. 36:01.000 --> 36:02.640 Point it out to us. 36:03.580 --> 36:04.620 Show us. 36:09.360 --> 36:17.820 Show us what priorities are. 36:18.680 --> 36:21.400 Reveal to teach us as we're in Mariah. 36:21.900 --> 36:23.940 Teach us what a priority is. 36:24.480 --> 36:27.220 Teach us what a priority should look like. 36:27.220 --> 36:29.720 Teach us the weight and the gravity 36:29.720 --> 36:32.880 of what should come first and what comes way last. 36:33.160 --> 36:35.920 Teach us Lord God, the weight of that, 36:36.020 --> 36:39.520 the heaviness of the thing that we put priority on. 36:39.860 --> 36:40.800 It comes first. 36:41.320 --> 36:41.980 Show us. 36:42.320 --> 36:42.940 Line it up. 36:43.080 --> 36:45.860 Even if it looks like from one to 10, Lord God, 36:46.240 --> 36:47.520 priorities in our life, 36:48.460 --> 36:51.060 you will be the one to rearrange those priorities 36:51.060 --> 36:51.960 and we yield. 36:53.180 --> 36:54.760 We yield to let you do that. 36:57.620 --> 36:59.140 Because I am here. 37:01.240 --> 37:02.280 I showed up. 37:02.440 --> 37:02.840 I'm here. 37:04.940 --> 37:05.500 In my house. 37:08.840 --> 37:11.240 We pray for the people who aren't here 37:11.240 --> 37:13.180 and the people at TBO and Red Lake 37:13.180 --> 37:14.340 and in this region 37:15.940 --> 37:17.820 that you would turn us upside down 37:17.820 --> 37:21.180 if need be and correct our priorities. 37:23.440 --> 37:24.160 Correct it. 37:24.260 --> 37:24.940 Let us see it. 37:25.160 --> 37:26.880 We won't get out of not seeing it. 37:26.880 --> 37:27.920 We're just going to see it. 37:28.080 --> 37:29.060 We're going to hear it. 37:29.060 --> 37:30.220 We're going to look into it. 37:30.300 --> 37:31.320 We're going to see it. 37:33.920 --> 37:35.320 Priority, priority, priority. 37:46.740 --> 37:48.340 Let's pray in the spirit for a little bit. 37:58.680 --> 38:02.520 Lord God, we practice during worship being all here. 38:03.560 --> 38:05.380 Lord, it doesn't matter if we're tired. 38:05.600 --> 38:07.680 It doesn't matter if we're not feeling well, whatever. 38:08.160 --> 38:08.860 We are here. 38:09.200 --> 38:10.680 We are going to be all here 38:10.680 --> 38:12.440 to the attempt of our heart. 38:12.560 --> 38:14.100 We're all in today. 38:15.360 --> 38:17.140 We override our flesh. 38:18.260 --> 38:19.360 Here I am. 38:20.220 --> 38:21.300 Here I am.