Fire Works | Pastor Ben Calmer | Shoreline Church | Message

Good morning, church, and a very special shout out to our South Campus that's joining us on the stream today with everybody else online. Can we give them a hand today? It's great having you with us. We're so excited that you're joining us today. My job today is a little bit like John the Baptist's job, okay, for two reasons, okay? Number one, John the Baptist said he was not the one, but he was preparing the way for the one. I get to prepare the way for two ones today, okay? The one one that I'm preparing the way for is Pastor Rob. That will be back next week. How many of you have missed them as much as I've missed Pastor Rob and Laura? We're so excited to have them back next week. But the other one that I'm preparing the way for is we have Pastor Ben Calmer with us in the house. Pastor Ben was the youth pastor here some years ago. Many of you would know him. Him and his wife, Jessica, leads an incredible church, New Heart Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they're about to move into their new sanctuary in a couple of weeks with 700 seats. Can we give it up for New Heart Church? Good job. We're so excited about the word. The second way I'm like John the Baptist today is I'm not worthy to tie either of their shoelaces. So that's how my job is just like John the Baptist today.

But can I invite you to stand up as we are about to say some words that are dear to us, some words that we live by. It's called the Shoreline Creed. And if you've been here for a long time, you know these words off our hearts. If you're here for the first time today, I wanna tell you these words can change your life. So read and say out loud with us. Are you guys ready? Let's do it. I am loved by God. I cannot earn it. I cannot lose it. I am forgiven and made brand new. In Christ I live with passion and purpose. I am empowered by the Spirit to be the church in the world and to live this love revolution. Amen. Okay, now remain standing and let's give Pastor Ben the greatest Shoreline welcome ever. We're excited about it. All right, hey, just one second. Stand up, keep standing. Listen, I need to do this before y'all sit down. You all have the most incredible pastors on the planet. They are my pastors. I want to give an extreme huge honor. Come on, they're watching online right now. Come on.

We love you, Pastor Rob. We love you, Pastor Laura. Come on, you can do better than that. Aren't you excited about your pastors? Man, I love them so much. You can be seated. Tell the person you're sitting next to, I'm so glad I'm sitting next to you. I was hoping that was gonna be you. Now look to the person that you snubbed and say, sorry. How's everybody doing? You doing good this morning? Oh, come on, you doing good this morning? You glad to be in church? I'm glad to be in church. I'm so glad that you're here. Listen, Pastor Rob and Pastor Laura have been my pastors for over 20 years. We're so thankful, my wife and I are so thankful that they have been so faithful for so long. And I know that we're reaping the benefits of that, but I just wanna tell you again, you have incredible, incredible pastors and there is so much honor that they deserve. And so I wanted to take that moment. In fact, I met my wife right here in Shoreline. Yeah, come on y'all. Some of you single, you're like, hey, you're in the right place. They're talking about like joining a connect group.

Yeah, you never know what could happen, right? You know, you find yourself in church. All right, I want to talk, well, before I get into this message, I'm gonna talk about this idea of fireworks, okay? So we're gonna talk, we just got done with July 4th. So this is what we're gonna talk about in just a moment. But I wanted to let you see, I wanted you to see my beautiful family. Hopefully we have a picture of them. This is my family, okay? This is my wife. Just so you know, that's a lie. That picture is a lie. They don't always look that pretty. Anybody who's had kids for a while, it's sweet right there. You know, you can make any picture look any which way, but I'm very thankful for my wonderful, beautiful wife, Jessica. She makes everything happen in our family. Also, that's my son, Watson, right up there. He is eight years old. He is incredible. We love him. He's so fun. He loves to make people laugh. And there is my little girl, Piper. She is four years old. She's so sweet.

But if you cross her, she'll cut you. I mean, I'm telling you, she's learned something on the street. I mean, you know, like it's, and so, you know, we all, we live in a healthy amount of fear every once in a while in our family. No, I love them so dearly, and I'm so glad that God has blessed me with our family. In fact, this was not too long ago. We were having a 4th of July extravaganza in Oklahoma, much like Texas. It's not 4th of July without a lot of explosions and fireworks that you can buy at any corner of the road. And so I did the same. I was like, hey, we don't need to go to fireworks. Let's buy our own fireworks. Anybody ever buy fireworks before? Okay, so you know what I'm talking about. So we bought fireworks and I lined them all up and I was like, kid, family, we're gonna have an awesome fireworks display. I have my parents, they live up in Tulsa as well. So we had our whole family there and we're lining up all the fireworks. And I lined up a bunch of them. I'm like, man, this is gonna be the best fireworks display ever. This is gonna be awesome. And so I started shooting them off.

And what I didn't realize, I didn't secure them properly on the table as I was shooting them off. And so one by one, as they kept going, the table kept moving. And then all of a sudden, one of them really just fired off and the table shook and all the rest of them fell down, aimed at the family. And I immediately was like, everybody duck. And as soon as I said that, all the fireworks started shooting off at the family. My wife is screaming, the kids are screaming, there's explosions everywhere. I'm on the ground just ducking cover, just trying to get everybody safe. There are fireworks going off everywhere. I get down, no one got hurt, thank the Lord Almighty. No one got hurt. No one got hurt. But I stood up and looked at my wife and I thought, oh, I'm gonna get hurt. I just, at this moment, I was like, oh my God. And my wife was like, you will never shoot fireworks again. She looked at me and she goes, cause you know what, in our family, Ben, fire doesn't work. And I was just like, okay, okay. And I was thinking about this, fire doesn't work, fire doesn't work. And literally this came in my head

when I was reading the Bible. I don't know if this ever happens to you, but these weird things happen to you when you're reading the Bible. And I wanted to read this story. Maybe some of you've heard this before. This is Daniel chapter three. And what is happening is there are, the Israelites have been moved in captivity. They're in Babylon. And the king, his name was King Nebuchadnezzar. He had erected this huge golden statue and he said, everybody's gonna worship it. And if you don't, you're gonna get thrown in the fire. And so I wanted to talk about this idea of fireworks. And I wanted to talk about this idea of what happens when you're faced with a real fire. When you're faced with something that looks like, man, this could actually burn me. And I wanna pick this story up in Daniel chapter three, verse four. Then the herald shouted, people of all races, nations, and languages, listen to the king's command. When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zyre, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments, bow to the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar's gold statue. Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.

And then if you go down to verse 12, look at what happened. This is, but there are some Jews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, whom you have put in charge of the province of Babylon. They pay no attention to you, your majesty. They refuse to serve you. your God and do not worship the gold statue you have set up. There are three of these Jews have decided we're not going to worship this golden statue. Then Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage in order that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought before him and when they brought in Nebuchadnezzar said to them, is it true Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that you refuse to serve my gods or to worship the gold statue I've set up? I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I've made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments but if you refuse you'll be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace and then what God will be able to rescue you from my power. There are moments in our life where we realize what am I really going to worship with my life. Church, there are moments where you get in front of something and say what is really going to get all of my attention because the truth of our life is there is always a pressure. Come on church there's always a pressure to worship something. There's always a pressure to worship something and a lot of times we don't understand that because we don't understand that God has created us to be worshipers. At the very beginning God has always created us to worship and he's created us to worship him and him alone but sometimes we have a problem when we don't work when we are supposed to worship a God who we don't see we start worshiping things that we do see and all of a sudden we're worshiping yes because God has created us to worship but we're worshiping the wrong things. There's always a pressure to worship and some of you are like Ben I'm not going to worship a golden statue. I'm good. I'm not going to do that. That's and I understand that but some of us worship our bank account. Come on church. Some of you are like it's not in the morning. Come on easy. Some of us worship our bank account. Some of us worship the job that we're at. Some of us have more fear of our boss than we have a fear of God. Some of us have some of us worship the relationship we're in or the relationship that we're not in.

Some some of us worship things that were never meant to hold our worship and we catch ourselves in places where we're bowing down to things that we think are going to make ourselves whole or think that are going to help us that think that they're going to make us feel better but I'm telling you they're empty idols. There are things that we think are going to make us feel better but they don't make us feel better. My daughter is four years old. She has this little thing called her ellie. The ellie is an elephant head on a little blanket. It's very creepy but she loves it. She has two of them. She has a blue ellie and a pink ellie and the blue ellie and the pink ellie go to sleep with her every night and let me tell you if she doesn't have those at night ain't nobody sleeping. She's not sleeping. We're not sleeping. I mean she's crying. She's screaming. If you've ever tried to reason with a four-year-old you know what insanity feels like. It's just it does not work and so we're trying. Piper it's okay. It's just one night. I want my ellie. I know I want your ellie. I want this to be done. You know it's all of it and she wants it because when she gets it for whatever reason she gets it it helps her sleep at night. What is your ellie? What helps you sleep at night? It might not be a weird crazy elephant but it might be your bank account. It might be it might be something that you're like man if I could just get a little more uh if my 401k could get a little better. Oh if I could get if I could just get this deal done. If I could just get this relationship. See we all have things that fall into our life that help us sleep better at night and some of those aren't necessarily bad. They become bad when we start putting them in front of everything else in our life and that's when it becomes worship. That's when it becomes something that if it's removed from you. can't sleep. When it's taken away from you, I can't have any peace of mind. When it's taken away from me, I can't move anymore. I'm telling you, you might say you serve God, but you might be serving something else. And so many of us are falling into a trap because we think that this thing that we're bowing down in front of is going to help us, but it's not. And we worship good things. I'm telling you, they're not necessarily bad. They just become bad when we worship them. Some of us are like, I worship God, but also you worship your kids. You're not supposed to worship your kids. You're supposed to love your kids, but you're not supposed to worship them. I've seen families all over that they let the kids call the shots for everything. Every week, hey, we've got to get them to the baseball tournament. We've got to get them to this thing over here. We've got to

get them over here. Oh my gosh, whatever we can do to do. And kids are the highest priority. And all of a sudden, they've changed it from loving their kids to worshiping their kids. All of a sudden now, we've changed it from loving your spouse to worshiping your spouse. All of a sudden, we've changed it from being great at your job to worshiping your job. And these things are pulling us away from what we really should be in front of and understanding that God is the only one that we worship. And I love that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They're like, just so you know, King, even though you got fire, I just want to let you know that I'm going to worship the God of heaven. Let me read this a little bit more. This is Daniel chapter 3, verse 16. Everybody good? Everybody ready? Okay. Verse 16, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, your majesty. But even if he doesn't, we want to make it clear to you, your majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up. Is this crazy? Hey, King, just so you know, God can rescue us. But even if he doesn't, we're not going to worship this. Wow. I hope I have enough faith like that. That to me is something that it just kind of clicks in my mind. Wow. What is that? Because what it really says to all of us is this ability to be certain during an uncertain time is invaluable. The ability to be certain in an uncertain time is invaluable. God can, but even if he doesn't, I'm okay. God can, but even if he doesn't, I'm okay. See, you start understanding what faith says when you start doing the right thing, not because it's going to give you the right outcome, because it's just the right thing to do. And so you start moving the right way and understanding that, okay, I'm going to do the right thing, not because just because God's going to give me this perfect outcome, because I'm just going to trust him anyway. I don't know. So many of us don't understand that faith is starting out with a, I know, but I don't know, but I'm going to do it anyway. And I know that sounds a little confusing, but understanding that, okay, I'm going to step out and I might not, I don't know exactly how the outcome is going to work. And some of us need to step out in that moment of being certain in an uncertain time. What happens when you forgive that person? I don't know how they're going to react, but I'm going to forgive them anyway. What happens when I start tithing? Come on, church, right? What

happens? Some of you are like, I don't know. I'll tell you, when you start tithing, what God does is he opens up heaven over your life and blessings start coming into your life. But at the beginning, it's scary, right? At the beginning, you're like, I've never done this before, and it feels different to me. But you're trusting God with your resources. You're trusting God with your time. You're starting to serve in church for the very first time and you're like man I just feel like I'm pressed for time all the time and Sunday's my only time to chill and this is the time where I'm getting up early and coming to serve and you trust God in that moment and all of a sudden God starts opening up the windows of heaven over your life because you're in this place where it feels uncertain but you're being certain that God is going to meet me right where I'm at so you start moving in this direction I know it might feel weird when you start forgiving somebody where you feel like I'd actually like to punch them in the throat but I'm going to forgive them because I know that that's what God wants me to do and I don't know how they're going to react but I'm going to trust God that he's going to do what only he can do come on church we're going to trust God when it feels like I don't know where I'm supposed to go and I don't know how I'm supposed to walk and I don't know how everybody's going to respond to me but I'm going to be the person that God called me to be in my workplace I'm going to be the person that God called me to be at my family reunion I'm going to be the person that God called me to be as I'm raising up my kids and I might not do it like everybody else and I might not be like everybody else and it might feel a little hard for me but I'm going to trust God anyway because it's the faith that God uses in that moment that I'm trusting him I'm not trusting in my own ability I'm not trusting in how good I pray I'm not trusting in how good I sing I'm not trusting in how good my life looks I actually am trusting in God and God alone and that is the faith that is going to pull you through that's the faith that's going to get you through fire that's the faith that's going to get you through things that feel like they're impossible there is no mountain that can be in front of God almighty there is no thing that's set up in front of God and that is the faith I'm telling you that's a faith that is certain even in an uncertain time even when it feels politically unrestful even when it feels like wars are always happening even when it feels like everybody's trying to get clickbait for you to be worried about something and be fearful about something I'm going to walk into that room with faith because you know this is how we're supposed to live our life

our life so this is what Shadrach Meshach and Abednego said there's a king God can save me even if he doesn't I'm doing the right thing anyway because I'm going to live my life come on we're going to live our life shoreline we're going to live our life by faith by faith everybody else might say oh why are you faith I live my life by faith I know it might look different but I live my life by faith how can you give 10% of what you make to the church and to God how can you do that because I live my life by faith it doesn't look like everybody else I live my life by faith let me read this this is Hebrews chapter 11 verse 1 the fundamental fact this is a message translation I love this the fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God this faith is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth under everything that makes life worth living it's our handle on what we can't see faith is the handle my um my son Watson he's uh we live in this house where and maybe all of you guys have a door like this in your house you got the one door that kind of sticks a little bit everybody know what I'm talking oh y'all fancy you don't have doors that stick only in Oklahoma do they have doors that stick not in Austin Texas baby no we have a door that sticks and so a lot of times we don't even you know it's not even shut with the handles kind of just shut and then when you want it to open he Watson's seen me do this before I've had my hands full and you want it to open you anybody done this before good I'm not an alien okay right you got your hands full you're walking the door pop and you keep walking well my son's seen me do this day after day after day well one day we were coming into the garage that door was uh stuck he had his hands full and he was like bam well at that moment I for some reason somebody shut it all the way and so then it didn't open so then Watson was like kablam Ka-blam! Ka-blam! Ka-blam! I was like, stop! And he's just like going, karate kid on the thing. Gah! Like, just kick out. I'm like, stop! Use the handle! And right then, I had a picture of us. And so many of you are trying to get to God,

kicking a door down. But you're not using the handle of faith. You're trying to kick it down with your own performance. You're trying to kick that door down with, oh, if I just do this. Oh, maybe if I just do this. And you're trying to get through to God. And you're just kicking and kicking. You're like, I've been going to church. I've been doing the right things. I've been trying. Why isn't this working? And you're kicking and you're feeling like the door is shut. Can I tell you something? The thing that opens the door to God and the thing that opens up your relationship to God is not you performing. It's not you trying to push more. It's not you trying to do more. It's you actually activating faith and using a handle. And all of a sudden, the door just pops right open. I'm just going to trust you, God. I'm going to trust you when I feel uncertain. But I'm going to be certain and I'm going to walk through. I'm going to trust you. Where do you need to trust the Lord? So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are in this place. Let me read. We're going to read for a little bit. This is verse 19. So Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage.

He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual. Then he ordered some of the strongest men of his armory to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. So they tied them up, threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments. And because the king and his anger had demanded such a hot fire in the furnace, the flames killed the soldiers as the three men were thrown in. So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames. See, a lot of times we look at it and we feel like, well, what good is it serving God? Because we get thrown into a fire. But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisors, didn't we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace? Yes, your majesty, we certainly did. They replied, look! Nebuchadnezzar shouted, I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire, unharmed, and the fourth looks like a god. I wonder who that would be. Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close. Well, let me talk about that first. When you use the handle of faith, and you step into something as hot as a fire, what happens when faith steps in a fire? Things are revealed, not burned. Let me say that again. When faith steps into a fire, things are revealed, not burned. When you step into a fire with faith,

things are revealed, not burned. Let me talk about a couple more things that are revealed. When you step into a fire full of faith. One, understand this. Look what Nebuchadnezzar said. I see four men unbound. Wait, weren't they thrown in the fire bound? And all of a sudden now they're unbound? They were tied up with ropes? And now the fire burned those ropes off? Can I tell you the thing that was meant to burn you is not gonna burn you. It's gonna burn the constraints that were on your life. There are, some of you need to not be so fearful of a fire because the fire is gonna reveal some freedom for your life instead of things that are gonna keep, that have kept you bound for a long time. There are things that are in your life. Right now maybe you've been addicted to something for a long time but because you stepped into a fire and you stepped in with full of faith, all of a sudden now that addiction is being broken in the name of Jesus. Maybe there is something that has been bound over your life. Maybe you had unforgiveness in your life and you've not been able to let this person go and you've let bitterness... Start getting down into your heart, but because you walked into a fire full of faith all of a sudden now that Unforgiveness is starting to break over your life, and you're feeling like man. I can forgive this person I don't know why I'm letting this person go But I'm letting them go all of a sudden the hurt that you've been holding on for so long has not bound your life

Anymore because the fire that the devil meant to burn you up is now just taking stuff off of your life And you're getting more freedom in your life than ever before don't be afraid to walk into a fire when you've got faith in God Because God is gonna give you freedom. It's not gonna allow you to be burned. He's gonna actually give you more freedom in your life Some of us are so so scared of us trial, and I get it. We don't like fire But understand that God might use fire to actually give you more freedom I I don't know what is bound or is trying to bind your life but God says if you will walk into a fire full of faith Maybe the thing that was Binding you up might be loose in your life and and not just that but you can see what Nebuchadnezzar said he said I see I see four men and The fourth looks like a God When you walk into a fire full of faith Understand this that you don't walk alone When you walk into that hospital room where everybody else is fearful you're not walking alone When you walk into that doctor's office, and you're getting that Diagnosis you're not walking in alone When you're walking into that family meeting where you feel like how is this gonna. Go right? You're not walking alone When you're walking into that new job where you feel like I don't know if I can measure up You're not walking in alone when you're walking into that conversation that you've been dreading to have for months and months and months You're not walking alone when you're walking into that financial meeting when you're looking at your bank account. You're not walking in alone I'm telling you every single fire that we walk into God promises that you do not walk alone So many of us we're we're facing fear because we feel like we're doing things alone I'm telling you when we go into fire. You do not go alone That's why Psalm 23 says that even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for you are with me your rod and your staff. They comfort me I'm walking in with God on my right on my left on my back and behind me and in front of me

I'm not walking alone. I've never walked alone every moment that I've had in my life I've had God watching over me every conversation. I've had I've had God talking with me every situation that I face I'm not facing alone because I have a God of all heaven over my life And I do not walk alone. I do not walk into anything feeling like I got to do it on my own strength God is with me He's by my side I don't parent alone I don't have a marriage alone. I don't pastor alone So many of you you have people around you but you feel alone So many of you you go to bed at night and you feel like does anybody understand me Does anybody know my thoughts? And right there. I want you to know God sees you and knows you and sees every thought you've had You're not alone They were thrown into a fire and Nebuchadnezzar said wait Didn't we throw in three? Didn't we throw in three? Hey idiots You threw in an extra one No, they didn't God's been with me the whole time You just didn't see him and The moment you saw him was the moment that you saw me go in fire Because fire come on church fire doesn't burn things up it reveals things And now all of a sudden you're seeing something that's been true the whole time. Oh, they're with God So you walked into your business God's with you We're never alone Then he said this look Go further Nebuchadnezzar gets close, and he shouts, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God! Oh, now they're servants of the Most High God. Bandwagon worshiper. That's okay, we'll take them all, right?

Come out! Come here! So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire. It's so, like, low-key, right? They were in fire, stepped out of fire, no big deal. Then the high officers, officials, governors, advisers crowded around them. Now they're cool. Oh, let's see. And they saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed. Their clothing was not scorched. They didn't even smell of smoke. Can I tell you, when we walk in faith through fire, you won't even smell like smoke. What that means is, that fire is not going to make you cynical. It's going to make you thankful. Have you ever talked to some people? I've been through hard times. Let me tell you. It's been rough. My life's been just a five-alarm fire at all times. And you're like, dude, I don't want to talk to you anymore. This is the worst person. How can you serve God and talk like your life has been the worst? Because really, when you start stepping through fire in faith, you're like, man, yeah, we've been through some hard stuff. But can I tell you how faithful God has been? Can I tell you the moments where I felt like I couldn't do it anymore, but God picked me up off the floor and said, I've got you, Ben, and you're not going to fail here, and you're not going to fail as long as you keep walking with me? Can I tell you the times where I felt like I couldn't make it,

but God said, yes, you can, let me help you? Can I tell you the moments where I felt like the walls were caving in, but God was like, I've got you, just stay walking with me. I'm telling you, it brings a thankfulness out of you. Yeah, I've been through hard things, but I'm so thankful that God has brought me through each and every one of them. And that's when you know, oh, he doesn't smell like smoke. Let's all stand to our feet. Let me say this one last thing that was revealed. Verse 28, then Nebuchadnezzar said, Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king's command and were willing to die rather than to serve or worship any god except their own god. Therefore, I make this decree. Therefore, I make this decree. If any people, whatever their race, nation, or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb. Their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There will be no other god who can rescue like this. I read that. I'm like, first of all, you've got an anger issue that God needs to work out later, king. But did you see he turned and realized, oh, this is the true God. Because the truth is your testimony will turn someone. And all over this room, when you walk through fire, do you know it's not just for your life. Come on, church. It's not just for your life. It's for your neighbor's life. It's sort of the person that's worshiping next to you.

That's why it's so important around here why we worship together because it's not just about your worship. It's about somebody else being encouraged by your worship. They'll see you worshiping and saying, I know what they're going through or I can guess what they're going through, and so I'm going to lift up my hands as well. Your testimony is going to turn someone. So all over this room, come on, church. All over this room, let's lift up our hands to God. Not just a name but the God who pulled us out of fire. Come on, let's lift up our hands to the God that we serve that is able to deliver us from every sin. single thing that we felt like we couldn't get delivered. Come on church, let's lift up our hands. Let's lift up our voices and start singing out to the God. Come on, there's no other name except the name of Jesus. Come on church, all over this place. Come on for the next two minutes. Come on, the name of Jesus over every fire, over every difficulty, over every burning situation and we're walking in. ♪ Jesus be the name ♪ That gets all the looks ♪ Who is the name ♪ Jesus be the name Come on, Jesus be the name! ♪ Jesus be the name Come on Jesus, be the name! ♪ God, please be the name ♪ That gets all the glory ♪ Jesus be the name

♪ Jesus be the name ♪ Jesus be the name ♪ Jesus be the name ♪ That gets all the glory ♪ Jesus be the name Come on, Jesus, be the name! Jesus, be the name! Over every single situation, Jesus, be the name! Come on, church! Yeah! ♪ Jesus, your name is life ♪ You are the light ♪ The one the darkness can't deny ♪ The resurrection never lies ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus, your name can save the pain ♪ Your name, your name can make the storms clear ♪ You can save the world, you never will ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus, the way ♪ The light broken for us ♪ The world will be new Come on, church! In the name of Jesus, over every single situation. ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus, our King ♪ The world will be new ♪ The Lord will win forever

♪ The name above all other names ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus, be the name ♪ Jesus, be the name ♪ Jesus, be the name ♪ Who leads all the glory ♪ Jesus, be the name ♪ Jesus, be the name ♪ Jesus, be the name ♪ Who leads all the glory ♪ Hey ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus ♪ Oh Jesus, be the name that gets all the glory. Can I invite you just to sit for one moment before we dismiss this morning? Boss man, that was an incredible word. Thank you for serving us today. But before we head out of here today, I wanna take a moment just to give you an opportunity. If you've never responded to the name of Jesus, if you've never accepted the finished work of Jesus Christ, where He died so that you could live, where He took your sins upon Himself and died on the cross so that you might live, I wanna give you an opportunity today to respond. So with every eye closed and every head bowed in this room, if you've never made this decision or you came to church today

ready to rededicate your life to Him, you are ready to come back to Him today, I wanna invite you right there where you are to just put your hand up in the air boldly and say, I wanna accept Jesus as my Lord and my Saviour. I see hands going up all over. Is there anybody else today that needs to make that declaration today? I see you over there. I see you. Can we pray out loud and at once all together? Can we do it whether for the very first time or as a reaffirmation of your faith? Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. Thank you that I am forgiven and made free. I will live for you from this day on forevermore. In Jesus' name, amen, amen. Can we give them a great hand? If you responded today, there are people at the doors holding signs called Made Brand New. You're welcome to head out there. We've got some resources and some next steps ready for you today. This is an exciting week that's ahead of us. We've got First Wednesday on Wednesday night. Don't miss the opportunity to come and partake of communion together as we worship God on Wednesday night. Before you head out, I wanna speak a blessing over you.

May, this is from Numbers chapter six, verse 24 to 26. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up and up His countenance upon you and give you peace. Bless you, have a great week. The prayer partners will be in the front. If you have any prayer need, feel free to come to the front after service.