We Show Up! Dave Divine

- Hey, men and women, such an honor and a blessing to be able to speak to you again from right here in McKinney, Texas at Live Fellowship Church. We love you, you're part of our church family. We want you to know that, and not only that, but if you're anywhere near the DFW Metroplex, when you get out, when you hit that gate, man, even if you don't live here, if you're anywhere around here on a Sunday, man, we want to meet you, come in, look for me, I'm at all the services, would love to get to know you connect with you, get your coffee, sit by you, all that stuff, man. Your guys are my heart, and it just blesses my heart, man, when I see one of you guys come in for the first time and say, hey, man, I've been watching Live Fellowship on the Pando app, what a blessing that is, right? Technology, my name's Logan Williams. My TDC number is 149-0218, and I have four numbers after that, but what I didn't have was, I'd never had the Pando app when I was locked up, man, and so I know it's been such a blessing. We have seen just revival happen behind the walls because of the ability for you to have so much access to God's Word and teachings and books and the chosen and the Bible recap and all of the things that's on there, man, what a blessing, something I thank God for all the time,

and you can tell your friends and family that they can download the same Pando app on their phone, they can watch the same teachings, the same services, the same everything that you watch, and then you can talk about it when you talk on the phone or you see each other in visitation or when you write letters, whatever it is, however you communicate, you can still like, Hey man, what the Holy Spirit say to you about that message? And it's good to have that, man, to do this walk, especially with your family or whoever it is in your life, whatever loved one that's supporting you while you're in this valley, God wants us to do this in community, and so tell your friends to download it, and y'all can do this together. Man, I was thinking this morning, praying, a couple of verses came to mind, for you guys are very basic and you all know them, but I just wanna speak God's word over you guys, because it's important, and it's super important to know who we are in Christ, because our mind in the enemy and the world and the people around us and the gossip and the slander and all the noise will tell us sometimes other things, and that we're getting bombarded by all this stuff, and sometimes we can't even get our head above that noise. We wanna believe God's truth about us, but it's just we're getting bombarded with all the negativity and all the stuff,

and so I just wanna speak this over you. 2 Corinthians 5, 17, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come, the old is gone, and the new is here. Guys, if you have called upon the name of the Lord Jesus, I don't care if you're in ad-seg, if you're a G5, and you're in the bottom of the prison, man, you are in new creation. I don't care what the mirror says when you look at it, whatever's looking back at you, you are in new creation, you need to know that. You need to know that in your heart, and if you've never called upon the name of the Lord Jesus, to be saved, it's just that simple, man, to believe in the finished work of the cross, to just come and say, God, I am a sinner, and I wanna lay all that down, and I'm calling on you Jesus to save me. It's just that simple, man. I just wanna encourage any of you, any of you that are watching that haven't done that, man, I just pray right now that the Holy Spirit would just fall on you and convict you, and you could get saved by the Holy Spirit, the power of the Holy Spirit right now. 'Cause you know, sometimes we look in the mirror, man, we see all the stuff that we've done, right? All the addiction, the shame, the crime, the sexual sin, all the stuff that we've done, and that has culminated in my life being in this place.

I know that feeling. I know that feeling of looking around a prison saying, God, Lee, man, has it really all come to this? Man, I'm not doing that anymore. I'm gonna change my life, and then coming back, and then saying, man, I'm really mean at this time, and then coming back, and I know that many of you that are watching have been multiple times around this way. Guys, anything is possible with God, but we gotta get all in with Him. We gotta get all in with Him. Yes, we may be in new creation, but we have got to fight against sin, man. We gotta strive to live. to stumble. We are going to fall into sin. We're going to be deceived. But it's like, how do we respond to that? Like a good way to gauge that is ask yourself the question, does your sin bother you? Does it bother you? And how do you respond to that? Do you run to Jesus or do you kind of metaphorically speaking hide or run away from him? Are you more distant? Do you pray less? Or do you run to him and say, God, man, I sin to help me remove it. I confess it. And I'm not only do I confess it, but I just claim and declare that your word says that if we confess our sins, you're faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us of our unrighteousness. Now, let me be forgiven we're cleansed. In fact, there have been times in my walk that I was so convicted of a sin that I did, that I would confess it. And I would just continue on man for days like, God, man, please forgive me for that. God, man, I did that thing again. Please forgive me. And I could almost hear the Holy Spirit like, Hey, man, I already forgave you from that. It's in the sea of forgetfulness. It's east from the west. But do you have that conviction in you when you do stumble? If not, I just want you to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to fall on you and to give you that. Another verse that came to mind today was 2 Corinthians 12 and 9 that says, "But He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ's power

may rest on me." Man, because I know some of you are feeling weak. Some of you are feeling just your self-esteem is at an all-time low because you're in prison, because you're wearing white, because you're in this situation that you're in. Maybe the addiction that you have in your life that you had that led you to prison or maybe that you currently have. I know if you're in prison in Texas, there's a good chance there's a current addiction in your life. Maybe that's worn you down. Maybe you've tried and tried to lay that down, to lay that sin down, or to lay that drug down, or to lay that thing down, but you failed. It seems like there's no strength left in you at all. You just want to give up. You just want to throw in the towel. I've been there, man. I know what that feels like, but the heart of God, man, is to rescue. He's saying, "In your weakness, his strength is strong." I want to just encourage you, man, that his grace is sufficient. His power is made perfect in your weakness, but we've got to know that in the moment so that we can apply that and declare that over our lives. We're in new creation, and it's actually not a completely horrible thing if we're feeling weak because his grace is sufficient and his power is made perfect. So I just want to encourage you guys with that. I know that it's not easy. It's not easy walking this walk anywhere. The Bible says that the narrow road is difficult, man. It's like many will search for it and few will find it because it's hard. It's a hard walk, and I know that it's even harder in the place that you're at because there's people coming against you and hating on you and pointing at you and saying, "You just got that Bible out so you don't have to participate in gay," whatever, so you don't have to get down. You're going to have people hating on you. It's hard in there, but I'm telling you, if you can find a way to practice these things while you're in there, you're going to be miles ahead when you hit that gate because it's easier out here. It's easy to find like-minded people out here. You can just go to any church and you can find people to come around you. You can find people to walk with you and do James 5, 16, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed. That is a difficult thing to do in some of the facilities that you're at. I know to find that person that you can walk with. Guys, if you don't have that person in your life, may pray and ask God to bring that person in your life. I believe he will answer that prayer because it's so important. Like I just said earlier, we're never meant to do this walk alone. I just want to tell you guys, it's been one of the number one most powerful weapons for me to, number one, stay clean, stay off drugs, and number two, advance in my Christian walk is James 5, 16. Having brothers that I can confess my

be forgiven. I said that earlier, first John 1-9, but if you confess your sins to a brother or ladies, if you confess your sins to a sister, you'll get freedom. You'll get healed. And we want both of those things, right? So I just want to encourage you guys today, man. I just want to encourage you, man, like God sees you. He loves you. He's for you. Put out of your mind, whatever it is that's going on around you, what you're hearing, what you see, what you hear and what you feel, those things will deceive you. The enemy will use especially your feelings to distract and deceive you. But we need to stand on what the Word of God says. And so I just want to encourage you any chance that you get, man, to declare these truths over your life. I want you to do that, that the spoken Word is powerful. And if you don't have that like-minded person around you, man, pray and ask God to bring he or she into your life so that you don't have to do this walk alone. And if you do have that person or a group, maybe you're in a Bible study or something in the facility, you're at, man, thank God for that. Because that's such a powerful thing. Don't take it for granted and use those brothers and sisters that God has placed in your life to do that. Let me pray for you. Father, we love you and we thank you. We thank you for just your blessing. We thank you for the Pando app. God, I thank you for all the souls that have been saved because of this technology. I thank you for all the people that were saved, that were heading down a slippery slope that stopped and turned back because they heard something on this app that touched them and changed them. God, your Word is amazing. And you tell us that when it goes out, it does not return void. And so, God, I just know, just based on the number of views that we get and who knows how many views total are on that app, that your Word is going out and out and out and out and out. And God, I thank you, man, that it does not return void, but it does, it fulfills the purpose that you intended for it. And we thank you for that, God, God, I thank you for your forgiveness, your mercy. I thank you that your mercies are new every day. Man, I thank you for just that you can transform us. I thank you that your Word is true. And God, I just pray, man, for anyone who is discouraged, who is growing weary. I pray for a weary soul, man, that is just surrounded by negativity, that is just surrounded by thoughts and by words that are telling them they're not good enough, telling them that they'll never make it. Whatever that is, God, I just pray that you would super naturally just speak above that noise in their life, that you would let those brothers and sisters know right now, man, how much you love them, that love, man, that changes things, that love

that passes understanding, that love that God, just have a moment with every one of these brothers and sisters, with their heart and your Holy Spirit, and just let them know how much you love them and how valuable and important that they are to you. And so, God, man, we just invite you in. I'm just praying you're anointing over this service, over this message. I just pray, God, that those seeds would land on fertile soil, God, and that you would provide the increase. And just pray that you would give these brothers and sisters ears to hear and eyes to see this fresh manna that you have for them. And God, I pray that you would bless their families while they're gone, that you would be a provider for their families, that you would be a father to their children, that you would be, that you would just meet those needs, God, in a supernatural way. And God, we love you so much. We just bless your name today. We just give you praise. We're just so thankful, God, for all that you are doing through this app and in our lives, that you've left 99 to find us and called us and chose us. And you've saved us, God. I pray that no one ever, ever, ever takes that for granted, no matter what's going on around us, God, that we could just rest in that, knowing that you love us with a love that we can't even fathom or imagine. And so, God, we bless you and we give you all the praise and glory. In Jesus' name, amen, amen. You know, I just got one more question for you. Who's house? God's house. Let's give some praise. [Music] [Music] - Good afternoon, my fellowship church. Why don't you stand on your feet. Let us come into his gaze with thanksgiving and those words with praise. For this is the day he's made, and we will be joyous, amen. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ I'll take it off the heaviness ♪ ♪ I'll pick it out of my pocket ♪ ♪ I'll throw caution to the end ♪

♪ No, I'm not ashamed to praise life ♪ ♪ Some will say it's foolishness ♪ ♪ Why do you say it's worth the risk ♪ ♪ I can't forget what Jesus did ♪ ♪ No, I'm not ashamed to praise life ♪ ♪ Where are those chains that don't tell me ♪ ♪ I'll free, I'll free, I'll free, I'll free ♪ ♪ My sin is gone, I'll panic ♪ ♪ I'll free, I'll free, I'll free, I'll free ♪ ♪ And look at what the Lord has done ♪ ♪ I've never gone back to the way I was ♪ ♪ I'll see all the answers on me ♪ ♪ I'll free, I'll free, I'll free, I'll free, yeah ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ We want to come on ♪ ♪ You know we're waiting ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ And thank God for the need for us ♪ ♪ I'll leave this short ♪ ♪ I'll leave this short ♪ ♪ For this time ♪ ♪ And they are ♪ ♪ I'll leave this short ♪ ♪ I'll leave this short ♪ ♪ I'll leave it I'll look at your lips ♪ ♪ I'll make it so they'll look at your lips ♪ ♪ Oh, you don't shine it ♪ ♪ For this time ♪ ♪ I'll see all the answers on you ♪

♪ Oh, I'll leave this short ♪ ♪ Took the cross if you broke your palm ♪ ♪ You shed your blood down the sand of cash ♪ ♪ My debt is paid and my record is ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ You took the cross and you broke your body ♪ ♪ You shed your blood down the sand of cash ♪ ♪ My debt is paid and my record is ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ You took the cross ♪ ♪ You shed your blood down the sand of cash ♪ ♪ My debt is paid and my record is ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ Where are those chains that once held me? ♪ ♪ I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free ♪ ♪ My shit is gone, I can't do it ♪ ♪ I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free ♪ ♪ And look at what the Lord has done ♪ ♪ I'm never going back to the way I was ♪ ♪ I'm seeing all the answers I'm feeling ♪ ♪ I'm free, I'm free, they're gone, I'm free ♪ ♪ You took the cross and you broke your body ♪ ♪ You shed your blood down the sand of cash ♪ ♪ My debt is paid and my record is dead ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ You took the cross and you broke your body ♪

♪ You shed your blood down the sand of cash ♪ ♪ My debt is paid ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it ♪ ♪ I couldn't do it so you did it for ♪ ♪ You beat out of your head, trust ♪ ♪ I'm not going to sign it, I'm okay, I'm okay ♪ ♪ You beat out of your head, trust ♪ ♪ I'm not going to sign it, I'm okay, I'm okay ♪ ♪ And look at what the Lord has done ♪ As Jesus, we just declare right now, God, that we will not go back the way that we were Jesus. We looked forward, we moved forward, God, and we just say, Lord, that you are holy and you are worthy, God. Let those words forever be on our lips. [Music] And now above the heaven states, and down below we take away. It's the anthem of eternity, let arise, let arise, let arise, let arise. In Jesus we behold you now, we lift our heads, we lay our crowns. The highest dreams we bring to you, we let arise, let arise, let arise, let arise, let arise, let arise. When we sing our home, how holy, how holy is the Lord God all night in, so holy, so holy, so holy to you, we pray. The navigation's right of the time, without before the throne of one. We praise the Father's spirit's light, we let arise, let arise, let arise, oh, we sing again. The navigation's right of the time, we'll bow before the throne of one. So we praise the Father's spirit's light, we let arise, let arise, let arise, let arise, let arise. How holy, how holy, oh, is the Lord God all night in, he's so worthy, so worthy to you. We praise the Father's spirit, how holy, oh, how holy is the Lord God all night in, he's so worthy, so worthy to you, we pray. How holy is to you, my Lord, you are these who we praise, you are worthy to be praise the Lord.

How holy is to you, you are the first, the last, to me, I'm going for labor, the one who was it is to burn. The lion of Jesus, the lamb who was laid, he's the reason, keep the living world, go and sing again. (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) How holy, how holy, is the Lord God of my peace, is the word he, is the word he, is the end. How holy, how holy, is the Lord God of my peace, is the word he, is the word he, is the end. How holy, how holy, is the Lord God of my peace, is the word he, is the end. How holy, how holy, is the Lord God of my peace, is the word he, is the end. How holy, how holy, is the end. Jesus, you are worthy of all of our praise. You're worthy of all the honor God because you are great. You're great and greatly to be praised, Lord. Come on, if you could all across this room, would you just lift your hands and just begin to tell God how great he is and just express your adoration for the Lord. In the room, God, we love you. We magnify you in this place, God. There is no one like you, Jesus. I've seen it for myself. You are great. The splendor of our King. The golden majesty, let all the earth rejoice, let all the earth rejoice. He raps himself in light, and darkness tries to hide, and it trembles at his voice.

Come on, let's sing it out sing. How great is our God sing with me, how great. Come on church. And don't we'll sing how great, how great is our God. How forever sing how great you are, Lord. You'll hear it from me, how great you are, Jesus. Oh (singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) ♪ He's on guard ♪ ♪ He knows that he can't raise your hand ♪ ♪ He's on guard ♪ ♪ He's on guard ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ He can't raise your hand ♪ ♪ He has yours ♪ ♪ He can't delete one hand ♪

♪ He has yours ♪ ♪ He told us you'll never let us ♪ ♪ One guard ♪ ♪ He has yours ♪ ♪ One guard ♪ ♪ He'll never let us ♪ ♪ He can't delete one hand ♪ ♪ He'll never let us ♪ ♪ He calls us all to be there ♪ ♪ One guard ♪ ♪ He'll never let us ♪ ♪ You are great and great ♪ ♪ He'll be great ♪ ♪ You are a Lord ♪ ♪ Come on, would you just tell him how crazy you are ♪ ♪ You are a great ♪ ♪ You are a light that's filled with your glory, Lord ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Come on, can we sing this together? ♪ ♪ We sing ♪ ♪ He knows the name above all names ♪ ♪ And you are worthy, oh, come on ♪ ♪ In my heart we'll see ♪ ♪ And my heart we'll see ♪ ♪ He's our God ♪ ♪ Hey, don't know me ♪ ♪ You don't listen to me cry ♪ ♪ He's the name above all names ♪ ♪ He is the name above all names ♪ ♪ He's the name above all names ♪

♪ And you are worthy, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ So be proud of your blessing ♪ ♪ Who has been a dream of home ♪ ♪ You can't die ♪ ♪ Oh, God, you will be ♪ ♪ And my heart we'll see ♪ ♪ You are worthy, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ You are worthy, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ You are worthy, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ And you are worthy, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ We'll sing our praise ♪ ♪ You are worthy, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ He is the name above all names ♪ ♪ We'll sing our praise ♪ ♪ Our praise is the name above all names ♪ ♪ Come on, sing it out ♪ ♪ Sing with me, oh, oh ♪ ♪ He is the name above all names ♪ ♪ He knows he is the name above all names ♪ ♪ How great ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ Come on church, can we sing that one more time? ♪ ♪ Can we sing about our King in the ring? ♪ ♪ How great, how great ♪ ♪ It's our love ♪ ♪ Sing with me, how great, how great ♪ ♪ It's our love ♪ ♪ Can all sing out the great ♪ ♪ How great is our God ♪ ♪ Come on church, how great is our God ♪

♪ How great is our God ♪ ♪ Would you sing with me, how great ♪ ♪ It's our love ♪ ♪ Can all sing out the great ♪ ♪ How great is our God ♪ ♪ It's our God ♪ ♪ When this time we sing ♪ ♪ How great is our God ♪ ♪ Sing with me, how great ♪ ♪ It's our God ♪ ♪ And all sing out the great ♪ ♪ How great is our God ♪ (gentle music) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) - Dear Jesus, we say that in every language, every tribe that is represented here in this room today, we declare as a prophetic declaration, Lord, that you are great and your name is exalted above every single nation and we glorify you in this place God. You are Lord of all God and we lift you up in this place. Holy Spirit, would you come and have your way in our hearts? Would you come and have your way in the service God? Would you soften the hearts of the people in this room so they will receive what you have for them in this room today? And that we love you and we thank you for what you're about to do.

And it's to the mighty name of Jesus. Come on, let us all say, amen, amen, amen. Come on, be a Jesus of praise. Amen, amen, let's give it up for Jesus one more time. Come on. Hey, welcome to Life Fellowship Church. You may be seated. My name is Leandra, I'm one of the executive pastors here at this house and if this is your first time here at Life Fellowship, we'd love to get to know you. So please sex the word new to 510 or maybe meet us in the connection corner right across the lobby. Also, as you enter the auditorium today, you probably received this brochure right here, right? And this brochure contains the missionary work, the mission's work that we do as a church. So what I'm trying to tell you is this, I don't know if you noticed, but if you open this, you'll see all across the globe, the impact that this church around, that this church here is doing around the globe. So let's give it up for Jesus, for everything that Life Fellowship's doing. We do the local work, but we also impact in the nations. So this is because of your yes, and thank you so much for doing this. Also today, we have a very special missionary partner in the house, and I want you to please, if you can stand just one more time. Let's give it up, let's welcome here Zander and Taylor,

Bradford, they're gonna give us a word. They're missionaries from Belgium. Let's give it up for Jesus, amen. - Hi, good morning, oh, maybe actually afternoon. Thank you so much for having us. We are so glad to be here. You guys can be seated. I am Taylor, this is my husband, Zander, and we are missionaries to Belgium. - Yeah, thank you so much for having us. We're so glad to be here, like Taylor said. Well, I just wanna tell you this morning, a little bit about Belgium and about the work that we're gonna be doing there. Belgium is a small country in the area that it takes up. It's about the size of New Hampshire. The seat of the European Union and NATO are there in Brussels and because of that political influence that brings in a lot of business that happens in the country. And so it's a very international city, so it's a really strategic place to meet people who need the Gospel of Jesus where they otherwise wouldn't be able to receive it. So in Belgium, I will be teaching at a school called Continental Theological Seminary. CTS is a Bible school that's just outside of Brussels where there are about 120 students from over 30 different nations around the world who have come there to study, to be ministers, church planters, missionaries, pastors and so on. And what I find really neat about CTS, why I think it's such a great opportunity, is that these students as they come from all around the world, they're often trained up and sent back to the places that they're from. So you'll see on this map that I have, it's not a plan for world domination out of Belgium, but rather it's just a way to demonstrate the impact that we together are able to have through CTS and through what God is doing there. An impact that really none of us will know on this side of eternity, but it still counts for God. The other thing I want to tell you about is what Taylor will be doing in Antwerp. Taylor will be working with a ministry called Breaking Chains Network. Now Antwerp is Belgium's largest city, about 10% of the country's population lives there, 1.2 million people in Antwerp, and it's also home to one of Europe's largest red light districts. There are about 400 women at any given time who are available for what happens there, and that's really sad. It really compels us to do something when we consider that in the light of the gospel. We just feel that Jesus has said that's not what's supposed to happen, there's something that needs to be done. And so Breaking Chains Network set up this place called Awasis Cafe, and at Awasis Cafe during the day, it's just a regular Christian coffee shop like you probably have here in McKinney.

But in the evenings, that's where the real magic happens. You see, Taylor and the other women who work at the coffee shop, they'll go out into the red light district a couple times a week, and they are, yeah, they are bringing coffee, they're bringing tea, and they're trying to develop friendships, and inviting these women who have been trafficked back to the cafe to share a meal and to have a Bible study. And after they go through that meal and they have that Bible study together, dozens of women friends have come through this ministry and found freedom, not only spiritual freedom in Jesus, but they've been able to walk out of that situation that they were stuck in. You know, Jesus tells us in John chapter 8 that if you abide in my word, then you will know the truth, and the truth will what church? The truth will set you free, and that's exactly what we're seeing. And so Taylor will be involved with that in Antwerp. I'll be teaching at that school in Brussels. But why Belgium? What is it about Belgium? Well friends, it's because Belgium, unfortunately, just does not have enough access to the gospel. And Belgium, only one and a half percent of the population there are Christians, only one and a half percent. If in this county right here, only one and a half percent of y'all were Christians, that would be fewer than 20,000 Christians of the 1.2 million people who live here. Imagine what that would mean. That would mean that most people who don't know Jesus. It's not because they grew up in a church and decided it wasn't for them. It's not because they've had an opportunity to hear the full gospel, but it's simply because for most people in Belgium, they've never had a chance to know someone that can tell them the good news. There's never been someone in their life who can say, "Look what Jesus did for me. He can do it for you too." And so that's really why we're going to Belgium. We want people to have access to the gospel. This picture you see behind me of the church, that's the cathedral of our lady in Antwerp. And I just like this image as a way to let us think about it. That left spire you see over here, it's incomplete. And that's the idea of the gospel that is in the head of Belgian people. They have an incomplete reference idea of what the gospel is. And so that's where we're going to Belgium. Hey, thank you so much for this more time this morning and for your support and your prayers. God bless you all. Life fell off you, would you please stretch your hands. Let's pray for them. Thank you for what you're doing, the work that you're doing through their lives. Father, as a church, we bless them. As a church, we say that whenever they snap their food, Father, they're gonna conquer for the honor of your name, Father. That would then be used, Father, by your Holy Spirit, Father, and speak boldly the gospel that you gave to all of us, Father. Father, we bring that more than the words, Father, that your spirit can touch people, Father, and that nation can be changed by your name, Father.

We also pay protection over their family, Father. Let them know, Father, that you are with them, whatever they are, Father, and let them see your hand, just giving them favor with people and everybody else, Father. Thank you so much for the opportunity that life fellowship has, Father, to come alongside and see your work being done through them. We bless them as a church. In all God's people say, hey, man, amen. Let's give it up for Jesus one more time. (gentle music) - Amen, amen, amen. Would you please pay attention, just turn your attention to the screens so you have an important announcement to you. - Every mission trip begins with a willingness to go to step into someone's community, hear their story, and share the love of Jesus. Through these trips, we've come alongside ministries to serve their communities, build relationships, and share the hope we've found in Him. Sometimes that means meeting a practical need. Sometimes it means bringing with someone or taking the time to listen. Each moment is an opportunity to help someone feel seen, valued, and loved. And the impact goes beyond our time there. We support local ministries who continue serving their communities long after we come home.

As we go to serve, God works in us too. He opens our eyes, stretches our faith, and teaches us to love in new ways. God is at work beyond our walls, and He's invited us to be part of it. In 2027, take a step of faith. Join a mission trip. Be part of a transformation happening in lives and communities, and discover what the Lord can do through you. Let's go where He leads us and share the hope of Jesus together. - Good morning, welcome everybody. How are you today? Good to have you here on this very special day, a kind of a mission Sunday, and I love the international feel we have with the music, and the team did a great job. Don't you think we're gonna have them do that a little more often, and that was so good. We have such a diverse church family, and much of that diversity's right here on our stage, and so, so good to see that. Zander and Tater, so good to have you with us. We're so blessed to have you this morning, and thank you for sharing with us just your heart and your vision for Europe, for Belgium, and for all the different places of the world that your ministry's gonna impact, and we're so, so grateful for that. We're gonna talk a little bit more about that in just a minute,

but don't you love time change, Sunday? I love this is my favorite time of the year, really. I think we ought to do it every week. I think we ought to do time change, especially the fall version, right? But if you're watching online, we're glad that you're here. We hope you got a little extra sleep last night as well. Department of Corrections, we welcome you today. Thank you for tuning in, and we want to minister life and hope to use. Give it up for our church family behind the camera. Yes, yes, welcome, welcome, welcome. So, lean in and have some important things for us to talk about. We're gonna get into our series. This is us. We're talking about living our core values. We've talked about so far, week one was putting God first. We put God first in worship and the word in prayer. Last week, we talked about we equip people. The equipping part of doing ministry is so, so vital, and we value that very, very deeply. Last week, we talked about equipping, and I shared with you seven elements, seven key elements of the gospel. I wanted to make sure you had that. And if you weren't able to be here, you can go online and watch that on our Life Fellowship app, or you go to our YouTube channel. We hope you will go back and look at some of the messages

and receive and hear maybe what you missed. Today, we're going to value number three, which is we show up. We show up. Now, those words sound very simple. You say, I'm not even sure they sound very spiritual, but I want you to hear my heart behind this. With this value, we're saying that we show up, we show up first to serve. Our team, really, they were part of forming these values. They said, we show up, and we show up, and we are dependable. It's called faithfulness. We show up with generosity, and that's such an important part of this value. But here's what I know. This church has done all those things for a long time. took leadership and took on leadership, and ministry was happening, and lives were changed, and we know many of your lives have been touched and impacted because of them. And we know that you, this church grew significantly through that season. This land was purchased, and this beautiful campus was constructed, and thousands of people have been impacted through the years. We know that, not just here in person, but also online, including kids ministries and student ministries here, young adult ministries, and families, and many have served faithfully in the Department of Corrections, all those things. I could keep going, and I will. And you've served missionaries, and we're talking about that today in local ministries, and that has happened because so many people along the way have said, "I'll show up. I'm available. Use me."

And that's what makes a church a life-giving, life-changing, high-impact church. In fact, I just want to ask you, how many of you have been at life fellowship? You could say, "This has been my church home for more than 10 years." Would you stand for just a moment, and just remain standing? If you could say 10 years or more, would you just stand? Look around the room. We've had a lot of people this morning, and say, "10 years plus." That's awesome, and you've been dependable, and you've been generous in all those things. How many of you, just standing, how many of you would say five years or more? You've been here five years or more, or you've been a part of this church family? Would you stand with them? Come on. Come on. Jump to your feet. Pass the tramp. Five years or more. More than that. Oh. Okay. And how about one to five years? How many can say from one to five years? You've been... All right? So you stand? And for the rest of us, yeah. Go ahead. And for the rest of us, we say thank you. Thank you. Thank you for showing up. Thank you for being dependable.

Thank you for being generous. Thank you for just being a part of this and staying the course through these years through different seasons, through different things. Thank you for your faithfulness, and for that, the rest of us, including me, we stand on your shoulders. We're here because of you, because of you. This has happened. So many times we can forget that. We can think, "Well, it's because we had the pastor. We had this or that." No. It's because of you. You are the church of Jesus Christ. And because of you, we're having an impact not only here locally, but around the world. So one more time, all of us that are seated are me included. Let's just put our hands together and thank all these who are standing. And we're a part of that too. Those of us who are still seated. So God bless you. Okay. You can be seated for a minute. I've watched this kind of stuff for a long, long time. For over 25 years of serving the church in Atlanta, something happens when we make a commitment. Spiritual commitments. Here's what I like to say. We grow spiritually when we make spiritual commitments. Let me say that again. We grow spiritually when we make spiritual commitments. And we make commitments to grow in a church with a church, with a church family. When we do that, we begin to ask, "How can I help to make this a place where other people

receive what I have received?" Now, let me say that again. How can I help to make this a place where other people receive what I have received? And you've done that. And that's what makes life fellowship, this life-giving, healthy church, even through this transition season. I want you to go with me to Romans chapter 12. We're going to talk about this value. And I'm praying that it gets deep down into all of us. In Romans chapter 12, verse 4, if you have a note-taker or something to write some things down on or type it on your notes app or whatever, but I want you to hear these important truths today. I want to start hearing this passage from the Apostle Paul to the church at Rome. It says in verse 4, "For just as each of us has one body, with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we though many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Now, that's a really, really important statement. It's a long sentence, important statement. Paul uses the human body as a metaphor of the body of Christ. Our body has many members, but it's just one body. And he's saying the body of Christ is the same. Many members, but one body, all of us, verse 6, says, "Have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith. If it is serving, we show up, if it's serving, we serve. If it is teaching, we teach. If it is to encourage, we show up and we encourage, then give encouragement. If it is giving, what do we do? We show up, then give generously. If it's to lead, we do what?

It's to show mercy, we show up and do it cheerfully. Love must be sincere verse nine. Hate what is evil, cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Love stays the course, let me just say that. Love stays the course and love is what causes us to keep showing up. It's the love of God. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep, oh, I love this. Keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord. Keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord. Don't let that wane, verse 12, be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Listen, we can't have too many people that will pray at Life Fellowship Church. We need a church full of people that will pray. There were some people that gathered with me last night at six o'clock. There were people that gathered here early yesterday morning. People that gathered on Monday nights together to pray. Last night in our little prayer gathering here, it was wonderful. We just took time and prayed alone that we came together. We prayed for needs in our community. We prayed for the churches in our community, yes. How many believe a church ought to pray for other churches? We ought to pray for other pastors. We ought to pray for other leaders. We prayed God's blessings over churches

in the McKinney-Colin County area. God blessed those churches, helped them to show up today and preach with a strong anointing, the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let churches grow because people are being saved, people are being discipled, people are walking in the spirit of faith, trusting God. The verse 13, not only are we faithful in prayer, but we share with the Lord's people who are in need. We practice hospitality, we show up. That's what we do. Our values are what we do. And Paul describes this church, as I mentioned, as a body with many members and different gifts. Remember in Ephesians 2, he wrote, "We are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works to serve using the gifts that He's given us." That's why showing up involves more. Watch this, more than what we personally need or personally want or personally desire. It's not always about that. I know we actually even choose our church often about what we want and what we like. And I get it. I like certain types of music also. I like certain styles of preaching also. I'm not even sure mine is that style, but anyway, I like certain styles of preaching. I like churches who minister to my age demographic.

I like, I like, I like, I like. I've got things that I like and I'm sure you've got things that you like. But maybe the better question might be God, what do you want? God, what do you need for me to do? What do others need that I might be able to serve even if it's not something that I like? I found out many years ago that when I would sometimes get tapped on the shoulder and get drafted into ministries, how many of you have had that experience here? And I would usually say yes because I was asked. And I would say yes because there was a need. And I could tell you maybe even the first week I didn't even like it. But here's what I found. Even if it was something I didn't think I liked, I soon found fulfillment. I found there was something in my heart that was happening that was changing, that was shifting because I was meeting a need and I didn't even know that's what I would like. But I found out that God could use me even in those places that I didn't even see coming. And that can happen as you for you as well. So we show up to serve. We show up to serve. Write that down, number one. And because this has been a theme really the past few weeks, I won't spend a lot of time here, but serving is a family thing.

We're a family, we're a church community, church family. Every family needs every member pitching in. Can all the moms say amen? It's probably that way at your house. You may have lists for everybody. This is yours, this is yours, this is yours. We need everybody participating here. We got a lot going on, we need everybody. When we founded the church in Atlanta a number of years ago, early on we developed the culture of servant leadership. And from the beginning, it was about towels, not titles. It wasn't about titles because I don't really care what your title is, we got a lot to do, we need your help. And so because there was so much going on, we were a set up teardown church for almost five years. And so that means we need a lot to help Pastor John in the North Campus there, I set up and teardown church. If you've been over there, you've been a part of that, you know, that's a lot, but they need everybody serving. But the beautiful thing about that is they're developing a culture there, and we have that here as well, but it's even more prominent in a place like that. We need everybody's help. Many hands make work light, right? We need everybody's help. Our staff over the years, our church staff, even here, have titles. But if I can be quite honest, I hardly care about them. I care about the people.

I don't care about the titles. What I care about is everybody knows what the need is and everybody's willing to serve. I remember Thanksgiving meal in Atlanta at our church for the kids. We have an elementary school, preschool. And I remember Ms. Phyllis having a Thanksgiving meal where parents could come in and eat Thanksgiving meal with their kids. And so I was just moving around the room, greeting people, talking to people. And I noticed the trash was piling up in the container. So I went over and I just pulled it up and tied it and pulled it out like you do, like I do at home. And then I went, found another one and I pulled it up and tied it. And I carried it out to the dumpster. And later that day, Mrs. Campbell caught me and she said, "Pass it, Dave, you're the pastor, you shouldn't have done that." And I said, "Yes, I am the pastor." And that's exactly why I should have done that. Because there was a need and it needed done. I know trash is not in my job description or was in my job description as the senior pastor. It's not in the one they gave me here. In fact, they didn't give me one here. So I'm not sure what it is. But I tell you what is in my job description, serve, come serve this church. Serve the people of this church. Serve the ministries of this church.

Serve the needs of this church. And I want to be able to do that with my whole heart. I once preached a message many years ago entitled, "The Power of Everybody." The power of everybody. And the thought was, what if everybody served? What if everybody prayed? What kind of church would we have? What if everybody gave? Now somebody's thinking, pastor, you're dreaming. Yeah, and you're still dreaming about the cowboys winning in Super Bowl II. So it's fair. And I believe it can happen someday. Hey, be patient. I'm a Falcons fan, okay? That's tough, that's tougher, all right? But here's the question I think we should ask ourselves as part of a life-giving church. As part of a church that I believe God has set apart to make a difference, not only in this city and community and county, but around the world. And that is, the question is, if everybody did, just like me, what kind of church would we have? I think that's a fair question. If everybody did, just like me, what kind of church would we have? In fact, Peter wrote in 1 Peter, chapter four, verse 10, he says, each of you, and I take that as everybody,

should use whatever gift you have received to serve others. As faithful stewards of God's grace in his various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength that God provides. How many know God gives you the strength and the grace to serve? And so then in all things, that God may be praised through Jesus Christ, to Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. So then in all these things, God may be praised. Peter says, every believer has received something from God, and that something can benefit someone else. The assignments that we receive may say yes to, may seem simple, they may seem ordinary, but Peter says, just be a faithful steward with that. A steward will do what? A steward will take care of something that has been given or has been entrusted to them. That means we ask, Lord, how do you want me to use what you have given to me? So I'm gonna pause right there on this topic, and I want you to find somebody today, if you haven't already, that's got a made for more t-shirt, a lightly shirt and just say, let's have a conversation. I don't know, maybe it's something small, maybe something big, maybe something I like, maybe something I don't like, but I believe God wants to use all of us.

And I promise I won't bring this up again. Until maybe next Sunday, okay, let's keep going. Secondly, and very briefly, secondly, number two, we show up with dependability. As a leader, I love that word. As someone who oversees people, you may have that as a business owner, as a supervisor or manager, you have direct reports. I love people who are dependable. I love people, but I really love people who are dependable. And I think dependability means, as far as it is within my ability or my control, people can count on me. They can take me at my word and I'll follow through. Luke, chapter 16, verse 16. Jesus, what is he doing here? He's equipping his followers with the idea that our handling of ordinary responsibilities, it matters to God. Or even when our resources aren't much, it still matters how we handle them. Dependability reflects Godly character, and it's also a way of caring for people and letting them know that I respect you. And you matter to me, so dependability matters. And here's the reality, sometimes we fail, sometimes we forget, stuff happens, traffic happens, you can't show up on time. Listen, I live in Atlanta, we get a lot of grace for traffic, you live in Dallas. So a lot of stuff happens, sometimes things happen and it's not your fault and you're not able to fulfill what you said you were going to do. Well, then we just simply let people know and we ask for grace. And I've done that and you've done that, we need to do that. I had a pastor friend one time, oh my goodness, he forgot a funeral that he was supposed to speak at and actually give the eulogy. And they called him at five minutes till the start time. Now, if you're him, what do you think you feel at that moment? Well, I'm not him, but I'm close to him and I'm a pastor. And if you call me in five minutes, I'm supposed to be there delivering a eulogy and I'm not there. That's one of the worst things that can ever happen. And he felt awful

and he has recovered after about six years. No, I'm just playing. But grace gives us room to acknowledge those failures. He'd call me and told me about it. I said, no, that didn't happen. He said, yes, it did. I said, never let that happen again. So he asked the Lord then to turn our willingness into dependability and we make sure things like that can't happen. But there's a lot of other areas where we need grace. We know that. Number three, and I want to spend a little more time on this point. We show up in generosity. Now, I made a commitment to you three months ago today on Sunday, August 2nd. It's been three months. Can you believe that? And to this point, I believe I've kept this commitment to you. I told you that as long as I'm the transition pastor at life fellowship, we're not going to tread water in this season. We're not going to. We're going to reach people. We're going to serve people. We're going to emphasize the next gen ministry. We're going to continue advancing God's work. And that's almost word for word what I said. In other words, we're going to keep showing up and keep doing the work of God together. And I want to celebrate you and thank you for doing that with me over these last three months. Very, very important. And all we have to do is look around the room and all three of our services today and know what's going on in our prison ministries and know what's going on in next gen ministries and knowing what's going on in young adult ministry and we can celebrate and thank God for that. But we're also going to keep our commitment in the area of generosity. We're going to keep our commitment in the area of missions. And today, we're going to look ahead to our kingdom builder Christmas offering that's going to happen in a few weeks next month in December, December 13th, if you want to write it down. And I'm asking everyone to prepare your heart for this offering in a few weeks. Here's what I know. I strongly believe this. It's impossible to be generous and to be a materialist at the same time. In fact, I believe generosity is the antidote to materialism. A survey said that 79% of people believe the more money and possessions you have, the happier you will be. Now, you live in an area and in a part of Texas where you probably see a lot of that and people are searching for happiness by how much stuff they can accumulate. But that is not what the Bible teaches. In fact, the suicide count of wealthy and famous people is growing every day. Actor Jim Carrey is quoted as saying, and by the way, I don't quote Jim Carrey very often. But this is profound. And I know it's true. He said, I think everyone should get rich and famous and do everything they dreamed of so they can see that is not the answer. That is not the answer. You know that. Peter said the answer is this,

be a faithful steward of what God has entrusted to you. Be a faithful steward. Biblical stewardship begins with that, begins with putting God first with what we have and what we've been given. It's recognizing everything I have comes from God and I'm his steward. I'm his manager. And it's realizing that one day I'm going to give an account for how I stewarded or managed God's stuff. And I didn't think much about that when I was in my 20s or 30s or 40s or 50s. Yeah. But you know what? I think a lot about that today, because I knew no of this. There's a reality whether Jesus comes again, which I think that could be very soon. That's another topic for another day, man. Or that I'm going to go to heaven sooner than some of you, and I want to be ready on that great day, for he to look at me and say, "Well done, thou good and faithful steward, faithful servant. You gave it all you had. You gave me everything that was mine and all that I asked you to give. And I want to be in that position to be able to say thank you Lord, thank you Lord. I wanted to honor you. I want to do that. Our life fellowship of Christmas offering is six weeks away. And I'm going to ask you to be prayerful about how you can be generous and have a generous heart and a generous eye toward this annual offering. Did you say generous eye, Pastor? You said generous eye? I did. Proverbs chapter 22 9 says that. It says, "He who has a generous eye will be blessed for he gives of his bread to the poor." Now what does it mean to have a generous eye? Well, simply someone sees a need and they have a heart to meet it. How can I help meet it?

But first we have to see the opportunity. Now most of us have an eye for certain things. We're all different. But some of you have an eye, for example, some of you may have an eye for talent. You can see talent a mile away. That's great. Or maybe you have an eye for fashion. I mean, you came in looking good today and you saw everybody else that was looking good today. I mean, you have an eye for fashion that just caught your eye. My wife has an eye for decorating. I mean, our house went from summer decorations to fall decorations. And then it's going from fall decorations after Thanksgiving to Christmas decorations. By the way, you do it after Thanksgiving. No, I'm not going to get into that with you, but that's the way we do it. And it's like, bam, overnight it's -- she'll say it's not overnight, but it feels like it is. She has an eye for it. Some of you have an eye for cars. Anybody in here got an eye for cars? Motorcycles? I've got one. Now you bike riders know what I'm doing when I do that. I got an eye for that. I'm looking for the bikes. I'm looking for the bikes. We're waving at each other as we go by. You have an eye for these things. Some of us have an eye for business opportunities. You have an eye for investing or an eye for excellence.

You just want things to look great. Some people have a generous eye, and they're always looking around saying, "What can I do to make a difference for somebody else? What can I do to make a difference in ministries? What can I do to help financially?" Maybe you're at a restaurant, and that person with a generous eye will be looking around and saying, "You know, I think I want to buy that person's meal." I've done that before. In fact, one time I pulled a server over and I said, "Hey, you know, you're trying to be quiet. Ain't that person over there? Yeah, don't look at them right now. That person over there, I want to buy their meal." This time, the server said, "No, you can't do that." I'm like, "What do you mean I can't do that?" He said, "They've already bought yours." We've got this generosity war going on right there in the dining room. I'm like, "I can't, I can't, I can't." Here's the truth. When you have a generous eye, the scripture says, "You will be blessed." The enemy cannot keep you from being blessed when you live by kingdom principles and values. With that, there's a biblical principle that teaches us this, whatever you sow, that way you also reap. The Apostle Paul takes it further in Corinthians 9, 6. He says, "He who so sparingly will also reap sparingly, and who who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully." I'm reminded of the old preacher who said that a little bit differently. He said, "The whole that you give through is the same hole you're going to receive through." That kind of makes it simple and plain, doesn't it? How many people love to be around a person with a servant's heart?

I do. How many of you like to be around somebody that's dependable? I do. How many of you love to be around somebody that's generous? I really do. Yeah, I have my benefit from that, but I want them to love it to be around me. Those are the kind of people that people love to be around and people are attracted to, and I believe God's heart is attracted to, and I believe that's what God calls his followers to do so that we can in turn advance kingdom work for his glory. I want us to be able to say, "This is us. This is us." I want to show you the focus now of our kingdom builder, Christmas offering, and then ask our church family I've done this all morning, ask you to prayerfully consider how you can be a part of it in a generous way. Our goal this year is $300,000. Somebody say $300,000, and I believe if everybody is a part of that, I believe we will soar past that total. building to builders is life fellowships over and above. first with the tithe or the tenth. And then over and above giving is what we direct towards kingdom builders. And I like to just say it simply. Global, local, next. We've got these three areas, these three prongs of over and above giving. Global missions, local ministry, and next generation leaders. And a life fellowship we believe every person is a kingdom builder. We say everybody is from our kids to our seniors. Every person, no matter your age bracket, no matter your income bracket, no matter your good looks bracket, whatever bracket you have, we think everybody is and should be a kingdom builder. My friend Brian Campbell, he wrote a book Generosity Gene and he said it this way. He said everybody can do some. Some can do more and a few can do much. That just breaks it down pretty simple. I'm sorry I'm not a little more profound in what I tell you. But that's pretty profound right there. Everybody can do some. Some can do more and a few can do much. So some of you are the some, some of you are the more and some of you are the much. It's everybody. I love

that. Global, local, next. Let me talk about global missions. I'm excited about the impact we're making and we will continue to advance the work. And we've got two things specifically of how we're going to advance the work through this Christmas offering. The first one is to add monthly support for five new global missionaries in 2027. Five new global missionaries in 2027. Missionaries like Zander and Taylor. We're going to be in to support them right away here in 2026. But these kingdom builder funds will help us have had five more in 2027. I think we could probably and I hope we can do more than that. But that just helps us to send places, people places where there's not the gospel access that we have here in Collin County. There are places around the world where there's almost zero gospel access and we want to send missionaries there to make a difference for Jesus. Also, we want to advance the kingdom impact and the global impact of project rescue. For almost 30 years project rescue has been on the front lines. And let me tell you what they do. They rescue exploited women and children while walking with survivors with ministry and care. They're also a partner with with Taylor's ministry that she's involved with. We'll be involved with in Brussels. So they're making a difference around the world. In fact, in 2027 project rescue is planning a new ministry ranch. I said ranch. Guess where in this Dallas metro area in 2027. That's exciting. We can be a part of that. And there's more details coming soon over these next few weeks. We're going to tell you more about that. And then local ministry. What are we doing locally? Well, we're going to continue the ministry of our Life Fellowship North Campus. Pastor John, the team there is doing an incredible job. There's funds that are needed for renovation of a facility, new buildings, so there's things like that. We're going to be able to lean in with them and help them advance the work there. Also, watch this. We're going to sponsor a transition home through the Life Fellowship Prison Ministry. Man, this is big on our hearts. I know it's big in Pastor Trent's heart. Pastor Logan's heart to offer safe, Christ-centered housing to those that are ready to continue their walk with Jesus after they are able to be back in normal life again. We want to help them. We've got a ministry team just ready, waiting to serve them and continue discipleship with them. So we're very excited about that opportunity. Next generation, we'll tell you more about that too in a couple of weeks. Next generation, let's just touch on this. Provide scholarships for Life Fellowship youth and kids summer

camps so we can get kids to camp. There's something that happens in Christ-centered summer camps. And some of you were raised in summer camps where Jesus was made known and made real to you. And we want that for our kids also. Provide scholarships also for students and young adults who are enrolling in Bible college or seminary. People who fill a vocational calling towards gospel ministry, whether it be a pastor of angels or maybe a missionary like Zander and Ted or listen, we need our kids to have their hearts open. We need our sons and daughters to have their hearts open to what God is calling them to in these last days. And then finally, to support our families, to enable teens to attend youth and discipleship events, we don't want any kid to say, "I can't come. I can't attend. I can't be a part because of a lack of funds." We want to make sure they can participate. But to do this, we all need to have the value of generosity. Now think about what Paul said and I'll close. 2 Corinthians 9 verse 7 says, "Each of you," well, there's that everybody again, "each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give or show up not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." So the value is we show up in serving, in dependability, in generosity, and ask the Lord, "What can I intentionally perfect. Cindy and I are not only giving in this offering today to help and be a blessing to Zander and Tater and help fund them and get them on the field, missionary field. But we're also saying, "Lord, how can we show up in a significant way on December 13th and by the end of the year and give a great Christmas offering here?" And so we want to help kind of start the wave of that and even give a gift today. So I'm going to ask all of you to just, we're going to take a few moments here. We're not going to rush through this. Our team is going to come back. They're going to come back with how great is our God and just, just spend some time in worship. But rather than you all stand and do that, I'd rather you really stop for a moment and say, "What can we give? How can we do that?" There's an offering envelope in the seat pocket in front of you. By the way, if you're visiting with us, we rarely do it this way. We rarely do this. We're just saying we're trusting you with your giving. We're thanking you for your giving. We teach on it and we let you do that. But sometimes there needs to be a special moment where we can say, "You know what? We're going to be a blessing to a missionary." We're going to get ready for this Christmas offering. We're going to start the wave of generosity today. We're just going to begin today and prepare. So we're going to let

you stay seated for a moment. We're going to let you prepare. You can do it online. There's ways to do it online. Just make sure you note it, Kingdom Builders. If you do it by way of envelope, there's a place for you to deposit that. There's a container right there by the doors before you go out. So I'm just going to ask you to pray with me and then we're just going to take a moment and let the team sing and prepare our gifts. Lord, thank you for this word today. Thank you for our hearts. Thank you for our willingness to just say yes. And just as part of the Church family here at live fellowship, help us all to be a part of not only serving but the dependability that is needed with all Church family members. But this area of generosity, God just laid on our hearts. For those who have a generous eye and a generous heart, thank you. For those that are just maybe struggling and wrestling with them, maybe there doesn't seem to be enough. There doesn't seem to be enough to go around. How can I even think about doing something else? So maybe for them it's just something small. But Lord, if we can be entrusted with the small, you said we can be entrusted with much. So Lord, just pray that you'd prepare us for whatever that is today. If we can't do it right now later today, help us to just respond. And I ask blessing upon this Church family because of their heart and their generosity and Jesus' name. Amen. Just prepare your gifts. When you're ready, you can stand in worship and they'll believe you in this song. Pray. How great is our God. Oh, we sing. How great is our God. Sing with me. How great is our God. We'll sing. How great is our God. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. With your heads bowed, your eyes closed for a moment. How many of you here today? There's a need in your life. Maybe it's a spiritual need and you just know you need God.

Maybe today you came and there's a physical need. You need a miracle in your body or there's a family member that you're praying for and that you know they need a miracle. Maybe you came today with your own financial need. Maybe there's a marriage need. But you know God is great and you know God is able and you know that even in a moment like this that God could just reach down and touch and bring the miracle answer to your heart's need. So I'm going to ask you to just slip up your hand and I'm going to begin to pray for you in this room. And in the moment we're going to have our prayer leaders come and they're going to prepare them and be ready to agree with any of you that want to stay and pray together with them. But I want us to pray together right now for a miracle power to just be made manifest in this moment. Lord Jesus we have come today to exalt your name. And you said in the place of praise and the place of unity Lord your presence would be there. And I sense that so strongly today. Thank you Lord for a church that has a heart for the world. Thank you Lord that as we have a heart for the world we are touching your heart. And I ask you now to just not only let our hearts be touched but let our physical bodies be touched. Those have a physical need God give a miracle with men it may seem impossible. But with God all things are possible. We know that you are our healer Lord. You're Jehovah Rafe we declared in the mighty name of Jesus. We pray for those that have a financial need right now Lord. As they live on the open hand and open heart God would you just move on them miraculously. Lord be true to your word Lord provide for them. You said you would supply all of our need according to your riches and glory by Christ Jesus. So I speak that over people right now with financial need. Lord we pray for those with emotional needs Lord just strengthen them, strengthen them, heal them, heal their heart, heal their mind. Lord I pray for those with relational need, marriage needs Lord we pray that you would begin to heal the relationship. Heal them Lord Jesus for those that are talking to us Lord let that word never come up again as they walk out of this room today. Let there be healing let there be restoration let us lay hold of the truth of your word that you are our healer and you're the restore of broken things.

I speak Shalom nothing missing nothing broken over families and over over marriages and relationships right now. Thank you Lord for hearing our cry. Thank you for hearing our heart. You said the eyes of the Lord over the righteous and your ears are open to our prayers. Thank you for hearing us today. Thank you for responding in Jesus name. Thank you for the giving today. Thank you for many blessing our missionaries and blessing kingdom work. Bless them as they've lived today with an open heart and an open hand in Jesus name. I'd like to ask our prayer team to come and stand here and if you have someone that or you have a need you'd like for them to agree with you with further talk with you. They would maybe just have a heart need for Jesus. They would love to come and they would love to talk with you and just pray with you. So don't leave without coming and letting them minister to you. If any of our other pastors or leaders are close by please come on up and we want you to help pray with us. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace. I hope you've been blessed today. I have felt the blessing, the Lord in the house. Go and have a great week and we'll see you next Sunday. God bless you.