Mike Novotny - Me on Team Jesus?: Even If I'm Prideful

July 13, 2025 | 28:59

Time of Grace teaches tough topics in an approachable and relatable way, making the Bible clear and understandable for those who need encouragement in their walks of faith and for those who don’t yet know Jesus at all.

#RelationshipwithGod #Pride #SpiritualGrowth #SeekGod #Discipleship

Closed captions

Show Timecode

Time Of Grace With Mike Novotny | Mike Novotny - Me on Team Jesus?: Even If I'm Prideful | July 13, 2025

♪ ♪
00:00:07.730 --> 00:00:19.109
>> like, think of
00:00:22.545 --> 00:00:22.979
Your childhood,
00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:24.414
Your childhood, think of your school years,
00:00:24.481 --> 00:00:26.783
Think of your school years, think of your romantic life,
00:00:26.850 --> 00:00:27.650
Think of your romantic life, think of your professional life,
00:00:27.717 --> 00:00:29.052
Think of your professional life, think of athletics,
00:00:29.119 --> 00:00:30.153
Think of athletics, think of academics.
00:00:30.220 --> 00:00:32.021
Doesn't so much of how we feel
00:00:32.122 --> 00:00:33.723
Doesn't so much of how we feel about ourselves come down
00:00:33.790 --> 00:00:34.691
To that simple question,
00:00:34.791 --> 00:00:37.494
To that simple question, "did they choose me?"
00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.997
"did they choose me?" if someone chooses you,
00:00:41.064 --> 00:00:42.398
If someone chooses you, if they look you in the eye
00:00:42.465 --> 00:00:43.833
And invite you,
00:00:43.933 --> 00:00:44.567
And invite you, if they want you,
00:00:44.634 --> 00:00:45.568
If they want you, if they accept you,
00:00:45.635 --> 00:00:46.503
If they accept you, if they include you,
00:00:46.569 --> 00:00:47.637
If they include you, oh, like, life is so good.
00:00:47.704 --> 00:00:52.775
Oh, like, life is so good. but if they don't,
00:00:52.842 --> 00:00:53.409
But if they don't, if they reject you,
00:00:53.476 --> 00:00:54.911
If they reject you, if they don't want you,
00:00:54.978 --> 00:00:55.778
If they don't want you, if they don't have time for you,
00:00:55.845 --> 00:00:56.713
If they don't have time for you, if they don't include --
00:00:56.779 --> 00:00:57.847
If they don't include -- if you're outside of the circle.
00:00:57.914 --> 00:01:02.886
If you're outside of the circle. oh, let me give you
00:01:02.952 --> 00:01:03.486
Oh, let me give you a few examples.
00:01:03.553 --> 00:01:04.454
A few examples. when you're a kid,
00:01:04.521 --> 00:01:05.622
When you're a kid, if your parents choose you,
00:01:05.688 --> 00:01:08.191
If your parents choose you, if both your mom and your dad
00:01:08.258 --> 00:01:09.626
If both your mom and your dad choose to be with you,
00:01:09.692 --> 00:01:10.960
Choose to be with you, they choose to keep you,
00:01:11.027 --> 00:01:12.762
They choose to keep you, they choose to want you,
00:01:12.829 --> 00:01:14.464
They choose to want you, they choose to give you
00:01:14.531 --> 00:01:15.331
They choose to give you your attention,
00:01:15.398 --> 00:01:16.499
Your attention, you don't really know this
00:01:16.566 --> 00:01:17.233
You don't really know this when you're a kid but that
00:01:17.300 --> 00:01:18.401
When you're a kid but that is so foundationally important
00:01:18.468 --> 00:01:20.270
Is so foundationally important for the development of our
00:01:20.336 --> 00:01:21.437
For the development of our hearts and our minds.
00:01:21.504 --> 00:01:24.307
Hearts and our minds. because if they don't,
00:01:24.374 --> 00:01:27.577
Because if they don't, like if dad takes off
00:01:27.644 --> 00:01:30.747
Like if dad takes off or he doesn't want custody,
00:01:30.813 --> 00:01:33.583
Or he doesn't want custody, like, that's hard.
00:01:33.650 --> 00:01:36.019
Like, that's hard. even if the kid
00:01:36.085 --> 00:01:36.853
Even if the kid does nothing wrong,
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:37.420
Does nothing wrong, it's just hard to process that.
00:01:37.487 --> 00:01:39.155
It's just hard to process that. it's hard to feel good
00:01:39.222 --> 00:01:40.256
It's hard to feel good about yourself if someone
00:01:40.323 --> 00:01:41.491
About yourself if someone doesn't choose you.
00:01:41.558 --> 00:01:43.493
Doesn't choose you. homecoming comes around.
00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:46.229
Homecoming comes around. all your girlfriends
00:01:46.296 --> 00:01:46.763
All your girlfriends get asked out on dates.
00:01:46.829 --> 00:01:47.530
Get asked out on dates. if there's a boy
00:01:47.597 --> 00:01:48.364
If there's a boy who chooses you --
00:01:48.431 --> 00:01:49.933
Who chooses you -- i've heard these days,
00:01:49.999 --> 00:01:50.633
I've heard these days, homecoming, like,
00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:52.101
Homecoming, like, asks are really dramatic, right?
00:01:52.168 --> 00:01:53.169
Asks are really dramatic, right? if he does the big thing
00:01:53.236 --> 00:01:54.404
If he does the big thing in the hallway
00:01:54.470 --> 00:01:54.938
In the hallway with all of his friends,
00:01:55.004 --> 00:01:55.972
With all of his friends, oh my goodness, you're like,
00:01:56.039 --> 00:01:57.340
Oh my goodness, you're like, you float your way home.
00:01:57.407 --> 00:02:00.777
You float your way home. and if someone doesn't,
00:02:00.843 --> 00:02:03.913
And if someone doesn't, which was my story
00:02:03.980 --> 00:02:04.447
Which was my story in high school --
00:02:04.514 --> 00:02:07.217
In high school -- i think my senior prom,
00:02:07.283 --> 00:02:08.484
I think my senior prom, i watched star wars at home.
00:02:08.551 --> 00:02:12.155
I watched star wars at home. yeah.
00:02:12.222 --> 00:02:13.189
Yeah. did someone say,
00:02:13.256 --> 00:02:13.790
Did someone say, "aww," in the back?
00:02:13.856 --> 00:02:15.525
"aww," in the back? yeah, i could tell you that --
00:02:15.592 --> 00:02:17.460
Yeah, i could tell you that -- you know that --
00:02:17.527 --> 00:02:17.994
You know that -- i laugh about it now
00:02:18.061 --> 00:02:18.661
I laugh about it now because i'm married,
00:02:18.728 --> 00:02:19.495
Because i'm married, but in the moment --
00:02:19.562 --> 00:02:21.831
But in the moment -- and it keeps happening.
00:02:21.898 --> 00:02:23.366
And it keeps happening. you apply to a college,
00:02:23.433 --> 00:02:24.934
You apply to a college, are you good enough?
00:02:25.001 --> 00:02:25.568
Are you good enough? do they choose you?
00:02:25.635 --> 00:02:26.269
Do they choose you? you apply for a job,
00:02:26.336 --> 00:02:27.036
You apply for a job, are you good enough?
00:02:27.103 --> 00:02:28.338
Are you good enough? do they choose you?
00:02:28.404 --> 00:02:29.539
Do they choose you? you get into a relationship,
00:02:29.606 --> 00:02:30.273
You get into a relationship, are you good enough
00:02:30.340 --> 00:02:31.274
Are you good enough that they choose you
00:02:31.341 --> 00:02:32.008
That they choose you and choose to stay with you?
00:02:32.075 --> 00:02:33.409
And choose to stay with you? try out for the team, are you
00:02:33.476 --> 00:02:34.277
Try out for the team, are you good enough to make it?
00:02:34.344 --> 00:02:35.144
Good enough to make it? are you good enough to start?
00:02:35.211 --> 00:02:36.079
Are you good enough to start? like, so much of life just comes
00:02:36.145 --> 00:02:38.481
Like, so much of life just comes down to this question,
00:02:38.548 --> 00:02:41.017
Down to this question, are you chosen?
00:02:41.084 --> 00:02:45.655
Are you chosen? but here's the hard part
00:02:45.722 --> 00:02:46.422
But here's the hard part about that question.
00:02:46.489 --> 00:02:47.724
About that question. you probably know this,
00:02:47.790 --> 00:02:48.358
You probably know this, but if you're taking notes,
00:02:48.424 --> 00:02:49.125
But if you're taking notes, i'd love for you
00:02:49.192 --> 00:02:49.626
I'd love for you to write this down.
00:02:49.692 --> 00:02:50.593
In this world, to be chosen
00:02:50.693 --> 00:02:53.363
In this world, to be chosen you normally have to be good,
00:02:53.429 --> 00:02:57.300
You normally have to be good, or you have to be better,
00:02:57.367 --> 00:03:00.270
Or you have to be better, or finally, you have
00:03:00.336 --> 00:03:01.070
Or finally, you have to be the best.
00:03:01.137 --> 00:03:06.209
To be the best. like, are you a good enough
00:03:06.276 --> 00:03:07.176
Friend that a classmate wants
00:03:07.277 --> 00:03:09.746
Friend that a classmate wants to be a partner with you?
00:03:09.812 --> 00:03:10.647
To be a partner with you? are you good looking enough
00:03:10.713 --> 00:03:13.249
Are you good looking enough that you caught that
00:03:13.316 --> 00:03:14.317
That you caught that girl's attention?
00:03:14.384 --> 00:03:15.485
Girl's attention? are you good enough
00:03:15.551 --> 00:03:17.020
Are you good enough at volleyball that you
00:03:17.086 --> 00:03:17.954
At volleyball that you make the starting squad?
00:03:18.021 --> 00:03:19.088
Make the starting squad? are you good enough
00:03:19.155 --> 00:03:20.290
Are you good enough at taking tests that
00:03:20.356 --> 00:03:21.190
At taking tests that the college invites you --
00:03:21.257 --> 00:03:22.258
The college invites you -- you normally have to be good.
00:03:22.325 --> 00:03:24.460
You normally have to be good. in most cases,
00:03:24.527 --> 00:03:25.161
In most cases, you have to be better.
00:03:25.228 --> 00:03:27.430
You have to be better. not everyone is going
00:03:27.497 --> 00:03:27.964
Not everyone is going to get the job.
00:03:28.031 --> 00:03:28.464
To get the job. you have to be better than
00:03:28.531 --> 00:03:29.365
You have to be better than all the other applicants.
00:03:29.432 --> 00:03:31.467
All the other applicants. you have to be, you know,
00:03:31.534 --> 00:03:32.402
You have to be, you know, better at relationships than
00:03:32.468 --> 00:03:33.436
Better at relationships than all these other people in
00:03:33.503 --> 00:03:34.404
All these other people in the online dating pool.
00:03:34.470 --> 00:03:37.640
The online dating pool. and in a few cases,
00:03:37.707 --> 00:03:38.574
And in a few cases, you just have to be the best.
00:03:38.641 --> 00:03:41.244
You just have to be the best. only one person gets the spot.
00:03:41.311 --> 00:03:42.378
Only one person gets the spot. there's only one valedictorian.
00:03:42.445 --> 00:03:45.315
There's only one valedictorian. maybe a lot of people
00:03:45.381 --> 00:03:45.948
Maybe a lot of people are interested in him,
00:03:46.015 --> 00:03:46.916
Are interested in him, but he's only going
00:03:46.983 --> 00:03:47.450
But he's only going to choose one for
00:03:47.517 --> 00:03:48.117
To choose one for a long-term relationship.
00:03:48.184 --> 00:03:49.152
A long-term relationship. and so, in this life, right,
00:03:49.218 --> 00:03:51.020
And so, in this life, right, there's this deep longing,
00:03:51.087 --> 00:03:52.855
There's this deep longing, this ache to be chosen,
00:03:52.922 --> 00:03:56.359
This ache to be chosen, but the fact is
00:03:56.426 --> 00:03:56.893
But the fact is if you're not good,
00:03:56.959 --> 00:03:57.627
If you're not good, or if you're not better,
00:03:57.694 --> 00:03:58.795
Or if you're not better, or if you're not the best,
00:03:58.861 --> 00:04:00.797
Or if you're not the best, it often doesn't happen.
00:04:00.863 --> 00:04:04.767
It often doesn't happen. i've been on both sides
00:04:04.834 --> 00:04:05.401
I've been on both sides of that in my life.
00:04:05.468 --> 00:04:08.471
Of that in my life. i can picture the spot
00:04:08.538 --> 00:04:09.472
I can picture the spot where i was sitting
00:04:09.539 --> 00:04:10.573
Where i was sitting my college senior year.
00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:11.974
My college senior year. they were giving away
00:04:12.041 --> 00:04:12.475
They were giving away two scholarships that would
00:04:12.542 --> 00:04:13.643
Two scholarships that would pay for all of grad school.
00:04:13.710 --> 00:04:16.312
Pay for all of grad school. i held my breath,
00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:19.048
I held my breath, and they said my name.
00:04:19.115 --> 00:04:21.050
And they said my name. oh, woah.
00:04:21.117 --> 00:04:23.586
Oh, woah. i don't think i skipped up
00:04:23.653 --> 00:04:24.787
I don't think i skipped up to the podium but that was
00:04:24.854 --> 00:04:26.389
To the podium but that was happening in my heart.
00:04:26.456 --> 00:04:28.124
Happening in my heart. and then, two years ago,
00:04:28.191 --> 00:04:29.092
And then, two years ago, i was working on a really
00:04:29.158 --> 00:04:30.026
I was working on a really big ministry project,
00:04:30.093 --> 00:04:30.893
Big ministry project, poured my heart into it,
00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:31.894
Poured my heart into it, more like thought,
00:04:31.961 --> 00:04:32.795
More like thought, intentionality,
00:04:32.862 --> 00:04:33.563
Intentionality, just did the best
00:04:33.629 --> 00:04:34.063
Just did the best that i could possibly do.
00:04:34.130 --> 00:04:35.798
That i could possibly do. we presented it
00:04:35.865 --> 00:04:37.300
We presented it and the people said,
00:04:37.367 --> 00:04:39.669
And the people said, "uh, no."
00:04:39.736 --> 00:04:42.872
"uh, no." and i just thought
00:04:42.939 --> 00:04:43.673
And i just thought they didn't understand it.
00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:45.274
They didn't understand it. i've had to realize this --
00:04:45.341 --> 00:04:46.275
I've had to realize this -- sometimes, like, "well, no, no,
00:04:46.342 --> 00:04:47.043
Sometimes, like, "well, no, no, what i was really trying
00:04:47.110 --> 00:04:47.777
What i was really trying to say is," --
00:04:47.844 --> 00:04:48.511
To say is," -- and then i talk for
00:04:48.578 --> 00:04:49.145
And then i talk for about five minutes,
00:04:49.212 --> 00:04:49.846
About five minutes, and they responded with,
00:04:49.912 --> 00:04:51.948
And they responded with, "yeah, no."
00:04:52.014 --> 00:04:52.949
[laughing]
00:04:53.349 --> 00:04:54.317
And it just
00:04:56.018 --> 00:04:56.386
And it just kind of hit me like,
00:04:56.452 --> 00:04:56.986
Kind of hit me like, it wasn't because
00:04:57.053 --> 00:04:57.420
It wasn't because i ran out of time,
00:04:57.487 --> 00:04:58.154
I ran out of time, or i didn't put in the effort.
00:04:58.221 --> 00:04:59.188
Or i didn't put in the effort. like, this was the best
00:04:59.255 --> 00:05:00.022
Like, this was the best i could do,
00:05:00.089 --> 00:05:01.758
I could do, and it wasn't good enough.
00:05:01.824 --> 00:05:04.694
And it wasn't good enough. that's life, right?
00:05:04.761 --> 00:05:06.863
That's life, right? with family, with friends,
00:05:06.929 --> 00:05:07.964
With family, with friends, with school, with sports,
00:05:08.030 --> 00:05:09.932
With school, with sports, we want to be chosen.
00:05:09.999 --> 00:05:11.968
We want to be chosen. in your life, sometimes you will
00:05:12.034 --> 00:05:13.302
In your life, sometimes you will be and sometimes you will not.
00:05:13.369 --> 00:05:16.939
Be and sometimes you will not. but here's my big idea for
00:05:17.006 --> 00:05:17.740
But here's my big idea for this sermon series and i think
00:05:17.807 --> 00:05:19.509
This sermon series and i think it is insanely good news,
00:05:19.575 --> 00:05:24.547
It is insanely good news, god ain't like that.
00:05:24.614 --> 00:05:28.985
God ain't like that. god is not at all like that.
00:05:29.051 --> 00:05:32.422
God is not at all like that. the god that christians worship
00:05:32.488 --> 00:05:34.390
The god that christians worship did not come down from heaven,
00:05:34.457 --> 00:05:35.825
Did not come down from heaven, walk around the earth and look
00:05:35.892 --> 00:05:37.126
Walk around the earth and look for people who were good,
00:05:37.193 --> 00:05:39.796
For people who were good, or who were a little bit better,
00:05:39.862 --> 00:05:42.231
Or who were a little bit better, or who were the best.
00:05:42.298 --> 00:05:43.399
Or who were the best. he wasn't taking applications
00:05:43.466 --> 00:05:44.967
He wasn't taking applications and resumes from the sanhedrin
00:05:45.034 --> 00:05:47.470
And resumes from the sanhedrin and the pharisees to see who
00:05:47.537 --> 00:05:48.805
And the pharisees to see who were the best and the brightest.
00:05:48.871 --> 00:05:50.039
Were the best and the brightest. when jesus, god in human flesh,
00:05:50.106 --> 00:05:51.707
When jesus, god in human flesh, was walking on earth,
00:05:51.774 --> 00:05:52.642
Was walking on earth, he looked at the most
00:05:52.708 --> 00:05:53.876
He looked at the most unexpected people and said,
00:05:53.943 --> 00:05:57.513
Unexpected people and said, "i choose you."
00:05:57.580 --> 00:06:01.317
"i choose you." so, starting today
00:06:01.384 --> 00:06:01.884
So, starting today and in the weeks to come,
00:06:01.951 --> 00:06:02.652
And in the weeks to come, we're going to try
00:06:02.718 --> 00:06:03.152
We're going to try to fill up that part of our
00:06:03.219 --> 00:06:04.287
To fill up that part of our heart that aches to be chosen,
00:06:04.353 --> 00:06:06.589
Heart that aches to be chosen, and wanted, and included,
00:06:06.656 --> 00:06:09.625
And wanted, and included, and accepted by looking
00:06:09.692 --> 00:06:11.627
And accepted by looking at jesus.
00:06:11.694 --> 00:06:13.529
At jesus. life out there is
00:06:13.596 --> 00:06:14.096
Life out there is too much of a rollercoaster
00:06:14.163 --> 00:06:15.031
Too much of a rollercoaster to put our hope,
00:06:15.097 --> 00:06:15.998
To put our hope, and our peace,
00:06:16.065 --> 00:06:16.499
And our peace, and our joy in them,
00:06:16.566 --> 00:06:17.300
And our joy in them, so we're going to fix our
00:06:17.366 --> 00:06:18.167
So we're going to fix our eyes on him and see in
00:06:18.234 --> 00:06:20.236
Eyes on him and see in case study after case study,
00:06:20.303 --> 00:06:21.671
Case study after case study, jesus picked people just
00:06:21.737 --> 00:06:23.739
Jesus picked people just like you and just like me.
00:06:23.806 --> 00:06:28.377
Like you and just like me. so, here's the big picture.
00:06:28.444 --> 00:06:29.212
So, here's the big picture. if you're taking notes,
00:06:29.278 --> 00:06:29.812
If you're taking notes, i want to teach on
00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:30.780
I want to teach on the apostle peter
00:06:30.847 --> 00:06:31.447
The apostle peter with five separate numbers.
00:06:31.514 --> 00:06:34.984
Here's the first number you
00:06:35.084 --> 00:06:35.651
Here's the first number you need to know about this man
00:06:35.718 --> 00:06:36.619
Need to know about this man named peter, 223.
00:06:36.686 --> 00:06:42.158
So, if you would look up
00:06:42.258 --> 00:06:43.960
So, if you would look up the name simon or the nickname
00:06:44.026 --> 00:06:46.329
The name simon or the nickname that jesus gave him, peter,
00:06:46.395 --> 00:06:47.597
That jesus gave him, peter, you would find those names
00:06:47.663 --> 00:06:49.232
You would find those names showing up 223 times
00:06:49.298 --> 00:06:51.601
Showing up 223 times in the entire bible.
00:06:51.667 --> 00:06:53.970
In the entire bible. not all of those
00:06:54.036 --> 00:06:54.737
Not all of those are this simon peter.
00:06:54.804 --> 00:06:56.072
Are this simon peter. there's a couple other simons
00:06:56.138 --> 00:06:56.939
There's a couple other simons that you find in scripture.
00:06:57.006 --> 00:06:57.807
That you find in scripture. but almost all of them are,
00:06:57.874 --> 00:06:58.841
But almost all of them are, which is by comparison
00:06:58.908 --> 00:07:00.443
Which is by comparison a massive amount.
00:07:00.510 --> 00:07:02.812
A massive amount. you've heard of
00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:03.412
You've heard of mathew the tax collector?
00:07:03.479 --> 00:07:05.515
Mathew the tax collector? the name matthew shows up
00:07:05.581 --> 00:07:06.582
The name matthew shows up in the new testament
00:07:06.649 --> 00:07:08.618
In the new testament six times to 223.
00:07:08.684 --> 00:07:12.321
Six times to 223. the name thomas,
00:07:12.388 --> 00:07:13.022
The name thomas, that famous doubter
00:07:13.089 --> 00:07:13.723
That famous doubter from easter morning,
00:07:13.789 --> 00:07:14.657
From easter morning, his name shows up
00:07:14.724 --> 00:07:15.591
His name shows up 11 times in the bible.
00:07:15.658 --> 00:07:17.693
11 times in the bible. peter, 223.
00:07:17.760 --> 00:07:18.961
Peter, 223. all the james' put together
00:07:19.028 --> 00:07:20.563
All the james' put together in the entire bible,
00:07:20.630 --> 00:07:21.364
In the entire bible, there's a bunch of them,
00:07:21.430 --> 00:07:22.331
There's a bunch of them, 38 times but peter is 223.
00:07:22.398 --> 00:07:26.669
38 times but peter is 223. he shows up in more passages
00:07:26.736 --> 00:07:29.272
He shows up in more passages and in more places, i think,
00:07:29.338 --> 00:07:31.107
And in more places, i think, than all of the other
00:07:31.173 --> 00:07:32.241
Than all of the other apostles put together.
00:07:32.308 --> 00:07:35.211
Apostles put together. and in those passages,
00:07:35.278 --> 00:07:36.112
And in those passages, we learn a lot about
00:07:36.178 --> 00:07:37.146
We learn a lot about simon peter.
00:07:37.213 --> 00:07:39.015
Simon peter. we learned that he had
00:07:39.081 --> 00:07:39.749
We learned that he had a brother named andrew.
00:07:39.815 --> 00:07:41.317
A brother named andrew. we learned that
00:07:41.384 --> 00:07:42.618
We learned that he was a fisherman.
00:07:42.685 --> 00:07:44.153
He was a fisherman. we know that he was married.
00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:45.555
We know that he was married. jesus healed his mother-in-law.
00:07:45.621 --> 00:07:47.323
Jesus healed his mother-in-law. we know that his
00:07:47.390 --> 00:07:48.257
We know that his father's name was jonah,
00:07:48.324 --> 00:07:50.826
Father's name was jonah, which i think is funny
00:07:50.893 --> 00:07:51.761
Which i think is funny for a fishing family
00:07:51.827 --> 00:07:52.528
For a fishing family but i'm bad at jokes so --
00:07:52.595 --> 00:07:53.629
[laughter]
00:07:53.896 --> 00:07:54.864
We know that peter
00:07:55.932 --> 00:07:56.666
We know that peter was originally from bethsaida,
00:07:56.732 --> 00:07:58.467
Was originally from bethsaida, which is a little village just
00:07:58.534 --> 00:08:00.102
Which is a little village just north of the sea of galilee,
00:08:00.169 --> 00:08:01.671
North of the sea of galilee, but then he moved to the shore
00:08:01.737 --> 00:08:03.673
But then he moved to the shore to a city called capernaum where
00:08:03.739 --> 00:08:06.175
To a city called capernaum where he later lived and met jesus.
00:08:06.242 --> 00:08:09.145
He later lived and met jesus. two hundred
00:08:09.211 --> 00:08:09.745
Two hundred and twenty-three times,
00:08:09.812 --> 00:08:10.713
And twenty-three times, massive man in the history
00:08:10.780 --> 00:08:12.682
Massive man in the history of the new testament church.
00:08:12.748 --> 00:08:13.683
Of the new testament church. second number is number 12,
00:08:13.749 --> 00:08:18.120
Because this simon peter from
00:08:18.220 --> 00:08:19.789
Because this simon peter from bethsaida was one of the 12
00:08:19.855 --> 00:08:21.691
Bethsaida was one of the 12 apostles that jesus chose.
00:08:21.757 --> 00:08:25.461
You might have heard
00:08:25.561 --> 00:08:26.028
You might have heard of these guys,
00:08:26.095 --> 00:08:26.495
Of these guys, mathew, james and john,
00:08:26.562 --> 00:08:28.898
Mathew, james and john, thomas, phillip, nathaniel.
00:08:28.965 --> 00:08:30.199
Thomas, phillip, nathaniel. peter was one of the 12.
00:08:30.266 --> 00:08:31.667
Peter was one of the 12. the word apostle, you might
00:08:31.734 --> 00:08:32.835
The word apostle, you might recall means, "sent out,"
00:08:32.902 --> 00:08:34.270
Recall means, "sent out," so these are guys that jesus
00:08:34.337 --> 00:08:35.171
So these are guys that jesus sent out to preach and peter
00:08:35.237 --> 00:08:36.138
Sent out to preach and peter was one of them.
00:08:36.205 --> 00:08:37.373
Was one of them. so, if jesus had a small group,
00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:39.575
Peter would be around the table.
00:08:39.675 --> 00:08:42.745
Peter would be around the table. next number, number three.
00:08:42.812 --> 00:08:47.216
Not only was simon peter
00:08:47.316 --> 00:08:48.184
Not only was simon peter one of the 12 apostles,
00:08:48.250 --> 00:08:49.352
One of the 12 apostles, he was one of the three men
00:08:49.418 --> 00:08:51.387
He was one of the three men who was closest to jesus.
00:08:51.454 --> 00:08:54.523
Who was closest to jesus. a few of you know this.
00:08:54.590 --> 00:08:56.225
A few of you know this. jesus normally walked, you know,
00:08:56.292 --> 00:08:57.760
Jesus normally walked, you know, around ancient israel
00:08:57.827 --> 00:08:58.761
Around ancient israel with these 12 guys,
00:08:58.828 --> 00:08:59.629
With these 12 guys, but there were a couple
00:08:59.695 --> 00:09:00.529
But there were a couple occasions when he took
00:09:00.596 --> 00:09:02.098
Occasions when he took his inner circle,
00:09:02.164 --> 00:09:03.833
His inner circle, which was peter
00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:05.167
Which was peter and james and john.
00:09:05.234 --> 00:09:07.803
And james and john. when he was praying
00:09:07.870 --> 00:09:08.704
When he was praying just before he died,
00:09:08.771 --> 00:09:10.573
Just before he died, jesus wanted
00:09:10.640 --> 00:09:11.173
Jesus wanted his best friends with him,
00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:12.074
His best friends with him, peter was one of them.
00:09:12.141 --> 00:09:14.010
Peter was one of them. when he raised a little
00:09:14.076 --> 00:09:15.878
When he raised a little 12-year-old girl from the dead,
00:09:15.945 --> 00:09:17.246
12-year-old girl from the dead, only peter, and james,
00:09:17.313 --> 00:09:18.381
Only peter, and james, and john were in the room.
00:09:18.447 --> 00:09:20.116
And john were in the room. when he went up on
00:09:20.182 --> 00:09:20.816
When he went up on the mountain of transfiguration
00:09:20.883 --> 00:09:22.184
The mountain of transfiguration and revealed his glory,
00:09:22.251 --> 00:09:23.319
And revealed his glory, it wasn't all 12 guys,
00:09:23.386 --> 00:09:24.353
It wasn't all 12 guys, it was peter, james, john.
00:09:24.420 --> 00:09:26.055
It was peter, james, john. so, just like you might join
00:09:26.122 --> 00:09:26.822
So, just like you might join a small group, you know,
00:09:26.889 --> 00:09:28.057
A small group, you know, and try to love all
00:09:28.124 --> 00:09:28.791
And try to love all the people in the room,
00:09:28.858 --> 00:09:29.392
The people in the room, there might be a couple people
00:09:29.458 --> 00:09:30.159
There might be a couple people you connect with.
00:09:30.226 --> 00:09:32.395
You connect with. and apparently, when jesus
00:09:32.461 --> 00:09:33.396
And apparently, when jesus connected with people,
00:09:33.462 --> 00:09:34.330
Connected with people, he chose peter
00:09:34.397 --> 00:09:36.832
He chose peter and these two brothers to be
00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:38.067
His closest friends on earth.
00:09:38.167 --> 00:09:41.804
His closest friends on earth. next number is number two.
00:09:41.871 --> 00:09:43.906
Next number is number two. it's the number of books that
00:09:43.973 --> 00:09:45.141
It's the number of books that simon peter wrote that
00:09:45.207 --> 00:09:46.242
Simon peter wrote that are in your bible.
00:09:46.308 --> 00:09:48.678
They're creatively titled
00:09:48.778 --> 00:09:51.981
They're creatively titled "1 peter and 2 peter."
00:09:52.048 --> 00:09:56.719
"1 peter and 2 peter." he wasn't
00:09:56.786 --> 00:09:57.186
He wasn't very creative apparently.
00:09:57.253 --> 00:09:58.954
Very creative apparently. they're short little books.
00:09:59.021 --> 00:09:59.722
They're short little books. you could read them, i think,
00:09:59.789 --> 00:10:00.456
You could read them, i think, in 26 minutes if you're
00:10:00.523 --> 00:10:02.191
In 26 minutes if you're an average reader.
00:10:02.258 --> 00:10:03.426
An average reader. so, peter was later murdered
00:10:03.492 --> 00:10:04.994
So, peter was later murdered for his faith in jesus,
00:10:05.061 --> 00:10:06.195
For his faith in jesus, crucified they say, upside down.
00:10:06.262 --> 00:10:08.397
Crucified they say, upside down. before that happened,
00:10:08.464 --> 00:10:09.365
Before that happened, he wrote these two books,
00:10:09.432 --> 00:10:10.666
He wrote these two books, and you can read
00:10:10.733 --> 00:10:11.233
And you can read his own words.
00:10:11.300 --> 00:10:12.702
His own words. and the last number
00:10:12.768 --> 00:10:13.202
I want to share with you
00:10:13.302 --> 00:10:13.936
I want to share with you is the number one.
00:10:14.003 --> 00:10:17.640
Is the number one. every single time
00:10:17.707 --> 00:10:18.641
Every single time the 12 apostles are listed
00:10:18.708 --> 00:10:20.443
In the bible, jesus --
00:10:20.543 --> 00:10:21.544
In the bible, jesus -- or not jesus,
00:10:21.610 --> 00:10:22.311
Or not jesus, peter is always first.
00:10:22.378 --> 00:10:27.183
Peter is always first. sometimes, the other names
00:10:27.249 --> 00:10:27.750
Sometimes, the other names get shuffled around
00:10:27.817 --> 00:10:28.617
Get shuffled around in different orders,
00:10:28.684 --> 00:10:29.351
In different orders, but at the top
00:10:29.418 --> 00:10:30.252
But at the top of the list in the gospels,
00:10:30.319 --> 00:10:31.287
Of the list in the gospels, in the book of acts,
00:10:31.353 --> 00:10:32.254
In the book of acts, always, always, always,
00:10:32.321 --> 00:10:33.355
Always, always, always, always, peter.
00:10:33.422 --> 00:10:36.092
Always, peter. undeniably, he was
00:10:36.158 --> 00:10:37.693
Undeniably, he was the natural leader of the group.
00:10:37.760 --> 00:10:40.196
The natural leader of the group. he was a huge figure in
00:10:40.262 --> 00:10:42.131
He was a huge figure in the launching of the christian
00:10:42.198 --> 00:10:43.232
The launching of the christian church after jesus left,
00:10:43.299 --> 00:10:44.567
Church after jesus left, and so maybe as the apostles
00:10:44.633 --> 00:10:46.202
And so maybe as the apostles wrote about christianity,
00:10:46.268 --> 00:10:47.303
Wrote about christianity, they always put peter first.
00:10:47.369 --> 00:10:50.172
They always put peter first. jesus chose him.
00:10:50.239 --> 00:10:51.774
Jesus chose him. jesus made him one
00:10:51.841 --> 00:10:52.608
Jesus made him one of his best friends.
00:10:52.675 --> 00:10:54.243
Of his best friends. jesus sent him out to preach.
00:10:54.310 --> 00:10:56.078
Jesus sent him out to preach. and if you read
00:10:56.145 --> 00:10:56.579
And if you read the book of acts, you know,
00:10:56.645 --> 00:10:57.513
The book of acts, you know, it basically is the acts
00:10:57.580 --> 00:10:58.681
It basically is the acts of peter and the acts
00:10:58.748 --> 00:10:59.982
Of peter and the acts of the apostle paul,
00:11:00.049 --> 00:11:02.685
Of the apostle paul, which is why churches today
00:11:02.752 --> 00:11:03.452
Which is why churches today will put st. peter
00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:04.420
Will put st. peter on the side of their buildings.
00:11:04.487 --> 00:11:05.387
On the side of their buildings. he's huge
00:11:05.454 --> 00:11:06.088
He's huge in the story of jesus.
00:11:06.155 --> 00:11:09.291
In the story of jesus. so, those are some basic facts
00:11:09.358 --> 00:11:10.926
So, those are some basic facts about peter.
00:11:10.993 --> 00:11:12.161
About peter. i don't have time,
00:11:12.228 --> 00:11:12.795
I don't have time, obviously, to read through
00:11:12.862 --> 00:11:13.796
Obviously, to read through all the things that he said
00:11:13.863 --> 00:11:14.830
All the things that he said and did so i just want
00:11:14.897 --> 00:11:15.898
And did so i just want to focus in on one part
00:11:15.965 --> 00:11:17.700
To focus in on one part of peter's personality today
00:11:17.767 --> 00:11:19.401
Of peter's personality today and it's this, peter talked.
00:11:19.468 --> 00:11:29.545
And it's this, peter talked. period.
00:11:29.612 --> 00:11:32.214
Period. in those 223 uses, peter said,
00:11:32.281 --> 00:11:35.951
In those 223 uses, peter said, peter asked, peter answered.
00:11:36.018 --> 00:11:38.654
Peter asked, peter answered. the 12 were there.
00:11:38.721 --> 00:11:39.522
The 12 were there. jesus said this --
00:11:39.588 --> 00:11:40.456
Jesus said this -- peter replied.
00:11:40.523 --> 00:11:42.758
Peter replied. the disciples had gathered
00:11:42.825 --> 00:11:44.026
The disciples had gathered at jesus' feet,
00:11:44.093 --> 00:11:45.728
At jesus' feet, peter spoke up.
00:11:45.795 --> 00:11:47.496
Peter spoke up. it doesn't matter how many
00:11:47.563 --> 00:11:48.130
It doesn't matter how many people were in the room --
00:11:48.197 --> 00:11:50.299
People were in the room -- did you ever go to grade school
00:11:50.366 --> 00:11:51.333
Did you ever go to grade school with that one kid who'd
00:11:51.400 --> 00:11:52.134
With that one kid who'd always raise his hand?
00:11:52.201 --> 00:11:53.769
Always raise his hand? like, even before
00:11:53.836 --> 00:11:54.336
Like, even before the question was done,
00:11:54.403 --> 00:11:55.237
The question was done, he'd start talking before
00:11:55.304 --> 00:11:56.138
He'd start talking before he was called on?
00:11:56.205 --> 00:11:57.940
He was called on? this is the apostle peter.
00:11:58.007 --> 00:11:59.108
This is the apostle peter. he talked --
00:11:59.175 --> 00:12:00.109
He talked -- my favorite verse,
00:12:00.176 --> 00:12:01.277
My favorite verse, when peter's up on the mountain
00:12:01.343 --> 00:12:02.545
When peter's up on the mountain and jesus reveals his glory,
00:12:02.611 --> 00:12:04.680
And jesus reveals his glory, moses and elijah appear,
00:12:04.747 --> 00:12:06.182
Moses and elijah appear, the bible says it was
00:12:06.248 --> 00:12:07.583
The bible says it was so glorious that peter did not
00:12:07.650 --> 00:12:09.518
So glorious that peter did not know what to say.
00:12:09.585 --> 00:12:10.686
[laughter]
00:12:10.986 --> 00:12:12.188
So, do you know
00:12:13.789 --> 00:12:14.223
So, do you know what he did?
00:12:14.290 --> 00:12:15.457
What he did? he said something.
00:12:15.524 --> 00:12:16.592
[laughter]
00:12:16.859 --> 00:12:17.426
It's literally in the bible.
00:12:17.993 --> 00:12:18.627
It's literally in the bible. the gospel of luke says,
00:12:18.694 --> 00:12:19.528
The gospel of luke says, (he did know
00:12:19.595 --> 00:12:20.696
(he did know what he was saying.
00:12:20.763 --> 00:12:21.664
What he was saying. but he was still speaking.)
00:12:21.730 --> 00:12:22.698
But he was still speaking.) it's like,
00:12:22.765 --> 00:12:23.098
It's like, "oh, i don't know what to say.
00:12:23.165 --> 00:12:23.966
"oh, i don't know what to say. let me just start talking."
00:12:24.033 --> 00:12:24.834
Let me just start talking." that's the personality
00:12:24.900 --> 00:12:26.368
That's the personality of the apostle peter.
00:12:26.435 --> 00:12:28.604
Of the apostle peter. so, here's my question for you.
00:12:28.671 --> 00:12:29.338
So, here's my question for you. who's like peter in the room?
00:12:29.405 --> 00:12:32.308
Who's like peter in the room? a few of you.
00:12:32.374 --> 00:12:33.843
A few of you. if you came in a car
00:12:33.909 --> 00:12:35.144
If you came in a car with family members or friends,
00:12:35.211 --> 00:12:37.379
With family members or friends, would you please just identify
00:12:37.446 --> 00:12:39.148
Would you please just identify the peter in your group?
00:12:39.215 --> 00:12:40.983
The peter in your group? who's the person who talks
00:12:41.050 --> 00:12:41.784
Who's the person who talks the most in the car?
00:12:41.851 --> 00:12:45.154
The most in the car? who's the person at
00:12:45.221 --> 00:12:45.988
Who's the person at the dinner table that has
00:12:46.055 --> 00:12:47.223
The dinner table that has the highest word count?
00:12:47.289 --> 00:12:49.058
The highest word count? who texts more than
00:12:49.124 --> 00:12:50.125
Who texts more than the other people
00:12:50.192 --> 00:12:51.026
The other people in the family combined?
00:12:51.093 --> 00:12:54.196
In the family combined? yeah, that's like me.
00:12:54.263 --> 00:12:56.665
Yeah, that's like me. my wife and i are driving
00:12:56.732 --> 00:12:57.466
My wife and i are driving in the car, she'll ask,
00:12:57.533 --> 00:12:58.334
In the car, she'll ask, "how was your day?"
00:12:58.400 --> 00:13:00.502
"how was your day?" and by milwaukee,
00:13:00.569 --> 00:13:01.370
And by milwaukee, i get done with my answer.
00:13:01.437 --> 00:13:02.438
[laughter]
00:13:02.738 --> 00:13:03.706
Like, "oh yeah, there are
00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:04.773
Like, "oh yeah, there are other people to talk to in
00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:05.808
Other people to talk to in this car too."
00:13:05.875 --> 00:13:06.208
This car too." right?
00:13:06.275 --> 00:13:06.408
Right? some of us are a lot
00:13:06.475 --> 00:13:07.509
Some of us are a lot like peter, we talk,
00:13:07.576 --> 00:13:08.844
Like peter, we talk, we ask questions,
00:13:08.911 --> 00:13:10.479
We ask questions, we speak up in a group,
00:13:10.546 --> 00:13:12.248
We speak up in a group, we break the ice.
00:13:12.314 --> 00:13:14.083
We break the ice. we're a lot like this guy
00:13:14.149 --> 00:13:15.351
We're a lot like this guy that jesus chose.
00:13:15.417 --> 00:13:18.621
That jesus chose. and here's what i want
00:13:18.687 --> 00:13:19.221
And here's what i want to say about that.
00:13:19.288 --> 00:13:20.122
To say about that. if that's you,
00:13:20.189 --> 00:13:21.557
If that's you, and this is totally me,
00:13:21.624 --> 00:13:25.160
And this is totally me, you and i just like peter
00:13:25.227 --> 00:13:28.297
You and i just like peter have a gift from god.
00:13:28.364 --> 00:13:33.469
Have a gift from god. the ability to just speak is so,
00:13:33.535 --> 00:13:38.374
The ability to just speak is so, so beautiful if it's done
00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.076
So beautiful if it's done in love.
00:13:41.143 --> 00:13:44.346
In love. you might know the story.
00:13:44.413 --> 00:13:46.081
You might know the story. the day of pentecost
00:13:46.148 --> 00:13:46.749
The day of pentecost in the bible,
00:13:46.815 --> 00:13:47.549
In the bible, the holy spirit comes,
00:13:47.616 --> 00:13:48.417
The holy spirit comes, thousands of people
00:13:48.484 --> 00:13:49.551
Thousands of people are gathered,
00:13:49.618 --> 00:13:50.886
Are gathered, this crowd they don't
00:13:50.953 --> 00:13:51.921
This crowd they don't even know about jesus.
00:13:51.987 --> 00:13:53.188
Even know about jesus. who speaks up?
00:13:53.255 --> 00:13:54.924
Who speaks up? peter.
00:13:54.990 --> 00:13:55.991
Peter. he has no notes.
00:13:56.058 --> 00:13:57.760
He has no notes. he has no outline.
00:13:57.826 --> 00:13:58.694
He has no outline. he hasn't prepared
00:13:58.761 --> 00:13:59.695
He hasn't prepared a few words to speak.
00:13:59.762 --> 00:14:00.729
A few words to speak. he just talks,
00:14:00.796 --> 00:14:02.665
He just talks, and because of his talking,
00:14:02.731 --> 00:14:04.700
And because of his talking, 3,000 are baptized on
00:14:04.767 --> 00:14:06.535
3,000 are baptized on a single day.
00:14:06.602 --> 00:14:07.803
A single day. the ability to just speak
00:14:07.870 --> 00:14:09.738
The ability to just speak without preparation is a huge
00:14:09.805 --> 00:14:12.308
Without preparation is a huge gift in the kingdom of god.
00:14:12.374 --> 00:14:15.911
Gift in the kingdom of god. i see this here at the core
00:14:15.978 --> 00:14:17.046
I see this here at the core on question and answer sunday,
00:14:17.112 --> 00:14:20.082
On question and answer sunday, right?
00:14:20.149 --> 00:14:20.416
Right? some of you would die
00:14:20.482 --> 00:14:22.217
Some of you would die if they turned the lights on,
00:14:22.284 --> 00:14:24.420
If they turned the lights on, hit record on the camera,
00:14:24.486 --> 00:14:25.287
Hit record on the camera, gave you a microphone,
00:14:25.354 --> 00:14:26.055
Gave you a microphone, and we just got to ask you
00:14:26.121 --> 00:14:27.356
And we just got to ask you anything about anything.
00:14:27.423 --> 00:14:29.758
Anything about anything. like me, that's, "oh, yes.
00:14:29.825 --> 00:14:32.594
Like me, that's, "oh, yes. how long can we go?"
00:14:32.661 --> 00:14:34.063
How long can we go?" right?
00:14:34.129 --> 00:14:34.496
Right? just --
00:14:34.563 --> 00:14:34.897
Just -- that's a gift.
00:14:34.964 --> 00:14:35.564
That's a gift. some people are like that.
00:14:35.631 --> 00:14:36.665
Some people are like that. like, you see someone new
00:14:36.732 --> 00:14:38.801
Like, you see someone new in the lobby at church,
00:14:38.867 --> 00:14:41.070
In the lobby at church, someone sits down next
00:14:41.136 --> 00:14:41.870
Someone sits down next to you that you don't know,
00:14:41.937 --> 00:14:43.172
To you that you don't know, and you're probably very nice,
00:14:43.238 --> 00:14:44.707
And you're probably very nice, they're probably very nice,
00:14:44.773 --> 00:14:45.374
They're probably very nice, but most of us just don't
00:14:45.441 --> 00:14:46.342
But most of us just don't know what to say,
00:14:46.408 --> 00:14:48.477
Know what to say, and so we kind of sit here.
00:14:48.544 --> 00:14:51.780
And so we kind of sit here. and you see that person
00:14:51.847 --> 00:14:52.581
And you see that person at church for a whole year
00:14:52.648 --> 00:14:53.449
At church for a whole year and you never say anything,
00:14:53.515 --> 00:14:54.550
And you never say anything, and they never say anything.
00:14:54.616 --> 00:14:55.851
And they never say anything. you might be best friends,
00:14:55.918 --> 00:14:56.518
You might be best friends, but no one speaks unless you
00:14:56.585 --> 00:15:00.356
But no one speaks unless you have the courage of peter,
00:15:00.422 --> 00:15:02.524
Have the courage of peter, and you just start talking,
00:15:02.591 --> 00:15:04.460
And you just start talking, and you find out you have
00:15:04.526 --> 00:15:05.294
And you find out you have a lot in common.
00:15:05.361 --> 00:15:07.963
A lot in common. people like peter in our church
00:15:08.030 --> 00:15:09.331
People like peter in our church are some of the best
00:15:09.398 --> 00:15:10.032
Are some of the best at hospitality, at kindness,
00:15:10.099 --> 00:15:13.502
At hospitality, at kindness, at welcoming new faces.
00:15:13.569 --> 00:15:16.572
At welcoming new faces. some of you when
00:15:16.638 --> 00:15:17.272
Some of you when you go to weddings,
00:15:17.339 --> 00:15:17.806
You go to weddings, you get assigned at
00:15:17.873 --> 00:15:18.607
You get assigned at the table with like four
00:15:18.674 --> 00:15:19.842
The table with like four or six people that you don't
00:15:19.908 --> 00:15:20.809
Or six people that you don't know and that can be
00:15:20.876 --> 00:15:21.810
Know and that can be super awkward unless
00:15:21.877 --> 00:15:24.446
Super awkward unless there's a peter sitting
00:15:24.513 --> 00:15:25.214
There's a peter sitting at the table,
00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:27.249
At the table, who starts the introductions
00:15:27.316 --> 00:15:28.384
Who starts the introductions and makes the connections.
00:15:28.450 --> 00:15:29.551
And makes the connections. i mean, the ability to just
00:15:29.618 --> 00:15:31.387
I mean, the ability to just speak is so good when it
00:15:31.453 --> 00:15:32.988
Speak is so good when it comes to love, and compassion,
00:15:33.055 --> 00:15:34.456
Comes to love, and compassion, and hospitality, and preaching,
00:15:34.523 --> 00:15:36.091
And hospitality, and preaching, and teaching.
00:15:36.158 --> 00:15:36.992
And teaching. if you have the gift of peter,
00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:38.093
If you have the gift of peter, you have a gift that
00:15:38.160 --> 00:15:39.962
You have a gift that comes from god.
00:15:40.029 --> 00:15:40.429
Comes from god. your personality is not
00:15:40.496 --> 00:15:41.563
Your personality is not a mistake.
00:15:41.630 --> 00:15:42.865
A mistake. the answer isn't
00:15:42.931 --> 00:15:43.499
The answer isn't to cut off your tongue,
00:15:43.565 --> 00:15:44.333
To cut off your tongue, so you never say
00:15:44.400 --> 00:15:45.034
So you never say anything wrong again.
00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:46.835
Anything wrong again. the answer is to use that gift
00:15:46.902 --> 00:15:48.037
The answer is to use that gift that god has given you
00:15:48.103 --> 00:15:49.271
That god has given you in selflessness and in love.
00:15:49.338 --> 00:15:57.913
In selflessness and in love. but, when you're
00:15:57.980 --> 00:16:02.384
But, when you're speaking a lot of words,
00:16:02.451 --> 00:16:04.686
Speaking a lot of words, it's kind of hard to remember
00:16:04.753 --> 00:16:06.121
It's kind of hard to remember the selflessness and the love.
00:16:06.188 --> 00:16:09.391
The selflessness and the love. there's this passage in
00:16:09.458 --> 00:16:10.092
The book of proverbs 10:19,
00:16:10.192 --> 00:16:12.194
The book of proverbs 10:19, it says this,
00:16:12.261 --> 00:16:15.097
It says this, "sin is not ended
00:16:15.164 --> 00:16:16.698
"sin is not ended by multiplying words,
00:16:16.765 --> 00:16:20.002
By multiplying words, but the prudent hold
00:16:20.069 --> 00:16:22.204
But the prudent hold their tongues."
00:16:22.271 --> 00:16:25.207
When jesus predicted
00:16:25.307 --> 00:16:27.342
When jesus predicted that all the apostles would
00:16:27.409 --> 00:16:28.777
That all the apostles would abandon him and leave him
00:16:28.844 --> 00:16:29.845
Abandon him and leave him alone on the cross,
00:16:29.912 --> 00:16:30.813
Alone on the cross, it was peter who said, "never."
00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:35.084
It was peter who said, "never." wait, you're telling
00:16:35.150 --> 00:16:36.718
Wait, you're telling the son of god he got this one
00:16:36.785 --> 00:16:38.387
The son of god he got this one wrong that you know better?
00:16:38.454 --> 00:16:42.825
Wrong that you know better? or when peter tried to be big,
00:16:42.891 --> 00:16:44.193
Or when peter tried to be big, and bold, and brave and follow
00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.694
And bold, and brave and follow jesus to the cross
00:16:45.761 --> 00:16:46.695
Jesus to the cross and he's warming his hands by
00:16:46.762 --> 00:16:48.063
And he's warming his hands by the fire and a middle school
00:16:48.130 --> 00:16:49.364
The fire and a middle school girl says to him,
00:16:49.431 --> 00:16:50.065
Girl says to him, "wait, wait, aren't you
00:16:50.132 --> 00:16:52.000
"wait, wait, aren't you jesus' friend?"
00:16:52.067 --> 00:16:55.404
Jesus' friend?" and without thinking
00:16:55.471 --> 00:16:56.038
And without thinking he just says, "no."
00:16:56.105 --> 00:16:59.041
He just says, "no." and ask him again, he says,
00:16:59.108 --> 00:17:00.008
And ask him again, he says, "no, i don't know him."
00:17:00.075 --> 00:17:01.310
"no, i don't know him." and ask him a third time
00:17:01.376 --> 00:17:02.344
And ask him a third time and he just says,
00:17:02.411 --> 00:17:03.679
And he just says, "i don't even know what
00:17:03.745 --> 00:17:04.313
"i don't even know what you're talking about."
00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:08.183
You're talking about." and then, the rooster crows
00:17:08.250 --> 00:17:11.687
And then, the rooster crows and only then does peter think,
00:17:11.753 --> 00:17:15.924
And only then does peter think, he thinks about the words
00:17:15.991 --> 00:17:18.026
He thinks about the words he just said, and he weeps.
00:17:18.093 --> 00:17:27.202
He just said, and he weeps. has that ever happened to you?
00:17:27.269 --> 00:17:31.607
Has that ever happened to you? you get in the car after
00:17:31.673 --> 00:17:32.341
You get in the car after the party and it's only then
00:17:32.407 --> 00:17:34.309
The party and it's only then that your mind starts to, like,
00:17:34.376 --> 00:17:36.411
That your mind starts to, like, read over the transcript
00:17:36.478 --> 00:17:38.647
Read over the transcript of the words you just said.
00:17:38.714 --> 00:17:42.184
Of the words you just said. "oh, my goodness.
00:17:42.251 --> 00:17:42.885
"oh, my goodness. wow.
00:17:42.951 --> 00:17:43.418
Wow. why would i say that?
00:17:43.485 --> 00:17:45.654
Why would i say that? how could i say that?"
00:17:45.721 --> 00:17:50.025
How could i say that?" you just realized that you
00:17:50.092 --> 00:17:50.893
You just realized that you spent so much time talking
00:17:50.959 --> 00:17:52.561
Spent so much time talking and so little time listening
00:17:52.628 --> 00:17:54.930
And so little time listening as if everyone came to the party
00:17:54.997 --> 00:17:56.231
As if everyone came to the party just to hear about everything
00:17:56.298 --> 00:17:57.833
Just to hear about everything about your life.
00:17:57.900 --> 00:18:01.904
About your life. has that ever happened at,
00:18:01.970 --> 00:18:02.504
Has that ever happened at, like, a small group bible study
00:18:02.571 --> 00:18:05.340
Like, a small group bible study where it's like you're just
00:18:05.407 --> 00:18:06.208
Where it's like you're just throwing comment after comment,
00:18:06.275 --> 00:18:07.709
Throwing comment after comment, after comment,
00:18:07.776 --> 00:18:08.277
After comment, like everyone showed up
00:18:08.343 --> 00:18:09.244
Like everyone showed up just to sit at your feet
00:18:09.311 --> 00:18:11.146
Just to sit at your feet and listen to all
00:18:11.213 --> 00:18:11.713
And listen to all of your amazing words?
00:18:11.780 --> 00:18:15.083
Of your amazing words? this happens to me with
00:18:15.150 --> 00:18:15.884
This happens to me with preaching all the time.
00:18:15.951 --> 00:18:16.685
Preaching all the time. "oo, i thought of another thing,
00:18:16.752 --> 00:18:17.853
"oo, i thought of another thing, let's add that in there.
00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.554
Let's add that in there. well, the sermon
00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:19.321
Well, the sermon is already long.
00:18:19.388 --> 00:18:19.888
Is already long. i'm sure the people want
00:18:19.955 --> 00:18:20.889
I'm sure the people want to hear more from me,
00:18:20.956 --> 00:18:21.757
To hear more from me, let's just keep
00:18:21.823 --> 00:18:22.324
Let's just keep talking for a while."
00:18:22.391 --> 00:18:23.592
Talking for a while." right?
00:18:23.659 --> 00:18:25.661
Right? you know, it's --
00:18:25.727 --> 00:18:27.229
You know, it's -- all of us are proud, i think.
00:18:27.296 --> 00:18:30.966
All of us are proud, i think. some of us are just
00:18:31.033 --> 00:18:31.567
Some of us are just proud out loud.
00:18:31.633 --> 00:18:38.774
Proud out loud. and that's why i love
00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:39.408
And that's why i love the story of peter.
00:18:39.474 --> 00:18:43.879
The story of peter. i know sometimes i feel like
00:18:43.946 --> 00:18:45.047
I know sometimes i feel like i need a break from myself.
00:18:45.113 --> 00:18:48.250
I need a break from myself. and if i meet a person
00:18:48.317 --> 00:18:49.051
And if i meet a person who's a lot like me in the room,
00:18:49.117 --> 00:18:50.152
Who's a lot like me in the room, i just need a little bit
00:18:50.219 --> 00:18:51.053
I just need a little bit of space and silence.
00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:56.024
Of space and silence. but do you know what
00:18:56.091 --> 00:18:56.625
But do you know what jesus christ never did?
00:18:56.692 --> 00:18:59.595
Jesus christ never did? he never took
00:18:59.661 --> 00:19:00.195
He never took a break from peter.
00:19:00.262 --> 00:19:04.166
A break from peter. i mean, if there was
00:19:04.233 --> 00:19:04.766
I mean, if there was one dude i would keep, like,
00:19:04.833 --> 00:19:06.368
One dude i would keep, like, in the back row
00:19:06.435 --> 00:19:07.002
In the back row of the 12 apostles,
00:19:07.069 --> 00:19:08.303
Of the 12 apostles, it would be peter, not jesus.
00:19:08.370 --> 00:19:13.108
It would be peter, not jesus. "follow me," he said.
00:19:13.175 --> 00:19:15.978
"follow me," he said. and as peter talked his ear off
00:19:16.044 --> 00:19:16.945
And as peter talked his ear off for three straight years,
00:19:17.012 --> 00:19:18.180
For three straight years, jesus never once turned
00:19:18.247 --> 00:19:19.414
Jesus never once turned around and said, "enough!
00:19:19.481 --> 00:19:21.016
[laughing]
00:19:21.316 --> 00:19:22.884
Is there another guy
00:19:23.285 --> 00:19:23.719
Is there another guy we could choose?"
00:19:23.785 --> 00:19:25.254
We could choose?" no, he, like, stuck with him.
00:19:25.320 --> 00:19:27.389
No, he, like, stuck with him. he's patient.
00:19:27.456 --> 00:19:28.257
He's patient. he had to call him out,
00:19:28.323 --> 00:19:29.258
He had to call him out, he had to rebuke him,
00:19:29.324 --> 00:19:30.459
He had to rebuke him, but jesus was so full
00:19:30.525 --> 00:19:32.294
But jesus was so full of mercy, and compassion,
00:19:32.361 --> 00:19:34.263
Of mercy, and compassion, and love, and grace
00:19:34.329 --> 00:19:37.499
And love, and grace that he loved peter.
00:19:37.566 --> 00:19:39.901
Years later, the same
00:19:40.002 --> 00:19:40.769
Years later, the same apostle peter wrote this letter
00:19:40.836 --> 00:19:42.237
Apostle peter wrote this letter that we call 1 peter,
00:19:42.304 --> 00:19:43.338
That we call 1 peter, and in that letter,
00:19:43.405 --> 00:19:44.506
And in that letter, he spoke these amazing
00:19:44.573 --> 00:19:45.274
He spoke these amazing words about jesus.
00:19:45.340 --> 00:19:48.577
Words about jesus. he said, "when they hurled
00:19:48.644 --> 00:19:49.278
He said, "when they hurled their insults at jesus,
00:19:49.344 --> 00:19:52.581
Their insults at jesus, he did not retaliate.
00:19:52.648 --> 00:19:55.284
He did not retaliate. when he suffered,
00:19:55.350 --> 00:19:56.184
When he suffered, he made no threats.
00:19:56.251 --> 00:19:59.354
He made no threats. instead, jesus entrusted
00:19:59.421 --> 00:20:00.589
Instead, jesus entrusted himself to the god
00:20:00.656 --> 00:20:02.357
Himself to the god who judges justly."
00:20:02.424 --> 00:20:07.129
How did peter end up
00:20:07.229 --> 00:20:08.096
How did peter end up included, and accepted,
00:20:08.163 --> 00:20:09.931
Included, and accepted, and forgiven despite
00:20:09.998 --> 00:20:11.433
And forgiven despite the craziness of his sin?
00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.934
The craziness of his sin? here's how.
00:20:13.001 --> 00:20:14.736
Here's how. the word didn't say a word.
00:20:14.803 --> 00:20:21.777
The word didn't say a word. jesus hung on the cross
00:20:21.843 --> 00:20:22.744
Jesus hung on the cross and he knew every secret
00:20:22.811 --> 00:20:24.680
And he knew every secret of those roman soldiers,
00:20:24.746 --> 00:20:25.714
Of those roman soldiers, but instead of eviscerating
00:20:25.781 --> 00:20:27.316
But instead of eviscerating them with his words,
00:20:27.382 --> 00:20:28.183
Them with his words, he stayed silent
00:20:28.250 --> 00:20:29.951
He stayed silent and was lead like a lamb
00:20:30.018 --> 00:20:31.520
And was lead like a lamb to the slaughter so that
00:20:31.586 --> 00:20:34.723
To the slaughter so that peter could end up a saint,
00:20:34.790 --> 00:20:39.394
Peter could end up a saint, and so that you and i can too.
00:20:39.461 --> 00:20:43.432
And so that you and i can too. i'm working on my words,
00:20:43.498 --> 00:20:46.034
I'm working on my words, but i'm working as a guy
00:20:46.101 --> 00:20:46.768
But i'm working as a guy who is loved by god,
00:20:46.835 --> 00:20:48.737
Who is loved by god, forgiven by his grace,
00:20:48.804 --> 00:20:50.572
Forgiven by his grace, and covered in his mercy,
00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:53.642
And you are too.
00:20:53.742 --> 00:20:56.244
And you are too. one more passage from peter.
00:20:56.311 --> 00:20:57.279
One more passage from peter. i love how he said it,
00:20:57.346 --> 00:20:59.448
I love how he said it, in that same chapter, he says,
00:20:59.514 --> 00:21:00.515
In that same chapter, he says, "as you come to jesus,
00:21:00.582 --> 00:21:01.550
"as you come to jesus, the living stone -- rejected
00:21:01.616 --> 00:21:04.286
The living stone -- rejected by humans but chosen by god
00:21:04.353 --> 00:21:05.921
By humans but chosen by god and precious to him -- you also,
00:21:05.987 --> 00:21:07.622
And precious to him -- you also, like living stones,
00:21:07.689 --> 00:21:08.357
Like living stones, are being built into
00:21:08.423 --> 00:21:09.624
Are being built into a spiritual house.
00:21:09.691 --> 00:21:12.027
A spiritual house. you are a chosen people."
00:21:12.094 --> 00:21:16.064
There's a big, beautiful bucket
00:21:16.164 --> 00:21:17.199
There's a big, beautiful bucket in your heart that says,
00:21:17.265 --> 00:21:18.133
In your heart that says, "i need to be chosen."
00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:21.103
"i need to be chosen." and peter is the proof
00:21:21.169 --> 00:21:22.037
And peter is the proof that no matter how messy
00:21:22.104 --> 00:21:22.838
That no matter how messy your story and how frequent
00:21:22.904 --> 00:21:24.039
Your story and how frequent your sins, you can be, in fact,
00:21:24.106 --> 00:21:27.342
Your sins, you can be, in fact, through faith you are.
00:21:27.409 --> 00:21:31.513
Through faith you are. i think that's why peter
00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:32.147
I think that's why peter would have loved what
00:21:32.214 --> 00:21:32.948
Would have loved what the early christians did
00:21:33.014 --> 00:21:34.182
The early christians did to his house.
00:21:34.249 --> 00:21:37.586
To his house. let me show you a picture that
00:21:37.652 --> 00:21:38.453
Let me show you a picture that i took in the city of capernaum
00:21:38.520 --> 00:21:39.721
Where peter lived.
00:21:39.821 --> 00:21:40.322
Where peter lived. many archaeologists think
00:21:40.389 --> 00:21:41.590
Many archaeologists think that this circular building was
00:21:41.656 --> 00:21:44.259
That this circular building was the house of the apostle peter.
00:21:44.326 --> 00:21:47.729
The house of the apostle peter. it dates all the way back
00:21:47.796 --> 00:21:48.730
It dates all the way back to the first century
00:21:48.797 --> 00:21:49.498
To the first century when peter lived,
00:21:49.564 --> 00:21:50.298
But what caught archaeologist's
00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:51.700
But what caught archaeologist's attention is what happened in
00:21:51.767 --> 00:21:52.901
Attention is what happened in the mid first century a.d. soon
00:21:52.968 --> 00:21:55.337
The mid first century a.d. soon after jesus went to heaven.
00:21:55.404 --> 00:21:57.606
After jesus went to heaven. it seems at that house,
00:21:57.672 --> 00:21:58.740
It seems at that house, which archaeologists found
00:21:58.807 --> 00:22:00.008
Which archaeologists found pots and pans was transformed
00:22:00.075 --> 00:22:01.810
Pots and pans was transformed into some other kind of use.
00:22:01.877 --> 00:22:05.046
Into some other kind of use. the pots and pans disappeared,
00:22:05.113 --> 00:22:08.083
The pots and pans disappeared, and oil lamps started to appear
00:22:08.150 --> 00:22:09.518
And oil lamps started to appear as if someone was there speaking
00:22:09.584 --> 00:22:11.820
As if someone was there speaking for a long time into the night.
00:22:11.887 --> 00:22:15.424
For a long time into the night. soon after they expanded
00:22:15.490 --> 00:22:16.324
Soon after they expanded the home and turned it from
00:22:16.391 --> 00:22:17.426
The home and turned it from a residential dwelling.
00:22:17.492 --> 00:22:18.393
A residential dwelling. they added rooms and layers.
00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:20.495
They added rooms and layers. they plastered over
00:22:20.562 --> 00:22:21.630
They plastered over the entire place.
00:22:21.696 --> 00:22:22.464
The entire place. and many people think
00:22:22.531 --> 00:22:23.231
And many people think this was one of the earliest
00:22:23.298 --> 00:22:24.533
This was one of the earliest christian churches,
00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.267
Christian churches, right in the home
00:22:25.333 --> 00:22:26.034
Right in the home of the apostle peter.
00:22:26.101 --> 00:22:28.837
Of the apostle peter. in fact, in the plaster
00:22:28.904 --> 00:22:29.438
In fact, in the plaster of the walls,
00:22:29.504 --> 00:22:30.005
Of the walls, early christians started
00:22:30.071 --> 00:22:30.806
Early christians started to write messages,
00:22:30.872 --> 00:22:31.473
To write messages, little graffiti.
00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:33.542
Little graffiti. one person drew a little boat,
00:22:33.608 --> 00:22:35.844
One person drew a little boat, another person had mentioned
00:22:35.911 --> 00:22:37.012
Another person had mentioned the name of jesus,
00:22:37.078 --> 00:22:39.548
The name of jesus, but one of the things they
00:22:39.614 --> 00:22:40.348
But one of the things they scratched into the plaster
00:22:40.415 --> 00:22:41.483
Scratched into the plaster of peter's potential home
00:22:41.550 --> 00:22:43.351
Of peter's potential home was something i think
00:22:43.418 --> 00:22:44.219
Was something i think he would have loved.
00:22:44.286 --> 00:22:46.354
He would have loved. three words.
00:22:46.421 --> 00:22:48.523
Three words. "christ have mercy."
00:22:48.590 --> 00:22:54.496
"christ have mercy." have mercy on me a sinner.
00:22:54.563 --> 00:23:01.369
Have mercy on me a sinner. and as peter heard
00:23:01.436 --> 00:23:03.271
And as peter heard the parable of jesus,
00:23:03.338 --> 00:23:03.972
The parable of jesus, of the tax collector
00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.806
Of the tax collector who confessed that very thing,
00:23:04.873 --> 00:23:07.075
Who confessed that very thing, i tell you the truth
00:23:07.142 --> 00:23:07.709
I tell you the truth that this man,
00:23:07.776 --> 00:23:08.343
That this man, the sinner went home
00:23:08.410 --> 00:23:10.345
The sinner went home justified before god
00:23:10.412 --> 00:23:13.215
Justified before god because whoever humbles
00:23:13.281 --> 00:23:14.015
Because whoever humbles themselves will be exalted.
00:23:14.082 --> 00:23:18.920
Themselves will be exalted. that's the story of peter,
00:23:18.987 --> 00:23:21.423
That's the story of peter, and it's our story too.
00:23:21.490 --> 00:23:24.359
And it's our story too. the world might not choose us,
00:23:24.426 --> 00:23:25.160
The world might not choose us, but by the grace and mercy
00:23:25.227 --> 00:23:26.428
But by the grace and mercy of god, jesus does,
00:23:26.495 --> 00:23:28.997
Of god, jesus does, and he always will.
00:23:29.064 --> 00:23:32.267
And he always will. let's pray.
00:23:32.334 --> 00:23:33.735
Let's pray. god, thank you for listening.
00:23:33.802 --> 00:23:39.774
God, thank you for listening. if i were you,
00:23:39.841 --> 00:23:40.408
If i were you, i would've blocked
00:23:40.475 --> 00:23:42.677
I would've blocked my prayer texts
00:23:42.744 --> 00:23:43.645
My prayer texts a long time ago,
00:23:43.712 --> 00:23:45.580
A long time ago, but you're patient,
00:23:45.647 --> 00:23:47.282
But you're patient, and you're kind,
00:23:47.349 --> 00:23:48.617
And you're kind, and unconditionally loving,
00:23:48.683 --> 00:23:51.219
And unconditionally loving, and that's why
00:23:51.286 --> 00:23:51.620
And that's why we love you so much.
00:23:51.686 --> 00:23:53.622
We love you so much. jesus, if you forgave peter,
00:23:53.688 --> 00:23:55.156
Jesus, if you forgave peter, the man who denied that he even
00:23:55.223 --> 00:23:57.225
The man who denied that he even knew you not once or twice,
00:23:57.292 --> 00:23:58.627
Knew you not once or twice, but three times,
00:23:58.693 --> 00:23:59.361
But three times, it's proof that you can
00:23:59.427 --> 00:24:00.896
It's proof that you can forgive the proudest person
00:24:00.962 --> 00:24:02.197
Forgive the proudest person in this room, the most arrogant
00:24:02.264 --> 00:24:05.000
In this room, the most arrogant person who's sitting at home,
00:24:05.066 --> 00:24:07.302
Person who's sitting at home, the most complicated and broken
00:24:07.369 --> 00:24:08.703
The most complicated and broken person that we know.
00:24:08.770 --> 00:24:11.606
Person that we know. thank you, jesus,
00:24:11.673 --> 00:24:12.440
Thank you, jesus, that you didn't just choose
00:24:12.507 --> 00:24:13.441
That you didn't just choose the educated and the amazing.
00:24:13.508 --> 00:24:16.578
The educated and the amazing. thank you that you chose
00:24:16.645 --> 00:24:17.345
Thank you that you chose the angry, and the greedy,
00:24:17.412 --> 00:24:18.647
The angry, and the greedy, the proud, and the broken,
00:24:18.713 --> 00:24:19.981
The proud, and the broken, the stressed,
00:24:20.048 --> 00:24:21.116
The stressed, and the overwhelmed.
00:24:21.182 --> 00:24:21.616
And the overwhelmed. the fact that you chose them
00:24:21.683 --> 00:24:23.118
Gives us hope and confidence
00:24:23.218 --> 00:24:24.219
That you choose people
00:24:24.286 --> 00:24:25.053
Like us today.
00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:27.789
I pray powerfully, god,
00:24:27.856 --> 00:24:28.924
Today for your holy spirit.
00:24:28.990 --> 00:24:32.160
Your word says that
00:24:32.227 --> 00:24:32.894
The fruit of the spirit
00:24:32.961 --> 00:24:33.862
Is gentleness,
00:24:33.929 --> 00:24:35.630
And it's patience,
00:24:35.697 --> 00:24:36.131
And it's love,
00:24:36.197 --> 00:24:36.898
And it's self-control.
00:24:36.965 --> 00:24:38.066
And a lot of us,
00:24:38.133 --> 00:24:38.900
I know i need that so badly,
00:24:38.967 --> 00:24:41.336
Our words are so powerful.
00:24:41.403 --> 00:24:44.005
Sin happens when we speak
00:24:44.072 --> 00:24:44.940
Too much and too quickly,
00:24:45.006 --> 00:24:46.007
And love happens when we don't.
00:24:46.074 --> 00:24:49.444
So, give us the self-control
00:24:49.511 --> 00:24:50.312
That we need that our words
00:24:50.378 --> 00:24:51.346
Today at school, and at work,
00:24:51.413 --> 00:24:54.349
In our relationships,
00:24:54.416 --> 00:24:55.050
And with our parents,
00:24:55.116 --> 00:24:56.685
With our kids,
00:24:56.751 --> 00:24:57.085
With our fellow saints here
00:24:57.152 --> 00:24:59.187
In this christian church,
00:24:59.254 --> 00:24:59.988
May those words be just
00:25:00.055 --> 00:25:01.590
Like the words of jesus,
00:25:01.656 --> 00:25:02.591
Full of truth and full of love.
00:25:02.657 --> 00:25:06.494
God, you changed peter
00:25:06.561 --> 00:25:08.163
And you're changing us too.
00:25:08.229 --> 00:25:09.998
Work powerfully in our hearts
00:25:10.065 --> 00:25:10.799
That we could be a bright light
00:25:10.865 --> 00:25:11.666
In this dark world.
00:25:11.733 --> 00:25:12.601
And in this jar of clay,
00:25:12.667 --> 00:25:14.903
These cracked pots that we are,
00:25:14.970 --> 00:25:16.304
Your light would shine
00:25:16.371 --> 00:25:16.905
Through so brightly,
00:25:16.972 --> 00:25:17.806
Even through the cracks,
00:25:17.872 --> 00:25:19.441
That people would know
00:25:19.507 --> 00:25:20.175
What a merciful god you are.
00:25:20.241 --> 00:25:22.777
We pray all these things today
00:25:22.844 --> 00:25:23.545
With confidence and we pray them
00:25:23.612 --> 00:25:25.080
In the name of jesus.
00:25:25.146 --> 00:25:26.481
And all god's people said,
00:25:26.548 --> 00:25:28.550
"amen."
00:25:28.617 --> 00:25:29.084
>> we all needed to hear
00:25:29.851 --> 00:25:30.785
>> we all needed to hear this message today.
00:25:30.852 --> 00:25:31.686
This message today. to be reassued that jesus
00:25:31.753 --> 00:25:33.154
To be reassued that jesus doesn't chose the best
00:25:33.221 --> 00:25:34.456
Doesn't chose the best and the brightest,
00:25:34.522 --> 00:25:35.256
And the brightest, but instead the flawed,
00:25:35.323 --> 00:25:36.458
But instead the flawed, proud people like us.
00:25:36.524 --> 00:25:38.393
Proud people like us. i wanna let you know
00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.194
I wanna let you know that this month we have
00:25:39.260 --> 00:25:40.195
That this month we have a devotional prayer
00:25:40.261 --> 00:25:41.062
A devotional prayer journal called,
00:25:41.129 --> 00:25:41.830
Journal called, "the power of devoted prayer,"
00:25:41.896 --> 00:25:43.331
"the power of devoted prayer," by pastor mike
00:25:43.398 --> 00:25:44.065
By pastor mike and pastor mark jeske.
00:25:44.132 --> 00:25:45.767
And pastor mark jeske. each of these 45 devotions
00:25:45.834 --> 00:25:47.302
Each of these 45 devotions include scripture,
00:25:47.369 --> 00:25:48.670
Include scripture, a journal question
00:25:48.737 --> 00:25:49.604
A journal question and a prayer prompt
00:25:49.671 --> 00:25:50.672
And a prayer prompt to help you build
00:25:50.739 --> 00:25:51.439
To help you build the habit of daily prayer.
00:25:51.506 --> 00:25:53.074
The habit of daily prayer. request your copy
00:25:53.141 --> 00:25:54.142
Request your copy with your financial gift
00:25:54.209 --> 00:25:55.210
With your financial gift to time of grace.
00:25:55.276 --> 00:25:56.111
>> prayer is your connection
00:25:57.045 --> 00:25:58.179
To the promises of god
00:25:58.246 --> 00:25:59.180
In christ jesus,
00:25:59.247 --> 00:26:00.482
An invitation to approach
00:26:00.548 --> 00:26:01.716
Your heavenly father
00:26:01.783 --> 00:26:02.817
And let him shape your heart,
00:26:02.884 --> 00:26:04.552
Strengthen your faith,
00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.553
And speak personally
00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.488
Into your life.
00:26:06.554 --> 00:26:07.922
Start building the lifelong
00:26:07.989 --> 00:26:09.290
Habit of daily prayer
00:26:09.357 --> 00:26:10.625
And gain access to
00:26:10.692 --> 00:26:11.493
A supernatural power source with
00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.761
"the power of devoted prayer"
00:26:12.827 --> 00:26:14.162
From time of grace.
00:26:14.229 --> 00:26:15.497
Each of the 45 devotions
00:26:15.563 --> 00:26:16.931
Include a passage of scripture,
00:26:16.998 --> 00:26:18.833
A journal question
00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.601
And either a written prayer
00:26:19.668 --> 00:26:21.002
Or a prayer prompt
00:26:21.069 --> 00:26:21.970
To help you pray with
00:26:22.037 --> 00:26:22.904
More passion, depth,
00:26:22.971 --> 00:26:24.305
Consistency and power.
00:26:24.372 --> 00:26:25.473
"the power of devoted prayer"
00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:26.875
Is our way to thank you
00:26:26.941 --> 00:26:28.176
For your gift to help more
00:26:28.243 --> 00:26:29.210
People find everything
00:26:29.277 --> 00:26:30.278
They're looking for in jesus.
00:26:30.345 --> 00:26:31.813
Request yours today
00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.914
By calling 800-661-3311,
00:26:32.981 --> 00:26:36.918
Visiting timeofgrace.org
00:26:36.985 --> 00:26:39.054
Or writing us at p.o. 301
00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:41.523
Milwaukee, wisconsin 53201.
00:26:41.589 --> 00:26:44.759
>> time of grace
00:26:50.465 --> 00:26:51.332
Doesn't end here.
00:26:51.433 --> 00:26:53.034
Visit timeofgrace.org
00:26:53.134 --> 00:26:54.836
And explore
00:26:54.936 --> 00:26:55.537
Encouraging resources,
00:26:55.637 --> 00:26:56.971
Or sign up for our daily email
00:26:57.072 --> 00:26:58.406
And have everything delivered
00:26:58.506 --> 00:26:59.274
Right to your inbox, like our
00:26:59.374 --> 00:27:01.109
Grace moments devotions,
00:27:01.209 --> 00:27:03.411
Blog, and podcasts.
00:27:03.511 --> 00:27:05.947
Follow us on social media
00:27:06.047 --> 00:27:07.282
Where you'll find a supportive
00:27:07.382 --> 00:27:08.817
Christian community.
00:27:08.917 --> 00:27:10.018
Do you need prayer?
00:27:10.118 --> 00:27:11.086
Contact us and let us know
00:27:11.186 --> 00:27:12.353
What's on your heart.
00:27:12.454 --> 00:27:13.488
Thank you so much
00:27:13.588 --> 00:27:14.322
For your support.
00:27:14.422 --> 00:27:14.923
>> see you next week
00:27:15.957 --> 00:27:16.658
On time of grace.
00:27:16.725 --> 00:27:17.726

Mike Novotny - Me on Team Jesus?: Even If I'm Prideful

July 13, 2025 | 28:59

Closed captions

Share