Embracing Surrender and Service in Faith

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1. "As we continue worshiping this morning perhaps you walked in this day or you're tuned in online and you're carrying burdens and weights that God has not designed for you to carry and I encourage you this morning to declare that you are surrendering those weights to the Lord you are surrendering those fears those anxieties those worries you're surrendering your health you're surrendering your marriage your children your grandchildren surrendering them to the Lord this morning surrendering your finances surrendering your workplace surrendering your co-workers surrender the different circumstances Jesus said come to me those who are tired and head-laden and I will give you rest and so this morning declare God I am surrendering this to you and declare it like a rushing wind like a mighty wind come and breathe within God and God will cast away blow away every single one of those burdens every single one of those weights every single one of those anxieties leave them at his feet I'm at the throne this morning I'm at the foot of the cross" [38:18] (77 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Now I will tell you, don't put yourself in the place where you can be tempted. I'm in the middle of this book, right now, that's called Atomic Habits. And it's not a Bible book, but it's really good. And in this chapter I was reading yesterday, it was talking about, because it talks about cue and craving and the ways that you get into these habits. And then it was saying that something's going to happen to you. And I'm like, oh, my God, I'm going to be tempted. And I'm like, oh, my God, I'm going to be tempted. And I'm like, oh, my God, I'm going to be think that you just need to have self-control to not fall into that bad habit. But what's interesting was the studies that they were doing was that the people who fell least into their bad habits wasn't simply because they had the most self-control. It was the ones that were actively not putting themselves in the place of temptation." [44:27] (68 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "I know we remind you every week, but 3W Church, Worship Without Walls exists to get people to a place where they will acknowledge, trust, and lean on God daily. That's our vision. That's our why. We need God every single day. And as we fill ourselves with Him, we're able to keep going. And how do we fill with God? We spend time in the Word, we spend time in prayer, we spend time in worship, we spend time in fellowship, and as we do that, we're able to go forward. You know, we need to run this race with people." [47:14] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Stop doing life alone. Stop doing life alone. When you're doing life alone, you'll quit when you have more inside of you. When you're doing life alone, you'll slow down because you think you can't anymore. But God has put somebody with you to run alongside you. And as we daily acknowledge God and run the race with each other, we will achieve far greater than we ever thought we could. And you know who's running in the mix with us, too? His name is Jesus Christ. And he will never, ever, ever stop running with you." [50:49] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "And today, we're going to talk about the seventh core value of our church. And there's no specific order. I just preached them as I felt the Lord wanted us to share them. But the truth is, they're not a specific thing. One's not more valuable than the other. They're all important. They're all core values to who we are as 3W Church and our DNA. And if you've missed any of them, I'm going to recap them quickly. The first one that we talked about this year was refill. We talked about the fact that you've got to keep your tank full." [52:02] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "We talked about the value of authenticity keep it real I don't know about you but I've come across some very fake christians as fake as a three dollar bill right and I've come across some that look like a 20 but it's counterfeit and can I tell you you cannot build on fake you know when we were in hawaii on our vacation last year we went to this place called cool little ranch and that is an area that is used for all kinds of films as a matter of fact you guys have all seen this place if you've seen jurassic park if you've seen hawaii five oh if you've seen uh um uh 50 first dates and all of these movies they're all filmed there so you can't build on fake and in the part it was really cool we we got to this area that has the huge giant gates that say jurassic world or jurassic whatever the the thing like the gates that open up in the movie and they look super spectacular but when you get up to them and you touch them you'll realize they're made out of styrofoam" [54:36] (75 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "Because stewardship is realizing that it all belongs to him. We just manage it. You just manage it. Your body belongs to God. You just manage it. Your health, your finances, your family, your spouse is God's. Your children are God's. We manage them. I mean, if we steward them well, we will be able to do more. But if we don't steward our family well, how can I steward the church if I cannot steward my family? I can't steward my family. I can't steward my family. I can't steward my family. wife and children well. So we have to constantly reflect, how am I stewarding it and can I steward it better?" [58:12] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "Our church is actually known in our community as a church that is constantly serving. I've gotten random calls from organizations that are not even Christian, but they were doing like homeless care packages and they know that we always do stuff. So can we give them to you to give out? It's part of our DNA to serve as unto Jesus. The Bible says in Colossians 3 .17, it's going to come up on the screen, Colossians 3 .17 says, whether it be in word or in deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus. know that it is he who we are serving. We do it as unto Jesus, not unto man." [59:15] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "So this is the definition of the word serve. The definition of the word serve is to perform duties for another person or an organization. One more time, serve to perform duties for another person or organization. I want you to go with me to Matthew chapter 20. Matthew chapter 20. We're going to read it and then I'm going to pull some points out of it. Matthew chapter 20, when you've got it, say amen. If you've got a physical Bible with you, raise it. I want to see your physical Bibles. I love Bibles. All right. Thank you. I encourage you, carry your Bible, highlight your Bible. You cannot highlight the wall." [60:26] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "Here's another thing I pulled out of that passage. So number one, serving is an act of humility. But the second thing is this greatness is measured in serving. greatness is measured in serving i mean what was the response the lady asked jesus i want them to be at your right and your left they are the big dogs they are the ones with you the other disciples are like bro what's up with that like what is this question and what is jesus answered whoever wants to be the greatest needs to be the servant whoever wants to be first go serve like a slave go do whatever is needed to be done are you willing to serve here's the truth true leadership true greatness is measured in your willingness to serve there can never be anything that is too beneath you" [65:13] (63 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)