You've Got Hope in Your Boat - Jeremiah Payne

Matthew was a tax collector robbing his own people. Peter actually was probably out on the Sabbath day fishing and being disobedient to the law. Like, all in and we know Judas. Judas was actually stealing, but when he's become a disciple, he's stealing money out of out of out of out of the purse for the disciples. All of them had some messed up stuff. They're all flawed people. Just like we are, we're all flawed people. But Jesus is saying, come to me, and I'll make it right. [00:22:31] (27 seconds)  #FlawedButCalled

And so, yes, we are we are all flawed people, am I right? And we all make mistakes. That doesn't excuse people's behavior, not at all. People do things that are outside of God's will and and and aren't caring for other image barriers, they've they've made a mistake and they've sinned. But that doesn't mean that we neglect God all all the way completely. Because that wasn't God, that was on that person. [00:13:48] (27 seconds)  #MistakesNotGod

But what what we all do sometimes is say, you know what, let me get things right. Let me let me let me fix myself up, and then I'll come and follow Jesus. That is not what Jesus is telling us to do. Even when we look at the disciple, he just said, come, follow me, come be fishers of men. They are all messed up people. [00:22:14] (18 seconds)  #ComeAsYouAre

Yes, it was wrong what happened to his people, but that wasn't God that did it, it was people that did it. So even in our rebellious stage, we have to let go of the things that have nothing to do with Jesus and keep moving forward. Even when the storms and and and the the waves of life come our way. [00:16:32] (20 seconds)  #LetGoKeepMoving

And I didn't say this the first service, but I feel like I should say it now, but I feel like Well, I'll speak of myself. I think sometimes when it comes to church, obviously, some churches or some people in church might harm us in some ways that is not what God intends for us to to be a part of. [00:13:07] (21 seconds)  #ChurchHurtIsReal

And so I could probably even speak over here that there's probably people in this church right now who've been hurt from previous churches or previous believers and previous Christians. And I know I have some friends that they've actually been through church hurt, but they haven't stepped in their foot into a church since that thing happened at that previous church. [00:13:28] (20 seconds)  #DontLetHurtWin

And so sometimes what happens is that people get hurt by somebody else, not dismissing what they've done, because that was wrong, what they probably did, but they hold on to that hurt and they never engage with God again, and they stay away, and they run away. [00:14:07] (15 seconds)  #ReleaseTheHurt

Did you follow what God told you to do? Is there something that you need to repent of as well that maybe these things are coming you right? Now it's not always that we go through trials and tribulations that, you know, we're in sin, but sometimes we are in sin and we need to give our way up to Jesus. [00:17:43] (19 seconds)  #RepentAndReturn