No Reserves, No Retreats, and No Regrets (10:30 am)

And no retreat. Don't stop. Don't give up. Don't quit. There are times, I'll admit it, there'll be times when God's plan for your life will not be easy, and you'll be tempted. Kinda change course just a little bit. Human nature takes the path of least resistance, like water flowing downhill. But I'm telling you, God's plan and purpose is the easiest path really rarely ever changes the world. Now let that sink in just a little bit. Easiest plan, the easiest way doesn't change the world. [01:04:47] (46 seconds)  #NoRetreatNoQuit

So as a mother, I ran to the water's edge, and I saw one of the staff's little girls holding on to Jen's beach ball, screaming, Icona, mine. That's what she saying. She was screaming, mine. It wasn't her beach ball, but she took ownership that day, and nobody was taking that beach ball away from her, not Jen or anyone. But that's what we've gotta do with God's purposes for our life. We gotta grab ahold of it. We gotta take claim of it. We've got to say, Mine. God's purposes is my purposes. [01:29:04] (45 seconds)  #ClaimGodsPurpose

Years later, Charles Bavalloni, our host, introduced a young man to my husband. And he told my husband, he said, I was a child. When I was a child, on that soccer field, I gave my life to Jesus. And he introduced his mother and his wife and his children, all of whom are saved and serving the lord. You you don't understand it really, but every soul from a Muslim nation is a miracle. Every single soul is a miracle, and here was standing an entire family serving God because our church, we put on a children's camp. [01:03:03] (59 seconds)  #EverySoulAMiracle

When William Borden's bible was opened after his death, three phrases were found written in the margins. No reserves, no retreats, no regrets. When your story is finished, what will be written in the margins of your life. Every time you say yes to God's purposes, you write something in those margins. And if you want to have no reserves, no retreat, and no regrets, I'd like for you to stand up for just a moment because I wanna pray for you. If this is your heart's cry, if God stirred something in you about doing the hard stuff, Jesus, I pray for every man and woman that is standing here today before your throne. [01:34:37] (79 seconds)  #NoReservesNoRegrets

But as parent ways won't always be easy, but it's in the it's in the hard stuff that amazing thing has happened. In the hard stuff. Not in the in the hard stuff. We've been on missions, and we've seen hundreds of people delivered. Thousands of people give their lives to Christ. Thousands be healed. Thousands receive the baptism of Holy Spirit. This is the kind of things that happen in the hard place. Lives are changed. Don't you wanna be a part of that? [01:07:43] (36 seconds)  #MinistryInTheHard

I I promise you it will be an adventure. There's nothing like a God adventure. It will be an adventure. So surrender your fears, your need for control, your worries, your ambitions, your past, your future, your goals, your wants, your needs, surrender to Jesus. Surrender everything. Because when you get rid of it all, then your hands are free so you can grab a hold of God's purposes for your life. [01:27:58] (28 seconds)  #SurrenderToServe

Don't hold back anything in your service for the Lord. If you're asked to do it and it's God's will for your life, then then do it. Go for it. Give it your all. Don't hold back anything in reserve. You only have one life to give to God. Right? Well, give it all you've got. That live like Ecclesiastes nine ten tells us. It says, whatever your hand finds to do, what? With Do all your might. So when you give to others, whether it is of your time, of your companionship, your energy, your resources, your advice, just give yourself completely. [00:59:08] (44 seconds)  #GiveItAllToGod

I mean, of course, if you give all of yourself, all of the time to all the people you meet, you'll bankrupt. Like, yeah, I I get that. But here's the thing. Most of us tend to lean towards self preservation more than we do self sacrifice. So before you say no, before you choose to ignore, ask Jesus what he wants you to do. Ask him. And if he nudges you just towards giving, then then go ahead to give. [00:59:52] (50 seconds)  #AskJesusFirst