Faith Full // Practically Speaking

Do you trust that what I've just encouraged you to do is the better way? Do you trust that? Will you actually go out and live this out before you even know what the end result is going to be? Will you trust that? Will you follow me? Not do you believe in me, will you follow me? And that's the question for every single one of us every single day. Not to simply believe in Jesus, but to trust in him and live our lives in that way and the outcome he says is this, the rain will come down, the streams will rise, the winds will blow and beat against your house, beat against your life and yet it will not fall because its foundation is on the rock. [00:19:14] (36 seconds)  #TrustAndFollow

My bad. If you hear nothing else today, if you fall asleep today for the rest of my message or tune out the rest of the message today, here's what I want you to know. Here's what I want you to walk away knowing. It's that doing is what makes the difference. Doing is what makes the difference. People do not fail because of a lack of believing. People do not fail because of a lack of knowledge and there are still some things that you need to know. [00:02:30] (25 seconds)  #DoingMatters

Over time, over the last two thousand years, the church has simplified the invite of Jesus to follow me and maybe you've heard the church talk about this. We've simplified it. We've kinda dumbed it down to just simply believe in me. All you have to do is believe in me. Do you know why we've simplified it down to that as a church? Because that's way easier. Just believing things about Jesus is safer. That's far less demanding. That doesn't require us to actually change anything in our lives. [00:05:42] (31 seconds)  #FollowNotJustBelieve

Believing can be deceiving. Now if you're here today and you're not you're you don't consider yourself a a Jesus follower, you're not Christian, maybe you used to be, maybe you you grew up in church and you've walked away or or you're just you're not sure where you're at. Perhaps one of the reasons that that's you today and you're not sure where you where you stand. Maybe the reason that that's you and you gave it up or you you kind of stopped exploring it. It's not that you don't believe what we believe, maybe. It's that it's not that you don't believe what we believe, it's that you wonder if we do. Do they even believe it? [00:26:03] (33 seconds)  #BelievingCanDeceive

And it's not just about being better people, it's about being faithful people in a world that is constantly walking away from faith, from trust, from confidence in God. I'm telling you, following Jesus, it will stretch your faith. Following Jesus will stretch your trust, it will stretch your confidence. It's why we say around here all the time, following Jesus, it will make your life better and it will make you better at life. Not better at believing things, it'll make you better at doing things. It'll make you better at life. So why wouldn't we become people like that? Your world needs you to be that kind of a person. [00:38:57] (44 seconds)  #FaithfulNotJustGood

Everybody who who shows up every week, goes deeper, learns a whole lot, but doesn't do anything with what they've learned. Everybody who who listens and agrees, but goes, man, that's just too hard to actually live it out. I don't wanna live that way. Here's what'll happen. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house and it fell with a great crash. And do you know do you know how people who listen and believe and learn and study but don't do anything with it? And do you know what they do when do you know how they respond when their life comes crashing down? Do you know what their response is? They blame God. [00:31:18] (41 seconds)  #HearDoDontBlame

You'll be like a wise person. Do you know what a wise person is? A wise person is somebody who understands that my decisions and my actions today will affect tomorrow's reality. What I say in this moment is going to affect tomorrow or a year from now. What I do today is going to affect reality. A wise person is somebody who understands that doing, not just simply believing, is what makes a difference in our lives. You'll be like a wise man who built your house, who established your future, who built your life on the rock. [00:17:18] (31 seconds)  #WiseBuildOnRock

The issue in our our our lives is not a, the problem is not a lack of information. It's not that we don't know enough. In fact, we know some good things about our spiritual lives. We know that we should be more honest. We know that that's good for us. We know that we should forgive people. We know that we should be more compassionate towards people. We know that we should be generous. We know these things, but knowing things and believing things doesn't make a difference. [00:01:24] (27 seconds)  #KnowledgeIsntEnough