The Race that Matters

But I really wanna talk to you about oh, I forgot. Henry Morehouse, back to that. For for the first six nights, preached on John three sixteen, and then on the seventh night he he was agonizing. He was like, Lord, what what no. I mean, I've taught on the same thing for six nights in a row. And he said he couldn't come up with another verse that that was as good. So he just preached on that one again. And I know you're in this series now about running, running a race. [00:50:32] (30 seconds)  #PreachingPerseverance

And there are a lot of races around us, aren't there? There's a race to the top. There's a race to be the best. There's a race for, you know, whatever status or money or power or whatever it is people are running after. But as disciples of Jesus, we have one race that matters. And I wanna ask you a question this morning. What do you want your life to be about? You know, I I as as pastor Randy mentioned, I've been around a lot of different places. [00:51:02] (36 seconds)  #PurposeOverPopularity

whatever whatever he wants to do, do you trust him to do that? So are you willing to throw off everything that hinders? To make your life matter? Because I wanna ask you again, what do you want your life to be about? You know, when I when I transitioned out of pastoring, they they gave me this beautiful dinner and they honored me and everything. And, you know, they had the open mic and people were getting up. I was like, I I feel like I'm at my own funeral, [00:55:38] (32 seconds)  #MakeYourLifeMatter

know, there was a period of time where I was going through the dark night of the soul, and I would sit every single morning, and I would look up at the beautiful mountains in Utah. Another plug for Utah. I would look up at those mountains, and I would say, Jesus, I do not understand you, but I trust you. Let me just say clearly, your theology [01:02:01] (36 seconds)  #TrustInTheDark

Yes. We love Jesus with our heart, soul, mind, and strength. But if your feelings are causing you to think something that is untrue, something that you can't back up here, bro, Throw it off. Throw off some bad theology. Throw off the theology that says, well, Jesus doesn't love me as much as he loves other people, or he doesn't really have a plan for me, or whatever. No. He has a plan for your life. Amen? Amen. And your job is just to say yes. Yes. It's not to figure it out. It's not to do all these things and jump through all these. Just say yes every day. Make yourself available every day. Amen? Amen. [01:02:40] (48 seconds)  #SayYesToJesusDaily

there is the kind of sin that you recognize and you know and you go into it knowingly, The kind that James talks about where you get a little thought. And then there's a part of us that feels obligated when you're tempted. You're like, well, I'm tempted. It's too late now. I need to go into it. Amen? Am I am I just talking to myself? No. Come on. Preachers. Just because you're tempted doesn't obligate you to do it. Okay? Temptation is not sin. Right. Right. [01:04:38] (35 seconds)  #TemptationIsNotSin

It's when you say yes to the sin and no to the holy spirit. Come on. Okay? This is the stuff I'm talking about. This is the sin that so easily entangles us. It deceives us. It throws us off course. It says, you know, like like you're lusting after somebody and so suddenly you feel like, oh, you know, maybe I'm supposed to be with that person. It's like, are you sure? [01:05:13] (25 seconds)  #ResistSinEntanglement

maybe, you know, somebody gives you a bottle of wine and you know that Jesus told you no to drink in wine? You're like, I mean, someone gave it to me. It's it would be so insulting for me not to drink it. And you know it's gonna take you down the toilet. Amen? Amen. So you don't you fill in the blank. I'm not gonna maybe call out your particular sin, but you know what it is. Amen? Amen. You know what your sin is. Yeah. [01:05:40] (32 seconds)  #OwnAndResistTemptation