Unveiling the Hidden: Embracing Authentic Faith

1) "Doing a little bit of research over time, and I was just, more facts. Icebergs, they melt, the melted water of an iceberg can impact the ocean's ecosystem because it provides nutrients that was frozen in there for millennia or thousands of years. And then this one was my favorite one. Icebergs can contain ancient or rare minerals and stones revealing hidden treasures when melted. I was like, oh, ancient of days. Who knows that song? Blessings and honor. That's the first song that came into my mind. Glory and power. Because I was like, the ancient of days is inside of me. How rare and how beautiful is what he's trying to bring into the world?" [06:06] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2) "The society we live in is going, vying for your 90%. So, you know, I'm going to give you a five -minute warning. So that what comes out in the 10%, they have real estate on, right? So the world we live in is going for your mind. How many people, this stinking thing, how many times have you thought, oh, I really ought to get a new rug? And before you know it, you're on Facebook. New rug advert comes up on your phone. Going for your mind. Is that my conspiracy theory coming in hot there? Is it just me? It's just me. Is it just me? Okay, just me. Just me. Just me. But going for your intelligence. The society we live in, it goes for your emotions. It even goes for your belief systems." [07:55] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3) "And so we are, we're talking about Baptism Sunday. Today is Baptism Sunday. And we're talking about what it means to have. To have a community of people stepping out of darkness into the light. Into the light of Jesus' freedom. The light of his will and of his way. This, amongst many things, there are many things, because some of us, all sorts of things going on in the world, in the 90 % that goes on in our mind. This, though, one of the biggest areas that's eating our society. Our society alive today. And if you are not one of that statistic, you're affected by it. Because there's people in our world, our friends, our people who are in this stronghold. And I came to tell you today that it isn't okay." [12:02] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4) "And Christ is saying, I can see. I can see the whole iceberg. All day, every day. And we have to be realistic about the outer world. Starting from the inner transformation. And that's what the beauty of faith is. That's what the beauty of baptism is. And so we're going to read today from 2 Corinthians. And I'm going to read 18 verses. Because I believe that this is a really succinct word. In the book. The word of God itself. To help us navigate this whole world. Not just talking about pornography. I'm talking about all the sins. All the things that snare. All the temptations. that anger for those of us who think that we're beyond all of that things that make that just tie us up on the inside unforgiveness it's all in there" [13:59] (63 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5) "It's time to make a choice. God is asking for a pure bride. A pure bride. You know, when Jesus was on this earth, he came and as he was gathering his disciples, the very first thing he did, in discipleship, was baptize. You get baptized and then you're invited into discipleship. And I just don't know, if we're saying that at Elan, our role, Matthew 28, is to make disciples, part of that is to create a space where baptism is a natural course. You can't call yourself a true disciple if you know, if you're in your heart, you haven't been truly, or you haven't made that outward expression to say, I know this world is a bit crazy, but I belong to Jesus. And to tell the world that. To tell the world." [18:39] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6) "And so, it's time today. It's time, the Lord is saying, it's time for you, if you have never been baptized, to let the people around you know. Who you love. Who you really love. It's time. But then also, if you're feeling weary in your faith. If you're like, I've been baptized and this world is weary. Take heart. It's time to make a choice. To recommit yourself. To that first love. Because it is a marathon. And it's layer upon layer. And the choice is daily. I choose. I choose today to not enter into the valley of temptation. Though it's not a sin to be tempted. It is a sin to listen to the voice and walk towards it. And live there. It is. In every area. I'm not just talking about pornography." [19:52] (64 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7) "We have to be able to listen to God in order to obey him, not to understand him. Because there are so many times God is going to give a directive in the moment of life that you're in, because you can only see linear, right? And God's got this four, five deep perspective. And you're trying to usurp his authority. You're trying to usurp his authority with your 3D point of view, 1D point of view. I don't believe you. If you're like this, then I can't serve you. When you've only got, the Bible is, we only see in part. How can we have truth in fullness when we only see in part? And therefore, there has to be someone outside of us that understands truth. And I dare to believe that it's my God and my savior and his rhema. Word is true." [23:07] (59 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8) "And so the invitation is to call on that helper daily in the very moments. I think what tends to happen is when we're in those weak moments of, oh, I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna do this because I don't want to feel. I don't want to feel anymore. This is too hard. I want to, I just want to disappear. I need to isolate and disappear. Therefore, this will help me. That's the moment that God is inviting you to invite him into. It's the hardest thing to do because it's the very, it's the very opposite. It's the very opposite to the human nature that we are holding on to. And God is saying, if you could just invite me, no matter how dirty that feels like, if you could just invite me into that moment, I promise I could help you. I promise." [27:00] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9) "And that's why baptism is so important. You don't come into a church, you don't come into a church, you don't come into a church to be baptized if you're perfect. Messy people come to be cleaned, to be purified, to repent. The church needs people that are not afraid to show God to be God. So as we are standing in this position and we're looking around and we're not afraid of mess, what that says is that we are actually not afraid of God. We're not afraid of God. We're not afraid of God. We're not afraid of the hard stuff. And that's what the people outside are going to look at and say, oh, taste and see that the Lord is good." [32:43] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10) "And so I want to encourage you today, whether it's a renewal or it's for the first time, it's time to make a choice that I'm going to make an outward declaration of an inner choice, whether I'm going to do that for the first time or renewing that choice that I made. Christ himself can see us what's under the iceberg what's over the iceberg and the by nature of the fact that you're here and if you're online and you need to be here for the next service you listen to the voice of the Father to discern you discern you discern but if God's speaking to you you and saying, I kind of feel like you've been living the 10 % Christian life and I see your iceberg. Make a choice. Are you going to press in? Are you going to endure? Are you going to trust me?" [35:09] (68 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)