by Limitless Life T.V. on Nov 05, 2023
The sermon began with a celebration of the two-year anniversary of Limonless Church. The speaker expressed excitement and gratitude for the faithfulness of God in the church's journey so far. The congregation was encouraged to reflect on the goodness of God and to find freedom in their worship. The speaker also highlighted the importance of community and fellowship, mentioning upcoming events such as a men's ministry breakfast.
The sermon then delved into the topic of living a limitless life, focusing on the concept of faith. The speaker defined faith as trust and personal confidence in God, His power, and His Word. The sermon emphasized the importance of consistency and relationship in building trust and confidence in God. The speaker also stressed that faith is not an excuse for doing nothing, but rather requires corresponding actions. The sermon concluded with the assertion that faith is the key to unlocking the limitless life that God desires for us.
Key Takeaways:
- Faith is defined as trust and personal confidence in God, His power, and His Word. It is acting like God is telling the truth, even when circumstances suggest otherwise. ([55:06])
- Consistency and relationship are crucial in building trust and confidence in God. Faith is not a one-time event or a last resort, but a consistent practice. ([56:44])
- Faith is not an excuse for doing nothing. It requires corresponding actions that demonstrate trust in God. ([58:18])
- Faith is the key to unlocking the limitless life that God desires for us. It is the means by which we move from our current state to where God wants us to be. ([01:00:06])
- The sermon emphasized the importance of community and fellowship in the church, highlighting upcoming events such as a men's ministry breakfast. ([26:04])
Main Points from the Sermon:
1. Faith is the key that unlocks the door to the limitless life that God desires us to live. It is not just a concept that we visit, but a lifestyle that we live. We must live by faith, recognizing that we need God in every aspect of our lives. (#!!01:00:06!!#)
2. God is ready and willing to do the impossible, and He wants to use us to do it through. But the only way that He can use us is if we are in a position to be used, and that position is a position of faith. (#!!55:06!!#)
3. When we walk out on faith and are obedient, we get to tell others of what God has done in us, what God has done through us, and how God shows off. This is how God gets the glory. (#!!01:18:25!!#)
4. Our breakthrough could lead to the breakthrough of many other people. It's not just about us. When we decide to walk by faith and do what others deem as impossible, we can lead to the breakthrough of our family, our neighbors, and our city. (#!!01:28:31!!#)
Bible Chapters for the Group to Read:
1. Hebrews 11
2. Matthew 17:14-20
3. John 14:12-14
Discussion Guide:
Observation Questions:
1. In Hebrews 11, how are the acts of faith by the people of old described?
2. In Matthew 17:14-20, what does Jesus say about faith and why the disciples couldn't heal the boy?
3. In John 14:12-14, what does Jesus promise about those who have faith in Him?
Interpretation Questions:
1. How does Hebrews 11 define faith and its importance in the life of a believer?
2. In Matthew 17:14-20, how does Jesus' response to the disciples' inability to heal the boy inform our understanding of faith?
3. What does Jesus mean in John 14:12-14 when He says that those who believe in Him will do greater works?
Application Questions:
1. How can we apply the lessons from Hebrews 11 in our daily lives to live a life of faith?
2. In what ways can we increase our faith as suggested by Jesus in Matthew 17:14-20?
3. How can we put into practice the promise of Jesus in John 14:12-14 to do greater works through faith?
Day 1: Embracing the Goodness of God
God's goodness is not just a theological concept, but a reality that we should experience and share with others. In the sermon, the pastor encourages the congregation to tell their neighbors about God's goodness. This is not just about verbal communication, but about living in a way that reflects God's goodness to others. [24:22]
Bible Passage: Psalm 34:8 - "Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him."
Reflection: How have you experienced God's goodness this week and how can you share this experience with others?
Day 2: Living a Limitless Life
The sermon emphasizes the importance of removing limits from our lives. This involves changing the way we see Jesus, the church, and our faith. By doing so, we can live a life of trust and confidence in God's power and His Word. [55:06]
Bible Passage: Ephesians 3:20 - "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us."
Reflection: What limits have you placed on your faith and how can you begin to remove them?
Day 3: Celebrating in God's House
The sermon highlights the joy and celebration that should be present in our worship. This is not just about singing songs, but about genuinely rejoicing in God's presence and His work in our lives. [10:46]
Bible Passage: Psalm 100:2 - "Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!"
Reflection: How can you bring more joy and celebration into your worship?
Day 4: Loving Instead
The sermon challenges us to choose love over judgment or indifference. This is not just about feeling love, but about actively choosing to love others in our words and actions. [06:11]
Bible Passage: 1 John 4:7 - "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God."
Reflection: How can you choose to love someone in a practical way this week?
Day 5: Trusting God's Faithfulness
The sermon reminds us of God's faithfulness and His desire to build His church. This is not just about trusting God when things are going well, but about trusting Him in every situation, knowing that He is building His church. [09:12]
Bible Passage: Lamentations 3:22-23 - "The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Reflection: How have you seen God's faithfulness in your life and how can you trust Him more?
I'm not gonna go to bed. I'm gonna go to bed. Just a little rest for my soul. And I know where to run soon when the world gets cold. Ooh. My people, my tribe, my village, my tribe. My people, my Jackson tribe. My reason, my mind, my ready anytime. Yeah, everything is all right when we come together. Come together, my people, my tribe. When we come together, come together, everything is all right. Everything is all right. Everything is all right. Everything is all right. When we come together, everything is all right. Yeah, everything is all right. Everything is all right. Everything is all right. When we come together, everything is all right. My people, my tribe, my village, my tribe. My people, my Jackson tribe. I'm fighting. My reason, my pride, my righty and your time. Yeah, everything is alright. My limits are dead. Come together, my people, my tribe. Come together, come together. Everything is alright.
You made the rain, so when it falls on me, should I complain? Or feel your call and be a soul of each stain? And really, touch what you show. It's my roots that you growin'. Cause like this more than this... Hey! Wait, yeah! Come on in, get out of the middle and get in your ladies, you gentlemen. I know by the name of the boy Millie Yacht, and I'm here with my homie Joshua Adley. I was just kinda getting some encouragement today. Love me, I hope you're ready. Let's go! I feel like it was just a tough day. I ain't used to buzz, yeah we had them. They tried to weigh us down. Someday you can't see it in light. I'm just praying we'd be found. No phone or light, no water. And that baby needs some shoes. But still to all the struggles, we put up trusting them. Yeah, sure. And if we put through such a job, cause we know that he's been good. And you love us a lifeline. Sure that we all good. That you'll eat is my portion. And I don't trouble faithfully. And I made a happy call. But through him I've got plenty.
I need you to my heart. To fit to it. I just need your push. I'm closer to it. I'm closer to it. Look at you, man. I need you. I need you. I need you to head up. Trust in God. You see God. What's in my heart? Let's go! I need you to push to victory. No, no, no, no. Back in. I need you to push to victory. Cause what's in my heart? If I don't turn around, hey. Let me go, let me go. I need my problems, I need you. Let me go, let me go. Be pressure and just keep our way. But all I would say down, I'm always into our own. Even if it didn't work out some, no one have all reason to show. Let's go. Happy lipstick, go for me. Don't take over me. It just makes me fire. Why you up? Why you up? Blessings of our flowing hair. Only for it comfort me. I'll live just in the end. Why you up? Hey. I need you to push to victory. Cause what's in my heart? If I don't turn around, hey. I need you to push to victory. Let me go. Like we've been. Hey. I need you to push to victory. No, no, no. Why you up? I need you to push to victory. Cause what's in my heart? I need you to push to victory. Cause what's in my heart? If I don't turn around, hey. Too much pressure, too much food. Push. I need you to push. Push. Push. Push.
I will come here with this out in my head. What if we just love and instead? What if I just started making a change with this life of mine? It would be living less. Living less. Living less. With this life of mine. We won't stop and we won't go. Can't quit till we let y'all know. Ain't this love in peace I found? It never ends and it won't come down. Hey, I had a great idea. A world with no hate and no fear. All greats, loving all cheers. Family's hugged and no tears. Hey, let me just pass for a minute. Brand new with no windows, tenant. Party in the street till the sun come get us. It's at a whole crew. They can all come with us. And we ain't got a lot to do. And we'll need cops of course. We'll care about your skin. We just want an all out win. They tell me it's a logical but anything is possible. If God be for us, we can overcome all obstacles. Day, say love covers a multitude of sins. So I made a bust of love and a win. Tell a friend.
I woke up here with this thought in my head. What if we just started loving instead? What if I just started making a change with this life of mine? I woke up here with this thought in my head. What if we just started loving instead? What if I just started making a change with this life of mine? It would be living less. It would be living less. Good morning, good morning, good morning. Oh, we all could do better than that. Good morning. All right. Well, we are excited to each and every one of you. I know it's a different time. Some people will still be coming in. We are excited that you're here. Give me a little something. We are excited that you guys are here this morning. We're doing this. This is the second service. I know you all really love God because you all came to the second service. You know what? We got a little bit of time today. We're going to let Pastor Preet. So we know the second service is going to be good. So we know the second service is the really loves God. All right. We know the child of that service. So we are excited to see each and every one of you here. If this is your very first time, my name is Pastor Keenan. I along with my beautiful wife, Willoughly, pastor here at Limitless Church. And we are excited to see each and every one of you. Did anybody come ready to praise God this morning? I know I am. I am excited. I am ready to go. Would you stand with me as we prepare to worship?
Let's go to God. Heavenly Father, we thank you. We are here today celebrating two years as a church in our second service of the day. And we just want to give you the praise that you so rightly deserve. Thank you, Lord, for trusting us with another service. Thank you, Lord, for trusting us two years for providing for us, for opening doors, for seeing to it that your church had everything that you need. God, thank you. We are careful to recognize that this is your church. This is your body. These are your people. And we are just partnering with you to build your church. Your Word says unless the Lord builds a church, the laborers labor in vain. And we don't want to labor in vain. So we look to you, the author and the finisher of our faith. We say this is the day that the Lord has made. And we make a conscious decision to rejoice and to be glad. We love you, God. And habit this place. Have your way. Move up and down every aisle. Move in our worship. Move in our Word. Move in every area, God. We're not waiting for a specific moment for you to speak. God, you speak right now. And anytime that you see fit, have your way. In Jesus' name, we said, amen.
Amen. Is anybody glad to be in the house of God today at 11 a.m. service? Come on and let's give God the praise he deserves this morning, amen. Hallelujah. We love you, Jesus. We invite you here, Lord of God. Let's put our hands together. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I so say for my gliding. I so darkness run for cover. But the miracle that I just can't get over. My name is registered in heaven. I've been living signs and wonders. I have a resurrection power. But the miracle that I just can't get over. My name is registered in heaven. My praise belongs to you forever. Come on, let your voice say. This is my testimony from death to life. Cause grace we wrote my story. I'll testify by Jesus Christ the righteous. I'm just a fine. This is my testimony. This is my testimony. Come on, celebrate it in the house of God this morning. Hallelujah. If you say, come together, sons and daughters. I'm bound in the blood of the washed and water. Sing the praises of the Spirit, son and father. Our God will finish what he started. We believe it. Our God will finish what he started. Come on, live to say. This is my testimony from death to life. Cause grace we wrote my story. I'll testify by Jesus Christ the righteous. I'm just a fine. This is my testimony. This is my testimony. This is testimony in the house of God today. Hallelujah. We thank you, Jesus. If I'm not dead, you're not done. Woo, I'm so glad about it. Greater things are still to come. Oh, I believe. If I'm not dead, you're not done. Yeah. Greater things are still to come. Oh, come on, celebrate it. If I'm not dead, you're not done. I'm so glad about it. Greater things are still to come. Oh, I believe. If I'm not dead, you're not done. Greater things are still to come. Oh, I believe. This is my testimony. Say. Yeah. The grace we wrote my story. I'll testify by Jesus Christ the righteous. I'm just a fine. This is my testimony. This is the come-all-sci. This is my testimony from their time. Because grace we wrote my story. I'll testify by Jesus Christ the righteous. I'm just a fine. This is my testimony. This is my testimony. We testify of your goodness. We testify of your faithfulness. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We're so glad about it. Come on and lift His name in His house today. Yeah. Hallelujah. We give you glory, Jesus. Whoa. From a grateful heart comes a grateful praise. Are you grateful this morning? Hallelujah. I'm just a fine. Wondering to the night. Wondering a place to hide the swearing soul. This bag of bones. And I tried with all my might. Yeah, say. I'm slowly drifting. A bag of wine. Hallelujah. And just when I ran out of room. I'm better than I didn't know. And He told me that I was not alone. He picked me up, turned me around. Place I've been all solid ground. I take the master. I take the Savior. Come on, say. Because He healed my heart. Change my name forever free. I'm not the same. I take the master. And we all say. Oh, nice. Oh, I take God. I cannot deny what I say. I've got no choice but to believe my doubts are burning. Like I shins and bones. So long to my old friends. Burning and bitterness. You can just keep in moving. Come on, say. You don't welcome here. With every voice. I'll tell I walk the streets of gold. You think of how you take my soul. This wayward sun has found his way back. Oh, come on, pick me up. Turn me around. Place my feet all solid ground. I take the master. I think He's because He healed. He healed my heart. Change my name forever free. I'm not the same. I take the master. I think, come on, you shake. I'm grateful. I take God. I'm so grateful. I take God. Oh, I take God. I love this part. Because He healed us another one. I am free. I come on and celebrate freedom. He'll also another one. I am, come on, you say. Yeah. He'll also. Oh, I am free. I am, can you just give him away? Say, he'll also another one. I am free. I am free. I am free. Go ahead. I am free. I am free. Oh, I am free. Yeah. I am free. Come on, say. He healed us another one. Oh. Who the sun sets free. It's franning. Come on, could you say this with me? Who the sun sets free? It's free indeed. Who the sun sets free? Who the sun sets free? Who the sun sets free? Tell me. Who the sun sets free? Yeah. Who the sun sets free? Who the sun sets free? Who the sun sets free? And now just give him a free prize in his house today. With the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. Yes. Oh. Hallelujah. We say, cos he picked me up, because he picked me up. Turn me around, place my feet all tommy ground. Yeah. Because he healed my heart. Hey. I'm not the same. I think you say you. Oh, I think God. I think God. I don't think we're ready to move on yet. Oh, I think there's some grateful people that woke up this morning determined to give God a grateful praise. Come on, say. Cause he healed us another one. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He healed us another one. Oh, you really think you had me? He healed us. I am free. I am free. I am who healed us. It just feels good to praise him. Who the sun sets free? Who the sun sets free? Who the sun sets free? Who the sun sets free? Come on, we say. Because he picked me up. Yeah. Place my feet all tommy ground. I think the master. I think the same. Because he healed. Come on, you say. Forever free. I'm not the same. I think the master. And we shot it out. Come on and give him a grateful praise. Oh, thank God. Woo. Oh, no. Oh, don't play. We say. Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Come on, tell your neighbor. Get up, get up. That grave of depression. That grave of loneliness. Get up, come on, say. Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Get up, get up, get up. Come on, just encourage yourself. Did anybody come to turn me into gift? God, a crazy price this morning. That Bring Love You. Yeah. Get up, get up, get up. Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Get up out of bed. Get up out of bed. Yeah, yeah. Get up out of bed. Go baby. Come on tell ya hope. Get up out of bed. If you've been down there too long. You've been down there too long. We suffered God a resurrection. And you'll just be down there too long. Come on incarnate with yourselves. Get up out of bed. If you've been down there too long. Come on encourage yourself. Get up out of bed. Get about that grave. Yeah, get about that grave. Get about that grave. Come on with boy's assistant because he picked me up. Say, testify. Because he healed my heart. Yeah. I'll take the master. Come on, say. Somebody shout out thank God. Somebody shout thank you, Jesus. Ah, thank God. Ah, thank God. If it hadn't been for you. Yeah, yeah. Praise God. Is it safe? Hey, why don't you look at your neighbor and tell him how good God is. Look at your neighbor. Tell him how good God is. How good God is. How good God is. God is your quick. Go ahead. Go ahead. All right. Hug your neighbor. Tell him how good God is and then grab a seat. Tell him how good God is. Whoo. There's 11 a.m. service coming with you. I'm telling you. It hits a little bit different. I don't know if it's even safe to be up here right now. It's just dangerous being up here right now. Well, good morning, Limitless Church. Good morning. If you weren't awake when you walked in, you definitely are now. You cannot be asleep right now in this place. Hey, this is a big day in the life of our church. This is a huge day. This is a huge day. Today is the two-year anniversary of Limitless Church. Whoo. Two-year. Yeah. Let's go. Two-year anniversary of Limitless Church, man. We are constantly seeing the faithfulness of God in our church every single week. We started off our two-year anniversary with two services. It's a great day. Whoo. It's amazing. It's amazing. We're excited. We're excited. We're excited. We're excited. We're excited. We're excited. We're excited. We've had God do some incredible things. We have some things coming up. Tell us what's coming up for Limitless Church.
Good morning, everyone. I'm so excited that you are here. We are excited. The spirit of the Lord is here. If you are not finding freedom in this place, I just encourage you that when those songs start to play, you let go of what you're holding onto. And you find that freedom. Sorry. I know that wasn't what I was supposed to say. Do it. No, go. I just... There are heavy things in the room. Lay those down. You know how good He's been in your life. Amen. We do have some exciting things coming up. The first thing is our men's ministry. We have a breakfast. I know how y'all like to get together. We do like to get together any. Yeah, yeah. Eat. Yeah, my husband is amenning over there. Eat and talk. Fellowship. That is coming up on April 15th. That's a Saturday to make sure you make that. The second thing I'm super excited about. Whoo. Go ahead. We have our next women's event coming up. Whoo. We have the home games coming up. We are super excited about this. The planning committee is putting together just an amazing evening. We're gonna have games and community and some fellowship and a night of hope and we are so excited to have this night. I just wanna make sure you know one thing you need to register for this event. So there's a QR code on the seat in front of you. Most of them are along the front. If they're not in the back, they're coming but you can get the QR code in the chair. Yeah, you can find it. Yeah, so we do encourage you to register. You need to register to come because of our space. We are limited to only 60 people being able to come. So make sure you get registered today that you don't think like, oh, I'm gonna do it later. And then there ain't gonna be no spots. You can be sad. And you don't wanna miss it. It's gonna be a lot of fun. And then the next thing we have is Easter is next week. I'm on Easter, yeah. Woo! We are really excited. Today is Palm Sunday. We are starting just a celebration of what Jesus has done for us. And we are so excited for Easter next week. Please be sure that you bring a friend that you invite people. We have two services now. You know there's some seats around you. Let's fill these seats with people who need to hear the hope of Jesus. And what are you doing for us? That's good. Yeah, so we're excited. Is that it? I'm just excited. Okay, we're excited. It's gonna be a great day. Easter's gonna be great next week. Thank you very much, Jamie. It gave me a little sudden, man. I know it's common opinion that every time Jamie and I are up on stage or so I don't know why we're up here as often as we are together, we're not related. We look like we're related. She looks like my big little sister, but you know, we're not. We're getting ready to receive our morning time in offering. I want to read you guys out of the book of Luke chapter 16, verse 10. It says, whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much. And whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy and handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own? I read that because the principles of Scripture apply across every area of your life. Whether it's your family, your marriage, your job, your money, opportunities, your calling, your giftings, your talents, whatever it is, the principles of God's word apply in every area of your life. And this morning the principle of being trusted with little so you can be trusted with much, applies to our finances, but opportunities to be trusted with little coming times when we need to trust God. Do you trust God with everything? We trust God with some things, and we like to trust ourselves with others, but the principles of God apply when you trust Him and be obedient to what they say. This morning we're going to pray for the offering, for the time that offering. I just want to challenge you, trust God with your money. Trust God with everything you have. I don't know some people like to say, and when Pastor Kenan told me I was doing offering this morning, immediately the thought came to my mind when I was reading Luke. If you can be trustworthy with little, he would trust you with much. Today's a two-year anniversary of a church plant that is in its own building, in the process of getting into a bigger building, in the process of growing into two services, and it is potentially planning to go to three here pretty soon. Please understand that there is evidence in this house that Pastor Kenan and Sonia have been trustworthy with the little, and God is already starting to give them more. So if you want evidence of the fact, you can trust this church when you tie it, that is the evidence. God has been faithful to us, and our pastors are trustworthy with it. Amen?
Let me pray, Heavenly Father, I praise you so much for everything that's going to be given, every dollar, every dime. God, I pray that when it is given, you've got an obedience that you would take it, press it down, shake it together, and have it running over. Not only in our church, but so that our church can continue to reach our city, and we can reach all the way around the world with the gospel. We praise you for these people, for their faithfulness and for the obedience. In Jesus' name, amen. God bless you as you give church. To have a limit is to have a point, or a level beyond which you cannot, will not extend. To be limitless, however, is to be without end, limit, or boundary. See, we serve a God without limits, boundaries, or end. We Father, we're leader who has never known defeat, surrender, or been conquered, but we surrender to a Savior who has given everything, so the world may be given a chance to live a life without limits. And all he waits for is your answer to his call. He hasn't called you to be lukewarm, mild, or indecisive. He can create you to wander, doubt, or fear. He hasn't brought you here to be passive, ignorant, or religious. But he has breathed his breath into you to be a part of his Eheal 37, to stand on your feet as a vast army, ready to advance, to take the ground and to meet the hands of the feet of Jesus. To go into woodland and declare the good news of the kingdom. Jesus is alive, and he's coming again soon. To believe that his church is limitless, that the church Jesus came to establish won't even stop at the gates of hell, that we will advance against everything that sets itself up against our king. See, our calling is to take the limits off the way people see Jesus, faith, and the church. To be limitless doesn't depend on you and me. It depends on the one who established the limits of space and time, the one who drew the boundaries of the stars in the sky, the one who told the oceans where they could go and no further. To be limitless is to be a follower of Jesus. To be a follower of Jesus is to leave a life of limit, regulation, lies, and empty promises. You know, we're not perfect. We're not the judges of right or wrong, but we are the keepers of the flame and the faithful followers of him. We're not without limit, but we serve a limitless God who established a limitless church. Welcome to that church. Come on, let's stand to our feet and give God the glory he deserves, amen? Can you just begin to invite him in here? To thank him, Lord, we want you to make this your dwelling place. The Bible says he wasn't in the earthquake or the thunder, but in a still, small voice. And so whatever answer you seek, whatever desire you have, can you just open up your heart and your ears to that still small voice of Jesus? Can you just close your eyes and lift up hands to the one who is serving, to the King of glory, that he may make this place his dwelling place, that we may offer up a worship that is acceptable? A precious King, you are worthy. We invite you here, rest, God, be, move, Jesus. We abandon every selfish desire, God, and we just want you. You are faithful, you are good, you are true, you are just, you are sovereign. Jesus, you are the God that calls things that are not as though they were, so though my eyes may not see God, I believe and I stand on your word, Jesus. Come on, let faith rise in the house today. We let our faith rise, God, hallelujah. We let our faith rise, Jesus. We let our faith rise. We let our faith rise. Jesus.
Christ is my firm foundation. The rock on which I stand, when everything around me shakes. I've never been more glad that I put my faith in Jesus. He's never let me down. He's faithful to generations. So I would, he will know, he wants. I'm a living testimony, he's never felt. He will fail. I'm so glad I can trust him. And I still got joy in chaos. I got peace and makes no sense. And I will be going under. I'm not held by my own strength, because I built my life on Jesus. He's never let me down. He's faithful to every season. So I would, he will now come on your shame. He won't, do you believe that this morning? He won't, he won't fail. He won't fail. We say he won't, come on, encourage yourself. He won't, we're so grateful for your faithfulness. He won't fail. He won't fail. He won't, he won't, he won't. Every generation, how you kept us. Thank you, Jesus. Oh, you don't know how to fail. You don't know how to fail. He won't fail. Faithful in every season. You see my coming in and my going out and you stay faithful. You don't sleep or slumber. Rain came wind blew. My house was built on you. I'm safe with you. I'm gonna make it through. Rain came wind blew. My house was built. I'm so glad I'm standing on the rock of Jesus. I'm safe with you. I'm gonna make it through. Rain came wind blew. My house was built. I'm so glad I could trust you. I'm safe with you. I'm gonna make it through. I'm gonna make it through. I'm standing strong. I put all my faith in hope in you, Jesus. I'm gonna make it through. My house was built on you. Christ is my third foundation. Come on, declare it. The rock on which I stand. When everything around me is shaken. Have you had any stuff shaken up? I've never been more glad that I put my faith in Jesus. He's never let me down. He's made more through generation after generation. So I would heal. Christ is my first. Christ is my foundation. Come on, lift it up, say. I'm gonna make it through. I'm gonna make it through. I'm gonna make it through. I'm gonna make it through. My house was built on you. He's never... generations... so I... Yeah, yeah. ...and I'm not a good man. I'm not a good man. I'm not a good man. I'm not a good man. I'm not a good man. Unless you've had some stuff shaken up, you don't know how glad you'd be that you're still standing on the rock, amen? So Christ is my heart. Come on and lift it up to Him. The rock on which... when everything around me shaken... when everything around me shaken... when everything around me... Just take a moment to yourself. When everything around me shaken... when everything around... when it doesn't feel like it's supposed to feel... when everything around... when it doesn't look like what it's supposed to look like... when everything around... I have to remember the same God that did miracles back then... is the same God that can do miracles today. When everything around me... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. When everything around me... when everything around me shaken... I've never been more glad... that I've put my faith in Jesus. I'm so glad I know you. Burl it me down. He's made for through cheer. I'm so glad that my children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children. I will know a faithful God. He won't fail. Come on and say he won't. He won't fail. He won't. He won't fail. Hey, hey, hey. I'm so glad he won't. I'm so glad he won't. Rain came when blue. My house was built on you. I'm safe when you're alone. Just one more time with hands lifted, we sing.
Rain. Rain, ooh, my house was built on you. I'm safe when you're alone. I'm gonna make it. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We will wait on you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So glad I'm standing on the rock. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. In every season my soul will sing. Hallelujah. In deepest morning or enjoy a say. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Say, Lord, I love you. Lord, I love you. Lord, I love you. Lord, I love you. Yes, we too, Jesus. Lord, I love you. Come on, lift it to the King's. We love you, Jesus. Lord, I love you. We love you, Jesus. Lord, I love you. This is God, we love you, Jesus. I love you. Lord, I love you. Jesus. Lord, you're worthy. Lord, you're worthy. You want to think of all your time. Lord, you're worthy. Lord, you're worthy. Come make this your dwelling place, Jesus. Lord, you're worthy. Lord, you're worthy. Lord, you're worthy. Lord, you're worthy. Thank you, Jesus. The only thing we should anticipate is what he wants to do, not what comes next, but what he wants to do. Because when I think of all you've done, God, there's nothing else my soul can do. So holy spirit, come rest us. You're all we want. You're all we want. Holy spirit, come rest on us. You're all we want. You're all we want. Come on sing it out, say. Holy spirit, come rest on us. You're all we want. You're all we, holy spirit. Holy spirit, come rest on us. You're all we want. You're all we want. So we say, come down. Spirit when you move you make my heart. Yeah. You're here. You're here. Come down. You make my heart. You're here. You're here. One more time we say come down. You make my heart pound. You're here. You're here. I know you will fill me. I know you will fill me. With lifting hands we receive. I know you will fill me. I know you will fill me. Even if you feel like you're in a dry place, come by faith. You just lift your hands today. You just a little bit of faith. Lift your hands today. I know you will fill me. So come down. Spirit when you move. Yeah. You're here. And I'm here. Spirit when you move. When you feel the room. I know you will fill me. Here. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on. Let's give God some praise. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Heavenly Father, we thank You. We thank You for Your presence. We thank You for resting on us. God, we thank You because You love us. God, thank You for Your faithfulness. And thank You for Your grace. You are all we want. You are all we need. God, we ask that You would just speak to us today, God. Continue to speak to us today, God. God, we ask that our ears would be open to hear what you're saying. And that our hearts would be open to receive what you're saying, God. Not just the words that are spoken over this pulpit, but God, what are you saying individually to each and every one of us today? Rest on us today, God. We praise You, we love You. In Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Second service, we ready? All right. We are excited that we get this opportunity to celebrate two years as a church. Amen. We are celebrating two years this week as a church. And Sunday, actually today, two years ago, was the day that we opened the doors at Willen Christian School and launched a Limitless Church. And we are excited that God has kept us. That God has been faithful to us. That God has provided for us. And we have grown in two years. God has done a lot. And we are excited about that. Amen. Amen. We are going to get started. For those of you who haven't been here, we have been in a series talking about living a limitless life. Living a limitless life. We have placed hinges and we have placed things on our life. And we talked about this idea of taking those limits off. Taking the limits off of the way you see Jesus was week one. Taking the limits off of the way you see church, we talked about in week three. And last week, we started taking the limits off of the way that you see faith. All right. Taking the limits off of the way that you see faith. And so I'm going to do a quick one minute recap in case you weren't here last week. We defined faith as trust and personal confidence in God and His power and in His Word. Trust and personal confidence in God and His power and in His Word. We said faith is acting like God is telling the truth. It is acting like it is so even when it's not so in order that it might be so simply because it's not so. Simply because God said so. We said to break it down a little further that faith is the pipeline that gets God's will from the spiritual realm to the natural. Okay. We talked about that definition, that trust and confidence, that personal confidence. We said that trust and confidence comes from consistency and relationship. Trust and confidence comes from consistency and relationship. We have to have a relationship where we are consistently going to God and seeking God and allowing God to guide every aspect of our life. Consistency is the key here. Not when I feel like it, not on occasion, not when it gets to the worst of the worst of the worst. We get to this point in our life where we say, all right, I've done everything I can do now I'm going to pray. Now I'm going to seek God. No, faith, this trust and this confidence comes from the consistency and relationship. We answered this question, why is it necessary to have faith? Pastor, why is this a big deal? Why is it always Christians? It's always talking about faith. Why is faith a big deal? It is a big deal because without faith it is impossible to please God. We said that without faith it is impossible to please God. And we said that it is not our actions, it is not our good works or our good deeds that please God. It's faith. It is not what you do that pleases God. It is what you do by faith that pleases God. We asked this question, is what you're doing requiring faith? In every aspect of your life, is what you're doing requiring faith? Faith is not just this religious word that we throw around and people throw around when it is, oh, I don't know what to do. Well, I guess you could just have faith. No, no, no. It's not just a word that we throw around when an impossible circumstance presents itself and you don't know what to do. We also said faith is not an excuse for doing nothing. I'm just saying that first service was preaching at me a little harder. Faith is not an excuse for doing nothing. I believe God is going to fill my bank account with everything I need. That you probably don't believe that you need to get a job. So action, corresponding action that responds to your faith. If you have faith, there are corresponding actions that you need to take that shows that you are walking out on your faith. Faith is not an excuse to do nothing. Faith at its core is rooted in the belief in two things. Last week we looked at Hebrews 11-6 and we said there are two things that is the core of our belief. We believe we must believe that God is God and we must believe that He cares about us. That's our recap. If you want any more, we got a live stream from last week. We got a sermon. We got a podcast. We got a sermon recap. You can get it there. We're going to dive in. Everybody ready? All right. We talked about the who, the what, and the when of faith today. I want to dive in on the why. Why is it important that we take the limits off of the way that we see faith? Why is this a big deal? Why is this a thing that we need to bring up and we need to spend weeks talking about it? Why? Everything or every limit that existed when Jesus was here, He came to defy. There were cultural limits that existed between Jews and Samaritans. There were social limits between the rich and the poor. There were gender limits between men and women's roles that He came to defy. There were physical limits. We see Jesus healing the sick and giving sight to the blind and allowing limbs to grow back. Jesus came to defy limits. All limits. God is ready and willing to do the impossible. Not only that, but He's ready and willing to do the impossible and He's ready to use us to do it through. But the only way that we can do that, the only way that He can use us is if we are in a position to be used. And the position that we must find ourselves in is a position of faith. We need to be in the position of faith. It is vital that we take the limits off of the way that we see faith. Why? Because faith is the key that unlocks the door to the limitless life that God desires us to live. Faith is the key. When you think about all that God has for us, when you think about the access, when you think about the things that God wants to do, the way that we get from the way that we are living to where God wants us to be is by faith. Faith is the key that unlocks the door to the limitless life that God wants us to live.
Matthew chapter 17. Matthew chapter 17 verse 14. When they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus kneeling before him and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son for he is a lunatic, moon struck, and suffers terribly. For he often falls into the fire and often into the water. Verse 16 says, and I brought him to your disciples and they were not able to heal him. I don't know why he needed to say that and after do that, but it's whatever. Verse 18, I know he threw him under the bus. Verse 17. And Jesus answered, you unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to me. Verse 18 says, Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him and the boy was healed at once. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, why could we not drive it out? What happened? Why couldn't we do it? He answered because of your little faith, your lack of trust and confidence in the power of God. Well, I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if you have living faith the size of a mustard seed, you'll say to this mountain, move from here to there and if it is God's will, it will move and nothing will be impossible for you. Matthew 21, let's go over just a couple of verses. Verse 18. Now early in the morning, as Jesus was coming back to the city, he was hungry. Amen. Seeing a lone fig tree at the roadside, he went to it and found nothing but leaves on it. And he said to him, never again will fruit come from you. And at once the fig tree withered. When the disciples saw it, they were astonished and asked, how is it that the fig tree withered all away at once? Jesus replied to them, I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if you have personal trust and confidence in me and do not doubt or allow yourself to be drawn in two directions, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, be taken up and thrown into the sea, it will happen if God wills it. And whatever you ask for in prayer, believing you will receive. Jesus illustrates here in these two accounts that our faith in line with God's will unleashes something beyond the limits of what we deemed possible. Matthew says, nothing will be impossible for you. And Mark Jesus says, if you don't doubt and believe what you say will take place, it will be done. Jesus is not using metaphors here. Jesus is not using metaphors. He is looking at the biggest thing that's near him the most obvious thing that's there. He said to mountains to illustrate that when faith is applied, nothing consistent with God's will is impossible. Nothing consistent with God's will is impossible. And the skeptic will say, well, what's easy for Jesus to say that? He's Jesus. He's God and man here. He's healing the sick. He's raising the dead. He did this thing with two loaves and a fish. It's easy for him to say that. But it wasn't just Jesus who illustrated this. There are people all over the scriptures who illustrated this. Matthew chapter 14. We go back a couple of scriptures. Matthew chapter 14 started at verse 22. As soon as the people were fed, Jesus told the disciples to get in their boat and go to the other side of the lake while he stayed behind to dismiss the people. Verse 23 says, after the crowds disperse, Jesus went up to the hill to pray in his night fell. He was there praying alone. But the disciples were now in the middle of the lake and ran into the trouble for their boat was tossed about by the high winds and heavy seas. At about four o'clock in the morning, Jesus came to them walking on the waves. When the disciples saw him walking on top of the water, they were terrified and screamed, a ghost. Then Jesus said, be brave and do not be afraid. I am here. Peter shouted, Lord, if it's really you, then have me join you on the water. Verse 29, Jesus replied, come and join me. So Peter stepped out onto the water, begin to walk towards Jesus. But when he realized how high the waves were, he became frightened. He started to sink. Save me, Lord! He cried out. Jesus immediately stretched out his hand and lifted him up and said, what little faith do you have? Why would you let doubt win? Why would you let doubt win? Now, Matthew 14, Jesus is most definitely walking on water. But Peter is illustrating something that we have to walk away with today. They are on a boat. They all hear from Jesus that it is in fact him and to not be afraid. But Peter took it a step further because of his trust. Because of his personal confidence in Jesus, he says, if it's you, have me join you on the water. He illustrated in that moment that he believed that Jesus had the power to allow him a human to do something that they only believe that someone supernatural or other than natural could do. As a result of his trust, as a result of his confidence in Jesus, his ability and his word, Peter stepped out on the boat and walked on the water and began to walk to Jesus. He stepped out on his faith. Peter exercised his faith. The others were just satisfied with the word. The others heard Jesus. They were satisfied. They were scared. They were afraid because it's four o'clock in the morning and the wind is going crazy and the boat is being tossed and they see the sting that they thought was a ghost and they see that it's Jesus and Jesus says that it's him and he says to be at peace and they're like, okay, cool. We're going to be all right. But Peter had something different in mind. They were just satisfied with that. Peter was like, oh, we can walk on water. I didn't know. I know we could do the water thing. And I imagine he probably tried to just jump on his way. Wait a minute. Jesus, if that's you, just because I want to be sure. Jesus, if that's you command me to come out. Jesus says come. See, we can't be people who are just satisfied with the word. We have to put our faith into action. We have to put our faith into action. Faith is not a spectator sport. We don't just look at me. I mean, some of you are, but you're going to get the life. Faith without works. Faith without corresponding action is dead. Too many of us are content watching God move, but God is waiting for us to move so the world can see him through us. We, Lord, I'm just waiting for the Lord. No, the Lord is waiting on you. What are you going to move? What are you going to stop allowing fear and doubt to run your life?
James chapter 1. James chapter 1. Verse 22. Do not merely listen to the word. And so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. I can't even need to put nothing else with that. That's good by itself. Don't just listen to the word and deceive yourself. Do what it says. It does you no good to come to service every week and be here and write down the scriptures and amen and shout me down and cry during worship. If you never do anything when you walk out the doors, it does you no good. This is not like this. This is not a TED talk. I know I'm, you know, I'm something weeks I look nice and it come across great, but this is not a TED talk. This is a filling station. I was speaking to my wife earlier this week and I said, our job is to equip you. This is an equipping. This is where you get equipped for what God is going to do and what he has for you in the week. This is where you come in you get what you need and now you're ready to go out and do what you heard. This is not a movie theater where you come and you get your emotions tickled and you're happy and you're sad and you're reflective and then you leave. I know some of y'all leave cups and stuff on the floor, but this is not a movie theater. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. This is a filling station where we want to equip you, but it does you no good. If you have all of the equipment and then you never use it. God will always do his part. He will not do your part. Walking by faith involves action. We have to put our faith into action. Some of us have allowed fear and doubt and unbelief to hinder us from receiving all that God has for us. This fear of disappointment. This fear of what if God doesn't come through when he's come through every time before. But yet when something new pops up, we act like it's new to God. It's not new to God. It's new to you. He's going to come through just as he has every single time before. We can no longer allow doubt and fear to stop us from receiving all that God has for us. Please understand this. God is not hindered by your doubt. He is not hindered by your lack of faith. He is not hindered by your fear. You are. Because when we doubt, when we don't have the faith to believe that God can and do what he is willing and ready to do, doubt hinders our belief. It hinders that. It hinders it. Verse 31 in our scripture, when Peter began to doubt, Jesus didn't start sinking. Peter did. Peter had to doubt and unbelief. That didn't stop Jesus from walking on the water. Jesus was still walking on the water. Peter was the one who began to sink. When Peter let doubt win, he cried out to Jesus who was still walking on the water and Jesus reached out and grabbed him. Most of them were spent time on Peter's doubt. Peter did something amazing. Peter spent this opportunity and took this opportunity. The disciples stayed in the boat. Peter drowned and you need to learn a lesson from Peter drowning. Make sure you learn a lesson from the disciples too. Because they all had the opportunity to get out of the boat. But Peter was the only one who took it. The only thing worse than first walking on water and then later almost drowning is having the opportunity and the ability to walk on water and never doing it. That couldn't have been me. Let me tell you right now. That couldn't have been me. Because as soon as I saw Peter going, I'm right behind him. If you're walking, I'm walking too. There are some big faith things that God desires us to do. But we have to put our faith into action. James 2 says, faith without works is dead. If your faith isn't active, then your faith isn't alive. If you say that you follow Jesus, but you aren't acting out, you aren't walking this life of faith and you aren't following Jesus. You're not. Because the Bible says without faith, it is impossible to please God. Faith is the key that unlocks the door to the limitless life that God has for us. Faith is the key. We can talk all day about Peter's lack of faith. But please don't miss that it was his walking by faith. It was his putting his faith to the action that allowed him to get out of the boat and walk on water in the first place. Peter wanted more. He wasn't just satisfied with what Jesus said. He wanted to do what Jesus did and he wanted to be where Jesus was. You can make the decision yourself. You can fit in and be dry with the people who are on the boat or you can be soaking wet and uncomfortable because you've been where Jesus has been and you've done what Jesus has done. The choice is up to you. God has impossible for us to do. But we have to walk by faith and not just walk by faith. We have to live a lifestyle of faith. We have to live by it. Faith is not a concept that you just visit. It is a lifestyle that you live. I want you to think I got good quotes. Romans chapter 1. The righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith as it is written. The righteous shall live by. Life lives by faith. I wake up recognizing that I need God. I walk and I put on my clothes. I need faith to get in the car because some of us might not have put gas in it tonight with falsehood. We need faith to turn that thing on. But we need faith to get to where we got to get to safely. Faith, I live by faith. The problem presents itself instead of immediately going to worry, instead of immediately going to fear, immediately going to doubt faith. Here is an opportunity for me to walk by faith. When we live by faith, when we are settled in who God is, when we are settled in God's love for us, when we are settled, when we are confident, we know that when we step out on faith that God is with us. Should we take our eyes off of Him? Should we get overwhelmed by the storms of life and lose focus? We are reminded that Jesus is there. Ready to stretch His hand out and lift us up and remind us of who He is. I think this is a big point in verse 31 and Matthew 17. It says, Jesus immediately stretched out His hand. How could He do that? Because He was right there. He was right there with Peter. He didn't leave Peter. He didn't like, come out. Because of His lack of faith. No, He was right there with Peter. God is not going to ask you to do the impossible and then leave you high and dry. Do not let the enemy tell you that. That is a lie. It is a trick of the enemy. He is not going to just tell you to do something and then leave you high and dry. He will walk with you every step of the way. Every single step, He will be right there with you to see it through to its finish. I promise you that.
Hebrews chapter 12. Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2. Looking away from all that will distract us to Jesus who is the leader and source of our faith, giving the first incentive for belief and is also its finisher, bringing it to maturity and perfection. Jesus is not only the source of our faith. He is the finisher of our faith as well. He is the one who partners with us to make sure that faith makes it to the finish line. Why? Because when we walk out on faith, when we as believers do what the world deems impossible, God gets the glory. God gets the glory every single time. God has called us to live a limitless life. And faith is the key that unlocks the door to that limitless life. There is more that He desires for us to do. If we want to see heaven on earth, if we want to be used by God, if we want to be ready for that more, the faith is the recipe we have to take the limits off of the way that we see faith. We cannot put on this earth to be a child and worry. Then be a young adult and worry. Then be an adult and worry. Then go to work and worry and get married and worry and have kids and worry. No, that is not how God planned for us to live. There are people who need to witness the glory and the goodness of God and God wants to use you to do it. He wants to use you to do it. Why? Because they see His glory best when you walk out on faith, when you walk on the water and do what others deem as impossible. I need you to grab this. I need you to grab this. This is so important. God has impossible for you to do. There are things that God wants to do. He can only do it through you. Let me take that back. He wants to do it through you. You have to allow Him to through faith. This idea of a mediocre life. This thing that says I'm just going to wake up and I'm going to go to work and I'm going to provide for my family and I'm going to sleep and I'm going to go to work and I'm going to go to sleep and I'm going to do that and I'm going to have kids and I'm going to raise the kids and I'm going to pay for the kids college and worry about that. Once they graduate and I'm going to do that and I'm going to work some more and work some more and then I'm going to retire and then I'm going to die and then that is successful life. That is a lie. That is a lie. God has impossible for you to do. God wants to show off. The way that He shows off is when you walk by faith. The way that people see God doing miraculous things is when He does it through you because you decided to be obedient and you decided to walk by faith. You are sitting right now in faith. Right now. You sitting in these chairs. You sitting in this building is an example of God walking us through to the finish and He didn't even finish yet. But it's because we decided to walk by faith. Can I be? Can I just say second service? I mean, whatever. I remember two years ago, December standing in front of the pulpit and being afraid, saying church, I believe that God has called us to purchase a building. Most people would say, you need to sit down. You only been here for four months. You don't need no people. You don't know what they're like. It's just four months. But I just believed that God was calling us to do something. And I didn't even though I was afraid. See, some of y'all like to use fear as an excuse. You can be afraid. That's fine. Do it anyway. Do it afraid. And why? Because God is right there. He's like, I got you. Chill out. Calm down. You all right. I got you. But I remember standing there. And I remember like, okay, Jesus. All right. I'm going to say it. I'm going to say it. Right. Here I go. But here's the thing. When we walk out on faith and we're obedient, we get to tell others of what God has done in us, what God has done through us, how God shows off, how God healed, how God restored, how God. Because we made the decision to walk out on faith and do it afraid. I remember standing there, looking at y'all and y'all looking at me. And I'm like, all right. And then the next step is, okay, we got to raise money now. I'm like, oh, the first one was hard enough. For God, we got to pay for this thing. But I am here to tell you every single step of the way from two years ago to this very day. God continues to provide. God continues to bring God continues to bring provision. God continues to show off. God continues to show up. We have not missed one single thing. Why? Why is it so we can be like, oh, look what we did. No. So the entire city of Woodland, California can see Jesus Christ in the heart of the city and see a people that walk by faith. A church that walks by faith. There is no logical God wants to do the impossible. There is no logical reason that a church that is less that just turned two years should have a building in the heart of the city of Woodland. One of the most known buildings in the city. There is no logical reason that we should be here. But here is God. Here is God. He said, oh, no, no, I am going to set it up. I am going to move it around. Yep, I am going to do this and I am going to move this part. I am going to put you over here. And you are going to be, oh, don't worry, we got you a little place. We are going to sit you here for about a year and a half. God is way far ahead. Because what happens when we stand up every time we pull in this parking lot, every time you come in this building, God gets the glory. Here it is. Every time you invite somebody. God gets the glory. He gets the glory. He is ready and willing to use you. If you are under the sound of my voice or you are watching online, he is ready and willing to use you. But pastor, you don't understand. You know, my body is not what it used to be and I can't get up and get around like I used to understand. It is just like we said, if you are not dead, he is not done. There is more for you to do. Don't let stop with the excuses. I am trying to work through this thing, pastor. Please, please. God has more for you. There is a life that he desires. He wants to show off to the world in your life. But you have to be walking. You have to be living. You have to be moving by faith.
This guy, Roger Bannister, who is a racer, he has been eating many years back. He is this British runner. He was the first person to break the four minute mile. This was crazy because before this, people thought it was impossible to run a mile in under four minutes. If you believe something is impossible for you, you are probably going to be proven right. But Roger's faith was limited to this four minute ceiling. He knew that he could do it faster. He believed that he could do it faster. He worked and worked until he did. This man is the first person in the world to cover 23. He is the man who thinks his heart is so in his seat. You can't or you think you can't. You are right. Listen to this. This is why faith matters in our life. Shortly after Roger Bannister succeeded in breaking that four minute mile, 46 days later, the record was broken again by his rival. Rogers time was three minutes fifty nine seconds. Landies time was three minutes fifty eight seconds. This was significant. In all of recorded history there had never been evidence of a person running a mile in under four minutes but after Roger did it others realized that it was possible and now runners have continued to meet or surpassed the four-minute mile since. There's a principle here. After Roger took the limits off of his own expectation his success spurred the faith of others to do it as well. His breakthrough led to breakthrough for many others in the decades to come. See it's not just about you. It's not just about you. Your breakthrough could lead to the breakthrough of many other people. It could lead the breakthrough of your family. It could lead to the breakthrough of your kids. It could lead to the breakthrough of your grandkids. It could lead to the breakthrough of your neighbors. It could lead to the breakthrough of this city because you decided to walk by faith and do what others deemed as impossible. John chapter 14 says, I assure you and most solemnly say to you. Anyone who believes in me as savior will also do the things that I do and he will do even greater things than these and extent and outreach because I am going to the Father. We do these things by faith. When we tell people what God did in our lives, when we tell people of the healing that we received, when we tell people of the blessings that have happened, when we tell people about how we were praying and believing and praying and believing for that family member who who nobody who had anything to do with and you were praying for him and that came the church and the accepted Jesus as their Lord and personal savior. God gets the glory by leaving fear and doubt and unbelief behind and embracing this life of faith. God has done some wonderful things in his word in his people and I am most assuredly assured beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is ready to do it again. But we have to take the limits off of the way that we see faith. We have to take the limits off. No longer choose to live a mediocre life without faith. Choose that every area of your life that you will look to walk by faith. Look to walk by faith. Next week we have this great opportunity. We have two services. This right here. This right here is faith. Most people would say if you have one service, worship team you could come. If you have one service and that service is full, good. You should probably keep doing that. But it's faith that says if one service is full, we need to add another service so that more people can come. This is our leadership, our board, our leaders. This is us walking by faith. This is me walking by faith. I didn't know if anybody was going to show up. Pastor after two years, yes after two years. But this is an example of God's faithfulness. I need you to understand and know that God is faithful and he is not going to stop. And it has nothing to do with you. Here's the thing. It is not because of your obedience or your lack of obedience. It is not because you gave an offering or you didn't give it. It is not because of you know you showed up earlier. You served the most or you served the least or you got a suitor. You didn't get a suitor. It has nothing to do with that. He says I'm going to do it because I've already decided to do it. I love you because I already decided to love you and there's nothing that you can do about it. So when we walk out on faith, when we walk in obedience, God gets the glory. He gets the glory. And we see these examples of faith and I'm excited because I'm excited to hear the next story of faith that is sitting in this congregation right now. That sitting here, that saying God you told me to do something and you know what I heard what you said today. I'm just going to do it. I'm just going to do it. I'm getting out of the boat. I'm going to walk on this water and I'm just going to go for it. Why? Because I am confident in your power. I'm confident in you and I am confident in your world. I'm going for it. And I don't have to be afraid. Why? Because I realize that if I get to a point where it looks scary, where it looks like it's not going to work out, where I feel like it's too much, where I feel like I'm overwhelmed, where I feel like I'm not going to see it. And I feel like I'm drowning. Guess what? You are right there with me ready to lift me up. You won't feel. He never has and he never will. I want to encourage you. This is why this means so much to me. I've lived this life. I continue to live this life every single day. It's another opportunity to walk by me. And he's never failed us. And it's not just the pastor. It's each and every one of you. He wants.
1. "If God be for us, we can overcome all obstacles. Day, say love covers a multitude of sins. So I made a bust of love and a win. Tell a friend. I woke up here with this thought in my head. What if we just started loving instead?" - 06:06
2. "We are here today celebrating two years as a church in our second service of the day. And we just want to give you the praise that you so rightly deserve. Thank you, Lord, for trusting us with another service." - 09:12
3. "This is my testimony from death to life. Cause grace we wrote my story. I'll testify by Jesus Christ the righteous. I'm just a fine. This is my testimony." - 10:05
4. "Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Get up, get up, get up. Get up high on that grave. Get up, get up, get up. Come on, just encourage yourself." - 20:39
5. "Today is the two-year anniversary of Limonless Church. We are constantly seeing the faithfulness of God in our church every single week. We started off our two-year anniversary with two services. It's a great day." - 24:06
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