What The Storm Reveals

The message today I’m going to kind of lead you on a kind of something that I’ve experienced in my own life. And you can leave the lights up just a little bit. So one of these things I’m going to be telling you guys is that I know we have Bibles on our phone, but if I can encourage you, if you have a Bible at home, bring it with you, okay? Bring it with you. Nothing’s like getting into to God’s word.

Also, I will give you homework. I will give you homework. And one of those that homework is I give you scriptures because it’s not for me just to sit here and give scriptures. It’s so that you all can have the scriptures to go back through and you can go through the sermon. You can go through it because I want you to just chew on it.

So what it is is that the Lord kind of downloads into me what he wants to say and, and I’m here and he prepares it, I’m kind of serving it. And then so Monday through Saturday you get to chew on it. And the great part about it is it’s like, it’s one of those meals where you just, you really don’t want to rush through, but what you want to do is you want to kind of savor every bite and dig into it. So today, what I’m going to talk about today is that God will often allow us to enter into storms. Not because he’s absent, but because he’s evaluating our faith, transforming our character and teaching us to trust Him.

See, today we’re going to discuss how God will often use these times to evaluate, to transform and teach us how to apply what we’ve learned into the next storm, struggle or trial. Because it’s one thing I could tell you is that it’s not, it’s an if, it’s a when. Because there’s always going to be struggles, there’s always going to be trials. And before I get much further, let’s give a praise God and a hand to my wonderful wife for joining us. She has not been here in a long, long time.

She’s been watching you guys and believe it or not, she prays for you guys every single day. She really, truly does. Absolutely. So as we move on, see, it’s during these times that we find that God is always on time. He never misses his target.

See that? This sermon is not going to be a sermon on why do bad things happen to good people. Okay, I don’t need to do a five point series on that. I can Simply say it in this one phrase. It’s called life.

And I apologize for it being hot. For some reason, our unit decided that it picked today to quit. So we’ll try to get you out of here, but I’m not making any promises. So title. So basically, we.

I’m not going to do that. But here’s what I will tell you this because, see, as a Gen Xer, I know this all too well. And so we got into this discussion a little bit on Gen Xers, and I. And I kind of did this little thing, and I was like, I thought this would be cool because I’m going to poke fun. How many like to have fun in church?

I love to have fun in church. So, see, my generation is the generation that was told, be home when the street lights come on. Somehow we survived with no gps, no cell phones, and no parental tracking act. See, you parents today, for some reason, your kid could be three feet in front of you and you still lose control. Okay.

See, baby boomers built it. Millennials questioned it. Gen Z wants to redesign it. And Gen X, we’re all standing in the corner saying, can we just fix it and move on. See, Gen X, my generation learned to solve problems because nobody was immediately available to solve them for us.

We were the original generation that came up with turn it off and turn it back on and see if that fixes it. Okay? See, I was raised on three instructions. Figure it out, don’t break it, and be home for dinner. That was my life.

See, I grew up. We coined the phrase latchkey kid. See, I came home to an empty house. I made my snacks on my own. I solved my own problems.

And I learned an important spiritual lesson with nobody else around. Characters room revealed. See, every generation has a superpower. See, the greatest generation made the impossible possible. Boomers believe anything is possible.

Millennials believe anything should be possible. Gen Z believes anything can be changed. And Gen X believes anything can go wrong. And more than likely, it will. That’s my generation.

That’s. I’d say that’s Alex’s generation, but Alex’s generation is just below me. He’s a boomer. He’s a boomer. So as we go through this, we’re all going to experience storms.

We’re all going to experience things in our lives that we go through. So my. My sermon title for today is going to be what the Storm Reveals. So if you got your Bibles with me, if you wouldn’t mind turning with me to mark 6. And we’re going to be at 45 and 52.

Okay. And I know many of you heard this, and you’ve probably heard different sermons on it, but we’re going to break it out a little bit differently. I didn’t corner the market on this, but I hope that what we learned today will help you out, because it definitely helped me out. So in Matt 6, it says, immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side of Bethesda while he sent up the multitude away. And when he had sent them on the way, he departed to the mountain to pray.

And now, when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and they were alone, and he was alone on land. Now, get this. Jesus specifically told the disciples, get in the boat. Go. Gonna go up and pray.

So it’s almost like there’s a setup here. There’s a setup. Okay. And it said when he saw them straining it, rowing, for the wind was against them. Now, about the fourth watch on the night, he came to them walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them.

And when they saw him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ghost and cried out for they all him and were troubled. But immediately he talked with them and said, be of good cheer as I do not be afraid. And when he got into the boat, the wind ceased and they were greatly amazed, amazed in themselves beyond measure, and marveled. But get this. For they had not understood about the loaves because their heart was hardened.

So while I was. I was kind of going through this message, and God kind of dropped this into my heart, he came up with these three things, and that was evaluation, transformation, application. And I’m like, okay. Well, then I was doing a little bit more studying, and I came across this motto. And if you’re in the Navy, you’re going to know this motto.

At least you better. Okay? It’s called on time, on target, never quit. Okay? And for those of you that don’t know this, this is the motto of the Special Warfare Combat crewman.

This word describes a mindset required to complete the mission regardless of opposition, adversity, or difficulty. And as I was studying in Matt, this motto fit perfectly into this. Because, see, the disciples had just witnessed Jesus feeding over the 5,000 people with five loaves, two fishes. They saw his power firsthand. Yet immediately after the miracle, Jesus made them get into the boat and head towards Bethesda while he prayed.

What follows is not about the storm. This is a story involving evaluation, transformation, and application. But more importantly, it’s a story about a Savior who is always on time, he’s always on target, and he calls his followers never to quit. Don’t quit. Now.

If there’s a correlation to this sermon and last week’s sermon. Yes. And the only way I can explain that is ask God. Because I had something completely different, just kind of like last week. But I think this is God had.

Has a different direction. So obviously there’s somebody in this room that needs to hear it. So when we talk about evaluation number one, it was. We go back to Matt 6 and 48 and it says, and then he saw them straining at rowing, for the wind was against them. Jesus intentionally set the disciples into the storm.

They were not outside of God’s will. They were exactly where Jesus told them to go. Now, as believers, we, we sometimes come under this false attitude or this false assumption that because Jesus is telling me to go into a certain direction, that this is going to be an easy sale. Okay, that’s a fallacy. See, sometimes obedience leads directly into the storm.

The disciples were fighting contrary wind for hours. Meanwhile, Jesus was on the mountain prayer, praying. They couldn’t see him, but he could see them. See, your inability to see Jesus doesn’t mean he’s lost sight of you. No matter what your struggle is going through, whether it’s financial, physical, no matter what it is, you think that he doesn’t see you and yet he does.

He sees every instance. See, Matt says then he saw them straining at rowing. He was on a mountain. He saw them what they were doing. He saw every wave, he saw every struggle and he saw every ounce of fatigue that they were going through.

Jesus saw it all. The storm was an evaluation. The storm revealed what was in them. My mother in law used to always say, what is in you will come out of you when you’re squeezed. So if you think you’re spiritual, let God squeeze you and you’re going to see what comes out.

See, Jesus had just multiplied the loaves and the fishes. His disciples witnessed it. They saw the supernatural provision. But yet when the storm came, they replaced the faith that they had with fear. See, verse 52 tells us.

For they had not understood about the loaves because their heart was hardened. The storm exposed what the miracles had not yet produced. God will often test what he has already taught. The storm revealed that the disciples, what they had, what did they did not see about themselves. God will often.

God. God often sees more in you than you see in yourself. That’s why a lot of times when I sit and I talk with people and I pour into them. It’s the fact is what God is doing is he’s downloading into us as leaders is we see more in you than you see in yourself. And that download comes from your Father in heaven because he knows that you can make it.

Because you know what in what I understand and I’ve never been in the military, so I’m not even going to pretend. But a lot of what I’ve hear and what I’ve read, they say 90% of it is mental because your brain tries to convince you to give up, that it’s not worth it. But you have to bring your mental under control. And the same with Christians. As Christians, we as believers have to bring our spirit under control because he has never lost sight of us.

He sees your every struggle. He sees your every trial. See, God often allows circumstances to expose weakness that are hidden beyond the surfaces. A setback may actually be us. And we need to ask this at times.

Have I learned anything from my previous miracles? Has God’s past miracles increased my present faith? Or am I trusting God only when the circumstances are favorable? See, this is where on time comes into place. And I need you write this down.

Put it in your head. Write it in your Bible. Write it on your hand. Whatever. Jesus may seem delayed, but he ain’t never late.

He’s always on time. See, the disciples thought he was absent. In reality, he was right on time. God’s timing is perfect. Even when his timing timing is uncomfortable.

Sometimes being uncomfortable is part of his plan. See, timing is everything. See, we see this and you can write these scriptures down. In Psalm 37:7, it says, Be still before the Lord and wait patiently before Him. This passage reminds us that waiting isn’t just about passing time, but actively trusting in his sovereignty.

Psalm 69:13 says, but as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord, and an acceptable time, O God. See, David prayed this prayer to God to answer him for his perfect timing even the midst of a difficult season. Psalm 145, 15 and 16. The crux of it says that the eye of all look to you and you give them their food in due season. Season.

He’s always on time. First Peter 5, 6 and 7, humbly humble yourselves before the Lord under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting out all your anxieties. Let me read that again in case you missed it. Casting out all your anxieties because he cares for you. This is encouragement, urging believers to release their worries to God.

It reveals the true antidote to anxiety. It’s not a pill, it’s not counseling. It’s trusting in God, relinquishing personal control. Trusting in God’s sovereign timing and resting in his deep love for you. He loves you.

He’s never going to lose sight of you. The enemy would like to convince you otherwise, but that’s not the case. And that’s where we get to 2. Transformation. See, the disciples thought the destination was Bethesda.

But Jesus knew the real destination was their hearts. The storm was not about geography. It was about transformation. Many times we want God to change our circumstances. And God wants to take the circumstances to change us.

We want him to remove the storm, but he wants the storm to remove something that’s in us. Something that may be hindering us. See, this is where God is on target. See, God’s target is not merely your destination. His target is your development.

That’s how much he loves you. That’s how much he cares about you. The struggle was exposing fear. The resistance was exposing unbelief. The delay was exposing self dependence.

Too many times we figure, I can do this, I can handle this, I can do it. The only problem is, is what happens. We wind up in the same mess time and time and time again. The definition of insanity is trying the same thing, but you get the same, you get different. You get the same results.

We try different things, but we actually get the same results. That’s insanity. God says, release it unto me. I’ve got this. See, you cannot measure God’s presence by your purpose.

Slow progress doesn’t mean that God is absent. Negative progress doesn’t mean that God has lost favor for you. There are times when we want Jesus to remove the struggle while he still wants to struggle to remove something in us. Jesus was not interested in changing the weather. He was interested in shaping disciples.

So sometimes understand that what you may be going through, that God is using your circumstances to mold you and shape you into what he wants you to do. See, the storm wasn’t changed. The storm was also changing Him. See what we got to understand this. My wife is an avid.

She works out. She loves working out. I wish I could be like her. Yeah. And my daughter and I’m just like, yeah, that’s, you know.

But muscles are not developed through comfort. Character is not developed through ease. Faith is not developed through certainty. The very resistance they hated it was producing something that they needed. What you’re going is actually.

What you’re going through is actually strengthening you. See, Paul writes in Romans 5, 3 and 4, he says tribulation produces perseverance. Perseverance, character. Character, hope. The disciples thought the storm was preventing progress, when in actuality God was using it to produce maturity.

There’s a big difference. Sometimes God’s greatest work is not around us. It’s in us. The greatest miracle of this story is not the mere fact that Jesus walked on water, which is a great story in and of itself. It’s great.

It’s the fact that Jesus was taking ordinary men and shaping them into apostles that would eventually change the world. And in reality, maybe that’s God, what God’s doing. For you see, the storm wasn’t proof that God had lost control, not at all. On the contrary, it was proof that God was still on target. So then we get to my point three.

See, my old professor used to say, he goes, three points, a poem. And in conclusion, I think he would be somewhat disappointed in a lot of the preachers today. They would pontificate and pontificate. I can guarantee you that my professor would look in the back and he’d go, God, I wish they’d stop. But the application here is, and it’s really poignant, is it never quit.

Don’t give up. See, listen to what they said, what he says in Matt. He said he sees them. He sees them from the mountaintop. But what were they doing?

He saw them straining at rowing. They never stopped. They never stopped. They kept going. They kept going.

That’s a phrase that should stand out to you. They did not stop. Now, maybe it was fight or flight. Maybe it was just, hey, I’m not going to give up. The wind was against them, the waves were against them.

The dark was against them, yet they kept going. Progress may have been slowed, but they never stopped. See, this is what faith looks like. Faith is not dramatic. Sometimes faith is just very simple.

It’s refusing to quit. Sometimes that’s just faith. Just don’t quit. Keep praying, keep trusting, keep serving, keep believing, keep rowing. Because if you do, you just might miss the purpose behind the preparation.

See, the disciples didn’t know that Jesus was actually walking to them. It says in the scripture that he was going to pass them by. Had they quit rowing, they might have missed it. However, there’s another important point I want to make to you. And this, this coincides with you not giving up.

Because, see, this is where Jesus revealed himself and who he is to them. See, if you go back to the miracle, the feeding of the 5,000, I would imagine Jesus would have thought, well, obviously they get it. They just saw what I did. But then we see at the tail end of Matt in this part of the chapter that they obviously they didn’t. So Jesus must have thought to him, I, I would imagine that Jesus would have probably said look, I’m tired, you get in the boat, I’ve got to go pray.

I’ve got to go pray for you because I’m. I’m about to lose my mind. I’m going to go to the mountain and I’m going to pray. Because evidently they saw the miracle but they forgot about it. And it says in verse 48 it says he came to them walking on the sea and would have passed by them.

49 Says and when they saw him walking on the sea, it supposed it was a ghost and cried out for all saw him and were troubled. We see many times in Scripture where God revealed himself just by passing him by. This isn’t the first time God’s done it before. We see this at Moses and Mount Sinai in Exodus 33 and 22. This is where Mose God told Moses, I’m going to hide you in the cleft of the rock because no man can see me.

But it proclaimed God’s primary character. We see this on Mount Horeb where Elijah in 1st Kings 19 through 11 through 12 see, Elijah was fleeing from Jezebel. Elijah sought refuge on the mountain. The Lord told Elijah, step outside the cave as I pass by. God revealed himself through a might, not through a mighty wind, not through an earthquake or a fire, but through a gentle whisper and a glance.

Is God passing by? Is he trying to make himself evident to you? Is he trying to show who he truly is? See, even when we look in Matt this was meant, this action was meant to reveal his divine identity to them. Echoing a revelatory self disclosure that we see in the Old Testament.

There are parallels throughout Scripture. See and then we see that where Jesus he actually came and he got in the boat. He said be of good cheer. It is I don’t be afraid. The answer was not a merely of the calming of the storm.

The the answer is the very presence of Christ in the storm. Where was he in the storm? He was on the water. He wasn’t in it. He was on the water.

But Jesus stepped into the boat, the wind ceased, fear subsided and perspectives changed. See, you may be in the middle of a storm and whatever you’re going through, but you have to understand Jesus is on it. See Jesus. Jesus revealed that he controlled what what troubled them. Jesus is trying to you I control what troubles you.

See, the sea represented it represented chaos. It represented trouble and struggle. But Jesus was on top of what struck what, what troubled them. God rarely will waste a trial. And this time was no different.

Every challenge becomes training for a future assignment. This is why we see, even in the military, they train, they train, they train. It’s about muscle memory. It’s so that when in times of trial and in times of pressure, everything is just. It’s.

It’s relevant, it’s just. It just happens. There’s no thought process to it. And see, we see this in Scripture where, like David faced the lion and a bear before he ever faced Goliath. Joseph endured a pit and a prison before he ever enjoyed the palace.

Moses spent 40 years in the wilderness before leading a nation. Peter experienced storms on the sea before ever leading the church. A setback was actually preparation. God was teaching them, if you could trust me in this storm, you’ll be able to trust me in the next week. Go back to remember what I said.

It’s not about an if, it’s about a when. Because trials and tribulations don’t stop. They’ll only stop when we leave this earth. Peace is never found in the absence of a storm, but in the very presence of Jesus. We talked about the blood.

In the blood, there is peace. So I want you to think about this as we wind down. See, the disciples thought they were fighting a storm, but Jesus was developing faith. He’s doing the same thing for you. They thought the challenge was reaching the shore.

Yet Jesus knew the challenge was trusting him. The same is true for us. Some of us are in storms right now. The wind is against us, the progress is slow. We cannot see what God is doing.

But heaven’s message stays the same. He’s on time. He’s never late. Ecclesiastes 11:3, 11 says, he has made everything beautiful in its time. He’s on target.

God is working on something deeper than your current circumstance. Romans 8, 28 and 29 says, and we know that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord and to those that are called according to his purpose, for he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son. And thirdly, never quit, because today’s storm may be preparing you for tomorrow’s purpose. Galatians 6, 9 says, and let not grow. Let not us grow weary while doing good.

For in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Because the same Savior that walked on water is still the Lord of every storm that should Bring a hallelujah. See, we’re in a surfing community and unfortunately, like I said, I’m not a surfer. I do like the water, but I found this to be true. See, a surfer doesn’t control the ocean.

They cannot stop the waves. They cannot change the tide. They cannot command the wind. What makes a surfer successful is learning how to read the wave and respond to forces that they cannot control. An inexperienced surfer sees.

An inexperienced surfer sees. A large wave, panics. An experienced surfer sees the same wave and recognizes an opportunity. The wave. That wave that can knock one person down can carry another person forward and be the ride of their life.

The difference is never the size of the wave. The difference is in how you respond to it. See, many of us spend our lives trying to stop every wave that comes our way. We pray, lord, remove this wave. Stop the storm.

Change my circumstances. Sometimes he does, but sometimes he teaches us how to trust him. In the middle of it, the disciples again were trying to survive the storm. Jesus was trying to teach them something. Through the storm, the wave wasn’t their enemy.

Fear was failing to recognize who Jesus was, truly was. In the storm was when we forget who is ultimately in the control, what that does is that can give the enemy an avenue in and fear begins to take place. See, the moment Jesus stepped into the boat, everything changes. Their whole perspective changes. Why?

Not because he. Not because they had mastered the sea, but because they recognized the master of the sea. Here again. He’s on time. He’s on target.

Never quit. A surfer knows that every wave is not meant to destroy him. Some waves are meant to carry him far. Farther than they could ever go on his own. Some waves you’re facing right now may not be obstacles.

They may be opportunities. God is evaluating your faith, your character, preparing you for what comes next. So when the waves rise, remember, God’s always on time and God’s always on target. Whatever you do, he’s saying, don’t quit. You keep rowing.

You keep trusting. You keep your eyes on Jesus. Because the same wave that threatens to overwhelm you may be the very thing that God uses to elevate you into your next season. Stand with me. A surfer doesn’t grow on calm waters, and neither does a disciple of Jesus Christ.

God just may use the waves of today to teach us how to conquer bigger waves tomorrow. There are those of you today that are going through things in your life that you may say, I don’t have an extra ounce of energy. I just. I can’t. Can’t do it.

I say, this to you. Welcome home. Because at one point in time, we’ve all been there, we’ve all felt like throwing in the towel. We’ve all felt like giving up. We’ve all felt like, you know what?

I just can’t make it another day. But God says, I’m here, I’m here. Trust me. Just don’t quit. Just don’t quit.

Because what I’m doing is I’m building muscles in you that you didn’t even know you had. See, Gen X, my generation, we didn’t have a lot of the niceties we had to make do. I grew up in a fatherless home. Did it? Did it?

Did it suck? Yeah, it did. But you know what? I used it to make me who I am. Because I allowed God to use that situation to make me who I am.

I refuse to give in to the enemy’s quirks and quips and deceptions, because I learned a long time ago, I want to be his greatest tormentor. I want to be the one that when he gets out of bed in the morning, he goes, dang, he’s up again. And see, we go through things. We. There, look.

And again, I’m not. And I. T.J. and I kind of.

We kind of went back and forth on this. I love, though, I love you, Genera. I really do. But when you look at guys like me and, you know, Alex and I think even like Leon to apart and some others that are here in this room, guys, we’re cut from a different cloth. Not because we said, oh, well, it’s because we adapt and overcome.

And we said, God, I’m not going to allow this. You can try to do it on your own. I can guarantee you. You’re going to die out real quick. I will tell you that right now.

You’re going to die out real quick. But I will tell you this, and I give you this promise that when you trust in God, he is there. He sees you rowing. He sees what you’re going through. He understands.

He says, I’m on the mountain praying for you. I see every struggle. I see every. Every exhausted part of energy. I see everything you’re going through.

I see the report the doctor said. I see your marriage where it’s at. I see your kids struggling. I see where you are financially. I have not left.

But what he’s looking for is, are you still rowing? Are you still pushing forward? Because at the end of the day, when he’s looking at you and you’re still pushing forward, he’s going, well done. My good and faithful servant. Well done.

Keep going, keep going, keep going. Because what’s going to happen is it’s again, it’s not an if, it’s a win. Because when the next struggle comes, you’re going to go, oh, wait a minute, I can handle this. I can do this. You don’t sit and lift, you know, when you work out, you go, okay, well, this week I’m going to work out and I’m going to use, I’m going to use £100.

I remember when my youngest daughter started deadlifting. She blew me away. And she’s sitting there and she’s deadlifting and I’m going, and my brother Nathan looks at me and he calls me one day and he says, dude, you’re not going to believe this. I go, what? He goes, she’s a beast.

What do you mean she’s a beast? He said, dude, she hit 225. I went, what? He goes, yeah, understand this. She didn’t start at 225.

She worked her way up, she pushed. So, and here’s the other thing, and this is what my wife taught me. She said sometimes when we go to work out, she goes, and we go to lift that weight. Oh, there’s pain. Oh, it hurts.

But you push through it. You push through it. My son and my son in law understand this. When they went through basic, going through basic, it’s like, he’s like, he’s like, dad, I go like, how did you make it, bud? How’d you make it through?

He goes, dad, Cody would look at me, he goes, I was just looking forward to lunch. He goes, I knew if I could get to lunch, I’d be okay. And I’m like, okay. And he tell me like, the training and everything they were going through and I was like, so how’s it? He goes, dinner was good.

I got the dinner. I’m good, I’m good. But that’s, but that’s from a Christian walk. That’s what we need to do. Don’t give up.

Don’t quit. Don’t quit. Say it with me. Don’t quit. He is on time.

He is on target. Never quit. Because your preparation for today is, is for the promise and the purpose he has for you tomorrow. Because if you quit, you’re going to miss everything he has for you. He’s going to miss the, you’re going to miss the glory, you’re going to miss the blessing, you’re going to miss it.

God’s rooting for you. You’ve got. Let me Explain something to you. You’ve got every angel in heaven going, come on, you can do this. You can do this.

And you got the enemy going, no, no, he’s crying. He’s like, turn around to the enemy and go. Whatever. You’re like, ugh. When the struggle happens, just look at it go.

You know, when you get frustrated, watch the words that come out of your mouth just go, jesus, fix it, because he’s not done with you. Your blessing could be right around the corner. When people become anchors, cut the anchors. Because if you don’t cut the anchors, you might not see it through the storm, but you could be heading for rocks, and you don’t want to be there. So with every head bowed and every eye closed, if you’re here today and you’ve got struggles, which I know we all do, with everything distracting, don’t think about, look, we’re still going to beat.

We’ll still beat the Baptist and most of the Pentecostals to lunch, so don’t worry about it. They’re all heading to the beach anyway. But what I want you to do is just take a couple seconds, think about what you’re going through right now. Think about that struggle. Think about it.

Bring it up. And I want you in your mind’s eye to sit here and go, my God is always on time. My God never misses. He’s always on target. And then say to yourself, I am a child of God.

I’m never going to quit. So as you think about that struggle, let us pray. Heavenly Father, I just pray right now as we think about those things that are before us and we think about what’s going on in our lives right now, Father God, I just pray, Father, if there’s anybody here that is far from you that doesn’t know you, we pray right now that they would first recognize you as Lord and Savior of their life, that you love them and you keep them. Father God, if there are those here that are struggling right now, Lord God, and they can’t. They feel like they cannot put together one more ounce of strength to move forward.

I pray, Father God, that you would be that wind. That, Father, that you, Lord God, would show them how to ride that wave, Father, that they could read the wave through the Holy Spirit. And, Father, they would know what lane to take. Help them see it right now. In the name of Jesus, Father God, let them know that their past does not dictate their future, that their future can change this very day.

Father, I pray for them right now. I pray. Blessings on them. I Pray an anointing upon this church. I pray an anointing right now.

That salt church would swim in the anointing. That Father God, those that come in, Lord God would be blessed beyond measure. That Father God, they would feel your presence as they go out. Father, I thank you for what you’re going to do. Father.

We look forward to testimonies next week of what God has done throughout the week. We love you, Lord and Father God, fix the ac, please. We love you. In your name, amen and amen. Guys, I love you.

Thank you for coming and I look forward to seeing you guys next week. One quick announcement. If you could just kind of keep this in the back of your head on the 28th and I’m going to make this announcement again next week on 28 June. We have to do what is considered a full and complete breakdown. The stage and everything is going away.

When you come in the following Sunday, this place is going to look completely different. They’re putting a brand new floor in. We’re going to do some different things with the stage. We’re going to do some different things with lighting. So we’re going to.

We’ve got a lot of things that are planned, but if we could have some people that could kind of hang back and just kind of hang out and help us, we’d greatly appreciate it. If you’re new here, please join me and TJ and Alex out the front. We’d love to shake your hand, give you a hug again. If you’re new, right next to your seat is a card. If you want to fill that out.

Drop it off to our beautiful Ms. Tammy. She’s our guest service person. She. She will give those cards and her and my wife will work together.

They want to pray for you. And love on you guys. We love you. We appreciate you. Go with God.

He’s going with you. Amen and Amen. Love you guys.