Bethel Church Service | Gabe Valenzuela Sermon | Worship with Paul McClure, Hannah McClure

Hello. Hello. Our online community. So good to be together. So good to see you. >> Wow. I am here with the one and only Pastor Brett. I I never know how to say your name correctly because I say in a very Brazilian way. Say >> clans. Clansmith. Clansmith. >> Nowhere near.

But thank you for trying. I appreciate the effort. >> Klein. Maybe >> Klein. Kleinmith. Oh, that much better. Do you just try to say Paula is >> pa Romesh >> I don't know that. >> I know. I know. Uh you know the South Africans call me Paula. Especially Rich Gordon and then my team makes fun of you guys always. >> Paula.

Yes. Paula. Very >> Paula. >> A very South African way. Wow. Guys, Brad leads our young adults. This is the first time that we are together here for um anything. >> I don't think we've ever done anything together. >> First time on live television. Look at look at us.

Guys, let us know in the chat where you're joining us from. We are so excited to be with you guys this morning. I already saw Elias Manges. I was just telling >> uh Elias, we love you. You are always here for everything. >> Elas is a BS in Portuguese studio.

I was telling Brett, he's always one hour early to every session. He's always there. We love you, Elias. There are people joining from Brazil. See the flag. >> I love it. Brazil. Anyone from South Africa joining us? That'd be nice. Little bit of support. >> Brazil is like Brazil.

Brazil. Brazil. We're taking over. >> It's a It's a prophecy into the World Cup. >> I think everything you guys I'm just joking. England. How fun. >> So good to see you. Someone from India, San Jose, California. Wow. Look, Brazil is totally >> in India. I was speaking at the launch of BSSM India just a few weeks ago. >> Yes.

In in San Jose, right? How how did that go? How was it? >> It was so so good. You know, there's something like around a million Indians in San Francisco. >> No way. >> Crazy. And I grew up I grew up in the largest population of Indians outside of India, Durban, South Africa.

So, it was like going home. It was very cool. Wow. >> Yeah. So much laugh there. >> That's amazing. We have a great community here already. Okay. India. Many people from India. Germany. >> Hey, I'm sing African flag. >> South. What? How fun about a soccer team? >> Oh, no way.

How fun. >> Probably going to take you out in the World Cup. But it's >> Oh, no. Don't do it. Don't do it. It's too much for my heart. >> South Africa. Many people. Are you guys playing the World Cup? >> We are currently playing the cricket world cup.

So, T20. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Brad, you were just sharing a testimony about uh young adults. Do you want to share with our online community? >> Oh, yeah. We had such an amazing We got an amazing group here. I must be honest. Love them. And they've been kind of meeting in homes like a lot more informally, which is kind of the goal, right? >> Like I think beyond the meeting, they start congregating in homes and stuff.

And um such a cool story of them just pulling someone in and they met a couple of times in their home and eventually this guy gave their life to the Lord. Wow. >> I met him on Thursday and such a sincere sincere change of life and he gave his life after the Lord. >> He gave them all their his drug paraphernalia. >> Let's go. >> And they baptized them in the pool that evening. >> Let's go. >> It's just and life changed. >> Wow.

Thank you, Jesus. >> Very, very cool. Yeah. >> A Thank you, Jesus. If you lead a young adults group, write it in the chat. I receive it for myself. Yeah. So we can see we need more of that. >> We need more of that. Yes. I was just sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sharing with bread.

We have a student who's moving to reading and they were just praying how to tell their kids that they're moving to reading and it was so so funny. One of their kids was reading the Bible and just came to like, "Mom, I think we're moving to Reading." I was like, "How do you know?"

Because I was reading a verse and it says, "Uh, we are move to the house of God, Bethl." And uh God told me, "You're going to Beth. You're moving to Reading." It's so precious. So >> that is the kindness of heaven. >> It really is. I love >> your family and him telling them. >> One of the things I love about online and I'm sure you guys our online community know this is how there's an impact not just in the individual's life, but the whole family.

So if you're joining us tonight, just bring your kid. Not tonight, this morning. I'm used to the 6 p.m. If you're Yeah. Yeah. Maybe it's it's tonight somewhere. >> Maybe. Maybe if you're joining us this morning, um, bring your kids into the room. I kept feeling for this morning, I put this sweatshirt on.

It's from Jesus' image. Only one thing is needed. I kept feeling that this morning is going to be a morning of consecration and we're just going to be >> really in this deep place in worship with the Lord. Um so I just want to invite you to that just there's one thing that is needed and I um just feel this invitation to um remove all distractions remove things that are trying to call your attention this morning.

There are so many needs around the world but there's only one thing that is actually needed that is actually sitting at his feet and worshiping him and learning for him and loving him. That's what I felt for this morning and the mccclur are leading us in worship. Oh, come on. >> Gabe is bringing the word.

Gabe Valenzuela. I'm excited. What are you feeling for today? >> I'm not that far off to be honest. It's seems simplistic, but >> uh even just this last Thursday preaching just remembering growing conviction that Jesus is the only way. >> Mhm. >> And we don't have two options, three options, four options, he reduced everything down to a single option.

And that's all we have. We had to honor the one option, Jesus, and gather around him and what he's done with us. So, I'm looking forward. I love them because >> I love them, too. >> Oh, man. They're the freaking real deal. >> Oh, so precious. We love you, H.

And Paul. >> What a what a great name, Paul. >> I love them so much. They are so precious. Yeah. So, worship is going to be fire, guys. And if you Oh, someone just said Grant said, "It's just after 6 p.m. here, Paul." Look at that. There it is.

Look at the Lord covering coming. What are you saying? I'll be singing for the kids and sing. >> I got you. I got you, Paula. Look at my covering. Yes, guys, if you have any prayer requests, please send them in the chat. We want to be praying for you.

We want to be covering you. Uh also, if you experience anything changing in your body, I really feel that today during worship, >> uh many people are going to get healed. Actually, Conrad was just sharing a testimony in our pastoral meeting of one of our revival group. They just had a a presence moment and there was this student that had a condition on her on her neck for many years and nobody even prayed for her but just during that presence moment. >> Yeah. >> Um she got healed. >> So just receive it as well.

Um there was some prayer requests in the chat. Someone is asking for their teeth to be restored in Jesus' name. Have so much faith for that. There's two dentists in my team >> and two pastors that were dentists and they see so many >> we needed >> so many healings in teeth happening. >> My baby's busy teething as well and keeping up at night.

So I can have some help with that please. >> Also praying for you Christine just asking for prayer for yourself for your mind. I declare healing in Jesus name. Yes. And Sophia also healing for your brain guys. I don't have my glasses so I'm struggling to read. >> Maybe I can help you.

Maybe I have to be a good partner here actually helping because it seems like you're doing all the work. >> I am. Yes, Martin. Martin is praying for his family as well, asking for prayer for his family. We're definitely >> We're definitely praying for you guys. Definitely covering you sent more requests on the chat.

Our team is watching those. Do you want to just pray for them? Pray for this morning for this service. >> So, we just thank you Lord that um that your presence isn't location based. >> Thank you, Jesus. Lord that you are everywhere all the time and you're never at a a request way.

You're always available Lord. So we just ask Lord that you wouldn't just um be present but that you would manifest yourself in every single room. Lord we just thank you Lord that your presence will come ac uh and brains that uh I'm seeing here healing for a cold Lord.

We thank you Lord that you you're interested in all of it Lord. And I ask Lord that your presence would manifest with those people right now, Lord. That you would show yourself to be true. That you are the healer. And Lord, we just ask Lord that you would come and be specific um with your children that you would show them exactly exactly what's going on.

I just saw this picture of a light coming on and >> with this testimony of this of a child reading the word and having a point of revelation and we I just speak revelation. >> Yes. >> Like a lamp into your feet. Um if you were asking God what the next step is um I just ask Lord that this morning you would show the next step that you you would be a lamp unto the path Lord and we don't have to be uh insecure or anxious about the whole picture the full picture but I just declare that there would be points of revelation this morning of the next step >> in Jesus name.

In Jesus name. Yeah. I just bless your guys this morning and I again I just feel this big invitation for this morning for us to just see at his feet and just receive from him. >> Um it's something about families as well. So bring your family into the room for to this morning's I was going to say tonight again this morning service is going to be incredible.

We love you all and we will see you at the end. >> Yeah. And we're just sending out some love to the Middle East right now. I know there's a lot of action happening there. We just trust if you're tuning in from there. We just thinking about you got a lot of friends there and we've been praying for you guys.

So have an amazing morning with us and we'll see you later. >> We love you. >> Cheers. >> Ah, good morning. Good morning. Let's stand together. >> Come find your places. We'll get started. Good morning. Yeah, look how quiet you got. That's awesome. I I'm not used to that with it with with you.

You people don't get that quiet. So, that's good. Good to see you. Good morning. Are you ready for a good day? I'm ready for a good day. I uh is there anybody in the house that your favorite book in the Bible is the book of Job? Is there is there anyone I I try to meet people that love the book of Job?

I I've been going through the book of Job recently in where I end up. I like to read through the scripture and I happen to be in Job the last couple weeks and I finished this week and I decided to do something I've never done before. I thought I'm going to do Job again.

I like reading books over and over and over again, but I've never done it with Job. But you know what? There's a lot of encouragement in there. I know you're laughing at me, but let me read to you the last chapter, and this is good for every person in this room.

It says, "The Lord restored Job's losses." Anybody ever have losses? Anyone ever have losses? Yeah. Anyone have all losses you'd like to have restored? >> Anyone ever lose something you don't want it restored? We'll leave that alone. Yeah. You know, this is just really a season where we're going to see openly the Lord restore things that were broken, destroyed, lost.

It happens for us corporately, of course, but also happens for us individually. The Lord literally just fights on our behalf. And he's that kind of a father. He loves restoring. And here it says that u the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. If you're not familiar with the story, Job had three friends that worked hard to encourage him, but but basically killed him with their words, you know, they just they just beat him up and but they meant well.

And uh uh Gabe has a great message this morning on that subject, so this will be fun. But he says he Lord restored what he lost when he prayed for his friends. And interestingly the Lord spoke to his friends and said have Job pray for you because I've accepted him.

The implication is I really don't want to talk to you but I'll listen to him. And and uh so they had to repent, humble themselves. And then Job prayed for his friends. And it says the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. It's the nature of a father.

It's not only the nature of God to restore, but it's the nature of God to restore things better than they were before. It it has to be in our thinking to understand that's the way he is. I'm told that a bone when it breaks after it heals is actually stronger at the place of the former break than it was before.

All of us have stuff that's broken and all of us have stuff that he heals. And today is another one of those days where you are just a target of the Lord to be restored and refreshed in every area where we have need. I qualify, you qualify. Let's have a good day.

You got great people around you. We're going to worship the Lord and honor him. But you got good people around you. Be really cool if you took a minute and bless them. We welcome our online family as well. We just say bless you in the name of the Lord.

Turn and bless one another. We'll get started. Yeah. There is a song I love to hear. It's the sound of the Savior's robe. As he walks into the room where people pray, where we hear praises, he feels peace. There is a sound I love to hear. It's the sound of the Savior's robe.

As he walks into the room where people pray, where we hear worship, he faith. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sing with my soul. Awake my soul and sing. Sing his praise aloud. Sing his praise aloud. Awake my soul and sing. Sing his praise aloud. Sing his praise loud. Awake my soul.

There's a sound. There's a sound that changes things. The sound of his people on their knees. Awake up your slumbering. It's time to worship him. Awake my soul and sing. Sing his praise aloud. Sing his praise aloud. Awake my soul and sing. Sing his praise aloud. Sing his praise aloud.

And when he moves and when we pray we're stood all now sins away. Wherever pro is amen. Oh, and when he moves, make no mistake. The mouths of hell begin to shake. And all hell, all hell came. Oh, let the king of glory enter. Go down on your knees and worship it.

Oh, let rise up. Don't hold it in. My soul and sing his praise aloud. Sing his praise aloud. Awake my soul and sing his praise aloud. Sing his praise loud. Let a song arise this morning. Let your praise rise. Let it rise. Let it rise. Oh my soul will sing.

Yes, I'm so sorry. And when he moves and when we break the wall now Every single Heat. Heat. Don't hold my soul and sing his praise. >> Sing his praise loud. Yeah. Come on. Lift your voices. Awake. Awake my soul. Oh, let's see. Sing his praise God. Sing his praise. >> Worthy, worthy, worthy Jesus.

Worthy, worthy Jesus. Come on. If the king is in the room today, would you just lift your voice? Come on, invite him in today with praise and thanksgiving, with reminders of his faithfulness and his greatness and his mercy in our life. Come on, church, raise your voice. Welcome him with praise today. >> Praise.

He's worthy of our praise. He's worthy of our praise. Come on, let's sing your praise. We sing, "Your praise will ever be on my lips. Ever be on my lips. Your praise will ever be on my lips. Ever be on my lips. Your praise will ever be on my lips.

Ever be on my lips. Your praise will ever be on my lips." Come on, sing it again. Your praise, your praise will ever be on my lips. Ever be on my lips. Your praise will ever be on my lips. Come on, one more time. Your praise will ever be on my lips.

Ever be on my lips. Your praise will ever be on my crossing away. You will be praised. You will be praised. With angels and saints, we sing on you, Lord. You will be praised. Yes, you will. You will be praised with angels and saints. Come on, everybody. Sing it again.

You will be. You will be. Heat. Heat. Worthy are you Lord. Come on church lift a shout of praise in Jesus name. Come on he's worthy of a shout of praise. Come on praise. He's worthy. Amen. >> I'm going to teach you a new chorus. Sing it with us.

You know, in the first service, I said that and they did the same thing. Nothing. And I said, "Wow." All right. It's early, but it's 10:30 now. Just kidding. All right, you guys sing. You know, you're the best church in the world at trying to sing a new song, and I love it so much. >> All right, here we go. >> Great, great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.

His love, love will endure. He will never ever fail. Every heart come rejoice. He is able. He is faithful. Great, great is the Lord. Great is his holy name. I have his confidence. The Lord is my defense, my strength and shield through everything I face. I never will forget his word, his covenant.

I'll stand upon his rock for all my days. Come on, sing with me. Great, oh great, great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. is love. Love will endure. He will never ever fail. Every high. Come rejoice. He is aable. He is faithful. Oh great, great is the Lord.

Great is his holy name. He watches over me. Sing it with me. He watches over me. With grace he's covering. I'm standing in the shadow of his wings. The anchor, the anchor of my soul. He'll never let me go. In every high and low, he will remain. In every high low, in every high and low, he will remain.

We sing great, great is the Lord. And great to be praised. His love will endure. He will ever fail. Every high come rejoice. He is aable. He is faithful. Great. Praise the Lord. Praise his holy name. We sing. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty. Worthy, worthy, worthy of the highest praise.

Of the highest praise. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty and all that is within me. Sing the highest praise. Come on, sing. Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty. Worthy, worthy, worthy of the highest praise. Come sing. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty. Heat. Heat. will be praised.

His love will be he will never ever know every high. Come rejoice. He is able. He is faithful. Oh great, praise the Lord. Praise his holy. We sing holy, holy, holy, holy is worthy. All that is within me. Sing the highest praise. Oh great, great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.

His love love will endure. He will never. Come on. I'm faithful today. Every high come rejoice. He is aable. He is faithful. Oh, great, great is the Lord. Great is his holy name. Oh, great is his holy name. Come on. Do you believe he's able today? That he's faithful through every generation.

Come on. Can you just stir up remembrance and thanksgiving today for all he's done in your life? Come on. Lift a song of thanksgiving to the King today, to the faithful father. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. Thank you. You've always been faithful. >> You've always been good to us.

You've always been good to me. We sing a song of gratefulness today. We remember. We remember all you've done. We remember your goodness. We remember your kindness. We remember we remember. Come on. Can we sing holy, holy, holy? We sing holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty. Worthy, worthy, worthy of the highest praise, of the highest praise.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty. All that is within me. Sing. Come on. Join with the angels. Sing. Holy is the Lord mighty. Come on, sing one more time. We sing holy, holy, holy. Yes. Heat. to be histo. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Oh, great praise the Lord.

Great is his holy name. Great is his holy name. Great is his holy name. It is Jesus, precious Jesus. Come on, just sing the name of Jesus today over your life, over your family, over every situation. We sing the name of Jesus, wonderful savior, almighty God, prince of peace.

It's Jesus. It is Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, great is your holy name, worthy of all our praise. Great is your holy name. Jesus, Jesus, great is his holy name. I have a shepherd. His name is Y and he is enough for me. And I have a father. His name is Aba.

He is my everything. And even though I walk to die at the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will feel no. And even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will feel no.

And even I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will feel no. And I have a savior. His name is Messiah and he gives me perfect peace and I have a healer. His name is Jehovah. He is my covering. And even to the valley of the shadow I will fear no evil.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I won't fear no evil. And even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I won't fear no evil. And even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will feel no evil.

Oh hey. will fear no evil for you are with me. Let's sing. Oh death, oh death, you lost your state. Oh great, you have met my king. Oh fear, I trembling. We both know who wins. Both know who wins his spy. Oh death, you lost your sting. Oh grave, you have met my king.

Oh fear, I jubiley. We both know who wins. Both know who wins. Des you lost your sin. And oh grave you have met my king. Oh fear I trembling. We both know it. We both know this. Oh death you have lost your state. The grave you met my king.

Oh fear I'm trembling. We both know the wes you lost your name. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. You lost your bra. We both know who knows we do. We both know who wins this fight. We both know who wins this fight. Yeah. I just feel like we're supposed to lift our voices right now in a mighty shout.

A mighty shout of victory. Lift your voice. Victory. Victory. We don't know who this king of glory victory. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah, cuz this is how I fight my battles. >> Yes. This is how we fight our battles. >> Yes. This is how we fight our battles.

Yes, we do. This is where we are. >> Yes. This is how we fight our battles. Oh yes. This is how we fight our battles. This is how we fight our battles. This is how we fight our battles. We turn our eyes to Jesus. Oh, this is how we fight our bells.

This is how we fight our bells. This is how we fight our We lift our eyes to heaven. This is how we go. This is how we This is how we with praise. With praise and thank. This is how we fight. It may look like I'm surrounded. I'm surrounded by you.

I'm surrounded. I'm surrounded by you. Yes. Heat. Heat. Heat. around you. This is how I This is how I This is my This is my This is my Shut up. Shut up. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. This is how I This is how I fight my battle. This is how I fight my battle.

This is how I fight my battles. This is how I fight my battles. This is how I fight my >> We both know who wins. We both know who wins. >> We both know who is both know. >> Come on, remind your situation and circumstance today. >> We both know who it is.

We both know >> our victory is in Jesus. We both know who knows. >> And the battle is the Lord's. We both know who. >> We trust in you. We both know who is know. Cuz you reign above it all. You reign above it all. Over the universe and over every heart.

There is no higher name. Jesus, you reign above it all. Let all of heaven and the earth erupt in song. Sing hallelujah to the everlasting one. There is no higher name. Jesus, you reign. >> Come on, let's just lift our hands today and hold up that situation in surrender under the lordship of Jesus today and declare that he reigns over every situation that we face.

That he's higher above anything. that he's greater and he's stronger and he's bigger and he's greater than any problem that we could face. Amen. >> Come on, let's sing it. You reign. You reign above it all. You reign above it all. Over the universe and over every heart.

There is no higher name. Jesus, you reign above it all. And let all of heaven and the earth erupting strong. Oh, sing hallelujah to the everlasting one. There is no higher name. Jesus, you reign above it all. Word of God upon the throne in majesty and strength. Surrounded by an endless song that all of heaven sings.

Come on church, sing. We sing holy, wonderful, marvelous, glorious, omnipotent, righteous and mighty. Yes, you are. Yes, you are. We praise you. We lift you up. We magnify. We glorify. We exalt you. We extol you. We adore you. Hallelujah. The one who was, the one who is. Behold the great I am.

With holy hands we lift you high. Our God, the Lord of all. Our God. Our God, the Lord of host, wonderful, marvelous, glorious, omnipotent, righteous and mighty. We sing and we praise you. We lift you up. We magnify. We glorify. We exalt you. We extol you. We adore you.

Sing it again. Holy. Righteous and mighty. We praise. We praise you. We lift you up. We magnify. We glorify. We exalt you. We exalt you. We adore you. Hallelujah. Glory to the lamb. Glory to the king. There is only one worthy we wonderful glorious righteous who you are.

We praise you. We lift you up. We magnify. We glorify. Say worthy is the lamb. Worthy is the lamb. One sl glory to worthy of all. There is only one. There is only one we only come on lift up. Lift up. Oh, we sing holy, wonderful, marvelous, glorious, omnipotent, righteous and mighty.

We praise you. We lift you up. We magnify. We glorify. We exalt you. >> Come on. With every hand raised to him today. Sing it again. Oh, holy one. Glorious. >> He's righteous and mighty. And we praise you. We lift you up. We magnify. We glorify. We exalt you.

We extol you. We adore you. Hallelujah. Hallelu. Hallelu. Hallelu. Hallelu. Halleluah. We praise your name today Lord. We sing hallelujah. Halleluah. Halleluah. Hallelu. Halleluah. Hallelu. Oh come sing. Glory to the lamb. Oh glory to the lamb. Once glory to the king who reigns. Glory to the one worthy.

There is only one who say there is only one praise. Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. We magnify. We glorify. We exalt you. We exalt you. We adore you. Hallelujah. Yes. Let's lift up a shout of praise to the Lord. Hallelujah Jesus. Hallelujah Jesus. Can we sing that bridge one more time?

Glory to glory to the king. >> Just sing it to him right now. Glory to the one. He's worthy. He's worthy. He's worthy. There is only one who saves. There is only one we praise. There is only one. >> Can we sing it one more time? Glory. Glory to your name, Jesus. >> Glory to the lamb, one slave.

Glory to the king who reigns. Glory to the wife. He's worthy. He's worthy. Oh, there is only one. Sing it again. Oh, glory to the lamb. Glory to the king. Heat. Heat. Heat. There is only one praise. There is only one. >> Hallelujah Jesus. We glorify your name Jesus.

We magnify your name Jesus. I just lift up your voice right now. Just begin to thank him. Glory to the lamb. Glory to the slain lamb. Glory to the lion of the tribe of Judah. Glory to the one who has overcome. Lord God, we thank you that your church overcomes by the blood of the lamb.

And the word of the testimony for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Jesus, we testify that we have been saved by your grace and your mercy. We have been picked up out of the mighty clay and you have put our feet on your rock, the rock of our salvation.

And glory to the lamb once slain. Glory to the king who reigns. >> Glory to the oney. There is only one who saves. There's only one we praise. If you just place your hand on a neighbor or grab their hand. Oh Jesus. >> Jesus. We as your body we join together and we declare there is only one who saves.

There is only one we praise. There is only one head. There is only one king. There is only one savior. There is only one Lord. There is only one Messiah. There is only one ancient of days. There is only one who was and is and is to come.

There is only one whose kingdom reigns and rules. There is only one who is in all authority, all dominion, all power, all wisdom, all might. Lord God, today we thank you for this body. Would you just begin to pray over your brothers and sisters the glory of the rule of Christ Jesus, the resting of his presence? >> Would you just bless them?

Pray for blessing for the Holy Spirit to fill them, to mark them with his glory, with his goodness. Thank you, Jesus. We thank you, Jesus, that you meet us, Lord. You comfort those who mourn. You lift up the heads that are weary, God. You lift up and strengthen the feeble knees, God.

And you you invite us to fix our eyes on you, Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith. We bless this body, Lord. We bless those online today, Jesus. >> Amen. We want to pray today. Yeah, you can give the Lord a hand. Hallelujah. We're not totally done.

There is there is conflict happening right now in the Middle East. Iran and Israel are in a very tough place. And we want to pray for those people. We want to pray for God's peace and covering over those nations and over the Middle East that's affected. We want to pray for God's rule and reign.

And Psalm 45. Verse 8 says, "The Lord is gracious and merciful. He's slow to anger and great in loving kindness. The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works. All your works shall give thanks to you, oh Lord, and your godly ones shall bless you.

They shall speak of your glory and of your kingdom and talk of your power." And I just want to right now, we want to just pray for all of the people affected. We want to pray for his mercy and loving kindness to rain upon them. I don't even know which way is east.

Do you know which way is east, Dante? Dan Fairley would know that way. >> We're going to turn towards this corner of the church >> and we're going to just right now we're going to begin to pray for these people. >> Yes. for the Lord's loving kindness, for his mercy over all. >> For his peace to be established. >> Yes.

Yes, Lord. >> For those that are grieving, those that are afraid, for his his goodness and his peace to rest on their households. >> Yes. Thank you, Lord. >> For the healing of the nations. >> Hallelujah. >> Would you just lift up your voice and just begin to pray right now? >> Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for your faithfulness. Thank you for the weight of your faithfulness. Oh, we just thank you for the faithfulness of God. That God is true. We declare over the nations that God is true. You are who you say you are. You are unmoved in your might.

You are unmoved in your mercy and your love, rich in compassion, abounding in grace. So God, we extend our hands to our brothers and our sisters and we partner with heaven and we say peace amongst the nations. Thank you for the peace of God. Thank you for the shepherd of the world.

H thank you. Thank you God for your faithfulness to the one and your faithfulness to the many. I just want you everybody with your own words to say, "Thank you for your faithfulness to the one and your faithfulness to the many." >> Thank you. >> Your faithfulness to the one >> and your faithfulness to the many.

Thank you, God. Thank you, Lord. >> And Lord, we declare verse 14, the Lord sustains all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you and you give them their food. God, we just declare, Lord, that those who call upon your name, God, that they shall be saved.

Lord, God, we call upon your name, Lord. We ask for the salvation, Lord Jesus, of the nations, Lord, we ask for the salvation for the gospel of Jesus, the gospel of peace to be established and to go forth to cover those that are fearing, God. And we just declare the blood of Jesus is enough for this.

The blood of Jesus is enough for this, Lord. We plead your blood over these nations. We plead your blood over these circumstances. And we thank you, Lord, that your blood prophesies, Lord. It prophesies a hope and a future. God, we thank you, Lord Jesus. We declare together. Can we do it together?

The blood is enough for this. The blood of Jesus. 1 2 3. The blood of Jesus is enough for this. In your name, we pray this. And God's people said, "Amen." Amen. Amen. Would you hug someone? Say hello as you make your way to the seats. If you don't know them, introduce yourself.

Still got that song in my head. Glory to the Lamb who's slain. Glory to the King who reigns. Glory to the one worthy of all. If that doesn't encourage you, it encourages me. Glory. He's slain. He is finished. The work is done. Amen. Amen. Well, as you do, as you make your way back to your seats, if you um have an open seat next to you, will you just raise your hand so some people looking for seats can find one?

I call this the auction. Sunday morning auction. Raise one finger for one, two for two. Got running bids. Some people No, I'm joking. We won't go there. No prices on the seats. Totally free. Paid by the slain lamb. Glory to the lamb. Oh goodness. Okay, you can put your hands down.

Thank you so much. If you are a visitor for the first time here visiting Bethl Church, would you just wave your hand at all of us? We want to see you for the first time. Ah, keep your hand up. We have ushers that would love to bring you a a gift and also just a a little welcome from us.

And also you can connect with our teams. over there is our little information lobby. Our teams are there to pray for you, to bless you, to connect with you. Um they would love to, they are armed with the power and the presence of the Lord and ready to to release whatever he has.

Um and then just uh one more reminder, tonight our 6 p.m. service is an encounter night, which means it's just we just worship the Lord together and seek his face. So if you want to come, uh Richie wrote this, come ready to meet with the Lord and seek his face together as a church community.

Amen. Amen. So, if you need some time in the presence, come tonight at 6 p.m. And then we're going to look over to the screens for church news. Hi, Bethl family. I'm Jenna Zin. I'm a deacon here at Bethl and we are so glad that you've joined us today.

And I'm Michelle Thompson. I'm a ministry leader here at Bethl. And here is this week's church news. As we move into a fresh season of leaning into the heart of the Lord as a house, we wanted you to be aware of our weekly prayer gatherings that take place here on our College View campus.

Some of these prayer times have dedicated focuses while others have a more open focus and flow. But we really wanted to invite you to join us as we gather throughout the week to seek God's face and hear what is on his heart. Please visit our website for details on the prayer times.

We're launching our spring 2026 equip classes starting the week of March 10th. Each class runs from four to six weeks in length and are designed to empower you with fresh tools and insight so you can grow in deeper intimacy with the heart of God. Explore the full list of classes at bethl.com/equip.

We will be having sensory sensitive baptisms on April 14th on our College View campus. This is actually a special baptism service for children, adults, and those with special needs who want to follow Jesus and prefer a more intimate, sensory sensitive event. To sign up or receive more information, please email breakthrough@bethl.com.

If you've missed any of these announcements, you can find them at bethl.com/urchnews. We hope that you have an absolutely amazing week. >> What if I told you there was something that can change lives in an instant? What if there is a way to see the power of God every day?

What if portions of heaven aren't just a future thing, but they are already here? In churches around the world, we preach about many things, but Jesus only preached about one thing, the kingdom of God. But what exactly is the kingdom of God? And what does it look like?

In my new film, Kingdom, we're going to find out. This will be a massive film spanning the globe, showing God at work in a world that is in constant battle between darkness and light. From the mountains of Nepal to the prisons of Bolivia to the deserts of Australia and many more places around the world, the kingdom of God will be shown for what it is, the reign of Jesus here on earth.

For many people, faith is simply a belief system. Check the boxes. Do I believe in Jesus? Check. Do I believe he died for my sins? Check. Do I go to church? Check. Do I read my Bible? Eh, sometimes. But what if there is more? So much more that is available, not just for us, but for the world around us.

The kingdom of God is not a concept. It's an actual reality, a living thing. It's the very heart of God breaking through into our reality. Kingdom will be a film unlike any other in that we're not just going to talk about it. We're not just going to show examples of it, but we are going to actually participate in it.

When you watch this film, you will see God and you will see his kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Unfortunately, movies cost a lot of money to make and I can't make this without you. Please join me in getting this film funded. I've made numerous films capturing God on camera over the last 20 years, but Kingdom is different.

When you focus in on the main message of the Son of God, it has the potential to bring life and freedom to millions around the world. So, let's make this film together. All right, there's a QR code if you'd like to be involved there. How y'all doing? >> Good.

Um, let's see. Junior hires, we forgot to tell you, now is your time if you want to go to the dining room, which is just down this hallway here, and have your own service. So if you're what 8 876th something like the 67th 8th I can do it backwards and forwards.

So that now's the time to do that. And then also uh next week's daylight savings times as I understand it as well. So spring forward you're going to lose an hour sleep and uh get to church right on time. It's we don't want to see you at 1:00 cuz you're like oopsie.

Come on at 10:30 like you're supposed to be. Uh we'd love to see you at 1 o'clock as well too. Um was there something else? I think that was it. Okay. Um, it's time for tithes and offerings. Go ahead and stand if you would. And uh, we're going to pray uh into this.

Gabe, how long's your sermon, bro? Do I have a minute or Okay. All right. I'll see if I should if I'm uh, he said I got a minute. Okay. Listen. So, I teach in deeper life class on every Sunday, 8:45. Shameless plug. You should come. Uh, but we I teach on tithes and offerings uh, four times a year in that it's a 12 uh, week cycle.

But I get a chance to just talk about here at Bethl. We our members are tithers. I've been tithing since I was 16 years old. I was taught to give a tenth of my income in Sunday school and uh in elementary school and in junior high. Finally figured it out when I was 16.

And then it helped that I was poor till I was like 27. Uh cuz it's easier to write those tithe checks when they're $14. And uh and yes, we wrote checks. But uh then I was in seven years of school. And so it took a while before I uh before I was my giving really mattered a ton. that the discipline and the the ability to regularly give into God's kingdom is a privilege for all of us that are members.

And so this is a QR code. If you want to aim your phone at that and you want to give electronically, you can. Also, the ushers will be passing a bucket in just a moment. But one of the things we just talked about is that um is that Jesus there's a there's a priest who Abraham ran into named MelkiseDC.

And um it was right after you know Abraham ended up meeting him after battle and Abraham tithed a tenth of his spoils from war. And in the book of Hebrews chapter 7 uh the author makes the the case that Melkisedc is a type of Christ. And since Abraham tithe to Melkisedc like Abraham's kids should be tithing to the true high priest Jesus.

And so does that make sense? So MelkiseDC is a high priest and Jesus is a high priest. And I'll read this to you. But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had promises. But without any dispute, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

So Abraham was blessed by MelkiseDC in this passage. And we know from Romans Abraham's the father of our faith. In this case, mortal men receive tithes. But in that case, one receives the tithes of whom it is witnessed. He lives on. That's Jesus, right? Mkazedc is our high priest and he lives on.

And so to speak, through Abraham, even Levi, Aaron's offspring of the priesthood, who received tithes, paid tithes, for he was still in the loins of his father when Melkisedc met him. And this is why our gifts, we talk about our tithe as a tenth of our income and then our offerings, anything above that will we sew into.

And so you mentioned that the blood of Christ purchased the chairs. So super true. So did the tithes of the saints uh in this room and the ones around the world as well as we give freely to create a space for God to be honored and for us to learn about him and for the saints to be equipped.

And so we just think this is fertile uh soil for you to sew into. And then also if you are a visitor, your tithe belongs in your own home church and and but if you want to give above that and sew into this house, we'd be happy to receive that as well.

Let's uh read tithe offering number two. And not just read it, let's faith it. How about that? In other words, let's say we we are believing into this. And these declarations have a way of of changing our self-t talk and how we think about money, which is one of the reasons we do them together.

So say it with some not just gusto, gusto's from the flesh. Faith. Faith from the spirit. As we receive today's offering, we are believing you for heaven opened, earth invaded, storehouses unlocked, and miracles created and dreams and visions, angelic visitations, declarations, impartations and divine manifestations, anointings, giftings and calls, positions and promotions, provisions and resources to go to the nations. souls and more souls from every generation saved and set free carrying kingdom revelation.

Thank you, Father, that as I join my value system to yours, you will shower favor, blessings, and increase upon me so I have more than enough to co-labor with heaven and see Jesus get his full reward. Hallelujah. Bless you, heavenly father. Every good gift comes from you. We freely give of what you have we have received from you so freely.

And we say again as Gabe gets ready to preach, we don't live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of your mouth. So may Gabe be anointed to preach the word proceeding from your mouth in Jesus name. Amen. Welcome Gabe. Come on. Hey everybody, >> how are we this morning? >> Feeling okay.

Feels like you had a full service. You don't even need me at this point. You're just here. We go. Let me let me get it all ready. Well, we had a great 8 a.m. and we had a great Twin View service. And so I feel like if it doesn't go good, it's on you really is this point to be honest.

That's how I feel. I don't know if how I don't know how you feel, but I'm going to I'm going to blame you when they ask me how it went. So uh no uh we really we really had fun uh this morning. And if you heard um we have uh our equip classes that are starting and so they're all amazing.

I just want to let you know they're all they're all amazing. But we are doing one uh that is unique that I just want to um point out and this isn't this isn't extra this isn't make this one more special than the others. I just want you to know.

Um but one of the things uh that we're doing um is we're actually uh having uh a prayer and worship room on Wednesday, March 11th for the equip class time that we there. So um you can actually come and we can pray together and seek the Lord together as a church which is going to be really amazing.

And so that's a little bit different than we typically do classes. We're adding that to kind of the class schedule. So, uh, pray at home and then come pray with us. Yeah. >> So good. Uh, you I don't you guys weren't here at the at the very first service, but the very first service there was a really sweet, uh, well, I don't know if she's sweet or not.

She looked sweet, but she's a little girl, so they're all they're all fine. You know, she was sweet. Kathy said she was sweet. Yes, she's wonderful. I just don't know her personally, but she looked wonderful. Anyway, all yellow. And she was dance. She was like dancing with flags like for the Lord, you know, and I mean she was dancing.

I just need to let you know like she was dancing in a way that I thought I should I Lord I should probably do that. You ever and and but you but but you don't do that. So you feel slightly embarrassed that you want to do that but you don't do that.

And she was incredible. Um and she was amazing and it it provoked my heart a little bit. Uh I don't know why I'm telling you besides I'm telling you. Anyway, it was there. Oh, I know. My my my daughter is actually she's at a uh Leah and uh Bella.

They're I Yes, I know her name. This is how it's going to go for me today. Leah and Bella, they're at a dance recital uh today. Um they're they're in Reno. I know my kid's name, Jamila. Uh they're at a dance recital in Reno. Um, I'm not there, which I'm I just want to be honest as a dad.

I I watch I watch all the dances because they stream them. So Leah tells me it's coming up and I get online and I watch them all. U but I'm not there, which I'm um I'm sad to miss my daughter and I'm not sad to miss everybody else.

Uh to be honest, years ago I was at one. I go to like one a year cuz I do want to be supportive, you know, but it's not like they they judge the dance competitions. And I just want to say it's not like like I used to go to baseball games and you know when a run comes across, you know, it's the I'm so Okay, pause, pause, pause.

We'll fix it. So sorry. Oh, there you go. Anyway, I had uh I had the same problem at Twin View, which I think it's my problem. Something to do with the beard and the the anointing on my life. It's just I don't know. Uh but anyway, they I'm used to judging like like baseball run scores and you know, then at the end of the day, you know who won.

Um but these dance competitions, is there anybody who's been to these things? They have kids in these things. Dance competitions. Uh, it's unique. Everyone, it's a everyone gets a trophy moment and I don't understand it to be honest. So, I asked Leah last night. I'm like, "How' the how'd Bella do?"

And they she said, "Oh, she did really good. You know, she got a double platinum." And I'm like, "What did she win? What is that? I don't know what double platinum is." And Leah's trying to explain the tears in the category and I don't I don't understand it.

Um, I just don't I She should have been there. Should have been there. And then a couple years ago, I was at one and another dad, you know, just dads make small and there's two different kinds of dads that go to these dance things. There's the dads that are way too involved in the dance part of the thing and then there's then there's other dads and I'm in the other dad category and uh and I'm sitting there and and another other dad walks up and we're just making small talk and he goes he said uh you having fun and I looked at him and uh I said are you asking if a mid40 year old man is enjoying sitting for 9 hours so that he can watch his daughter dance for seven minutes if we're having fun.

And he said, "That's a dumb question." And I went, "Well, anyway." So, okay, that's just that. That's my opening joke. We'll move on. All right. Here we go. We're going to take some time today. It's not going to be the longest message you ever heard because Dan ate up most of my time.

So, this is No, no, I'm just playing. I'm just playing. It was so good. It was so good. Uh, but we are going to take some time at the end. We're going to pray together. Just fair warning. You're going to have to do something. And this is a message where you're going to have to do something.

We are going to We're Okay, now you got quiet. We are going to leave you with something to do. Is that all right? >> Now, it's not me giving you something. Just be really clear. It's Jesus. So, if you'd like to disobey Jesus, settle that now in your heart and work that out.

Listen, I grew up going to church. Anybody else grew up going to church? Who did not grow up going to church? Oh, okay. No, no, listen. Here's why I say this. I grew up going to church, but I grew up in a Pentecostal church. >> Hey, who's there?

Who? Pentecostal church. Now, listen. You don't know about church. I grew up going to not just church. I grew up going to a lot of church. So much church. Too much church. No, there's no such thing. There's no such thing as too much. That's true. But when you're 10, 11, 12, there might be.

I don't know. I grew up going to church and my parents who are watching who I love are raise him in the way he should go. And they were right. I'm still here. But when I was a kid, we had Sunday school on Sunday morning, Sunday school, which is pre-church.

Then we had normal service. The best part of my Sunday when you're a kid, we go get Chinese food. after church. Yeah. Don't know why, but if you're Mexican, Chinese food. It's a thing. And I don't know why it's a thing. It just is a thing. So, and then we get done, we go home and you get out of your church clothes, you change in your play clothes, then they kick you out cuz I grew up in the 80s.

They kick you out. Then you come back, you get back ready for church cuz you got evening service, right? Then I go to school on Monday, which is my job as a kid. And then Tuesday we have uh prayer me. No, Tuesday is Tuesday Bible study of which I went to a Bible study with my parents to learn things that I I don't think are true anymore, but they were then.

And it was and I was and I was and I I grew up excited and scared about my future all at the same time. to be honest, that's just the church I went to. And then and then uh nothing Wednesday. And then Thursday we had a midweek service.

So I was back at church, right? So I could go to school on Friday so my friends could be so excited about their weekend of which I had one day off because I had church on Sunday. So I grew up going to church. Um and uh to be fair, I re I really did love the Lord.

There was something always deep in me, a love for the Lord. Although church was challenging to be fair. I don't know if anybody else has felt this way. If you have felt this way, um you're not alone, but you're wrong. But you're wrong. Years ago, I was at I was at Bill's house and I said out loud, I said, "I have to go to church tonight."

And he looked at me and said, "Don't look at me." He looked at me and said and said, "You you you have to go to church tonight." And my brain went, "What did I do? What did I do? What did I do?" And then I said, "Oh, no, no, no.

Yeah, no. I I mean, I I get to go to church tonight. I get to." And he said, "That's what I thought you said." And I said, "Well, that's exactly what I said. I don't know. I don't know what you thought I didn't say. Why you looking at me?"

But yeah, I get to. And I am pumped about it. My spirit is jumping for joy about going to church for the 27th time this week. I'm so excited about it. And I and again, that's how I used to live. But here's what the Lord has been doing in my heart.

And it's not it's not it's not recent. So be really clear. It's not recent, but he's been in the past probably uh five years for me. He's been shifting my heart. And let's be really clear. I love I like the I like all the things you like. probably to be fair.

I love the presence of the Lord. I love when he shows up. I love worshiping together. I like the word. I like I like those things. But I am at the core of who I am. I am happy doing all of those things alone by myself with nobody.

Except the Lord didn't really design it that way. See, the best I think one of the best things about church is its people. I really do believe that. Do you believe that? >> Some of you don't believe that yet, but you will when I get done. Also, some of the most challenging things about church are people.

And that's the way God actually actually designed it. And let me just say this as as getting to getting to be a pastor, most of what we do, most of what we do as people. And if I can be so bold, just so bold. I have some dreams about church, about what it looks like, yes, this church, but also just church.

I have dreams about what it feels like to walk into a place with people that actually love the Lord, serve the Lord, have a heart for the Lord. And I would say this, this is true for us and probably true for uh most churches around everywhere. We have we have pastors and churches and they have a role and we equip the saints for the work of ministry and yes that's true.

But if we could actually get the church the people to do what the Lord asks us to do for other people. Suddenly my job is now awesome. Awesome. Why? because you're doing the thing that everyone thinks we should do. Is this okay to say out loud? Right? Because you should be doing that.

And we're going to talk about that today. What does it look like to actually be the church? What's it look like to do that? Well, uh in John 13, uh verse 34, Jesus says this to his disciples, I'm giving you a new covenant that you love one another just as I have loved you that you also love one another.

By this all people will know that you are my disciples if you love uh sorry if you have love for one another. This is this is how they're going to know. Jesus says Jesus in the middle of up to this point probably the most difficult moment in his life.

He had just got done breaking bread. He had just got done giving bread to Judas. Judas just walked out the door. And in that context he says, "Do you know how they're going to know that you're mine? Do you know how the rest of the world is going to actually know that you're a disciple of mine?

Now, I know I told you now, this is me paraphrasing, right? Jesus had healed the sick, raised the dead, all of those things. And yes, those are all true. Those are all true. But in this context, he looks at his disciples and says, "They're going to know your mind by how well you love each other.

By what your love actually looks like." This is how they're going to know. And listen, I love I love all the I love all the the stuff that the Lord asked us to do. I love the gifts. You love the gifts. >> Yes. Love him first. But listen, Jesus asks us to do those things.

And yet in 1 Corinthians, it says all of those things, all the gifts, they just are a loud noise, a clanging symbol if they're not first led by love. >> So here's we often used to tell students is if you're not careful, you go out and you you you see someone and you pray for them. the Lord shows up and heals them.

If love isn't part of that journey for you, then when the Lord shows up for someone, it is definitely a demonstration of God's love for people, but sometimes not a demonstration of our love for people. Sometimes what happen is it's just noise. That word is just noise. That prayer is just noise if it's not preceded by a love for people.

So what's our responsibility as as a church as the church? It's that we actually love well. This is who we are. So ready for the challenging part. This is it. Luke chapter 10. If you have your Bibles, you can turn there. If you're on the app, scroll to it.

Luke 10:25. And behold, a lawyer stood up and put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And he said to him, "What is written in the law? How does it read to you?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all of your soul, and with all of your strength, and with all of your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."

And he said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live." But wanting to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" And then Jesus gives this amazing parable. And anytime you see parables in scripture, there is so much more going on than you think there is going on.

And Jesus gives the parable of the good Samaritan. Verse 30, Jesus replies replied and said, "A man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, uh, a man was going down, sorry, to Jerusalem from Jericho, and he encountered robbers and they stripped him and they beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.

And by coincidence, a priest was going down on that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise, um, a Levite also, and when he came to the place and saw him passed by on the other side, but a Samaritan who was on a journey came upon him.

And when he saw him, he felt compassion. And he came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. He put him on his own animal and he brought him to an inn and took care of him. And on the next day, he took out two dinari and gave them to the inkeeper and said, "Take care of him.

Whatever more you spend, when I return, I will repay you." Which of these three do you think prove to be a neighbor to the man who fell into robbers? And he said, "The one who showed compassion to him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same.

All right, I'd like to just take a moment. It won't take very long, but we're going to unpack this a little bit. I I love this portion of scripture because it's so challenging uh for me personally. It starts with a man obviously who's by no fault of his own on a journey gets beat up.

Here's here's what's true in this always. Do you remember uh you guys ever watch the Staples commercial with the easy button? >> Life is easy and they press it. They're liars. This is true. No. Life is often challenging. It's often really hard. Often we fall into robbers. Often people come and beat you.

Often you find yourself taken advantage of and things happen and life happens and life is tough and life is challenging and sometimes we have the best heart and the best intentions and we tried hard and it's still and it's still difficult and we have someone who like many of us find ourselves in that spot and this is a spot that many people find themselves in and I And I here here's what I love.

He it if we're not careful, we look at somebody who's hurting down and out on the side. Something's going on. And if we're not careful, we go, I wonder what they did to get there. Sometimes nothing. Sometimes nothing. And what Jesus requires of us is a response. He requires a response of us.

And so we look and we have a priest and a Levite who were who are walking by. Now listen, how many of you have read this story and you're like, "That dumb priest, that Levite." Anybody do that besides me? You read the story and you're like, "They're horrible."

I know Christians like that. You guys ever do that? Yeah. Can I just be honest? We are Christians like that. We have all at one moment or another been the priest or the Levite going somewhere doing something. Now, the Bible doesn't say what they were doing, but I could imagine maybe they were tired from their time at the temple.

Maybe they were going to see their family. Maybe they had something else to do. Maybe they were nervous. Maybe they were scared of the person. whatever reason, they found themselves in a place to avoid somebody and they walked on the other side of the road. And we've all we've all been that person who's for one reason or another avoided somebody or gone out of our way.

Years ago, um I had this truck and I like this truck. It's a great I thought it was a great truck. I had a little bit of money, not much. And I thought to myself, I'm going to buy myself a brand new truck. And I didn't really I didn't really ask the Lord about it.

Felt a little maybe I shouldn't buy this truck. And then I felt a lot of but I really want this truck. So I bought this truck. Now I'm not saying this was the Lord. I'm just telling you what happened in my life. The truck ended up being a lemon. and they lemon load it, which I had to give the truck back because it didn't work.

How I found out it didn't work is I was driving my truck down the road just right here, Turn Creek, if you're familiar, right by the Chevron gas station at night, late at night, me and Judah were driving and I'm driving down the road and all of a sudden my truck decides to stop.

Not just stop. Stop. Stop. No engine, no radio, no power, no lights, no anything. Just dead. And I thought, it's not good. Right. Listen, I'm no mechanic, but I know this truck ain't working. So, I look in I look around and I realize way in the back there's headlights.

So, I'm like, "Oh, oh, no. This is not This is not good. It's dark and I'm not quite at the intersection yet. Someone's going to hit me cuz you can't see anything. It's It's like stopped by the kind of houses. And so I uh tell Judah, who's in the car, I said, "Hey, get out.

You have your cell phone. Get out and just kind of flash your light behind the truck so that no one hits me." And he's like, "Oh, okay." And I'm like, "And don't don't get hit either, but make sure no one hits me." You know, I mean, he's fine.

He'll be fine. So he's always fine. So he's waving that thing and I get out of the truck and I try to start the truck. Nothing. I mean nothing. There's nothing. And I try to start the truck and then I try to pop the hood and I realize the hood's electronic.

Can't pop it. Yeah. So I'm stressed. So I get out and I'm stressed out and I'm and I have my hand somewhere in the hood trying to find the little thing and where's the thing? And I can't find the thing and I'm stressed out and I'm like what's gonna happen? and I'm going to get hit and everything's going and I need to push my truck but I can't push it because it's in drive and it won't and everything and I'm I'm I need help and no one's around to help me and somebody is caddyy corner over there in the intersection and I know he sees me.

Here's how I know. Because as he drives by, he rolls down his window and he says to me, "Turn your lights on. And I turned around to tell him, "I can't. My truck's broken." And he was gone. Let me just tell you how I felt at that moment.

Here's what annoyed me the most. Not that he yelled at me. That's fine. Is that I know in my heart he went home and told his family how he helped me. He told all of his friends, "I saw this idiot. He was on the road. He had his lights off.

I rolled down my window. You know how helpful I was? I yelled at him, "Turn your lights on. You know what? Saved his life." No, he did nothing. He did nothing for me. Zero for me. He just annoyed me. He at that moment was the clanging symbol in my life.

Unhelpful. Unhelpful. But I'm sure he thought he was. And I realized how many times have we done that as people? Thinking we were helpful, but we're really not. Yelling things that are obvious. >> Get saved. Don't sin. Don't do that. Remember my son used to my son played baseball a lot.

We'd always have different kinds of coaches and there was always a coach that'd be like, "Come on, hit the ball." And my kid would be like, "What do you do? Do you know I It's baseball. I realized that is the goal." And there was always that one coach, "Hit the ball."

My kid would pitch throw a strike. And my kid would be like, "Are you serious right now? This is what I'm trying to do." But coach obvious doesn't understand, right? And if we're not careful, we become Christian obvious. And we don't actually understand why. Because we never actually stopped.

We just drove by. And we have driveby moments with other people and we think we're helpful when we're not. But a Samaritan came. And a Samaritan is everything that that that a Jewish person of the time wouldn't have liked. They were different in every way. They were religiously different and politically different.

They're culturally different, ethnically different. They're historically different. Everything about them was different. And this Samaritan was on a journey. He had places to go. He had things to do. I'm sure he had family to see. And the Bible says this, "But the Samaritan had compassion." He had compassion.

That same phrase, had compassion, is the same phrase that's used by Jesus when he looks out over the crowd and says, "I feel compassion for them." It's what happens inside. It's something deep that happens inside. And the Samaritan felt compassion. And what compassion does is it puts you in a position that you have to respond, that there is no more excuses.

And if you would imagine a Samaritan who looks and sees a Jewish person sitting on the ground knowing that they don't talk, they don't like each other, he knows that person doesn't like him. He knows. Should I help? Should I not help? And yet he was moved by compassion.

If you could imagine both people, the Jewish man on the ground assuming, of course, that a priest or a Levite would stop for him. Of course they would. And yet they don't. And the person who he expects to never stop actually stops for him. Sometimes the things you need most will come from the most unexpected places.

And there is there is humility that has to happen on both sides for the Samaritan to actually stop and for the Jewish man to accept help. And so we stop and compassion does something that is amazing. Where's Is Judah here? Where's Jude? I need I need you. I have a just a few minutes.

I think my son is somewhere. I get to still he still is at my house. I still tell him what to do. So today I said, "Hey, come to church with me." So he's going to do a little something, but put the guitar down, then come over here, please.

Please. He looks just like me, doesn't he? Just like me. Okay, come down. Shut up. Shut up, all of you. Okay. I probably look Jewish, but for this, you're the Jewish guy. So, stay here. No. No. Get down. Get down better. I like you down better. Get Yes.

Praise the Lord. All lay down on the ground. All the way. All the way. Lay down. Fetal. Fetal position. This is good for you. This is so good for you right now. The humility that's growing in your life right now is so good. You have you have you have a Samaritan who looks and sees someone on the ground.

And here's here's what compassion drives him to do something. But if we're not careful, here's what we do, right? Here's what we do is as as believers is is a Samaritan has what they need. And so he takes out a bandage. And he goes, "Well, he's he's beat up.

He's bleeding. He's left for dead. We need to make sure we bandage him." And often we do this. Are you okay? Jesus loves you. Take that. >> That's for you. I'm I will pray for you though. I'll pray for you. And you need that. And again, it's it's kind of a joke, but we we unintentionally we unintentionally do that.

But here's what the Samaritan does. The Samaritan actually goes and he has to go and and and bandage him, which means he has to get down. He has to actually touch him. He has to bandage his wounds. Okay, you can hold that. Just don't be weird. Just hold that.

Just don't be weird. The Samaritan does this. He bandages wounds. He puts oil and wine on the wounds. He puts them on the animal. He took him to an inn. He stayed with him through the night. He paid for care and he paid for extra days and he promised extra money.

There's there's a place where the Samaritan went above and beyond and all the extra, right? He got close enough to It's weird. You can get up. It's fine. Good job, Judah. Thank you. Mom will buy you lunch or something. It's good. Put you can put that guitar. He uh he got close enough to bandage his wounds.

He got close enough to put oil and wine. And we know in the context of this story, it was it was olive oil and wine, but biblically we know the oil and wine represents the Holy Spirit. So he got close enough to to deliver the oil and the wine.

He had to actually pick him up and put him on his animal, which means that the animal that he wrote in on, he now was walking and someone else was sitting in his spot. He took him to the inn. And he could have just paid for the inn and left him there, but he didn't.

He actually stayed with him through the night. He could have just stayed with him through the night and then went home. But he didn't. He actually paid for extra days. And he could have paid for extra days and just left him. But he didn't. He actually said, "Hey, I'll come back.

If you need anything else, I'll pay for it, too." And it cost him more. And Jesus in that moment goes, who do we think is neighborly? And then Jesus challenges us to go and do the same thing. So the question that that really for me comes to mind is are we doing the same thing?

Do we do that? See, I think the church should look like people that love him enough that love actually looks like something. That love looks like action. Let's stand together. We're going to we're going to put love into action today just a little bit as best we can in this room and then I'm I'm going to ask you to do something this week to actually find out this week who do you know that your heart is moved with compassion when you hear about them? who that you know that feels maybe a little beat up and you need to go to them.

So, here's what we're going to do today in this room. I know that there's lots of different types of people, but some of you some of you would be honest and go, "Man, I feel I feel a little bit like that Jewish person who's been attacked by robbers.

I feel a little beat up. I feel like people have left me. Maybe I have less hope than I should. Maybe I'm in the middle of a trial. Maybe something's going on." Maybe you're in there and you feel like, I feel like there's people just walking past me and I wish I could reach out for help, but I really I really don't know how.

Well, I think that the church should be a place where you find that. And as much as we come for the worship and the word and those things, I think it's important that we come for each other. In Galatians 6, Paul writes this. So then, while we have the opportunity, let's do good to all people.

And we're going to work to do that. Let's do good to all people. And then he says this, especially to those who are in the household of faith. We're going to work to do good to everybody, but what we do, I think, should start here in the room.

So, if you're in the room, I know this is a little risky uh for many, but if you're in the room and you're like, you know what, we've all been through this. Listen, every person in this story, I think we've all been at one time or another. And so, if you're in the spot and you're like, I feel a little beat up.

I feel a little a little uh a little stolen from, could you just raise your hand? And we're going to actually gather around you. We want to take some time and we're going to begin to pray. We're going to just seek the Lord for you just for a bit.

Is that anyone in the room? If you're around, look around. There's people with their hands up. If you can't find anybody, you can turn and pray for a distance. But if you're around them, why don't we gather around these people and actually ask. Don't just start to pray.

Ask, "Hey, how can I pray for you?" And if you can share quickly just what's going on, we can take a little bit of time. We're going to pray together. Then we're going to actually end in just a moment of worship together. But take some time all over around the room.

If you're online, you can you can ask for prayer in the chat. Someone will pray for you. Heat. Heat. My feet doesn't stand chance when I'm standing your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I'm standing your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I'm standing your love.

Oh my fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love. Oh, when darkness tries to roll over my bones. When sorrow comes to steal the joy I want.

When brokenness and pain is all I know, I won't be shen. I won't be shen cuz my fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love.

We're going to sing this just in a moment one more time. And if you're on the ministry team, you can come up and I know people all over the room are still getting prayer. You can you can keep doing that. If you would just hang out with me just for a minute.

Is there anyone in here and you you're today you're you're here. You may not know the Lord and you're like, I would like to know Jesus. I would like to be saved. That story that we shared today of the good Samaritan, he is he is the savior. He's the one who picks you up.

He's the one who takes us from hurting and broken to saved and healed. He is so good. And if you'd like to know Jesus, this would be the best day to know Jesus ever. Just as you're maybe looking this way, is there anyone in here we'd like just to pray with you together?

Is there anybody? I don't want to miss anybody. If that's no one in here, you were going, I don't know if I want to raise my hand in front of everybody. There's some people here that where this banner is. They'd love to pray for you. We're going to take some time at the end of every service we do this to actually pray for specific needs.

Whether you need healing in your body or just kind of anything you want prayer for, we'll pray for you. But I do want to encourage you and maybe challenge you a bit this week. When Jesus in scripture said, "Go and do likewise," he wasn't just talking to that one man.

He was talking to us. And so I would challenge each of us this week. Find out what it looks like to be moved with compassion. Find out what it looks like to actually go and do likewise. And I think that we are each of us in a position to not just come to church but actually be the church.

And that should look like something. Amen. Amen. Before we go, just one more time, let's just sing this together. There's power that can break every chain. There's power that can empty out the grave. There's resurrection power that can save. There's power in your name. There's power in your name.

There's power that can break off every chain. There's power that can empty out the grave. There's resurrection power that can save. There's power in your name. There's power in your name. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love.

My fear doesn't stand a chance. When I'm standing in your love. When I'm standing in your love. Oh, my fear doesn't stand a chance. >> Let's sing this out, church. >> My fear doesn't stand a chance when your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in your love. >> Amen.

Amen. Look at somebody next to you and say, "I love us." Thank you, Lord. Thank you. Thank you, Jesus. Well, hook somebody next to you. And and again, we want to make it available for you to come be ministered to some more. If you are wanting prayer this morning, we have the ministry team that's ready to pray with you and partner with you in this season.

Have a great Sunday, church, and then you can make your way forward. Amen. Wow, what a service. That was good. >> Well, I received that at the end. Brad prayed for me. >> I nearly had to replace her cuz we're doing what we love. She's like not just talking the microphones, but she's like weeping and getting prayed for. >> Yes.

Yes. I love this church and I love this community. Love the fact that we cover each other. We love each other. And >> yeah, >> I I was being a pastor in that moment just like, "Oh, who do I need to pray for?" But I was like, "Oh, I need prayer."

I did a little, "Oh, I need prayer right now." >> That's good, man. >> Yes. So, what a service. >> The best leaders are the best receivers. >> That's what Reach says all the time. So, I I really adopted that into my life. I >> was receiving a lot.

Um, what was the Lord speaking to you today about the service? >> Man, it's like one of those really irritating messages. Yes, >> because so challenging with the simplicity of uh follow up this faith with some action >> and >> um I think we all kind of know that but it is it kind of was hitting. >> Yes, >> it was hitting and I really like the idea of um how Gabe was when he was throwing that little piece of cotton at at his son.

And obviously I think we've all I've definitely done that where you throw a prayer across the field and say, "Hey, >> hope you're okay. >> Praying for you. >> Praying for you." Um I just I got to go do that thing with that person. So um getting a little more close quarters with the church and the world is super important. >> Yes.

So true. Yeah. I I >> Yeah. Well, you know me. You guys don't know me that well, but I carry that so deeply, especially with my team. I'm just like, "Oh, we need to take care of each other." And sometimes we forget in the business of it all and just um >> with so much going on, we always are like, "Oh, am I doing enough as well?"

So, yeah, this message was very confronting in many ways. I was writing everything down. It's like, "Can't forget. Can't forget." It's so beautiful. Honestly, Judah up there with Gabe. >> So cool. Yeah. >> So cool. So cool. Yes. Um and I just felt to challenge you guys online.

And I know that um many of you are really connected to Bethl and you have made Bethl your your church in some ways. Uh but I really want to challenge you to be seeking people also around you. I I kept feeling that um during the the service to find people around you that also want to connect with you that also want to cover you in a moment like this.

It's hard to ask for help. I am I am the one who has a >> Yeah. Yeah. bread knows I'm the one who has a hard time asking for help, but I really felt to just challenge you as well. As as Gabe said, there's a homework for this week.

Yeah. >> And I'm wondering if part of the homework is also >> those who need help to ask for help, to ask for your community to surround you, to ask for people to be praying for you, maybe share with someone what you're going through. Uh and don't be afraid to actually open up your heart and ask for prayer.

Yeah. And it's kind of like a double-edged sword. The more you're talking about it, it's like some people need to start helping, some need to be helped. And >> yes, >> um I always say to my leadersh, >> you know, just because you're high capacity and you can do it, just doesn't mean you should. >> Mhm. >> Cuz you might end up with a solution, but no connection.

So, >> yes, >> I think God seems to be kind of pulling us together as a family, like we need more connection and more in each other's lives. So, >> yes, >> it's a great it's a great >> 100%. Yeah, I've been I've been learning that to not come up with all the solutions but actually let all other people come up with solutions as well.

I don't need to be involved in every >> Yeah. >> every problem. >> Yeah. And also if you are um still here with us, we would love to pray for you. If you are uh in this place and you're like, "Oh, I I need prayer. I need covering.

I we just want to pray for you guys. We just want to take a moment to pray for you." Um yeah, let me see some names. >> Yeah. Oh yes. Post prayer service. And we're also gonna have uh at the end of the service, we're going to have um prayer a prayer chat.

You can go in there and our team can pray for you. We would love to pray for you. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> We'd like to be specific. >> Yes, we would love to be specific. But I just want to pray for you guys. There are so many of you writing on the chat um that you would love to sh to share but you're scared.

Some people asking uh saying like I'm I'm going to text everybody this week. Uh we just want to pray for you. So yeah, Lord Jesus, I just pray right now for the hearts of our brothers and sisters online. I just pray right now if if there's something that they are carrying that has felt too heavy. if they feel overwhelmed, if they feel like there's no hope, I pray right now for the person of peace to walk into the the rooms that they are at right now.

I ask right now, Prince of Peace, come and establish your kingdom into the hearts, into the minds, into the marriages, into work situations. I see some of you having thoughts about your job and just feeling overwhelming. I ask right now in Jesus' name for peace. Peace in the middle of the storm.

We speak to this storm and we say peace in Jesus' name. Calm down in Jesus' name. Calm down in Jesus' name. Yeah. We ask for uh even supernatural strategies on how to communicate, on how to establish limits, on how to establish boundaries. I just pray that right now in Jesus' name.

For those who need prayer, for those who are asking for uh Lord, I need your help today. I feel alone. I ask right now, Holy Spirit, that they will feel you surrounding them. I ask right now that they will feel so close to them in Jesus name. And I also ask this morning, Lord, for all of us, give us your heart to our neighbors. >> Yeah. >> Give us your heart to the person next to us.

Teach us how to love well. Teach us how to um be with them in their place of pain. Teach us how to cover them in the hard situations, in the hard places. Teach us how to go above and beyond, Lord, so that we can demonstrate your love to people in the same way that you have loved us.

Teach us how to love the people around us, Lord. I pray for that this morning. >> Yeah. >> I pray for that in Jesus' name. In Jesus name. In Jesus name. Yes. >> Yeah. We just cover Camila as well and her sister who's pregnant and we've seen so many tests of babies getting healed in the womb and so we just ask for your peace to come that entire family Lord.

Thank you Lord that the home she carries is full of peace Lord and her physical home is full of peace. >> Yes. >> And her extended family is full of peace. Father just bless you Abby as well. >> Yes. >> Thank you that um every person needs prayer no matter how big or small. >> Yes. >> Yeah.

Thank you Holy Spirit. >> I love you Camila and Philippi. I'm praying for you guys. Praying uh for your family. Declaring right now the diagnosis of heaven. >> Amen. >> Over your knees in Jesus' name. Not the di the diagnosis from earth, but we declare diagnosis from heaven in Jesus name.

And peace in the middle of the storm in Jesus name. In Jesus name. Abby, praying for covering over you. Yes. Praying for covering over you in Jesus name. and Dina as well praying for vertigo to go away. If this vertigo is any anyhow related to stress or anxiety, I command stress and anxiety to leave in Jesus' name.

I command your body to be aligned with heaven right now in Jesus' name. Thoughts that might be going over your mind, I command silence right now in Jesus name. In Jesus name. >> Yeah. Yes. Thank you Lord. Restoration. >> Yes. Yes. Yeah. >> Oh, Matthew has got a fever and his caregiver is sick.

Come on, Lord. We can't have that, Lord. We just ask, Lord, for Matthew that you would restore right now to be a change in Jesus name. Please, Lord, straight away, Lord. Straight away, Lord. >> Yes. We pray both for you, Matthew, and your caregiver. We declare healing right now.

In Jesus' name, commit healing into your body right now in Jesus name. And that you will not feel alone as well, Matthew. >> Yeah. Thank you, Lord. >> Praying for that right now. >> Yes. Thank you, Holy Spirit. >> Thank you, Jesus. Yes. Wow. What a service. So, guys, we're still praying for you all.

Um, yeah. I just want to challenge you for this week. The two challenges. If you need help, ask for help. >> And Yes. And if you see someone needing covering >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Hands on. >> Yeah. Let's be hands on. Hands on. >> Get amongst it. >> Yes.

Guys, we love you so much. It's been what an incredible service. What a >> Yeah, I've had a good time. And I love we're kind of close to people don't realize we're kind of close to the actual auditorium and you can hear like the buzz. >> Yes. >> It's just really great being a part of the community today. >> People pray praying for each other and just covering each other and I want to encourage you to do the same this week and we love you guys.

Tiffany, we're also praying for you over your dreams at night. Guys, we love you. Have an incredible week. Don't forget your two homeworks for the week and we'll see you next week. >> Cheers. >> Ciao.