Roadblocks & Building Blocks | Pastor Daniel Floyd

((music playing)) >> Hey, welcome to church everybody. Come on, let's put our hands together for Jesus. Come on, every location. Oh, come on out in Frisco, let us hear you. It's a great weekend to be in church. And maybe you're like, why in the world are we all clapping? Didn't we just clap a minute ago?

Well, the Bible says, "Clap your hands, all ye people." I grew up on the King Jimmy. "All ye people, shout unto God with a voice of triumph." How many of you know that we're on the winning side? The grave is empty. Jesus is alive. Come on, one more time. >> [applause and music] >> He is worthy.

Well, we're finishing our series called how not to ruin your life. We've been looking at the book of Proverbs. Before we jump into the final installment, do want to say welcome to all of our locations, everybody joining us online, our prison campuses. We thank God for you and everything the Lord's doing there, and Gateway Gatherings.

Uh the Lord's doing a lot of cool stuff around the nation through the gatherings. Did want to let you know that last weekend, you as a church family brought in more than 6,000 Operation Christmas Child boxes. And um So, thank you for that. >> ((applause)) >> You took more boxes than you brought back, though.

I'll just leave it there, okay? So, let's rectify that. And uh I do want to give a big shout out to a Gateway Gathering, Chris and Nancy in West Virginia. Come on, West Virginia, somebody. And um They wrote in uh to our team and let us know that they their gathering did 100 Operation Christmas Child boxes, and they partnered with the fraternity house next to them.

And I was like, well, come on, fraternity brothers. Let's get in on Operation Christmas Child. So, a lot of cool stuff happening in the life of the church. Tami and I want to say happy Thanksgiving to everybody. Uh it's a great week coming up to celebrate with family.

And um for some of you, you it may be like you're going to muster everything you can to hang out with that family. So, the blessing of the Lord be upon you. Somebody just said, "Yes." Don't say that to your in-laws. It will not be a good Thanksgiving.

But uh it's going to Hope you have a wonderful, wonderful week together. I want to bring a message entitled this, Roadblocks and Building Blocks. We're going to talk about roadblocks and building blocks. And want to take us back to the text that we've been using um since we started the series.

It's kind of our our foundational verse, and it's this, "Wisdom is supreme, therefore, get wisdom." And then it gives us how to get it and and the price you're willing to pay, though it cost all you have. "Get understanding." So, even if there's an extremely high price to pay, and it's everything that you have, then spend it in order to get wisdom.

And this tells us how much God values wisdom. And so, we've been pursuing wisdom. And I'm excited for this final installment. Let's pray together, and then we're going to jump into the word. Lord, we love you, and our hearts and minds are open to hear from you. We haven't come just to do church or to chalk check a religious box, but we've come that the Holy Spirit would speak to us through your word.

We believe it has the power to change us and transform us, and we'll never be the same because of it. In Jesus' name, and everybody said a big amen. Amen. Anybody, every campus, by show of hands, you ever played with Lincoln Logs? Come on, that's a lot of you.

I feel sorry for the ones missed out. There were several of you. Somebody needs to go buy you Lincoln Logs off Amazon. Um I had Lincoln Logs when I was little. I loved building things. When I was I was always in kindergarten. I remember the stations they would have.

I don't know if you had these. They had stations. I always attracted to the building station. I always wanted to build something. And whenever Owen was little, our 18-year-old who, thank God, we get to see this week, answer to his mom's prayer, you know, college break. Uh but we I got him the Lincoln Logs, and they still come in the metal tin.

They still come in the metal tin, and they still come with, you know, build a little house and build a fence around it, right? And I love those. And so, I would get down and play with Owen with them. And if you build them right, you get to build the little cabin, and then you build the fence around.

You got the little animals that Are y'all tracking with me? You put all that in there, right? And And it's If you use the building blocks right, it builds a cool little thing. Um if the building blocks are laying around at night in the dark when you go in to check on your son, they become a torture device.

Can I get a better amen from all the parents? Yes, all the Legos in the floor. And I want you to know that that Proverbs is going to give us um one of the most important building blocks in your life. I think it's the most important building block, according to Proverbs, for godliness, for your future, for fulfilling the purpose of God in your life, that this building block, matter of fact, this building block that we're going to talk about is uh 45 times mentioned in 31 short chapters of the book of Proverbs.

It's found in 19 of the 31. How many of you know that if it's that many times mentioned, then we should kind of perk our ears up and and listen to what God has to say about this one topic. Okay, you're getting there, all right? And the topic is this, and you may be like, oh, I I've got that one.

But hang with me. Come on the journey with me. And it's this, it's teachability. It's the willingness to learn or the ability to take advice. 45 times, 19 of the 31 chapters, Proverbs says that wisdom has a teachable spirit. That wisdom is willing to take advice and listen to advice.

It says it like this, it says, "Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who" Everybody say it with me, "those who" They take advice. That's where wisdom is found, people that are willing to take advice. Another scripture says this, it says, I deleted that.

Never mind. So, before we get into the building blocks, I want to give you a few roadblocks, though, that will keep you from being a teachable individual. And I want you to write these down fast. If you're the note taker, write it down. If you're not, go ahead and write it down anyways, all right?

Every campus. Number one is this, is limited self-awareness. A roadblock to having a teachable spirit is whenever we have limited self-awareness. When Let me say it this way, whenever we can't see ourselves. Have you ever thought about that, how you can look in a mirror, but you really can't see yourself?

You You You don't really know how you come across to other people until someone tells you. Until you have someone that loves you enough to go, "Hey, I don't know if you know this, but you're kind of edgy." Or, "I don't know if you know this, but you kind of come across harsh."

Are y'all tracking with me? Or, "I don't know if you know this, but man, you're super encouraging." Or, "You're so merciful in spirit." Or, it could be something very encouraging, but it's hard to see ourselves. Proverbs 26 says this, "Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than them." In other words, it's it's dangerous for us to get wise in our own eyes. It's dangerous for us to go, "Oh, I figured myself out. I've I've been walking with Jesus long enough." Or, "I'm old enough." Or, "I've been doing this long."

Or, "I kind of have a good idea about myself. I I'm wise in my own eyes." The Bible says that's very dangerous. And when we have limited self-awareness, awareness about how we come across, awareness about how we portray ourselves, then we are lacking teachability. Because we think we got it all together.

We figured it out. We were with the film team this week, which is We have an amazing team. I don't know if y'all know this. We have an amazing team at this church, in all of our departments. Amazing team. >> ((applause)) >> And uh we were working on some things for Christmas Candlelight Service, which, by the way, begin inviting people now.

There are people in your life that are close to you, but far from God. And I'm not saying they got to be sitting with you every single Sunday, but this is a weekend they need to be with you. That service is going to be powerful. We're going to give the gospel.

And I'm believing hundreds, if not thousands, of people are going to give their lives to Jesus. So, begin inviting right now, okay? >> ((applause)) >> But we did something And I said to them, "Hey, did that Was that good?" And they were like, "Well, how did you feel about it?"

I was like, "It doesn't matter how I feel about it. I can't see myself." I can't I'm I'm not on the other side of the screen. Are you following me? Because we can't see ourselves. I love what John Maxwell says. He says, "You got to find yourself so you can know yourself, so you can grow yourself, so you can get over yourself."

Do you know when you get over yourself is when you're finally teachable? This is what we're talking about. The Proverbs is teaching us. It's a roadblock, though, whenever we limit We have limited self-awareness. Roadblock number two is this, a prideful spirit. I think we all understand this, and we get this.

The Bible says this, a familiar verse. If you don't know it, you need to memorize it. "Pride goes before destruction, as a haughty spirit before a fall." The word haughty there, in the original language, means an exalted spirit. So, pride goes before destruction as an exalted spirit before a fall.

In other words, what pride does is pride exalts us above things, above principles, above people. And whenever we have a prideful spirit, we have a hard time having a teachable spirit. In other words, pride says this, "A haughty spirit, an exalted spirit," it says this, "Those rules don't apply to me."

Well, that applies to everybody else, but it doesn't apply to me. Well, I'm in a different category. I I have a different set of weights in my life. I got a different set of circumstances in my life than everybody else. I In other words, what they're saying is, "I'm not like the rest of humanity."

Hello, everybody. And what keeps us there What keeps us from being teachable is when we go, "Well, no, I'm exalted above that, so therefore I can't learn from those around me." I can't learn from people that have valuable input into me. I heard somebody say these three signs of a prideful spirit.

I'll give them to you real quick, and I'm sure they're not for you today. They may be for someone that you're sitting at Thanksgiving with this Thursday. Okay, they may be for your neighbor on the road down from you. But that these three things real quick, look. It says, "The prideful spirit shows itself in this way, the know-it-all."

I know you've never met these people. And they don't attend our church. This is for our online community. I'm kidding. I'm joking. Okay. Make sure you're awake. Proverbs 28:26 says, "Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe." Who trust I know what I I've got it I can't listen to anybody.

I can't learn from anybody cuz I figured it all out. Number two, sign of pride is the been there, done that. Again, not for you. Been there, done that. It's It's Proverbs 18. Fools have no interest in understanding. Oh, yeah, I I've got that covered. I already been there, done that.

They only want to air their own opinions. Have you ever met someone and the moment like 5 minutes you knew all these things about their life that you never asked? Are y'all tracking? And it wasn't like a getting-to-know-you conversation. It was like a wow, you really like yourself.

Is it just me? of that, and it is a sign of having not a teachable spirit, the one-upper. You're like, "I didn't know all these were in Proverbs." Read your Bible. It's interesting. Proverbs 12:15. Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen. Everybody say it together.

They listen to what? To others. To others. Here's another roadblock is an unwillingness to change. Can I get a better amen? Proverbs 19:20. Look what the Bible says. "Listen to advice and accept discipline." Here's Here's what's denoted in those first few words is this, is that whenever someone gives you wisdom, then something has to change on the inside of you.

You have to accept it. You have to be willing to embrace it, so something is different about you going forward. But an unwillingness to change is a sign of a someone that doesn't have a teachable spirit, that just kind of I'm going to lock down. This is the way I am.

This is the way I've always been. This is just how I want it to be, and I'm I'm There's no adaptability. There's no growth. There's no willing to go through The Bible calls this theologically sanctification. That is the process of you changing into the image of Christ. How many of you know that you can't do that if you don't have a teachable spirit?

If you're not open to go, "Holy Spirit, teach me, change me, transform me, correct me, talk to me." Are y'all with me today? We got to be willing to change. Number next. A misunderstanding of correction. I think this is one of the biggest roadblocks to anyone having a teachable spirit is a misunderstanding of correction.

The scripture says this, "The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin." The wise in heart accept it. The wise in heart, they want it. They They're There's like, "No, let me Let me speak into my life. Let me know where my blind spots are."

But a lot of us see correction as condemnation. And it's not. If it's someone in your life that loves you and cares about you, then they're helping you, not trying to push you down. It is Some people view correction as someone's just trying to put their thumb on me and keep me down and tell me what to do, and And listen to me, young people.

Whenever someone that has lived a little bit more life than you and has a little bit more experience than you is trying to help you and correct some things, it's because they have a purview that maybe you don't have. And so you will grow in wisdom if you'll go, "No, I'm going to be a person that receives and accepts and listens to it."

But if all you have is the defensive spirit against it, then you'll never grow in wisdom, and you'll pay price the hard way instead of learning from someone else's mistakes. Are y'all tracking with me? >> ((applause)) >> Now, let me say to adults. Y'all amen'd before, so let's amen now.

If you think I've reached a place in my life where I need no more input, then you're in the danger zone of not having a teachable spirit. Wisdom isn't a finish line. I don't get to a place where it's like, "Now I'm wise." It's a continual growth continuum.

It's over time. It's every day of my life. It's God wants to grow me in wisdom until the day that I don't breathe anymore on this earth. Which means I've got to stay in a posture of being open to correction in my life. We talked about it in week one.

If you missed that, go back and listen to it. But we talked about the four different types of people the Proverbs talks about, and the fool is one of them, and the fool is the one that knows what to do, but is unwilling to do it. That's because they're not open to correction.

They're not willing to have ears to go, "No, I need you to speak into my life. I need you to say something to me." So, these are roadblocks. I want to give you What are building blocks then? What are building blocks of having a teachable spirit and staying in a place cuz I don't know about you, but man, I need all the godly wisdom I can get in my life.

I need wisdom in my parenting. I need wisdom in my husbanding. In I don't even know what the word is there. I need I need wisdom in leading. I need wisdom in caring for people. I need wisdom in every area of my life. I want to grow in godly wisdom in every area of my life.

So, number one, Proverbs tells us a building block is a heart of humility. A heart of humility. Says this, "When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom." With humility comes wisdom. If If you'll tackle the humble part, God says, "Riding in the vehicle of of humility is wisdom."

Wisdom comes with it. And wisdom is is this reality. It's It's It's knowing in your heart, "I'm not where I was, but I'm not yet where I want to be. I still have room to grow. I still have room to get better. I still have room to improve.

I still have room to be more loving. I still have room to think of others above myself." Humility is that Humility is not humiliation. I meet some people that that they think humility is is downgrading themselves and downgrading the people around them. That if I just humiliate myself enough and just talk I'm just the worst of the worst.

I'm I'm a scum on the bottom of the shoe. And that that's not humility. Humility is knowing your position, but knowing you're in process. Let me say it this way. It's justification, but knowing you are still in the process of sanctification. It's It's the position of going, "No, I'm a child of the living God.

I've been saved by grace through faith. I My name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. I'm filled with everything that the scripture says I have. I have the power of the Holy Spirit. The power of life and death is in my tongue. I am the head and not the tail.

I'm the beginning and not the end. I'm filled overflowing with purpose and destiny, and God has great plans for my life." That is my position. But I'm also in progress. Because although I am positionally there in Jesus, sometimes I'm not practically there in practice. When I get on 1709, I'm positionally, but not practical Can I get a better [laughter] amen?

Okay. Y'all leaving me alone up here acting like I'm the only one with sin in my life. It's humility, but not humiliation. It's not walking around talking about how horrible you are. No, you've been saved by grace through faith. The God of the universe loved you so much and valued you so much that he sent his only son into the earth to hang on a cross, to die, to be the ransom for our sin, to rise from the dead.

If he valued you that much, then stop talking about yourself so badly. Are you tracking with me? But you're also in process. It's the tension of the two. Pride comes when you go, "I've arrived." And we can never forget we're in progress. God is working on us. He is shaping us.

He is molding We are like an onion. He is still peeling back a little at a time, a little at a time. And just when you get one thing tackled, he goes, "All right, on to the next one." Humility is not hyperdeflection. Here's what I mean by that.

Is I've ran into people that something they did bless me or God used them in some way in my life and after I said thank you to them I almost wished I hadn't have said thank you. Because they made the moment so awkward. It was like man your message well it's all the Lord it's not even me it's nothing me it's all and I was like I know that already.

I'm just trying to say that God used the vessel standing in front of me to are y'all tracking with me? If someone was to bless you just say thank you. Just say I appreciate it. Just say I'm grateful that God used my life and you're in the but in your heart know it's God that did it.

Are y'all tracking with me? It's not this hyper deflection it's it's I know who I am in Jesus and I'm still in process and whenever I have that heart of humility I go I still need to grow I still need to get better and I keep a teachable spirit.

Can I also something that that kind of popped out to me this week that I just thought I'd pass along to you for free? Is I can't find it in the scripture where it is the job of one Christian to keep another Christian humble. That was free. Okay, I knew we'd get an amen on that one.

So if you feel like you're the humility police you're relieved of duty in the name of Jesus. Come on somebody say amen in the house of God today. Number two building block is a desire to get better. So so there it's not just I'm going to be humble and know that I'm not there yet because that can also turn into I'll never get there and so why try?

There's a heart of humility that says I'm not there yet but I want to get there. With the grace of God I want to grow I want to move forward which means I'm willing to embrace change I'm willing to embrace a little friction in my life because how many of you know that growth also also often comes through a little friction.

It's what Proverbs teaches us in Proverbs 27 it says as iron sharpens iron. That's all you need to know right there. If you've ever seen iron hit iron you know that sparks fly. You know that that that's not always comfortable. But you can either be comfortable or you can be better but you can't be both.

You can either grow or be comfortable but you can't do both. Because the nature of growth is that you change is that you more if that's something shifts that the routine you used to have you don't have anymore. That the way you used to think about it you don't think about it anymore.

The way you used to talk about it you don't talk about it anymore. The language you used to use you don't use anymore because you're growing and changing and that means that there's going to be friction in your life but iron sharpens iron as one person sharpens another it means that you're getting better.

You're getting sharper. You're being formed and shaped and molded as the Old Testament says you're on the potter's wheel being molded into the image of Christ. Have you know that means there's pushing on some sides and there's some there's some hammering down on some sides and there's some this needs to get flattened out or this edge needs to be smoothed off.

Do you have a desire to grow? Not not a desire to just be like well that's how I am and how I've always been. Guess what? You can be better tomorrow. And the only promise that tomorrow is better is that you grow today. Cuz if you don't grow today tomorrow is a repeat of today.

If you're not more like Jesus today you're just a repeat tomorrow and a repeat and this whole year will be what 2026 will be what 2025 was if you don't have a desire to grow and to get better and to change and to be more like Jesus. >> ((applause)) >> Number three an openness to correction.

I desire to grow and now I'm open to it. Maybe I should have said an invitation to correction. Please come tell me please come show me. The scripture says this says whoever loves discipline loves knowledge but whoever hates correction is stupid. This is the Bible I didn't write this.

Some parents are like Proverbs 12:1 I need to Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. And if you don't like correction the Bible says you're not that wise. >> [laughter] >> I don't know if you were here but right after Tammy and I were announced the very next weekend we were here and I preached a message on some things never change and I talked about a professor of mine in college that had a very correcting conversation with me and he said he came and we went to lunch and he was one of my youth professors and he said Daniel he said you're so talented you're so gifted and I was just like man I love this lunch we're having a great lunch keep going.

I'm writing this down Daniel He goes but there's one problem. He said it's going to kill you from being used by God the way he could use you he said you're incredibly arrogant. I was like can we go back to the gifted and talented? So two things I learned that day one is that I was incredibly arrogant and God needed to work on that in my life.

The second thing I I learned though is that correction groomed me and if I wanted to keep growing I had to stay open to that kind of conversation. Not just well if you have to tell me no a heart that's open to go hey I want to get better.

I want to be more like Jesus. I want to grow in wisdom so I need some people that will speak that direct into my life to help me see the places that I can't see in my life so that I can get better. I learned that that professor was actually a gift to me.

Not someone trying to stand in my way of my future and my calling. So let me give you three practical things. This is if you love note taking today was your day. You're welcome. Three very practical things. So what do you do with this? I always want you to walk away with So what do I do with this?

I always ask this question when I'm studying. So what? What is this going to matter on Monday morning? And so let me give you three really practical things to do that you can put in practice today. You can put it in practice today and it will help you have a teachable spirit and grow in wisdom.

Number one ask for it. Ask for it. We're going to look at James chapter one to get these three practical thoughts. He says if you need wisdom ask your generous God and he'll give it to you. So ask for it. Ask God for it. I'll tell you a prayer that I pray.

I can't say every day of my life but almost every day of my life because I feel like in my life and ministry especially I feel like I've always been a little bit over my head which helps me walk by faith. I always feel like God allowed me to do things that I was like I don't know if and so I pray this prayer God give me wisdom that is beyond my years and beyond my experience.

And so I give that to you. Help me God help me have wisdom that is beyond my years and beyond my experience. I need godly wisdom. I need divine wisdom. So ask God for it. Ask people in your life that love you and are for you. This is why you need to be in a small group.

We're going to launch a new small group semester in the beginning of the year and you every one of you at every campus you need to get into a small group and beginning to develop relationships if you don't have them with people that love you and are for you and love Jesus and the call of God inside of you and are the kind of people that you can go hey what's it like to be on the other side of me help me get better.

I need some iron sharpening iron but ask God for it. Ask the people around you for ask people that love you and care for you. Don't just ask anybody okay? And if you're here and you're like I got some wisdom to offer and I'm going to go share it with some people.

Yeah maybe. >> [laughter] >> Maybe not depends on the relationship you have. I hope what you're thinking is no God Holy Spirit speak to me I need to grow I need to get better and let me give you another little tidbit of practical advice when you go to ask someone for wisdom in a situation in a choice in you growing and becoming more like Jesus whatever it may be don't go in pre-decided.

I don't know how many people I've had over these 30 years of doing this and preaching the gospel that have come up to me and and they would say pastor I need your advice on something God's told me to XYZ. I'm like why do you need my advice if God told you?

What if you pulled the God card we're done. Let's pray. Jesus thank you for what you said to him. They don't want advice cuz in that moment nobody's wanting advice they're wanting affirmation on the decision they've already made. Do you think I should marry them? I feel like God told me.

Am I supposed to go against God? I'm not here to affirm your poor decision and to put a God label on it. Hello, are y'all with me? If you go to ask someone, have a heart that is completely open to go, "If you don't think this is a good idea and I trust your godly counsel and I trust your investment in my life."

I'm not talking about some stranger. Are Are y'all tracking with me? I'm not talking about somebody off the street. I'm saying, "But when you go to ask, then really have a heart that's receptive and open to listen." If you want to grow in wisdom. Number two, accept responsibility.

Accept responsibility. James says this in chapter 3:17, "But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It's also peace-loving, gentle at all times, and listen to this, and willing to yield to others." It's full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.

I want you to see this. It's willing to yield to others. In other words, it goes, "When wisdom comes in, I'm willing to accept responsibility for that wisdom and I'm willing to adjust something in my life in accordance with that wisdom." I'm willing to listen and I'm willing to adjust something in my life because if all you have is people giving you wisdom, but you're not willing to adjust your life to any of their wisdom, then you don't have counsel.

You're just going through some motion to say I checked some box. It's It's It's why authority in your life, it's not really authority if you don't listen to it. You can call it that all day long. But if you really has authority in your life is the ones that will adjust their life because of the word they spoke over your life.

Are y'all tracking with me? So, you got to be willing to accept responsibility. Number three is to apply what you learn. I know this doesn't seem like like rocket science, but it means you actually go do it. You don't just hear the word, but you actually go apply the word and do what it says.

You actually listen to the wisdom and then you go apply the wisdom in your life and you do what it says. This is how you develop a teachable spirit. So, why does all this matter? Well, Proverbs 4:7. It's what we've been looking at for 4 weeks now. Why does it matter that you have a teachable spirit?

Why does it matter that you grow in wisdom? Why does it matter that because wisdom is supreme. It's everything, everybody. It's supreme. Therefore, get it even if it costs you everything. And there will be a price to pay. The price of your pride, the price of not being self-aware, the price of being unwilling to change.

There is a price to pay for it, but the Bible says if you're willing to pay that price, then you'll get wisdom and wisdom leads to life and wisdom leads to prospering and wisdom leads to the purpose of God and wisdom leads to avoiding destruction and pain and hurt and all those things in your life that wisdom will lead you in the life that is full Jesus intended for you.

So, whatever you do, get wisdom. And whatever you do, gain understanding. Why? Because wisdom is supreme. Did you receive the word of God today? Amen. >> ((music playing)) ((applause)) >> Will you bow your head and close your eyes with me at every location there in our gatherings, if you're able to, where you are online.

We learned in week one that the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. Meaning this, without a relationship with Jesus, you can't even have godly wisdom. So, you can read it, learn about it, study it. You can't really have it until you take the initial step of knowing Jesus.

The fear of the Lord doesn't mean you're afraid of him. It means you recognize who he is, that he is Lord. That he is in control and our lives are submitted to him. So, you really can't have wisdom in this life if your life has never been fully submitted to Jesus.

And so, before we close today, I want to give you the opportunity to surrender your life to Jesus. To say yes to him. To say, "I'm done living according to my own rules." That's what the book of Romans tells us that if if we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord, not an add-on to our life, not something we like to do on the weekends, not someone we run to when we're in trouble, but he's Lord, he's in charge, he's king, he's who we submit our everything to.

He said if if that's true and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, then then you will be saved. And so, today I want to invite you to take that step of surrender. Of saying yes to Jesus, of a fully surr- I'm not I'm not asking you if you're a member of a church.

I don't know that that really matter when you get to heaven. I'm not asking you how long you've been in church. I don't know that that will matter, but what will matter is what you did with Jesus. Was he the Lord of your life? Had you fully surrendered him?

And some of you today, you've never taken that step across all of our campuses. ((music playing)) And some of you are here today and you've strayed away and it's time to return. Today is a day for you to come home like that prodigal son. We're going to pray together, but before we do, if that's you, I just want to know who I'm praying with at every location or the pastor at your location.

Nobody's going to come to you or point you out. I promise you that. We wouldn't embarrass you for the world. This is between you and God. But if you say, "Pastor, that's me today. I need to surrender my life to Jesus. I need to give my all to him.

I want a fresh start. I want a new beginning today in Christ." If that's you, when I count to three, you just shoot your hand up high enough, long enough for myself or the pastor at your campus to see and then we're going to pray together. And as you pray, God will hear you and today will be a day of fresh starts for you.

It'll be the best day of your life. So, if that's you, on three, you shoot your hand up. One, two, three. You just shoot it up high in the air. God bless you. God bless you. Just keep it up. It's beautiful. You can put it down. Church, let's pray this together at every location out loud for the benefit of those who just slipped their hand up.

Just say, "Jesus, I need ((music playing)) you. I ask you to forgive me of all my sin. I believe you died for me. I believe God raised you from the dead. Today I make you my Lord and Savior. Thank you for a brand new beginning in Jesus' name." Everybody said a big amen.

Come on, let's celebrate those who just made that decision. Incredible. ((applause))