It is Fun Month here at TC and this Sunday is Laugh Out Loud Sunday! Today we had a very special guest, Pastor Craig Groeschel! Pastor Craig and his wife, Amy started Life.Church in a two-car garage in Edmond, Oklahoma in January 1996. Since then, Life.Church has grown to include dozens of locations all over the United States! Craig and Amy Groeschel married in 1991 and have six children. Pastor Craig is a New York Times bestselling author of books on a wide variety of topics. He also speaks frequently at leadership events and conferences worldwide and hosts the top-ranking Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast.
what’s going on tc i am so grateful that
you are here today
because we are in week three of fun
month and today is
laugh out loud sunday we have a culture
code
of fun at transformation church that
means we enjoy it
all and today i want us to enjoy
the lord enjoy each other and enjoy
what god is doing in our life no matter
what season it’s in
and this is why i brought my man pastor
craig groeschel
to transformation church let me let you
know that the speaker today
though it’s laugh out loud sunday the
one thing that ain’t funny
is working out with him let me prove it
to you
[Music]
me
[Music]
transformation church he is a world
leader
he is somebody that has practical wisdom
and today he’s going to help
you win will you please give it up on
transformation church platform for
pastor craig
groschel hey transformation nation
[Applause]
pastor mike thank you so much pastor
natalie my wife amy and i
we love you guys it’s an incredible
honor to be
with uh one of the most influential
churches on
planet earth i want to just show honor
to
your pastors in fact earlier this month
i was with pastor mike
who taught at the global leadership
summit you got to understand like
this is the probably the biggest
leadership event
in the world uh kind of for business
leaders and guess what your pastor did
your pastor rocked the global global
leadership summit
wearing some jordans how about that
that’s a new standard and
we just applaud what’s happening here
all the lives being
impacted through this amazing ministry
and we just celebrate the impact we’ve
got
uh the amazing book hey relationship
goals
how about 43 million weeks on the new
york times bestseller
we just we love your pastors and i know
as a church family you would just
honestly
celebrate the fact that your pastors are
getting some rest right now
i applaud the way they care for their
marriage they’re going to come back
full of vision full of the word and we
thank god
for their amazing ministry i’m excited
to bring a word to you today we’re going
to be in john
chapter 20. the title of today’s message
is
run your race you might type that in the
chat i’m going to
run my race and i believe my assignment
from god is to help
someone get free from the curse
of comparing how many know comparing can
just eat
you up i don’t know about you all but
it’s really easy to be
satisfied with your life until you see
someone else has something you don’t
and all of a sudden you’re like oh my
life sucks i liked it one moment
and i don’t now in fact i’ll tell you a
little bit of the story
i have a little sister we were born
three years apart exactly three years
to the very day like literally my
birthday is the same day as her birthday
and my grandmother would always send me
a 20 check
and send lisa a 20 check every year for
our birthday
and every year my sister would open up
her 20 check and she’d say 20
and i would open up my 20 check and i
would say
a hundred dollars and every year she’d
get so freaked out and she’d run to a
room and she’d cry well
one year grandma got a hold of my little
story
and that year whenever we got our checks
i got a 20 check and i opened it up and
pretended like it was 100
my sister got her 100 dollar check like
really 100 check and i ran to my room
and cried like a little girl why because
the
fastest way to kill something special
is to compare it to something else come
on somebody you know what i’m saying
the fastest way to kill something
special is to compare it to something
else
and you might do this all the time like
when your friend
is on her second vacation this year by
the pool
reading her stupid little book looking
at her feet and the only vacation you’ve
been on to is
lost backyardos anybody know what i’m
talking about
or you got your perfect pinterest mom
who’s now homeschooling with a little
binder and her hair
always looks perfect and you hate your
kids and your hair hadn’t been out of a
ponytail
since 2009 your friend is at the gym
flexing on social media you’re eating
your second bag of chips looking at your
friend
and you recognize all of a sudden i
don’t feel so good about myself the
problem is
wherever comparison begins
contentment ends let me say it again
transformation nation wherever
comparison begins
the moment you begin to compare with
someone else what they have
you weren’t invited you weren’t there
she’s got more shoes than zappos
whatever it is the moment you start to
compare
that’s when contentment tends to end why
is it
because comparing makes you feel either
superior
or inferior and neither one
honors god what does comparison do
it makes you feel better than or it
makes you feel worse than
and neither one honors god
in fact my friend pastor andy stanley he
did a message series he called
it the land of er the land of er
and he said there’s no win in comparison
and he said most of us
we just want the er whatever someone
else has
we want better we want greater uh
we want to be prettier we want to be
stronger
my problem is i don’t want just er
i want est me i want to be the strong
guest i want to be the
healthiest i want to be the most
retweeted retweeted asked or whatever it
is
am i talking to anybody you just sit
there and polish your halo all day long
and act like you don’t deal with this
but the problem is whenever we start to
compare
we’re dishonoring god i want to show you
in scripture today
from john chapter 20 what is
really an amazing story honestly of
competition and comparison in fact back
when i was in seminary
years ago i had a seminary professor who
told me that there was most likely a
rivalry
between peter and john i’m going to show
you that this
very likely could be true it’s also
really funny now
if i were peter john would have gotten
so on my nerves
one of the reasons is that john talked
about himself
in third person john called himself
the one that jesus loved now let me just
tell you tc
okay transformation nation if you talk
about yourself in third person
stop it in the name of the father the
son and the holy spirit
it’s not cool pastor craig came to give
you a message today okay
john did that and it was annoying and
when you read the disciples you’re going
to see
there was a little bit of comparing and
competing
in other words when they’re sitting at
the table they’re wondering hey who’s
the best
jesus who’s your favorite who gets to
sit at the right hand i’m wondering
jesus
who do you like the most we’re comparing
i want to show you in john chapter 20
let me give you the context
that this is so amazing let me show you
the context it’s
sunday morning the day that the women
discover
that the stone was rolled away
jesus had just given his life three days
prior the disciples were beside
themselves
the body of jesus is missing and i want
to
show you what happened when peter and
john visit the tomb so what you’re going
to notice is
the tomb is empty and i want you to
count how many times
john tells you that he’s faster
than peter in a foot race
i’m not making this up the tomb is empty
christ is risen from the dead and john
is faster
in a 50-yard dash than peter watch this
john chapter 20
starting in verse 2. scripture says this
so she
so mary came running to simon peter
and the other disciple and here’s john
being annoying what does he say
he said the one that jesus loved he’s
talking about himself and and he said
they’ve taken the lord out of the tomb
and we don’t know where they put him
so peter and the other disciple
started for the tomb now watch this both
were running here’s number one
type in the chat number one just type it
in there here’s number one both were
running but
the other disciple this is john talking
about himself but the other disciple
outran peter and reached the tomb
first then simon peter
came and where was he he was behind john
there’s number two type it in the chat
number two there’s number two
then simon peter came behind him and he
went straight to the tomb
finally the other disciple that’s john
who had what who here’s number three
type it in
who had reached the tomb first
also went inside
imagine the tomb is empty
peter and john hear about this and they
decide we’re going to have a foot race
and a suddenly
they’re fast walking and jogging to see
who could get
to the tomb first a little competition
john wants you to know very very clearly
i’m way way
faster than peter what’s interesting
though
as you go on the story actually turns a
little bit more
serious now if you know about peter
peter was bold peter was courageous
peter had a big mouth and peter bragged
oftentimes about
how he was going to be faithful to jesus
if everybody else
denied jesus he was always going to be
there he had jesus back
he was he was jesus this guy well if you
know the story
unfortunately not just once not just
twice but three different times
peter ended up denying even knowing
jesus a little girl would say like hey
are you one of the disciples
i don’t know who he is and what’s tragic
is
jesus actually saw with his own eyes
peter
one of his closest disciples betraying
and turning against and denying even
knowing jesus
well jesus gave his life and after the
resurrection there’s this
unbelievably meaningful
moment when jesus shows grace
shows love has this undeserved
mercy and expression of generosity
toward peter and you can read about it
in john 21 and what jesus just says to
peter he’s like hey peter
do you love me and peter’s like yes oh
yes yes yes yes yes
and then jesus says well then then feed
my my sheep
be faithful to this assignment and then
then jesus asks peter a second time do
you do you love me he’s like yes of
course i do
and he asked him a third time and the
last time that jesus asked him he
changes the word ask him do you love me
but uses a stronger
more intense word in the greek language
and what’s interesting is to watch how
peter responds to this
jesus keeps telling feed my sheep feed
my sheep that’s if you love
me this is what i want
you to do there are some of you you’re
going to hear from this that god’s got a
specific
assignment for you if you love him
here’s your assignment scripture says
this peter turned around
and saw behind them the disciple
that jesus loved peter saw john behind
him and so what did peter do
peter asked jesus hey what about him
lord
i know you told me to feed the sheep but
i want to know about
john what’s his assignment what’s his
calling
what do you want for him peter turned
and saw behind them
john and peter said what about him lord
and
jesus replied if i want him to remain
alive until i return
what is that to you peter
as for you you
follow me as for you peter
here’s your assignment you feed my sheep
you do what you’ve been called to do you
do
you you use your gifts you fulfill
your calling you step into your
anointing
you don’t look at anybody else peter you
do
what i uniquely created you to do
what’s the challenge transformation
nation the thought
is this you can’t faithfully follow
jesus
if you’re always comparing yourself to
john oh come on somebody
you can’t faithfully follow jesus if
you’re always comparing yourself to
someone else
what about their gifts and why wasn’t i
invited and how come i don’t have that
many followers and why
am i not included like they are you
can’t faithfully
follow and serve the one who called you
and created you
if you’re always comparing yourself to
someone else why do we do that
why do we sit there and scroll
mindlessly through our social media fees
feeling left out feeling less than
even sometimes having a little bit of
anger and jealousy
at the people that we genuinely love why
do we do this
the reason is because by nature we’re
sinners can we say that in church
nowadays i mean like we have
sinned and we’ve fallen short of god’s
standard
of holiness and because we’re sinners
what we’re trying to do
is we’re trying to find some external
wind some external meaning of validation
to satisfy an internal spiritual longing
the problem is there is no external wind
that can ever satisfy our internal
spiritual need
transformation nation there’s not enough
money there’s not enough followers
there’s not enough likes there’s not
enough power there’s not enough
popularity
there’s not enough success to feel the
empty longing that only jesus
can fill you can’t faithfully
follow jesus and fulfill your calling
when you’re always comparing yourself to
john
why do we do that we’re trying to fill
a spiritual need with some type of
external validation
that doesn’t have the power to satisfy
our spiritual longing so what do we do
you probably do some version of what i
do i go through life
hoping that you’ll like me
notice me say i’m cool enough
say i fit in hey you like my shoes
you like my post you know hey you like
the music i listen to you like my car
you like
when we hang out i mean like i mean
we’re cool right i mean
i’m in your group and then before i know
it i’m starting to just kind of live in
such a way where i’m wondering i
wouldn’t
ask it but it’s at the front of my mind
did i
did i live up to your expectations
do i do am i am i presenting the
whatever it is that makes
us cool that i fit in hey do you like me
now that i’m
more successful i mean i got more
followers than i did and
i drive a better car now and i got a job
that you know
is commensurate with my education i mean
are we are we kind of on the same level
now
have i done enough on the outside
to make you like what’s on the inside
here’s the question that we
must answer if you’re a mom
you’ve got to answer this if you’re a
dad you have to answer this
if you’re a student if you’re a young
adult and you just want to represent
you have to answer this question and one
of the most important questions that you
must answer is this
who or what is going to define
my worth be honest about it
who or what is going to define
my worth like seriously who for you
who defines what you’re worth
who communicates value to you whose
expectations are you trying
to live up to whose desire do you want
to meet is it is it a dad that’s maybe
really difficult to please and wasn’t
really generous with love and you think
if i’m just successful enough maybe
he’ll notice
is it a mom who maybe was a little bit
controlling is it is it an ex-spouse or
is it a boss like if i can just get her
to notice me or if i can be good enough
for him is it is it friends you know or
is it your kids like i just want to be
cool with my kids i want my kids to like
me or is it them like
who’s them i don’t know but them like
i’m just trying to i just want them to
like me who’s them i don’t know just
them man
i just say you know i’m thinking about
them who’s them just them i want them to
like me
who or what is going to define
your worth if
for those of you if you’re a follower
of jesus if you’re a disciple
if you want to please jesus with the way
you live
if you’re a follower of jesus and your
answer
who’s going to define your worth if your
answer is
anything besides christ
you will always be running a race that
you cannot
win who or what is going to validate you
who are what is going to say you are
special and you
belong and and you are doing what if
your answer is
anything besides jesus you will be
running a race
always feeling like you’re left behind
left out
and don’t live up to what you’ve always
hoped to become
who or what is going to define
your worth for real i love the
power of what the author of hebrews said
in hebrews chapter 12 this is a word
for somebody today the author to the
hebrews
said this and let us run with
perseverance and here’s what i love
the author said this the race marked out
for us do you realize there is a
specific
race for you to run and your race is
different than my race
i can’t win your race you can’t win my
race
god has a race for you and his
assignment for you
is to run the race marked out for you
and how do you do that
you fix your eyes not on john
not on her not on his feet not on what
they’re wearing not on how popular he is
not on what they have not on what you
hope to become but you
fix your eyes on jesus the pioneer
and perfecter of your faith what do you
do
when you’re running your race you’re
fixing your eyes on jesus i want to
please
him i want to know him i want to show
him
i want to serve him i want to live for
him
i want to glorify him i’m fixing my eyes
on jesus and i’m not running
whoa pastor mike you ought to be here
for that i am
not running to please people
what is the problem hey that was a good
catch can i
can i just pause for a moment and say
that’s a good catch man
that’s a good catch i will not do that
again
what are we doing we’re fixing our eyes
on jesus what’s the problem for some of
you
you may love jesus but your eyes are on
people all the time
everything in you is like what do they
think do i live up
how do i measure do they like me do i
fit in what’s the problem
please hear me the problem is being
obsessed with what
people think about you is the fastest
way to forget what god thinks about you
i’m going to say that again because
somebody needs to hear this being
obsessed
with what people think about you that’s
the fastest way to forget what god
thinks about you and and the the really
bad news is
is you can’t please everybody mean right
i mean as soon as you fit into one group
you’re out of the other and as soon as
you fit in one place you don’t live up
to something else and the bad news is
you can’t please everybody the good news
is guess what
you can please god you can
please god when you love him by
faith with faith it is possible to
please
god the challenge is it’s impossible to
win
someone’s someone else’s race when you
run track i used to
run a little bit of track in in high
school when you run track
the fastest way to guarantee you lose
is to look over your shoulder because it
takes your eyes off the finish line
some of you you’ve taken your eyes off
jesus your eyes on somebody else
i love what paul said in first
corinthians
chapter one verse nine this is what paul
said he said hey when you run listen to
me
you run hard you run to win
all athletes are disciplined in their
training
they do it to win a prize that will fade
away listen transformation nation
you’re not running for a temporary prize
no no you are running for
an eternal price one that never rusts
not one that never fades away
and so paul said because i’m running for
an eternal prize because i’m running for
the king of kings and the lord of lords
he says i run with purpose
in every step when i wake up i’m serving
jesus
i’m faithful to him i want to glorify
him i’m dying to myself
i’m keeping my eyes on jesus i’m casting
off the sin
that so easily entangles i’ve got my
eyes on the prize i’m not running for a
temporary
earthly crown i’m running for a crown
that never fades away
my eyes are on jesus who are you
who are you let me tell you who you are
you are the masterpiece of god
created in christ jesus get this to do
good works which god prepared in advance
for you to do before you were even born
before your mama knew your daddy
god knew what he would put inside of you
when you’d be born at what time you’d be
born at what place in the world you’d be
born
at what he knew the gifts he would put
in you so that you could
best glorify him today
you’re the masterpiece of god the word
in the greek is polemis like it means
like a
like a poetic statement like you are
you’re the masterful
poetic glory of god he knew exactly
what he was doing when he made you he
prepared you
so guess what you can’t run somebody
else’s race that’s why i’m cheering on
pastor mike like nobody’s business
it may surprise you but i met a pastor
too they’re kind of jealous
like where’d he come from like a couple
years ago we hadn’t heard of him and now
like
he’s there listen listen he has a very
unique
calling a unique set of gifts i’m going
to stand by
and cheer him on run pastor mike run
pastor mike
come on run relationship goals come on
run transformation nation
because we’re all important god’s not
going to judge me by
his calling and god’s not going to judge
him by
my calling anytime you find someone else
and maybe you get a little bit jealous
just turn it on him and say you know
what i’m cheering you on you run your
race
you you run for the glory of god i’m
cheering you
on because i can’t win your race and you
can’t win
mine i’m running my race i’m running my
race
i’ll tell you um how it plays out for me
and i’m going to confess what’s part of
me that i’m
not real proud of and uh my wife amy
here and my son
sam’s here and they could kind of tell
you yeah this is one of my weaknesses
um one of my weaknesses is that
i just i really want people to think
like when they see me like i want them
to think hey
you’re kind of important not proud of
that you probably got your deal yours
might be like cool or fly or hip or
smart or you know whatever mine is you
know i’m kind of embarrassed to say it
but like i want you to think hey yeah
like you know he’s a he’s got
he’s got a good church like he’s a good
teacher of leadership like
he’s an important evangelist you know
he’s he’s done something in life he’s
he’s significant the problem is and i
just need to say this is
that god did not call me to be important
what did god call me to be god did not
call me to be important god called me to
be
faithful and
if i stand before him in heaven one day
god is not going to say to me well done
my good and important servant
if i live the life he’s called me to if
i run my race
what he would say to me is well done my
good and faithful servant here’s what’s
so interesting
is so often i want to do something
that’s important
but god’s calling me to be faithful and
what i’ve had to learn is that success
isn’t what i accomplish out there in the
future like when i finally get
verified or so many followers or i’m
making six
figures or i get the book deal or i get
noticed or i get the date with that girl
that i’ve always wanted whatever it is
success isn’t something that i
accomplish in the future
success is actually being faithful to
jesus
today that’s what success
is and what’s crazy is the moment that i
start to become
faithful to jesus then what i do
is actually important
think about it when i’m faithful to
jesus
and i’m running my race and i’m the
masterpiece of god and i’m doing the
good works he created in advance for me
to do
because i’m being faithful the outcome
is what i’m doing is actually important
it’s not just important now but it’s
important to god
and the way i explain it is is this i’ve
been married
going almost 30 years to amy we have six
kids come on somebody
six kids people say man you must love
kids
nope i just love my wife and all guys
people say amen
amen and uh uh we we’ve been blessed
with a really good marriage and if you
if you just ask me like what’s your race
what i’m gonna tell you is this my race
is loving my bride raising my kids my
race is building the church and building
leaders
and my race is actually collecting
pens that’s right don’t give me a pen
i please don’t give me a pen i don’t
want your pin i just want
one pin every year and i’ll tell you the
story behind it
this is my race i can’t do what pastor
mike can do but i can love
my bride i can raise my kids i can build
my church and i can collect pens
back in about 2006 or so there was a
well-known spiritual leader most of you
would know this person if i told you
his name sent me a pen with a note
written
by his hand and that pen and the note
said something like
pastor craig this pen is a gift that
represents 365 days
of faithfulness it came at the end of
that that year and he said you’ve
faithfully loved your wife
um you’ve invested in your church you’ve
been a good shepherd to the sheep
you’ve preached god’s word you’ve lived
morally
you’ve been wise you’ve had integrity
and this pen represents
365 days of faithfulness i thought
that’s pretty cool that’s like that’s
really cool
well the next year a year later he sent
me another pin with the
gear on it and my name craig rochelle
2007 with a very similar note
and year after year after year i started
getting these pins it was probably five
six years in
or guess what man i started looking
forward to my
pin because what this does is it
represents
365 days of faithfulness
to my bride to my king to my church and
living according to his sins and that
is really successful that’s my race
i asked the guy years later when i met
him i said oh my gosh how many people do
you send these pins to like you know is
it like
hundreds it fits and he said he said i’m
really sad to say
that i used to send it to so many more
spiritual leaders
but things had happened and year over
year the list had become
so much shorter and immediately and this
is one of the reasons why i’m so glad
your pastors are taking
significant time off because they’re
resting and they’re refreshing
and they’re caring for themselves
because if you don’t you become more
vulnerable and you can make wrong
decisions you can burn out
and you can end up not going the
distance so
what’s my race my race is to lay down my
life to serve my bride as christ loved
the church
to raise up my kids like my son sam to
serve jesus and be even more faithful
and impactful for the kingdom than i am
my goal is to
collect pens because i want to be
faithful to jesus
all the time all the time all the time
and when i’m faithful
then guess what i do important things
may not be important to you but way more
important to what you think
is what i do is important to my heavenly
father
god’s called me to be faithful
what about you i would ask you very very
sincerely
transformation nation you’re watching
from your living room
you’re watching at work later on online
wherever you are right now
what’s your win what’s your when
what’s your race
what is faithfulness to you it might be
that you don’t
maybe you don’t create the biggest
social media following
but you put out good and godly helpful
content
that’s your race maybe you’re starting a
business
and it’s not the biggest and the most
profitable but you know what you do
what’s right you lead with integrity
you’re creating
value and you’re treating your people
well
maybe you want to be generous but you
don’t have the biggest income around
that’s okay what you can do is you can
be faithful with what
you have and be generous with what you
have it might be that you’re
a faithful voice in your student
ministry it might be you’re the boldest
person
in your class you’re represent you’re
representing jesus
with everybody that you see you don’t
have to be
important to anybody else you be
faithful to jesus
and when you’re faithful to jesus and
all of a sudden you’re doing what is
important i hope you’ll understand this
there’s no winning comparison
there’s no win in comparison the fastest
way to kill something special
is to compare it to something else you
can’t win your raid you can’t win
someone else’s race
you can only run your race
how do you do it you run with
purpose in every step nobody can
beat you at being you don’t
run for the approval of others don’t run
to win
the approval of your critics you run
your race you run
your race you run your race when you
wake up what do you do
you say god i belong to you i’m not
living to please people i want to live
to glorify jesus
and then you take a step with purpose
i’m dying to myself
i’m leaving my flesh behind jesus i want
to walk by faith and not
by sight the same spirit that raised
christ from the dead
is dwelling within me i can do all
things through christ
who gives me strength i’m blessed coming
in i’m blessed going out
i’m blessed to be a blessing to others i
am
crucified with christ nevertheless i
live
yet it’s no longer i who lives but is
christ who lives in me
i’m walking with purpose in every step
i’m not trying to please people
i’m here to please god i’m not living
for what you think i’m living for what
he thinks he is my master he is my king
jesus is my source he is my redeemer
he is my rock come on he is my
righteousness
he is my healer he is my sustainer
i’m living for jesus i’m living for
jesus somebody ought to shout wherever
you are
type it in the chat i’m living for jesus
i can’t
run your race i’m running my race
keep your eyes focused on jesus the
author
and the perfecter of your faith step
by step by step
i’m running with purpose in every step
who are you transformation nation
you are god’s masterpiece
created in christ jesus to do good works
which god prepared
in advance for you to do therefore
you’re running your race
keeping your eyes focused on jesus the
king of kings
and the lord of lords you are running
your
race with his help and by his power
you will run with purpose in every step
because
eternity matters you will run hard
giving him your all
no regrets no excuses holding nothing
back
by his grace and through his spirit you
will leave no words
unsaid no deeds undone no hope unshared
why
because you are the light of the world
you are created to shine
transformation nation your faith
can move mountains your prayers
calm storms your words give life
your hands bring healing your feet
deliver the good news that christ is
risen from the dead and he is coming
again god’s word
is a lamp unto your feet directing
your steps his spirit is your
power when you’re weak he is strong
listen to me your life is too valuable
and your calling too great and your god
too good to waste your life on things
that do not last you’re not running
for a temporary prize you’re running
for the eternal glory of serving jesus
you’re empowered by god trained by god’s
spirit tried
by fire and equipped by his word
who are you you’re a masterpiece
created in christ jesus
you are living for the glory of god and
not for the applause
of men what do you do you’re running
your race
you’re running your race you can’t
faithfully
follow jesus
when you’re always comparing your life
to john
my prayer for you as there are tens of
thousands hundreds of thousands of you
in transformation nation that you would
recognize
you don’t just go to a church online but
you are the church
and you are called to represent wherever
you are every day when you wake up
you wake up to run your race someone
looks at you
what are you doing why are you acting
like that why you so passionate about
jesus
why are you telling everybody why are
you so loud about your faith why are you
so bold
you just look on and smile and keep your
eyes on jesus and say
i’m running my race i exist to glorify
him
so father today we pray for anyone who
is um
suffering under the curse of comparison
god set us free to take our eyes off of
what people think
and god help us to live for what you
think
god i pray for someone who’s listening
right now who’s caught up in the trap of
comparison
that god read and just trying to be
important to whatever we do god
you would help that disciple to be
faithful
god help us to be faithful
and we know that when we’re faithful to
you then what we do will actually be
important eternally
as you’re praying today there are those
of you you may
you may understand and recognize that
you’re not walking
with jesus in fact if we could just like
sit down and talk to each other and i
kind of ask you know
where are you spiritually you might say
yeah you know i kind of believe in god
man mike todd is cool and all this kind
of stuff and you know like i like
watching but
but you’re not intimately faithfully
serving jesus
you might have a whole list of excuses
like you know what well i would but i’ve
been
kind of bad and i’m not quite ready yet
i still have questions
and let me just tell you very clearly
bottom line is none of us are ever ever
ready
we’ll never be good enough the truth of
the matter is all of us have sinned all
of us we’ve all done stuff that’s wrong
and the good news is that god is calling
you at this moment
right now he sent his son jesus who is
the son of god
who is perfect who never ever sinned
jesus
went to a cross and became sin for us in
our place
and died on the cross and just like we
talked about earlier
three days later when peter and john
were a foot race to see the tomb
three days later the stone was rolled
away the tomb was empty christ
is risen from the dead why so that
anyone in this includes you anyone
who calls out on that name that is above
every name the name of jesus
anyone who calls on jesus all of your
sins would be forgiven
they’d be washed away you’d become brand
new there’s someone right now you can
sense it
you’re watching it’s not by accident
it’s because you’ve been trying to feel
some
some me some external need to feel an
internal void
it is a god-shaped void that only jesus
can fill what do you do
when you recognize you sinned what do
you do
when you’re empty you walk away from
your sin you turn toward jesus and you
call out on him and i would love to just
invite you to pray
even as you’re watching right now just
just pray right at your computer
in front of the tv but by your phone
with someone around you i don’t care if
you’re on a train whatever you are just
pray
just pray kind of out loud and pray
heavenly father
forgive my sins jesus
save me make me new
fill me with your holy spirit so i could
know you
and serve you and run my race
to glorify you thank you for new life i
give you
all of mine in jesus name i pray
it’s been an honor to be with you there
is a phone number that i would love for
you to text
if you’re giving your life to jesus you
can even type it in the chat i’m giving
my life
to jesus we’re praying for pastor mike
and pastor natalie who will be back
in no time ready to bring a great new
word it’s been an honor to share with
you you guys please come back i know you
will
next week whatever you do go out and
live a transformed life god
bless you hey thank you so much for
watching this message
if this has impacted you in any way i
want you to do a couple of things
the first thing is join transformation
nation hey
subscribe and make sure that every
sunday you join us right here gather
your friends
gather your family and be a part of not
just a moment but a movement
the second thing that i would ask is
that you share share this with your
friends your co-workers those that are
around you
because transformation is just one click
away the last thing that i will ask you
to do
is partner with us financially if this
ministry is impacting your life and
transforming you
i would ask you to consider praying
about what you can give to take this
message all over the world
hey i want you to know that we love you
and your best days are in front of you
this week i want you to go out and live
a transformed
life we’ll see you next week