1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:09,740 This morning I'm going to be speaking to you from Matthew, or Mark, I'm sorry, Mark chapter 5, verses 21 through 34. 2 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:14,360 The title of my message this morning is called Hanging by a Hem. 3 00:00:19,860 --> 00:00:29,180 Here we go, let's jump into it. Are you guys ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? 4 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:35,880 Verse 21, it says, 5 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:07,600 hands on her, heal her so she can live. So Jesus went with him and all of the people followed, 6 00:01:08,780 --> 00:01:14,840 crowding around him. And a woman in the crowd had suffered for 12 years with constant bleeding. She 7 00:01:14,940 --> 00:01:20,840 had suffered a great deal from many doctors. And over the years, she had spent everything she had 8 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:30,140 to pay them. But she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. So she had heard about Jesus. 9 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:37,380 So she came from behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. For she thought to herself, 10 00:01:37,980 --> 00:01:44,160 if I can just touch his robe, I will be healed. And immediately the bleeding stopped and she could 11 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:50,840 feel in her body that she had been healed from her terrible condition. And Jesus realized that once 12 00:01:50,860 --> 00:01:56,300 healing power had gone out from him. So he turned around into the crowd and asked, who touched my 13 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:04,060 robe? His disciples said to him, look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask who 14 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:09,820 touched you? But he kept on looking around to see who had done it. Then the frightened woman 15 00:02:10,140 --> 00:02:16,540 trembling at the realization of what had happened to her came and fell to her knees in front of him 16 00:02:16,580 --> 00:02:18,780 and told him what she had done. 17 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:23,420 And he said to her, daughter, your faith has made you well. 18 00:02:23,860 --> 00:02:24,620 Go in peace. 19 00:02:24,980 --> 00:02:26,720 Your suffering is over. 20 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,700 For some of you, you need to hear this. 21 00:02:34,140 --> 00:02:36,020 Your suffering is over. 22 00:02:40,780 --> 00:02:43,240 And for some of you, you need to hear this. 23 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:46,740 You are a son and you are a daughter. 24 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:50,840 Let us pray. 25 00:02:51,060 --> 00:02:54,320 Father God, I thank you for your spirit that is here. 26 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,200 I thank you, God, for what you're about to do in this place. 27 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,120 I thank you, God, for freedom. 28 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:01,840 I thank you for deliverance. 29 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:03,800 I thank you for salvation, Lord. 30 00:03:04,180 --> 00:03:07,800 I thank you, Lord, for every good thing that you have in store this morning. 31 00:03:08,820 --> 00:03:12,560 I pray, God, that our ears would be open, our hearts would be open, 32 00:03:12,580 --> 00:03:14,480 And our eyes would see what you see. 33 00:03:15,020 --> 00:03:16,020 Let us hear what you hear. 34 00:03:16,060 --> 00:03:17,700 Let us speak what you speak. 35 00:03:17,860 --> 00:03:19,080 God, have your way in this place. 36 00:03:20,980 --> 00:03:23,220 We believe, Father God, that you are already in today. 37 00:03:23,380 --> 00:03:24,480 You are already in our tomorrow. 38 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,720 And you have every good thing lined up. 39 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:29,340 I thank you for what you're about to do, Lord. 40 00:03:30,580 --> 00:03:31,620 We love you, God. 41 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:33,540 We honor you. 42 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:34,760 We praise you. 43 00:03:34,820 --> 00:03:37,640 We ask these things in Jesus' name. 44 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,840 And we all said, amen. 45 00:03:45,860 --> 00:03:56,760 In the beginning of Mark chapter 5, we read that Jesus has just finished setting free a man who was possessed by thousands of demons. 46 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:06,620 We know this because Jesus asks the demon his name and he answers, my name is Legion because there are many of us inside of this man. 47 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:17,220 The word legion was used in the Roman Empire and it referred to a division of the army that numbered between 3,000 to 6,000 soldiers. 48 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:23,440 I cannot imagine being tormented by thousands of demons every single day. 49 00:04:25,780 --> 00:04:34,640 But Jesus delivers this man and now Jesus has made his way to the other side of the lake and people have caught wind. 50 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:37,120 And they have heard that Jesus is there. 51 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,600 So they have come to meet him. 52 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:47,560 I can imagine it's probably hundreds, maybe even thousands have gathered to see Jesus. 53 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,780 See, Jesus, he is the talk of the town. 54 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,940 They've heard about the miracles that he's done and now they're finally getting to see him. 55 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,780 Sure, I'm sure that some have gathered out of curiosity. 56 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:09,260 But there are others who I'm sure have come and gathered out of desperation. 57 00:05:11,180 --> 00:05:13,760 And to be honest, this kind of sounds like church. 58 00:05:14,340 --> 00:05:15,120 Let's be honest. 59 00:05:16,180 --> 00:05:21,740 Because we have some people that just come to church every Sunday just out of curiosity. 60 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,760 I wonder what the pastor is going to say today. 61 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,460 I wonder what songs the worship team is going to sing. 62 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,200 I wonder if my friends are going to show up to youth group. 63 00:05:35,380 --> 00:05:39,860 I wonder if that cute boy that I saw last Sunday is going to be there. 64 00:05:39,890 --> 00:05:43,740 I wonder if that girl that I texted last night is going to show up. 65 00:05:43,820 --> 00:05:46,360 See, a lot of times we just go out of curiosity. 66 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:54,660 But then there are some of us that come and gather every Sunday 67 00:05:54,810 --> 00:06:00,460 and that are even here this morning, not out of curiosity, but out of desperation. 68 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,420 you are desperate for something to change 69 00:06:05,030 --> 00:06:07,220 you are desperate for something to move 70 00:06:07,350 --> 00:06:09,740 you are desperate for something to shift 71 00:06:09,830 --> 00:06:12,220 you are desperate for something to break 72 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,720 you are desperate 73 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,060 and I'd like to let you know that if that is you 74 00:06:20,470 --> 00:06:22,280 this morning you are in the right place 75 00:06:23,460 --> 00:06:26,200 because whatever it is that you need he has 76 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:28,859 that's just the kind of God that he is 77 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:36,200 see he's an on time kind of God he's a make something out of nothing kind of God he's a make 78 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:42,620 a way out of no way kind of God he's a I have your back kind of God he's a promise keeping God he is a 79 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:58,840 stick closer 80 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:05,440 to anybody this morning. He's a, I love you without limits kind of God. He's a, I don'T care how far 81 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:12,460 you've run, just come back home kind of God. He's a healing kind God. He's a restoring kind of God. 82 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:18,520 He's the delivering kind of God. He's a saving kind of God. And I don't now know what it is 83 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,560 that you've carried in here this morning or what it is that you need from him, 84 00:07:22,870 --> 00:07:27,120 but I can tell You that whatever it is, He's the kind of God that's got it. 85 00:07:34,300 --> 00:07:35,300 but Jesus has arrived 86 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,760 and I can imagine the excitement 87 00:07:37,980 --> 00:07:39,700 that has filled the streets 88 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:41,700 I can imagine 89 00:07:41,820 --> 00:07:42,660 the conversations 90 00:07:43,620 --> 00:07:45,380 going down the streets 91 00:07:45,540 --> 00:07:47,480 hey I heard Jesus is here 92 00:07:50,279 --> 00:07:51,660 hey have you 93 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,260 seen Jesus yet 94 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:54,900 what does he look like 95 00:07:55,340 --> 00:07:57,220 what does his voice 96 00:07:57,340 --> 00:08:00,080 Sound like, did you see him do any miracles yet? 97 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,500 I've heard that he's here. 98 00:08:02,980 --> 00:08:05,160 I've heard that he has arrived. 99 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,980 There is excitement that fills the streets. 100 00:08:09,660 --> 00:08:15,000 During the summer, do we have any, like, Phil Wickham and Brandon Lake fans in here? 101 00:08:20,140 --> 00:08:24,880 During the summer, maybe some of you went, they had their summer nights tour in Washington, D.C. 102 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:34,520 And when I found out that Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham were going to be at Washington, D.C., you don't understand. 103 00:08:34,770 --> 00:08:39,360 Like, my people at my church, they know that I'm, like, obsessed with Phil Wickham. 104 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:40,719 Like, obsessed. 105 00:08:41,620 --> 00:08:50,760 Because if you've ever heard him sing, if you've ever been to a live concert, it is literally like an instrument was built inside of his esophagus. 106 00:08:52,020 --> 00:08:59,320 When he sings, like heaven just fills the room, kind of like, you know, this worship team here, heaven just kind of sweeps in. 107 00:08:59,860 --> 00:09:02,700 That's what it's like for me when Phil Wickham sings. 108 00:09:02,830 --> 00:09:13,560 And so when I heard that he was coming, I reasoned within myself and I decided, you know what, I'm going to do whatever it takes for me to go see this man because I love him. 109 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:16,240 I love him. 110 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:19,220 Don't judge me, okay? 111 00:09:19,570 --> 00:09:20,140 I love him. 112 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:26,680 So I reasoned within myself, I'm going to do whatever I have to do to go see this man. 113 00:09:26,750 --> 00:09:32,160 I'm going to buy the best tickets and I'm going to get a hotel room and me and my best friend are going to go and it's going to be great. 114 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,160 I was willing to do whatever it took for me just to go see Phil Wickham. 115 00:09:36,580 --> 00:09:45,040 And I believe that in this story that we're reading this morning, there were a group of people that reasoned within themselves to say, I don't care what I have to do. 116 00:09:45,380 --> 00:09:51,640 I heard that this man who has performed miracles and has set people free is going to be in our area. 117 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:59,260 And I don't care what I have to do come hell or high water I've made up in my mind that I've got to go see Jesus. 118 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:05,900 I believe that's how these people were. 119 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:07,360 Full of excitement. 120 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:16,080 And while excitement has filled the air, a man by the name of Jairus runs up to him frantically and says, 121 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:22,620 Jesus, I've heard the stories of you performing miracles and I heard that you were here. 122 00:10:22,660 --> 00:10:29,340 So when I learned of your presence, I had to come find you because my 12-year-old daughter, she's sick. 123 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,460 She's very sick, in fact. 124 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:36,040 She's dying and I need you to come and heal her. 125 00:10:37,820 --> 00:10:43,500 And all of a sudden, Jesus hears not only Jairus' heart's cry, but his heart's posture. 126 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,460 So Jesus goes with him to go see his daughter. 127 00:10:48,780 --> 00:10:57,500 But while traveling on this dirt road to see Jairus' daughter, Jesus' travels are interrupted. 128 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:03,500 And everything stops because someone has touched him. 129 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:13,160 Now, I don't know about you, but I absolutely hate interruptions. 130 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,680 If I'm already doing something, please don't bother me. 131 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:20,120 I may stick to the schedule kind of gal. 132 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,020 Like, even if my friends are like, hey, you want to go get something to eat? 133 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:26,620 No, that's not on my schedule. 134 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:30,620 Again, don't judge me, okay? 135 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:39,480 I hate interruptions, but can I tell you that I'm thankful that I serve a God who isn't intimidated by an interruption? 136 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:43,760 It doesn't make him nervous. 137 00:11:43,940 --> 00:11:45,580 It doesn't make him insecure. 138 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:52,660 But while people have gathered in the streets excited to see the one who has done miraculous things, 139 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:57,940 there is a woman in the background trying to stay out of sight from people of her town 140 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,060 because for 12 years she has been bleeding. 141 00:12:01,340 --> 00:12:04,720 And under Levitical law, she has been condemned as unclean. 142 00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:09,920 And because she is unclean, everything that she touches becomes unclean too. 143 00:12:12,279 --> 00:12:15,300 Levitical law taught that when a woman started her cycle, 144 00:12:15,940 --> 00:12:21,460 she would have to be separated from everyone and everything for seven days until the bleeding stopped. 145 00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:23,220 See, she couldn't be with her husband. 146 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:24,960 She couldn't be with her kids. 147 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:26,560 She couldn't be with her parents. 148 00:12:27,060 --> 00:12:28,280 She couldn't be with her siblings. 149 00:12:28,860 --> 00:12:30,500 She couldn't go out and hang with friends. 150 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:32,940 She couldn't sit where other people sat. 151 00:12:33,300 --> 00:12:35,180 She couldn't touch what other people touched. 152 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:37,660 She couldn't lay where other people lay. 153 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,940 And do you know what I noticed while reading this story? 154 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:48,400 While reading this story, nowhere in this text does it give us her name. 155 00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:54,700 No one would call this woman by her name. 156 00:12:54,780 --> 00:12:57,980 They would only refer to her as an issue. 157 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:05,060 See, she was the woman with the issue of blood. 158 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,120 She would never be recognized by her name. 159 00:13:08,190 --> 00:13:13,160 They would only recognize her by the outward stains caused by an internal problem. 160 00:13:13,620 --> 00:13:15,140 Pastor Aubrey, what do you mean? 161 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,640 The problem wasn't just that she was bleeding. 162 00:13:19,180 --> 00:13:23,780 I believe that the Lord can use an external issue to deal with internal things. 163 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:27,680 It's much deeper than that. 164 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,680 There was an internal problem that needed to be fixed. 165 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,720 You say, Pastor Aubrey, what is this internal problem? 166 00:13:35,780 --> 00:13:38,560 The issue was that she didn't know who she was. 167 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:48,400 She was never able to know who she was because the issue of blood, her issue of bleeding robbed her of learning her name. 168 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:53,800 She was robbed of the opportunity to learn about who she was. 169 00:13:53,900 --> 00:13:57,180 The Bible never tells us at what age did the bleeding start. 170 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,120 It just said that she had been bleeding for 12 years. 171 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,140 Did she start her cycle at age 13 and just never stopped? 172 00:14:07,620 --> 00:14:08,300 I don't know. 173 00:14:08,820 --> 00:14:13,200 Was she a full-grown adult, had a child and kept bleeding, and it never stopped? 174 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:14,320 I don't know. 175 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,400 There are many questions that we have here. 176 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,040 But what I do know is that at some point, this woman had a name. 177 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:24,620 But eventually, her name would be replaced with an issue. 178 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:29,760 See, sometimes we can go through life and we can go through issues. 179 00:14:30,190 --> 00:14:35,200 We can go through problems for so long that we forget who we are. 180 00:14:38,620 --> 00:14:41,180 As a matter of fact, we hear it all the time. 181 00:14:42,860 --> 00:14:48,380 I've been going through this for so long, you can finish it, that I've forgotten who I am. 182 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,040 We allow issues to rob us of our identity. 183 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,680 This is exactly what happened in the story of the prodigal son. 184 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:05,760 See, he gets his portion. 185 00:15:06,190 --> 00:15:07,180 He left his covering. 186 00:15:07,510 --> 00:15:11,200 He spent it all and ended up doing things that he never should have been doing. 187 00:15:11,570 --> 00:15:15,160 He lost everything he had, including him forgetting who he was. 188 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:16,200 How do we know? 189 00:15:16,330 --> 00:15:20,960 Because the Bible says in Luke 15, verses 17 through 18, it says, 190 00:15:21,180 --> 00:15:27,720 And when he came to himself, he said, how many of my father's hired servants have bread and even extra to spare? 191 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:29,240 And I perish with hunger. 192 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,680 I will arise and go to my father. 193 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,140 See, he lost himself. 194 00:15:33,660 --> 00:15:35,640 He realized, hey, this isn't me. 195 00:15:35,980 --> 00:15:37,340 This isn't who I'm supposed to be. 196 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:39,720 This isn't where I'm supposed to be heading towards. 197 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,040 And some of you have had the same thing happen to yourselves. 198 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,320 You've said to yourself, this isn't me. 199 00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:47,160 This shouldn't, I shouldn't be here. 200 00:15:47,460 --> 00:15:48,960 This isn't what I was called to do. 201 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,300 This isn't the name that God has given me. 202 00:15:51,580 --> 00:15:54,740 You found yourselves having a come-to-yourself moment. 203 00:15:55,060 --> 00:15:58,080 And you better thank God for the come-to-yourself moment. 204 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,720 Because when you have a come-to-yourself moment, your insides begin to awaken. 205 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,380 And you realize, I've got to get back to my father's house. 206 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,220 I've got to get back to my father's house. 207 00:16:09,340 --> 00:16:12,160 Some of us need a come-to-ourselves moment. 208 00:16:16,620 --> 00:16:25,320 Can you imagine living your life 12 years and one, being completely separated from your family and friends, 209 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,080 but two, you only knowing yourself as your problem? 210 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,240 She was never called by a name. 211 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:40,680 She was only identified as an issue. 212 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:47,240 And I wonder how it would make us feel if instead of somebody knowing us by your name, 213 00:16:47,670 --> 00:16:55,200 or we introducing ourselves as our name, we only began to introduce ourselves as our problems and the struggles that we carry. 214 00:16:57,260 --> 00:17:02,720 How would it make us feel if instead of me saying, hi, my name's Pastor Aubrey. 215 00:17:02,990 --> 00:17:05,180 I introduce myself to you as this. 216 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:06,959 Hi, I'm sick. 217 00:17:09,579 --> 00:17:10,800 Hi, I'm broke. 218 00:17:11,220 --> 00:17:11,459 High. 219 00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:12,560 I'm bitter. 220 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:13,140 High. 221 00:17:13,459 --> 00:17:14,360 I'm heartbroken. 222 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:14,860 High. 223 00:17:15,220 --> 00:17:15,939 I'm lonely. 224 00:17:16,199 --> 00:17:16,480 High. 225 00:17:16,939 --> 00:17:17,880 I'm tired. 226 00:17:18,180 --> 00:17:18,420 High. 227 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:19,520 I'm angry. 228 00:17:19,780 --> 00:17:19,959 High. 229 00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:20,939 I'm worn out. 230 00:17:21,380 --> 00:17:21,620 High. 231 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:22,459 I'm lost. 232 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:23,140 High. 233 00:17:23,620 --> 00:17:24,520 I'm confused. 234 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:25,319 High. 235 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:26,060 I'm anxious. 236 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:27,500 I'm depressed. 237 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:28,280 High. 238 00:17:28,660 --> 00:17:29,540 I'm desperate. 239 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:30,380 High. 240 00:17:30,780 --> 00:17:31,440 I'm addicted. 241 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:32,060 High. 242 00:17:32,420 --> 00:17:33,700 I'm bleeding. 243 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:43,340 How would it make you feel if nobody knew your name, but they only knew your struggle? 244 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:52,020 And we get to a point of where instead of us understanding that, 245 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,540 Hi, my name is Aubrey, and I'm just going through some issues, 246 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:02,480 I start to say within myself and believe, Hi, I am the issue. 247 00:18:06,220 --> 00:18:13,040 See, we walk around saying, I'm depressed, I'm anxious, I'm sick, I'm lonely, I'm heartbroken. 248 00:18:13,420 --> 00:18:15,260 Do you understand what you're doing? 249 00:18:17,540 --> 00:18:19,540 You're claiming a name that isn't yours. 250 00:18:24,300 --> 00:18:32,080 I need you to understand that these may be issues that you are faced with, but that is not who you are. 251 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:35,540 Your issues are not who you are. 252 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:42,780 no you're not depressed you're a child of God you need to start reclaiming your identity you need to 253 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:49,340 know who you are stand on it and believe it you are more than a conqueror greater is he that is in 254 00:18:49,340 --> 00:18:55,700 you than he that's in the world you are chosen you're a royal priesthood you're set apart you're 255 00:18:55,840 --> 00:19:04,220 called for such a time as this some of you need to get up and lay hands on yourself and speak to 256 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:09,180 your spirit because you are called for so much more than where you are. 257 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:19,440 I am tired of watching the body of Christ wallow in self-pity because no one took the time 258 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:24,760 to tell you you're not a mistake, you're not an accident, you're not a failure. 259 00:19:25,380 --> 00:19:26,860 There's so much more in you. 260 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:38,480 I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of watching our people fade away because they think because I've done wrong, I've counted out. 261 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,380 No, baby, come to the altar. 262 00:19:41,020 --> 00:19:41,660 Make it right. 263 00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:42,720 Start again. 264 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:43,800 Get up. 265 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:48,220 Some of you just need to get up. 266 00:19:52,540 --> 00:19:56,120 Some of you just need to get up. 267 00:19:58,940 --> 00:20:00,560 But you don't know what I did. 268 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,040 Or you don't know what happened. 269 00:20:07,060 --> 00:20:09,760 Respectfully, I don't care. 270 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,860 It is not my job to condemn you into the kingdom of God. 271 00:20:22,420 --> 00:20:26,260 It is my job to love you into the kingdom of God. 272 00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:30,840 where is that? 273 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,860 the Bible says that love covers a multitude of 274 00:20:38,940 --> 00:20:40,940 oh Aubrey you're just preaching messy grace 275 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:47,880 it's only messy if you don't understand what grace is for 276 00:20:51,260 --> 00:20:53,520 hear me when I say this to you 277 00:20:54,060 --> 00:20:58,940 grace is not a ticket for you to get up and sin and to keep doing what you're doing 278 00:21:01,820 --> 00:21:09,080 what grace is is the ability and the power to conquer the thing that's trying to conquer you 279 00:21:09,540 --> 00:21:15,420 can i tell you that sin has already been conquered there is more inside of you that you give yourself 280 00:21:15,740 --> 00:21:20,859 credit for whatever it is that the lord has called you to he's already put it inside of you 281 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,900 Some, I'm telling, my God, some of you just need to lay hands on yourself. 282 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,520 You're waiting for some prophet to come by and lay hands on you. 283 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,060 Baby, you're the prophet. 284 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:33,840 Speak to yourself. 285 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:43,680 Is this okay? 286 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:49,280 I love you. 287 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:50,500 I love, listen to me. 288 00:21:50,980 --> 00:21:52,860 Oprah you don't know me I don't care 289 00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:54,080 I love you 290 00:21:55,110 --> 00:21:56,920 I want you better than what you were 291 00:21:57,900 --> 00:21:59,120 God has called you 292 00:21:59,510 --> 00:22:00,560 for so much more 293 00:22:02,460 --> 00:22:03,580 you're not an accident 294 00:22:03,650 --> 00:22:05,320 you're not a mistake you haven't done 295 00:22:05,370 --> 00:22:06,960 too much you haven't ran too far 296 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,220 but you know what else we do 297 00:22:12,290 --> 00:22:14,540 this is what we do too 298 00:22:15,380 --> 00:22:16,880 see we make excuses 299 00:22:17,090 --> 00:22:19,019 within ourselves and we 300 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:33,260 say this. Oh, it's just my genetics. It's just in my DNA. I get it from my mama. I get 301 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:44,479 that from my daddy. This is just how I am. I did this thing, maybe some of you know about 302 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:53,920 it, Ancestry.com. Any fans? Any fans of that? Wow, no? Wow. I was so excited to do it. 303 00:22:56,260 --> 00:23:02,220 I was pumped. Well, for those of you who don't know, you get this box. 304 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:09,900 This is gross, but whatever. You spit in it. You spit in this tube, and you mail it off, okay? 305 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,340 Listen, science is amazing. 306 00:23:16,220 --> 00:23:18,000 Aubrey, that's so worldly. 307 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:18,480 Be quiet. 308 00:23:18,780 --> 00:23:19,200 No, it's not. 309 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:20,900 I love you. 310 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:23,280 I'm a nerd. 311 00:23:23,460 --> 00:23:24,400 Like, I love outer space. 312 00:23:24,460 --> 00:23:25,420 I'm fascinated by it. 313 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:31,340 And I will just go through Google and look up random facts about space because I'm weird. 314 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:33,300 But anyway, science is so cool. 315 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,660 And no, I was not good at science, if you're wondering. 316 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:37,160 I wasn't. 317 00:23:37,260 --> 00:23:38,280 But science is cool. 318 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:44,760 And based off of the spit from your DNA, they can figure out where you're from. 319 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:47,420 They can, like, pull your lineage. 320 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:56,340 They can tell you about your characteristics, what you'll like, what you don't like, where you get certain traits from. 321 00:23:58,580 --> 00:24:02,960 So I did it because I want to know about myself, okay? 322 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,440 And this is what came back. 323 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:20,780 It says, you know, from my DNA, it says that I am European, I'm German, I'm Russian, I'm Irish, I'm Norwegian, I'm French, I'm Welsh, I'm Portuguese, I'm English, and I'm Scottish. 324 00:24:22,020 --> 00:24:23,040 Don't ask me percentages. 325 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:24,300 Percentages don't matter. 326 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:26,680 I'm just telling you this is what it says that I am. 327 00:24:28,070 --> 00:24:28,200 Okay? 328 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:38,240 So if I were to go off of my genetics, based off of what was presented to me from Ancestry.com, 329 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:45,580 I could say that I'm short-tempered and I'm hot-headed because I'm Russian and Irish, 330 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,120 and it's just in my genetics. 331 00:24:49,539 --> 00:24:51,820 That this is just how I am. 332 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:53,520 That it runs in the family. 333 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,920 That it's always going to be this way. 334 00:24:56,020 --> 00:24:58,640 I will always be this way. 335 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,060 No, this is not how you are. 336 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:02,580 It's not your genetics. 337 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,200 It's not because it's always been this way. 338 00:25:05,340 --> 00:25:06,940 It won't always be this way. 339 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:07,260 Why? 340 00:25:07,670 --> 00:25:13,520 Because it is impossible for you to stand before a holy God and not be changed by his holiness. 341 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:23,840 The only issue is that your issues haven't ran into Jesus yet. 342 00:25:24,540 --> 00:25:27,240 The genetics haven't ran into Jesus yet. 343 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,360 The family history hasn't ran into Jesus yet. 344 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,260 The how it's always been hasn't ran into Jesus yet. 345 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,320 Some of you need to have a run into Jesus moment. 346 00:25:40,690 --> 00:25:44,860 Because I promise you, when you encounter him, he changes everything. 347 00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:48,880 And when I say everything, I mean everything. 348 00:25:51,860 --> 00:25:56,640 The Lord says in Isaiah 49, 16, it says, see, I have written your name. 349 00:25:57,540 --> 00:26:01,040 on the palms of my hands that I would not forget you. 350 00:26:02,380 --> 00:26:06,520 It doesn't say that I've written your issues on the palm of my hands. 351 00:26:06,860 --> 00:26:09,020 It doesn't say that I've written your problems 352 00:26:09,620 --> 00:26:12,480 on the palms of my hands that I would not forget you. 353 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,540 No, it says that I have written your name on the palm of my hand 354 00:26:17,540 --> 00:26:18,820 and I would not forget you. 355 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,760 He's not concerned about the issue. 356 00:26:21,220 --> 00:26:22,800 He isn't concerned about your problem. 357 00:26:23,260 --> 00:26:26,100 He isn't concerned about the labels or statistics. 358 00:26:26,580 --> 00:26:30,700 He's concerned about you, your name, who you are. 359 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:42,940 Something happens when we come into contact with the one whose words are so powerful that the wind and waves obey his very command. 360 00:26:45,740 --> 00:26:55,960 But we allow ourselves to stay bound in our minds of who we are because we have not come to the realization of whose we are. 361 00:26:58,580 --> 00:27:00,200 Proverbs 23 and 7 362 00:27:00,850 --> 00:27:03,680 it says as a man thinketh in his heart 363 00:27:04,990 --> 00:27:05,820 so he is 364 00:27:07,340 --> 00:27:09,300 do you understand how powerful 365 00:27:10,270 --> 00:27:13,180 your words are that you not only think to yourself 366 00:27:13,390 --> 00:27:14,840 but meditate on are 367 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:19,680 what it is that you allow yourself to listen to 368 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,959 and believe is what you become 369 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,240 and as a man thinketh in his heart 370 00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:27,700 so he is 371 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,500 we've got to decide within ourselves 372 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:33,980 that hey I'm not listening to these lies anymore 373 00:27:36,180 --> 00:27:38,420 we've got to come to ourselves and say hey 374 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:39,940 I'm a child of God 375 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:41,960 I'm the head and not the tail 376 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:44,020 I'm set free, I'm sanctified 377 00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:45,800 I'm changed, I'm chosen 378 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,000 I am a royal priesthood 379 00:27:48,540 --> 00:27:50,519 I'm a holy nation, I'm delivered 380 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:51,740 I'm a new creation. 381 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,040 I'm washed in the blood. 382 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:54,940 My old man is gone. 383 00:27:57,100 --> 00:28:00,000 You need to start speaking these things over yourself. 384 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:01,880 But here this woman is. 385 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:08,280 She is making her way through the crowd, trying not to be noticed because she's breaking Levitical law. 386 00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:13,540 And she's in this very, she's gotten to the end of herself. 387 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,200 She's done everything there is to do. 388 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,800 She's tried everything that she could possibly try. 389 00:28:19,980 --> 00:28:22,120 and Jesus is her last option. 390 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,100 This is what we do a lot of times. 391 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:29,620 We try everything else. 392 00:28:32,420 --> 00:28:34,300 And we make Jesus our last option. 393 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,280 The Bible says that she spent everything she had to become well, 394 00:28:41,710 --> 00:28:42,840 but she didn't become better. 395 00:28:42,930 --> 00:28:45,020 She actually became worse. 396 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,000 And that's what we do a lot of times. 397 00:28:50,900 --> 00:28:53,740 we go looking for something that will not make us better 398 00:28:54,550 --> 00:28:58,740 but will settle looking for something that will make us feel temporarily good. 399 00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:03,120 We settle for temporary gratification 400 00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:07,240 knowing full well that once the good feeling fades away 401 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,840 we are left only feeling worse. 402 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:14,060 The pain was too much to deal with 403 00:29:14,820 --> 00:29:17,739 so you picked up the bottle or you picked up that drug 404 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,120 and yet it numbed your pain for a little while. 405 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,420 But the good is gone and now you feel even worse. 406 00:29:26,780 --> 00:29:30,280 You got lonely so you hooked up with someone for the night 407 00:29:30,540 --> 00:29:34,100 and it was good in the moment until the good is gone 408 00:29:34,180 --> 00:29:38,160 and now you're left with still issues maybe even more. 409 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,940 And the good is gone and now you get up the next morning 410 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,660 only to feel worse. 411 00:29:47,340 --> 00:29:57,640 And some of you have gotten so numb and you feel so dead inside that you cut yourselves not because you want to hurt, but you just want to feel something. 412 00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:13,440 I don't know, but I think there are some of you sitting here this morning relating to what I'm saying because you have looked for temporary gratification. 413 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:23,460 But at the end of the day, your good feeling wore off, and now you are just left feeling worse. 414 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,840 So this woman has come to the end of herself. 415 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,940 And some of us would say that she's done everything that she's known to do. 416 00:30:35,380 --> 00:30:36,480 She's got nothing left. 417 00:30:37,580 --> 00:30:39,080 That she's just hanging by a thread. 418 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:45,260 When in reality, she would actually be hanging by a hem. 419 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:56,220 The Bible says that when this woman with her issue heard about Jesus, she thought to herself. 420 00:30:57,020 --> 00:30:58,400 Somebody say thought to herself. 421 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:01,240 That was a little lame. 422 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:02,880 Can you say, she thought to herself. 423 00:31:05,540 --> 00:31:14,680 if I could just touch the hem of his garment I will be made well can I tell you that you do not 424 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:20,340 need listen to me this is important you do not need to share every thought that the Lord gives to you 425 00:31:20,540 --> 00:31:25,660 with every person that you're around because if you told some people around you what your thoughts 426 00:31:25,820 --> 00:31:30,199 were they would give you every reason of why you shouldn't follow through with that thought 427 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,700 this woman knew that she had no business being around these people 428 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:41,440 she knew that she shouldn't be in the mix of the crowd 429 00:31:43,630 --> 00:31:49,920 she knew that she had no business touching anybody but she had this thought if i could just get 430 00:31:50,270 --> 00:31:55,759 to where jesus is i know that i would be made well and i could imagine that if she told 431 00:31:56,020 --> 00:32:02,040 the circle around her, they would tell her, sit down, get away, you're dirty, you're filthy, 432 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:07,700 don't touch us, you're too unclean, you should be stoned, you should be killed. They would have tried 433 00:32:07,820 --> 00:32:14,460 to convince her to regret the choice of her making the choice to chase after Jesus. You do not have 434 00:32:14,620 --> 00:32:20,719 to share every thought with other people around you, because if you did, they would convince you 435 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:24,000 to not follow the blessing that the Lord has for you. 436 00:32:25,140 --> 00:32:26,100 Let me tell you something. 437 00:32:26,510 --> 00:32:28,820 If it was for them, he would have told them. 438 00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:30,400 But he's talking to you. 439 00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:34,800 The best thing for you to do is move in quiet. 440 00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:41,480 Sometimes you need to tell people to mind your business. 441 00:32:46,580 --> 00:32:49,400 I don't know if you can tell, but sometimes I get an attitude. 442 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:53,580 Mind your business. 443 00:32:56,820 --> 00:32:58,720 Some of you need to tell some of your friends that. 444 00:33:04,740 --> 00:33:05,620 Why are you doing that? 445 00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:07,140 Why are you acting that way? 446 00:33:07,540 --> 00:33:08,320 Why are you changing? 447 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:09,940 This is what we always did. 448 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,280 That's what Pastor Bro preached last night. 449 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,400 When you get a hold of God and God gets a hold of you, 450 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:17,920 he's going to remind you that he's changed the way you walk. 451 00:33:21,980 --> 00:33:23,040 you gotta look at your friends 452 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:24,480 say mind your business 453 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:30,540 this ain't for you boo 454 00:33:30,580 --> 00:33:31,320 this is for me 455 00:33:32,660 --> 00:33:34,180 it's what he called me to 456 00:33:37,220 --> 00:33:38,540 but they'll give you every reason 457 00:33:39,540 --> 00:33:40,840 of why you shouldn't follow through 458 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:42,960 and the best thing for you to do 459 00:33:43,740 --> 00:33:44,800 with your thought 460 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:46,339 is move quietly 461 00:33:48,380 --> 00:33:50,340 sometimes we talk ourselves out of a blessing 462 00:33:51,020 --> 00:33:52,500 and sometimes we let others 463 00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:54,820 talk us out of receiving the blessing 464 00:33:54,940 --> 00:33:56,100 the Lord wants to give us 465 00:33:58,380 --> 00:34:00,460 sometimes your worst enemy is not you 466 00:34:00,620 --> 00:34:01,240 it's your best friend 467 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:06,200 let me tell you something 468 00:34:06,660 --> 00:34:08,419 jealousy is an ugly thing 469 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,399 and that can go for your boyfriend 470 00:34:15,419 --> 00:34:16,480 and your girlfriend too. 471 00:34:19,240 --> 00:34:21,240 I'm not being invited next year, I know. 472 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,200 But we'd rather settle for temporary gratification. 473 00:34:29,740 --> 00:34:31,340 But they make me feel good. 474 00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:32,240 Shut up. 475 00:34:39,099 --> 00:34:40,300 But they love me. 476 00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:44,440 They all say that, boo. 477 00:34:47,979 --> 00:34:48,700 I'm sorry. 478 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,120 No, I'm not, actually. 479 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,200 Because if somebody ain't told you, I'm going to tell you. 480 00:34:56,879 --> 00:34:57,640 Well, how do you know? 481 00:34:57,750 --> 00:34:59,140 Because I've been there. 482 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,820 You want me to pretend like I got this all together? 483 00:35:03,140 --> 00:35:03,520 No. 484 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:06,660 We don't have it all together. 485 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:09,860 Can I tell you that the Lord isn't looking for perfection? 486 00:35:10,060 --> 00:35:10,840 He's just looking for it. 487 00:35:10,890 --> 00:35:10,980 Yes. 488 00:35:15,940 --> 00:35:18,220 and some of you think that you got to get all cleaned up 489 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:26,580 oh this is gonna rub some people some of you think you got to have it all together first before you 490 00:35:26,740 --> 00:35:30,200 change Jesus no baby run to him dirty he's the one that makes you clean 491 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:39,939 all it takes is a step one step after the other after the other after the other 492 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:41,980 that's all it takes 493 00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:45,460 he's going to change the way you walk man 494 00:35:47,860 --> 00:35:49,340 and listen don't take it personal 495 00:35:49,540 --> 00:35:50,380 when your friends turn away 496 00:35:51,340 --> 00:35:51,700 it's okay 497 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,120 not everybody's meant to go with you 498 00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:55,260 until your next season 499 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,400 my name's Pastor Aubrey 500 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:06,200 I'm the worship pastor 501 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:07,919 at Charm City Church of God 502 00:36:09,940 --> 00:36:10,840 Okay, thank you. 503 00:36:12,140 --> 00:36:12,740 Thank you. 504 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,100 Not everybody's meant to go with you. 505 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:18,920 And you know what? 506 00:36:18,940 --> 00:36:19,400 It's okay. 507 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,580 Jesus never said, hey, when you follow me, you'll have many friends. 508 00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:30,020 He never said, if you follow me, you'll have fame, fortune, and money, and you'll be rich. 509 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:31,740 And all these things, no. 510 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,440 The Bible does say that you'll be blessed. 511 00:36:35,340 --> 00:36:36,880 He does say that you're highly favored. 512 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,080 He does say that you'll never walk this alone. 513 00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:41,200 He does say that he'll be with you in the fire. 514 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,160 He does say that he'll be your comforter. 515 00:36:44,020 --> 00:36:45,100 It does give you that. 516 00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:49,560 I can tell you that it's the best choice that you'll ever make. 517 00:36:49,780 --> 00:36:50,860 I promise you it is. 518 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:58,580 And it's also important for you guys to know that lonely seasons only last for a little while. 519 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,580 I know it's hard and I know it's difficult, but they only last for a little while. 520 00:37:12,060 --> 00:37:12,660 How do you know? 521 00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:14,140 Because I trust me. 522 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:14,620 I know. 523 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:18,280 But he's faithful. 524 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:18,620 Amen. 525 00:37:19,820 --> 00:37:20,040 Amen. 526 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:24,700 So she makes her way through the crowd. 527 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,640 And she comes up from behind Jesus and touches him. 528 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,720 The Bible says that faith comes by hearing. 529 00:37:33,820 --> 00:37:34,900 And hearing the word of God. 530 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:38,600 See, she heard about Jesus. 531 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,760 And just hearing about him stirred her faith. 532 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:53,760 Because by her hearing that Jesus was coming to town, it made her get up and go to where he was. 533 00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:56,580 But it doesn't stop there. 534 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,020 See, faith without works is dead. 535 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,720 See, she heard about Jesus and it stirred her faith. 536 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,960 But moving to where he was is what activated her faith. 537 00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:15,860 If I could have a group of people come up, I need you to just come up here and make a group. 538 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:17,640 Quickly. 539 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:19,140 Quickly. 540 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:22,280 Oh, quickly. 541 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:23,980 Praise God. 542 00:38:26,060 --> 00:38:26,660 Just make a group. 543 00:38:26,820 --> 00:38:28,180 I just need you to make a group. 544 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,340 For those of you who don't know, I'm a visual learner. 545 00:38:35,420 --> 00:38:39,780 and for me to understand things, I need to picture it, okay? 546 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:41,620 I need to make a group. 547 00:38:41,660 --> 00:38:42,580 I don't want to lie in a group. 548 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:44,100 Yeah, bunch of them. 549 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:44,820 Bunch of them. 550 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:46,520 Bunch of them. 551 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:47,160 Let me help you. 552 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:47,740 Come up here. 553 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:48,640 Come up here. 554 00:38:48,940 --> 00:38:49,500 Yes, Lord. 555 00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:49,960 Come up. 556 00:38:50,060 --> 00:38:50,380 Come up. 557 00:38:51,580 --> 00:38:52,620 So this is what, wow. 558 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,480 I just needed my stage people, but y'all can get close. 559 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:56,940 That's fine. 560 00:38:58,440 --> 00:38:59,700 Glory, glory to God. 561 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,220 she heard about Jesus and it stirred her faith 562 00:39:05,630 --> 00:39:08,320 but moving to where he was is what activated her faith 563 00:39:09,740 --> 00:39:12,620 and I believe that this woman who had an issue 564 00:39:14,660 --> 00:39:15,920 said within herself 565 00:39:17,099 --> 00:39:18,520 enough is enough 566 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,140 I believe that she made her way 567 00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:26,740 she stood in the back and she saw Jesus ahead 568 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:27,800 if you guys move up this way. 569 00:39:28,660 --> 00:39:30,720 She saw Jesus from afar. 570 00:39:33,020 --> 00:39:37,800 And she said, man, I'm tired of doing this for 12 years. 571 00:39:39,020 --> 00:39:41,940 I'm tired of suffering for 12 years. 572 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,300 And I believe that she said to herself, forget it. 573 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:47,300 I'm tired. 574 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:47,980 Listen to me. 575 00:39:48,540 --> 00:39:50,620 I'm tired of people's comments. 576 00:39:51,260 --> 00:39:53,120 I'm tired of people's opinions. 577 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,140 I'm tired of what society has said about me. 578 00:39:56,580 --> 00:39:58,660 I've got to get where Jesus is. 579 00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:03,460 And I believe that she decided to push her way through the crowd. 580 00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:05,760 And she's seeing that she's getting a little closer. 581 00:40:06,220 --> 00:40:11,780 But I'm sure the enemy is saying to her, you're dirty, you're filthy, don't touch, get away. 582 00:40:11,980 --> 00:40:15,420 And she said, no, I've got to get where Jesus is. 583 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:18,680 So she moves her way through a little bit more. 584 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,660 And she says to herself, I'm almost there. 585 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:22,840 I can see him. 586 00:40:23,140 --> 00:40:29,140 I know that if I could just touch the hem of his garment, I would be made well. 587 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,460 So she makes one final push to where he is. 588 00:40:33,660 --> 00:40:37,560 And the Bible says that she grabs hold of the hem. 589 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:44,760 And when she does, the Bible says that Jesus felt power leave his body. 590 00:40:50,360 --> 00:41:08,540 And the disciples, well, Jesus turns around amongst all of these people, all of these people, and he asks, forgive me, but he asks a stupid question. 591 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,140 He said, who touched me? 592 00:41:16,740 --> 00:41:27,160 And his disciples look at Jesus and they said, Jesus, don't you see all of these people? 593 00:41:30,220 --> 00:41:33,600 Why would you ask, who touched me? 594 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:42,700 These people are pressing up against you, thronging you around, and you want to ask, who touched me? 595 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:48,120 and Jesus said 596 00:41:51,099 --> 00:41:52,720 I felt power 597 00:41:55,079 --> 00:41:57,100 leave my body 598 00:41:57,300 --> 00:41:59,120 Aubrey what are you saying 599 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:00,340 I'm trying to tell you 600 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:02,420 that Jesus can recognize 601 00:42:03,210 --> 00:42:04,280 a desperate touch 602 00:42:08,799 --> 00:42:10,920 Jesus can recognize 603 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:13,220 a desperate touch. 604 00:42:13,290 --> 00:42:13,860 Thank you guys. 605 00:42:18,460 --> 00:42:19,160 And I wonder 606 00:42:21,340 --> 00:42:23,240 if there are people here this morning 607 00:42:26,340 --> 00:42:27,980 who have said within your cell, 608 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:34,080 I'm tired of the labels. 609 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:36,520 I'm tired. 610 00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:38,800 Worship team, you can come. 611 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:39,360 I'm tired. 612 00:42:41,540 --> 00:42:43,400 of people's opinions. I'm tired 613 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,300 of what's been said about me. I'm tired 614 00:42:47,810 --> 00:42:51,620 of what I say about myself. I wonder if there's 615 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,920 anybody here this morning who is desperate 616 00:42:56,190 --> 00:42:58,700 for a touch from Jesus. 617 00:42:59,980 --> 00:43:03,620 I wonder if there are people here this 618 00:43:03,940 --> 00:43:07,780 morning who are ready to get a hold 619 00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:10,660 of the hem of his garment. 620 00:43:14,660 --> 00:43:18,800 I wonder if there are people here this morning 621 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:22,380 who are ready to lay it all down. 622 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:32,400 This woman who realizes that she's been found out. 623 00:43:34,140 --> 00:43:36,360 She comes before Jesus afraid and scared. 624 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,760 because she knows what the law is. 625 00:43:41,060 --> 00:43:43,320 She's been dealing with it for 12 years. 626 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:50,520 And I can imagine that the woman starts to stammer over her words 627 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:52,280 because she's scared. 628 00:43:55,439 --> 00:43:57,080 Jesus, I'm sorry. 629 00:43:58,890 --> 00:43:59,460 It was me. 630 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:03,620 I know what the law says. 631 00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:07,220 I know that I'm considered dirty. 632 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,020 I know that I'm filthy. 633 00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,620 I know that I'm an outcast by society. 634 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,160 But, Jesus, listen, I've tried everything, man. 635 00:44:16,460 --> 00:44:17,600 I've tried it all. 636 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:19,520 And nothing is working. 637 00:44:20,300 --> 00:44:21,800 And I heard that you were here. 638 00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:26,840 And honestly, Jesus, I'm sorry, but I just had to touch you. 639 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:31,800 Because I heard that people have miracles when they touch you. 640 00:44:32,220 --> 00:44:35,500 And Jesus, I know, I know, I know. 641 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,500 I'm so sorry. 642 00:44:37,940 --> 00:44:43,040 I can imagine the fear because Jesus, man, he's the son of God. 643 00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:43,660 He's perfect. 644 00:44:43,900 --> 00:44:44,260 He's holy. 645 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:46,520 He's righteous. 646 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:50,860 It makes no sense. 647 00:44:53,980 --> 00:45:00,620 It makes no sense for someone so dirty to be able to touch someone so clean. 648 00:45:07,820 --> 00:45:11,500 but she rationalizes everything she says what she has to say 649 00:45:13,260 --> 00:45:16,600 and Jesus looks at this woman and you know what he doesn't say 650 00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:26,340 he doesn't say get away from me he doesn't say stone her he doesn't say do you know what you've 651 00:45:26,340 --> 00:45:33,180 done. He doesn't say, you're the woman with the issue of blood. No, he doesn't say any of these 652 00:45:33,380 --> 00:45:40,640 things. Jesus turns around and looks at this woman who has been an outcast for 12 years, condemned 653 00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:49,240 by society. He looks at her and he says this. He says, daughter, your faith has made you well. And 654 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:55,400 For the first time in 12 years, someone has called her by a name. 655 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:06,760 This man who is pure and holy and righteous and performs miracles has given her a name. 656 00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:08,300 It's daughter. 657 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:11,780 It's not the issue. 658 00:46:12,860 --> 00:46:13,640 It's not the problem. 659 00:46:14,140 --> 00:46:14,980 It's not the struggle. 660 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:21,700 I've come here this morning to let you know your name is not your problem. 661 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,640 Your name is not the things that you deal with. 662 00:46:25,170 --> 00:46:27,260 Your name is not the burdens that you carry. 663 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,500 Your name is not the burden that you think you are. 664 00:46:30,940 --> 00:46:34,520 Your name is son, and your name is daughter. 665 00:46:34,970 --> 00:46:37,920 And there is a place for you at God's table. 666 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:49,100 you're not a problem 667 00:46:50,860 --> 00:46:52,060 you're not an issue 668 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,160 you're not a diagnosis 669 00:46:59,140 --> 00:47:00,440 you are a son 670 00:47:00,970 --> 00:47:01,900 and you are a daughter 671 00:47:04,820 --> 00:47:07,340 I believe that majority of kids leave church 672 00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,220 not because the church didn't have anything for them. 673 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:12,580 I believe they leave church 674 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:15,480 because when they went to someone for restoration 675 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:17,460 they got rebuked instead. 676 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:24,720 I already said it earlier, listen to me. 677 00:47:26,940 --> 00:47:29,820 It's not my job to condemn you into the kingdom of God. 678 00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:35,040 It's my job to love you into the kingdom of God. 679 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:39,060 you may not know me 680 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,480 I may not know you but I want 681 00:47:41,780 --> 00:47:42,880 I want you to know this 682 00:47:43,420 --> 00:47:44,780 from the bottom of my heart 683 00:47:45,540 --> 00:47:46,580 I love you 684 00:47:48,020 --> 00:47:48,860 I don't care what 685 00:47:49,060 --> 00:47:50,900 you've done, I don't care what you've been 686 00:47:51,060 --> 00:47:53,120 involved with, I don't care what you've said 687 00:47:53,300 --> 00:47:54,640 I don't care what you didn't say 688 00:47:55,020 --> 00:47:57,200 I don't care about your circumstances or situations 689 00:47:57,540 --> 00:47:58,640 I want you to know 690 00:47:59,080 --> 00:47:59,800 that I love you 691 00:48:04,020 --> 00:48:05,080 so I wonder 692 00:48:07,100 --> 00:48:08,020 this morning. 693 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:09,680 If anybody 694 00:48:11,820 --> 00:48:13,560 one, maybe you're sitting here 695 00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:15,060 and you don't know God. 696 00:48:15,740 --> 00:48:17,360 You came because your friends invited you. 697 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:18,480 Welcome. 698 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:20,700 Welcome to Premier Winterfest 2025. 699 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:24,280 But you don't know this God 700 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:25,460 that you've been hearing about. 701 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:27,040 And you wonder, 702 00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:29,620 are you sure he wants me? 703 00:48:29,780 --> 00:48:30,920 Yeah, baby, he wants you. 704 00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:36,460 You were created for such a time as this. 705 00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,360 So I wonder if there's anybody here 706 00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:47,400 who you know of this Jesus, 707 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:48,740 but you don't know him. 708 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:51,560 But you want to know him. 709 00:48:53,460 --> 00:48:54,700 I want to deal with you first. 710 00:48:55,580 --> 00:48:56,920 If there's anybody in this room 711 00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:58,960 and you've decided, man, enough's enough, 712 00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:01,359 I want to give my life to Jesus 713 00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:04,480 because Jesus, I know, can radically transform my life. 714 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:06,320 If that's you, I want to see your hands. 715 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:07,420 I want see them. 716 00:49:07,540 --> 00:49:07,900 Lift them up. 717 00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:09,040 Lift them. 718 00:49:09,060 --> 00:49:15,100 up. Look at God. Lift him up. If that's you, you don't know the Lord, but you want to. Let me see 719 00:49:15,150 --> 00:49:21,540 him. If you're in your seats, I want you to make your way down quickly. Run. Skip. Whatever you have 720 00:49:21,540 --> 00:49:28,680 to do. I don't care. Run. Run. Run. He's waiting for you. This is your time. This is your time. This 721 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:39,020 is your time. This is your time. This is your time 722 00:49:39,060 --> 00:49:51,180 You, yes. He's calling you. Yes. He wants your heart. Yes. He wants your mistakes. Yes. He wants your burdens. Yes. He wants your trials. It's you. I'm going to wait 10 more seconds. 723 00:49:56,940 --> 00:50:03,340 You're like, Aubrey, this is it. I'm done playing games. I wanta know them. I wanta know them. I wanna really, really know them. 724 00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:19,380 Look at all these people that are ready to give their hearts to the Lord. 725 00:50:22,060 --> 00:50:23,040 Glory to God. 726 00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:24,540 All right. 727 00:50:24,990 --> 00:50:26,100 We're going to deal with you all first. 728 00:50:26,180 --> 00:50:27,300 Everybody throw your hands up. 729 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,820 Listen, we're not looking for King James prayers, okay? 730 00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:32,540 It ain't nothing fancy. 731 00:50:32,980 --> 00:50:34,140 God just wants your heart. 732 00:50:34,460 --> 00:50:35,760 So I want you to repeat after me. 733 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,740 Say, Father God, thank you for today. 734 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:41,120 Thank you for choosing me. 735 00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:43,400 Thank you for calling me. 736 00:50:44,580 --> 00:50:45,880 I give my life to you. 737 00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,040 I surrender every part of me to you. 738 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:59,620 I believe that your son died on the cross, rose three days later, and that I was resurrected with him. 739 00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:02,340 Thank you, God, for saving me. 740 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:04,860 thank you for calling me. 741 00:51:06,180 --> 00:51:08,980 Thank you for creating me for such a time as this. 742 00:51:10,420 --> 00:51:10,920 Listen to me. 743 00:51:11,020 --> 00:51:13,940 Do you know that heaven is rejoicing with you right now? 744 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,660 The heavens are having a party 745 00:51:17,180 --> 00:51:19,380 because you decided to say yes to him. 746 00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:23,400 This place and here, we should be erupting with praise. 747 00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,340 We should be giving glory to God 748 00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:29,640 because there are people that have now entered into the family of God. 749 00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:31,060 God, we praise you. 750 00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,900 We thank you, God, for these people that are here. 751 00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:36,140 We glorify your name, God. 752 00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:37,940 We lift you up, God. 753 00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:38,380 Hallelujah. 754 00:51:42,620 --> 00:51:45,920 Now there's a second group of you that you know the Lord. 755 00:51:46,860 --> 00:51:50,520 You've given your heart to him, but you've allowed the opinions of others. 756 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:56,700 You've allowed circumstances to dictate who you're going to choose to be. 757 00:51:57,100 --> 00:52:00,300 And you're saying, Pastor Aubrey, I'm tired of faking it. 758 00:52:00,580 --> 00:52:02,260 I'm tired of carrying this burden. 759 00:52:02,700 --> 00:52:05,940 I'm tired of doing these things and just going through the motions. 760 00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:07,600 I'm tired of the baggage. 761 00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:09,160 I'm tired of the weight. 762 00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:10,960 I'm tired of the labels. 763 00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:13,420 If that's you, I need you to make your way. 764 00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:14,880 Make your way quickly. 765 00:52:15,420 --> 00:52:16,500 Make your way quickly. 766 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:18,480 If that's you, you need to come. 767 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:19,640 You need to come. 768 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:23,280 I'm trying to tell you, God is about to restore some people today. 769 00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:40,840 this is what I want you to do 770 00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:46,260 grab the hand of the person next to you 771 00:52:47,010 --> 00:52:48,840 or place your hand on their shoulder 772 00:52:50,380 --> 00:52:51,979 we're going to pray for one another 773 00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:54,560 because I believe that nobody should suffer alone. 774 00:52:57,700 --> 00:52:59,460 There are burdens that people are carrying 775 00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:01,400 that they don't need to carry by themselves 776 00:53:02,220 --> 00:53:04,880 and sometimes they need someone else to help them release it. 777 00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:09,980 So find your friends, find a stranger 778 00:53:10,540 --> 00:53:12,340 and we're going to pray and we're going to believe 779 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:16,140 that God is going to do a new thing in their life. 780 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:20,420 We're going to believe that there is about to be freedom in this place. 781 00:53:20,660 --> 00:53:26,180 I believe that there's healing and restoration, that strongholds are being released, God, 782 00:53:26,220 --> 00:53:30,880 that the labels are being removed, that a new identity and a new name is going to be placed 783 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,120 upon your people. 784 00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:38,900 Father God, in the name of Jesus, we come before you this morning declaring, God, that you 785 00:53:39,060 --> 00:53:40,260 are who you say you are. 786 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,620 Father God, that you have good things in store. 787 00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:48,939 In the name of Jesus, I release every person that's been held by labels, that's been held 788 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:55,280 by opinions, that's been held by circumstances, that's been held by strongholds. I release them 789 00:53:55,380 --> 00:54:01,940 in the name of Jesus. May they walk in freedom. May they walk in their name, son. May they walk 790 00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:08,100 in their name, daughter. Let them know, God, that you've created them for more, that you have good 791 00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:16,059 things in store, Father God, that you are setting them free in the name of Jesus, God. We submit 792 00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:17,440 ourselves to you, God. 793 00:54:17,740 --> 00:54:20,020 We lay it before you in the 794 00:54:20,380 --> 00:54:21,720 name of Jesus. 795 00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:23,960 In the name 796 00:54:24,140 --> 00:54:25,020 of Jesus. 797 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:25,140 - Yes!