WEBVTT 0 00:00:04.890 --> 00:00:07.354 Welcome to the Willow Ridge Sermons podcast. 1 00:00:07.482 --> 00:00:11.150 This is where you can find audio from Sunday morning, messages and more. 2 00:00:11.300 --> 00:00:14.442 Make sure you're subscribed so that you don't miss future episodes. 3 00:00:14.506 --> 00:00:16.030 And thanks for listening. 4 00:00:21.730 --> 00:00:22.234 Amen. 5 00:00:22.282 --> 00:00:23.390 You can be seated. 6 00:00:23.810 --> 00:00:34.310 If you've got your bible is with you, and I hope you do, I want you to invite me listen, as we wrap up proverbs, all right, I want you to invite you to join me in Luke, chapter 18. 7 00:00:34.890 --> 00:00:36.514 I'll explain in just a minute. 8 00:00:36.562 --> 00:00:37.030 All right. 9 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:40.518 It's been a wonderful journey going through proverbs together. 10 00:00:40.604 --> 00:00:42.154 To start off this new year. 11 00:00:42.272 --> 00:00:46.726 This is going to be our last Sunday with looking at proverbs. 12 00:00:46.758 --> 00:00:47.690 I want to encourage you. 13 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:49.530 Those of you have been on this journey with us. 14 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:50.522 Finish out the month. 15 00:00:50.576 --> 00:00:51.214 Finish it out. 16 00:00:51.252 --> 00:00:52.222 Well, keep going. 17 00:00:52.276 --> 00:00:52.766 All right. 18 00:00:52.868 --> 00:00:59.390 I had somebody ask me one time, what version of reading the Bible daily do you recommend? 19 00:00:59.540 --> 00:01:00.990 And here's my answer. 20 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:03.278 Whatever version you're going to do. 21 00:01:03.364 --> 00:01:04.206 All right? 22 00:01:04.388 --> 00:01:14.530 So whether that's read through the Bible in a year, whether that's read through a book a month, whatever journey you want to go on within this God's word is good. 23 00:01:14.600 --> 00:01:15.630 It's powerful. 24 00:01:15.710 --> 00:01:17.362 We want you to get into that. 25 00:01:17.416 --> 00:01:27.014 So whatever you're going to do and be faithful with and extend yourself grace when you fall short, want to encourage you to do and to be a part of that. 26 00:01:27.132 --> 00:01:32.362 If you're a guest here at Willow Ridge Church, I want to say thank you for being here and for worshiping with us. 27 00:01:32.416 --> 00:01:40.586 We count it a blessing and an honor that you would take time out of your schedule to be here and to worship with us this morning. 28 00:01:40.688 --> 00:01:46.990 You'll notice that there are these cards that say welcome to Willow Ridge around you, if you wouldn't mind filling one of those out. 29 00:01:47.060 --> 00:01:49.902 And then you've got a couple of options with it as you leave. 30 00:01:49.956 --> 00:01:58.818 You can drop it here in the basket as you go out or after the service is over with, Aaron and myself will be back here at this table to my left. 31 00:01:58.904 --> 00:02:00.546 We would love to come back there. 32 00:02:00.648 --> 00:02:02.722 Thank you again for worshiping with us. 33 00:02:02.776 --> 00:02:07.074 And then if you've got any questions you would like for us to answer about our church, we would love. 34 00:02:07.112 --> 00:02:08.966 We'll stay there all afternoon and talk with you. 35 00:02:08.988 --> 00:02:09.302 All right. 36 00:02:09.356 --> 00:02:12.022 There is no rush whatsoever on that. 37 00:02:12.076 --> 00:02:15.826 So we've got that for our first time guest and then our men's dinner. 38 00:02:15.938 --> 00:02:18.646 I got these cards as well that are out there. 39 00:02:18.748 --> 00:02:30.650 Come February 9, that's a Friday at 630, we're going to gather together and we are going to eat all we can eat of shrimp and oysters, and it is going to be good. 40 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:33.338 All right, I'm looking forward to that. 41 00:02:33.504 --> 00:02:34.602 I shared last week. 42 00:02:34.656 --> 00:02:36.194 I'm wearing some stretchy pants. 43 00:02:36.262 --> 00:02:38.158 All right, so that will be good to go. 44 00:02:38.324 --> 00:02:40.862 And so we can just go and go and go and go and go. 45 00:02:40.916 --> 00:02:41.902 And that will be fun. 46 00:02:41.956 --> 00:02:42.782 But here's the deal. 47 00:02:42.836 --> 00:02:54.594 As good as the food is going to be, I am so excited because Daryl cheeks, one of our missionaries that's a part of our church, is here, and Daryl's going to be sharing that night. 48 00:02:54.712 --> 00:02:55.538 I'm going to be honest with you. 49 00:02:55.544 --> 00:02:56.610 I've got the privilege. 50 00:02:56.950 --> 00:03:00.334 I know it's probably embarrassing, Darryl, but I get the privilege. 51 00:03:00.382 --> 00:03:08.038 Darryl's a part of my men's group that meets on Thursday mornings and just to sit each week and just to learn from him as we share together. 52 00:03:08.124 --> 00:03:09.606 As we learn from each one of. 53 00:03:09.628 --> 00:03:11.130 Us in opening God's word. 54 00:03:11.200 --> 00:03:13.162 And I'm so excited that he is. 55 00:03:13.216 --> 00:03:16.278 Going to be sharing on that evening. 56 00:03:16.374 --> 00:03:25.658 So with that said, when we talk through our discipleship model, we have relational discipleships that largely happen in our small groups. 57 00:03:25.674 --> 00:03:29.438 And some of our studies, we have theological discipleship that happens. 58 00:03:29.604 --> 00:03:34.318 Most of you, a lot of you were in one of those settings if you came during the 09:00 hour. 59 00:03:34.404 --> 00:03:41.106 And we're a part of that where we understand why we believe what we believe and what do we believe in God's word. 60 00:03:41.208 --> 00:03:49.458 But another part that we're mentioning that we're talking about, that we're wanting to flesh out a little bit more is this conversation called missional discipleship. 61 00:03:49.554 --> 00:03:57.526 And what that is is an opportunity for you to share the gospel with someone that you're going with, a non believer, us telling about the hope that. 62 00:03:57.548 --> 00:03:58.646 We have in Christ. 63 00:03:58.748 --> 00:04:02.358 And I just want to say this is a wonderful opportunity to bring a. 64 00:04:02.364 --> 00:04:03.514 Guy that you know, right. 65 00:04:03.552 --> 00:04:07.434 There's the truth that this is a meeting at the church and we're going to talk about Jesus, right? 66 00:04:07.472 --> 00:04:08.714 We're not hiding that. 67 00:04:08.832 --> 00:04:13.978 We're not scared to invite under that umbrella of knowing that that's what we're going to do. 68 00:04:14.064 --> 00:04:19.742 But I know a lot of guys that will do a lot of things to eat as many shrimp and oysters as they can for $20. 69 00:04:19.796 --> 00:04:20.270 All right? 70 00:04:20.340 --> 00:04:23.326 And so I want you to invite your guys, invite your friends. 71 00:04:23.428 --> 00:04:26.030 You can register by this QR code on here. 72 00:04:26.100 --> 00:04:28.242 And then a challenge for us. 73 00:04:28.376 --> 00:04:29.858 I want to challenge you with this. 74 00:04:29.944 --> 00:04:45.494 If there's someone that you know that needs to be here, I don't care if they make a million dollars a year, guys, if there's somebody that you know that is far from the Lord, who does not know him, and they need to be here, you buy your ticket, you buy his ticket, you invite him and bring him here with you. 75 00:04:45.612 --> 00:04:49.050 And see what God is going to do in that. 76 00:04:49.200 --> 00:04:54.940 This has been a wonderful series of working through proverbs together. 77 00:04:55.470 --> 00:05:06.400 This week, as I sat down behind my computer with my bible open and the commentary set out, I stumbled across an article this week. 78 00:05:07.330 --> 00:05:15.170 Before I got started into the message prep, a news article on the news site that I went to popped up from the Mayo clinic. 79 00:05:15.750 --> 00:05:20.626 Mayo clinic filled with men and women way smarter than me. 80 00:05:20.808 --> 00:05:25.140 Not smarter than, way smarter with me. 81 00:05:25.530 --> 00:05:27.560 And the article said this. 82 00:05:28.490 --> 00:05:38.200 Seven tips to increase your energy and to live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. 83 00:05:38.910 --> 00:05:43.306 It's still January, so I want to be healthier, right? 84 00:05:43.488 --> 00:05:45.718 So I was like, well, mayo, they're smart. 85 00:05:45.814 --> 00:05:52.566 They're going to have figured out that be happy and healthy means more peanut m Ms. 86 00:05:52.598 --> 00:05:53.180 Right? 87 00:05:54.130 --> 00:05:57.406 So I clicked on the article, and I gave seven. 88 00:05:57.508 --> 00:05:59.040 I want to read these to you. 89 00:05:59.650 --> 00:06:09.698 Seven things at the Mayo Clinic, through all of their research, through the brightest minds in the world of what they came up with. 90 00:06:09.784 --> 00:06:17.590 All right, seven tips, increase your energy to live a happier, healthier, more productive life. 91 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:18.600 Number one. 92 00:06:20.410 --> 00:06:22.360 Eat nourishing food. 93 00:06:24.170 --> 00:06:28.490 Wa all right, but here's the deal. 94 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.898 We all know what that means, right? 95 00:06:32.064 --> 00:06:33.066 Food that tastes bad. 96 00:06:33.088 --> 00:06:34.220 All right, number two. 97 00:06:35.230 --> 00:06:42.400 Number two, sleep seven to 8 hours per night. 98 00:06:43.890 --> 00:06:44.510 All right? 99 00:06:44.580 --> 00:06:45.150 Yeah. 100 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:48.560 Every parent in here was like, that's funny, right? 101 00:06:50.610 --> 00:06:51.662 We know what that is like. 102 00:06:51.716 --> 00:06:52.990 We get sleep. 103 00:06:53.590 --> 00:06:54.946 We don't have to define that. 104 00:06:55.048 --> 00:06:56.340 We know what that means. 105 00:06:57.430 --> 00:07:06.340 Number three, keep company with people you enjoy, being around. 106 00:07:07.430 --> 00:07:08.966 That's not hard either, right? 107 00:07:09.068 --> 00:07:13.766 All of you just went in your mind, if you're positive, you went to. 108 00:07:13.788 --> 00:07:15.000 People that you enjoy. 109 00:07:15.370 --> 00:07:17.174 If you're negative, you went to people. 110 00:07:17.212 --> 00:07:18.822 That you don't enjoy, right? 111 00:07:18.956 --> 00:07:19.894 Like you went there. 112 00:07:19.932 --> 00:07:23.430 If you're sitting next to the people you enjoy, that's wonderful. 113 00:07:23.510 --> 00:07:27.706 If you're sitting next to the people you don't enjoy, don't share that with anybody right now. 114 00:07:27.728 --> 00:07:28.300 Okay? 115 00:07:28.830 --> 00:07:29.830 Email Dave. 116 00:07:29.910 --> 00:07:31.774 He'll get you worked out with that this week. 117 00:07:31.812 --> 00:07:36.960 All right, number four, this is going to be hard for some of us. 118 00:07:37.730 --> 00:07:41.310 Number four, happier, healthier, more productive life. 119 00:07:41.380 --> 00:07:47.250 Number four, avoid news overdose. 120 00:07:48.790 --> 00:07:56.286 All right, I figured out this week that grumpy old man syndrome, this is where it comes from. 121 00:07:56.328 --> 00:07:57.080 All right? 122 00:07:58.730 --> 00:08:00.726 Sit around, watch news all day. 123 00:08:00.748 --> 00:08:01.622 But we know what that means. 124 00:08:01.676 --> 00:08:02.838 We know how to do that? 125 00:08:03.004 --> 00:08:06.040 Cut off the tv, close the computer. 126 00:08:06.730 --> 00:08:10.490 Put away the cell phone for, like, four or five of us. 127 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:12.454 Cancel your newspaper subscription. 128 00:08:12.502 --> 00:08:13.260 All right? 129 00:08:14.030 --> 00:08:16.010 Avoid the news overdose. 130 00:08:16.750 --> 00:08:17.578 Number five. 131 00:08:17.664 --> 00:08:18.620 Number five. 132 00:08:19.970 --> 00:08:23.710 Get regular exercise. 133 00:08:24.850 --> 00:08:27.662 I wasn't shocking that that's on there. 134 00:08:27.796 --> 00:08:28.702 They defined that. 135 00:08:28.756 --> 00:08:30.110 Regular exercise. 136 00:08:30.610 --> 00:08:36.020 They defined it for us, 150 minutes a week. 137 00:08:36.630 --> 00:08:37.570 A week. 138 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:39.060 That's not too bad. 139 00:08:39.990 --> 00:08:43.380 Roughly 21 minutes and 30 seconds a day. 140 00:08:43.910 --> 00:08:45.570 Go get some exercise. 141 00:08:45.990 --> 00:08:46.658 Get out. 142 00:08:46.744 --> 00:08:47.474 We know what that is. 143 00:08:47.512 --> 00:08:54.230 All of us know what it means to go for a walk, to go for a jog, to lift some weights. 144 00:08:54.730 --> 00:08:57.566 We know what it means to do more than what we did yesterday. 145 00:08:57.698 --> 00:08:58.780 We know that. 146 00:08:59.390 --> 00:09:04.220 Number six, happier, healthier, more productive life. 147 00:09:04.990 --> 00:09:08.300 Do something meaningful each day. 148 00:09:10.290 --> 00:09:11.194 Do something meaningful. 149 00:09:11.242 --> 00:09:12.638 But then they define this. 150 00:09:12.804 --> 00:09:16.686 They say something meaningful is defined by. 151 00:09:16.868 --> 00:09:20.640 Something you're passionate about every day. 152 00:09:21.250 --> 00:09:23.840 Do something that you're passionate about. 153 00:09:24.210 --> 00:09:31.630 In the article, they said, if you can't think of anything that you're passionate about, which they say a lot of Americans can fall into this category. 154 00:09:31.710 --> 00:09:40.726 They said, every day, treat yourself to a song that you love and listen to that song every day. 155 00:09:40.908 --> 00:09:46.054 That song we just sang might be one that I put into the repertoire for me. 156 00:09:46.092 --> 00:09:46.680 Right. 157 00:09:47.710 --> 00:09:48.940 That's not hard. 158 00:09:50.270 --> 00:09:51.340 Last one. 159 00:09:51.950 --> 00:09:53.434 I struggled with this one. 160 00:09:53.472 --> 00:09:57.020 Not at first, but how they define to do this. 161 00:09:57.950 --> 00:09:58.650 Number seven. 162 00:09:58.720 --> 00:09:59.580 Last one. 163 00:10:00.290 --> 00:10:02.720 Think good thoughts of others. 164 00:10:03.890 --> 00:10:05.498 Don't think bad thoughts. 165 00:10:05.674 --> 00:10:06.954 Think good thoughts. 166 00:10:07.082 --> 00:10:08.560 I'm on board with this. 167 00:10:08.930 --> 00:10:11.038 And then they defined how to do this. 168 00:10:11.124 --> 00:10:16.050 If you struggle with that, if you struggle with thinking, how many of you raise your hand? 169 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:16.594 Struggle with. 170 00:10:16.632 --> 00:10:17.570 I'm just kidding. 171 00:10:18.470 --> 00:10:19.666 We're not going to do that. 172 00:10:19.768 --> 00:10:22.820 If you struggle with that, email Dave this week, he's got some time. 173 00:10:24.550 --> 00:10:29.030 So if you struggle with this, and this is the part that I struggle with, I tried this this week. 174 00:10:29.180 --> 00:10:30.710 All right, I tried this. 175 00:10:30.780 --> 00:10:31.858 It was tough. 176 00:10:32.034 --> 00:10:37.590 If you struggle with this, they said, then you need to practice what is called kind attention. 177 00:10:38.590 --> 00:10:39.334 Kind attention. 178 00:10:39.382 --> 00:10:40.042 This is what you need. 179 00:10:40.096 --> 00:10:43.126 And here's how kind attention is defined. 180 00:10:43.238 --> 00:10:45.050 You got to do this with strangers. 181 00:10:46.670 --> 00:10:59.280 When you're in the room with a stranger, first make eye contact and then smile, and then say to yourself, I wish you well. 182 00:11:01.650 --> 00:11:03.380 I tried that this week. 183 00:11:05.670 --> 00:11:13.060 In that moment where we made eye contact and I smiled, got so uncomfortable that I couldn't remember what to say. 184 00:11:14.550 --> 00:11:15.906 I was lost. 185 00:11:16.098 --> 00:11:21.110 So I was expecting a little bit more from the Mayo clinic. 186 00:11:21.690 --> 00:11:23.734 I was expecting a little bit more. 187 00:11:23.772 --> 00:11:26.230 Of a scientific formula. 188 00:11:26.730 --> 00:11:39.260 But they came out honestly with seven things that aren't difficult, like we know how to do these things, whether you want to show kind attention to strangers you've never met or not. 189 00:11:40.030 --> 00:11:41.742 We know how to think good thoughts of others. 190 00:11:41.796 --> 00:11:43.742 We know how to do meaningful things. 191 00:11:43.796 --> 00:11:44.942 We know how to eat right. 192 00:11:44.996 --> 00:11:46.302 We know how to get rest. 193 00:11:46.436 --> 00:11:48.686 We know how to do these. 194 00:11:48.788 --> 00:11:54.660 But the difficulty is we choose not to do them. 195 00:11:56.790 --> 00:12:04.260 We know that a grilled chicken breast with some kale and some broccoli is good for us. 196 00:12:05.430 --> 00:12:06.180 Right. 197 00:12:06.790 --> 00:12:09.960 But chickfila gets you through that line really quick. 198 00:12:11.530 --> 00:12:16.360 And even if you get the grilled nuggets, you got 900 calories of sauce that you can put on them, you know? 199 00:12:16.970 --> 00:12:17.490 Right. 200 00:12:17.580 --> 00:12:18.860 Like, we get it. 201 00:12:19.550 --> 00:12:23.820 We know seven to 8 hours of sleep is what we should get. 202 00:12:24.590 --> 00:12:33.854 But our tv show comes on at ten, and Starbucks was running double points on my way home. 203 00:12:34.052 --> 00:12:36.782 And just drinks without caffeine aren't right. 204 00:12:36.836 --> 00:12:37.678 You know what I mean? 205 00:12:37.764 --> 00:12:45.858 And so we get that, and we know we got to get up early, and so we squeeze in so we know what to do. 206 00:12:46.024 --> 00:12:48.562 The problem is, where you and I. 207 00:12:48.616 --> 00:12:52.180 Struggle is implementing what we know. 208 00:12:54.150 --> 00:12:56.070 When it comes to proverbs. 209 00:12:56.730 --> 00:12:58.630 We said this from the beginning. 210 00:13:00.010 --> 00:13:09.930 The truth that we see in God's word, it's powerful, it's purposeful, it's impactful. 211 00:13:10.430 --> 00:13:12.490 They aren't complicated. 212 00:13:13.790 --> 00:13:19.980 But if you've been on this journey with us this month, the big issue. 213 00:13:22.210 --> 00:13:24.000 Is, how do we implement this? 214 00:13:25.250 --> 00:13:29.760 How do I go from where I'm at to where I should be? 215 00:13:30.930 --> 00:13:36.500 Berger and I talked this morning about that song and the connection for this. 216 00:13:37.990 --> 00:13:39.940 Every one of us in here. 217 00:13:42.150 --> 00:13:42.606 Knows. 218 00:13:42.638 --> 00:13:44.740 That in Christ, we were made for more. 219 00:13:45.370 --> 00:13:46.760 Every one of us. 220 00:13:47.770 --> 00:13:49.542 The problem is we choose less. 221 00:13:49.596 --> 00:13:52.360 Every day we choose less. 222 00:13:53.450 --> 00:13:57.730 So this morning, what I want us to do is take a quick overview. 223 00:13:57.810 --> 00:14:06.890 We've kind of hit some of these topical things, and I want us to look back at these and just continue to line out that these truths of proverbs are powerful. 224 00:14:07.470 --> 00:14:10.710 The issue is not God and his expectation. 225 00:14:10.870 --> 00:14:12.266 The issue is us. 226 00:14:12.368 --> 00:14:19.134 And then we're going to try to unpack very quickly in Luke 18, why we struggle with doing this. 227 00:14:19.172 --> 00:14:20.958 Okay, so here's some more things that. 228 00:14:20.964 --> 00:14:25.166 We haven't necessarily talked about, but it's filled enrich of proverbs. 229 00:14:25.278 --> 00:14:27.860 Proverbs talks about planning for your life. 230 00:14:28.230 --> 00:14:30.866 Planning for your life, like how to. 231 00:14:30.888 --> 00:14:33.954 Figure out what to do from day to day. 232 00:14:33.992 --> 00:14:36.120 Proverbs 24 six. 233 00:14:37.610 --> 00:14:42.040 For by wise guidance, you can wage your war. 234 00:14:42.410 --> 00:14:47.670 And in abundance of counselors, there is victory. 235 00:14:48.430 --> 00:14:51.162 The beauty of that, who is in. 236 00:14:51.216 --> 00:14:56.166 Your life that you trust that can give you godly counsel. 237 00:14:56.278 --> 00:14:56.714 And then. 238 00:14:56.752 --> 00:14:58.380 Are you listening to them? 239 00:14:58.910 --> 00:15:00.960 Proverbs 1921. 240 00:15:01.730 --> 00:15:11.998 Many are the plans in the mind of man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand right, the truth of that plan. 241 00:15:12.164 --> 00:15:12.998 Prepare. 242 00:15:13.114 --> 00:15:14.958 Keep your faith in the Lord. 243 00:15:15.054 --> 00:15:18.770 He's working, he's moving, he's doing. 244 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:21.780 And we can't outplan or prepare God. 245 00:15:22.950 --> 00:15:25.300 And the beauty of who he is. 246 00:15:26.650 --> 00:15:29.800 Proverbs 21 30 through 31. 247 00:15:31.050 --> 00:15:36.310 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord. 248 00:15:37.050 --> 00:15:41.078 The horse is made ready for the day of battle. 249 00:15:41.254 --> 00:15:45.770 But the victory, the victory belongs to the Lord. 250 00:15:46.510 --> 00:15:49.842 And in that I wrote this phrase. 251 00:15:50.006 --> 00:15:51.870 It came to my mind, like, remember. 252 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:53.200 Where you came from. 253 00:15:53.890 --> 00:15:59.600 Remember who to give credit to, remember who to give glory for. 254 00:15:59.970 --> 00:16:00.720 Right? 255 00:16:01.410 --> 00:16:02.254 We see this. 256 00:16:02.292 --> 00:16:05.834 Give the Lord all the glory and honor and praise. 257 00:16:05.962 --> 00:16:07.460 How simple would it be? 258 00:16:07.910 --> 00:16:10.322 As we think about the future, as we think about what? 259 00:16:10.376 --> 00:16:20.966 Retirement for those of us that are thinking about that, or getting our kids through college or starting a family or getting married, or like all of the things that are there. 260 00:16:21.068 --> 00:16:28.620 How beautiful is it if we were to go into this and take the truths of what it looks like to plan from your future for God's word. 261 00:16:29.790 --> 00:16:33.946 But we struggle and we run our own way in here. 262 00:16:33.968 --> 00:16:40.220 It talked about marriage and dating, right? 263 00:16:41.090 --> 00:16:42.800 Proverbs 31 ten. 264 00:16:44.610 --> 00:16:48.400 An excellent wife who can find. 265 00:16:49.570 --> 00:16:54.530 She's far more precious than jewels. 266 00:16:55.910 --> 00:16:58.020 Proverbs twelve four. 267 00:16:58.870 --> 00:17:08.550 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottens in his bones. 268 00:17:10.410 --> 00:17:11.800 I love this. 269 00:17:13.370 --> 00:17:15.990 Marriage is sacred. 270 00:17:17.290 --> 00:17:19.560 Marriage is from God. 271 00:17:20.810 --> 00:17:25.298 There's a standard, like, we could go on and on within. 272 00:17:25.404 --> 00:17:34.960 There's this beautiful picture of what God says that when you take a man of God and a woman of God, right, that's his plan. 273 00:17:36.770 --> 00:17:38.800 Man of God, woman of God. 274 00:17:39.970 --> 00:17:41.280 And they're together. 275 00:17:42.790 --> 00:17:45.940 The beauty and the value of that. 276 00:17:47.510 --> 00:17:48.420 All right? 277 00:17:49.510 --> 00:17:56.626 And then when the description, how are women defined? 278 00:17:56.658 --> 00:17:59.080 How is a wife defined in this? 279 00:18:00.010 --> 00:18:04.870 As a precious, more precious than jewels? 280 00:18:07.470 --> 00:18:12.170 The crown of her husband. 281 00:18:14.190 --> 00:18:29.546 We can begin every premarital and marital counseling session like this, guys, if you're a man of God, your wife or future wife is priceless. 282 00:18:29.658 --> 00:18:31.040 Treat them as such. 283 00:18:33.270 --> 00:18:42.180 Ladies, going into this, going into your marriage, if he didn't, then it's going to be difficult going forward. 284 00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:47.710 The value of what's there. 285 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:51.100 But we struggle. 286 00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:53.260 We struggle. 287 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.380 We struggle with putting God first in our marriage. 288 00:18:57.120 --> 00:19:01.890 We struggle dating the right person that God would have us to date. 289 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:06.450 We want to do things our way, our plan, our time. 290 00:19:08.260 --> 00:19:09.376 All right, here we go. 291 00:19:09.478 --> 00:19:11.280 Parent child relationships. 292 00:19:11.780 --> 00:19:16.444 There's lots in proverbs with parent child relationships. 293 00:19:16.492 --> 00:19:19.430 Just got a handful that we want to get to. 294 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.800 Grandparents. 295 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:21.924 You're with me at the end. 296 00:19:21.962 --> 00:19:22.484 Last one. 297 00:19:22.522 --> 00:19:23.190 All right. 298 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:27.524 Proverbs 23 24 through 25, the father. 299 00:19:27.572 --> 00:19:29.636 Of the righteous will greatly rejoice. 300 00:19:29.748 --> 00:19:32.728 He who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. 301 00:19:32.814 --> 00:19:35.400 Let your father and mother be glad. 302 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:39.420 Let her who bore you rejoice. 303 00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:41.070 Right. 304 00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:48.750 Parenting is of joy, and it is a privilege above all else and should be treated as so. 305 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:58.190 And with that, kids, whether you're 1444 or 74. 306 00:19:59.040 --> 00:19:59.836 Right. 307 00:20:00.018 --> 00:20:07.060 This doesn't like you're still their child, where they're alive or dead. 308 00:20:08.040 --> 00:20:09.936 May you be the joy. 309 00:20:10.128 --> 00:20:13.270 May you be a joy for them. 310 00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.890 Right. 311 00:20:16.060 --> 00:20:17.800 Proverbs 1918. 312 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:22.410 Discipline your son, for there is hope. 313 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:27.820 Do not set your heart on putting him to death. 314 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.910 Right. 315 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:36.860 Ignoring sinful behavior is destructive. 316 00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.610 Stop. 317 00:20:42.340 --> 00:20:51.170 Parent them, disciple them, grow them, love them, mature them. 318 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:54.720 And then proverbs 22 six continues. 319 00:20:54.800 --> 00:20:55.830 In that thought. 320 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:59.668 Train up a child in the way he should go. 321 00:20:59.754 --> 00:21:03.110 Even when he is old, he will not depart from it. 322 00:21:03.820 --> 00:21:05.880 This is called proactive parenting. 323 00:21:06.780 --> 00:21:25.230 Train up a child was talking to one of our men in our church this week, and he was talking about this verse, and he said he was writing in his journal about proverbs 22 six, and he was thinking about that concept of train up, train up, train up. 324 00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:28.510 Here we go. 325 00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:34.560 It's more than do what I say to train up a child. 326 00:21:34.630 --> 00:21:38.720 The picture of what we're given is, yes, we do teach with our words. 327 00:21:38.870 --> 00:21:40.572 We say, we give instruction. 328 00:21:40.716 --> 00:21:43.350 But to train up a child is to model what I do. 329 00:21:44.040 --> 00:21:45.350 Model what I do. 330 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:53.590 I just wish they'd spend more time with the Lord and put a greater emphasis on their relationship with God. 331 00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:57.944 Well, are you training them up to do that? 332 00:21:58.142 --> 00:22:00.504 Like, do they watch that in you? 333 00:22:00.622 --> 00:22:02.936 Do they observe that in you? 334 00:22:03.118 --> 00:22:04.584 Is this where we're at? 335 00:22:04.622 --> 00:22:06.600 Is this what we're working toward? 336 00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:08.184 Proverbs 17. 337 00:22:08.232 --> 00:22:20.560 Six grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. 338 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.650 Right. 339 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:27.120 The joy of being a grandparent. 340 00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:29.116 Let's talk about that for a minute. 341 00:22:29.148 --> 00:22:29.890 All right. 342 00:22:30.260 --> 00:22:32.288 The joy of being a grandparent. 343 00:22:32.464 --> 00:22:38.612 I hear this phrase a lot, and when my kids were young, it made. 344 00:22:38.666 --> 00:22:41.750 Me cringe, and I hated it. 345 00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:46.360 Now, at 44, I'm thinking more about it. 346 00:22:46.510 --> 00:22:48.344 I see the wisdom in this. 347 00:22:48.542 --> 00:22:49.850 I hear the. 348 00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:52.996 When they come to Grandma or Grandpa's. 349 00:22:53.028 --> 00:22:58.300 House, we get to spoil them and then do what grandparents. 350 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.190 Send them back. 351 00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:02.110 Send them back. 352 00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:04.284 Man, I hated that. 353 00:23:04.482 --> 00:23:05.964 I hated that. 354 00:23:06.162 --> 00:23:07.436 I will tell y'all a story. 355 00:23:07.538 --> 00:23:11.120 I'm not going to say whose dad this was, but it was either mine or Aaron's. 356 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.640 It was hers. 357 00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:19.152 It was before we moved up here. 358 00:23:19.206 --> 00:23:24.704 So our kids were, like, three or four years old, and they were back in the backyard playing. 359 00:23:24.832 --> 00:23:28.256 And the beauty of twins is they've. 360 00:23:28.288 --> 00:23:30.772 Always got somebody to play with. 361 00:23:30.826 --> 00:23:33.110 And our kids have always gotten along well. 362 00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.932 I don't know. 363 00:23:34.986 --> 00:23:38.596 As a parent, one of my greatest joys, especially my kids were little. 364 00:23:38.778 --> 00:23:43.620 Now, I want to sneak and listen to their conversations, but even then, I wanted to sneak and listen to them when they were playing. 365 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:45.224 Can you just hear them? 366 00:23:45.422 --> 00:23:49.912 And so they're back in Grayson's room, and his room is kind of toward the back of the hallway. 367 00:23:49.976 --> 00:23:56.136 And so I go down and I'm just listening and I don't know, are we going to get, like, paw patrol? 368 00:23:56.248 --> 00:23:58.932 Are we going to get Barney? 369 00:23:59.016 --> 00:24:00.816 I think that was still something, right? 370 00:24:00.918 --> 00:24:01.904 I don't know. 371 00:24:02.102 --> 00:24:05.424 We were Dora and Diego, right? 372 00:24:05.462 --> 00:24:06.736 Like, that was it. 373 00:24:06.918 --> 00:24:10.450 And you could hear their little know. 374 00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:15.700 And then I heard Emma's and she said, what do you think, DeNozo? 375 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:23.060 And then Grayson said, I don't know, Abby. 376 00:24:24.760 --> 00:24:27.780 I was like, deNozo, Abby. 377 00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:31.690 What part of Diego was that know? 378 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:35.850 Was that an episode of Veggie Tales that we missed out on? 379 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.950 And then it clicked with me. 380 00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:40.540 That's from NCIS. 381 00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:53.970 Little kids are snitches, man. 382 00:24:55.860 --> 00:25:00.704 Brought them in there and Aaron's like, how do y'all know this? 383 00:25:00.742 --> 00:25:01.184 I'll be honest. 384 00:25:01.222 --> 00:25:02.764 I'm thinking, like, don't tell him, dad. 385 00:25:02.812 --> 00:25:04.000 Don't tell him, dad. 386 00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.500 Don't tell him, dad. 387 00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.784 I had him on Fridays. 388 00:25:06.832 --> 00:25:08.710 It was just me and know. 389 00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:15.832 And they said, well, when we go to pop's house, we get in bail of pop. 390 00:25:15.966 --> 00:25:18.264 And they called it bleed we watch. 391 00:25:18.302 --> 00:25:19.400 Bleed we watch. 392 00:25:19.470 --> 00:25:20.676 NCIS. 393 00:25:20.868 --> 00:25:30.190 With Pop now, as wise parents of three years old or three year old parent, we've got this figured out. 394 00:25:31.040 --> 00:25:32.460 We're enraged. 395 00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:35.630 How could he do this? 396 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:42.050 Aaron on the phone with one of our dads, right? 397 00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:45.264 My dad did way worse, all right? 398 00:25:45.302 --> 00:25:48.704 But got on the phone and he. 399 00:25:48.742 --> 00:25:52.032 Goes, I love my father in law. 400 00:25:52.086 --> 00:25:52.700 I do. 401 00:25:52.790 --> 00:25:53.924 I love him. 402 00:25:54.042 --> 00:25:59.990 The wisdom, the generosity, the kindness, just that he gives us. 403 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.424 He's loud. 404 00:26:01.472 --> 00:26:02.356 Those of you who have met him. 405 00:26:02.378 --> 00:26:06.264 You know that he talks really loud, so you think he's on speaker, but he's not. 406 00:26:06.302 --> 00:26:07.880 Like you can just hear the conversation. 407 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:16.730 And he goes, sweetie, when they come to pops, it's pops rules, you know? 408 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.516 Now, here's what we had to wrestle with. 409 00:26:21.538 --> 00:26:22.396 I'm going to get the message here. 410 00:26:22.418 --> 00:26:23.084 In a minute, all right? 411 00:26:23.122 --> 00:26:26.572 But this is all for parents, all right? 412 00:26:26.626 --> 00:26:28.270 Here's what we had to wrestle with. 413 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:32.850 Do we want a free date night? 414 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:39.410 Y'all see where this is going? 415 00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:41.970 Parents is turning around on you. 416 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:48.976 Do we want free date night, or do we want my 65 year old father in law to watch nothing but veggie tails? 417 00:26:49.008 --> 00:26:49.990 You know what I mean? 418 00:26:50.520 --> 00:26:51.270 Right? 419 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.070 Here's the deal. 420 00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:57.450 Here's the deal, right? 421 00:26:58.460 --> 00:27:03.048 I want to say this to parents, and all joking aside, I mean this, okay? 422 00:27:03.134 --> 00:27:04.250 I mean this. 423 00:27:05.260 --> 00:27:12.060 When you've got grandparents who love the Lord, I get it. 424 00:27:12.210 --> 00:27:13.484 I get it. 425 00:27:13.682 --> 00:27:15.064 You just read the blog. 426 00:27:15.112 --> 00:27:16.172 You just watched the video. 427 00:27:16.226 --> 00:27:17.308 You just read the book. 428 00:27:17.394 --> 00:27:18.750 I did all those things. 429 00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:27.616 But when you got grandparents who love the Lord, it's precious, all right? 430 00:27:27.798 --> 00:27:32.390 And I know they don't do everything the way that you would like them to do it. 431 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:38.660 There's chocolate after 09:00 there's chocolate for breakfast. 432 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.540 There's chocolate for lunch. 433 00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:44.588 And then they'll give them their healthy. 434 00:27:44.624 --> 00:27:46.984 Meal by taking them to Captain D's, all right? 435 00:27:47.022 --> 00:27:49.480 That's what, you know, for dinner. 436 00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.804 For dinner. 437 00:27:50.852 --> 00:27:52.200 But it's precious. 438 00:27:52.540 --> 00:27:53.800 It's precious. 439 00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:57.470 And the joy that they have with them is good. 440 00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:01.950 Grandparents, remember this. 441 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:08.350 God entrusted your kids with those kids, right? 442 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:19.730 And honor them and respect them and work alongside with them, all right? 443 00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.164 But parents, if you want free date. 444 00:28:22.202 --> 00:28:23.270 Night, all right. 445 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.588 You might have to. 446 00:28:25.594 --> 00:28:27.670 Give in on NCIS, all right? 447 00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:30.470 These things aren't hard. 448 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:33.140 They're not hard, but we struggle. 449 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.940 Next. 450 00:28:34.010 --> 00:28:35.040 Work life balance. 451 00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:36.552 Proverbs talks a lot about this. 452 00:28:36.606 --> 00:28:37.844 Work life balance. 453 00:28:37.892 --> 00:28:38.792 I got to work fast. 454 00:28:38.846 --> 00:28:39.560 All right. 455 00:28:39.710 --> 00:28:41.492 Proverbs 20 819. 456 00:28:41.636 --> 00:28:47.896 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. 457 00:28:48.088 --> 00:28:49.230 That's good. 458 00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.470 That's good. 459 00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:53.340 Work hard. 460 00:28:53.490 --> 00:28:54.776 Work with integrity. 461 00:28:54.888 --> 00:28:56.444 Work for the right things. 462 00:28:56.642 --> 00:28:57.630 That's it. 463 00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.276 That's it. 464 00:28:59.458 --> 00:29:00.896 Parents, you want your kids to have. 465 00:29:00.918 --> 00:29:03.852 A good job, make sure this applies. 466 00:29:03.996 --> 00:29:05.200 You want to have a good job. 467 00:29:05.270 --> 00:29:06.428 Make sure this applies. 468 00:29:06.524 --> 00:29:07.248 Work hard. 469 00:29:07.334 --> 00:29:08.460 Work with integrity. 470 00:29:08.540 --> 00:29:09.970 Work for the right things. 471 00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:12.644 Proverbs 23 four through five. 472 00:29:12.762 --> 00:29:14.980 Do not toil to acquire wealth. 473 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:18.180 Be discerning enough to desist. 474 00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:27.220 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wing slides like an eagle toward heaven. 475 00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.216 Work hard. 476 00:29:28.318 --> 00:29:29.428 Work with integrity. 477 00:29:29.524 --> 00:29:31.060 Find contentment. 478 00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:32.520 Don't chase the dollar. 479 00:29:33.020 --> 00:29:34.600 Don't chase the dollar. 480 00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:38.696 What we have just read, we're going to jump over to Luke 18. 481 00:29:38.728 --> 00:29:39.310 Now. 482 00:29:39.760 --> 00:29:42.540 What we have just read is not complicated. 483 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:51.010 And I would argue for most of us, what we've done is affirm what we already know. 484 00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:59.330 So why is it so difficult for you and I to apply this? 485 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:03.250 Where does the breakdown come? 486 00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:07.156 Not just in proverbs, but in all of God. 487 00:30:07.258 --> 00:30:14.150 When we sing that I was made for more, but then we walk out of here and we settle for less. 488 00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:18.536 Where does that breakdown come from? 489 00:30:18.638 --> 00:30:27.100 And here's where I think the breakdown is, moving wisdom from knowledge to practice. 490 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:34.540 Moving wisdom from knowledge to practice. 491 00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:38.392 So where do we begin on that journey? 492 00:30:38.456 --> 00:30:40.672 We recognize I do some foolish things. 493 00:30:40.726 --> 00:30:41.872 You do some foolish things. 494 00:30:41.926 --> 00:30:43.696 We do some foolish things. 495 00:30:43.798 --> 00:30:48.770 We know the right thing to do, but we struggle in doing it. 496 00:30:51.390 --> 00:30:53.198 Proverbs one seven is where we begin. 497 00:30:53.284 --> 00:30:54.240 First week. 498 00:30:54.610 --> 00:30:55.680 First week. 499 00:30:56.530 --> 00:30:59.310 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 500 00:30:59.970 --> 00:31:03.150 Fools despise wisdom and instruction. 501 00:31:03.650 --> 00:31:05.230 That's where it begins. 502 00:31:05.910 --> 00:31:17.358 That's where it begins in your relationship with God, and wisdom begins in right relationship with him. 503 00:31:17.464 --> 00:31:25.880 To accept the wisdom of God is to connect it to our faith in him. 504 00:31:27.290 --> 00:31:38.700 Our faith in him, not our knowledge about him, not what we want from him, but our faith in him. 505 00:31:39.230 --> 00:31:41.930 Now, Luke 18. 506 00:31:43.730 --> 00:31:47.614 There's this encounter that Jesus has with. 507 00:31:47.652 --> 00:32:04.014 A guy who earthly standard probably pretty wise, pretty sharp, pretty sharp guy, successful, influential young Jesus has this encounter. 508 00:32:04.062 --> 00:32:07.650 What we've come to know as the rich young ruler. 509 00:32:08.570 --> 00:32:19.080 Luke 18, starting verse 18 says, and a ruler asked him, good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 510 00:32:19.950 --> 00:32:23.980 And Jesus said to him, why do you call me good? 511 00:32:24.830 --> 00:32:26.998 No one is good except God alone. 512 00:32:27.094 --> 00:32:36.270 You know the commandments, do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother. 513 00:32:37.090 --> 00:32:44.174 And he being this ruler, said, all these I have kept from my youth, I've done them all. 514 00:32:44.212 --> 00:32:44.830 Jesus. 515 00:32:46.370 --> 00:32:52.690 And when Jesus heard this, he said to him, one thing you still lack. 516 00:32:53.190 --> 00:32:56.046 Here's the wisdom bomb. 517 00:32:56.158 --> 00:33:03.590 In the moment that Jesus is going to give him, jesus isn't sneaky. 518 00:33:03.930 --> 00:33:06.226 He's not confusing. 519 00:33:06.418 --> 00:33:08.760 He doesn't complicate it. 520 00:33:09.450 --> 00:33:13.560 He doesn't send him on an exploratory find. 521 00:33:14.590 --> 00:33:21.530 He says, sell all that you have and distribute to the poor. 522 00:33:23.570 --> 00:33:32.400 And you will have treasure in heaven and come and follow me. 523 00:33:34.290 --> 00:33:43.250 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. 524 00:33:47.530 --> 00:33:51.800 Jesus, I want something. 525 00:33:53.050 --> 00:33:55.000 I want eternal life. 526 00:33:57.050 --> 00:33:59.862 You think you've done all these things now, he hadn't done all those things. 527 00:33:59.996 --> 00:34:02.602 We don't have the time to dig into that. 528 00:34:02.656 --> 00:34:03.146 You know that. 529 00:34:03.168 --> 00:34:07.034 I know that this young man had not done all those things. 530 00:34:07.232 --> 00:34:08.620 He thinks he has. 531 00:34:09.790 --> 00:34:12.220 He's wise in his own eyes. 532 00:34:13.090 --> 00:34:16.080 He's righteous in his own works. 533 00:34:17.490 --> 00:34:25.460 And so Jesus says, okay, well, then go and sell all that you have. 534 00:34:26.470 --> 00:34:28.514 All that you feel like you've worked. 535 00:34:28.552 --> 00:34:39.560 Hard for, that you've gained, that you've acquired, and go and give, after you sell it, all in all means all. 536 00:34:41.610 --> 00:34:43.990 Give it to those that you probably. 537 00:34:44.060 --> 00:34:46.440 Feel like don't deserve it. 538 00:34:47.210 --> 00:34:52.650 You give it to them, then you're going to have the treasure in heaven. 539 00:34:53.070 --> 00:34:56.940 And then Jesus says, and come follow me. 540 00:34:57.950 --> 00:34:59.260 Come follow me. 541 00:35:00.270 --> 00:35:04.910 You see, it's a conversation about faith. 542 00:35:06.050 --> 00:35:13.630 And in this conversation of faith, what this man thinks that he has is obedience. 543 00:35:15.910 --> 00:35:18.610 Faith, obedience. 544 00:35:20.470 --> 00:35:36.054 And Jesus says, but when you put faith in Christ and we go toward obedience and we move toward that, there's these other pieces that Jesus addresses that I think God word constantly gives us. 545 00:35:36.092 --> 00:35:45.740 It's these adjustments that faith leads to in your life and into my life. 546 00:35:46.110 --> 00:35:53.814 Adjustments as he calls us, as he directs us, as he commands us, as the power of the Holy Spirit reveals things to us. 547 00:35:53.872 --> 00:36:01.070 You ever been there one day, and you didn't think that was sinful yesterday, and you're kind of back in that practice today, and you realize, man, that'sinful. 548 00:36:03.810 --> 00:36:12.610 And there's these adjustments under the guidance and the power and the work of the Holy Spirit that bring forth this obedience. 549 00:36:13.590 --> 00:36:25.990 You see, the issue with this young man is he wanted the fruit of following Jesus. 550 00:36:27.850 --> 00:36:29.720 He wanted the benefit of it. 551 00:36:31.610 --> 00:36:37.020 But he was unwilling to make the adjustments in his life of what Christ was calling him to, to follow him. 552 00:36:38.590 --> 00:36:44.346 In another instance, Jesus says, in order to follow me, you gotta take up your cross. 553 00:36:44.538 --> 00:36:48.240 Jesus says, in order to follow me, you gotta count the cost. 554 00:36:52.530 --> 00:36:53.280 Maybe. 555 00:36:55.830 --> 00:37:03.300 Maybe we want the contentment and the satisfaction in our job, but we want to chase the wrong things to get it. 556 00:37:06.600 --> 00:37:15.640 Maybe we want the wife that everyone acknowledges is the jewel, but we treat her like the garbage. 557 00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:34.030 Maybe we want the child who loves the Lord and does what they're supposed to do, but we're unwilling to do the training as parents that it requires to get them there. 558 00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:49.460 Often what we want is the fruit of obedience, but we aren't willing to make the necessary adjustments. 559 00:37:52.040 --> 00:37:56.100 And the rich young ruler walked away sad. 560 00:37:57.560 --> 00:38:01.370 Back to the mayo study from the very beginning, right? 561 00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:05.240 We know what it means to eat healthy. 562 00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:07.130 I know that. 563 00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:13.180 But that mcdonald's app is going to pop up like 20 nuggets for $0.99. 564 00:38:13.520 --> 00:38:13.932 Right? 565 00:38:13.986 --> 00:38:14.830 I'm there. 566 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:29.010 We know what it takes to have 21 minutes of exercise and 7 hours of sleep every day, but we're going to choose to do something else. 567 00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:38.070 God has not made obedience to him impossible or difficult. 568 00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:42.390 But the question is this. 569 00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:51.290 Are we willing to make the necessary adjustments to see that happen? 570 00:38:58.080 --> 00:38:59.416 Do you want a type of proverb? 571 00:38:59.448 --> 00:39:01.020 Do you want a proverbs marriage? 572 00:39:05.130 --> 00:39:13.750 Then are you dating a godly man or godly woman? 573 00:39:16.910 --> 00:39:20.350 Are you in a marriage and you want a godly marriage? 574 00:39:21.650 --> 00:39:25.200 Then how do you speak to one another? 575 00:39:26.770 --> 00:39:30.400 How do you spend time together? 576 00:39:31.670 --> 00:39:33.540 How do you serve one another? 577 00:39:36.310 --> 00:39:41.780 Do you want proverbs type relationship with your kids? 578 00:39:43.690 --> 00:39:45.480 Then how do you correct them? 579 00:39:46.250 --> 00:39:47.880 How do you love them? 580 00:39:48.730 --> 00:39:50.630 How do you show them affection? 581 00:39:51.210 --> 00:39:53.174 How do you spend time with them? 582 00:39:53.372 --> 00:39:55.960 What do you model for them? 583 00:39:57.790 --> 00:40:01.180 Do you want a proverbs type plan for your life? 584 00:40:02.350 --> 00:40:04.650 Then who are you bringing into your circle? 585 00:40:05.390 --> 00:40:07.180 Who are you listening to? 586 00:40:07.790 --> 00:40:10.910 What are the goals that you're pursuing? 587 00:40:11.570 --> 00:40:14.000 Who are you giving credit to? 588 00:40:15.170 --> 00:40:23.114 You see, making the move to realizing. 589 00:40:23.162 --> 00:40:27.282 That I made for more is looking. 590 00:40:27.336 --> 00:40:29.380 At where you're at right now. 591 00:40:30.390 --> 00:40:37.686 Right now, God didn't put an empire state building in front of you and. 592 00:40:37.708 --> 00:40:48.600 Say, jump over it, but he gave you some steps to walk up, and he gives you the power through his holy spirit to be obedient to do it. 593 00:40:49.870 --> 00:40:52.620 He didn't cast you out there and say, do it on your own. 594 00:40:53.630 --> 00:40:58.140 He said, I'm going to do it with you, and this is where we're going to go. 595 00:41:01.560 --> 00:41:18.010 You and I were made for more, God, if you are saved, if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, let me say this to you. 596 00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:30.110 If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, God loves you too much to save you and then leave you right where you're at. 597 00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:38.352 He wants to work and he wants to move, and he wants to change you and he wants to grow. 598 00:41:38.406 --> 00:41:46.370 You're about eight years ago. 599 00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:52.876 I realized. 600 00:41:52.908 --> 00:42:00.310 There were some things about me as a dad that needed to grow and that needed to change. 601 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:22.600 If I wanted my kids to be who God had for them, and if I wanted the relationship with them that I longed for, and with tough conversations with my wife about me and with tough conversations with other about me, I just adjusted and adjusted and adjusted. 602 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:29.920 And every day in my failures and in my successes, we adjust. 603 00:42:32.970 --> 00:42:33.334 C. 604 00:42:33.372 --> 00:42:33.574 S. 605 00:42:33.612 --> 00:42:43.880 Lewis Burger when y'all were singing this song, this quote came to mind and I wanted to get it right. 606 00:42:45.290 --> 00:42:47.114 Searched I gotta hear my phone to you. 607 00:42:47.152 --> 00:42:47.354 C. 608 00:42:47.392 --> 00:42:47.546 S. 609 00:42:47.568 --> 00:43:25.430 Lewis and he wrote this, we are half hearted creatures fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us like an ignorant child who goes on making mud pies in the slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. 610 00:43:26.330 --> 00:43:33.994 We are far too easily pleased that. 611 00:43:34.032 --> 00:43:35.370 Rich young ruler. 612 00:43:37.150 --> 00:43:47.440 Walked back to money, houses, women, to the applause of man. 613 00:43:49.250 --> 00:43:57.220 And he walked away sad because Jesus offered him more. 614 00:44:01.190 --> 00:44:23.420 If you're not a follower of Jesus, I just want you to know whatever mindset, whatever pursuit, whatever goal, whatever dream, whatever hope you have, not only is Jesus more, but Jesus is only. 615 00:44:25.150 --> 00:44:31.100 Everything that you're pursuing will be burned up and gone. 616 00:44:33.730 --> 00:44:39.390 But Christ is eternal, and he holds your hope for eternity. 617 00:44:40.690 --> 00:44:45.440 And those of us who know Jesus, he saved us. 618 00:44:46.290 --> 00:44:48.370 He saved us from our sin. 619 00:44:48.710 --> 00:44:51.250 He took us out of the pit. 620 00:44:51.830 --> 00:44:54.610 He did what we could not do for ourselves. 621 00:44:55.190 --> 00:44:57.230 We did not earn our salvation. 622 00:44:57.310 --> 00:44:58.900 He gave it to us. 623 00:45:01.210 --> 00:45:10.600 Go and live like those who are a part of the family of God. 624 00:45:10.970 --> 00:45:11.914 You can. 625 00:45:12.032 --> 00:45:13.100 I can. 626 00:45:14.910 --> 00:45:20.940 But what adjustments is God leading you to make this morning? 627 00:45:21.630 --> 00:45:25.130 Would you join me as we go to the Lord in prayer? 628 00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:33.580 God, I come to you this morning, Lord, and I just thank you, Lord, for your work and for how you move. 629 00:45:33.730 --> 00:45:41.356 Lord, I thank you for the beautiful, powerful simplicity that is found in proverbs. 630 00:45:41.548 --> 00:45:46.256 Lord, I pray that within us, with who we are, under the guidance and. 631 00:45:46.278 --> 00:45:48.960 The power word of your holy spirit. 632 00:45:49.940 --> 00:46:02.984 Word that we would see and examine those adjustments that we need to make, whether it's in our pursuits, in our. 633 00:46:03.022 --> 00:46:09.160 Passions, in our relationships, in our witness. 634 00:46:10.620 --> 00:46:15.784 In our jobs, in our families, or. 635 00:46:15.822 --> 00:46:20.170 Whatever it is, whatever you say. 636 00:46:20.540 --> 00:46:27.070 Look, we're just taking that turn, taking that adjustment, making that move, just trusting in you. 637 00:46:30.020 --> 00:46:35.170 Lord, would we not settle for what we are? 638 00:46:36.660 --> 00:46:40.630 May we believe in you and what we can become. 639 00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:43.700 God, I pray. 640 00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:50.340 I pray for anyone here who does not know Jesus Christ as their lord and savior. 641 00:46:53.660 --> 00:47:07.016 Lord, a path that I ran down, chased and pursued, thinking what I could find is contentment and satisfaction. 642 00:47:07.048 --> 00:47:09.310 And, Lord, I know where they are. 643 00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:13.470 I know where they've been. 644 00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:24.672 And Lord, I know what you offer God to be able to explain the weight that you remove from us. 645 00:47:24.726 --> 00:47:45.450 And as you forgive us for every sin past, every sin present, every sin future, Lord, as you take away our shame and give us confidence in you, faith in you, love in you. 646 00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:51.290 Lord, I pray that they would not go from this place. 647 00:47:53.580 --> 00:47:57.710 Without making themselves right with God. 648 00:48:00.640 --> 00:48:04.430 Jesus, work in us, move in us. 649 00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:07.004 Do what you're going to do and. 650 00:48:07.042 --> 00:48:10.530 What only you can do in us. 651 00:48:11.380 --> 00:48:12.544 And it's in Jesus name. 652 00:48:12.582 --> 00:48:13.164 Pray. 653 00:48:13.292 --> 00:48:14.160 Amen. 654 00:48:18.740 --> 00:48:23.196 Thanks again for listening and be sure to check back next week for another episode. 655 00:48:23.308 --> 00:48:27.020 In the meantime, you can visit us@willowridgechurch.org. 656 00:48:27.100 --> 00:48:31.440 Or by searching for Willowridge Church on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.