What Hope Does: Free, Save, and Send

Father, we love you. We thank you, Lord Jesus, for who you are. Lord, I thank you that you are going to speak. So, Father, in this moment, Lord, we're just asking, Holy [music] Spirit, that you begin to search every heart. You open every ear. We love you, Jesus. Earlier in prayer um [music] in worship, I got this weird picture. And so I'm I'm going to ask if if this rings a bell to anybody, would you come up after service and [music] let me know? But um what I saw was actually almost like a head of like a a shovel. It was like a flat shovel and [music] it it was going down and digging deep either in dirt or I don't know what it was, but I don't know the interpretation, but I'm going to say this. If somebody feels like they're

being they're stuck in the ground, I'm going to say that in Jesus name, he's going to start digging you out. And so that could ring a bell to many people or not. But I want to let you know if you feel like you are stuck in the ground, Jesus is going to dig you out today. He's going to take out what does not belong today in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Hey, thank you Haley so much. You can. We're good. Well, hey guys, I want to thank you so much for being here today. Um, it is truly an honor that to just get to do what I love to do most. Um, as Hannah said, what I love to do most is really just share about Jesus. Uh, who he is and what he has done in my life. That is my number one passion, desire is really just Jesus. And, um, I'm not faking it for real. That if you want to get me talking, it's always about Jesus

because I'm genuinely a pretty quiet guy. But, um, so it's always an honor to get to share what he is doing. And I'm truly believing that God is just getting started here at Journey Church. I am truly believing that this place is actually going to be the place of where revival starts, where the revival just breaks out and everyone who is in journey and in bend and beyond is going to get to know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. Have a personal relationship with him that is manifest. God's manifest presence is going to be so evident. Guess what? Nobody is going to be able to deny who he is and that he exists. And guess what? right here and right now. He is actually in our midst and he's looking over each and every

single one of you and we are under his hand today. So, he is here and he is here right now. Now, if you don't know me, as Hannah said, I'm one of the pastors here at Journey Church and my name is Noah. And what I actually get to do is I get to oversee our prayer ministry and our outreach ministry here at Journey, which is always always an honor and a blessing. But I am, I would say, married to the most beautiful and attractive woman in the world and that is Hannah. But uh together we um we have two kids and one we have a three-year-old son named Ezra who is the coolest guy in the world right now. He's really into tech decks, you know, the little fingerboards. And so yeah, I'm so down with it. It's my favorite thing to play uh some skateboarding with him. Or u we also have a 2-year-old or three-year-old, I mean one-year-old daughter, Ella. My apologies, guys. and

she is the happiest baby on earth. If you ever see her, she's always smiling. So, if you smile to her, she'll most likely smile back. But right now, funny enough, she's actually learning to talk. And we call her our little Pentecostal baby because we don't know if she's babbling or she's speaking in tongues. And so, bear with us. So, we're trying to figure that one out. Now, um Hannah and I, we both grew up here in Central Oregon. Um, I went to Bend High, she went to Mountain View. And we're praying that this place is truly going to experience manifest presence of God. We are truly praying and believing that Central Oregon is actually going to be a hub for the move of the supernatural for move in the spirit and freedom in Jesus' name. And we are truly believing and we take this to heart that Central Oregon will be saved.

Now, I truly believe as well is that us as we're united as a church in prayer, God hears us and he begins to answer those prayers. And I believe that starting with Journey Church, God has been and is going to break the bonds of depression and anxiety and suicide in the name of Jesus. And I'll tell you, for anyone who's grown up here or been in Bend long enough, there is this spiritual battle. I've known so many different people and friends that have battled with depression, have battled with anxiety and the thoughts of suicide. I've known plenty of people who decided to take their own life and believe that lie that they need to. But I can also tell you that through prayer and in genuine encounter with the Holy Spirit, I have seen countless lives have been changed

and have been healed. And these suicidal thoughts have gone and the depression has gone and the anxiety has gone in Jesus name. And that's what we're believing because God is always moving. He is always speaking. And that's what he's doing here at Journey Church. That's what he's doing every single week. He's always saving. He's always healing and he's always setting people free. And it's always a blessing to see what he is doing when we pay attention. Now, I'm believing today that you guys are in going to encounter the living God and experience the hope for eternity. God is in the business of changing lives. I know that because I am a testimony of that. God actually got a

hold of my heart when I was 17. I was actually stuck in bondage. The storms of life just kept hitting me. I felt like I couldn't break through. I felt like God was either like he wasn't there or he was like asleep in my life. I was hopeless yet God stepped in. He changed me forever and he gave me hope. So with hope in mind, preparing for today, I actually began to pray and start uh looking at biblical examples of where hope was. And reality is is that um this whole entire Bible is a story of hope. But as I want to see something very specific, uh one story popped out and came to mind that I want to tell you guys about here today.

So when I was studying, the Lord led me to the book of Luke or what we would call the Gospel of Luke. And gospel simply means what? It just means the good news. So this is the good news of Jesus. And if you want to know the fancy word of this uh good news or uh what we say there are three accounts of the good news. The gospel is the fancy word but there are three accounts. Matthew, Mark and Luke and the fourth is John. But three of these are similar. And the fancy word for similar is called synoptic. So when we say the synoptic gospels we're talking about there are three similar gospels in our Bibles. And those are Matthew, Mark, and Luke. But why why is John not included in there? Because John's actually got a little bit more information on the last week of Jesus life on earth in his

earthly ministry. Now, out of all of these gospel accounts that we're going to study today, we're actually going to dive into one of the similar gospels. Now, a little bit about the Gospel of Luke because that's what we're going to study today. um or in gospels in general. It is said that each gospel is written differently because each writer though led and inspired by the Holy Spirit want to communicate these stories and events in a certain way. Back then they would uniquely uh emphasize names or certain aspects of the story and the event so they could communicate a certain thing to you. So to grab a little bit of understanding and a background knowledge and motivation behind the Gospel of Luke, we could actually clue in when we read the first chapter verses 1-4.

Let me read this. It's Luke 1 verse 1-4. And it says this. In as much as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who have from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, have delivered them to us. And it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. So here we see that Luke's overall goal is to give an orderly account and make sure that all these things that happen, all these teachings, they're actually true. They actually did happen.

And I would say that uh Luke actually took the time to investigate and explain these teachings with some clarity. Now, the Gospel of Luke is a great blend of explaining the life and the teachings and events of Jesus from both the Jews and the non-Jews back then and I believe even today and right now. But ultimately, all the gospels point to the same main theme and that is to prove and to proclaim that Jesus Christ is the savior of the world. that he is Israel's promised Messiah and he's actually fulfilled the Old Testament law of Moses. So when we call him our Lord and Savior and we follow him, we are actually saved for all eternity. And this was for everyone.

So with this objective in mind, the main text we're going to study is right in the first half of the Luke in chapter 8. Jesus had previously he taught on many different things and a parable about a swer. He then goes on and explains the purpose of these parables and some other things. And then he goes he sets off across a journey across the lake. Both him and his disciples they hop in a boat across the lake and they encounter a storm that almost wipes them out. This is because I believe something miraculous was about to happen. They encounter a storm because something incredible is about to happen. Something that is undeniable,

something so powerful that it changes lives forever. And that thing is hope. So, we're going to dive into our main text, but then again, I'm going to ask the Holy Spirit to start making his word a little bit more understandable today. So, let's pray it up. So, Father, we love you. with we thank you and we surrender this text to you father. Would you make this uh text easy to understand? Would you expose anything that we personally need to hear from you today in Jesus name? Everybody say amen. Amen. All right. So what we're going to do is we're going to start with the storm and then dive into our main text. So the storm is in Luke 8:22-2. It says this. One day he got into a boat with his disciples and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of

the lake. So they set out and they sailed. When they sailed, they fell asleep." And a windstorm came down on the lake and they were filling with water and were in danger. And they went and woke him saying, "Master, master, we are perishing." And he awoke and he rebuked the wind and the raging waves and they ceased and there was a calm. They said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid and they marveled saying to one another, "Who then is this that he commands even the winds and the waters and they obey him?" Continuing, then they sailed to the country of Jeruses, which is opposite Galilee.

When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time, he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house, but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and he fell down before him, and he said with a loud voice, "What do you have to do with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I beg you, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many a time he had seized him, and he was kept under guard with b and bound with chains and shackles. But he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert. Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Leion, for many demons had entered him, and they begged

him not to command them to depart into the abyss." Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs. And the herd rushed down the steep bake and into the lake and drowned. And when the herdsmen saw what happened, they fled and they told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out and to see what happened. And they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country deres asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear.

So he got into the boat and he returned. the man from whom the demons had gone and begged that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, "Return to your home and declare how much Jesus or God has done for you." And he went away proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. So there was a storm before the deliverance happened. Before hope came to the man with demons, there was an attempt to prevent this from happening. I want to let you know that in life, Satan will try to discourage and destroy the work of Christ in your life.

He's going to try to take the hope that you can have because hope is here and it's coming to you. But Satan's going to do everything he can to take it away so you can't receive it. You can't experience it. And you can't know it. Satan doesn't want you to know the hope of Jesus. I wonder how many people here in this room today have no hope. I wonder how many people here today feel like you can't break free. and that there's something more to life. I want to let you know that there is hope. And this hope is undeniable.

I want to let you know what I actually see here in this passage are three things that hope does. And if you're a notetaker, you can always write these things down. Thing number one that hope does is this hope sets us free. Two is this hope saves us completely. And three, this hope, it sends us out into the world. So, let's dive into these three things that hope does. Starting with number one, this hope sets us free. If we read back over Luke 8 26-33, it says, "Then they sailed to the country of Jerus, which is opposite Galilee. And when Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes. He had not lived in a house but among the tombs.

And when he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, saying with a loud voice, "What do you have to do with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I beg you, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many a time had seized him, and he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles. But he would actually break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert. Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Leion, for many demons had entered him, and they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss." Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to enter these. So they gave them permission. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs and the

herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. If we look at this man's life, we could see that there was no hope. He kept getting controlled or seized by demons. He could not control himself the way he wanted to. He did not have the capacity to live fruitfully and freely. These demons would cause him to go into the desert and isolate. Not only would they cause him to go into the desert and isolate, they would actually cause him to be intimately exposed. He was naked.

But not only was he exposed, they would actually drive him to the place of tombs, a place of death rather than a house which is life and comfort. this he was spiritually bound and this bondage was not of the things of this world. So this world could not fix his problem. It was truly a hopeless situation. That is though until hope came. Hope came to the hopeless and did something miraculous. This hope is Jesus. Jesus stepped into the hopeless situation and removed what does not belong in his life.

I want to let you know that today Jesus is going to step into your situation and remove what does not belong in your life. And when he does, he actually allows us to see the reality of the situation we were in. If we read over verse 33 again, it says, "Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned." This scene here took place so that you wouldn't know how many demons there are and how destructive they are. It took place so you'll know how many problems there were and how destructive it is to your life.

Not only does God show you how destructive the situation was, but he actually shows you the reality of the hope you've been given. That is that this hope is active and it's liberating. This hope is more powerful than any other problem or situation in this world. Let me let me say that again. is more powerful than anything in this world. Your problem is not going to be fixed by the world. It's going to be fixed by Jesus. That hole in your heart is going to be fixed by Jesus, not by the toys or the the skis or the snowboards or whatever it is outside in Bend, Oregon you want to do. The real thing that's

needed is actually Jesus. And then we live joyfully and do those things. Anytime we see Jesus act in the scripture, we know for sure it's God's heart. We know it's God's heart for you. His heart for you is that you would live without bondage to give you a hope and freedom to bring out that which is actually bringing you personally into the tomb. He came to give you life and life abundantly, not death. He came and this hope came so he would set you free forever. This hope came so you would live.

Which leads me to number two. This hope it saves us completely. Reading over Luke 8:34 through37. When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they had fled and told it in the city and in the country. Then the people went out to see what had happened. And they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone. And he was sitting at the feet of Jesus clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of Drastinus asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear.

When Christ, the embodiment, the fullness of hope, came to the man, he was set free. But not only was he set free, he was completely healed and in his right mind. He was clothed, not exposed. He was sitting at the feet of Jesus. So when hope sets us free, it ought to draw us nearer at the feet of Jesus. When we realize what has been done for us in life by Jesus and the hope that you have, it will result in a life that is in full devotion to Jesus. Hope always points to Jesus because Jesus is our only hope.

He is the fullness of hope. He is our saving hope. Acts 4 11-12 the apostle Peter says this he says this Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you the builders which has become the cornerstone and there is salvation and no one else for there's no un other name under heaven given among men by which must be saved Jesus himself says in John 14:6 Jesus said to them, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me. Jesus is the life. There is life in nobody else. Not Muhammad, not Buddha,

not any other false prophet or God. Just Jesus. Not yourself, just Jesus. Jesus anointed and appointed and sent by God. He was God in the flesh. He was born of a virgin. And he lived a perfect and sinless life here on earth for us. He chose to give himself up out of love and pay the ultimate sacrifice for our sins and our wrongdoings. But not only that, he actually died the the most gruesome death. So, we know for sure that he had the power and the authority to give himself up for us because he says, "Nobody takes my life. I lay it down.

He gave up his life for the forgiveness of all of our sins. But not only that, he rose up from the grave. And what he did is he pronounced judgment on Satan. You were never meant to go to hell. But he pronounced judgment on Satan in the sin. Now, right now, he actually ascended to the heavenly father and he's seated at his right hand and he's interceding for you and for me. Because of Jesus, we are saved completely. Intercession, it just means standing in the gap. And so Jesus right now, what he's doing, he's standing before the father and advocating and interceding on your behalf. He's standing in the gap. It's

like a lawyer in a courtroom. God is looking and in the end he looks and what does he see? Does he see you? No. He sees Jesus, his perfect son. So when we accept him as our Lord and Savior, he doesn't see you in your wrongdoing. He sees Jesus, his perfect son, who paid that price for us. So, I have a hope that I can look forward to. I have a hope that saves me. I have a hope that when I die here on earth, we I don't actually die. Guess what? We get to live for eternity. We're actually partying in heaven. This hope saves us completely.

Hebrews 10 19-23 says this. Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed pure with water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering. For he who promised is faithful journey. Hold fast to the hope we have in Jesus. This hope is saving.

We don't have to worry because Christ is faithful. Hope in him and nobody else. But please, please, please, please, please, please do not keep this hope to yourself. Do not keep this hope in because this hope requires something. You must tell everybody about the hope that you have in Jesus. Which leads me to number two or three. This hope, it sends us out into the world. If we look back at Luke 8:38-39, the man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away saying, "Return to your home and declare how much God has done for you."

And he went away proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. We cannot keep this hope to ourselves. We tr when we truly have experienced hope, it's undeniable. And the people around you that have lived with you are going to notice the change of life that has happened. They're going to notice the change of heart. And guess what they're going to do? Some are going to be amazed and some are going to be afraid. Some are going to see the work of Jesus and say, "Get away." But you must listen to what Jesus says because this hope requires something.

Like the man who was set free, we must also go to our city and share about what God has done for us. This hope Jesus gives cannot stay bound. We have been given a commission and a command by God to proclaim the faithfulness of God in our lives. To proclaim the freedom we have. To proclaim the salvation that we have. To proclaim the hope that we have. We are his witnesses. The first part of Mark 16:15, it says this. And he said to them, Jesus says, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. We are to proclaim the gospel. Proclaim the good news. Proclaim what has been done for you.

Because of this hope, we are sent into the world. And we don't do this out of obligation. We do this out of celebration. We do this and we choose to be sent out into the world because this hope cannot be denied. And there's a city named Bend, Oregon on which we have been given a commission by God and a responsibility for and there are many people battling with a demonic spirit of depression and in suicide and anxiety. And these people, they're looking for somebody who has a genuine living and active hope. This hope sends us into the world. This hope we have is healing and it's saving and it's freeing. So tell everyone about

the hope that you have in Jesus. Tell everyone what has been done for you personally. This hope is undeniable and we say this we go to the world so others cannot deny it as well. So now I want to speak about the hope that I can't deny in my life. I believe it was my junior year in high school and the storms of life just kept hitting me. Felt like I couldn't break through. I had no faith in Jesus. I had no hope in him. I was stuck in selfishness and pride, greed, whatever you name it. I was stuck in addiction. My family was blowing up. I had just gotten arrested for a DUI and an MIP.

And I truly felt like God was asleep in my life. My parents then we brought my brother and I to Uganda, Africa. Um, invited us. They brought us to Uganda, Africa. And with our own agenda in mind, we decided to not partake in the goal of the missions trip. Instead, we decided, hey, we're going to hold a skateboard clinic. And so, we went to all the local skate shops in town. We said, "Hey, do you want to donate some skateboards and wheels and trucks, all that great stuff?" Like, "Yeah, sure." So, we brought skateboards to Uganda. I'll tell you, that was a really bad idea because there's not a lot of concrete in Uganda and places to skate. But, we had our own agenda in mind. Yet, God had something else for us.

He stepped into the storm of my life and gave me hope. He stepped into the deepest darkest things of my heart and changed them and gave me a hope and something to live for. He stepped into my mess and delivered me. I didn't want him, but he wanted me. You may not want him, but he wants you today. journey and he showed me the power of his holy spirit and he delivers pe how he delivers people from demons. He showed me over and over and over again how he heals people physically, spiritually and emotionally.

I met the hope for eternity and that is Jesus. This hope he's undeniable. I cannot deny who I have truly seen and met. I cannot deny the life change that has happened in my heart. I cannot deny the countless miracles that have happened when I chose to follow Jesus. I cannot deny when I had a mass in my mouth and through prayer and through fasting, it was miraculously dissolved. I cannot deny when I got to pray for a man with a brain tumor and it was miraculously dissolved. I cannot deny when I was walking in Fred Meyer and there's a man seizing on the floor and I say, "Get up in the name of Jesus." And the seizing stops immediately. I cannot deny the hope of salvation that I have. I cannot deny the seal of the Holy Spirit on my heart. Journey Church,

you cannot deny the savior of the world in your life. We truly have an undeniable hope. And because of this hope, I cling on to it. And I'm standing before you guys here today. So right now in this room, there are people here that feel like God is sleeping in their life. There are people here that feel like they're going through the storm and there's something preventing breakthrough and a connection with God. You may feel like you're spiritually bound. You may feel like you're stuck and in bondage, like you're living in the tombs.

And I want to let you know today that Jesus, he's going to give you hope today. Jesus, he's going to set you free. Today, Jesus, he's going to save you for all eternity when you choose him. Today, Jesus is going to commission you. He's going to send you out into the world because of the hope you've received today. So, in this moment, what I'm going to do is I'm going to provide an opportunity for you to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. an opportunity for you to receive true living hope. The hope that's undeniable. Freedom and salvation, it only comes with Jesus.

Let me say that again. Freedom and salvation only comes with Jesus. Hope only comes with Jesus. choose to have hope now. So on the count of three, what I'm going to do is um for those who want to receive Jesus after their Lord and receive this hope today, I'm going to ask that you would raise your hand on the count of three. [music] But before I do that, can I just ask if everyone would just close their eyes and bow their heads? This isn't a ritual, but the reason is is so we can get just all the distractions out of the room. And right now, you could really, really, really just focus on your heavenly father.

Because right now, he's going to speak to your heart. And when he does, sometimes you, some people might get a little angry or agitated. That's okay because there's a real spiritual battle for your soul. You might feel like your heart is racing. That's okay because maybe God's asking you to be bold and receive him. He loves you. You don't have to stay stuck in the situation. So on the count of three, for those who want to receive Jesus for the first time as Lord and Savior, who want to experience his hope, I'm going to ask that you raise your hand so I know who I get to pray for one. Choose Jesus now. You don't know what tonight holds. You don't know what tomorrow holds.

Choose to live forever changed. Holy Spirit, would you right now begin to search every heart? Reveal Jesus right now in Jesus name. Two, out of all the decisions in life, you will never ever regret this one. This is a freeing decision. And three, if you're choosing Jesus today as your Lord and Savior and you want hope today, will you stick your hand up in the air? That way I get to know who I'm praying for. Do not let the moment go to waste. This is the hope for eternity.

Amen. Amen. ready to keep pressing in because I do not want you to miss this. Amen. For those who are accepting Jesus, you guys could put your hands down for a second. I'm going to ask that everybody in the room, would you repeat a prayer or pray something like this with me? This is so those who are receiving Jesus for the first time can can do this with comfort and confidence. We want to pray something like this out loud because his word says that we must confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that Jesus [music] Christ is Lord and God raised him from the dead and we'll be saved. That's what it says in Romans. So that's what we're going to do. So would you guys pray something like this? Would you say, "Jesus, forgive me of all my sins.

I choose to follow you. I confess that you are my Lord and Savior. that you died for my sins on the cross and that God, you rose Jesus from the dead. So I commit my spirit and life to you and I ask to receive your Holy Spirit in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. All right, keep your eyes closed for a second with eyes closed [music] still all around the room. This is a very holy moment. There are people who just got saved. And what I'm going to ask is that those who raise their hand today,

I'm going to ask that maybe you do something bold. Would you do something courageous? Would you do something that is so necessary? Because this Jesus didn't promise this life is going to be easy, but he said there is going to be a day where you're going to need to confess Jesus before everyone else. He does say that if you confess me before others, I'll confess you before the father. But if you deny me before [music] others, I'm going to deny you before the father. And out of all the places here at Journey Church is the safest place to practice this. So, what I'm going to do right now, for those who just raised their hand, everyone's eyes are still closed. Would you guys stand up for a second so I can make eye contact with you?

Be set free in the name of Jesus. Were you the shovel? Yeah. He loves you so much. He loves you so much. Do not take that for granted. Today is the day you're going to walk in boldness and faith in the Holy Spirit. Walk in victory today. Protect your [music] time with him. You guys, he loves you so much. Do not take today for granted. Instead, choose to pray and dedicate your life to him. Dedicate your life to him. So here's the bold part. Stay standing.

Journey church. Where everyone else open their eyes and look around. These are the people who had just entered the [music] kingdom of heaven. God's word says, "Hey, heaven has a party where people are coming home." [music] Lord Jesus, we thank you. You guys, for those who accepted Jesus, your next step is this. Next Sunday, we're having baptisms. There is freedom in baptism. And when we declare Jesus as our Lord and Savior, when we go under the water, we're uniting with his death and his burial and his resurrection. So, I beg you to come back and receive the freedom and obedience in Jesus today. Now, that's next week for both our service times. Journey [music] Church.

This is our family. They are our family. So pray for them. Build them up. Walk with them. Buy them some lunch or coffee right after this, okay? Cuz they need you. They need to know about Jesus. They need some community today. Amen. Amen. That being [music] said, can everybody stand to their feet? What we're going to do is um before I excuse everybody, we're going to sing a last song. And during this song, uh, let's just press into the Lord. I'm going to ask the prayer team, if you want to make your way up to the front, it's okay to come up for prayer and ask God to change any part of your [music] heart that you want changed. Ask the Holy Spirit to clothe you with power. Ask the Holy Spirit to change any maybe suicidal thoughts or depression. If you're battling, there's no shame because [music] Jesus Christ wants to meet with you today. Amen. All

right. Let's bless the Lord Jesus. We love you. We thank you. All glory and honor to you in Jesus name. Amen.