Theological Status: Theological Weakness
Biblical Parallel(Archetype): Sardis
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Teaching that upholds doctrinal precision yet parallels the loss of the "first love"—the vital, motivating power of the Gospel (Rev 2:4).
Why strictly "Mark & Avoid"?
We do not issue this rating to attack the speaker, but to protect the listener. This church's overall teaching trend consistently deviates from sound doctrine. As per Romans 16:17, we identify these patterns so believers can guard their hearts.
We do not issue this rating to attack the speaker, but to protect the listener. This church's overall teaching trend consistently deviates from sound doctrine. As per Romans 16:17, we identify these patterns so believers can guard their hearts.
🧐 Overview
Sermon Summary: This sermon offers heartfelt, practical advice on achieving unity in your personal life, your home, and your church. It champions the importance of strong families and provides actionable steps for creating a better culture. However, a deeper look reveals a potential over-reliance on human effort, raising the question: are good principles enough, or is something more essential being missed?
Big Idea: unity in the heart, the home, and the church. [00:23:58 ▶️ 📄]
Pastoral Analysis: The sermon is a topical message on unity, structured around the heart, home, and church. While well-intentioned and containing sound relational advice, its theological foundation is weak. The application is overwhelmingly moralistic, presenting sanctification (in the form of unity) as a result of human intentionality and discipline rather than a fruit of the Spirit rooted in the believer's union with Christ. This 'try harder' approach, combined with subjective authority claims ('I felt the Lord tell me') and a failure to properly administer the Lord's Supper, categorizes the sermon as theologically anemic.
Biblical Parallel(Archetype): Sardis — The sermon has a reputation for life (promoting healthy families and unity) but is theologically dead, relying on moralistic effort rather than the life-giving power of the Gospel.
🧭 Biblical Alignment Dashboard
Overall Verdict: Theologically Weak
| Category | Status | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| Soteriology | ⚠️ WEAK | The sermon frames sanctification and Christian living (achieving unity) as a product of human effort, intentionality, and following principles, rather than the direct outworking of the Holy Spirit's power through the believer's union with Christ. This drifts toward moralism. |
| Bibliology | ⚠️ WEAK | While Scripture is read, the pastor grounds the sermon's authority in subjective feelings ('The Lord put on my heart') rather than solely on the objective text, subtly weakening the principle of Sola Scriptura. |
| Hermeneutic | ⚠️ WEAK | The sermon employs a topical, principle-based hermeneutic that uses Scripture to support a pre-determined thesis on unity. It fails to connect the imperatives for unity to the indicative of Christ's finished work, resulting in a moralistic rather than a Christocentric message. |
| Theology Proper | ✅ PASS | The sermon does not present any distorted views of the nature or attributes of God the Father. |
| Sacramentology | ❌ FAIL | Communion was administered without any biblical instruction restricting it to believers or warning against partaking in an unworthy manner (1 Cor 11:27-29). This constitutes an 'open table,' which is a serious pastoral and theological failure. |
📖 How they Handle Scripture & Jesus
Primary Text: Ephesians 4:1-3 (Topical (Safe))
Scripture Saturation: Verses Read: 12 | Referenced: 2 | Alluded: 1
Passages Read Aloud:
Key References: 1 Peter 5:8, Proverbs 29:18
Christological Connection: None (Moralistic): Christ's sacrifice is acknowledged in the worship and communion segments, but the practical application for achieving 'unity in the heart, home, and church' is overwhelmingly driven by human intentionality, effort, and adherence to biblical principles (e.g., 'You have to create a culture,' 'Try your best'). The connection is duty-based rather than grounded in the power of the finished work of Christ.
🧱 Sermon Outline
- Unity in the Heart [00:26:00 ▶️ 📄] : Focuses on oneness with Jesus through the Word, worship, and mentorship.
- Unity in the Home [00:29:17 ▶️ 📄] : Focuses on unity in marriage, preferring the other, dreaming together, and the father's role as spiritual leader.
- Unity in the Church [00:44:08 ▶️ 📄] : Focuses on combating disunity by building each other up, recognizing shared purpose, and cheering on others' success.
💧 Sacraments & Ordinances
"And just as we partake this morning and we remember the sacrifice that He made for us, the blood that He shed for us, I want to encourage you. Maybe you're the person who says, I'm not at oneness with Jesus today. I need to come back to repentance."
Fencing the Table (Communion):
- Believers Only Stated: ❌ No (Open Table Risk)
- Warning Against Unworthy Manner: ⚠️ None Detected
🗝️ Key Topics & Themes
- Unity : The central theme, applied to the individual heart, the family/marriage, and the church body.
- Marriage : Discussed as the foundation for unity in the home, emphasizing prayer and preferring the spouse.
- Spiritual Leadership : Specifically addressing fathers/husbands as the first pastor, preacher, and teacher in the home.
✅ Commendations
Homiletics | Clear and Memorable Structure
The sermon's structure—'One heart, one home, one Church'—is simple, logical, and easy for the congregation to follow and remember.
Pastoral Tone | Vulnerability and Relatability
The speakers' willingness to share their personal histories of family dysfunction (00:24:43 ▶️ 📄) created a relatable and authentic connection with the audience, demonstrating empathy for those in difficult situations.
Application | Emphasis on the Father's Role
The direct exhortation for fathers to be the primary spiritual leaders in their homes (00:39:54 ▶️ 📄) was a strong and necessary point of application, correctly identifying their God-given responsibility.
⚠️ Theological Concerns
🟠 Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Root Cause: Semi-Pelagianism / Moralism. (Reason: This framework assumes that man, by his own will and effort, can initiate and perfect holiness. It minimizes the depth of indwelling sin and the absolute necessity of divine grace for any spiritual good, reducing Christianity to a system of ethics rather than a supernatural life in Christ.)
"Culture is what you create or allow. And this is very important as the leader in your home. If you don't like something, It's because you are creating it or you are allowing it." [00:36:59 ▶️ 📄]
Correction: True spiritual unity is not merely a human achievement but a divine gift, a fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), worked out in believers who are abiding in Christ (John 15:5). While we are commanded to be diligent to preserve this unity (Ephesians 4:3), the power to do so comes from God, not from our own strength or strategy.
🟠 Unfenced Lord's Table
Root Cause: Sacramental Laxity. (Reason: This stems from a low view of the church and sacraments, often driven by a desire to be seeker-friendly. It neglects the biblical commands for church discipline and the holiness of the elements, treating the sacrament as a tool for evangelism rather than a means of grace for believers.)
"If you're a first-time visitor here, every single week we partake in communion. We have the elements up front and to the sides." [00:52:24 ▶️ 📄]
Correction: The Lord's Supper is to be administered with care, warning those who would eat and drink in an unworthy manner that they risk judgment (1 Corinthians 11:27-29). The table is for those who can 'discern the body'—that is, believers who understand the gospel, have examined themselves, and are members of the covenant community.
🟠 Subjective Authority Claim
Root Cause: Neo-Montanism. (Reason: This error elevates personal, subjective experiences and feelings to the level of divine authority, bypassing the sole authority of the closed canon of Scripture. While not claiming to be a new prophecy, it functionally makes the preacher's intuition the source of the message, rather than exegesis of the text.)
"But the Lord put on my heart this message a while ago and I thought it only fitting to bring my wife up here..." [00:23:58 ▶️ 📄]
Correction: The Holy Spirit's work is to illuminate the Scriptures that are already given (John 16:13-14). Preaching authority comes from faithfully proclaiming 'Thus saith the Lord' as revealed in the Bible (2 Tim 4:2), not from personal, subjective impressions. The canon of Scripture is closed and sufficient (Rev. 22:18-19).
📜 Full Sermon Transcript (Audit)
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[00:00:49] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]:
Well, good morning, Lake City Church.
[00:00:50] Let's stand on our feet as we worship Jesus this morning.
[00:00:52] We're so glad you're in the house.
[00:01:19] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]:
I'll rejoice and be glad Rejoice and be glad in it This is where I believe You are more than enough You're more than enough for me You are faithful to Your promise You are strong when I am
[00:01:51] I have everything I need The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord is my strength It's more than a feeling The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord is my strength Oh my soul, bless His name All that is within me say The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord
[00:02:58] The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord
[00:05:22] All that is within me say Oh my soul bless His name All that is within me say
[00:06:24] Is the lamp unto my feet?
[00:06:50] Your way is the only way for me It's a narrow road that leads to life But I want to be on it It's a narrow road but the mercy's wide There's a girl who promised
[00:06:54] I'll take you at your word If you said it, I believe it I've seen how good it works If you started, you'll complete it I'll take you at your word He was born
[00:07:23] And the chaos fell in my eyes I don't know, cause I've seen it all in my life It's a narrow road that leads to life But I want to be on it, yeah It's a narrow road, the tide is high
[00:08:13] Come on.
[00:08:43] He said to love.
[00:08:49] You said your grace is always in mine You said your heart will never forget or forsake me You said I'm saved, you call me yours You said my future's no longer late You never fail, so I know that you'll never fail
[00:09:22] You said Your grace is always in my heart You said Your heart will never forget or forsake me You said I'm saved and I'm only Yours You saved my future
[00:09:55] I've seen how good it was He started you completely He'll take you at your word
[00:10:56] Amen.
[00:11:06] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_10]:
What an honor and privilege it is to be in the house this morning to lift up the name of Jesus before you're seated this morning.
[00:11:12] Turn around, high-five your neighbor, and welcome to Lake City.
[00:11:35] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]:
Good morning Lake City we are so happy that you are here this morning and joining us in worship if you're a first-time guest if you open up your worship guide and look at that guest card if you will fill that out and bring it to the welcome center we have a gift just for you but we are so happy you're here this morning you're awesome ladies and gentlemen the time has come the collective is this friday doors open at six and the service starts at seven make sure you register on the church center app and tell all your friends we can't wait to see you there
[00:12:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]:
Lake City's Christmas tree lighting will be November 30th at 5 p.m.
[00:12:04] There'll be a live nativity, a cookie potluck, bring your family, your friends.
[00:12:08] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
We can't wait to sing some Christmas carols with you.
[00:12:10] Revival 2026 is coming up February 20th to the 21st.
[00:12:14] If you have a youth student, they gotta get here.
[00:12:18] Last year was so powerful and there were so many testimonies.
[00:12:22] We have multiple guest speakers like Neiman Davis from The Belonging Co. We have Kendall Alfaro coming out, multiple guest artists like The Belonging Co. College Worship, and Christopher Sincere.
[00:12:31] Registration is open now, so go on your church center app.
[00:12:34] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]:
If you have any questions, email me, daniel at lakecitychurch.org.
[00:12:38] Lake City Church, hey, thank you again so much for coming out.
[00:12:41] Remember to check us out on our socials and also our website, lakecitychurch.org.
[00:12:46] But remember, we love you, God loves you, make it a great day.
[00:12:51] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]:
Good morning!
[00:12:52] Good morning!
[00:12:54] That was pretty good for third service.
[00:12:56] I don't know.
[00:12:56] Third service is my favorite service, so I always expect more out of you guys, you know.
[00:13:05] Good morning!
[00:13:05] Good morning!
[00:13:06] There it is.
[00:13:07] There it is.
[00:13:08] Guys, would you stand to your feet?
[00:13:10] We're going to continue to worship.
[00:13:11] I've got Will with me, one of our interns.
[00:13:14] Give it up for Will.
[00:13:15] Good morning, everybody.
[00:13:17] Will is quickly becoming one of our Lake City Bible Scholars that will soon be available for your questions, concerns, and emails.
[00:13:25] One day, one day.
[00:13:26] It will be amazing.
[00:13:28] If you're watching online, if you're in the overflow room, which I'm told the overflow rooms were full today, at least in second service, it's good to see you guys.
[00:13:35] It's good to have you guys.
[00:13:36] If you're on your couch watching,
[00:13:38] Man, those pajamas look good on you.
[00:13:42] Behind me on the screen you can see the four ways to partner with Lake City Church to give together.
[00:13:47] We believe at Lake City Church in doing stuff together.
[00:13:51] And giving and worshiping, they're one and the same.
[00:13:55] We give together as a church.
[00:13:56] We worship together as a church.
[00:13:58] There's four ways to partner with us.
[00:13:59] There's all kinds of ways you can bring your tithes and offerings into the house of the Lord.
[00:14:04] I'm so excited to hear about what happened with the Christmas Bazaar and all the money that we raised against human trafficking.
[00:14:11] It's going to be an incredible outcome.
[00:14:13] Incredible.
[00:14:16] And today is just, it's already been a spectacular day.
[00:14:20] And I know, I know that God has a word for you and your family this morning.
[00:14:26] I've been just on the edge of my seat all day.
[00:14:29] You'll know what I'm talking about here in just a minute.
[00:14:33] Guys, it's gonna be...
[00:14:35] an amazing day thank you for giving thank you for joining with us and giving all the time and just saying god take every piece of our lives and just have access to it thank you for every gift and every giver will would you speak a blessing over us pray for us whatever you gotta do give it to us man before we do that i know we just watched the video but i would ask that you guys please be in prayer for friday and if you know any young adults
[00:14:59] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]:
We checked earlier, this is the only time you're allowed to kidnap somebody and bring them to the church.
[00:15:05] If there is any young adults, you have full discretion to do so.
[00:15:09] But anyways, if you would bow your head.
[00:15:11] Father, thank you so much for this time that we get to spend in your church, in your community, worshiping you.
[00:15:18] And God, I pray that as we continue to do that, you would bless us with humble and joyful hearts in giving back to you what is already yours.
[00:15:26] In Jesus mighty and powerful name we pray and everybody said amen amen let's worship
[00:15:58] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]:
He left heaven's throne and came to die on Calvary He walked streets of gold but stepped into our suffering
[00:16:28] He who made the earth hung upon a sinner's tree He who made angels praise and nails put in His hands and feet
[00:16:57] The King of kings, the smallest lamb
[00:17:26] He was peace for us and from His wounds all mercy flows
[00:18:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]:
and more.
[00:19:55] All praise to the name Jesus All praise to the name The Son of God The Son of Man The King of Kings His Father, His Lamb
[00:20:37] He died, He rose again The Lord our God decided death God plays this morning He is worthy!
[00:20:59] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Whoo!
[00:20:59] Amen.
[00:21:01] Let me pray for you this morning.
[00:21:03] Holy Spirit, you are welcome in this place, in this house, and in these people.
[00:21:09] Cover us this morning.
[00:21:11] You alone are good.
[00:21:13] In your name we pray.
[00:21:15] Amen.
[00:21:16] Come on church, give God praise one more time this morning.
[00:21:19] We love you guys.
[00:21:20] You guys could be seated this morning.
[00:21:22] We are excited to be with you.
[00:21:24] Who was at the Christmas Bazaar yesterday?
[00:21:27] Anybody at the Christmas Bazaar?
[00:21:28] Hey, can we give it up for all the people who donated, who volunteered?
[00:21:32] Give them a shout this morning.
[00:21:35] They were amazing.
[00:21:36] We are believing that we're going to hit that 70 mark.
[00:21:39] I know it.
[00:21:40] God's going to do a work.
[00:21:42] Let's believe in faith for it.
[00:21:44] Amen?
[00:21:44] Amen.
[00:21:45] By the way, if you want to keep helping, you could go buy some Christmas trees as we open up that lot here in a few weeks.
[00:21:51] And that will also go to fight human trafficking.
[00:21:54] But God did an amazing work yesterday.
[00:21:57] Pastor Rob and Diana are away this morning.
[00:22:00] They are off celebrating the 30th anniversary of a church plant that they helped, someone that they mentored.
[00:22:07] So they are sent off with blessing.
[00:22:09] They asked us to speak this morning.
[00:22:10] We will see how it goes.
[00:22:13] But I brought, as Pastor Rob would say, my girlfriend up, Pastor Haley.
[00:22:20] Give it up for Pastor Haley.
[00:22:23] My girlfriend, my best friend, my wife, my baby mama.
[00:22:28] So, let's get started today.
[00:22:31] Haley, are you excited to be here?
[00:22:36] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
I am.
[00:22:36] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
This is her, you said your third time.
[00:22:39] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
This is not my third.
[00:22:40] Last service was my second.
[00:22:41] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
This is now our third time preaching on a Sunday morning.
[00:22:43] This is our first time speaking together on a Sunday morning.
[00:22:47] We've done it many times in youth.
[00:22:49] I'm gonna need some amen.
[00:22:50] She's an anointed preacher, okay?
[00:22:52] She's an anointed preacher, so I don't know what she's even talking about.
[00:22:55] She does so good.
[00:22:58] But the Lord put on my heart this message a while ago and I thought it only fitting to bring my wife up here as we are celebrating, we just celebrated this last Friday, 10 years of marriage and ministry together.
[00:23:13] She has suffered a long time, as the Scripture says, to bear with one another in love with all longsuffering.
[00:23:19] Suffer long together.
[00:23:21] But I think we have some pictures of our 10 years together up there.
[00:23:26] Yeah, we were teenagers.
[00:23:28] We were babies.
[00:23:29] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
I still had braces.
[00:23:30] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
I didn't even have facial hair.
[00:23:33] and then there's today there's our family our four girls girl dad all the way any girl dads in the house girl dad I know yeah there we go girl dad is the best kind of dad hey uh like I was talking about I felt the Lord put this message on my heart a couple months back about unity and how important unity is and then she just gave a ten times better name to it than I ever would
[00:23:58] and made me hyper-focus unity in the heart, the home, and the church.
[00:24:03] So we're going to talk about that today.
[00:24:05] But real quick, let's pray because the Lord knows we need it.
[00:24:09] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
God, I just lift up everyone under the sound of my voice this morning, God.
[00:24:13] Let these words be your words and not ours.
[00:24:16] I pray that our hearts, our homes, and this church would be unified with you.
[00:24:22] Let it all be about you, and let it all be for you.
[00:24:26] In Jesus' name.
[00:24:28] Amen.
[00:24:29] So we just wanted to start this morning out by saying if you've ever spent any time with either, probably more him, you would know we are so far from perfect.
[00:24:42] We don't always get it right.
[00:24:43] Daniel was raised by a teen mom in a divorced home.
[00:24:49] I was raised in a very dysfunctional, hurting home that later led to divorce.
[00:24:54] While these principles may not have been handed down to us, and they certainly don't come natural to us, our hearts in this this morning is that we are committed to handing it over instead of handling it.
[00:25:08] We are committed to unity in our hearts, in our homes, and in this church.
[00:25:13] And we believe this morning that this world needs stronger families now more than ever before.
[00:25:20] And it starts with you, and it starts with me.
[00:25:23] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, we have kind of a theme verse for you today about unity with Christ.
[00:25:28] And this is so, so important.
[00:25:30] And just like she's saying, now more than ever, we need healthy whole families so we can lead a generation back to Christ.
[00:25:37] And Ephesians 4 says this, As a prisoner of the Lord, I beg you to live in a way that is worthy of the people God has chosen to be his own.
[00:25:45] Always be humble and gentle.
[00:25:48] Patiently put up with each other and love each other.
[00:25:51] And all the wives said amen.
[00:25:53] Amen.
[00:25:53] Try your best to let God's Spirit keep your hearts united.
[00:25:58] Do this by living at peace.
[00:26:00] Every person in this room this morning, every Christian in the room has an obligation to live this out because at the core of every marital strife, divorce, church division, hurt, rebellion is disunity.
[00:26:13] Our job is to be in unity with Christ and lead those He has called us to, to be in unity with Him.
[00:26:21] If you are not with unity with God in your own heart, how could you lead others in unity with Christ?
[00:26:28] You this morning have to ask and pose yourself the question, am I at oneness with Jesus in my own heart?
[00:26:34] Because in your own heart, in your own mind, is where it begins.
[00:26:39] The Bible talks about taking every thought captive and making it obedient to Christ.
[00:26:45] It starts with me.
[00:26:47] It starts with us.
[00:26:48] Haley, how do you check your heart to make sure that it's in unity with Jesus?
[00:26:53] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Yeah, so I have like three core things to help me.
[00:26:58] And my first would be the Word.
[00:26:59] I don't know, does anyone utilize the Bible app?
[00:27:02] I love the Bible app because in my season of life I don't have time to pull out my Bible and spend an hour in it so there's so many incredible like five-minute devotions that you can do on the Bible app and you're still connecting with God and getting that time I think a lot of times we can make us just like oh I don't have time I don't have 30 minutes I don't have an hour but you don't need that if even you just have five minutes to connect with God in your day
[00:27:29] My second would be through worship.
[00:27:32] I obviously love worship.
[00:27:34] It means so much to me, and I'm always in worship and praying through worship.
[00:27:39] Like I said, in my season of life, I'm busy.
[00:27:41] I'm running my kids everywhere.
[00:27:42] I don't have a lot of time.
[00:27:44] And sometimes I don't have the time to form the thoughts of my own prayer even.
[00:27:49] So I make those songs my prayer, and I'm just singing them and praying to God, God, make this the cry of my heart.
[00:27:57] And then third would be I have multiple mentors in my life that I'm always checking stuff with.
[00:28:06] They tell me when I'm wrong, they tell me when I'm off, they tell me when I need to keep going, they tell me when I need to pull back.
[00:28:12] And so those are just some ways that I do.
[00:28:14] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, I think that a lot of times we overcomplicate it.
[00:28:18] We overcomplicate spending time with Jesus.
[00:28:21] We think it has to be a certain location, that it has to be either in church with a full worship team and a wonderful message by Pastor Rob, or it has to be on a website.
[00:28:31] Listen, guys, you could spend time with Jesus anywhere.
[00:28:34] and the Bible says never cease to pray continually pray continually communicate with God don't over complicate I can't tell you how many times I'll just be driving and I'll just be praying Lord help my girls today help my wife today or I'll put on worship music like she's saying and and I'll just be bawling because the Holy Spirit is just impressing upon my heart so many things and the person driving next to me is probably like what the heck is wrong with that guy
[00:29:01] You can spend time with Jesus where you are on your lunch break.
[00:29:06] Don't overcomplicate it because when you have unity in your own heart, it starts with yourself.
[00:29:10] When you spend time in oneness with Jesus, you can then lead it in your home, which is on your worship guides.
[00:29:17] The next is unity in the home.
[00:29:20] Who knows?
[00:29:20] We have a very real adversary, right?
[00:29:22] The Word says that we have the enemy.
[00:29:25] He prowls around like a lion, roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
[00:29:30] And he wants to create disunity.
[00:29:33] Myself and Hailey are no strangers to disunity in the home.
[00:29:36] As my wife said earlier, I grew up in a divorced home with a teen mom.
[00:29:40] She had me at 16 years old.
[00:29:41] I was actually on that show, 16 and Pregnant, when I was a baby.
[00:29:44] I don't know if you've seen it.
[00:29:45] I'm just kidding.
[00:29:45] I was not on that.
[00:29:46] But I'd probably have a lot more money if I was.
[00:29:50] Thank you for your pity laughs.
[00:29:53] We decided a long time ago though, just with all the traumas that we had been through growing up in our homes, that we were going to lead a better culture and environment for our girls.
[00:30:04] That divorce wasn't even going to be a thought in our mind.
[00:30:08] It wasn't going to be a topic of discussion.
[00:30:10] And we have a responsibility to lead that same peace and unity in the home.
[00:30:16] Babe, what would you say where unity starts?
[00:30:20] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
I think we believe that unity in the home starts with unity in the marriage.
[00:30:26] The enemy doesn't want your marriage to be unified and he will do whatever he can to create division because strong, connected, unified families have a much higher likelihood of raising strong, confident, resilient kids who also want to go out into the world and create unity.
[00:30:44] I shared this
[00:30:44] In the last service, but as I shared earlier, my parents were really struggling when I was a kid.
[00:30:51] And our home was just full of chaos and all kinds of things.
[00:30:56] But one thing that they did really well is that they surrounded
[00:31:00] I believe that I'm going to marry a man that loves just like my pastor loves.
[00:31:26] and I'm my kids are gonna have a dad that loves just like my pastor does and I believe today that I did and that I have that and God answered that prayer he answered that prayer for me
[00:31:40] Do we have any toddler moms in the room?
[00:31:43] This is the last service.
[00:31:43] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
You guys should all be in here.
[00:31:45] Toddler moms, hey!
[00:31:47] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Sometimes it is tough out in those toddler streets.
[00:31:51] We are struggling.
[00:31:52] We are on the struggle bus.
[00:31:53] I don't know if it's just me, but my child is crazy.
[00:31:56] If you see her in the lobby, she's just everywhere, all over the place.
[00:31:59] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Tornado.
[00:32:00] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Yes, and as moms, we are the ones who set a lot of the culture in our homes.
[00:32:06] There is so many days, like I said, that I am the driver of the struggle bus.
[00:32:12] I've had a long day homeschooling my kids and chasing after the toddler while the baby's crying and the dog's barking, or whatever it may be, and I have the choice
[00:32:21] When my husband comes home from work and walks through the door to meet him with joy and make it something exciting.
[00:32:29] Dad's home!
[00:32:29] Dad's home!
[00:32:31] Or I can meet him with anger and resentment.
[00:32:33] So we can be a unified team or we cannot.
[00:32:36] And a lot of times I have that choice.
[00:32:40] I love the version of this scripture in Ecclesiastes 4.12.
[00:32:45] it says a person standing alone can be attacked and defeated but two can stand back to back and conquer three are even better for a triple braided cord is not easily broken I just love the picture this verse paints that if I'm standing back to back with my spouse we're just in this together and we can conquer anything
[00:33:11] I know you guys probably see him a lot just like running around or on the side jumping like a crazy person but I just have to brag on my husband because I believe we have a really good marriage because he is an amazing husband to me and I know whether we're in our best season or our worst season that he's always going to meet me where I'm at with love and humility and patience and even when I'm wrong
[00:33:36] He meets me with a gentleness and corrects me, pointing me to Jesus.
[00:33:43] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Now, she's only wrong about like 15% of the time though.
[00:33:46] Like 85% of the time.
[00:33:48] I'd say 1%.
[00:33:48] She's right, right.
[00:33:49] Well, actually, this is really why I had her speak today.
[00:33:53] You know, it's recorded.
[00:33:56] So when she gets mad at me, remember all the good things that you said about me.
[00:34:02] Here they are.
[00:34:04] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
I will pay them to delete the clips.
[00:34:10] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Let's talk about some practical ways we could keep unity in our marriage.
[00:34:15] What do you think some of those ways are?
[00:34:16] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Yeah, my number one would be prayer.
[00:34:19] I don't know if anyone else is like me, but I tend to be a worrier.
[00:34:23] and I think that as moms that kind of comes naturally sometimes because no matter what season our kids are in whether they're babies or adults it's like with each season we have something new to worry about so I just love partnering with my husband in prayer because it not only brings us closer to Jesus
[00:34:42] but it brings us closer to each other and it kind of just makes us more of a unified team.
[00:34:49] Something else that my husband's really good at is preferring the other over yourself.
[00:34:56] So as he said, we just celebrated our 10 year anniversary.
[00:35:00] He really wanted to go to a tropical location, the beach.
[00:35:05] I wanted to take my kids to Disney World while they're still little, so we went to Disney World.
[00:35:11] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Or as Pastor Rob would say, the Tragic Kingdom.
[00:35:13] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
It was a great time.
[00:35:16] And lastly, something we do a lot together, especially on dates, is dreaming with each other.
[00:35:22] We're always looking towards the future together.
[00:35:26] And it doesn't have to be something crazy.
[00:35:27] It could be looking forward to a vacation or anything.
[00:35:31] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, those are really good things.
[00:35:34] When you envision together, when you're dreaming together, I believe this is super important because you are striving towards the same goal.
[00:35:40] It brings unity, and it doesn't have to just be about spending money, although, husbands, you're probably going to spend some money.
[00:35:48] But when you, the Bible says where there is no vision,
[00:35:52] People perish and so it is so important for a marriage to have a goal together to strive towards the same purposes together and really that brings you into oneness with each other as well as preferring the other over yourself now this is very hard i am not a considerate person she is painting this just completely picture of me that i know but listen
[00:36:16] It is hard.
[00:36:17] You have to be very intentional about it to prefer the other over yourself, making sure, hey, I'm putting her needs first.
[00:36:24] Because you think, I'm the one who had the hard day.
[00:36:27] I'm the one who's right.
[00:36:30] I am justified in my feelings, in my emotions.
[00:36:33] But listen, it is so important for the unity to prefer the other over yourself.
[00:36:39] So dreaming together, preferring over, and praying.
[00:36:42] It is so powerful to pray over each other.
[00:36:46] And prayer also helps to build the culture of your home.
[00:36:50] And this is something that is very, very important that we're going to talk about for a moment here.
[00:36:55] It is a huge component to the atmosphere of the marriage and the home.
[00:36:59] Culture is what you create or allow.
[00:37:01] And this is very important as the leader in your home.
[00:37:05] If you don't like something,
[00:37:06] It's because you are creating it or you are allowing it.
[00:37:09] Husbands, fathers, wives,
[00:37:13] Mothers, this morning, you have to create a culture in your home and you have to be intentional about that culture.
[00:37:20] A lot of people don't even understand or realize the atmosphere that they are creating and the culture that they are creating in their home.
[00:37:28] Maybe you're one of those people who does the blame game.
[00:37:31] Well, my wife, she just does this all the time.
[00:37:33] Or my husband, he just says this all the time.
[00:37:36] But the way it was intended to be
[00:37:38] is to be as one God created you you are no longer by yourself you are now one creating the atmosphere and the culture in your home together and i just want to say this this morning maybe you're divorced yourself this morning or maybe you grew up in a divorced home maybe you have a blended family maybe you have a really hard situation prodigal sons or daughter whatever it is i want to tell you this you are not subject to the past mistakes or environments that you grew up in or that you made
[00:38:07] Listen, they are not the author of your story, God is.
[00:38:11] So many times we make decisions, we create a culture or environment based on what we've seen, based on what we grew up in.
[00:38:19] And I just want to challenge you this morning, be countercultural to the negative things that have inhibited your life and start creating a positive culture based on biblical value and principle.
[00:38:30] Amen?
[00:38:31] As a husband and father, I want to talk to the husbands and fathers for a minute.
[00:38:34] Any husbands and fathers in the room this morning?
[00:38:36] Can we give it up for all the husbands and fathers?
[00:38:39] You have an important job this morning.
[00:38:43] It is my job to lead with humility and gentleness, just as scripture says.
[00:38:46] And I want to say this, do not expect something you are not willing to lead an example.
[00:38:54] I'm going to say it again.
[00:38:55] Do not expect or ask something you are not willing to lead an example.
[00:39:00] Do as I say and not as I do doesn't really work.
[00:39:04] You are the model.
[00:39:05] You are the example.
[00:39:07] You have to live it out.
[00:39:08] And we need more praying fathers.
[00:39:11] I'm going to say this.
[00:39:13] Do not expect your wife to do a job that God has called you to do.
[00:39:21] There are so many praying mothers, and thank God for the praying moms.
[00:39:26] We need more praying fathers.
[00:39:29] Don't expect your wife to do a job that God has called you to do this morning.
[00:39:35] Husbands and fathers, you're more than ATM machines.
[00:39:39] Okay?
[00:39:40] It's not, Dad, I need money.
[00:39:41] Hubby, I need money.
[00:39:46] You are spiritual leaders in your home.
[00:39:48] In fact, the pastors here at Lake City Church, they're not your children's first pastors.
[00:39:54] You are the first pastor, preacher, teacher, shepherd in your home.
[00:39:57] You are the spiritual guide and lead in your home, especially with your children.
[00:40:03] Proverbs 22.6 says this,
[00:40:07] And when they are older, they will not leave it.
[00:40:10] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
One thing that's really important in our home is creating a strong family dynamic with our four girls where we are creating identity and unity with God before the world can.
[00:40:23] We're instilling in them who we are as a family and who they are as God's daughters.
[00:40:30] We have a core prayer with our girls that I started when our eight-year-old was a toddler.
[00:40:35] If you don't know her story, she had a pretty severe speech delay and couldn't speak a one-word phrase until she was four.
[00:40:43] I hung this prayer up in her room and began speaking it over her, and I cried out to God, begging Him that soon she would be able to repeat it after me.
[00:40:54] There were a lot of days and even weeks and months that it was just me saying it
[00:40:59] and her looking up at me with her big brown eyes but I kept doing this every single night and little by little she began to speak and repeat the prayer.
[00:41:11] We now do this with all of our girls and this is our prayer.
[00:41:15] I believe right with my heart.
[00:41:17] I think right with my mind.
[00:41:20] I speak well with my mouth.
[00:41:23] I act right with my body.
[00:41:25] I obey the Holy Spirit and I obey my mom and dad.
[00:41:29] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, they are not too young.
[00:41:32] Start now.
[00:41:33] That's why the scripture says, direct your children, because then when they're older, they won't grow from it.
[00:41:40] Too many times do we say, well, they just won't comprehend it.
[00:41:43] They won't understand.
[00:41:44] I love what Pastor Anna says, there is no junior Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit far exceeds our comprehension or understanding.
[00:41:54] I remember when we first came to Lake City and we had the preschool and Milo's going to the preschool and she would have these screaming tantrums and there was one morning I had to get her out of class and we're just on the floor and I and she's crying and I'm just praying God help her and I had to tell this story because this last week and this is a testament to her mother of how much she loves her daughters and how much she loves Jesus she was talking to my sister who's 10 years old and
[00:42:21] She was asking her, do you love Jesus?
[00:42:23] Do you go to church?
[00:42:24] Do you know Jesus?
[00:42:26] Do you read the Bible?
[00:42:27] And I didn't train her to ask those questions.
[00:42:31] All I did was teach her how to love Jesus.
[00:42:33] All her mother did was teach her how to love Jesus.
[00:42:36] And she started creating and developing those things within her heart and her mind at a young age, even when we thought maybe she wouldn't comprehend it or understand it.
[00:42:45] Start now.
[00:42:47] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
yeah so now something we do with our two older girls when they're going to school or they're going to ballet or they're going to be with a friend we say the Chavez girls are kind the Chavez girls are respectful the Chavez girls listen the Chavez girls are helpful the Chavez girls have the Holy Spirit and we're just speaking those things into their identity this is so important especially if you're sending your child to school
[00:43:17] You're just speaking those things into their identity.
[00:43:20] They might think you're crazy.
[00:43:22] They might say, Mom, what are you saying?
[00:43:24] But you're just speaking those things into existence before they step foot on that school and they tell them who they are.
[00:43:31] The world tells them.
[00:43:33] When we build unity in our homes, we're not just strengthening our families.
[00:43:37] We're training our hearts.
[00:43:39] Scripture shows us that the church is a family
[00:43:43] of Families.
[00:43:44] So everything God develops in us at home, humility, servanthood, forgiveness, He intends for us to carry it into the church.
[00:43:53] Unity in the home becomes the foundation for unity in the church.
[00:43:59] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, man, that is so good.
[00:44:01] When we have healthy whole families, we begin to have healthy whole churches.
[00:44:08] And we want to talk about unity in the church for a minute.
[00:44:10] Just as the enemy wants to attack the home, he tries to divide the church.
[00:44:16] He wants to just separate the body of Christ.
[00:44:20] And when you have unity together,
[00:44:23] It is so good.
[00:44:24] Philippians 2.2 says,
[00:44:39] So why is it that there always seems to be some sort of dissension or division in the church some way?
[00:44:46] And we want to give some practical ways to combat disunity because disunity is something we need to combat.
[00:44:54] It's something that we need to be attentive to.
[00:44:55] And our first point is build each other up.
[00:44:59] And these things all apply within your marriage, within your relationships.
[00:45:04] They're so applicable to every other area.
[00:45:07] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Yeah, I think this is something that we do a lot in the church when we're looking at other churches or other members in the church.
[00:45:15] We're like, well, they don't know church like my church does, or they don't sing the way that I think they should sing, or they don't pick the songs that I like, or whatever it might be.
[00:45:24] But unity doesn't mean sameness.
[00:45:27] It means a shared purpose.
[00:45:29] We are all different people with unique perspectives and giftings, but we all have one purpose and that's to glorify Him.
[00:45:38] When every part brings what God has gifted them, the whole body becomes stronger with different functions with one heart.
[00:45:47] I'm gonna read Romans 15 2 through 6 it says let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up for Christ did not please himself but as it is written the reproaches of those who reproach you fell on me for whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction that through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope and
[00:46:12] May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another in accord with Christ Jesus that together you may with one voice glorify the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[00:46:28] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Come on, that is powerful.
[00:46:30] One voice together, Lake City Church.
[00:46:33] We will be one voice that glorifies God and listen I just whatever situation you got going on today the Lord knows I just felt like the Holy Spirit was telling me this right now that you have a church body to lean on you have people here for you together that we can live in oneness and the scripture said right there
[00:46:54] Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
[00:46:58] When's the last time you considered someone else?
[00:47:00] When's the last time you helped someone else?
[00:47:02] When's the last time you prayed for the person sitting next to you?
[00:47:06] When's the last time you prayed for somebody else in the church?
[00:47:09] So that we could be encouragers to one another, building one another up.
[00:47:14] We have to view each other as teammates.
[00:47:17] Pastor Rob and Diana do such a great job of this.
[00:47:21] They don't call our lead team a staff.
[00:47:24] He says staff's an infection, right?
[00:47:26] That the team is, we're leaders together, that we are teammates.
[00:47:32] And I want to tell you this, a united church is an unstoppable church.
[00:47:38] Lake City Church will be an unstoppable church who wins souls around the world.
[00:47:43] To do this, to do this, we need to cheer on the success of others.
[00:47:53] It's in your worship guides, write that down.
[00:47:55] I've seen so many people compare themselves to other people, compare churches to one another.
[00:48:02] Listen, just like my wife was saying, we're not gonna look the same, we don't have the same giftings, we're not gonna do things the same way, but we need to support one another.
[00:48:13] Hebrews 10.24 says this, and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.
[00:48:19] This isn't in your notes, but I want you to write this down.
[00:48:22] This is important.
[00:48:24] Others' success doesn't diminish your gift.
[00:48:29] I'm going to say that again.
[00:48:30] Others' success doesn't diminish your gift.
[00:48:34] In fact, surround yourself with others who are more successful than yourself so you can be built up.
[00:48:42] Because when others succeed in the church, the church succeeds.
[00:48:47] And then an unstoppable church impacts our world.
[00:48:52] Please, please, please hear me.
[00:48:53] The success of others does not devalue you.
[00:48:57] You need to be built up with others.
[00:49:01] Amen?
[00:49:01] Amen.
[00:49:03] If we could stand together this morning.
[00:49:06] My wife is just a powerful prayer warrior.
[00:49:10] I'm going to have her pray over you this morning because I believe God wants to do some amazing special things this morning.
[00:49:17] So if you could just bow your heads and close your eyes.
[00:49:19] It is not by chance that you are here.
[00:49:23] It is not by chance that you are hearing this today.
[00:49:26] Man, I talked to someone just last service who came up to me and said, you don't know me, Pastor Daniel.
[00:49:34] I've been coming here for a bit, but that word was exactly what God wanted me to hear.
[00:49:40] It's exactly what I'm dealing with right now.
[00:49:44] And I believe there are more people here this morning who need this, who need unity in their marriage and in their home
[00:49:53] So I specifically want to pray for those today who say, I'm struggling.
[00:50:01] It feels like I'm just at war.
[00:50:03] When I come home from work or when I see my spouse at the end of my day, it just feels like war.
[00:50:08] It feels like there's just constant attack in the home.
[00:50:11] And so this morning, if you say, Pastor Daniel, I need unity in my home.
[00:50:20] In my marriage specifically, I want to pray, we want to pray with you this morning that the Holy Spirit would just give you supernatural strength to push through.
[00:50:33] So if that's you this morning, you say, I just need that supernatural strength to give me unity in my marriage.
[00:50:38] No shame, no guilt.
[00:50:40] We want to pray with you.
[00:50:41] Just raise your hand today.
[00:50:42] If you say, yeah, I need that today.
[00:50:44] Yeah, I see you back there.
[00:50:45] Yeah.
[00:50:46] Yeah.
[00:50:46] No shame this morning.
[00:50:47] No guilt.
[00:50:48] Yeah.
[00:50:48] Yeah.
[00:50:50] Thank you for your honesty.
[00:50:51] The Lord sees it.
[00:50:52] He knows it.
[00:50:54] He knows exactly what you need this morning.
[00:50:58] He knows you.
[00:51:00] Babe, if you could pray with us this morning.
[00:51:02] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
God, I just lift up every marriage and every family that is represented in this room this morning.
[00:51:09] God, you designed marriage, you designed family, and you have a perfect plan for it.
[00:51:17] God, I pray for any marriage that is struggling, that's just not where they want to be.
[00:51:22] God, I pray that you would just bring them
[00:51:25] I pray that you would just bring them back to unity God God I pray for every single mom every home that's going through divorce God God any hurt or hang-up God I pray that you would just step in God I pray that you would mend anything that's broken that you would heal pieces and put them back together God you know every story you know every face you know every struggle God God in you
[00:51:55] can make all things new.
[00:51:58] God, I just speak it.
[00:52:00] I speak it into existence.
[00:52:02] I believe it and I declare it.
[00:52:04] God, that our marriages and our homes and our families would be in unity with you.
[00:52:10] In your name.
[00:52:13] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Amen.
[00:52:13] Come on, give God praise this morning.
[00:52:16] He is good.
[00:52:17] I believe He's starting a work in you right now.
[00:52:22] So we're thankful for that.
[00:52:24] If you're a first-time visitor here, every single week we partake in communion.
[00:52:28] We have the elements up front and to the sides.
[00:52:31] And just as we partake this morning and we remember the sacrifice that He made for us, the blood that He shed for us, I want to encourage you.
[00:52:41] Maybe you're the person who says, I'm not at oneness with Jesus today.
[00:52:48] I need to come back to repentance.
[00:52:49] I need unity in my heart so then I could lead others around me.
[00:52:55] He wants you to have relationship with him.
[00:52:58] It far goes beyond a service or a message or worship.
[00:53:04] This morning, he wants personal connection and relationship with you, the creator of the universe.
[00:53:12] He wants to know you.
[00:53:14] So let me pray for you this morning, and we're gonna worship.
[00:53:17] So if you guys could bow your heads, close your eyes.
[00:53:20] Jesus, you know every heart this morning.
[00:53:23] You know every person, you know every mind.
[00:53:26] You discern us, Lord.
[00:53:28] So we pray, God, as we enter in, as we worship you today, Jesus,
[00:53:35] I pray for repentance.
[00:53:36] I pray for salvation.
[00:53:38] I pray that your Holy Spirit would go and do a work.
[00:53:41] You already know the need.
[00:53:43] I pray that as people ask this morning to know you and be in relationship with you and in unity with you, God, that you would start a powerful work in their life today.
[00:53:56] You would encourage them.
[00:53:57] You would uplift them.
[00:53:58] You would change and transform them in your mighty name by your blood.
[00:54:04] We thank you in advance for the work that you are doing.
[00:54:08] In your name we pray.
[00:54:10] Amen.
[00:54:11] Come on church, let's worship him this morning.
[00:54:31] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]:
This wild exchange you offer us
[00:54:36] I gave my worst, you gave your blood Seems hard to believe You're telling me you chose the cross You're telling me I'm worth that much If that's the measure of your love
[00:54:59] How else would I sing?
[00:55:03] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]:
But completely, deeply, zoned out, sincerely abandoned I'm completely, freely, hands to the ceiling enamored
[00:55:22] My one life endeavor to match Your surrender To mirror not my will but Yours Completely, deeply, I don't care who sees me abandoned Oh, I surrender
[00:55:55] I just can't get over it What kind of self-control is this?
[00:56:19] You add angels at your fingertips But on the cross you remain I can't repay that kind of love But I can praise with everything I've got
[00:56:24] Since death had all its power, our hearts and just life were great Completely, deeply, sold out, sincerely abandoned Completely, freely, hands to ceiling
[00:56:54] Let your surrender to me, my mind will with yours Completely, deeply, don't care, see, sleep in me
[00:57:32] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]:
Let's pray.
[00:57:36] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]:
Let's pray.
[00:58:02] The glory for heaven, the great that He won The praise of the heavens, the kingdom come Consider it Yours alone
[00:58:50] I surrender I surrender I surrender
[00:59:43] Yahweh thank you.
[01:00:11] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_10]:
And we thank you for this morning.
[01:00:13] And we thank you for the Word.
[01:00:23] Lord, as we trust the process you have for us in our marriages,
[01:00:33] In our lives with our families, our friends, our jobs, God, may there be just a special unity that takes place in us, through us, to be more like you.
[01:00:51] To walk this earth as you'd have us walk.
[01:00:56] God, we thank you for this house.
[01:00:58] We thank you.
[01:01:02] Amen and Amen.
[01:01:14] Lake City Church, we love you.
[01:01:16] God loves you.
[01:01:17] Make it a great week.
[01:02:39] Let's get a dude's pick up here.
Well, good morning, Lake City Church.
[00:00:50] Let's stand on our feet as we worship Jesus this morning.
[00:00:52] We're so glad you're in the house.
[00:01:19] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]:
I'll rejoice and be glad Rejoice and be glad in it This is where I believe You are more than enough You're more than enough for me You are faithful to Your promise You are strong when I am
[00:01:51] I have everything I need The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord is my strength It's more than a feeling The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord is my strength Oh my soul, bless His name All that is within me say The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord
[00:02:58] The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord
[00:05:22] All that is within me say Oh my soul bless His name All that is within me say
[00:06:24] Is the lamp unto my feet?
[00:06:50] Your way is the only way for me It's a narrow road that leads to life But I want to be on it It's a narrow road but the mercy's wide There's a girl who promised
[00:06:54] I'll take you at your word If you said it, I believe it I've seen how good it works If you started, you'll complete it I'll take you at your word He was born
[00:07:23] And the chaos fell in my eyes I don't know, cause I've seen it all in my life It's a narrow road that leads to life But I want to be on it, yeah It's a narrow road, the tide is high
[00:08:13] Come on.
[00:08:43] He said to love.
[00:08:49] You said your grace is always in mine You said your heart will never forget or forsake me You said I'm saved, you call me yours You said my future's no longer late You never fail, so I know that you'll never fail
[00:09:22] You said Your grace is always in my heart You said Your heart will never forget or forsake me You said I'm saved and I'm only Yours You saved my future
[00:09:55] I've seen how good it was He started you completely He'll take you at your word
[00:10:56] Amen.
[00:11:06] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_10]:
What an honor and privilege it is to be in the house this morning to lift up the name of Jesus before you're seated this morning.
[00:11:12] Turn around, high-five your neighbor, and welcome to Lake City.
[00:11:35] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]:
Good morning Lake City we are so happy that you are here this morning and joining us in worship if you're a first-time guest if you open up your worship guide and look at that guest card if you will fill that out and bring it to the welcome center we have a gift just for you but we are so happy you're here this morning you're awesome ladies and gentlemen the time has come the collective is this friday doors open at six and the service starts at seven make sure you register on the church center app and tell all your friends we can't wait to see you there
[00:12:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]:
Lake City's Christmas tree lighting will be November 30th at 5 p.m.
[00:12:04] There'll be a live nativity, a cookie potluck, bring your family, your friends.
[00:12:08] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
We can't wait to sing some Christmas carols with you.
[00:12:10] Revival 2026 is coming up February 20th to the 21st.
[00:12:14] If you have a youth student, they gotta get here.
[00:12:18] Last year was so powerful and there were so many testimonies.
[00:12:22] We have multiple guest speakers like Neiman Davis from The Belonging Co. We have Kendall Alfaro coming out, multiple guest artists like The Belonging Co. College Worship, and Christopher Sincere.
[00:12:31] Registration is open now, so go on your church center app.
[00:12:34] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]:
If you have any questions, email me, daniel at lakecitychurch.org.
[00:12:38] Lake City Church, hey, thank you again so much for coming out.
[00:12:41] Remember to check us out on our socials and also our website, lakecitychurch.org.
[00:12:46] But remember, we love you, God loves you, make it a great day.
[00:12:51] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]:
Good morning!
[00:12:52] Good morning!
[00:12:54] That was pretty good for third service.
[00:12:56] I don't know.
[00:12:56] Third service is my favorite service, so I always expect more out of you guys, you know.
[00:13:05] Good morning!
[00:13:05] Good morning!
[00:13:06] There it is.
[00:13:07] There it is.
[00:13:08] Guys, would you stand to your feet?
[00:13:10] We're going to continue to worship.
[00:13:11] I've got Will with me, one of our interns.
[00:13:14] Give it up for Will.
[00:13:15] Good morning, everybody.
[00:13:17] Will is quickly becoming one of our Lake City Bible Scholars that will soon be available for your questions, concerns, and emails.
[00:13:25] One day, one day.
[00:13:26] It will be amazing.
[00:13:28] If you're watching online, if you're in the overflow room, which I'm told the overflow rooms were full today, at least in second service, it's good to see you guys.
[00:13:35] It's good to have you guys.
[00:13:36] If you're on your couch watching,
[00:13:38] Man, those pajamas look good on you.
[00:13:42] Behind me on the screen you can see the four ways to partner with Lake City Church to give together.
[00:13:47] We believe at Lake City Church in doing stuff together.
[00:13:51] And giving and worshiping, they're one and the same.
[00:13:55] We give together as a church.
[00:13:56] We worship together as a church.
[00:13:58] There's four ways to partner with us.
[00:13:59] There's all kinds of ways you can bring your tithes and offerings into the house of the Lord.
[00:14:04] I'm so excited to hear about what happened with the Christmas Bazaar and all the money that we raised against human trafficking.
[00:14:11] It's going to be an incredible outcome.
[00:14:13] Incredible.
[00:14:16] And today is just, it's already been a spectacular day.
[00:14:20] And I know, I know that God has a word for you and your family this morning.
[00:14:26] I've been just on the edge of my seat all day.
[00:14:29] You'll know what I'm talking about here in just a minute.
[00:14:33] Guys, it's gonna be...
[00:14:35] an amazing day thank you for giving thank you for joining with us and giving all the time and just saying god take every piece of our lives and just have access to it thank you for every gift and every giver will would you speak a blessing over us pray for us whatever you gotta do give it to us man before we do that i know we just watched the video but i would ask that you guys please be in prayer for friday and if you know any young adults
[00:14:59] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]:
We checked earlier, this is the only time you're allowed to kidnap somebody and bring them to the church.
[00:15:05] If there is any young adults, you have full discretion to do so.
[00:15:09] But anyways, if you would bow your head.
[00:15:11] Father, thank you so much for this time that we get to spend in your church, in your community, worshiping you.
[00:15:18] And God, I pray that as we continue to do that, you would bless us with humble and joyful hearts in giving back to you what is already yours.
[00:15:26] In Jesus mighty and powerful name we pray and everybody said amen amen let's worship
[00:15:58] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]:
He left heaven's throne and came to die on Calvary He walked streets of gold but stepped into our suffering
[00:16:28] He who made the earth hung upon a sinner's tree He who made angels praise and nails put in His hands and feet
[00:16:57] The King of kings, the smallest lamb
[00:17:26] He was peace for us and from His wounds all mercy flows
[00:18:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]:
and more.
[00:19:55] All praise to the name Jesus All praise to the name The Son of God The Son of Man The King of Kings His Father, His Lamb
[00:20:37] He died, He rose again The Lord our God decided death God plays this morning He is worthy!
[00:20:59] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Whoo!
[00:20:59] Amen.
[00:21:01] Let me pray for you this morning.
[00:21:03] Holy Spirit, you are welcome in this place, in this house, and in these people.
[00:21:09] Cover us this morning.
[00:21:11] You alone are good.
[00:21:13] In your name we pray.
[00:21:15] Amen.
[00:21:16] Come on church, give God praise one more time this morning.
[00:21:19] We love you guys.
[00:21:20] You guys could be seated this morning.
[00:21:22] We are excited to be with you.
[00:21:24] Who was at the Christmas Bazaar yesterday?
[00:21:27] Anybody at the Christmas Bazaar?
[00:21:28] Hey, can we give it up for all the people who donated, who volunteered?
[00:21:32] Give them a shout this morning.
[00:21:35] They were amazing.
[00:21:36] We are believing that we're going to hit that 70 mark.
[00:21:39] I know it.
[00:21:40] God's going to do a work.
[00:21:42] Let's believe in faith for it.
[00:21:44] Amen?
[00:21:44] Amen.
[00:21:45] By the way, if you want to keep helping, you could go buy some Christmas trees as we open up that lot here in a few weeks.
[00:21:51] And that will also go to fight human trafficking.
[00:21:54] But God did an amazing work yesterday.
[00:21:57] Pastor Rob and Diana are away this morning.
[00:22:00] They are off celebrating the 30th anniversary of a church plant that they helped, someone that they mentored.
[00:22:07] So they are sent off with blessing.
[00:22:09] They asked us to speak this morning.
[00:22:10] We will see how it goes.
[00:22:13] But I brought, as Pastor Rob would say, my girlfriend up, Pastor Haley.
[00:22:20] Give it up for Pastor Haley.
[00:22:23] My girlfriend, my best friend, my wife, my baby mama.
[00:22:28] So, let's get started today.
[00:22:31] Haley, are you excited to be here?
[00:22:36] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
I am.
[00:22:36] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
This is her, you said your third time.
[00:22:39] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
This is not my third.
[00:22:40] Last service was my second.
[00:22:41] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
This is now our third time preaching on a Sunday morning.
[00:22:43] This is our first time speaking together on a Sunday morning.
[00:22:47] We've done it many times in youth.
[00:22:49] I'm gonna need some amen.
[00:22:50] She's an anointed preacher, okay?
[00:22:52] She's an anointed preacher, so I don't know what she's even talking about.
[00:22:55] She does so good.
[00:22:58] But the Lord put on my heart this message a while ago and I thought it only fitting to bring my wife up here as we are celebrating, we just celebrated this last Friday, 10 years of marriage and ministry together.
[00:23:13] She has suffered a long time, as the Scripture says, to bear with one another in love with all longsuffering.
[00:23:19] Suffer long together.
[00:23:21] But I think we have some pictures of our 10 years together up there.
[00:23:26] Yeah, we were teenagers.
[00:23:28] We were babies.
[00:23:29] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
I still had braces.
[00:23:30] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
I didn't even have facial hair.
[00:23:33] and then there's today there's our family our four girls girl dad all the way any girl dads in the house girl dad I know yeah there we go girl dad is the best kind of dad hey uh like I was talking about I felt the Lord put this message on my heart a couple months back about unity and how important unity is and then she just gave a ten times better name to it than I ever would
[00:23:58] and made me hyper-focus unity in the heart, the home, and the church.
[00:24:03] So we're going to talk about that today.
[00:24:05] But real quick, let's pray because the Lord knows we need it.
[00:24:09] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
God, I just lift up everyone under the sound of my voice this morning, God.
[00:24:13] Let these words be your words and not ours.
[00:24:16] I pray that our hearts, our homes, and this church would be unified with you.
[00:24:22] Let it all be about you, and let it all be for you.
[00:24:26] In Jesus' name.
[00:24:28] Amen.
[00:24:29] So we just wanted to start this morning out by saying if you've ever spent any time with either, probably more him, you would know we are so far from perfect.
[00:24:42] We don't always get it right.
[00:24:43] Daniel was raised by a teen mom in a divorced home.
[00:24:49] I was raised in a very dysfunctional, hurting home that later led to divorce.
[00:24:54] While these principles may not have been handed down to us, and they certainly don't come natural to us, our hearts in this this morning is that we are committed to handing it over instead of handling it.
[00:25:08] We are committed to unity in our hearts, in our homes, and in this church.
[00:25:13] And we believe this morning that this world needs stronger families now more than ever before.
[00:25:20] And it starts with you, and it starts with me.
[00:25:23] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, we have kind of a theme verse for you today about unity with Christ.
[00:25:28] And this is so, so important.
[00:25:30] And just like she's saying, now more than ever, we need healthy whole families so we can lead a generation back to Christ.
[00:25:37] And Ephesians 4 says this, As a prisoner of the Lord, I beg you to live in a way that is worthy of the people God has chosen to be his own.
[00:25:45] Always be humble and gentle.
[00:25:48] Patiently put up with each other and love each other.
[00:25:51] And all the wives said amen.
[00:25:53] Amen.
[00:25:53] Try your best to let God's Spirit keep your hearts united.
[00:25:58] Do this by living at peace.
[00:26:00] Every person in this room this morning, every Christian in the room has an obligation to live this out because at the core of every marital strife, divorce, church division, hurt, rebellion is disunity.
[00:26:13] Our job is to be in unity with Christ and lead those He has called us to, to be in unity with Him.
[00:26:21] If you are not with unity with God in your own heart, how could you lead others in unity with Christ?
[00:26:28] You this morning have to ask and pose yourself the question, am I at oneness with Jesus in my own heart?
[00:26:34] Because in your own heart, in your own mind, is where it begins.
[00:26:39] The Bible talks about taking every thought captive and making it obedient to Christ.
[00:26:45] It starts with me.
[00:26:47] It starts with us.
[00:26:48] Haley, how do you check your heart to make sure that it's in unity with Jesus?
[00:26:53] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Yeah, so I have like three core things to help me.
[00:26:58] And my first would be the Word.
[00:26:59] I don't know, does anyone utilize the Bible app?
[00:27:02] I love the Bible app because in my season of life I don't have time to pull out my Bible and spend an hour in it so there's so many incredible like five-minute devotions that you can do on the Bible app and you're still connecting with God and getting that time I think a lot of times we can make us just like oh I don't have time I don't have 30 minutes I don't have an hour but you don't need that if even you just have five minutes to connect with God in your day
[00:27:29] My second would be through worship.
[00:27:32] I obviously love worship.
[00:27:34] It means so much to me, and I'm always in worship and praying through worship.
[00:27:39] Like I said, in my season of life, I'm busy.
[00:27:41] I'm running my kids everywhere.
[00:27:42] I don't have a lot of time.
[00:27:44] And sometimes I don't have the time to form the thoughts of my own prayer even.
[00:27:49] So I make those songs my prayer, and I'm just singing them and praying to God, God, make this the cry of my heart.
[00:27:57] And then third would be I have multiple mentors in my life that I'm always checking stuff with.
[00:28:06] They tell me when I'm wrong, they tell me when I'm off, they tell me when I need to keep going, they tell me when I need to pull back.
[00:28:12] And so those are just some ways that I do.
[00:28:14] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, I think that a lot of times we overcomplicate it.
[00:28:18] We overcomplicate spending time with Jesus.
[00:28:21] We think it has to be a certain location, that it has to be either in church with a full worship team and a wonderful message by Pastor Rob, or it has to be on a website.
[00:28:31] Listen, guys, you could spend time with Jesus anywhere.
[00:28:34] and the Bible says never cease to pray continually pray continually communicate with God don't over complicate I can't tell you how many times I'll just be driving and I'll just be praying Lord help my girls today help my wife today or I'll put on worship music like she's saying and and I'll just be bawling because the Holy Spirit is just impressing upon my heart so many things and the person driving next to me is probably like what the heck is wrong with that guy
[00:29:01] You can spend time with Jesus where you are on your lunch break.
[00:29:06] Don't overcomplicate it because when you have unity in your own heart, it starts with yourself.
[00:29:10] When you spend time in oneness with Jesus, you can then lead it in your home, which is on your worship guides.
[00:29:17] The next is unity in the home.
[00:29:20] Who knows?
[00:29:20] We have a very real adversary, right?
[00:29:22] The Word says that we have the enemy.
[00:29:25] He prowls around like a lion, roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
[00:29:30] And he wants to create disunity.
[00:29:33] Myself and Hailey are no strangers to disunity in the home.
[00:29:36] As my wife said earlier, I grew up in a divorced home with a teen mom.
[00:29:40] She had me at 16 years old.
[00:29:41] I was actually on that show, 16 and Pregnant, when I was a baby.
[00:29:44] I don't know if you've seen it.
[00:29:45] I'm just kidding.
[00:29:45] I was not on that.
[00:29:46] But I'd probably have a lot more money if I was.
[00:29:50] Thank you for your pity laughs.
[00:29:53] We decided a long time ago though, just with all the traumas that we had been through growing up in our homes, that we were going to lead a better culture and environment for our girls.
[00:30:04] That divorce wasn't even going to be a thought in our mind.
[00:30:08] It wasn't going to be a topic of discussion.
[00:30:10] And we have a responsibility to lead that same peace and unity in the home.
[00:30:16] Babe, what would you say where unity starts?
[00:30:20] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
I think we believe that unity in the home starts with unity in the marriage.
[00:30:26] The enemy doesn't want your marriage to be unified and he will do whatever he can to create division because strong, connected, unified families have a much higher likelihood of raising strong, confident, resilient kids who also want to go out into the world and create unity.
[00:30:44] I shared this
[00:30:44] In the last service, but as I shared earlier, my parents were really struggling when I was a kid.
[00:30:51] And our home was just full of chaos and all kinds of things.
[00:30:56] But one thing that they did really well is that they surrounded
[00:31:00] I believe that I'm going to marry a man that loves just like my pastor loves.
[00:31:26] and I'm my kids are gonna have a dad that loves just like my pastor does and I believe today that I did and that I have that and God answered that prayer he answered that prayer for me
[00:31:40] Do we have any toddler moms in the room?
[00:31:43] This is the last service.
[00:31:43] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
You guys should all be in here.
[00:31:45] Toddler moms, hey!
[00:31:47] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Sometimes it is tough out in those toddler streets.
[00:31:51] We are struggling.
[00:31:52] We are on the struggle bus.
[00:31:53] I don't know if it's just me, but my child is crazy.
[00:31:56] If you see her in the lobby, she's just everywhere, all over the place.
[00:31:59] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Tornado.
[00:32:00] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Yes, and as moms, we are the ones who set a lot of the culture in our homes.
[00:32:06] There is so many days, like I said, that I am the driver of the struggle bus.
[00:32:12] I've had a long day homeschooling my kids and chasing after the toddler while the baby's crying and the dog's barking, or whatever it may be, and I have the choice
[00:32:21] When my husband comes home from work and walks through the door to meet him with joy and make it something exciting.
[00:32:29] Dad's home!
[00:32:29] Dad's home!
[00:32:31] Or I can meet him with anger and resentment.
[00:32:33] So we can be a unified team or we cannot.
[00:32:36] And a lot of times I have that choice.
[00:32:40] I love the version of this scripture in Ecclesiastes 4.12.
[00:32:45] it says a person standing alone can be attacked and defeated but two can stand back to back and conquer three are even better for a triple braided cord is not easily broken I just love the picture this verse paints that if I'm standing back to back with my spouse we're just in this together and we can conquer anything
[00:33:11] I know you guys probably see him a lot just like running around or on the side jumping like a crazy person but I just have to brag on my husband because I believe we have a really good marriage because he is an amazing husband to me and I know whether we're in our best season or our worst season that he's always going to meet me where I'm at with love and humility and patience and even when I'm wrong
[00:33:36] He meets me with a gentleness and corrects me, pointing me to Jesus.
[00:33:43] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Now, she's only wrong about like 15% of the time though.
[00:33:46] Like 85% of the time.
[00:33:48] I'd say 1%.
[00:33:48] She's right, right.
[00:33:49] Well, actually, this is really why I had her speak today.
[00:33:53] You know, it's recorded.
[00:33:56] So when she gets mad at me, remember all the good things that you said about me.
[00:34:02] Here they are.
[00:34:04] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
I will pay them to delete the clips.
[00:34:10] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Let's talk about some practical ways we could keep unity in our marriage.
[00:34:15] What do you think some of those ways are?
[00:34:16] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Yeah, my number one would be prayer.
[00:34:19] I don't know if anyone else is like me, but I tend to be a worrier.
[00:34:23] and I think that as moms that kind of comes naturally sometimes because no matter what season our kids are in whether they're babies or adults it's like with each season we have something new to worry about so I just love partnering with my husband in prayer because it not only brings us closer to Jesus
[00:34:42] but it brings us closer to each other and it kind of just makes us more of a unified team.
[00:34:49] Something else that my husband's really good at is preferring the other over yourself.
[00:34:56] So as he said, we just celebrated our 10 year anniversary.
[00:35:00] He really wanted to go to a tropical location, the beach.
[00:35:05] I wanted to take my kids to Disney World while they're still little, so we went to Disney World.
[00:35:11] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Or as Pastor Rob would say, the Tragic Kingdom.
[00:35:13] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
It was a great time.
[00:35:16] And lastly, something we do a lot together, especially on dates, is dreaming with each other.
[00:35:22] We're always looking towards the future together.
[00:35:26] And it doesn't have to be something crazy.
[00:35:27] It could be looking forward to a vacation or anything.
[00:35:31] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, those are really good things.
[00:35:34] When you envision together, when you're dreaming together, I believe this is super important because you are striving towards the same goal.
[00:35:40] It brings unity, and it doesn't have to just be about spending money, although, husbands, you're probably going to spend some money.
[00:35:48] But when you, the Bible says where there is no vision,
[00:35:52] People perish and so it is so important for a marriage to have a goal together to strive towards the same purposes together and really that brings you into oneness with each other as well as preferring the other over yourself now this is very hard i am not a considerate person she is painting this just completely picture of me that i know but listen
[00:36:16] It is hard.
[00:36:17] You have to be very intentional about it to prefer the other over yourself, making sure, hey, I'm putting her needs first.
[00:36:24] Because you think, I'm the one who had the hard day.
[00:36:27] I'm the one who's right.
[00:36:30] I am justified in my feelings, in my emotions.
[00:36:33] But listen, it is so important for the unity to prefer the other over yourself.
[00:36:39] So dreaming together, preferring over, and praying.
[00:36:42] It is so powerful to pray over each other.
[00:36:46] And prayer also helps to build the culture of your home.
[00:36:50] And this is something that is very, very important that we're going to talk about for a moment here.
[00:36:55] It is a huge component to the atmosphere of the marriage and the home.
[00:36:59] Culture is what you create or allow.
[00:37:01] And this is very important as the leader in your home.
[00:37:05] If you don't like something,
[00:37:06] It's because you are creating it or you are allowing it.
[00:37:09] Husbands, fathers, wives,
[00:37:13] Mothers, this morning, you have to create a culture in your home and you have to be intentional about that culture.
[00:37:20] A lot of people don't even understand or realize the atmosphere that they are creating and the culture that they are creating in their home.
[00:37:28] Maybe you're one of those people who does the blame game.
[00:37:31] Well, my wife, she just does this all the time.
[00:37:33] Or my husband, he just says this all the time.
[00:37:36] But the way it was intended to be
[00:37:38] is to be as one God created you you are no longer by yourself you are now one creating the atmosphere and the culture in your home together and i just want to say this this morning maybe you're divorced yourself this morning or maybe you grew up in a divorced home maybe you have a blended family maybe you have a really hard situation prodigal sons or daughter whatever it is i want to tell you this you are not subject to the past mistakes or environments that you grew up in or that you made
[00:38:07] Listen, they are not the author of your story, God is.
[00:38:11] So many times we make decisions, we create a culture or environment based on what we've seen, based on what we grew up in.
[00:38:19] And I just want to challenge you this morning, be countercultural to the negative things that have inhibited your life and start creating a positive culture based on biblical value and principle.
[00:38:30] Amen?
[00:38:31] As a husband and father, I want to talk to the husbands and fathers for a minute.
[00:38:34] Any husbands and fathers in the room this morning?
[00:38:36] Can we give it up for all the husbands and fathers?
[00:38:39] You have an important job this morning.
[00:38:43] It is my job to lead with humility and gentleness, just as scripture says.
[00:38:46] And I want to say this, do not expect something you are not willing to lead an example.
[00:38:54] I'm going to say it again.
[00:38:55] Do not expect or ask something you are not willing to lead an example.
[00:39:00] Do as I say and not as I do doesn't really work.
[00:39:04] You are the model.
[00:39:05] You are the example.
[00:39:07] You have to live it out.
[00:39:08] And we need more praying fathers.
[00:39:11] I'm going to say this.
[00:39:13] Do not expect your wife to do a job that God has called you to do.
[00:39:21] There are so many praying mothers, and thank God for the praying moms.
[00:39:26] We need more praying fathers.
[00:39:29] Don't expect your wife to do a job that God has called you to do this morning.
[00:39:35] Husbands and fathers, you're more than ATM machines.
[00:39:39] Okay?
[00:39:40] It's not, Dad, I need money.
[00:39:41] Hubby, I need money.
[00:39:46] You are spiritual leaders in your home.
[00:39:48] In fact, the pastors here at Lake City Church, they're not your children's first pastors.
[00:39:54] You are the first pastor, preacher, teacher, shepherd in your home.
[00:39:57] You are the spiritual guide and lead in your home, especially with your children.
[00:40:03] Proverbs 22.6 says this,
[00:40:07] And when they are older, they will not leave it.
[00:40:10] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
One thing that's really important in our home is creating a strong family dynamic with our four girls where we are creating identity and unity with God before the world can.
[00:40:23] We're instilling in them who we are as a family and who they are as God's daughters.
[00:40:30] We have a core prayer with our girls that I started when our eight-year-old was a toddler.
[00:40:35] If you don't know her story, she had a pretty severe speech delay and couldn't speak a one-word phrase until she was four.
[00:40:43] I hung this prayer up in her room and began speaking it over her, and I cried out to God, begging Him that soon she would be able to repeat it after me.
[00:40:54] There were a lot of days and even weeks and months that it was just me saying it
[00:40:59] and her looking up at me with her big brown eyes but I kept doing this every single night and little by little she began to speak and repeat the prayer.
[00:41:11] We now do this with all of our girls and this is our prayer.
[00:41:15] I believe right with my heart.
[00:41:17] I think right with my mind.
[00:41:20] I speak well with my mouth.
[00:41:23] I act right with my body.
[00:41:25] I obey the Holy Spirit and I obey my mom and dad.
[00:41:29] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, they are not too young.
[00:41:32] Start now.
[00:41:33] That's why the scripture says, direct your children, because then when they're older, they won't grow from it.
[00:41:40] Too many times do we say, well, they just won't comprehend it.
[00:41:43] They won't understand.
[00:41:44] I love what Pastor Anna says, there is no junior Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit far exceeds our comprehension or understanding.
[00:41:54] I remember when we first came to Lake City and we had the preschool and Milo's going to the preschool and she would have these screaming tantrums and there was one morning I had to get her out of class and we're just on the floor and I and she's crying and I'm just praying God help her and I had to tell this story because this last week and this is a testament to her mother of how much she loves her daughters and how much she loves Jesus she was talking to my sister who's 10 years old and
[00:42:21] She was asking her, do you love Jesus?
[00:42:23] Do you go to church?
[00:42:24] Do you know Jesus?
[00:42:26] Do you read the Bible?
[00:42:27] And I didn't train her to ask those questions.
[00:42:31] All I did was teach her how to love Jesus.
[00:42:33] All her mother did was teach her how to love Jesus.
[00:42:36] And she started creating and developing those things within her heart and her mind at a young age, even when we thought maybe she wouldn't comprehend it or understand it.
[00:42:45] Start now.
[00:42:47] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
yeah so now something we do with our two older girls when they're going to school or they're going to ballet or they're going to be with a friend we say the Chavez girls are kind the Chavez girls are respectful the Chavez girls listen the Chavez girls are helpful the Chavez girls have the Holy Spirit and we're just speaking those things into their identity this is so important especially if you're sending your child to school
[00:43:17] You're just speaking those things into their identity.
[00:43:20] They might think you're crazy.
[00:43:22] They might say, Mom, what are you saying?
[00:43:24] But you're just speaking those things into existence before they step foot on that school and they tell them who they are.
[00:43:31] The world tells them.
[00:43:33] When we build unity in our homes, we're not just strengthening our families.
[00:43:37] We're training our hearts.
[00:43:39] Scripture shows us that the church is a family
[00:43:43] of Families.
[00:43:44] So everything God develops in us at home, humility, servanthood, forgiveness, He intends for us to carry it into the church.
[00:43:53] Unity in the home becomes the foundation for unity in the church.
[00:43:59] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Yeah, man, that is so good.
[00:44:01] When we have healthy whole families, we begin to have healthy whole churches.
[00:44:08] And we want to talk about unity in the church for a minute.
[00:44:10] Just as the enemy wants to attack the home, he tries to divide the church.
[00:44:16] He wants to just separate the body of Christ.
[00:44:20] And when you have unity together,
[00:44:23] It is so good.
[00:44:24] Philippians 2.2 says,
[00:44:39] So why is it that there always seems to be some sort of dissension or division in the church some way?
[00:44:46] And we want to give some practical ways to combat disunity because disunity is something we need to combat.
[00:44:54] It's something that we need to be attentive to.
[00:44:55] And our first point is build each other up.
[00:44:59] And these things all apply within your marriage, within your relationships.
[00:45:04] They're so applicable to every other area.
[00:45:07] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
Yeah, I think this is something that we do a lot in the church when we're looking at other churches or other members in the church.
[00:45:15] We're like, well, they don't know church like my church does, or they don't sing the way that I think they should sing, or they don't pick the songs that I like, or whatever it might be.
[00:45:24] But unity doesn't mean sameness.
[00:45:27] It means a shared purpose.
[00:45:29] We are all different people with unique perspectives and giftings, but we all have one purpose and that's to glorify Him.
[00:45:38] When every part brings what God has gifted them, the whole body becomes stronger with different functions with one heart.
[00:45:47] I'm gonna read Romans 15 2 through 6 it says let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up for Christ did not please himself but as it is written the reproaches of those who reproach you fell on me for whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction that through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope and
[00:46:12] May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another in accord with Christ Jesus that together you may with one voice glorify the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[00:46:28] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Come on, that is powerful.
[00:46:30] One voice together, Lake City Church.
[00:46:33] We will be one voice that glorifies God and listen I just whatever situation you got going on today the Lord knows I just felt like the Holy Spirit was telling me this right now that you have a church body to lean on you have people here for you together that we can live in oneness and the scripture said right there
[00:46:54] Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
[00:46:58] When's the last time you considered someone else?
[00:47:00] When's the last time you helped someone else?
[00:47:02] When's the last time you prayed for the person sitting next to you?
[00:47:06] When's the last time you prayed for somebody else in the church?
[00:47:09] So that we could be encouragers to one another, building one another up.
[00:47:14] We have to view each other as teammates.
[00:47:17] Pastor Rob and Diana do such a great job of this.
[00:47:21] They don't call our lead team a staff.
[00:47:24] He says staff's an infection, right?
[00:47:26] That the team is, we're leaders together, that we are teammates.
[00:47:32] And I want to tell you this, a united church is an unstoppable church.
[00:47:38] Lake City Church will be an unstoppable church who wins souls around the world.
[00:47:43] To do this, to do this, we need to cheer on the success of others.
[00:47:53] It's in your worship guides, write that down.
[00:47:55] I've seen so many people compare themselves to other people, compare churches to one another.
[00:48:02] Listen, just like my wife was saying, we're not gonna look the same, we don't have the same giftings, we're not gonna do things the same way, but we need to support one another.
[00:48:13] Hebrews 10.24 says this, and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.
[00:48:19] This isn't in your notes, but I want you to write this down.
[00:48:22] This is important.
[00:48:24] Others' success doesn't diminish your gift.
[00:48:29] I'm going to say that again.
[00:48:30] Others' success doesn't diminish your gift.
[00:48:34] In fact, surround yourself with others who are more successful than yourself so you can be built up.
[00:48:42] Because when others succeed in the church, the church succeeds.
[00:48:47] And then an unstoppable church impacts our world.
[00:48:52] Please, please, please hear me.
[00:48:53] The success of others does not devalue you.
[00:48:57] You need to be built up with others.
[00:49:01] Amen?
[00:49:01] Amen.
[00:49:03] If we could stand together this morning.
[00:49:06] My wife is just a powerful prayer warrior.
[00:49:10] I'm going to have her pray over you this morning because I believe God wants to do some amazing special things this morning.
[00:49:17] So if you could just bow your heads and close your eyes.
[00:49:19] It is not by chance that you are here.
[00:49:23] It is not by chance that you are hearing this today.
[00:49:26] Man, I talked to someone just last service who came up to me and said, you don't know me, Pastor Daniel.
[00:49:34] I've been coming here for a bit, but that word was exactly what God wanted me to hear.
[00:49:40] It's exactly what I'm dealing with right now.
[00:49:44] And I believe there are more people here this morning who need this, who need unity in their marriage and in their home
[00:49:53] So I specifically want to pray for those today who say, I'm struggling.
[00:50:01] It feels like I'm just at war.
[00:50:03] When I come home from work or when I see my spouse at the end of my day, it just feels like war.
[00:50:08] It feels like there's just constant attack in the home.
[00:50:11] And so this morning, if you say, Pastor Daniel, I need unity in my home.
[00:50:20] In my marriage specifically, I want to pray, we want to pray with you this morning that the Holy Spirit would just give you supernatural strength to push through.
[00:50:33] So if that's you this morning, you say, I just need that supernatural strength to give me unity in my marriage.
[00:50:38] No shame, no guilt.
[00:50:40] We want to pray with you.
[00:50:41] Just raise your hand today.
[00:50:42] If you say, yeah, I need that today.
[00:50:44] Yeah, I see you back there.
[00:50:45] Yeah.
[00:50:46] Yeah.
[00:50:46] No shame this morning.
[00:50:47] No guilt.
[00:50:48] Yeah.
[00:50:48] Yeah.
[00:50:50] Thank you for your honesty.
[00:50:51] The Lord sees it.
[00:50:52] He knows it.
[00:50:54] He knows exactly what you need this morning.
[00:50:58] He knows you.
[00:51:00] Babe, if you could pray with us this morning.
[00:51:02] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]:
God, I just lift up every marriage and every family that is represented in this room this morning.
[00:51:09] God, you designed marriage, you designed family, and you have a perfect plan for it.
[00:51:17] God, I pray for any marriage that is struggling, that's just not where they want to be.
[00:51:22] God, I pray that you would just bring them
[00:51:25] I pray that you would just bring them back to unity God God I pray for every single mom every home that's going through divorce God God any hurt or hang-up God I pray that you would just step in God I pray that you would mend anything that's broken that you would heal pieces and put them back together God you know every story you know every face you know every struggle God God in you
[00:51:55] can make all things new.
[00:51:58] God, I just speak it.
[00:52:00] I speak it into existence.
[00:52:02] I believe it and I declare it.
[00:52:04] God, that our marriages and our homes and our families would be in unity with you.
[00:52:10] In your name.
[00:52:13] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]:
Amen.
[00:52:13] Come on, give God praise this morning.
[00:52:16] He is good.
[00:52:17] I believe He's starting a work in you right now.
[00:52:22] So we're thankful for that.
[00:52:24] If you're a first-time visitor here, every single week we partake in communion.
[00:52:28] We have the elements up front and to the sides.
[00:52:31] And just as we partake this morning and we remember the sacrifice that He made for us, the blood that He shed for us, I want to encourage you.
[00:52:41] Maybe you're the person who says, I'm not at oneness with Jesus today.
[00:52:48] I need to come back to repentance.
[00:52:49] I need unity in my heart so then I could lead others around me.
[00:52:55] He wants you to have relationship with him.
[00:52:58] It far goes beyond a service or a message or worship.
[00:53:04] This morning, he wants personal connection and relationship with you, the creator of the universe.
[00:53:12] He wants to know you.
[00:53:14] So let me pray for you this morning, and we're gonna worship.
[00:53:17] So if you guys could bow your heads, close your eyes.
[00:53:20] Jesus, you know every heart this morning.
[00:53:23] You know every person, you know every mind.
[00:53:26] You discern us, Lord.
[00:53:28] So we pray, God, as we enter in, as we worship you today, Jesus,
[00:53:35] I pray for repentance.
[00:53:36] I pray for salvation.
[00:53:38] I pray that your Holy Spirit would go and do a work.
[00:53:41] You already know the need.
[00:53:43] I pray that as people ask this morning to know you and be in relationship with you and in unity with you, God, that you would start a powerful work in their life today.
[00:53:56] You would encourage them.
[00:53:57] You would uplift them.
[00:53:58] You would change and transform them in your mighty name by your blood.
[00:54:04] We thank you in advance for the work that you are doing.
[00:54:08] In your name we pray.
[00:54:10] Amen.
[00:54:11] Come on church, let's worship him this morning.
[00:54:31] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]:
This wild exchange you offer us
[00:54:36] I gave my worst, you gave your blood Seems hard to believe You're telling me you chose the cross You're telling me I'm worth that much If that's the measure of your love
[00:54:59] How else would I sing?
[00:55:03] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]:
But completely, deeply, zoned out, sincerely abandoned I'm completely, freely, hands to the ceiling enamored
[00:55:22] My one life endeavor to match Your surrender To mirror not my will but Yours Completely, deeply, I don't care who sees me abandoned Oh, I surrender
[00:55:55] I just can't get over it What kind of self-control is this?
[00:56:19] You add angels at your fingertips But on the cross you remain I can't repay that kind of love But I can praise with everything I've got
[00:56:24] Since death had all its power, our hearts and just life were great Completely, deeply, sold out, sincerely abandoned Completely, freely, hands to ceiling
[00:56:54] Let your surrender to me, my mind will with yours Completely, deeply, don't care, see, sleep in me
[00:57:32] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]:
Let's pray.
[00:57:36] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]:
Let's pray.
[00:58:02] The glory for heaven, the great that He won The praise of the heavens, the kingdom come Consider it Yours alone
[00:58:50] I surrender I surrender I surrender
[00:59:43] Yahweh thank you.
[01:00:11] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_10]:
And we thank you for this morning.
[01:00:13] And we thank you for the Word.
[01:00:23] Lord, as we trust the process you have for us in our marriages,
[01:00:33] In our lives with our families, our friends, our jobs, God, may there be just a special unity that takes place in us, through us, to be more like you.
[01:00:51] To walk this earth as you'd have us walk.
[01:00:56] God, we thank you for this house.
[01:00:58] We thank you.
[01:01:02] Amen and Amen.
[01:01:14] Lake City Church, we love you.
[01:01:16] God loves you.
[01:01:17] Make it a great week.
[01:02:39] Let's get a dude's pick up here.
