WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.240 Good day, everyone. We're in day 23, reproducing your values. Restful one, 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:13.160 listen with your spirit to the Word of God for you. I know, my God, that you test 3 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:18.400 the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things have I given willingly 4 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:24.840 and with honest intent. And now I have seen with you how willingly, with joy, how 5 00:00:24.840 --> 00:00:32.800 willingly you people who are here have given to you. O Lord, God of our fathers, 6 00:00:32.800 --> 00:00:38.720 Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire in the hearts of your people 7 00:00:38.720 --> 00:00:44.640 forever and keep their hearts loyal to you. First Chronicles 29 17 through 18. 8 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:50.640 One of the core values of David was worshiping God in a magnificent way. He 9 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:54.640 centered his life around different forms of worship. He desired to worship God 10 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:59.640 by building a temple where he could dwell, but God told David that his son 11 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:05.600 would build it. Willingly, with integrity, and with honest intent, he gave 12 00:01:05.600 --> 00:01:11.480 his personal treasures for the temple. He gave his efforts as king to assemble 13 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:15.840 tremendous resources for the construction of the temple. He called 14 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:20.120 together the leaders of the nation and invited them to give an offering. They 15 00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:24.520 gave an immense offering with the same willingness as David, not out of 16 00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:31.920 manipulation or pressure. They embraced his same value. As king, he had ruled so 17 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:37.240 effectively that his value had captured the hearts of the leadership of the 18 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:43.720 nation. So they gave generously, willingly, and with integrity of heart. Restful one, 19 00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:49.320 I bless you with the joy of transferring your vision to the hearts and spirits of 20 00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:55.240 others. I bless you with building your vision and your values into your 21 00:01:55.240 --> 00:02:01.800 followers and seeing your vision and values replicated in others. I bless you 22 00:02:01.800 --> 00:02:10.639 with being the kind of leader who can imprint passion and values deep into the 23 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:15.120 being of your followers. I bless you with the joy of seeing your followers in 24 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:20.080 ministry embrace your values at the deepest level. I bless you with seeing 25 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:24.600 your followers take what God has conceived in you, your vision, your 26 00:02:24.600 --> 00:02:31.880 passion, and live them out and implement them in multiplied ways that 27 00:02:31.880 --> 00:02:36.840 you have not. I bless you with seeing your spiritual grandchildren living out 28 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:44.400 your values, those who have been mentored by people you have 29 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:49.640 mentored. I bless you with the joy of seeing in your spiritual grandchildren 30 00:02:49.640 --> 00:02:56.920 and great-grandchildren deep inner heartfelt commitment to the values that 31 00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:02.440 God has placed in your heart because God has also written it in their hearts. 32 00:03:02.440 --> 00:03:08.200 Restful one, listen again with your spirit to the Word of God for you. You 33 00:03:08.200 --> 00:03:14.960 became imitators of us and of the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 1 6. I bless you with the 34 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:20.880 joy of seeing your followers live the life of the Spirit they absorb from you 35 00:03:20.880 --> 00:03:26.920 as they partner with you. I bless you to see them as the values that you have 36 00:03:26.920 --> 00:03:31.640 lived, modeled, and instilled as a platform for them to embrace the ways of 37 00:03:31.640 --> 00:03:37.480 God at an even higher level and possess their birthrights. I bless you with 38 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:42.000 beautifully imprinting God's heart on others and knowing that you have left an 39 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:48.440 indelible imprint for good on the lives of many. I bless you as people 40 00:03:48.440 --> 00:03:55.200 embrace your values, people that you did not know were watching or learning from 41 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:01.440 you, people to whom you were not overtly ministering. I bless you with the 42 00:04:01.440 --> 00:04:07.040 wonderful joy of seeing your values embraced by a wider circle than those 43 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:12.360 whom you directly touch. I bless you with great fulfillment and satisfaction at 44 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:16.959 the end of your life knowing that your family and generations that follow you 45 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:23.400 have embraced your values as their values. I bless you extravagantly 46 00:04:23.400 --> 00:04:26.400 in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 47 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:35.560 Lord, the phrase that comes to my mind is, if you've seen me, you've seen the Father. 48 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:44.560 That there was a way of you living, Lord, that so seamlessly represented the Father 49 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:47.560 in a way that no one had ever imagined. 50 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:59.560 That it was as to say, you know, I'm all about my Father's business. If you see me, you've seen the Father. 51 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:07.160 we're just the same. Lord that we could it could be said of us. That Lord that we 52 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:12.960 would be so consumed by you that we would be so committed to you that it 53 00:05:12.960 --> 00:05:18.000 could be said that if people see us they see you. That Lord that we're really just 54 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:21.680 trying to replicate you here on the earth that your values will be 55 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:30.760 reproduced. I pray Lord that you would search our hearts. I think too often 56 00:05:30.760 --> 00:05:37.360 maybe as Christians I would say we are guilty of beating ourselves up for all 57 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:43.120 the negative that we have. We're not aware of the fullness of who we are and 58 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:54.280 what our impact is. I'm thinking of a man who grew up his whole life being 59 00:05:54.280 --> 00:05:59.880 able to see. He was very tormented as a young man and it's a it's a book called 60 00:05:59.880 --> 00:06:10.600 The Veil. I always forget his name. And he described a scene. He then went 61 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:14.000 from seeing darkness he could see fully. The way he saw worship everything was 62 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:19.200 just extraordinary. And if I've shared this before please forgive me. But he was 63 00:06:19.200 --> 00:06:24.400 sitting on a street corner having coffee and he saw a woman walking by and there 64 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:29.520 was homeless people there. People in cafes and restaurants and stores. And she 65 00:06:29.520 --> 00:06:33.680 was walking down the street. She was giving off this gold dust. That's 66 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:39.120 what it looked like. And this gold dust this these particles were were being 67 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:43.480 released off of her. And they were landing everywhere. And he could see 68 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:49.440 like the plants start to stand up taller. He saw the basically the spirit of this 69 00:06:49.440 --> 00:06:55.240 homeless person as he started to stand more erect. He came to life. And 70 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:59.640 everything was being affected by this person. And he realized as she walked by 71 00:06:59.640 --> 00:07:07.000 and things started to fade and go back to normal that she was a believer. And it 72 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:11.600 blew his mind because he realized that we have no clue the impact that we have 73 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:19.840 on the things that we're not even aware of. I've heard it said a million 74 00:07:19.840 --> 00:07:24.840 different times that you know you that when you have children you know they're 75 00:07:24.840 --> 00:07:28.080 always watching and they always see the things that you don't intend for them to 76 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:32.680 see. And they'll reproduce what you say and you do. And every second grade school 77 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:40.640 teacher will be the same. Lord I truly pray that Lord you would give us an 78 00:07:40.640 --> 00:07:48.840 appreciation for who we are in the grander sense of that. That I think for 79 00:07:48.840 --> 00:07:53.760 some that are under my voice now need to be reminded that they have things in 80 00:07:54.600 --> 00:08:07.360 them that are worth reproducing. And Lord that we can't consciously and 81 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:11.480 intentionally always be aware of everything around us that we're trying 82 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:18.240 to impact. I pray Lord that we be so focused on you that the greatest impacts 83 00:08:18.320 --> 00:08:25.440 that we would ever have in this world and upon people would be unintentional. 84 00:08:25.440 --> 00:08:33.320 It would be a side effect of your values being transferred through us. Not by just 85 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:41.200 our words but Lord by the inherent character that is you to be shining 86 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:49.000 through us. And that Lord that there would be an exchange. I don't know what 87 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:54.320 that's about. There would be like an exchange Lord. 88 00:08:58.680 --> 00:09:06.280 I don't want to dwell on that. Lord I really pray God that that there be a 89 00:09:06.640 --> 00:09:12.600 true shift in who we are, whose we are, and that Lord that there be a place 90 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:17.920 where you know as you know that our song would be a love song. Our life would be a 91 00:09:17.920 --> 00:09:22.920 love song to you. That our life is a canvas and that we are your masterpiece. 92 00:09:22.920 --> 00:09:28.200 And that this life is being filled out in of you. But Lord I pray that you 93 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:32.400 would instill your values so deep in us. That your passion and your desire is so 94 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:38.520 great that we cannot blow it. And that Lord that those things to infuse 95 00:09:38.520 --> 00:09:45.400 everything that we do. And I think Lord it's a little like those that are on the 96 00:09:45.400 --> 00:09:50.560 camera. What are they like when they're off camera? Well we're on camera all the 97 00:09:50.560 --> 00:09:56.760 time. And it's the thing that we do in secret that that really makes us famous 98 00:09:56.760 --> 00:10:02.000 in heaven. And I think it's the thing 99 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:06.840 is in secret also that prepare the structures and the things within us to sustain us, but 100 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:12.320 also seem to be almost like the aroma that's released off of our lives into the environment 101 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:18.880 and to the people that we're around. 102 00:10:18.880 --> 00:10:28.160 And I pray for real integrity, Lord, real bolstering of who we are. 103 00:10:28.160 --> 00:10:32.700 And I pray, Lord, that there be as it be fruitful and multiply. 104 00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:34.720 That's in many facets of what that means. 105 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:44.160 But in this instance, I think some of that multiplication is the reproducing of you and 106 00:10:44.160 --> 00:10:49.320 your character, your nature, your values are ours, and that those things would be engaged 107 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.320 and released everywhere we go. 108 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:53.440 We bless you and love you in Jesus name.