WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Rehoboth – Part – 1 Publishing Date: 2021-07-10T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/rehoboth-part-1/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.040 Okay guys, today's topic is titled Rehoboth and it's the same title that I 00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:17.160 will probably use tomorrow, Rehoboth. I referred to Rehoboth long ago but one of 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:23.760 the things I said in January when we were talking about Shekaina was when we 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:29.560 asked God why, oh God, are you using Acts 29 to revive the earth or to bring 00:00:29.560 --> 00:00:35.680 revival across the nations of the earth, his reply was, for the last 15 years 00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:43.480 through thick and thin you have lived out Genesis 2680. Like Isaac you have dug 00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:48.880 again the wells which were dug in the days of his father Abraham but had been 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:54.640 clogged up by the Philistines after Abraham's death and Isaac renamed them 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:59.120 using the original names his father had given them. That was one of the things 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:08.000 God said, had him choose us that every time over the last 15 years one of the 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:13.880 things he's noticed is the world may be shutting down ancient wells because it's 00:01:13.880 --> 00:01:17.720 not trendy or because their theology changes or because things are not 00:01:17.720 --> 00:01:22.280 happening but he said every time an ancient well has been clogged up by the 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:28.600 Philistines you Acts 29 have gone up and dug those wells again and kept those 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:35.080 waters fresh and therefore I find you trustworthy to use as I begin to revive 00:01:35.080 --> 00:01:40.520 the earth or send a revival across the earth. That is what he said and so I want 00:01:40.520 --> 00:01:48.760 to read Genesis 2618 onwards but one of the things that I need to say and you 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:55.080 need to also cultivate as a leader is that part of a leader's job is to locate 00:01:55.080 --> 00:02:05.360 the church in the seasons and the kairos of God. Part of a leader's job, part of a 00:02:05.360 --> 00:02:11.880 leader's job and you could be the leader of a family of four or two or three or a 00:02:11.880 --> 00:02:18.320 leader of a small group or a church or a house church. Part of a leader's job, part 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:32.960 of a leader's job is to locate his or her people, his or her people in the kairos 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:47.440 or fluid seasons of God and so that's something I want to do today because it 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:55.280 is my responsibility to do it. So this teaching is basically to try and help you 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:00.960 see the kairos or the season that we are in, to locate ourselves in it so that how 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:08.880 we go forward from here is easier because once you know where you are then 00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:14.120 you know which way to travel. So I'm going to read Genesis 28 18 to 25. That's 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:18.560 first thing cops ask you when your car is stalled or when you notice something 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:23.000 first thing they ask you is what crossroads are you on? They try to locate 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:29.520 you. Once they locate you from there on they can give you directions. So this is 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:33.520 where we are located so we know what lies ahead and where we are at. Genesis 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:42.200 chapter 28 sorry Genesis chapter 26 18 to 25. Genesis chapter 26 18 to 25. 00:03:42.200 --> 00:03:53.000 I'll start at 17. So Isaac moved away from there and then camped in the valley of 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:59.000 Gerar and settled there. Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:03.760 of his father Abraham which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:09.200 died and he gave them the same names his father had given them. Isaac's servants 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:14.440 dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there but the herdsmen of 00:04:14.440 --> 00:04:20.080 Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said the water is ours so he named the 00:04:20.080 --> 00:04:25.440 well Essek because it disputed with him. Then they dug another well but they 00:04:25.440 --> 00:04:31.440 quarreled over that one too so he named it Sitna. He moved from there and dug 00:04:31.440 --> 00:04:36.080 another well and no one quarreled over it he named it Rehoboth saying now the 00:04:37.080 --> 00:04:40.640 Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land. From there he went up to 00:04:40.640 --> 00:04:44.960 Beersheba that night the Lord appeared to him and said to him I am the God of 00:04:44.960 --> 00:04:50.280 your father Abraham do not be afraid for I am with you I will bless you and will 00:04:50.280 --> 00:04:55.400 increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham. Isaac 00:04:55.400 --> 00:04:59.680 built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord there he pitched his 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:10.760 tent and there his servants dug a well. So here's where we are at. 00:05:17.880 --> 00:05:28.000 Here's where we are he went from there he went from there and who's this he? 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:35.240 This he is now us. Acts 29 and all who are with us in different parts of the 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:55.920 world. I like it Acts 29 plus. He went from there and dug yet another well but 00:05:55.920 --> 00:06:02.400 there was no fighting but I'm taking it from different versions but there was 00:06:02.400 --> 00:06:12.120 no fighting no contest no can we have it at this time can we have it at that time 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:20.640 there was no fighting over this one there was no fighting over this one there 00:06:20.840 --> 00:06:36.520 was no fighting over this one so he named it Rehoboth. So he named it Rehoboth 00:06:36.520 --> 00:06:53.960 which basically means wide open spaces wide open spaces saying and this is so 00:06:53.960 --> 00:07:20.360 important saying saying now God now God has made room now God has made room for 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:41.040 us and given us now God has made room for us and has given us plenty plenty 00:07:41.240 --> 00:08:01.440 of space plenty of space to spread out plenty of space to spread out plenty of 00:08:01.440 --> 00:08:25.040 space to spread out and we shall be fruitful in the land. This is where we 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:31.400 are at guys. If you're listening to what I'm saying deliberately choose to take a 00:08:31.400 --> 00:08:38.200 pen or a paper or your phone and write this down not so that you remember it 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:48.120 write it down so that you you you you're actually doing something about a word 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:58.200 from heaven to the church. That is how weighty this is. This is why I said I 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:04.000 may not be able to convey what God is wanting to do or what God is saying I 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:09.000 may not be able to convey it I'm just trying to capture this this gift that 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:13.840 God has given us and it boggles my mind boggles my mind that we are getting a 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:19.360 place that we have not built wells that we have not dug vineyards we haven't 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:25.320 planted I do not understand really else why is there no dust why are there no 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:31.400 cobwebs why is there everything so clean why hasn't nothing been removed what is 00:09:31.400 --> 00:09:35.880 it Oh God that you're doing how is it even possible Oh God all our lives in 00:09:35.880 --> 00:09:41.640 the last 16 years we've been in warehouses coffee shops restaurants 00:09:41.680 --> 00:09:47.960 shopfronts we've had to work hard to build a space we've had to sand down 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:56.400 walls put soundproofing face the neighbors ire not find parking make 00:09:56.400 --> 00:10:08.720 adjustments apply for time slots adjust right from 2006 on till today we've 00:10:08.760 --> 00:10:15.120 always found it very natural to do that we thought it was normal and then in a 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:21.000 matter of 36 hours of God how do you pull off something like this is anything 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:27.840 too difficult for you why is it that the amount doesn't frighten us why doesn't 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:34.320 frighten Heidi when I made a suggestion financially she said no Jacob if this is 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:37.520 God then he will provide 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:48.600 and so we suddenly take our eyes off this premise it's only a property we 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:55.080 we've done well with our property we have done well without dirty premises so 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:58.720 it's not about the premise the premise is just a symbol a symbol of what a 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:04.880 symbol of not just a geographical relocation a symbol of not just ancient 00:11:04.880 --> 00:11:13.680 doors being opened but is a symbol of something else you're doing father I 00:11:13.680 --> 00:11:17.720 really believe one of the things you're doing is bringing us to this well-called 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:23.840 Rehoboth and that is why this is so weighty Holy Spirit and that is why you 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:31.880 must convey it because I cannot I'm scared to despise this I'm scared to 00:11:31.880 --> 00:11:38.200 complain about it because it is holy and precious not the premise it's only a 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:46.840 building of stucco and wood and concrete now that is just a symbolic gift that 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:53.800 says so much more about what you're really up to and never have you ever used 00:11:53.800 --> 00:11:58.640 acts 29 for itself you've always used it for the nations so here you are again 00:11:58.640 --> 00:12:01.400 setting us up 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:18.400 therefore then this scripture suddenly takes on so much weight that for the 00:12:18.400 --> 00:12:24.800 next six to twelve months we must carry it well on our shoulders because it's 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:30.640 literally be like the government of God and what do you mean by that if God is 00:12:30.640 --> 00:12:34.080 saying this is something I want you to do and if we can carry it on our 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:39.500 shoulders well not carry the weight of it carry it well then the then what 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:43.580 happens is God is able to govern well from amongst the people because they 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:50.340 believe it God is able to govern well in the area that he appoints of people 00:12:50.340 --> 00:13:05.180 too because they carry it well they believe him so let's go over it again he 00:13:05.180 --> 00:13:12.540 went from there acts 29 went from there from where from right now it's first 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:20.840 idea of geographical location so we were at 6075 in Venice and we went from there 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:27.040 and we dug yet another well but there was no fighting a contest over this one 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:38.040 so they named it Rehoboth. Rehoboth means wide open spaces and this was what was 00:13:38.040 --> 00:13:42.660 said this is more important than the geographical changes is this that we 00:13:42.660 --> 00:13:47.700 have to focus on because this is the spiritual Kairos or relocation or season 00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:53.500 or time or change that is upon us that is already upon us which is partly why 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:59.340 there'll be no inaugural service at that place on the 18th Sunday we'll go into 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:10.620 that Sunday just carrying this that space in a sense it doesn't have to be 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:14.440 inaugurated so on Sunday when we go in there on the 18th there won't be some 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:18.440 great speech and some ribbon-cutting there'll be a ribbon-cutting in my 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:23.920 office but other than that there won't be any other ribbon-cutting it'll be 00:14:23.920 --> 00:14:28.660 very ordinary it'll be just like ordinary extraordinary Sundays that we 00:14:28.660 --> 00:14:35.040 always have and Saturdays and maybe Fridays and Thursdays God knows but this 00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:41.440 is what we need to focus on I love it I love it I love it I can taste it look at 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:49.540 what it says now God has made room for us and given us plenty of space to 00:14:49.540 --> 00:14:56.280 spread out and we shall be fruitful in the land just absorb it marinate in it 00:14:56.340 --> 00:15:02.300 you'll have to spend time on this now now not tomorrow not day after now and 00:15:02.300 --> 00:15:07.540 it'll be now for the next 12 months and more now who God God God of the universe 00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:13.780 God has done what made room that's the whole idea of Rehoboth he has made room 00:15:13.780 --> 00:15:18.780 as in he has created space as in he has created a broad place to stand even on a 00:15:18.780 --> 00:15:24.180 mountain I love driving to Banff because I always see a mountain goat and this 00:15:24.180 --> 00:15:31.080 blooming thing will stand at a 50 degree angle as if it's the most 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:36.920 comfortable place to stand because somehow it finds a broad place God will 00:15:36.920 --> 00:15:44.200 give me broad places to stand on really dangerous ground now God has made room 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:50.680 made room he has made room for whom for us not for one person for us for a 00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:57.100 people it's always his style and he has given us given us not will give us 00:15:57.100 --> 00:16:01.660 given us there must be a Jericho like attitude God has already given us 00:16:01.660 --> 00:16:05.920 Jericho therefore Jericho is shut up because they know that God has already 00:16:05.920 --> 00:16:13.220 given Jericho into our hands he has given us what plenty not little bit 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:21.080 plenty of space God has given us plenty of space to do what to spread out and 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:29.660 don't for a moment think I understand all of it but I will God has given us 00:16:29.660 --> 00:16:38.060 plenty of space to spread out and we shall be fruitful in the land you don't 00:16:38.060 --> 00:16:43.860 know over the last two weeks I've received I know the last five days I've 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:53.820 received more than a few scriptures sent by people talking about how we will and 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:59.060 I am a fruitful tree and that we will have orchards that will be fruitful and 00:16:59.060 --> 00:17:04.500 all this was before the scriptury just to say that God repeats things over and 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:08.700 over again we shall be fruitful in the land I'll leave it at that because I 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:13.620 don't know enough to break down the whole thing as much as I need to that is 00:17:13.620 --> 00:17:20.260 something you need to understand we shall be fruitful in the land we shall 00:17:20.260 --> 00:17:30.180 be fruitful in the land here's a strange thing though though guys no I'll tell you 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:34.500 I was changing a little bit later so Isaac finally finds an undisputed well 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:39.540 and he knows that okay he can prosper here there's no opposition he's 00:17:39.540 --> 00:17:45.420 unhindered he can branch out to the north south east and west don't don't 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:50.260 guys don't quit on me yet hey I'll keep this really short I'll actually finish 00:17:50.260 --> 00:17:54.300 in ten minutes because I don't have much to say today except what I'm saying so 00:17:54.300 --> 00:18:02.820 don't quit on me yet don't get distracted not don't quit on me yet 00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:16.540 don't quit on me so one it's an undisputed well as in it's completely 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:25.060 by Isaac and in this case acts 29 it will be a time to prosper guys this is 00:18:25.060 --> 00:18:29.060 important when a people when a people are given this an individually you begin 00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:38.740 to function like this too this is when I feel bad for the ones who will not 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:46.060 listen to this message deliberately not because they lack time not because they 00:18:46.060 --> 00:18:49.460 had other things to do all those are really valid things because if I was 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:53.380 not a pastor I wouldn't be able to listen to every message that goes on I 00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:57.380 but this is when I feel bad when people don't listen to something because 00:18:57.380 --> 00:19:01.340 they're not interested that I really feel bad for because they'll never catch 00:19:01.340 --> 00:19:09.060 it never get to participate in the promise of God that I feel bad about 00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:18.900 it was an undisputed well Isaac knew he would prosper you know what the Bible 00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:24.820 says during a time of famine Isaac prospered became really wealthy I don't 00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:28.300 know what prosperity looks like to you and what prosperity you're looking for 00:19:28.300 --> 00:19:33.860 at present but take advantage of the next 12 months is this the prosperity 00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:42.700 gospel no it's a promise there'll be you will not be hindered by opposition will 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:56.660 not be hindered by opposition will not be hindered by opposition there's a 00:19:56.660 --> 00:20:02.860 great time to branch out it's a great time to branch out to the north east 00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:13.060 west and south let's keep it simple and go north southeast and west this is a 00:20:13.060 --> 00:20:16.060 great time to branch out 00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:24.940 whatever branch out means to you you can check and there'll be a sense of 00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:32.460 unstoppable during this time unstoppable it's like something that's now gathered 00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:36.620 momentum and even if you apply the brakes it'll be 110 meters before it 00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:39.620 comes to a standstill 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:48.300 one of the things Jane sent me earlier today was that we are out of the 00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:55.700 wilderness and into our inheritance and that's the way of looking at it it's a 00:20:55.700 --> 00:21:06.940 day when it's almost this sense a there is something else that's waiting but 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:15.980 we've already entered so it's only a matter of time there is a promise 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:22.020 waiting and I'll just briefly touch on it but if this is what inheritance looks 00:21:22.020 --> 00:21:25.020 like we have entered 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:41.100 God will show us how I mean Sheldon briefly touched on it when he was when 00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:47.380 he was sobbing his way through that song he was making up he briefly touched on 00:21:47.380 --> 00:22:01.860 this where we'll discover new ways to make room for his presence we will 00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:11.020 discover new ways to make room for his presence we will discover new ways to 00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:14.060 make room for his presence 00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:31.300 it'll be so liberating for many people across the earth so liberating discover 00:22:31.300 --> 00:22:39.940 new ways to make room for his presence to make room for his mission to make 00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:45.220 room for his purpose new ways and whatever applies to a people applies to 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:57.100 individuals in the people so I'm looking forward to this things will emerge 00:22:57.100 --> 00:23:00.100 things will sprout 00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:17.540 remember these words guys he's he has made room plenty of space given now 00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:24.980 fruitful think of these words take advantage of these 12 months that's why 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:29.860 I don't want to waste a Sunday doing an inauguration or whatever things happen 00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:35.660 on a Sunday when you go into new space don't want to waste the 365 days goes 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:56.820 pretty fast man we're already almost at July 17th so so he he I wish you could 00:23:56.820 --> 00:24:01.820 understand how how unhindered our progress will be 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:23.140 let me conclude he's in this amazing place called a hobo who wants to leave 00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:28.660 this place but the very next words without explanation 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:38.860 Isaac moved to be a shepherd so now let me redraw that picture I said promise 00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:51.660 be a shepherd a hobo without any explanation so if you go to verse 22 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:57.420 look at what it says in 22 then see what it happens in 23 he moved from there and 00:24:57.420 --> 00:25:02.460 dug another well and no one quarreled over it he named it a hobo saying now 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:07.380 the Lord has given us room and we will flourish or be fruitful in this land and 00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:13.740 then the very next verse from there he went up to be a shepherd without any 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:17.500 explanation the next verse says Isaac moved to be a shepherd even though this 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:23.100 would be such a cool place to live in he moves to be a shepherd and it says he 00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:27.860 went up to be a shepherd and whenever you use went up in that sense it's an 00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:35.820 expression which is always used of motion towards the land of promise it's 00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:39.900 always used in that sense Jesus went up to a David went up to a Samuel went up 00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:44.700 to there's always a sense of okay there is another destination that I'm finally 00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:49.180 supposed to settle in and this is not it 00:25:57.380 --> 00:26:01.500 so we won't fall in love with the premise we will be good stewards of the 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:06.140 premise because we don't know what awaits next 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:11.500 you don't know whether we are supposed to park there and Sheldon is supposed to 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:16.420 buy that plot of land so that we live there happily forever or whether we are 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:23.380 supposed to have I mean for all you know Sheldon and Jane may want to raise Phoebe there 00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:36.980 they went up to be a shepherd an expression which is always used of motion 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:40.300 towards the land of promise but here's the thing guys it's in Beersheba that 00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:44.900 the Lord appears to him on the night of his arrival and he confirms a promise 00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:48.700 given to Abraham and I'm looking forward to that so as much as I'm going to be 00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:54.420 absolutely thrilled with what happens here what's gonna happen there Jacob 00:26:54.420 --> 00:27:00.940 well based on what God is saying he has made room for us and given us plenty of 00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:05.820 space to spread out and we shall be fruitful in this land for at least 12 to 00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:13.060 16 months so you're talking about August September October number almost 00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:18.820 in December 2022 we're gonna have plenty of room plenty of space be fruitful 00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:23.460 spread out we're gonna branch out we will not be hindered there'll be very 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:27.620 little opposition if there is opposition it's easily overcome it'll be 00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:32.780 undisputed it'll be prosper it'll there'll be a sense of unstoppable iti 00:27:32.780 --> 00:27:36.860 and we will discover new ways to make room for his presence mission and 00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:40.900 purpose my god you really want to leave that space after a promise you've 00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:46.020 received yes why because there's another promise that awaits me in a place called 00:27:46.020 --> 00:27:50.660 Beersheba and what is that promise and the promise says I am the God of your 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:55.780 father Abraham do not be afraid for I am with you and will bless you I will 00:27:55.780 --> 00:28:02.220 multiply your descendants and they will become a great nation that is what I'm 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:06.500 looking to where now we will have children who will become a great nation 00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:11.060 and will completely change the way Christianity and the kingdom is done on 00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:21.540 earth that is where God is taking us see and so Beersheba awaits but you cannot 00:28:21.540 --> 00:28:25.020 get there without going through Rehoboth and the strange thing at Beersheba is 00:28:25.020 --> 00:28:29.980 Abraham sorry Isaac builds an altar after Isaac builds an altar he digs a 00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:33.820 while he's building an altar his servants are digging a well this well 00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:38.380 altar connection we got to figure out we will do it that do that in the future I 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:45.660 made this time be a time of ridiculous joy please capitalize on the next 12 to 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:52.140 16 months Isaac means laughter don't get serious because there are pews and 00:28:52.340 --> 00:29:02.940 because Sheldon is playing the organ so just learn to be learn to be joyful over 00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:14.660 the next 12 to 16 months joyful last thing I want to say and this is just as 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:23.780 this is something that happened after I finished the teaching is guys over the 00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:31.420 last two three years we've saved a lot of money because our rent was low and 00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:36.580 our people were super generous and God blessed us as a new was super generous 00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:47.780 God blessed us our rents and below so we've we've got money in the bank and 00:29:47.780 --> 00:29:54.260 we don't have to struggle with regard to the rent and stuff like that like we 00:29:54.260 --> 00:29:58.580 used to at Main Street at Main Street for those two storefronts we were paying 00:29:58.580 --> 00:30:03.420 five thousand bucks and every month we didn't know how the rent would be met 00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:08.060 because we were a very small group of people like if you think we are small 00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:15.820 now imagine what really small looks like like on a good day 25 people used to 00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:23.100 turn up now it's 35 but you see the big difference the point is this guys at 00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:29.580 that time it is a struggle and right now it is not and so what I'm going to say 00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:35.660 has nothing to do with money or costs but one of the things I felt God saying 00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:41.500 is as you enter this new phase of your inheritance practice Deutronomy 26 1 to 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:49.420 11 as you enter this new phase of your inheritance practice Deutronomy 26 1 to 00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:56.500 11 and I'm going to read that out and then I'll just tell you what I'm 00:30:56.500 --> 00:31:02.540 suggesting and then we can leave it at that so Deutronomy 26 1 to 11 when you 00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:07.900 have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and I've 00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:12.940 taken possession of it and settled in it take some of the first fruits of all 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:17.220 that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:21.260 put them in a basket then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a 00:31:21.260 --> 00:31:24.220 dwelling for his name and say to the priest in the office at the time oh 00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:29.460 there's an office there too and say to the priest in the office at the time I 00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:34.060 declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to 00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:37.500 our forefathers to give us the priest shall take the basket from your hand and 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:40.980 set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God then you shall declare 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:46.300 before the Lord your God my father was a wandering Aramean and he went down into 00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:51.340 Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation powerful and 00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:55.780 numerous but the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer putting us to hard 00:31:55.780 --> 00:31:59.740 labor then we cried out to the Lord the God of her fathers and the Lord heard 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:04.380 our voice and saw our misery toil and oppression so the Lord brought us out of 00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:08.780 Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm with great terror and 00:32:08.780 --> 00:32:13.340 with miraculous signs and wonders he brought us to this place and gave us 00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:17.940 this land a land flowing with milk and honey and now I bring the first fruits 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:22.700 of the soil that you O Lord have given me place the basket before the Lord your 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:26.780 God and bow down before him and you and the Levites and the aliens among you 00:32:26.780 --> 00:32:31.820 shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given you and your 00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:38.300 household so what I would suggest is whatever you think you want to place 00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:44.340 before God do it between July 11th and July 18th and then Acts 29 will take 00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:50.140 first fruits from that and give it to a church that is either starting or in 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:56.020 need first fruits is not percentage so it's not that we'll take 10% and give it 00:32:56.020 --> 00:33:01.740 to someone we may take 80% 60% 90% it's completely up to you so even what you 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:05.980 give is completely up to you can be five bucks it can be a thousand bucks 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:14.860 doesn't matter it's our recognition of this new place that God has brought us 00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:20.860 into not so much geographically but more spiritually and then we'll take from 00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:26.180 that and we will give it to either another church that is just starting or 00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:30.260 another church that needs it my heart says another church that is just 00:33:30.260 --> 00:33:39.580 starting so we give a portion of that to a church that is starting for he has 00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:46.220 blessed us and now we get to be a source of blessing to someone else so between 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:57.700 July 11th and 18th do it put it put a line in the memo saying Rehoboth or if 00:33:57.700 --> 00:34:01.900 you're writing a check just put Rehoboth in the memo however if you 00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:10.500 whatever and if you don't know how to spell Rehoboth read Genesis 26 and it'll 00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:14.460 all work out that's what I want to say today 00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:39.660 which song I know we have to sing a song one of them is give thanks to the 00:34:39.660 --> 00:34:52.300 Lord my God and King love and yours forever hi that's one it's another song 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:59.340 where you step from one phase into another anything where we step from one 00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:02.100 stage to the other 00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:04.100 ah 00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:29.180 give thanks to the Lord my God and King no this time you will have to come and 00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:43.540 play I ain't doing it on my own shall we go they're playing let's go okay let's 00:35:43.540 --> 00:35:46.540 go that that that way 00:35:59.180 --> 00:36:19.580 how tall am I yeah not very tall 00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:48.300 do you have the words on the TV by any chance sorry Phoebe is distracting 00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:51.300 everybody 00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:15.340 Thanks forever by Chris Tong 00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:25.340 Thanks to the Lord our God and King. 00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:29.340 His love endures forever. 00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:33.340 For he is good, he is above all things. 00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:37.340 His love endures forever. 00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:45.340 Sing praise, sing praise. 00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:50.340 With the mighty hand and outstretched arm 00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:54.340 His love endures forever. 00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:58.340 For the life that's been reborn 00:37:58.340 --> 00:38:02.340 His love endures forever. 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:19.340 Sing praise, sing praise. 00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:27.340 Forever God is faithful, forever God is strong. 00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:35.340 Forever God is with us, forever. 00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:43.340 Forever God is faithful, forever God is strong. 00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:51.340 Forever God is with us, forever. 00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:57.340 From the rising star, the setting sun 00:38:57.340 --> 00:39:01.340 His love endures forever. 00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:05.340 By the grace of God we will carry on 00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:09.340 His love endures forever. 00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:15.340 Sing praise, sing praise. 00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:20.340 From the rising star, the setting sun 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:24.340 His love endures forever. 00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:28.340 And by the grace of God we will carry on 00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:32.340 His love endures forever. 00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:41.340 We sing praise, sing praise. 00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:51.340 Sing praise, sing praise. 00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:59.340 Forever God is faithful, forever God is strong. 00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:07.340 Forever God is with us, forever. 00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:15.340 Forever God is faithful, forever God is strong. 00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:23.340 Forever God is with us, forever. 00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:27.340 Forever.