You Cannot Control the Ocean, Only Your Heart

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[Music] you [Music] good morning everybody look good evening how are you guys all doing long ride yeah tired a little bit we'll try not to put you guys to sleep I'll go too long hopefully right now we're just gonna come into a worship so if you guys would all like to stand up and just worship God over these songs and she's gonna give him praise because our Father is everlasting [Music] [Applause] [Music] all these see [Music] Isak [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I we [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we can rely on all the time and that's God that's the Holy Spirit and the Sun came down for us and he gave himself everything he had his whole life and put it out for us of a sinful nature we never desert we didn't even know he was doing and he still did it for us thousands of years later and we're still here we just thank God for that that sacrifice that he came for us [Music] I need I mean your [Music] you kept you waiting [Music] I need your energy [Music] love you please be read you're captivated I do [Music] Oh I mean [Music] all these [Music] [Music] I bless each in one issue one became to this place tonight you see and know the hard floor thank you sure God Almighty thank you for your peace for your love your joy your hope that you are father God Lord thank you for all these gifts that you give through the anointing of the Holy Spirit Lord I bless each and one in this place and whoever's watching online maybe they couldn't make it here because their sake or some issues Lord but you see and for your glory [Music] I [Music] all this [Music] your glory [Music] my [Music] that will ever come close [Music] all this me these supply [Music] speaker [Music] Oh to me [Music] Oh microphone hello everyone welcome to our worship and praise 9 praise of worship night we do the once a month and it just falls just it's our outreach we like the old rich right we like to preach the gospel in our church we pray today for how many people six seven who is going to a mission trip and that's what's all about this evenin night it was designed to you can bring the people to Christ you can bring your friends to place you work place you just interact with the people you just say come come and worship with us come and we have a prayer night so we're gonna continue to worship her in this moment well I just like to greet everyone who is here tonight then II more moderate ik and all you grope it's from Jacksonville so I'm in Jacksonville Orlando I'm sorry I'm pretty sure in that direction say that not just welcome them yeah just walking the whole group yes we saw a glad we're so excited you guys with us tonight also we have a group from North and they still kind of in a way they had a good dessert some of them right there why you sit in same place yes right there let's just walk them or Dan and some other people we're just so excited to have you with us you know good tonight is we worship you know I know I was just like I will look around and yes I sense that people still probably in that kind of panic on lunch mode or whatever anybody have a nap time now but time to worship a few people lazy hands I see you so much but it's a true meaning for tonight it just once a month we can get together in the remind there is a great to go and preach the gospel tonight is a night and after the worship we have a moments of encouragement or the world I will be moment TOFA testimonies which God do it in your life all this stuff only was one reason glory to Jesus glory to Jesus we're gonna keep those testimonies very assuring I'm sure rather terrazzo is gonna when a horse that part you will just remind us we want to bring the glory to G of course we're gonna have a prayer because it's a house of prayer they just expect that from God let's just expect that from please evening they got a blast right rather for us please come and share the words and say what's need to be said so once again we welcome all of you here we are glad to have you at this place most importantly we are glad to have such a great group of people praising God's name in this place tonight amen so I would like to mention I will be having some people fasting out little comment cards you can write any questions comments concerns you know any needs that need to be prayed for at some point of the service they will be passed around so keep in mind you will be able to you know share on them you guys have one more song okay so we're gonna continue to worship remember you know worship God with open heart that's the whole point of this service that's why we even have the service in places where it to be free or it to be or a place that where the holy spirit could actually be replaced that you know you can open up your hearts and you fully receive what God has in store for you so as we go into this song keep that in mind and our testimonies you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Music] to begin I introduce Benjamin Bertha John he's from our youth and he will share what's on his heart and what he has in store for you guys nice to see everyone here today I love these services because they're very informal in a sense anybody can come up you know we always have so many people that you don't expect to see on stage come up and share their testimonies and sometimes just food for thought and whatnot in today that's kind of what I have for you guys today I don't have a sermon I do have the Bible on my hard one I'll be basing off the scripture so I'm not just coming here for no reason - sometimes it feels like I come up here and just share funny stories I remember I had a sermon I shared once and I didn't really include my scripture and someone who said yeah that was such a great storytelling but you know what happened about the Scriptures so the the idea that I would like to talk about today is in Matthew it says who of you by wearing could add a single hour to your life and basically I'll just show you real simple what's going on in my life and yeah basically what's God what God has taken me through right now um we all have our passions in life we all have something that you know excites us to like makes life worth living you know some people for some people it's art maybe drawing some people it's music for me it's the ocean you know the ocean you can draw so much inspiration from it you can draw so many lessons I remember my dad I was telling him like I was going on a surf trip with some friends and I was telling him about the wave forecast and everything and then next thing you know on Sunday before I left I hear him you know start including these in his sermons and everything and I started thinking you know it's so true the things around us can inspire us not only you know for our fleshly things but also spiritually as well and so if you think about the ocean it's quite powerful in a sense it's very humbling whenever you find yourself on the ocean I spend a lot of days out on the ocean and it's and it's something different that you can't really explain until you experience you see when we're on land it's a whole different feeling we got if we even say for example if your car breaks down where it comes to worst I mean not anywhere in Florida maybe in different parts of the nation but here you can just you know you can call an uber real quick and get home but when you when you take your foot off the land and you go on water on any floating device you essentially like going back into the food chain in a in so many ways because you we don't belong on the ocean right we can go out and we can explore what not but we belong here on land you know and so when you take that step it's it's kind of exhilarating at least for me and why I bring this up whenever I was we had a SERP when I was the president of the surf club with my school and we went out for a trip we were out there and we were many of you probably swim you know that far from shore and this guy was swimming and I ended up hearing someone yelling you know help help and I heard it while I was still on the beach and as I went out with the surfboard and trying to instruct some of those students I started I noticed that someone was indeed you know looking for help so as I swam over there when you learn you have these big soft tops they're super buoyant they're made out of foam and they can hold a lot of weight they're really good for learning and as I realize there's these two lifeguards and they're given these like buoys to help save people and not go too in depth into the story but this man was drowning and by the time I got there he was already unconscious and I ended up you know offering my board to help and I along with two other lifeguards you know tried to save this man's life and try to bring him in short and literally it wasn't even that big of a day the waves weren't that big and on my eyes you know the man actually ended up drowning and by the time we brought him into the beach and the paramedics you know he was dead you know and it's it's one of those things that you really start to see the power of the ocean and then also with boats you know I remember being stranded when I was younger maybe 15 I was stranded on a boat and it wasn't that big of a deal but it could have gone a lot worse we could have got dragged out it was in the middle of the night as soon as like you know evening started and because we had a very short anchor we were able to stay put you know help was on the way but there's things that it's kind of hard to explain see here if something there's not really that much chaos on land but what I'm trying to say is the ocean is a good place to like it's a good lesson you know it's a good place where you can draw lessons while I'm saying all this is because you know it's many times in our lives we can find ourselves in the ocean spiritually speaking or hypothetically however you want to look at it and so many times the ocean is not tameable I remember as a kid or I would run out to the beach and there'd be small waves and for some reason I thought I could stand like a wall and like control the ocean I could stop that wave and man it hit you in the gut so hard you'd go flying if you get it just right on that peak and so it's kind of funny to think about but like we cannot control the ocean in whatever form it wants to do if it wants to have huge waves you're not going to control it if you gonna the surfing in the sport is not being able to control the ocean but to be able to control yourself with the board whatever it is and to have a blast with it you know to enjoy the ride and the same thing with sailing you know you're not supposed to control the way the wind is blowing or the current all you're controlling is your boat and the same thing in our lives many times for me you know for example I'll have these situations that are going on and I start to think man how can I control you know this going on in my life how can I control that oh this is stressing me out and I know God put on my heart to say for a reason I know people here are going through their own struggles you're going through your own deep oceans and you know you start thinking how can I control this how can can I control that but going back to that scripture who of you by wearing it out a single hour to your life it has nothing to do with the world around us you know we live you know in a sinful world and we can't control the things that happen around this the only thing we can control is us in our attitude and the way we look at things and when we start to realize that then we can able to enjoy and not try to stop the waves or you know control the wind all we can do is simply control the vessel that we have or whatever we have the only control we have basically I'm saying is about us you know our heart the way we have that outlook and I guess think I can throw this into into the testimony it is a testimony yesterday we were we we had to move the boat we were staying out a slip so it's like by land with the sailboat and we had to move it to another part near st. P so it was like a four hours supposed to be drive on motor the winds weren't looking that strong so that's how I was planning on doing it and we were with a few youth members and it's funny because we were praying for me too for my ministry of going to be a kids counselor and the theme there is shipwreck you know and it's about how Jesus Saves and in powerless there's like every day there's different themes and I chose the day to speak about to preach with the with the older generation about when you feel powerless Jesus Saves and I was just sitting there and I was like praying you know I'll share that a little later but yeah that's the theme that we were looking for and so going back to the story of what I was just sharing um we ended up as soon as we left the slip our motor started our motor died out and the only way to get it going was the little primer bulb there's a little bulb that you can prime fuel into the carburetor and that's the only way you were able to get out and I was with some friends and they were like man maybe we should you know turn back but I knew if we turn back is gonna be a headache because then probably not gonna get it fixed today and it's I there's my dad's leaving there's a big big mess so I was like no we're gonna push forward and the thing is our boat is not expensive in any sense it's I mean priceless for sure but it's not expensive and so you can imagine in st. Pete there's not all of us not everybody's like us they have a lot of other expensive boats and as we're in the in the marina trying to get out you don't know the boats just going it's like dramatic movie just going on towards 1 million dollar vessel towards another million dollar vessel and I'm sitting there and Dan murders that he was uh he was helping me I'll get in sales we dropped anchor in the middle while boat sir it was it was chaotic to say the least but we ended up getting out into through the channel my finger is probably more stronger than I've ever had it from keep priming the boat I ended up getting out we sailed around so this is taking him back to the you know the pure of sailing because people didn't really have motors back in the day so they did it all by sail and I thought man you know if they could do it back in the day so can i and so we ended up sailing we sailed around we got to it's it's kind of hard to explain the way it worked but the wind was good for only maybe 80% of the trip the rest of the time the 20% of the trip my mouth is great I couldn't we couldn't go the way it wanted to go because of the way the current and the wind so I I knew from the moment we left that something something I don't Adam not sure how we're gonna get there we ended up going around ended up going under a bridge and the current was ripping and the boat was kind of sideways and there's these huge yachts let's just say it was pretty chaotic we got to that 20% that I was scared of you know I started thinking I was like we ended up taking the channels very shy our boat needs at least four point five feet of water and as we were coming in I couldn't make it the weight just the conditions where I couldn't get it into the channel so I kind of cut a corner you know like always in life you try to cut a corner and ended up I was joking with the friends and I was like yeah don't worry if we hit ground you know how it feels it you're gonna be like on a trampoline it's all it's all good I was cracking jokes and I was so happy because I thought that you know we're right there I was like man we made it that's so exciting and then next thing you know all you feel is that the trampoline started a bounce you know and I was thinking like man how why did this happen then I remember you know Ben you were praying for something to talk about with the kids you know break and everything you wanted something you wanted some topics to talk about it wasn't a bad scenario but long story short we ended up getting stuck and the tide was going out so the water was dropping and that's bad news for a sail because as soon as it's got a cue on the bottom but if the tide drops then it starts to go one way or another and then you can get water in and then you can say goodbye to the boat and so we were stuck there and I was really stressed you know I was stressed out from the whole point there even though we were having a blast in the back of my head I knew this portion and it was really bothering me and at one point I kind of just said you know like I prayed about it and I said it's not up to me to decide you know whatever happens it's it's not for me it's not for me to worry and it takes so much because anxiety is such a killer in life like it kills your body just the stress itself it really has a negative impact you know we go through so many things as Christians we were supposed to talk about you know spiritual things and I but even everyday life to life you know maybe paying rent maybe some something car insurance or something like that has you stressed it's not never that stress can lead to so many more things that can negatively impact also your spiritual life and so we were we were stuck and you know you know a guy a man doesn't want to say that he's in trouble you know he always wants to figure it out so I had Dan dropped the anchor and we both dropped in you could walk in the water and we carried out this anchor and then we started trying to pull the boat and Dan's looking at me like man maybe we should ask for somebody's help I said no we got this it's all good we start our boat passes by and it says rescue on it and I look and there's a honey driving the boat I'm telling you I've never seen I've never seen like a rescue with such young kids on it and as we like hailed them over they come back around and they were able to - they asked us like do need help like yeah yeah long story short I've never seen such young talent being able to pull out a huge sailboat the way they did it their technique and they ended up getting us to to our Anchorage where we needed and it was just such a such a little maybe testimony because he could have been a lot worse it could have been in a different situation it could have been in a more hectic place but the way it all played out is just a reminder that we all go through our trials in life and we all have our stresses and this is why I'm sharing this today is because I feel truly that God put on my heart that there's someone here today going through a troubling time you know I wish I was like maybe not you know when I was a kid I heard of prophets and I was so scared to be around them because I feel like you know maybe and they turn around on you and they pointed at you in the corner and in front of it I don't have I don't have that but I do know that God put on my heart that someone here is truly going through something that's troubling you that's that's weighing you down and it's it's putting such a pressure on you that maybe even coming to church or even doing things that you would love to do it's it's really impacting you and guys here to say that he has it all he has everything under his control you're going according to his plan and to not give up because at the end of the day he's the maker of the all and he he controls their lives so we shouldn't worry because knowing that you know there's no point in worrying and I don't know the exact place of the scripture but it's in Matthew who have you by wearing could add a single hour to your life if you find it that's extra bonus points when you come home so that's all I have for today and praise God happy to see you guys here and yeah amen very awesome testimony Ben thank you for sharing that we have some guests from Germany ruby IAM and daniel daniel has a song and then room has a short short word of encouragement to share with us today so I would like to introduce Ravi him and then when i meanwhat sing i just say altogether appraisal dart this will make a great pleasure to be here and have the fellowship with all my brothers and sisters in Christ you know what's fascinating me the most in in the Christianity is that wherever you go wherever you have fellowship with Christians you find the laughs you find to the presence of the Holy Spirit and that is that what makes us so different from the role we don't find this in the world and I traveled a lot in my country I we come from Germany and we travel to other countries and if I talk with my co-workers and my rock colleagues and then and I say them then I will make a trip to this country and this country and I say and that I will sleep and live by people which I never have seen before it sounds so crazy for them and they say you are really crazy but this is one of the secret of the church of you of Jesus Christ and this is the unity of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ and Jesus said in John 13:34 and 35 and he said Jesus a new commandment I give to you that you love one another as I have loved you that you also love one another by this all we know that but this all will know that you are my disciples if you have love with four another the interested thing about is this that Jesus don't said it is a suggestion or recommendation now it's a commandment from Jesus and I think why is it so important for Jesus that he said that to us what treasure Jesus so much about this that he said I gave you a commandment and I think because this kind of love you never find in the world we're living in a self self seeking self fishing society and I think in use a is not different than in Germany and because of this world is it so important that we show dill the earth under Christians the love of Jesus Christ under us bread under under sisters and brothers in Christ but see the love and spread the love in the world and the key to the success of the early church was that the early church consists with people from different backgrounds they gather it rich and poor people there was a master and a slave and if they celebrate the communion there was a slave and a servant and a master and the Masters bound down his knees and wash this slave his feet and for us it's not only it's not nothing weird but in this days when there lived this Russian Revolution it was this was so unreal for the people and the people wondering about this about these conditions in the church how there's how they share the love with people they have different backgrounds and this is so amazing and this is the reason why the Church of Jesus Christ had so much success in their early days and it's the pure love that's Paul describes in first Corinthians in the 13 chapter we know all the chapters chapter we had described the pure love of Jesus Christ and I think this is so important for us that we show the love not just in the church but are in our work and our schools everywhere where we go in the neighborhood because you never find this kind of love in the world and this love has so much power I think the earth I saw a video about a Gary rich ray this was a famous murderer in the history of America and he killed over 15 over 50 a woman and as he camp as he comes for the judge the judge gave them the families of the victims the opportunity to say a word and they come before this murder and all the pain all the suffering all that deep pain that they have in their heart all that they said tell this to this man and if you look at it and if you look at this man in his face there was no reaction no emotion and this was one of about 10 people say really really bad things and wish that he will write to hell and all the all the terrible things that they reach because they have so much pain in their heart but after this the least was the old man and this old man stands up and he said mr. rich ray all the people that fell before me all the people that stand before me until they hate you but I don't do this and you make it me so hard to do this what I believe and this is that comment what Jesus have said and that have Jesus told to me and this is to love and forgive and not forgive only people in Europe in that have done maybe little things but to forgive out to people they have taken the best thing in your life and these things he said to them and to the first time in all this all this all this in all this thing you have seen emotions it begins to cry and this man who you think he have no sense of humanity in his inside he begins to cry and test touches he so much like there are other things not can do and this is why the love of Christ is so important for us because in the world we live there is not so much love there is no love you have in this in this social society you have Facebook and you have maybe 200 friends on Facebook but in the real life you have maybe two three five and the world needs the love that we can take and show the people around us and this is a very short message and this is what and now my brother will sing a song [Music] [Music]