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00:00:00Come on and help me honor the mother of this house, the lovely Taylor Madoon.
00:00:07Come on, y'all could do better than that. I would not be who I am if that woman was not standing by my side.
00:00:13This church would not be what it is if not for her prayers and her consistency.
00:00:20I honor all of the moms today. Happy Mother's Day. I celebrate all the ladies in the place today. Come on.
00:00:31To the spiritual mamas, to the grandmamas, we thank you. We thank you for all that you do.
00:00:38I honor my mom, Pastor Honey, the lovely, ebony queen that is my mom, as I do.
00:00:48Love you. Yeah, she said, this is what I want for Mother's Day. I said, your wish is my command.
00:00:56So I'm going to preach the word. Can you stand a little bit more while we read the word?
00:01:01Yaku, if your feet hurt, that's your fault. You wore them shoes.
00:01:06So glad that you're here. Shout out to our social global family watching all over the world and all those watching on the Pando app.
00:01:13We love you. I don't really have a cute Mother's Day message for you, but I do have a word from God.
00:01:21Are you ready for it? Go with me to First Kings chapter three. First Kings chapter three.
00:01:28I want to look at verses 16 through 28. First Kings chapter number three, verses 16 through 28.
00:01:37We're going to read all this scripture and then you can sit down and chillax.
00:01:44When you're ready to read it, say, yeah. If you need a little time to find it, say, hold on.
00:01:51Well, hurry up. It's on the screen. Come on. First Kings chapter three.
00:01:58Thank you. It says, oh, Lord. Now, two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
00:02:09One of them said, pardon me, my Lord, this woman and I live in the same house and I had a baby while she was there with me.
00:02:20The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby.
00:02:24We were alone. There was no one in the house but the two of us.
00:02:29During the night, this woman's son died because she lay on him.
00:02:34So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I, your servant, was asleep.
00:02:40She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast.
00:02:44The next morning I got up to nurse my son and he was dead.
00:02:49But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn't the son I had born.
00:02:56The other woman said, no, the living one is my son. The dead one is yours.
00:03:01But the first one insisted, no, the dead one is yours. The living one is mine.
00:03:05And so they argued before the king.
00:03:08The king said, this one says my son is alive and your son is dead.
00:03:12Well, that one says, no, your son is dead and mine is alive.
00:03:16Then the king said, bring me a sword.
00:03:20So they brought a sword for the king.
00:03:22He then gave an order, cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.
00:03:30The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, please, my lord, give her the living baby.
00:03:38Don't kill him.
00:03:40But the other said, neither I nor you shall have him.
00:03:45Cut him in two.
00:03:47Then the king gave his ruling.
00:03:50Give the living baby to the first woman.
00:03:54Do not kill him.
00:03:56She is his mother.
00:03:59When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.
00:04:11Can you say amen?
00:04:13Amen.
00:04:14Y'all, that is in your Bible.
00:04:17I want to preach today on this Mother's Day.
00:04:20Not long.
00:04:21I want to make sure you get to lunch.
00:04:23Amen.
00:04:24I want to use this as a title.
00:04:26Custody battle.
00:04:29Custody battle.
00:04:31Look at the person next to you, whichever one you like the best.
00:04:33Get in their face.
00:04:34Get in their personal space and say, neighbor, sometimes you're in a custody battle.
00:04:41Come on.
00:04:42Look at your other neighbor.
00:04:43Look at them right in their face.
00:04:44Say, other neighbor, you're my second option.
00:04:48But I came to tell you, sometimes it's a custody battle.
00:04:55If you believe God can speak to you today, would you give him praise in advance?
00:05:02Let's pray a long prayer that you can sit down.
00:05:06Father, speak today.
00:05:09Amen.
00:05:10You may be seated in the presence of the Lord.
00:05:16Custody battle.
00:05:21Author Malcolm Gladwell, in his best-selling blockbuster book, Outliers, coined what many
00:05:30people know today as the 10,000-hour rule.
00:05:36A group of brilliant psychologists in the field of expertise research sat down and tried
00:05:42to figure out, how long do you have to work at something before you become really good
00:05:49at it?
00:05:50How many hours do you have to put in before you are considered an expert?
00:05:55And the answer was extraordinarily consistent across a multiplicity of fields.
00:06:01And that is, you need to have practiced 10,000 hours before you get good.
00:06:10Before you are considered an expert in any field, you need to put in 10,000 hours.
00:06:18I know some of y'all didn't do math, you did lunch, so I did the math for you.
00:06:2210,000 hours, if you go about 20 hours a week, that is the equivalent of 10 years.
00:06:2910,000 hours.
00:06:3110 years before you are an expert.
00:06:34This is what Malcolm Gladwell postulates in his book, Outliers.
00:06:39Outliers.
00:06:40That's the book.
00:06:41Social fam, I got beef with Sir Malcolm Gladwell.
00:06:47I got serious beef with him.
00:06:49And I tried to keep this beef private, but I think I'm going to have to take it to the streets,
00:06:53like Kendrick and Drizzy did.
00:06:55I take issue, I take issue with this 10,000-hour rule, so much so that I dropped me a book
00:07:03in rebuttal today.
00:07:04I dropped a book, it's coming out today.
00:07:06Same title, it's called Outliers.
00:07:08Outliers, that's my book.
00:07:10That's my book right there.
00:07:12Outliers, a non-expert's guide to success.
00:07:17That's my book.
00:07:18And the reason I take issue with Sir Malcolm Gladwell is because I have been a parent now
00:07:24for 10 years.
00:07:26I have put in my 10,000 hours.
00:07:29And he said, if you put in 10,000 hours, you are an expert.
00:07:33Y'all, I have put in my 10,000 hours as a parent.
00:07:36And I came to tell you, I am not an expert at all.
00:07:40I'm not even close to an expert.
00:07:42I'm not getting better.
00:07:43I might be getting worse.
00:07:44Oh, don't look at me like that.
00:07:46All the parents should be saying amen right about now.
00:07:49It is a daunting task to be a parent.
00:07:53It is a challenge to be a parent, especially to be a good one.
00:07:58That's why we really got to celebrate all the mamas today.
00:08:01Because where would we be without the mama?
00:08:05Some of y'all wouldn't even be alive.
00:08:08All of you wouldn't be alive.
00:08:11Without a mama, it is no easy task to parent.
00:08:16And I've been doing it for 10 years.
00:08:17And I still feel like I need a whole lot of help.
00:08:21In fact, the smartest thing I've done for my three kids is not just open a college fund.
00:08:26I've recently opened them a counseling fund.
00:08:28Yes, I encourage every parent to do this.
00:08:31I got a counseling fund just for them.
00:08:33Just in case later, if I've done damage, I'm like, well, it's already my name that counts.
00:08:37Just talk to your therapist.
00:08:39Go ahead and work it out.
00:08:40Parenting is no joke.
00:08:42It is the challenge of a lifetime.
00:08:45And I'm being funny.
00:08:46But the real and raw reality is there's never been a child that has been born that came with an instruction manual.
00:08:55It's not like you got a how-to with any child that was born.
00:09:00There's not a single child that has ever been born.
00:09:02And in the hospital, the nurses looked at you and said, I just want to let you know, this kid comes with a 30-year warranty.
00:09:08Have you got any problems at all?
00:09:10Just bring that kid back to us.
00:09:11No, no, no, no.
00:09:12Children don't come with instruction manuals.
00:09:15There's no instruction manual for what you do when your child is addicted to drugs.
00:09:22There's no how-to manual for how you handle a child that you instill the principles of faith in them and raise them in the house of the Lord.
00:09:31And now they are deconstructing the very faith that you gave them.
00:09:35There's no class that you take that can let you know what to do when your daughter is 16 and tells you she is pregnant.
00:09:43It is a challenge to parent.
00:09:46And nobody gets an instruction manual.
00:09:48I'll keep it 100 with you.
00:09:50One of the scariest words they ever said to me at the hospital with all three of my kids was, you can go home now.
00:09:57I'm like, what do you mean?
00:09:59What do you mean I can go home?
00:10:00Now, y'all ain't coming home with me.
00:10:02Help me figure this thing out.
00:10:04And there I am driving home with a living, breathing baby in the back, trying to figure out how am I going to parent?
00:10:12How am I going to do this?
00:10:14And all the parents can testify to the fact you need wisdom to parent your child.
00:10:19You need wisdom.
00:10:20Matter of fact, you ain't got to be a parent.
00:10:22You can just be alive to know that life is above your pay grade.
00:10:26Is there anybody here that can testify to the fact that you need wisdom to navigate the vicissitudes of life?
00:10:33You need wisdom in this age of uncertainty in which we live in.
00:10:38You need wisdom and discernment if you dating in these streets here today.
00:10:43You need wisdom and discernment to know what job am I supposed to take and what job am I supposed to turn down?
00:10:50You need wisdom and discernment to know am I supposed to stay in this city or am I supposed to move?
00:10:57You need wisdom and discernment to know who to hire and who to fire.
00:11:02There are so many challenges in life that require wisdom and discernment.
00:11:09And if you don't know that you need wisdom, how many of you know you will never get it?
00:11:13Because the first step to acquiring wisdom is the understanding that you actually need it.
00:11:19If you've never humbled yourself to realize that you need it and you ain't got all the answers,
00:11:24you won't ever ask God for it.
00:11:27Can I give you some scripture for that?
00:11:29Absolutely, I'll give you some scripture.
00:11:31In the book of James, look at what James says.
00:11:33He says right here, if any of you lacks wisdom,
00:11:38you should ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault and it will be given to you.
00:11:45When I first read that verse, I started shouting about that verse because I said,
00:11:48whoo, that's awesome.
00:11:49God will give me wisdom until I started thinking about that verse.
00:11:52And I realized that James is actually letting us know that the onus and the responsibility of asking for wisdom is on you.
00:12:01I would think that if God is omniscient, infinite in all awareness, understanding and insight,
00:12:06and you see me down here and you see life is life and right now, how about you just give me the wisdom?
00:12:11Why in the world would I have to ask for it?
00:12:13But God says, no, there's something in the process of you coming to me and seeking me and asking me for the wisdom.
00:12:20I wonder if the reason some of you don't have the wisdom that you need and you stuck on stupid
00:12:24is because you have not opened up your mouth and asked God for wisdom.
00:12:28Ooh, I'm preaching better than y'all are talking in here today.
00:12:32Ask him for it.
00:12:33Ask him for it.
00:12:34He is already ready to give it to you before you ever ask him.
00:12:38See if I can give it to you like this.
00:12:40My wife is like every mom in here, a superhero, absolute superhero.
00:12:45But I'll tell you the day that I realized she had powers.
00:12:47I'll tell you the day I realized she had powers.
00:12:49Our firstborn Evie had just come into the world.
00:12:52We brought her home and whoo, this girl kept us up every single night, every single night.
00:12:58Don't tell me you have the fruit of the spirit and you don't cuss until you have a child.
00:13:02Keep you up in the middle of the night.
00:13:05And so every night we are wide awake with this girl.
00:13:08And I'll never forget one night after hours of her being up, she finally got quiet and went to sleep.
00:13:13And it was quiet in the house.
00:13:15And I was like, oh, finally.
00:13:17And I'm sleeping.
00:13:18And all of a sudden, my beautiful bride wakes up.
00:13:20She goes, oh, I'm so tired.
00:13:23I just want to sleep.
00:13:24And it's quiet.
00:13:25I'm like, well, then sleep.
00:13:27She's like, I can't.
00:13:29What do you mean you can't?
00:13:30She's finally quiet.
00:13:31She's not doing anything.
00:13:32She's like, no, she's not.
00:13:33She's about to wake up.
00:13:35She's hungry.
00:13:36I said, excuse me?
00:13:38What are you talking about?
00:13:39She's asleep.
00:13:40Be quiet.
00:13:41She's like, no, no, no.
00:13:42She's hungry.
00:13:43I go, how do you know this?
00:13:44She goes, my milk is coming in.
00:13:47And all of a sudden, three seconds later, this girl starts screaming at the top of her lungs.
00:13:55I said, what kind of prophetic power do you have?
00:13:58Her milk started coming in before our baby girl started crying.
00:14:03In other words, the supply was provided before she opened up her mouth.
00:14:08But she had to open up her mouth for us to take her from the crib and bring her clothes.
00:14:14I'm trying to tell you, God has all the wisdom that you need.
00:14:18God has all the provision that you need.
00:14:20But some of you won't open up your mouth and cry out to God to get it.
00:14:24But God said, the moment I hear you open up your mouth, I have the nature of a mother.
00:14:29I got to give you the wisdom that you need.
00:14:31I got to show you the purpose and the plan that I have for your life.
00:14:35But you better open up your mouth and cry out for wisdom.
00:14:40Somebody just say, I need wisdom.
00:14:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:14:44This season of your life, you need supernatural wisdom.
00:14:48You need discernment.
00:14:49How do I get wisdom?
00:14:50Come here, Proverbs.
00:14:51The Bible says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
00:14:58And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
00:15:01In other words, you start getting wisdom, the beginning of it is to fear God.
00:15:06And that messed some of y'all up, because y'all are like, what do you mean?
00:15:08I got to be afraid of God?
00:15:09No, no, no, no.
00:15:10That is reverence for God.
00:15:13That means you take God seriously.
00:15:15That means you don't just make decisions and say, well, I feel it.
00:15:17I'm going to do it.
00:15:18You actually say, God, what is your will over this?
00:15:22What do you want me to do?
00:15:23You take him seriously.
00:15:24That is the fear of God.
00:15:26God doesn't want you to be afraid of him.
00:15:28He wants you to fear him, to reverence him.
00:15:32Back in the day when the church first started, I did a whole series.
00:15:35It's still on YouTube.
00:15:36Like, share, and subscribe.
00:15:37I did a whole series on the fear of God.
00:15:39And I said, if you want to learn the difference between being afraid of God and fearing God, reverencing him, just check your feet.
00:15:46Check your feet.
00:15:47If you're afraid of God, you will run away from him.
00:15:50But if you fear God, you reverence him, you will run towards him and say, God, give me the wisdom.
00:15:56Give me the insight that I need.
00:15:59You need wisdom if you're going to make it in motherhood and fatherhood and in life.
00:16:05And wisdom is not to be confused with knowledge.
00:16:10Knowledge is the acquisition of information.
00:16:14Wisdom is the application of knowledge.
00:16:18Knowledge is when you got all the facts.
00:16:21Wisdom is when you have the discernment to know when to use the facts.
00:16:25I mean, we live in a world where people are inundated with information.
00:16:28They are drowning in all kinds of data.
00:16:31They got all kinds of facts and stats.
00:16:34But people really are longing for wisdom.
00:16:37Real wisdom.
00:16:39You don't get wisdom by going to school and getting more degrees than a thermometer.
00:16:43You get wisdom by seeking God.
00:16:47You want information?
00:16:49Just go to ChatGPT.
00:16:51If you want wisdom, you need some ChatGOD.
00:16:55That's as corny as I'll get out, but you're going to remember it tomorrow.
00:17:00You want some wisdom?
00:17:03You need that ChatGOD.
00:17:05Which brings me to my text today.
00:17:071 Kings chapter 3 begins really with some ChatGOD.
00:17:13My boy Solomon, hear me, has just gotten on the throne.
00:17:18Solomon, the third king of Israel.
00:17:21You remember Saul, he was the first one.
00:17:23The second one was David.
00:17:24And now Solomon has just been instated as the king of Israel.
00:17:28Scholars believe that Solomon, hear me, is between the ages of 18 and 21 when he becomes king.
00:17:35Can you imagine?
00:17:36Between the ages of 18 and 21 and you've just become king over a multiplicity of people.
00:17:42And on top of that, you're following your daddy, David.
00:17:46King David.
00:17:48Killed Goliath on the cover of the Wheatie Box with a slingshot.
00:17:52David, y'all, that's pressure.
00:17:54That is all kinds of pressure.
00:17:55That's that Marcus Jordan, my daddy's Michael Jordan pressure.
00:17:58Come on, that's that Simba, my daddy's Mufasa pressure.
00:18:02That's Bronnie James, my daddy's LeBron pressure.
00:18:05Here is Solomon, 18 to 21 years old.
00:18:08So much responsibility has been put on his shoulders and the pressure provoked him to cry out to God.
00:18:14And watch this, in a dream, God appears to him and asks him a question that everybody in this room and watching online would love for God to ask you.
00:18:23God comes to Solomon and says, hey, what you want me to do for you?
00:18:28I got a blank check.
00:18:31What do you want from me?
00:18:33Can you imagine if God appeared to you this afternoon on Mother's Day?
00:18:37Just before you go to Chipotle and say, hey, glad you went to social today.
00:18:41I got a question.
00:18:42What do you want from me?
00:18:45What do you want me to do for you?
00:18:47What would you respond with?
00:18:48What would you say?
00:18:49Oh, give me a Tesla.
00:18:51Lord, you know I need it.
00:18:52Just trying to say save the gas.
00:18:54What would you ask for?
00:18:55Husband, a wife?
00:18:56Look at what Solomon asked for.
00:18:58First of all, before he even answers, he acknowledges the fact that the only reason I'm in this position is because of your loving kindness and your faithfulness to my father, David.
00:19:08That you are a God that fulfills your promises.
00:19:11He said, I wouldn't even be sitting in this throne if not for your faithfulness to those that went before me.
00:19:18Oh, my goodness.
00:19:19How many of you know that there are generations that preceded you?
00:19:22That's why you ought to honor your mom today.
00:19:25Whether she was good or bad, you can honor the position of her being a mom.
00:19:30Everybody in there had a mama that went through some type of labor to bring you into the world.
00:19:35If nothing else, you can honor her for that.
00:19:38I know you don't like that, but you better honor your mom no matter what kind of mom you had.
00:19:43And if you got a big head, you really better honor your mama.
00:19:48That wasn't in my notes.
00:19:49I need to stick to the script.
00:19:53Solomon acknowledges, I'm only here because of your faithfulness to my father.
00:19:58And so he says, Lord, I don't know my coming in or my going out.
00:20:03I'm only a child.
00:20:05Please give me wisdom.
00:20:08Give me a discerning heart to guide your people so that I can know good from evil.
00:20:14And the Bible says that God was pleased that he asked that.
00:20:19So pleased that he said, since you didn't ask me for wealth or for honor or for more Instagram or TikTok followers or for a long life,
00:20:27I'm going to give all that to you anyway.
00:20:29I'm going to give you wealth and honor and long life because you asked me for wisdom.
00:20:34What is the principle?
00:20:35The principle is this, that if you have to make a decision between wisdom and wealth, choose wisdom.
00:20:41Because if you don't have wisdom, you won't know what to do with the wealth when God gives it to you.
00:20:46If you got to make a decision between having discernment or having influence, pick having discernment.
00:20:52Because if you don't have discernment, you won't know what to do with the influence that you have.
00:20:57If you got to pick between a long life or a life of obedience to God, pick a life of obedience to God.
00:21:05Because if you have a life of obedience to God, even if you don't live on this earth long,
00:21:09how many of you know that life will be fruitful if you live in obedience to him?
00:21:14If you got to pick between hearing the voice of God or eliminating all your haters,
00:21:19please pick hearing the voice of God.
00:21:22Because if you pick hearing the voice of God, he'll let you know that your haters opinion of you doesn't matter anyway.
00:21:28And he still has a call and a purpose for your life, irrespective of what they think.
00:21:33So here, Solomon says, I want wisdom.
00:21:37I want a hearing heart is the actual translation.
00:21:41I want discernment.
00:21:42Let me know good from evil.
00:21:43And God goes, all right, you got it.
00:21:46I'm going to answer your prayer.
00:21:48But how many of you know, whenever God answers your prayer, you got to be careful.
00:21:53Because sometimes when God answers your prayer, the answer to the prayer looks like a problem.
00:21:59The answer to the prayer that you prayed sometimes looks like a problem.
00:22:05And if you're not careful, you start praying away to answer to the thing that you pray for.
00:22:09Oh, come on.
00:22:10I'm talking to somebody that was single for a long time.
00:22:12And you say, oh, Lord, if I could just get a husband.
00:22:15Oh, Lord, if I could just get a wife.
00:22:16And here you are, four years married.
00:22:18Talking about if I could just get some alone time.
00:22:20Lord Jesus, if they could just get on their side of the bed.
00:22:24Oh, I'm talking to somebody that prayed and believed God for a child.
00:22:28Oh, and he gave you the child.
00:22:30And now they're a teenager.
00:22:31And you're like, Lord, please help me before I kill them right now.
00:22:35Because sometimes the answer looks like the problem.
00:22:39So he's like, you want wisdom?
00:22:41You got it.
00:22:42And I got to give you a scenario so you can see that you got the wisdom.
00:22:48So here comes two mamas in his courtyard who are upset.
00:22:56Two mamas who are so angry and dealing with so much pain.
00:23:04Can you see it when they call for King Solomon to come deal with them in the courtyard?
00:23:08I can see him.
00:23:09Come on, 18 to 21.
00:23:10Homeboy is in his room playing Xbox.
00:23:12And they knock it on the big golden door.
00:23:14Talking about, sire, your request is needed.
00:23:17Your presence is needed out here in the courtyard.
00:23:19Solomon's like, can it wait?
00:23:21They're like, no, you need to come now.
00:23:24All of a sudden, Solomon walks into the courtyard and sees two mamas and an attendant holding a baby.
00:23:34They're giving him the look.
00:23:37He can tell by their posture and their countenance.
00:23:40This is about to be a problem.
00:23:42And the reason, you know, he can do this is because mamas, all the mamas in the house make some noise.
00:23:46All the mamas, all the mamas.
00:23:49Come on, mamas.
00:23:50This is your day.
00:23:51No, it's not.
00:23:54Mamas, I love you.
00:23:56I do.
00:23:57But y'all got this thing y'all do.
00:23:59Y'all got this look that you can give people.
00:24:03And when I see that look, they just know something is about to go down.
00:24:08Anybody know what I'm talking about?
00:24:10Just your mama could give you this look.
00:24:12I mean, it could be it could be miles away.
00:24:15Sometimes you have to be looking at you to give you the look.
00:24:18And the same look could communicate so many different things.
00:24:21That look could look at you and it could communicate a multiplicity of things.
00:24:25It communicates sit down.
00:24:27It could communicate shut up.
00:24:30It could communicate.
00:24:31Oh, you're going to embarrass me in this target.
00:24:33Wait till I get.
00:24:35Wait till we get.
00:24:37Oh, it could communicate stuff like fix your face.
00:24:40It could communicate stuff like watch your mouth.
00:24:44It can communicate stuff like, oh, you better stop crying before I give you something.
00:24:48Oh, y'all had the same mama I had.
00:24:51Oh, it could communicate stuff like I brought you in this world and I will.
00:24:59Give you that look.
00:25:01And this is what Solomon is walking into.
00:25:04He's walking in to two mamas.
00:25:07Given a look.
00:25:08We don't even get their names and they don't even give time to introduce themselves.
00:25:12Woman number one goes straight into it.
00:25:14Excuse me, your Royal Highness.
00:25:16Let me tell you something.
00:25:17Let me tell you what happened.
00:25:18I live in the same house with this woman right here.
00:25:20This woman right here.
00:25:21We live in the same house.
00:25:23There's nobody else in the house but us two.
00:25:25We got pregnant at the exact same time.
00:25:27She had her baby three days after I had my baby.
00:25:31All of a sudden, in the middle of the night, she lay on her baby and killed her child.
00:25:37And all of a sudden, she gets up and switches my living baby for her dead baby.
00:25:43And when I woke up in the morning and got ready to nurse my baby, my baby was dead.
00:25:48Until I put my baby in the morning light and realized it wasn't my baby in the first place.
00:25:54And I know that she did it.
00:25:55I have the living child and she stole my baby.
00:25:58Then the other woman speaks up.
00:25:59Said, no, she's the one that's lying.
00:26:01All she does is lie.
00:26:02I'm the one that had the living child.
00:26:03She's the one that switched him in the midnight.
00:26:05And here is King Solomon, 18 to 21 years old, just got the crown put on his head.
00:26:10There is no such thing as DNA testing at this time.
00:26:13And both of them sound convincing.
00:26:15And he's got to make a decision.
00:26:17What do you do, Solomon?
00:26:21Because this is a serious moment.
00:26:25How are you going to judge?
00:26:27How are you going to show that you actually have the wisdom and the discernment that God gave you?
00:26:33Oh, that wasn't enough.
00:26:36You're not just dealing with two mamas.
00:26:39These two women, oh Lord, have an occupation.
00:26:46A scandalous occupation.
00:26:49These two women, they have employment.
00:26:59They are employed.
00:27:02But the thing that they do, oh Lord, let's just go straight to the text.
00:27:06It's in 1 Kings 3.16.
00:27:09It says, they ain't just mamas.
00:27:12They're prostitutes.
00:27:14The Bible says this.
00:27:16King James Version says they're harlots.
00:27:19Message Version uses another word that starts with the H and says they're...
00:27:23Never mind, no it doesn't.
00:27:24I'm playing, I'm playing, I'm playing.
00:27:26Don't say that.
00:27:28But the message does that sometimes.
00:27:29I'm like, for real?
00:27:32Two, not just mamas.
00:27:36They're prostitutes.
00:27:38The Bible discloses this information.
00:27:41It doesn't tell us how they got into this profession.
00:27:45And how many know nobody picks that.
00:27:48Nobody wants that.
00:27:50You have to be in a desperate situation to pick that profession.
00:27:56And the Bible doesn't feel the need to tell us when they became prostitutes.
00:28:00The Bible doesn't even tell us why they became prostitutes.
00:28:05The Bible doesn't even deem it necessary to let us know who they had been with.
00:28:12And how many times they had been with them.
00:28:15Which is interesting to me because I have found that the Bible is read by church people.
00:28:18And church people love the tea.
00:28:21Oh, don't we?
00:28:22Oh, we love the tea.
00:28:24We don't want to just know what happened.
00:28:25We want to know the details of what happened.
00:28:28Oh yeah, we will come and tell the details to somebody else.
00:28:31And dress it up and say, well I'm just telling you all those details.
00:28:33So you can pray for them and what they're going through.
00:28:36Oh, this is the culture in which we live in.
00:28:38Not just church people.
00:28:39Everybody wants the details.
00:28:41There are people who make a living by giving the gossip and giving the tea.
00:28:45And giving the details of people's dirt.
00:28:48And what they do.
00:28:49And I wonder if we're obsessed with the details.
00:28:51Because when you can read the details of somebody else's life.
00:28:54It takes the light off of you.
00:28:56And you can stand and judge them.
00:28:58But the Bible does not deem it necessary for you to know the details of what they did.
00:29:03The Bible deems it necessary for you to know that these two women.
00:29:08In spite of what they did and in spite of their profession.
00:29:11They still got an appointment with the king.
00:29:14Oh, that's shouting stuff right there.
00:29:18How many of you know?
00:29:19The king had the highest position in the land.
00:29:22The king was busy.
00:29:23He had stuff to do.
00:29:25But he still had time to make an appointment with two women.
00:29:29That everybody else in the society had turned up their nose at.
00:29:33Everybody else had rolled their eyes.
00:29:35Everybody else said, no you're too scandalous.
00:29:37I ain't got time for you.
00:29:38The king said, guess what?
00:29:40I got time for you.
00:29:41He said, I know what you've done.
00:29:43But I'm still going to take your case.
00:29:45I know what your past is.
00:29:46But you still have rightful access to come into this throne room and approach me with confidence.
00:29:52And I see why some of y'all being quiet and acting like you're in the witness protection program.
00:29:57But I need some people that have been through some stuff.
00:30:00And no, you ain't got a pristine past.
00:30:02That you know that your life ain't all postable.
00:30:05I want to pause and thank God that in spite of what I've done.
00:30:09The king still says, come on in.
00:30:12Oh, this is the king that we have.
00:30:15That no matter what you've done, you can still get an appointment with him.
00:30:20That's good news right there.
00:30:23To know that two prostitutes could still get a meeting with the king.
00:30:30I get that you want to meet with the queen of Sheba.
00:30:33Oh, the queen of Sheba rather.
00:30:36Oh, come on.
00:30:37She was amazing.
00:30:38She had wealth.
00:30:39She had influence.
00:30:40But why are you meeting with two harlots?
00:30:44Because this is the character of our king.
00:30:47That no matter what you've done.
00:30:49He says, come on in here.
00:30:51Come here, Hebrews.
00:30:52We can approach the throne of grace with confidence.
00:30:56To obtain mercy and grace in our time of need.
00:31:01Oh, 1 Kings 3.16.
00:31:05There's a message to somebody today.
00:31:07It's too ashamed of your past.
00:31:10You think that our king, his name is Jesus.
00:31:13Doesn't have time to meet with you.
00:31:15And I came to tell you, his courtroom is open.
00:31:19His presence is open.
00:31:21Anybody can come.
00:31:26Here's what's intriguing to me.
00:31:28Is that if these ladies issue got to King Solomon.
00:31:33That means that lower level leadership didn't know what to do about it.
00:31:39Read it when you get to the crib.
00:31:41Exodus 18.
00:31:43Remember Moses?
00:31:44Remember Mo?
00:31:45Remember his father-in-law who was the first church consultant who came in in Exodus 18?
00:31:51And said, hey man, you listen to everybody's problems.
00:31:53This ain't right.
00:31:54You need to have layers and levels of leadership.
00:31:57This was instituted early in the children of Israel.
00:31:59That there were levels and layers.
00:32:01So that lets me know if it's gotten to King Solomon.
00:32:04There were other people that didn't know what to do with their situation.
00:32:07That means these women had to be relentless enough to keep pressing through and keep pressing through.
00:32:12Till they got to the highest authority.
00:32:14See some of y'all are talking to lower level management.
00:32:17You keep talking to your friends about your issue.
00:32:19You keep going to Facebook and Instagram live about your issue.
00:32:22You need to take it up a notch.
00:32:24And say let me speak to the one that actually has power to change the situation.
00:32:28Let me speak to the one that is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
00:32:32Let me speak to the one that spoke the world into existence.
00:32:35And that was in the beginning before there ever was a beginning.
00:32:38Take it up higher.
00:32:40I need to speak to you King Solomon.
00:32:43And there he is with two women.
00:32:46And he's got to show his wisdom.
00:32:50He's got to show his discernment.
00:32:52And everybody's looking at him.
00:32:54Everybody's going how's the king going to answer this.
00:32:59Because both of these women are convincing.
00:33:02And one of them is telling the truth.
00:33:04And one of them is telling the lie.
00:33:06What you going to do King Solomon?
00:33:08Ooh y'all.
00:33:09Can I keep it 100 with you?
00:33:11This week I was putting my feet in Solomon's sandals.
00:33:16And going what would I do if I was in this position?
00:33:20What would I do if I was sitting there and I had to make the judgment?
00:33:25Ooh what would I do?
00:33:27Actually I know exactly what I would do.
00:33:29I would say look our office hours ladies are from 9 to 5.
00:33:33But you can send me an email please.
00:33:35I'll answer just send me an email.
00:33:37My email is PastorJosh at SocialDallas.com
00:33:42What do you do?
00:33:45We're laughing but this is a critical.
00:33:47This is a critical decision.
00:33:49All of history is looking at Solomon to see how are you going to handle this right here.
00:33:56I don't know how I would have handled it.
00:34:00But I do know I got some questions.
00:34:03I got a lot of questions.
00:34:06You need to know your pastor is Enneagram 5.
00:34:09Investigator.
00:34:11I got questions.
00:34:13You know in my spare time I watch a lot of CSI and forensic files.
00:34:16I got questions.
00:34:18I don't know what I would have done but I would have asked a lot of questions.
00:34:20One of the first questions I'm asking is what made the mama that switched him in the middle of the night.
00:34:26What made her think that this plan would work?
00:34:32That's kind of a bold move.
00:34:34To switch babies in the night and think that that would work.
00:34:38Now the text lets us know that one baby was born three days later.
00:34:44So they are both newborns.
00:34:46So you got me on that.
00:34:48But that's still a bold move.
00:34:50To switch babies in the middle of the night and think that would work.
00:34:56Hey I lost some of you.
00:34:58Barrett would you come up here real quick.
00:35:00Barrett just come right here.
00:35:02This is Barrett. Everybody say hi Barrett.
00:35:04Barrett is our MD.
00:35:06And just graduated from the prestigious Southwestern Assemblies of God University.
00:35:12Great things come out of that university is what I'm told.
00:35:16And I'm just thinking about this.
00:35:20That's a bold move.
00:35:22Switch babies in the middle of the night.
00:35:25Let's just say hypothetically.
00:35:27That my mama and Barrett's mama.
00:35:35Are in the same house.
00:35:38And nobody else is in the house.
00:35:40And Barrett's mama decides to switch babies in the middle of the night.
00:35:47Y'all.
00:35:49We don't need the morning light to see.
00:35:52This ain't work.
00:35:54Thank you Barrett. Appreciate it.
00:35:58What in the world made this mama think that this plan would work?
00:36:02Y'all.
00:36:04The babies had to look similar.
00:36:09Matter of fact.
00:36:11Considering their profession.
00:36:13And that they're the only ones in the house.
00:36:15I'm wondering how similar did they look?
00:36:17So the question I have of this text is.
00:36:19Where are these baby boys?
00:36:21Fathers?
00:36:23Or.
00:36:25Father.
00:36:27Because they had to look similar.
00:36:29I'm wondering.
00:36:31How similar did they look?
00:36:33So the question I have of this text is.
00:36:35Where are these baby boys?
00:36:37Fathers?
00:36:39Or.
00:36:41Because they had to look similar.
00:36:43For them to switch.
00:36:45Where.
00:36:47Are the fathers?
00:36:49Where.
00:36:51Is the father?
00:36:53That's a good question to pose this Mother's Day.
00:36:55Where.
00:36:57Are.
00:36:59The fathers?
00:37:01Where are the fathers?
00:37:03Both of these women are dealing with the fight.
00:37:05That they shouldn't have to deal with.
00:37:07Because a man or two men.
00:37:09Came home enough to have pleasure in the night.
00:37:11And make a baby.
00:37:13But didn't want to stick around.
00:37:15To raise the baby.
00:37:17Oh that's a good question to ask on Mother's Day.
00:37:19Where.
00:37:21Are the fathers?
00:37:23Can we just pause and shout out the women.
00:37:25That have had to do two jobs.
00:37:27That have had to be the mama.
00:37:29And had to be the daddy.
00:37:31Because some father refused to show up.
00:37:33That some father wanted to make a baby.
00:37:35But didn't want to stick around.
00:37:37To raise the baby.
00:37:39So here you are.
00:37:41Trying to do both.
00:37:43Trying to bring home the groceries.
00:37:45And cook the groceries at the same time.
00:37:47Shout out to you mama.
00:37:49That's why you ought to celebrate yourself today.
00:37:51That's why you ought to thank God.
00:37:53For the strength that he gave you.
00:37:55To do two jobs at the same time.
00:37:57Where are the fathers?
00:37:59Where are the fathers?
00:38:01Where are they?
00:38:03Can I just say.
00:38:05You can still be in the house.
00:38:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:38:09You can be there physically and be gone.
00:38:11Emotionally and spiritually.
00:38:13And I say that to the men.
00:38:15Let us raise up a generation of men.
00:38:17With integrity.
00:38:19That says no matter what.
00:38:21I am going to be there for my child.
00:38:23I don't care what the drama is between us.
00:38:25My child is going to know.
00:38:27That their father did everything.
00:38:29That he could to be in their life.
00:38:31These fathers.
00:38:33Or this father.
00:38:35Is missing.
00:38:37And now.
00:38:39These two women.
00:38:41Are dealing with the pain.
00:38:43Of a man.
00:38:45Who made the baby with you.
00:38:47But wasn't there to help raise the baby.
00:38:49That is a pain.
00:38:51That's hard to deal with.
00:38:53And perhaps that pain.
00:38:55Is only anesthetized.
00:38:57By the moment.
00:38:59You're holding.
00:39:01Your newborn in your hands.
00:39:03Can you imagine the day.
00:39:05These two women.
00:39:07Had their baby boys.
00:39:09Holding little hands.
00:39:11That weren't going to wave goodbye.
00:39:13Finally cuddling.
00:39:15Someone.
00:39:17Who wasn't going to sneak out.
00:39:19In the middle of the night.
00:39:21It was joy.
00:39:23To their heart.
00:39:25To finally get these baby boys.
00:39:27Until one of them.
00:39:29In the middle of the night.
00:39:31On accident.
00:39:35Rolled over.
00:39:37On this baby boy.
00:39:39And didn't realize it.
00:39:41Until she woke up in the middle of the night.
00:39:43And felt his cold.
00:39:45Unconscious body.
00:39:47That she didn't.
00:39:49Hear me.
00:39:51No mama does that on purpose.
00:39:53No mama.
00:39:55Plans to do that.
00:39:57If anything she had the baby boy in the bed.
00:39:59So she could keep him close.
00:40:01She didn't plan on that.
00:40:03It was an accident.
00:40:05It was an accident.
00:40:07So I could only imagine the pain.
00:40:09She felt to realize.
00:40:11Her baby boy.
00:40:13Is dead.
00:40:15And she did it.
00:40:17And there she is.
00:40:19Laying in bed at night.
00:40:21Dealing with the pain.
00:40:23Of that loss.
00:40:25Knowing that she's never going to see his smile again.
00:40:29Knowing that she's never going to hear his laughter.
00:40:31Again.
00:40:33And in the middle of her pain.
00:40:35In the middle of her brokenness.
00:40:39An evil.
00:40:41Insidious thought enters her mind.
00:40:45The thought is this.
00:40:49I can barely deal with the pain of losing.
00:40:51My boy.
00:40:53But I can't stand.
00:40:57To deal with the pain of my loss.
00:40:59While I have to watch the joy.
00:41:01Of that other woman.
00:41:03Have what I don't have.
00:41:07Do you see how the enemy loves to come into your life.
00:41:09In moments of pain.
00:41:11Be careful what decisions you make.
00:41:13Out of your pain.
00:41:17Be careful what decisions you make.
00:41:19In the middle of the night.
00:41:21In the middle of heartbreak.
00:41:25Because in the middle of her grieving her son.
00:41:29This evil thought gets in her mind.
00:41:31That I can't stand to be in this house.
00:41:33And suffer my loss.
00:41:35And watch her.
00:41:37Still have.
00:41:39Her joy.
00:41:41Oh I know you want to judge this mama.
00:41:43I know you want to look at her and say.
00:41:45Oh I would never do that.
00:41:47But can I tell you.
00:41:49You don't know.
00:41:51You don't know what the envious you.
00:41:53Will do.
00:41:55You don't know what the jealous you.
00:41:57Will do.
00:41:59That's why you got to be careful in your pain.
00:42:01And don't let the enemy come in.
00:42:03And twist and contort your pain.
00:42:05And allow bitterness to come in.
00:42:07Because she said if I can't have a child.
00:42:09She shouldn't have a child either.
00:42:11And her pain led her.
00:42:13To do something so evil.
00:42:15In the middle of the night.
00:42:17She had babies.
00:42:19And thought I can hide it.
00:42:21And can you imagine the other mama.
00:42:23She wakes up in the morning.
00:42:25And feels the same pain.
00:42:27This other woman felt in the night.
00:42:29Going did I do this.
00:42:31Did I smother my child.
00:42:33In the middle of the night.
00:42:35That's not what I meant to do.
00:42:37I just wanted him close.
00:42:39And she's grieving her son.
00:42:41Until she puts him in the light.
00:42:43When she puts him in the light.
00:42:45No, no, no, no, no.
00:42:47This isn't my boy.
00:42:49She put him in the light.
00:42:51This is not my child.
00:42:53She put him in the light.
00:42:55There are some things that can happen in the darkness.
00:42:57But when you lift it up into the light.
00:42:59You see the truth of what it is.
00:43:01I don't know who I'm preaching to today.
00:43:03But somebody you've endured some type of pain.
00:43:05Maybe somebody did you wrong.
00:43:07And you're ready to justify it.
00:43:09But can I tell you.
00:43:11It will all be revealed in the light.
00:43:13Hold it up to the light.
00:43:15I'm telling you.
00:43:17If you hold it up to the light.
00:43:19It will all be revealed.
00:43:21I don't care how much they hurt you.
00:43:23I don't care how the plot was.
00:43:25I don't care how vindictive the plan was.
00:43:27It will all come out in the light.
00:43:29In fact the bible says it like this.
00:43:31Weeping may endure for a night.
00:43:33But joy comes in the morning light.
00:43:35Thank God that he is light.
00:43:37That he will reveal.
00:43:39What the truth is.
00:43:41What the truth is.
00:43:43She held it up to the light.
00:43:45She said this is my baby boy.
00:43:47And then she went straight to the king.
00:43:49She said I will not take this.
00:43:51I gotta go to the king.
00:43:53And here they are in the court room.
00:43:55And in the court room.
00:43:59King Solomon.
00:44:01Is trying.
00:44:03To decide.
00:44:05Who is telling the truth.
00:44:07They both sound convincing.
00:44:09What am I gonna do?
00:44:11All of the court is looking at me.
00:44:13I've just been put in this position.
00:44:15This is a critical defining moment.
00:44:17What am I gonna do?
00:44:19One says it's her baby.
00:44:21The other one says it's not.
00:44:23What do I do?
00:44:25What do you do in moments like this?
00:44:27What do you do when you don't know what to do?
00:44:29What do you do when you gotta make a critical decision?
00:44:31What do you do when you're at a crossroads?
00:44:33You better do what King Solomon did.
00:44:35First thing he says is bring me a sword.
00:44:37Bring me a sword.
00:44:39Can I make the text plain?
00:44:41Can y'all bring that sword?
00:44:43Bring me a sword.
00:44:45Oh it's gonna make sense in a minute.
00:44:47Anytime you're in a situation.
00:44:49Where you don't know what to do.
00:44:51And you're faced with a decision.
00:44:53And you're trying to figure out what is the truth.
00:44:55And what is the lie.
00:44:57Whenever you're trying to cut through.
00:44:59What is deception and what is honesty.
00:45:01Whenever you're trying to cut through.
00:45:03What is fact and what is fiction.
00:45:05He said bring me a sword.
00:45:07I need a sword.
00:45:09The sword will help me discern.
00:45:11What's really going on.
00:45:13Oh please don't get it twisted.
00:45:15He never had any intention of really cutting that baby in half.
00:45:17He just knew the power of the sword.
00:45:19That when you bring out a sword.
00:45:21The sword has a way of discerning the thoughts.
00:45:23And the intentions of man.
00:45:25I'm bringing out this sword.
00:45:27Not to cut this baby.
00:45:29I'm trying to find out who the real mama is.
00:45:31Some of y'all are struggling right now.
00:45:33Because you don't know what the sword is.
00:45:35Can I tell you Hebrews chapter 4.
00:45:37Here it is right here.
00:45:39For the word of God is alive and active.
00:45:41It is sharper than any double edged sword.
00:45:43It penetrates.
00:45:45Even to the dividing of soul and spirit.
00:45:47Joints and marrow.
00:45:49And it judges the thoughts.
00:45:51And the attitudes of the heart.
00:45:53You better get a sword.
00:45:57I want to thank God for his word.
00:45:59His word is a sword.
00:46:01I want to thank God in a culture of lies.
00:46:03In a culture of opinions.
00:46:05His word will stand.
00:46:07I want to thank him for his infallible.
00:46:09Incorruptible.
00:46:11Everlasting eternal word.
00:46:13That will never change.
00:46:15The word that's the same yesterday.
00:46:17Today and forever.
00:46:19Somebody ought to give a praise to God.
00:46:21If you're thankful for his word.
00:46:23You need a sword.
00:46:25You don't know what to do.
00:46:27You better get a sword.
00:46:29Let me switch swords.
00:46:31I said you don't know what to do.
00:46:33You better.
00:46:35You better get a sword.
00:46:37You better start seeking this book.
00:46:39And say God I need you to speak to me.
00:46:41I need a sword to fight.
00:46:45I ain't got time.
00:46:47To scroll on TikTok.
00:46:49I'm in a fight.
00:46:51I need a sword.
00:46:53I ain't got time to waste.
00:46:55I need a sword.
00:46:57I need a sword.
00:47:05That's what he did.
00:47:07He wasn't going to cut that baby.
00:47:09It divides.
00:47:11And it discerns.
00:47:13The intentions.
00:47:15Of men and women.
00:47:17Hold on.
00:47:19It's a double edged sword.
00:47:21It's a double edged sword.
00:47:27It's sharp.
00:47:29On both sides.
00:47:31See we got a lot of folks in the church.
00:47:33That think it's only sharp on one side.
00:47:35So you got scriptures to discern.
00:47:37Everybody else's attitude.
00:47:39But you'll never discern yours.
00:47:41You got scriptures for everybody else.
00:47:43But you'll never use them on you.
00:47:45Now this is a double edged sword.
00:47:47The same word that will cut you.
00:47:49I got to use this word to check myself.
00:47:51It's a double edged.
00:47:55Double edged sword.
00:47:57And the sword.
00:47:59Revealed the truth.
00:48:03The sword.
00:48:05Showed what was on the inside.
00:48:07Of these two mothers.
00:48:09Are these two mothers.
00:48:11Or are these two mindsets.
00:48:19There is a mindset.
00:48:21That comes from a heart.
00:48:23That has experienced pain.
00:48:25And the pain has now.
00:48:27Festered to bitterness.
00:48:29To the point that one mama said.
00:48:31Go ahead and cut it in half.
00:48:33Give her one piece.
00:48:35And give me one piece.
00:48:37The sword revealed.
00:48:39The bitter spirit.
00:48:41It said if I can't be happy.
00:48:43Nobody else will be happy.
00:48:45If I'm not experiencing joy.
00:48:47If I'm not experiencing joy.
00:48:49Nobody else can experience joy.
00:48:51If I can't be celebrated.
00:48:53Nobody else can be celebrated.
00:48:55It revealed.
00:48:57Her bitter spirit.
00:48:59And the sword revealed.
00:49:01The compassionate.
00:49:03Love of a mama.
00:49:05Who said no no no no.
00:49:07Not my baby.
00:49:09I would much rather you give it to her.
00:49:11Than you to cut my baby.
00:49:13I would much rather let go.
00:49:15Of the thing that I love.
00:49:17And put it in the hands of somebody else.
00:49:19Than to harm it.
00:49:21Oh this is the character of a mother.
00:49:23A mama that has a loving kindness.
00:49:25A mama that has compassion.
00:49:27A mama that would rather experience the pain.
00:49:29Than have her child experience the pain.
00:49:31Oh this is the principle of the kingdom.
00:49:33How many of you know.
00:49:35If you can't let go of the thing that you love.
00:49:37You can never really hold on to it.
00:49:39This mama understood.
00:49:41That this baby was a gift from God anyway.
00:49:43It was a custody battle.
00:49:45I had this child as a gift.
00:49:47But I'm not really the owner.
00:49:49And isn't it crazy that as she let it go.
00:49:51Then Solomon speaks.
00:49:53And said oh I know who the real mama is.
00:49:55It's the one that says I'm going to act.
00:49:57In the interest of this child.
00:50:05It revealed.
00:50:07Who the real mama was.
00:50:09It revealed.
00:50:11Who won the custody battle.
00:50:15Here's what I'm learning about walking with God.
00:50:19Everything is a custody battle.
00:50:23Everything.
00:50:25Is a battle.
00:50:27For who is going to have custody.
00:50:31When you can live with an awareness.
00:50:33That I am not the owner of anything.
00:50:37I am the steward of everything.
00:50:39Everything.
00:50:41Everything that has been given to me.
00:50:43Has been given to me by a loving.
00:50:45Kind God.
00:50:51Here's the reality.
00:50:53Sometimes it's not until the sword.
00:50:55Is over the thing that you love.
00:50:57That it reveals.
00:50:59Whether that thing.
00:51:01No matter how cute it is.
00:51:03Whether it has become an idol.
00:51:05To you.
00:51:07To you.
00:51:09Oh I wish I had time.
00:51:11Come here Abraham.
00:51:13Yes I blessed you with a son Isaac.
00:51:15And yes that gift of a son.
00:51:17Was a fulfillment of the promise that I gave you.
00:51:19But watch this.
00:51:21I want to make sure that that son Isaac.
00:51:23Doesn't become an idol to you Abraham.
00:51:25I want to know if I ask you to lay it down.
00:51:27Would you still lay it down.
00:51:29Oh I know some of y'all thought this was just for mamas.
00:51:31No I'm talking about your job.
00:51:33I'm talking about the thing that you have nursed.
00:51:35That you care about so much.
00:51:37Every so often God will wonder.
00:51:39Can you let it go?
00:51:41If I ask you.
00:51:43Can you give it up?
00:51:45And this mama said.
00:51:47I'll give it up.
00:51:49And as she let go.
00:51:51She ended up getting the child.
00:51:53Solomon goes.
00:51:55Oh.
00:51:57I know who the mother is.
00:51:59It's the one.
00:52:01That was willing to let it go.
00:52:03It's the one.
00:52:05That had so much compassion.
00:52:07For her child.
00:52:09That's who the mother is.
00:52:11Wait a minute.
00:52:13She walked in the king's court.
00:52:15A prostitute.
00:52:21But when the king.
00:52:23Exercised his wisdom and his discernment.
00:52:25He did not say this prostitute.
00:52:27That's her child.
00:52:29This is the mother.
00:52:31I'm giving you a new name.
00:52:33I want to thank God.
00:52:35That when I get in the presence of the king.
00:52:37He gives me a brand new name.
00:52:39You can talk about me all you want.
00:52:41I know you know my past.
00:52:43But I'm in the presence of the king.
00:52:45And I'm thankful that he'll give me a new name.
00:52:47I'm not what I did.
00:52:49I'm not what I deserve.
00:52:51I am a child of God.
00:52:53She's the mother.
00:52:55She is the mother.
00:52:57She is the mother.
00:52:59She was willing to let it go.
00:53:01She was willing to let it go.
00:53:05I would rather.
00:53:07Endure the pain myself.
00:53:09Than to let my child.
00:53:11Experience the pain.
00:53:13That was first kings.
00:53:15Three what?
00:53:17Three what?
00:53:19First kings 316.
00:53:21Where have I seen this sacrificial.
00:53:23Love before.
00:53:25Where have I seen a love.
00:53:27That says I would rather be torn.
00:53:29Into on a cross.
00:53:31Than to have my children.
00:53:33Experience the pain.
00:53:35I wonder if the reason.
00:53:37Two prostitutes can come.
00:53:39Into the king's room.
00:53:41In first kings 316.
00:53:43Is because of first john 316.
00:53:45That says this is how.
00:53:47We know what love is.
00:53:49Jesus Christ laid down.
00:53:51His life for us.
00:53:53I wish I could get.
00:53:55A praise from the whosoever.
00:53:57I wish somebody would.
00:53:59Give him thanks for his grace.
00:54:01For his mercy.
00:54:03That says I still can.
00:54:05Come to the throne room.
00:54:15This is the character.
00:54:17This is the character.
00:54:19Of our great God.
00:54:21These two mothers.
00:54:23Show two mindsets.
00:54:25Two ways you can live life.
00:54:27You can live life bitter.
00:54:29I'm not saying.
00:54:31That what you went through.
00:54:33Wasn't painful.
00:54:35It was painful for her.
00:54:37To lose her child.
00:54:39Are you going to live life bitter.
00:54:41Going around saying.
00:54:43If I can't get my joy.
00:54:45Nobody else can.
00:54:47Are you going to live life.
00:54:49I'd much rather.
00:54:51Have others.
00:54:53Experience the joy.
00:54:55And me.
00:54:57Experience the pain.
00:54:59I would rather.
00:55:01Live selflessly.
00:55:05I'm going to ask every head.
00:55:07Be bowed and eyes be closed.
00:55:09All over this place today.
00:55:11Father I thank you.
00:55:13For your word.
00:55:15Father.
00:55:17I'm praying for my brother.
00:55:19I'm praying for my sister today.
00:55:21Because.
00:55:23Some of them are in a custody battle.
00:55:27Some are literally in one.
00:55:31Others are in one.
00:55:33Because there's something.
00:55:35That they want to hold on to.
00:55:37So bad.
00:55:41Lord today is the day.
00:55:43For you to open up their eyes.
00:55:45To see that everything.
00:55:47That we have you own.
00:55:49We are the owners.
00:55:51Of nothing but the stewards.
00:55:53Of everything.
00:55:55Father I'm praying for the person.
00:55:57Who has gone through.
00:55:59So much pain.
00:56:01They've gone through loss.
00:56:05Lord the enemy got them.
00:56:07At a vulnerable moment.
00:56:09They twisted and contorted.
00:56:11And it's become bitterness.
00:56:15Now they don't want anybody else.
00:56:17To experience.
00:56:19What they don't have.
00:56:21Father would you breathe life.
00:56:23Into those hearts today.
00:56:27To trust you again.
00:56:29To know that in spite of the loss.
00:56:31You are still close.
00:56:35Lord let us live our lives.
00:56:37With open hand.
00:56:39Lord let us show your character.
00:56:41That is exhibited in this mother.
00:56:45Says I want the best interest of my child.
00:56:47Even if it cost me.
00:56:49And God I thank you.
00:56:51That you are so faithful.
00:56:53And you have so set up your kingdom.
00:56:55That anything we let go of.
00:56:57It comes back to us.
00:57:01I pray that for my brother.
00:57:03I pray that for my sister today.
00:57:05Especially over your daughters.
00:57:09Heads are bowed.
00:57:11Eyes are closed today.
00:57:13I want to pray for the person.
00:57:19You need to surrender your life.
00:57:21To this king.
00:57:25That's the first step.
00:57:27First step is to realize.
00:57:29That you don't have custody.
00:57:31Of your life.
00:57:33There's a God who gave it to you.
00:57:35And he wants you to surrender it.
00:57:37If that's you.
00:57:39I want to give you an opportunity.
00:57:41Today.
00:57:43Say Lord I'm coming home.
00:57:45We say it all the time here at social.
00:57:47You can always come home.
00:57:49So with heads bowed and eyes closed.
00:57:51Today.
00:57:53I need to surrender my life.
00:57:55To this savior.
00:57:57I'm tired of trying to have custody.
00:57:59Over my own life.
00:58:01I need him.
00:58:03Tired of making dumb decisions.
00:58:05I need his wisdom.
00:58:07For my life.
00:58:09If that's you.
00:58:11Would you just lift up your hand.
00:58:13High enough and long enough today.
00:58:15To say today's the day.
00:58:17I'm coming home.
00:58:19I'm giving him my life.
00:58:21Thank you Jesus.
00:58:23Thank you God.
00:58:25Thank you.
00:58:27Thank you God.
00:58:29Heads are going up all over this place today.
00:58:31Thank you Jesus.
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01:01:03Thank you for your compassion.
01:01:05Thank you for your patience.
01:01:09Thank you for your patience with us Lord.
01:01:15When my Mother and my Father forsake me God.
01:01:17You are my Mother.
01:01:19You are my Father.
01:01:21at this altar with your love, your steadfast love, your love that never
01:01:28quits, your love that never gives up, your love that is like a love of a mama who
01:01:34says, this is my baby, I can't quit, I can't give up. Father, thank you for it today.
01:01:39Heal hearts today, mend hearts today, God.
01:01:45We can't change the past, but God, I thank you, you can redeem everything. You can
01:01:51redeem it, God. In Jesus' name. Anybody else? Anybody else? Thank you, God. Thank you, God.
01:02:04Thank you, Father.
01:02:07Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Come on, I just believe right here in his presence, healing is happening. Come on.
01:02:20Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Father.
01:02:28Thank you, God. I give it to you, God. Thank you, God. Come on, just lift up your hands in his
01:02:41presence. I'm telling you, give up the battle. Whatever it is he's telling you
01:02:44to give up right now. He says today, give it to me, give it to me. God, we don't want to
01:02:50hold it anymore, God. Come on, make it your declaration. My life is not my own.
01:03:09Come on, as you give it to him, he's filling you up today. Come on.
01:03:21I give myself, I give myself to you. Come on, let's declare it, I give myself. I give myself away.
01:03:34I give myself away so you can use me. I give myself away.
01:03:47Oh, God, I give myself away so you can use me.
01:03:59I surrender all. I surrender all to be my blessed Savior. I surrender all.
01:04:28Come on, declare that I surrender.
01:04:30I surrender all. I surrender all to be my blessed Savior.
01:04:53I surrender all.
01:04:58Thank you, Father.
01:05:01Father, today, our hands are lifted because we're giving up the fight.
01:05:09God, we are yours, so we surrender all that we are to you.
01:05:17Father, I thank you that you're the only person, you are the only one that can take us captive and set us free at the same time.
01:05:29So, Father, I speak freedom over your people today. Freedom from the chains and the pain of our past.
01:05:37Freedom from the negative thoughts that make us think we can't be loved or have hope.
01:05:42Freedom from the anxiety. Freedom from the depression, God.
01:05:47Thank you, God, that your captivity gives us freedom, so we gladly surrender to you.
01:05:54Thank you, God. You were torn in two, so we don't have to be.
01:06:02Thank you for your compassion. All that we are is yours.
01:06:09In Jesus' name.
01:06:12Father, I'm praying for the person today who feels like they've lost so much.
01:06:17Thank you that your grace fills in the gaps.
01:06:22Father, thank you for a community where spiritual mothers and spiritual fathers fill in the gaps.
01:06:28God, for earthly mothers and earthly fathers who weren't there.
01:06:32God, thank you that you're using the church body to heal pain and wounds of our past, that we belong to the family of God.
01:06:43Do it in this house. In Jesus' name.
01:06:48Can you pray this prayer with me, especially those of you who responded saying today's the day I need to give him my life.
01:06:53Would you pray this prayer? I'm going to give you the words, but you say it.
01:06:57Say, dear Jesus, I need you.
01:07:02I can't do life without you. You are my life.
01:07:09So Lord, today I give up the fight.
01:07:14I own nothing. I am the steward of everything.
01:07:20Jesus, thank you for living the life that I was supposed to live.
01:07:26Thank you for dying the death that I was supposed to die.
01:07:32You took my place. So my response is to give you everything.
01:07:40From this moment forward, I'm walking with you. In Jesus' name. Amen.