Good afternoon, everyone. I feel like I don't know very many of you, though. I do see some familiar faces I'm sure you are here in interest of Thinking about the growth of the church I know that's the theme of the whole Kingdom Fellowship weekend is our local churches growing and flourishing and So I think that that these topics we've heard today are a good foundation for that I've titled this just slightly different than what it is on your brochure God's equipment for building his church and we are going to talk about reaching out as far as making Disciples of all nations, but we're also going to think about some of the internal Discipleship and building of the church as well if you have Bibles you can turn to the book of Ephesians chapter 4 We're going to use that for our text here Ephesians 4 and verse 11 and I might just start actually in the beginning of this chapter. I'm going to read it rather slowly so we can try to catch What what Paul is saying here? I've I therefore a prisoner for the Lord and I'm reading from the ESV version by the way Urged you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called with all humility and gentleness and patience Bearing with one another in love Eager to maintain the unity of the spirit and the bond of peace There is one body and one spirit just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call one Lord One faith one baptism One God and Father of all who is overall and through all and in all And that's kind of the basis of our unity here this morning, right? I you're probably from all over the country and different churches and backgrounds But we all serve the same Lord and we have the same gospel. We have the same Holy Spirit and that's what unites us here, right? And and verse 7 says but grace was given to each one of us According to the measure of Christ's gift and that's part of our reason for coming together today, too, right? So we experienced this in a local body. We experienced the different gifts But I hope that this weekend You can you can also receive gifts from other people and learn from other groups and other people Who are who are also serving the Lord in in their communities, right? There's so much we can learn from each other and inspiration we can gain from each other Because he has given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift verse 8 Therefore it says when he ascended on high He led a host of captives and he gave gifts to men and saying he ascended what does it mean? But that he also descended into the lower regions the earth He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens that he might fill all things and Here's the verses we want to kind of look at today And he gave the apostles the prophets the evangelists the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry For building up the body of Christ and let's just pause a little bit the word ministry Sometimes we use that word ministry at least we have in our background to refer to the ministers of the church, but this is talking about Services the the work of serving in the church and in the community So he's equipped the saints for the work of service And I'll kind of maybe use that word a little more than ministry this afternoon for building up the body of Christ Here's the internal part and We're gonna see today how the internal building up is also what actually helps us to spread out Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God to mature Manhood to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ So this weekend we're talking about the growth of the church This is the goal of growth that we might all come up to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ So that we may no longer be children Tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine And I don't know where you're at today in your journey We're all in a journey at some point and they're probably in every single one of us There's been a time where there was a lot of questions There's a lot of winds of doctrine a lot of things that were just grappling within our minds What's the next step for me? What does God want for me and you know what God has given in the church? The answers to all these questions He has equipped the minute equipped us with all these things to bring us through that So we don't have to be blown around with every wind by human conning by craftiness and deceitful schemes Rather by speaking the truth in love We are to grow up in every way into him who is the head into Christ From whom the whole body joined and held together by every joint With which it is equipped and the ESV we have that word equipped the second time So God gives every single joint in the body for the purpose of equipping it when each part is working properly Making the makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love So this this weekend we're talking about growing the church and the church flourishing and I want to kind of focus today on this thing of Every single part has to be working every single part has to be in working Synergistically with each other so that there can be this growth. It says to grow or to build itself up in love This is kind of something that happens from the inside out like this is a living organism That's that needs to prosper from the inside out just kind of like your body right your body has the ability to Detox itself it has the ability to get rid of things that shouldn't be there if you feed it correctly We know the opposite is also true if you don't take care of your body It quickly degenerates and I think the same thing happens in the church God has given us all things that pertain to life in godliness Do we believe that he has given us everything that pertains to life in godliness so that From within it can just grow and it can flourish Now I like to just take a step back and look at the big picture You know, it's kind of like an artist when he's painting a picture He's got his nose right up close to the picture and he's looking at all the little details with a small brush but every once in a while he backs up and he looks at the big picture to see where he's at and I think it's important to do that every once in a while and let's just look in the book of Isaiah chapter 2 and Let's look at the picture that God wants of his church of his people It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be Established as the highest of the mountains and shall be lifted up above the hills and what all the nations shall flow to it and Many people shall come and say come. Let us go to the mountain of the Lord To the house of the God of Jacob that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths For out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem That's God's plan, you know, and I think one of the brothers mentioned here this morning Sometimes we kind of lose our vision, but it's important to remember that God has this bigger picture. That's much bigger than myself It's much bigger than just my local church. It's even much bigger than just the people that are gathering here He has a he has a plan that his kingdom would spread throughout the whole world and Then in Isaiah 54 Sing a barren one who did not bear break forth into singing and cry aloud You who have not been in labor for the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married Says the Lord, and I don't I'm not a prophecy student necessarily But I think he's referring to our time today when the Gentiles in the world are going to receive the gospel. I Think God wanted to do this in Israel. I think he wanted Israel to be that model He wanted Israel to to take the gospel to the whole world and if you remember how it when they traveled from Egypt where they went through the Red Sea and as they were traveling But it seemed like the whole world found out the wonderful things that God was doing for them how he brought them out of Egypt I imagine if that would have been like national news at that time or world news that these headlines were popping up, you know Israel escapes Egypt and everyone is like wow how did they do that like there's no way and yet they did and then then there's news that Pharaoh chased them and Then there's news that they're trapped But that the Red Sea opened up and they went through and there's news that Pharaoh has been destroyed in his armies and And I think this was it apparently spread because what happened when they came to Jericho Do you know what Rahab said to the to the spies like we've heard everything that happened and we are so afraid are like we are Hurst just melted like we are afraid of your God your God is the real God So you know what there's a couple places that I think it's in Isaiah where he says that God has given His people as a light to the nations as a light to the Gentiles and we read all these old testament stories about them Going to war and destroying their enemies But I think the underneath all of that God's first purpose was to actually bring the whole world into his nation And then we have different responses to that the Philistines for example, they heard the same news I'm sure but they were brazen Goliath says who's who are you who's your God that I should listen to him I defy the armies of the living God and so many people did that and then we have of course God telling them to destroy Some of those nations alright in Isaiah 54 we were reading those verses about the barren woman This is the next verse enlarge the place of your tent and let the curtains of your habitation be stretched out Do not hold back lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes So now that we have the big picture what God wants to do He wants his kingdom to go into all parts of the world He is telling us to do something. He's telling us to enlarge the place or the space and This picture of a tent that is just a crude picture here to get our minds thinking about the tent But he wants us to look around and and think about the needs over here and the needs over here and the people in our Backyards and the people in our front yards and the people in our neighboring cities and neighboring countries And he wants us to think about how we can make a place for these people Enlarge the space and then let the curtains of your habitations be stretched And so we have people who have visions to go into all the world and they're taking the gospel in various ways People go into China carrying Bibles people go into unreached people groups They learn they're learning the languages and all these I think are excuse me are ways that people are stretching out the tent and then he says do not hold back and I think here he's saying that I think he understands that it's easy for us to kind of shrink back from this big picture and Say, I don't know. I just feel intimidated about this. Like this is too big for me Like I don't have what it takes to win the whole world Don't hold back and Paul told Timothy about his spiritual gift like he tells him to To stir up the gift within him. I'm not sure if it's in that same Context there, but he says God has not given us the spirit of fear But of the spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind So when you feel that that Fear coming you feel that sense of inadequacy or you feel just intimidated Paul says that's not from God That's not from God. God has given equipped his church with everything it needs to do this big thing To bring all the nations into the kingdom. He has equipped us to do that. And so when we feel like I Can't do this. I'm intimidated remember. That's not from God Lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes Now you think about the stakes the stakes are doing a little bit something different than what the tent is the tent is Opened up. It's spreading out. It's trying to get the people out there and it's trying to get the people over here It's not like the Israelite Tabernacle that had specific measurements this wide this tall that that long the tent today is The church and this is saying there's no limit. It is a growing tent It needs to expand and somebody needs to stretch it But then somebody also needs to strengthen the stakes. What are the stakes for? Well, we know what happens when it gets windy and you have a tent right if you have no stakes and no strings The wind will just pick that up and just blow it away and we read here in Ephesians chapter 4 about the winds of doctrine That can just and the waves that can that can just demolish us And so we have these stakes that we drive into the ground that could be our Discipleship that can be our character building that could be our doctrines. We dig into the word We look for these anchors so that as we spread the tent as we Incorporate the nations of the world. We have an anchoring point so that we're not swept away And I can guarantee you if we don't have that that's exactly what will happen. We see that happen so many times Revivalist movements have happened in history many many times and where are many of those today? Too many times there were not people that came along and did the hard work of driving the stakes and doing the discipleship in Zechariah 2 verse 1 through 4 I Lifted up my eyes and saw and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand a Man with a tape measure or a rolling tape measure and then I then I said where are you going? And he said to me to measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length and Behold the angel who talked with me came forward and another angel came forward to meet him and said to him run say to that young man Jerusalem shall be inhabited as Villages without walls because of the multitude of people and livestock in it. I like that picture This tent is expanding. There's no walls. There's no Parameters to that it can grow until it goes to the ends of the earth and Christ has come and in Matthew he says I will build my church and The gates of hell shall not prevail against it I think the gates of hell there are is those winds we were talking about like the devil is not happy with what's going on He's not happy with this tent being expanded and he's going to blow hard and he's going to try to make this thing collapse But Jesus said the gates of hell should not prevail against it and when a church fails It's not because Christ has failed not because his plan has failed because I believe that he has given us all the equipment Necessary to build and to expand and to keep it from blowing over We get to be part of this big plan and large the space stretch out the curtain Don't hold back lengthen the cords and strengthen the stakes Our commission in Matthew chapter 28 and Jesus said to them all authority and heaven and on earth has been given to me Jesus knew this big picture. Jesus saw this go therefore and make disciples of all nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son of the Holy Spirit Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you and behold. I am with you always to the end of the age All right, just a little exercise to help us Maybe stay awake. What are some verbs you see here to us commands first one? Go next one make disciples Baptizing and then teaching them right, those are specific commands that he gives us as as churches as believers and he has equipped us to do that in 1786 We have a man by the name of William Kerry You've probably read about him. He was a shoemaker who was burdened by the needs of the world And he stood around a council of representatives at the ministerial meeting in Northampton and he explained his burden to share the gospel and He was rebuked, but he was rebuked by the eminent Dr. Rylan who said to him Young man sit down when God pleases to convert the heathen He will do it without your aid or mine Ignoring their advice Kerry followed his heart and the Bible and the rest as they say his history William Kerry has been called the father of modern missions He initiated the modern missionary movement as we know it and of course we heard this earlier today about the Anabaptists and their zeal And there have been many groups of people who have had this kind of zeal And I just share that story to tell us that Depending where you are today, and if you're in a group that doesn't have a vision to reach the world Don't let that stop you from Sharing the gospel and reaching people around you William Kerry has also have known to set have said this Expect great things from God and attempt great things for God Now we read those verses back there in Isaiah. We already know God wants to do great things We can expect him to do great things now attempt to do great things for God don't hold back and now If we as churches are not Seeing this need to commission people to send people We can expect there's going to be omission of obedience to Christ's command Because here's what happens when you have no commission somebody has said there's there's a There's four four people There's when they're coming it's time to do a job. There's always four people. There's everybody anybody somebody and nobody and Everybody thinks that somebody is going to do the job and they and somebody thinks that anybody can do the job But guess who does it nobody does it see when there's not a delegation of responsibility and we don't commission people We don't recognize gifts in the church and commission people There is going to be omission of the commands of obedience to the commands of Christ and in Romans 10 here How will they call on him on whom they have not believed and how are they to believe in him on whom they have not heard And how are they to hear without someone preaching and how are they to preach? Unless they are what sent So we need people going but we also need people sending we need people that have a vision to send and we have Lots of young people we have people with a lot of energy and these people are looking for things to do and we as churches need to be aware of Their gifts and and help them Understand their gifts and be willing to commission them to do things to serve to serve in the church and in the community And like I said when we don't do that nothing happens nobody tends to do it right? We think somebody else will do it or anybody can do it So here's what we can do in our local churches of some practical things Identify the gifts in your local fellowship that I miss a slide Right. I'm not sure what I did. I'm jumping ahead. I want to get this one first Delegate responsibility. You are not meant to do it all and I don't know how many church leaders we have here or fathers We have here with young people, but I would just like to say this. I Don't care how big your church is Delegate responsibility. You were not meant to do it all and what this happens time and time again churches get bigger Converts come in discipleship is needed Ministering of the word is needed Outreach is needed and we only have the fathers doing this or the ministers doing this You are going to burn out and it's time that we understand that there are gifts in the church that need to be Commissioned and need to be blessed. Maybe we need to lay hands on people and just say look you've got the gift of evangelism Go do it our church wants to bless you in this and the apostles did that in Acts chapter 6 They were getting busy and I can imagine I know what it's like to be busy as a minister Time studying time preaching and yet there's needs that need to be addressed and somehow it all comes back to you But it doesn't need to all come back to you You can delegate responsibilities and that's exactly what the Apostles did in Acts chapter 6 The 12 some of the full number of the disciples and said it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God To serve tables Therefore brothers pick out from among you seven men of good report full of the spirit of wisdom whom we will appoint to this duty That doesn't mean they were going to sit back and do nothing Sometimes we get that idea that the people that are out in the field working and the people out in the front lines Are all the ones doing the work and everybody else is just on the back line But that's not necessary the case it shouldn't be the case because here's what they were doing We will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word So I think we have a nice rounded picture here There is work for every single person if you're an older person if you're a mother if you're a father You're if you're an invalid you can pray you can devote yourself to the word There is something that everybody can do and back to this thing about commission and omission if you remember in school studying the active and passive voice anybody remember that Maybe you had a hard time grasping the difference between active and passive voice And if you're a student here and having a hard time, I'm gonna give you a little picture that might help you remember that See in the church there shouldn't be Only a certain group of people that are doing all the work and the rest is passively sitting and Just enjoying the service and then going home and doing nothing. I don't think there should be I think there should be Gifts that all can participate in but here's the difference between the active and the passive voice When a in a well, let me give you the picture There are places all around us called funeral homes and in the funeral home.  He's just laying there not he's doing nothing. He's having the work done to him, but he lays there like this He doesn't do any he's completely passive and then you have the Undertaker and he's doing the work. So that's the difference you have two men One is the active voice and one is the passive voice, right? So students if you're having a hard time with that one in your school work, just remember that the undertaker is doing something he's doing the action and The dead man laying there. He's receiving the action. That's the passive voice And I think it's a w tozer that said we have way too many of those kind of people in our churches They want to be there like this and they might not be sleeping in church and I'm not criticizing anybody that's tired because it's hot And it's late in the afternoon I'm talking about an attitude if your attitude is that you can go to church and be preached to prayed for fed and You can go home and that's all you're gonna do for a Sunday morning. You have missed What church is all about? That's not normal for a Christian church Now we're back to this identify the gifts in your local fellowship All right, so as a brotherhood, we have done this and I'll just put this out for an inspiration If you have never thought about the spiritual gifts in your brotherhood Sit together and just talk about these things talk about what you might see in each other Because it's difficult I believe for one for your for myself at least and I think I've seen this when we work through some of These that most times we personally don't always have a very accurate picture of what our gift might be and Many times by the help of the brothers and discussing these things We can get a little better picture and then here's what we can do. We can bless each other in our gifts we can say brother you've got the gift of teaching and Teach like do this put your heart and soul into that and do that and that's how you bless people in their gift Brother, you've got the gift of evangelism. I see how you so and so in the community God bless you in that and you'd be that evangelist young man We see how you are serving your church and your parents. You're you're you know, you're volunteering you're doing these things Those are the kind of things we should be blessing and you know what those are the kind of things that That reciprocate the more that people do this the more that people Engage themselves The more the church is going to recognize them and the more the church is going to use them So don't think that you can sit back in church and do nothing and sometime down the road God's gonna have a great work for you start with the little that God has given you now And that's how Timothy actually was called in 2nd Timothy 1 6 for this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God which is in you through the laying on in my hands But I'm not the verse I exactly was thinking about but there's a place where he talks about how Timothy this young man Paul saw that this man was beneficial to the church He was doing things in the church and Paul said that's the man that we want and the church took him They brought him probably in the front of the church. They laid their hands on him They prayed for him and blessed him and I would like to see more of that done in our local fellowships valuing and blending differing gifts just a couple thoughts for leaders again and and I have These kind of segregated as leaders and all the church and we've in the past maybe used the terms Leaders and laity and I don't really like that term laity. It kind of sounds like we have people that aren't doing anything I guess it depends what you mean by that, but but we do have different roles in the church We have different functions. We do need leaders, but all of the church Let's start with the leaders focus on the word and prayer which includes teaching Discipleship and commissioning so leaders don't think you're just going to delegate all your responsibility and that sets you free No, no, no, you're going to be spending hours like we heard this morning on your knees hours in the word You're going to be that state that's going to be holding this thing down not you yourself There's going to be of course multiple people doing that but think of yourself as doing that and then we have the church who focuses on creating a culture of service ministry Service to each other service in your communities service abroad wherever that is start right at home Start right with your family start right with your brothers and sisters young people start right with your parents Don't expect to go to the mission field and say God's going to really use me over there to witness to people if you have never done that here at home If you don't know how to have relationships with your family Don't think you're going to do it somewhere else focus on creating a culture of service right where you are God needs your gift and whether the church has laid their hands on you or not. God has commissioned you You need to be active and stir up that gift Leaders be more concerned about the health of the body than your own reputation And I think this happens in places where you have a certain elite group of people who are running the show and everybody else is these Passive people it's all about a show in my mind when I see these kind of things Large groups of people doing nothing and certain people that are always on the stage To me it looks like they're more concerned about their own reputation But you can tell when a leader is genuinely concerned about the health of the body and not just his own Pray that God would give you that Church see your gift as a necessary part of church growth You either work together in synergy or you're a spiritual power sight there's no neutral ground I don't believe and Here's maybe go to the next slide the church is more than the sum total of its parts Now we read in Ephesians there that that the church will build itself up The body will build itself up when every part works like it should So I have never done this test But I've read that if one horse can pull 9,000 pounds and another can pull 8,000 pounds What's the sum 8,000 and 9,000? 17,000 right, but what do you think those two horses together can pull they say they can pull 30,000 pounds I Kind of think it's the same way in the church God has put us together He has fit us together and by the way he says he has framed us God's one of the best framers There is you ever watched a framing he's the best framer.  No, no God has put that zeal in his heart and he might look at you and say brother Like wake up a little bit like come on. There's souls to be saved. No, no. He's doing his part, too He's anchoring. He's into the word bless each other in those gifts and see this as a synergism and Together it is going to be more than the sum total of its parts Whether you have two five or one talents, that's not important the Lord command commended each one for faithfulness not quality of talents and We read that verse there when each part is working properly. It makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love So now to you each individual every single person fan into flame the gift of God within you and Excel in what you're called to do. I want to tell you there's nothing wrong with excelling at something Like sometimes we want to be so humble. We're afraid to like be good at something But if God has given you a gift in a certain area excel at that if you're a teacher excel in that learn how to teach If you're an evangelist learn methods of evangelism if you're into Bible study learn methods of Bible study Don't be proud about it. We we need to be loving you're like Paul says above all seek to love each other But I believe we can do that at the same time excel. It's an excellence. I believe where where Yeah, we can just experience a really a fullness of Christ together What happens when we try to do it all you probably heard this that a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none So if you think you've got to do everything I can tell you you're not going to be succeed in any of them You're going to fail and I think that's that happens to so many leaders. They burn out and they fail Excel in what God has called you to do and the things that God has not given you a gift Delegate to others and bless them and let them run with it Don't be a spiritual parasite we talked about how putting together some of the The gifts that the sum total is more But the exact opposite is also true if you're spiritually idle It's also not without consequence. You actually take away energy from the body Just like cancer takes away energy from a human body, you know cancer is growing too cancer is bodily growth It's rapid growth, but it's growth going wrong and I think When we're not synergistically working together that cancer cell he's taken all the energy from the body He's sapping the body of strength. He's taking blood. He's taking oxygen and what happens It ruins the body and the same thing will happen in the church Don't think that you can be a bench warmer and it doesn't affect everybody else. It will It will have a negative impact on the church Cultivate a culture of service The Republic of Kenya I'm told has a their official motto is something like I wrote it down I'm sure we're had a call to help or call to serve or serve together or poo together something like that and and early on when one of the presidents Let me see if I can find the Where I wrote that down Kenyatta was sworn in as president of the Republic of Kenya on December 12 1964 in a broadcast to the nation he said The Republic is the people and just as I called on you to enter the Republic in the spirit of Hammurambi, Hammurambi was this idea of pulling together So I call you now to enrich the Republic with the spirit of community Commencing with this coming year. Let every man who is educated Teach a man to read and write let every man who is healthy help a man who is sick Let every man who has work and position find some prospect for a man who is unemployed and poor Let service be the inspiration of our future and so our future can be made worthwhile and while I don't know if this man Was a Christian. I think that this kind of is the picture of what the church should look like a culture of service See we are so we have this mentality too many times that I want to go to church I want to be served and we are served. I don't get me wrong. We come and we feed on the word Where we get so many things from coming to a place like this and into your church, but remember Christ said Not to be like the Gentiles and here he says let it not be so among you But whoever would be great among you must be your servant and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all For even the Son of man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many Now here's the secret to all of this you want to be served You want to take something from the church? You can have it all But you know what? I don't think you're gonna get it until you first become a servant to the church and you start serving other people and giving of your abilities and talents and Serving others and then it reciprocates and we get back so much more some people want to be great by making a name for themselves and There's a certain family that had two sons The older said he's gonna make a name for his family and so he turned his face toward parliament and fame The younger decided to give his life to the service of Christ and turned his face toward China and duty He was Hudson Taylor the missionary who died beloved and known on every continent But someone wrote when I looked in the encyclopedia to see what the other son had done. I found these words The brother of Hudson Taylor, that's all there was See just trying to be great or trying to be famous trying to have a reputation isn't gonna get you anywhere Service is going to and it's not that we're trying to be somebody service is going to make you useful in the kingdom of God and to others When each part is working properly the whole body or it makes the whole body grow so that it builds itself up in love And I've read this a few times already now. We might ask this question. Can a person? Be a Christian without the body And I would say that probably yes somebody confined Christ outside of the body now the Anabaptists were Famous for making this statement sometimes that no man is in Christ without his brother But here's what I think they meant I Think fullness of the fullness of Christ that Christ is promised is to his body And if you want to experience all there is of Christ you want to experience all the gifts of Christ because remember You've only been given one or two or three you've been given a select number of gifts But you can experience the fullness of Christ within his body by working synergistically with others In the in our Bibles and our English language the word you is a difficult word to understand whether it's singular or plural Some languages like Spanish. It's easy. They have one word for plural one word for singular It would be helpful if in our English language We would have a word that's plural because if you look in your Bible when it talks about being complete in Christ Being receiving the fullness of Christ. They're all given to you plural and I think there's a reason for that God wants to give a gift to each one individually, but we experience fullness together God has equipped us with all the resources to enlarge his tent some of my favorite verses are in 2nd Corinthians 9 verse 6 through 8 and these verses are Talking about giving maybe money, but I think we can apply them to giving of our lives giving of our service The point is this whoever spares sewingly will also reap sparingly That I read that wrong whoever so sparingly will also reap sparingly So like I said if you're unwilling to give much you're not going to receive much and whoever sows bountifully will also reap Bountifully each one must give as he has decided in his own heart not reluctantly or under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver Now this next verse is one of my favorites because it has some words here that just capitalizing them doesn't do them justice and God is able to make maybe you can say the words together that are capital God is able to make all grace bound to you so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times you may bound in every good work Those are just some quite outstanding words, but that's what God wants to give to us by giving each of you here today Everyone in your church back home Something that you can bring together and work together at synergistically Expect great things from God attempt great things from God William Kerry said And I would just like to close with this prayer for you all and This was the prayer of Jabez, but I want you to think about how We talked about enlarging that tent. This was Jabez's prayer, and I have no idea what time this is Jabez called upon the God of Israel saying oh that you would bless me and Enlarge my border so that your hand might be with me and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring Me pain and God granted what he asked sometimes I tell my children And all their innocence is nothing wrong with this. I say it kind of jokingly. They say very short prayers when they're young Dear God, thank you for this day. Thank you for Dad mom and Jesus name Amen, you know, and there's nothing wrong with that But in my mind, I think you know you could have had so much more if you were to ask for more Jbaz is saying enlarge my tent and this needs to be our prayer We can ask for more God has given us like we said everything we need to enlarge the tent find Find that place in the tent We say this and when I was growing up this benediction was prayed many times and We would stand up and say this the preacher would pray this benediction And of course as young children we would be in a hurry to get out of church So we would stand there listen to this benediction as it's prayed the words would just go in one ear and out the other They were said sometimes very quickly, but never again say this verse Quickly think about what this promise is when we ask big things When we think big things and when we attempt big things It says that he is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think According to the power at work where within us So we have a part to do in this when we work when every joint is working together God will work to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever amen


welcome back to another counter side video. So we have here the update for tomorrow. So this is going to drop on August 25. It's going to drop between seven to nine in the morning. So a two hour update. So as you can see here maintenance time again seven to nine all servers compensation for this update is going to be 300 quarts and 1000 Eternium. So this is actually a big update. Number one. So a left behind alone event starts. So new event episode event missions and event shop. So that's number one. The 100 day celebration event is here as was discussed last week. So the 100 day event mission and event crafting material drops await you. Okay. Number three is the new operator system which everybody has been waiting for. Okay. Everybody's been hyped about the operator system. How are we going to do this? So I already have a guide on the operators. I'll have a more in depth guide on each of the must get operators. I'll do that soon. And also for number six. Sorry. I skipped one. There's a sorry. There's a new normal recruit. So going to be Sigma also confirmed from last week. And there's a new operator recruitment for number five. So I was actually kind of confused with three and five. So again, Sigma will be out. As you all know, she's a mech and I did a preview for her. I'll do a build as well for her. Number six is going to be your recruit 100 day special. 10 free recruits for a day up to 100 free recruits during this event. Okay. So this is going to be exciting especially for free to play players who need a boost in terms of their summons. Then we have also the skins wedding March skins release. So Sigma, Kathy Wade, Mia and Jaolin as also teas last week. Tendency day, 100 day punch in. So it's going to start on August 25 and ending on September 14th. So take note of that guys and be sure to log in every day. Number nine is the new 100 day. Not sure what this is. So 100 coins limited one per day. Open it to get new cut triosca of the next level or rewards of the current level. So this is new. This wasn't teased last week. Number 10 is going to the new 100 day special packages. So it will be available. 11 will be my first operator recruitment package and operator level up boost package. So for those who want to get more operators and number 12, we have new employment contract package, Eternium special package, lifetime contract special package and info special package. Okay. So please refer to the events for more details. I'm actually excited for this event. A lot of us actually have been excited. So expect more content from the warden or from me for the next couple of days regarding this event. Okay. Maintenance compensation will be sent via email. Sorry, via mail. Please check mailbox and claim it within three days. So don't forget to claim it in your inbox. That's it guys. So hopefully tomorrow we get a good, you know, good day for summons, good day for recruits. Wish you all good summons with Sigma and also for your operators, especially for those who want to pull for your operator. Okay, guys. So this is it. So see you guys tomorrow. Hope to be on this as early as possible. And I'll be with you every step of the way. Anyway, guys, for those of you who have stuck this far in this video, please consider subscribing. Also, click that bell icon and consider putting a like to this video. And guys, stay safe. This is the warden and take care. I'm out of here.


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com coming at you with 2019 2020 upper deck the cup hockey six box picker team number 11 big Thanks, everyone right here for getting in on the action really appreciate it This went fast. I feel like we didn't I feel like we only posted this like three or four hours ago Not too long, but but it was selling Faster than hot cakes and you know how fast hot cakes sell now, of course, you know by now I'm working on it folks. I'm working on it, but But my my hockey knowledge is not very strong, so I'm gonna have to rely on My friends in the chat you hockey fan John Q hockey or Jane Q hockey either way Just tell me if I pulled a card or not. Obviously the old-school guys. I kind of know but But I don't know current stars like the hot rookies like who's what which rookies playing well You're gonna need help on that I think I know like the kale in the cars of the world, but Other than that It will need a little helpful hand Yeah, hot cakes are pretty delicious. When's the last time you had a hot cake Michael? I don't know remember. I don't remember the last time I had a hot cake I think I should treat myself to a hot cake this weekend. Where do I get hot cakes? Are hot cakes just a pancake? alright Let's go. We got John DeVaris 181 out of 249 for Toronto I've heard of him Capola. We got 101 out of 249 Jimmy Schulte rookie auto and patch That's for Vegas. That's gonna go to Sean Maddock with the Vegas Golden Knights William you made hot cakes this morning Scotty's in Hermosa Beach has hot cakes any breakfast place has hot cakes the Rex is saying that's a nice patch taro heros for Detroit Nice rookie auto and patch a wrap. That's gonna go to the Red Wings Mike Tower See is this guy pretty good our hot cakes pancakes are they different? What is the difference between hot? There is no difference between hot cakes and pancakes both words describe the popular round flat cakes Cooked on a griddle or inside a skillet There's Victor Olafson three out of 36 right if I hot had hot cakes would they be I Ha Ha There's Victor Olafson That's for Buffalo Sean Maddock. We got Patrick Kane. Yeah What is this? He's number one. Is that what he's saying? Signature renditions But that kind of doesn't look like is he saying number one?  That looks more like a Maybe I would do this This kind of sees like yeah, it looks more like that. Oh and Mike saying this is an update auto from last year Oh, yeah, there it is 1819 cup. That's for Chicago. That's gonna go to Sean Maddock, and here's a fourth round pick. I Gorsher Sturkin You go are going to the Rangers that's 249 that'll be for Adam and New York. Oh Nate was at that draft In Columbus I was box one he's doctor even it's about to go doctor evil on this You think there'll ever be a time where we're Austin powers quotes We'll come back and be be funny again. I Feel like there's just so played out right now that it's I don't think it's ever gonna get like a revival We've got Miro Heiskenin for the stars Maybe oh, maybe they make a new one. Maybe quotes aren't coming back. They're pretty cringy now That's for the stars that'll be for ho sep dr. Evil quotes are you still use all the time by who no one I know Unless it's Rex 144 out of 249 we got Barrett Hayton for Arizona. That's gonna be for Stephen K We've got Elvis Merz Lincoln speaking of Columbus 29 out of 55. I heard he's pretty good. That's a nice overshadow Three color patch and blue ink autograph Going to Jared and the Columbus blue Jack and there's another Victor Olafson Buffalo That goes to Lucas and the Buffalo Sabres I think I said someone else last time Lucas the other one for you too. Obviously you have the Buffalo Sabres Michael P uses Uses a yeah, baby Is that right every time you someone says a million dollars here someone say it like dr. Evil Dear Yikes 26 out of 33 we got a trio of Oilers Leon Drystall Oscar Cluffman and Miko Koskainen Cup trios Going to Edmonton that's gonna be for Sean Maddock and back here is a Canadian Nick Suzuki 240 out of 249 Montreal Sean Maddock with that one as well Yeah, Mike. How you were absolutely. That's a little known fact. Dr. Evil based on Lorne Michaels Everyone knew that there, right? No, no People don't yeah, I think I've heard that too. Yeah that that Mike Myers stole it from Dana Carvey Which made Dana Carvey sad. I think Dana Carvey is mostly sad that that he's not as funny as Mike Myers There's Kerry price to 249 Sorry Dana To bias your foot to 249 I watch some cam we're trying to watch some more Kings games at least try to get more little more hockey knowledge Got a pretty young team might be ahead of schedule. Who's got my Kings? Sean Maddock does That's just that's a scratch on the top load or not the card itself You think Dana Carvey's funnier than Mike Myers So does William. No, I don't think anyone I mean, I guess they could do the catch the big hit express catchphrase 60 out of 99 gear made brie bois for Vancouver that is for Sean Maddock and we've got this thick card right here. Whoa NHL glory Big NHL shield four out of ten and that's Peter Forsberg's autograph. Oh, that's for Colorado Sean with that one. Huh? Everyone's Dana is funnier. There you go. That's for Colorado and Sean. There you go Sean a couple more to go Nice ain't insignia is Cody glass people say he's good too, right Cody glass 10 out of 75 Vegas That's also for Sean. Sean picked them right and we've got a meal Benstrom to 249 three boxes to go we're halfway through this Full case break of the cup hockey Sold fast. Appreciate everybody who got into the action like pants Selling hotter than pancakes We got top Tobias Bjornfoot again to 249 Kings Sean and Alexander Volkov 17 out of 249 nice patch nice auto for a Tampa Bay Steve Birch with the Tampa Bay Lightning endorsement relics Tom Wilson a little bit of a Edge issue there unfortunately, but five out of 50 Endorsement relics and autograph Tom Wilson for the caps to me for Michael P and a dual ink autograph That's Yarmier Jagger and Mario Lemieux. I know these guys It's a day with the cup signature combos for the penguins Travis has the pens nice Blue ink auto as well. That's awesome. I don't I don't think it's numbered. I don't see a number anywhere But there you go Travis Abramson nice hit. That's pretty strong. All right, Cody glass again For the Golden Knights 59 75 That's for Vegas That'll be for Sean and we got Oliver Wallstrom right there. It's a nice dual ink autograph Pretty amazing is Travis even here or maybe Travis was watching probably passed out Fell out of his chair Or he's running around the neighborhood Helicoptering a sweater over his head yelling in the streets What is that? What is it? What do you think that goes for on a secondary market? Unless Travis is a big penguins man that it might not be going anywhere Staying right in his personal collection If someone knows Travis Abramson Give him a call wellness check 141 out 249 for the Red Wings Anthony Mantham Or if you're just rewatching this video right now in the future Hello future Travis Congrats again We got vile Heinola Vile Heinola Vile Heinola. Yeah, I can't be right 203 out of 249 For Winnipeg that's gonna go to Peter and the Jets Doon doon doon doon There's Morgan Frost three color patch out of 49 It's one listed Listed on eBay as about 2,500. I saw that how I will do that later. All right, I'm gonna love a break right now Flyers Ben Smith Interrupting this hot streak. I'm going on the flow. We got Ilya Mikheyev Five out of 75 an undrafted free agent Toronto. That's gonna be for I cupola Morgan Frost nice nice nice one for Ben Smith nice patch there There's Jake Wallman 231 out of 249 for the St. Louis Blues Steve Wright. I Guess that's why they call it the blues Yeah, yeah Andrew also confirming that it's more is one listed on eBay for 2,500. There's Matthew Kachuk Four color patch and autographs 93 out of 99 That'll be for Calgary flames yoga flame Hovsep with that one and the last one good luck Odds the odds for of the odds for that dual auto Andrew is saying is a product is about one out of every 360 boxes Only only one in every 60 cases apparently. That's what it says on the eBay post crazy And we got a handful of cards left. We got see what happens. Maybe All it takes is one In a break like this All right Ryan O'Reilly 237 out of 249 St. Louis Steve Wright with the blues We got McKay of again 246 out of 249. It's a little bit of lettering in there Looks like the maybe the F and the S of Leafs. That's kind of cool. That goes to Toronto That'll be for cupola another rookie auto and patch Jake Gunsell three out of ten another one for the penguins and Travis Few more to go Nico Sturm 31 a someone that was looking for a wild right who needed a Minnesota wild Nick Anderson He's still here. There you go.  We've got more blues Jake Wallman 375 nice ain't insignia's. I like those insignia's there. I guess that's why they call it the blues nice and the last but not least is Some it's Braden point Signature materials for Tampa Bay 35 out of 99 three color patch and Autograph and there you have it ladies and gentlemen another excellent break of the cup hockey in the books Thanks everyone for giving it a shot appreciate everybody who got in Congrats again to those who got some hits For the rest of you We'll get him next time. I'm Joe for just these case breaks calm. Thanks for watching. I'll see you next time for the next one Bye


The British government is lying to you. The British government is pretending that it intends to reduce or prevent illegal immigration. The British government has told you it wants to take back control of our borders. It is lying. Boris Johnson is lying. Pretty Patel is lying. They are putting on a show. This is political theatre. How do I know this? Because what the government says is completely different to what the government does. That's the red flag. Illegal immigration is now at record levels in the UK. 430 migrants came into Britain via the English Channel in one day last week. They arrived while the so-called border force stood by and watched. For the record, the UK border force is supposed to keep illegal immigrants out of the country. But they are not doing a very good job. Meanwhile, the Tory government introduces the Nationality and Borders Bill. This says the government will do the following. Make the system fairer and more effective so that we can better protect and support those in genuine need of asylum. Deter illegal entry into the UK, breaking the business model of criminal trafficking networks and saving lives and removing from the UK those with no right to be here. This is a lie. The government already has several laws on the books that would allow them to control immigration. But they don't use them. The government has no intention of controlling immigration. This latest bill is simply an attempt to look like they intend to control immigration. It's a diversion. The government has the ability to stop this. It chooses not to. Let's not forget that the Tories have been in government since 2010. So what's taking them so long? Why haven't they stopped this already? Once again, they have no intention of stopping it. Until we left the European Union, the Tory government used that as its excuse. When we leave, the EU will take back control, they told us. But British governments have had control of non-European immigration all this time. And yet non-European immigration is and was higher than EU immigration. And furthermore, since Brexit, non-EU immigration has increased. Now why did the government not take control? Why did no British government for years take control? Because they want this immigration. They've wanted it for decades. And they still want it now. To top it off, the Crown Prosecution Service recently announced that it will not prosecute illegal immigrants for breaking immigration law, as if we didn't know that already. Pretty Patel is pretendent to be furious about this. The same Pretty Patel that oversees all this illegal immigration in the first place, it's a stage show, a fuss, none of it is real. So one more time, neither the Tory party nor the Labour Party will ever control or reduce immigration, legal or illegal. They are both fully signed up to the globalist ideal of open borders. They are both ignoring the vast majority of British people who want immigration reduced. They do this because they're not afraid of the British people. They fully expect to be voted back into power regardless of how much they ignore us. Let me be very clear. If you want to stop mass immigration to Britain, if you want Britain to exist as a nation for future generations, you must stop voting Labour and stop voting Tory and start listening to those of us who know the games they are playing. We will stop immigration and we will deport those with no right to be here. That's a promise. Join for Britain.  Thank you for watching. If you agree with what you hear on four Britain videos, remember to like them, share them and subscribe to our channel. And why not follow us on social media as well. The relevant links are below. Thank you.


Sam Walton's rules for building a business. This guy made billions and billions of dollars. In fact, he could have been possibly the wealthiest man on earth if he hadn't have distributed his wealth amongst some of his family members. He created Walmart, which is the huge business in the United States of America. And he wrote this book on his death bed. And it's all his biography about growing up and building Walmart. But in the back of the book, he's got Sam's rules for building a business. And I'm gonna go through them right now. So rule one is commit to your business. Believe in it more than everybody else. I think I overcame every single one of my personal shortcomings by the sheer passion I brought to my work. I don't know if you're born with this kind of passion or if you can learn it, but I do know you need it. If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can. And pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you like a fever. So that's rule one. Rule number two, share your profits with all your associates and treat them as partners.  Remain a corporation and retain control if you like, but behave as a servant leader in a partnership. Encourage your associates to hold a stake in the company, offer discounted stock and grant them stock for their retirement. It's the single best thing we ever did. So there you go. Rule two is share your profits. So if you've got a business, even if it's a small business, you know, maybe put some of your staff on a profit share. Rule three, from Sam Walton from the book Made in America. Motivate your partners. Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Constantly day by day, think of new and more interesting ways to motivate and challenge your partners. Set high goals, encourage competition and then keep score. Make bets with outrageous payoffs. If things get stale, cross pollinate. Have managers switch jobs with one another to stay challenged. Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be. Don't become too predictable. All right, I like that. Rule three, motivate your partners. Rule number four, communicate everything you possibly can to your partners. The more they know, the more they'll understand. The more they understand the more they'll care. Once they care, there's no stopping them. If you don't trust your associates to know what's going on, they'll know you don't really consider them partners. Information is power and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitors. So yeah, a lot of people, a lot of bosses, a lot of owners of businesses don't want to tell their staff or people who work with them, you know, the finances of the company or you know, keep things a secret. When you communicate, you make everyone feel part of the team. Rule five says Sam Walton. Sam Walton who created Walmart. The book is called Made in America. Rule five is appreciate everything your associates do for the business. A paycheck and a stock option will buy one kind of loyalty, but all of us like to be told how much somebody appreciates what we do for them. We like to hear it often and especially when we have done something we're really proud of. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune. All right, let's keep going here. We're up to rule six and there are 10 rules. So we're halfway. Rule six, celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everybody around you will loosen up. Have fun, show enthusiasm, always. What all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song. Then make everybody else sing with you. Don't do a hula on Wall Street, it's been done. Think up your own stunt. All of this is more important and more fun than you think and it really fools the competition. Yeah, so yeah, celebrate your success. Creates great company harmony. All right, rule seven, listen to everyone in your company and figure out ways to get them talking. The folks on the front lines, the ones who actually talk to the customer are the only ones who really know what's going on out there. You'd better find out what they know. This really is what total quality is all about. To push responsibility down in your organization and to force good ideas to bubble up within it, you must listen to what your associates are trying to tell you here. Or what your associates are trying to tell you, I should say, I just threw in the here. All right, that's rule seven, which is listen to everyone in your company. Rule eight, let's go move on to rule eight here. Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want and a little more. Let them know you appreciate them. Make good on all your mistakes and don't make excuses, apologize. Stand behind everything you do. The two most important words I ever wrote were on that first Walmart sign, satisfaction guaranteed. They're still up there and they have made all the difference. I like that. I'm gonna put satisfaction guaranteed up on my Swannies blue light blocking glasses website, swanniesglasses.com. I don't think I have that there. I think I'm gonna put it there. Thank you, Sam Walton for Made in America. Rule nine, control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage. For 25 years running, long before Walmart was known as the nation's biggest retailer, we ranked number one in our industry for the lowest ratio of expenses to sales. You can make a lot of different mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient. So yeah, we all gotta keep our costs low. Even if you're not running a business, keep your expenses down. Like get some of those monthly recurring things down or off or save a little bit of money here and there. Keep your expenses low. Rule 10 and the final one is swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction. But be prepared for a lot of folks to wave you down and tell you you headed the wrong way. I guess in all my years, what I heard more often than anything was a town of less than 50,000 population cannot support a discount store for very long. Which it did because Sam Walton created Walmart. So there you go. Those are some pretty ordinary rules. Some would say even simplistic, these are Sam Walton's words, the hard part, the real challenge is to constantly figure out ways to execute them. You can't just keep doing what works one time because everything around you is always changing.  Now that's advice from probably the most successful businessman in human history, arguably. Google it. You can see how much money he made with Walmart. So even if they do appear or sound a little bit simplistic on the surface, hey, if it makes you billions of dollars, it must be all right, right? So there you go. Check that out. Sam Walton made in America. If you're watching on the YouTube channel, go down below and just click subscribe. If you're listening on the audio channel, please share this with someone, someone who works in business. And yeah, check out this book, Sam Walton Made in America. Should you travel while you are young? The answer is yes, obviously. I'm 41 as I'm recording this and I went traveling for the first time over.