This is something that’s been weighing on me.

Over the years, I’ve heard sermons that marked my life—
 

messages about Jesus sitting with sinners…
 

messages about Jesus flipping tables…

But here’s what we don’t talk about enough—

Both of those moments happened in the presence of religious people.

In one scene, they criticize Him—
 “Look at Him… eating and drinking with sinners.” (Matthew 9:10–11)

In the other, He walks into the temple—
 

not a bar, not the streets—
 the temple—
 

and finds it turned into a marketplace of empty religion and self-serving systems. (Matthew 21:12–13)

And something in Him turns over.

Because the problem was never the sinners—
 it was the people who thought they didn’t need saving.

So this morning… I’m not coming to impress you.
 I’m not coming polished.

I’m coming burdened… because I’ve got a question sitting in my spirit—

What table are you at?

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Walking in the Spirit is one of the greatest challenges a Christian will ever face.
 Not because it’s confusing… but because it’s a fight.

It’s the struggle of the flesh.
 It’s the struggle of the identity we’ve been called to walk in.

Because the truth is—
 we were never created to live led by the flesh.

We weren’t created by accident.
 We weren’t formed with an unintentional purpose.

We were created to worship a holy, sovereign God—
 a God who, in all of His perfection, still loves us in the middle of our imperfections.

And God did not leave us guessing about how to live:

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John 5:1–9

This morning I want to ask you something serious…

Are you willing?

The Bible says there was a multitude of impotent folk gathered there.

Not important but impotent folk

That wording matters.

Because “impotent” means powerless… ineffective… unable to produce results—whether physically or spiritually.

These were people who were stuck.
 Broken.
 Unable to fix what they were in.

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Mother’s Day is more than flowers and cards—it’s about recognizing a life poured out daily.

A mother’s entire world often revolves around her children. Not just being a parent, but being present. In a distracted world, her presence becomes one of the greatest gifts she can give.

She becomes a strong tower in the home—steady when everything else feels uncertain. When storms hit the family, it’s often mama who stands firm, holding things together when no one else even realizes it’s falling apart.

A mother’s life is filled with constant questions—

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This morning I want to ask you to be patient with me.

The Lord laid this on my heart last Sunday night, and I want to be faithful to what He’s been dealing with me about.

Kerry and I had some fellow firemen and fire ladies over at the house. We were working on the pool, trying to get it finished up, and like always, my phone was hooked to the speaker playing music.

And in the middle of that, a song came on… and I’ll be honest with you—it was disgusting. It was not something that honored the Lord.

I was embarrassed. Not just a little uncomfortable—but ashamed. And of course, they heard it. Nobody was being judgmental, nobody was attacking me, but one of them kind of laughed and said, “Is that the preacher’s after-hours playlist?”

Some of you might chuckle at that, but in that moment it wasn’t funny to me. It was embarrassing—not just for me, but for my wife… and most importantly, for my Savior.

And in that moment, the Lord spoke—not in an audible voice, but in that still, quiet way He deals with the heart.

And He said, “Son… who are you when nobody is around—and does it match who you are when everybody is watching?”

And so this morning, I want to bring that question to you:

Who are you… really?

We want to hear from you.

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Opening:

Many times in life, we find ourselves praying prayers that feel like they only hit the ceiling.
 We run to people… we ask others to pray…

But the truth is—
 we’ve learned how to say prayers…
without ever learning how to live a life of prayer.

There is a difference between speaking words…
 and walking in relationship.

In Mark chapter 5, Jairus shows us what real prayer looks like.

The Bible says he didn’t send a message—
 he came himself.

He didn’t stand at a distance—
 he fell at the feet of Jesus…
 and began to plead.

That’s prayer.

Not polished.
 Not rehearsed.
 Not religious.

We want to hear from you.

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This morning, I didn’t come to entertain you.
 I didn’t come to impress you.
 And I didn’t come to make you feel comfortable.

I came to give you truth.

Before we go any further, I’ve got a question for you:

Do you trust me?
 Do you trust my heart?

Because no matter how you answer that…
 No matter what kind of week you’ve had…
 No matter what you walked in here carrying…

I need your undivided attention today.

Because this is not just another message.
 This is a wake-up call.

We want to hear from you.

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Many of us have burdens.

Many of the burdens we carry are unspoken and unseen. But whatever burden you’re carrying today, I want you to know there is freedom in Jesus’ name.

A young man spent most of his life seeking approval, seeking acceptance, trying to fill a void in his heart. It was in a small church where he encountered freedom.

The evangelist preached from Galatians 6:2, which says,

“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”

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“Easter is the most celebrated day in Christianity…

but also the most misunderstood.

Because we love to talk about the empty tomb…

…but we don’t like to talk about what it took to get there.”

“Before there was a resurrection…there was a cross.

Before there was victory…

there was suffering.

And if we skip the cross…

we cheapen the resurrection.”

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What is it like when our sin is out in front of us? When the weight of our wrong choices, our words, or our inaction presses on our hearts?

There’s a burden, a heaviness, a tension we can’t escape on our own.

Sin is not just a mistake—it’s direct disobedience to God’s Word and God’s will for our lives. And when we try to hide it, justify it, or ignore it, that burden grows heavier.

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