Amen and amen and amen.

Hey church, would you join me in just saying thank you to all the men and women that serve in our kids and students ministries that join us to raise up that one more generation.

Praise God, praise God, thank you.

And a bunch of them can't hear it because they're serving right now.

So when you go pick up your kids, would you please say thank you to the people that serve and volunteer? And when you drop off your kids on Tuesdays or Wednesday nights or whenever you do, please say thank you to those people. And if you were not serving in an area, an incredible area of impact would be for you to pray about serving in our kids and student ministry. All right. If you got your Bible, then you better going to start out in 1st Corinthians 16 for a minute, then we're going to back up a few pages to 1 Corinthians chapter 13. We are going to talk about love. This whole series, we have been doing a deep dive in 1st, Corinthians, chapter 16, versus 13 and 14. Hopefully you know it well. So be watchful, stay firm in the faith,

act like men, be strong, let all that you do be done in love. Now, I'm going to make a confession

to you this week. This week is a little different, okay? Up to this point, I have felt very

confident in my preaching about what I'm talking about here. Because when I look at these imperatives of what the Apostle Paul carried along by the Holy Spirit tells us to do and be as men, I'm going to be honest. I feel pretty good about it with the help of the Holy Spirit and a lot of sanctification and grace in my life. But I am watchful. I am on watch for my family. I am on

guard. I know the schemes of the enemy. I know he's trying to take them out and I stand at the

door like a strong man willing to protect his palace and I know how to keep things safe. Check.

Feel pretty good about that. I know how to stand firm in the faith. That means to fight.

That on a daily basis I put on the armor of God,

and on behalf of those people that I love,

my family and this church,

I fight the devil of hell all the time.

I've told you, I want to be like when the sons of Skeva

tried to cast that demon out.

If you don't remember this, they say, In the sons of Sceiva tried to cast that demon out. If you remember this,

they say, in the name of Jesus, who Paul preaches, come out. And they say, Jesus, we know, Paul, we've heard of, but who are you? I kind of want to be in that Paul category. That every week, when I wake up in the morning, hell trembles a little bit because they got to deal with me, right? C.S. Lewis says when I die, I won't hell to throw a party because they ain't going to mess with me anymore.

So I feel pretty good about that. I go to war. The Bible says, act like men. I am a man. I am a man. I told you I drive a truck and have guns and hunt and wear a camo. that doesn't make me a man, makes me awesome, all right? But I am trying to be the kind of man God has called me to be.

Feel good about that.

Be strong. have guns and hunt and wear a camo, that doesn't make me a man. Makes me awesome, all right.

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