Church, one more time at all of our locations, where we thank my friend Jeff Moore and Mark.

Man, it's really cool for me. As you know, way back in the 1900s, I was a youth pastor.

And I can't tell you the number of times I loaded up an old church van that would break down on the way with a bunch of high school kids.

And we would go, anybody, by the way, any like 90s youth group kids in the house, we still survive and praise God.

Can you believe we're actually believers?

That's why I believe in the sovereignty of God. We would show up to Jeff Moore in the distance

and all those kinds of concerts and now he's right here with us. And if you're new, if this is your

first time here, we're glad you're here. You were here on the third week of a three-week series,

so it's like coming in at the end of the movie,

but let me catch you up real quick.

This series is called The Next Thing,

based on that song that you just heard.

And the next thing might be easy, the next thing might be hard,

but there's wisdom and trusting God and doing the next thing.

And today, in our time together,

we're gonna talk about the hardest next thing ever, today, in our time together, we're going to talk about the hardest next thing

ever, ever, ever. If you've got your Bibles, and I hope you do, go to Matthew chapter 26.

This is one of the heaviest passages in the scriptures. And just for all you regulars here,

I'm going to put this anointing oil right there. So you know how this one's going to end. It's going to be a dozy.

So buckle up buttercup, okay? If you thought you were just going to get a little

encouraging jingle before you go watch the Jags win, then this is going to be a little something

different, all right? Week one, Pastor Adam led us with this in trying to figure out what

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