Wow. Okay, in case you were wondering, that was a wow. Dallas, thanks for using that gift, buddy. That's awesome. Wow. How cool is that? Well, I am totally stoked that some of you wore your colors today representing your favorite teams. Let me see if you go right on, right on, right on. Dig it. I love it. I was so so tweaked that it's football season again. And uh yesterday I saw just an incredible example of why I love not only football, but I do love the NFL pulling for the Falcons today, but I love college football. And yesterday was a great example of why I love college football. Because of a decision that was made by a coach. This little bitty school, not little, but it's small comparatively to the big programs, Louisiana Monroe. The you guys go to Louisiana Monroe? That's a the the Warhawks. There you go, the Warhawks. And they were invited. A lot of times you'll see big schools bring in a little school, beat the crud out of them just to warm up their season and then go on. We saw this last week. Some team got beat like 73 to nothing and that. And a lot of schools will do that. Well, Arkansas, big razorback Arkansas, great school. Love Arkansas, but they they say, you know what, we need a warm-up game. So we're gonna bring in Louisiana Monroe to play. Well, somebody forgot to tell the Warhawks that they were the warm-up game. And they were a 30-point underdog. And they came in and just fast forward to the fourth quarter, and the defense for Louisiana Monroe just were just pounding Arkansas all day. Knocked out their quarterback, not because he was hurt, just because he got tired of getting hit a lot. And it was just one of those where it's like, this is unreal. And it comes down to the fourth quarter. And I don't remember the exact details, but I know that they're down. I know that it's the fourth quarter. I know it's less than five minutes to go, and the coach has a decision to make. A decision. We're close enough to try a field goal. That'll put us down, but we can probably get back and we'll see what we can do. But it's fourth and eighteen. Fourth and eighteen. We're in Arkansas. And I've got a chance. We're on their end of the field. I'm going to make a decision. We didn't come this far to settle. We're going for it. And he sends his team on the field and they make the first down. And then they get into it and they run the crazy run and they tie the game up and it goes into overtime. And the defense steps up and they win. They beat Arkansas at Arkansas, a 30-point underdog. But I'm just in that moment of that coach on the sideline and seeing his players pour their hearts out and not only cover the spread but have a chance. And he's like, you know what? I'm going to make the decision to go for it. Win or lose, we're going for it. What a decision. What a decision. That's why I love college football. The decisions and the complexity of during the game, the decisions that are made. And in life, every one of us has decisions like that. There's some people sitting in here today that in life had come to a decision point. And chances are you're not going to know who they are. But every one of us has big decisions at some point in life. There's some that had a decision of going, you know what? I'm going to face this addiction enough. Enough. I'm going to hit it. And they make this life-changing decision to start this long journey to get out of it. And there's several people, and you may have been sitting on a row with one of them that said, you know what, I made that decision. And it's still a daily decision I got to make. But it was a great decision to make. And then there's decisions that are out there that are not ours, that are made that influence us on a daily basis. And we have to decide how to react to their decisions. And I'll give you one of the biggest ones that I've seen in our culture in my lifetime in the past 20 or so years, I've noticed that our media made a decision somewhere. The media made a decision somewhere that we're no longer going to report news and events. What we're going to do is, well, ratings drives everything, and we're going to make money, not just report news, we're going to make money. So we're going to create controversy. That's what sells. And we're not reporting the news anymore, we're creating controversy because we made a decision that ratings were everything, and that's what counts. And that affects us the way we hear it, to a point where chances are you're a lot like me, and every now and then you'll catch something about the news, but you just really tune it out. And I'm going to do this real quick. I didn't plan on this, but how many of you have sat down and watched the 6 o'clock news in the past month? How many have done that? Okay. Less than half. Okay? How many of you, every night of the week, you watch the national news on some channel every night of the week? Okay, probably less than a tenth. Why is that? And there's nothing wrong, good, bad, or otherwise with that. It's just we've decided, you know what? They're not reporting, they're creating that controversy. I'm gonna pull this together with a concept that we have a decision. Last week, this week, and next week, we're talking about our personal decision to see if God really is still in the business of doing and living and working outside the box. Because what happens too often is we'll decide, uh get a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and we kind of get enough of God to put in our box and go, okay, that's good, I'm comfortable with that. But it always brings me back to a great quote from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, a C. S. Lewis book that I love, the Chronicles are Nania. I love this one line in the movie. It's my favorite line where where Aslan, the God figure, the lion, is coming up, and one of the characters goes, Well, is he is he safe? Is he safe? And the the comment back, well, of course he's not safe, but he is good. And that is God. He is not safe, but he is ultimately good. And if you and I will make a decision to say, okay, God, I don't need safe. I want good. I want your good. I want a good that invades my world and changes everything that's not good to be what is good. See, we don't come, and this is what I love about his hands, this is one of my favorite places on the planet to be because it's this setting where look around you. You can look everywhere around you. There is not one perfect person here. Not one. None. Chances are you're sitting on a row with somebody very dysfunctional. There's a really good chance. And we're not ashamed of that because we're in process. We're in process of going, you know what? I'm not perfect, and I know that. And here's the deal, though, I am actually opening up my life and I'm seeking God and the truth so that He can create and make me who He meant for me to be. And we, wherever we start, are in that process. And in that process is where we want to start today and say, okay, what decisions do I have to make to see God work in my life outside the box in that dangerous but good way. Because if you and I really get to the point where we're like, okay, I want to make that decision. I I've maybe you've made that decision where you say, okay, God, I believe you are who you are. You're not a God, you're the God. God, I believe that I'm not perfect. We don't come perfect to you. I believe we come wrecked and sinners and screwed up, and Jesus really died, did die on a cross to pay for that so I could know you. And maybe you've come to that point, but maybe it's time where we say, I want to decide to see God outside my box, even the box that I know him in. I want to see him in a whole new way, in a radical way that he can change everything with me, to me, and through me. If we're gonna do that, we have some fundamental decisions to make. And it there's a really cool story in the book of judges of all places. Judges about a woman who God decided to use in a way that she says, you know what, God, I'm tired of seeing Israel falter and fail. I want to see you move outside the box. Her name is Deborah. I was just introduced to Deborah a few months ago. I'd read it before, but never to the detail that I saw it. And she is involved in some key decisions. Now, the book of Judges, it's towards the front, could very easily more accurately be called the book of leaders. And she was an unbelievable leader. And one of the first decisions we have to make, if you want to follow along with me, in chapter four, in verse one, it gives a quick background and kind of the setting for where we are. And that is what Israel, there's a representation of who we are is. And I love the names in here. If I mispronounce them and you know that I've mispronounced them, you're way too far beyond where I need to be. So in verse one, after Ehud, I love that name. I'm thinking if I have another child, I'm naming him Ehud. After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Basically, evil in the eyes of the Lord. So they straight away, they started literally saying, you know what, we're comfortable with God, but you know what, there's some other gods, and you know what, we're gonna follow these other gods too, and everything's okay, and everything's evil, everything's okay, everything's good and evil, there's no right, there's no wrong, and they just drifted away. And that was evil in the eyes of God. And then skip down to verse 3. So here's what happens they're just totally left to themselves. Because he had, and and they're left to be in captivity, because he had 900 iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for 20 years, they cried out to the Lord for help. Now, I don't know what causes you to cry out to God, but every one of us have a decision to make. God, am I gonna sit and am I going to define what is good, bad, otherwise in life? Or am I gonna start getting honest with myself and say, God, I don't know. I don't know the best for this life, I don't know what's best for my life, I don't know, but I know where I am is not where I want to be. And then we face the reality that there's a lot of odds against us. In these guys' case, it was 900 iron chariots. If you want to put it in modern terms, these guys had 900 stealth fighters, and we got bows and arrows, and that's just really not gonna work. So they are oppressed. So they make a decision. You know what? We're to the point where I need to see the dangerous good God move. I need to see it. And that decision is to say, I'm gonna decide to commit to God. I'm gonna commit to God. But we've got to understand a couple simple foundational pieces. In Matthew chapter 22, verses 37 and 39, it's a very foundational piece. What does it mean to commit to God? Well, love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbors yourself. That's the foundation. Jesus wrapped it up. See, because in our world, Jesus also said, Hey, in this world, they hate me. They hate me. And they're gonna hate you when you make that decision. Be ready for it. What they're gonna say is they're gonna, well, you you're you're terrible. We hate you. And he's like, you know what? All I've done is love. All I've done is love. And and in our society, we'll say, well, well, you define love your way, I'll define it my way. No, no, I don't define love at all. I let God define love. And if we will gently, respectfully, lovingly say, hey, I trust this book because it's God's word. I'm gonna trust him over me and what I feel and think. I'm completely, I've decided to commit to God, not what I am. Realize that when we do that, it's gonna be met with opposition. I was at my grandmother's funeral, my grandmother's funeral. And my uncle at the time. I'll call him Dale, because that was his name. And Dale, Dale said, Hey, can I talk to you? And this has been a few years ago. I said, sure. He says, Can we go for a walk? I'm like, yes, we're at kind of the, I guess what's known as the wake, where we're there, the funeral's the next day, and there's a lot of food and family. I'm having a actually just really loving getting to see my relatives. They're all from Montana and we're this little small town up there. My uncle, we start walking. I said, How are you guys doing? It's so great to see you. And he goes, Yeah. He says, Why do you hate us? What? What do I what? He goes, Why do you hate us? I'm like, I said, Uncle Dale, I am so sorry. Why do you think I hate you? I don't hate you. I love you guys. And he goes, No, no, no, I guess not. Why do you hate uh me, but why do you hate us? I'm like, Dale, I'm sorry, I'm not following you here. Help me out. He goes, why do Protestants hate Mormons? Wow. Okay. So that is the core. Why do you hate us? And I said, Dale, I I don't hate anybody at all. And he just started in this litany of, well, we believe this and this and this, we believe only this, and we believe that. And he just goes off in this litany. I said, Dale, Dale, I'm not, I'm not your debater. I love you. And and I love my whole family. And I know God is very simple and clear, or I wouldn't be able to figure it out. I said, Dale, I believe the Bible. We believe that too, but we only believe this. It just went off. I'm like, okay, okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop arguing. That's not my part. Here's my deal. I'm committed to this. I know it's true. I don't know it all, but I know it's true. And I know enough to know that God said, This is my word, and it's applicable for everything, and this is what I trust. You can applaud that. That's awesome. And he said, Yeah, but, and then he goes into another litany. And I said, Dale, I'm I'm not gonna argue with you. That's not my part. I said, Here's what I know. I know that if you will stand with this word and you'll say, God, show me your truth, and you ask questions and you seek his answers in this book, he says very clearly in Matthew, if you seek, you will find. If you ask, it will be answered. And if you knock, I will open the door. That's what he promises. And what we have to realize as believers, ours is not the job to convict people or convince people. That is not our job. And if I want to see God move in this amazing way, I have to step back and go, that's not my part. My part? Love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. That's my job. That's what I do. And as I seek and love Him, then I love my neighbors as He loves me and loves them. He's gonna love them through me. I love this. He says, because if I love God with all, then how do I have anything left to love my neighbors? Unless loving them is part of loving God and loving them the way He sets it up. And people will go, well, you your love is your love is hate. You don't love because you hate. And I'm like, no, I love the way God says to love. Well, that's your definition. I'm like, no, that's God's definition. And I'm not here to argue I'm here to love. What do I do? And it becomes this reality that it's something more. Our first decision is to commit to God. Our second is to commit to one another. Commit to one another. Look at this wonderful part in chapter four of Judges. And here's what's happened. Deborah says, hey, God has shown me what's going to happen. You're going to lead the armies. I'm going to draw the 900 chariots. God's going to do something crazy with water and clouds, and it's going to be amazing, and you're going to take them out. So she calls Barak. Barak is the head of it all, and he goes, No. She goes, What do you mean, no? Here's the way it's going to work. He goes, No, I'm not going to do that unless you go with me. And see, here's the real key. The decision we have to make is to commit to one another. Commit to one another in the process. Look at verses 8 through 10. And if you're a studier of the verse, of the word, I want to encourage you, underline the word with every place that appears in these next three verses. Barak said to her, If you go with me, I will go. But if you do not go with me, I won't go. Deborah says, Very well, I will go with you. But because of the way you are going about this, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will hand Sisera over to a woman. So the Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh, where he summoned Zebelon and Naphtili. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with them. If we want to see God move in this dangerous out-of-the-box way, we have to do it together. We have to commit to one another. Now I want to take this concept of with, and I want to put it through the grid of the decisions that we talked about at the beginning, except for the college football part, that's just for fun. And see how God would have us do with one another. I've learned this in my age, and I think it's where the gray hair has come from, that I do not react to news very often. I take it in and I put it through the filter of truth and love and God, what's really happening? What are the facts? And then I respond to whatever that is. And as I thought through this, I thought, you know what, committing to one another, Lord, what does that look like? Because if we take the news, here's where our societies come. I'm going to take a bunch of sound bites, I'm going to decide what's right and wrong, demand a verdict for whatever it is based on a few sound bites with none of the facts. And that's the way our society functions now. Several weeks ago, the hot topic, the crazy topic in our world was the Chick-fil-A statement. The statement of Chick-fil-A, and there was this great divide that just happened. And I sat back and I watched, I went, what is that? And some of you may even think, you know what, I was on this side or the other. And that's not my point. The point is, how do we, if I want to see God move in an outside the box way and experience God moving, it's not to take a side, it's to say, okay, God, am I committed to you completely? And am I committed to others? So I sat there and I went, Lord, help me see this. And I'm gathering this information in, and the radio comes on, it's Sport Chick-fil-A day, and it's the gay sit-in day, and then it's just all this stuff swirling around, and I saw a lot of stuff. And I saw a lot of good. And at the same time, I saw a lot of, Lord, what would you have, what would you do in this? And I love the way that uh our lead pastor Steve talks about it. He says, you know what? Uh his hands is where would Jesus go to church if he were there? Well, that's the type of church we want to have, and and I love that. So I sat there with that in my mind. What would I do? And I watched cars line up around the block, and I and I saw believers stand up and go, you know what, the guy, we're to support the family too, and we want to support the family. And I'm like, well, there's nothing wrong with supporting the family. That's that seems pretty good. Support the family. And then you see these protesters, and they the media takes this and blows it all out and starts going, and they never really look at everything. They don't report, they're creating the controversy, and boy, they did. Let me share a couple facts with you. There was an interview done through the Baptist press with Dan Cathy. I've actually met Dan Cathy on a couple occasions. I don't know him very well, but I the guy seems like he's got a great heart. And in this interview in the Baptist press, which is not USA today, there's not a lot of people reading this. And it was done in June. And it was several weeks. And he's asked about Chick-fil-A. What do you know? The president of Chick-fil-A being interviewed about Chick-fil-A. And as they interviewed them, they said, Hey, you guys support the Windshape Center up at Barrie College? Yes, we do. Well, don't they have some marriage conferences there? Yes, they do. We believe in supporting and encouraging marriage and the family. Really? Well, what do you think about the controversy of people saying that that may not be? Is well, you know, we're guilty as charged. Let me read the actual statement. He's asked about the Windshape and these marriage conferences there. He says, some have opposed the company's supported traditional family. He says, Well, guilty is charged, said Kathy when asked about the company's position. We are very much supportive of the family, the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family owned business, a family led business. We are married to our first wives. We give God, thanks for that. We operate as a family business. Our restaurants are typically led by families. Some are single. And then listen to this crazy, hateful statement. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen the family. We are very much committed to that, Kathy emphasized. We intend to stay the course. That's his statement. Now, my heart went out thinking, wow, that's what's wrong with supporting the family? And as I prayed and thought through that, I thought, Lord, what does this mean to love my neighbor as myself? Well, I live in a neighborhood very diverse. Over 14 countries and cultures live in the little 70-home neighborhood I live in. We have gay neighbors. That's my real neighbors. I thought, Lord, what how did they take this? And then when I saw the response of some of those in the gay and lesbian community, I thought, Lord, why did this hit them so painfully? One of two things. Either the the press did not report what was actually said, or they created the controversy, okay, I can see that, or maybe it was that. And my heart went twofold. One, I want to support the guys who support the family, but at the second, my desire was to go to Chick-fil-A on a Friday. And I did. And there were not any gay and lesbians protesting at the Chick-fil-A that is by my house, but I wanted to go in and I wanted to sit down and wanted to go, I'm sorry. For whatever it brought up this hurt and pain to you. Can I just say I'm sorry? Because there's something there that's painful. And I wanted to ask them a simple question. I don't want to offend you, so help me. I do love my wife. I do love my kids. I do see the strength of our family. And I do see those who have had that experience of being broken from a family and wanting that. But how can I share that in a way that does not strike up this pain for you? I'm not going to change my commitments. I'm not going to change how God lays on my love, but I want, tell me how I can how I can share that in a way that's not offensive to you. See, because it's not about developing policy, it's about people and loving individuals. And I thought, Lord, how can I do that in a way that encourages these? Because I want to be that one. See, it's about with. And my job is not to convict or convince. My job is to love. Because here's what I know. I know that if I will walk alongside someone who is hurting for whatever reason, and I will show them the healer, that God really does heal. And he really does reveal in my life, in your life, in everybody's life, anything that is hurting us, period. But I'm going to let God do that with you. And I'm going to let God do that with me. If we'll hold it with an open hand, I love this. When I first became a Christian, I sat under a gentleman, and I love the way he'd put it. He says, so many people are hung up on, like, well, you know what? I know I want to come to Christ, I know I want his forgiveness, and I do want to go to heaven, but what do I got to give up? What do I have to give up? And he said, There's one requirement, one requirement that you have to give up. When we come to Christ and we accept his forgiveness, we have to give up any hope of ever going to hell. That's what we have to give up. We have to give it up. You got to let it go. Burning flesh, emptiness, darkness, smell, you got to give that up. And he says, that's what you have to give up. And he says, but I don't want to trick you because here's what's going to happen. When we start to experience God's love and acceptance and forgiveness, God begins to change our want-tos. And we start to desire what is best for us. And we start to desire to live the truth. And then the reality that I can't do it on my own, and then the power of Him living through me to do what I can't do on my own. And it's this synergy of just coolness and greatness beyond what I'm capable of. But it starts with us loving. Loving in that way. That's the decision. Decision to commit to God. Decision to commit to one another. This with idea. And then here's probably one of the hardest for us in our culture. Decision to give God the glory. To give God the glory for whatever it is that we're going to endeavor. I'm not going to do it for God. I'm going to let God do it and let Him have the glory. I got to get very personal here, and it's actually partially a prayer request. I have the privilege. Not only do I perform all over the country, I have the privilege of on Sundays, if I'm not here, I speak at some different churches all over the country. And I've had incredible opportunities to be on different staffs. And I'm like, you know what, that's really not me. I'm not a staff guy. I just, that's not me. I love to encourage. That's my gift. And Chuck Spendal shared a quote a couple years ago. Chuck is one of my favorite writers and speakers. He's out in California, written some cool books. He's just awesome. My favorite's The Grace Awakening and Intimacy with the Almighty. They're just great books. And he said one time in jest, he goes, Yeah, I find it interesting that pastors are never called to a small church, always a bigger church. And I thought that was funny. And that came back to my mind this past year. Steve has been so gracious to say, Hey, I want you to come and be a part of this. And I love being here, and I will be here to fill in for Steve. I love doing that. I love the guys up here. But something came across my path this past year. That amongst all these other opportunities, there was this friend of mine who's a pastor. He said, Hey, there's this little church. Will you come and just listen to this process that we're going through with them? Maybe give some input. And I'm like, sure. So I went and there's this little bitty church way on the other side of town. And they had dwindled down to about 18 to 20 people. Most of them have very white hair. And they said, We don't think God's done here yet. But we've dwindled to next to nothing. And they asked this church, will you partner with us? And they prayed and went through this process. And through that process, these 20 people that were faithfully on Sunday morning there. And I went down one Sunday, and all I can say is, I'm like, God, I sent you here in the same type of way I sent you. And I'm addicted to this now. I go places where I sense God moving. And one of those is here. And I love being here because I never leave the same as I walk in. And none of the circumstances fit. It's old people in a small church in a small place, and it was just, and I'm like, but God, I just sent you here. And I walked away going, God, I pray that your glory would shine in that place once again. And through the time went by, and I had some Sundays, so I started going there. And I think I'm the only human on the planet that is in front of a couple thousand people or 80 on Sunday mornings. And it went from 20 to 40 to 80 to 130. And it's just God's moving. And it's not just older people, younger, and then this, and I love this. This is one of my favorites, and it led me to this verse that just blew my mind. And it's simply this that one of the older ladies who said she had been there for like literally 50 years, she had been there, she said, you know what? I'll know God is moving when I hear children running around in our church again. And I went, Wow, children. And it went back, and I came across the verse where Jesus says, You let the little children come to me. Unless you change and become like these children, you will never see the kingdom of God. And I'm like, wow. That was in the next week, and I went through this, and he says, You know, unless you humble yourself and come like a child, you can't come. But he who humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And that's just buzzing in my mind. And two or three weeks ago I was back and I was speaking at this little church that is fledgling up, and I told them, I said, you know what? Carolyn said that she'll know God is returning and moving when she sees children running again. And I said, I challenge you to wait after church today. This church had not had a young family or children in the church for years. And I said, wait after church today and just stand and watch. And as I sat there and I counted over 20 kids just running through the auditorium and the chairs and yelling, and I said, God is moving. And see, it's not just about a size, it's about God saying, I want to work outside the box. See, I do move in the big and the small and the same, but I work through individuals. And when you say, I'm willing to let God get the glory, I love this. Deborah and Barak, they go out and they wipe out the 900 iron chariots, and then in chapter 5, they write this song and listen to part of this song about giving God the glory in chapter 5, verses 3 through 5. Hear this, you kings. Listen, you rulers. I will sing to the Lord, I will sing, I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel. Oh Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Eden, the earth shook and the heavens poured and the clouds poured down water, the mountains quaked before the Lord, the one of Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel. They're singing, saying, God, you get the glory. We were disobedient for 20 years, you get the glory. It's your glory that we are excited about. And then finally, the decision we have to make. Yes, commit to God, yes, to commit to each other, yes, decide to give God the glory, but also to give encouragement to one another. And this is where I want to leave with a challenge today. Turn over to chapter 5 because we have a choice. We have a choice to decide: am I with or am I going to stand back and watch? Am I going to watch God move or am I going to be with him? And I love the way that his hands works. It's an opt-in philosophy. We're going to share the opportunities that are here, and then it's our decision to be apart. It may be the help of the back to school, it may be help empty in the trash, it may be to just opt in, help and pour the juice and the bread for the communion. Whatever it is, it's about what we do together with. And it's to encourage one another. Look in verse 15 through 17 of chapter 5. 15 through 17. It's part of the song, and they're calling out the other parts of Israel that did not do anything. The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. Yes, Issachar was with Barak, rushing after him into the valley. They're going, but look at this. In the district of Reuben, there were much searching of hearts. Why did you stay among the campfires to hear the whistling of the flocks? In the district of Reuben there was much searching of hearts. Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher remained on the coast and stayed in his coves. Why did you just sit? Why did you just watch? This may be the most powerful decision of our morning. Am I going to sit back, keep God in the little box I have him? Or am I going to break it open and say, okay, God, what do you want to do? Here's all my life. I'll do whatever you say do. I'll go wherever you say go. I'll here it is. Tear up my box that I've tried to put you in. And live the victory song of what we see in verses 12 through 15. Wake up, wake up, Deborah, wake up, wake up, bring, break out in song. Arise, Barak, take captive your captives, O son. They're singing the praises. Now flip over to 18 and 19. The people of Zebulun risked their very lives. So did Naphtilia on the heights of the field. Kings came, they fought. The kings of Canaan fought and Tanakh by the waters of Migdu. I love that one. And they carried off no silver and no plunder. God, I'm not in this for me. I'm in this to see you move. That is what I want to see. I'm going to make a decision. If you read back in this story, back in chapter 4, I want to close with this emphatic, this emphatic verse, and I'm going to read it because it is crazy cool. In chapter 4, Sisera has left. The chariots are destroyed, and he's running away. And there's a decision to be made by this woman who her name is J-A-E-L. How do you pronounce that? Jail. And Sisera comes into her tent and says, Hey, hide me. I'm thirsty, give me something to drink. And if anybody comes to the tent, tell them there's nobody here. And look at look at what she does. It's in the middle part there in verses 18 and down. You can go back and read it. And she sees a decision point. I'm either going to keep on with what is popular and cultural, or I'm going to choose what God is doing outside the box. I'm going outside the box. He says, Give me something to drink. She brings him some milk and he lays down. And he says, Remember, you know, nobody's here. And she goes, okay. She goes and gets a tent peg and a hammer and walks over and he's there. Bam! Puts it through his skull, nails him to the ground. And I love the way the verse says it. I gotta read it just because it's cool. Verse 21. And Jel, the Haber's wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went and quickly went quietly to him as while he laid fast, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died. I love that. I love that. In case you were wondering, tent peg through the skull, you're dead. She made an emphatic move, and I know that's drastic, but that's the kind of God and dangerous we got to be. God, here it is, it's all yours. I'm all in. If we want to see God move in a powerful way in our lives, we got to be all in. And we've got to be on the right side. And we've got to say, God, I'm going to seek you with all my heart, whatever that takes. I want to experience that in my life. And my prayer is simply this that we would decide to do that. And as I close in prayer, I want to encourage you twofold. I'll do that after we pray. God, thank you for your truth. Lord, I pray that this morning we would make these decisions to completely commit to you, completely trust your truth, commit to each other. Lord, we weren't meant to do this life alone. And that we would commit to encouraging one another and glorifying you in everything, not only what we do, but how we do it. So, Father, I just ask that you would write that on our heart this week. No matter where we are, we would live that. So, Father, you be lifted up in everything we say and do. And it is only through Christ we can pray. Amen. Well, if this week was a foundational piece, next week is a launching pad. We're gonna look at another person and say, you know what, if I really do want to see God outside the box, I gotta make this decision. So apply that. Make those decisions this week. I can't wait to see you next week. Guys, take us out here. Guys, go ahead and stand up. God bless you.