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Hello everyone.
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Welcome to From the Table Podcast.
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And I want to thank you for your patience and grace.
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We had a little bit of a break.
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We were actually in some undisclosed nations in some places with some high security, and we had some delay in getting out the last podcast.
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But we are live and uh can't wait to be with you today to unpack a little bit more of uh a fresh word from the table and just the significance of it in the heart of God uh for you.
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I know you've watched so many guests.
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We've had an incredible opportunity to meet friends from all corners of the earth so far this year.
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And uh I pray you've been blessed.
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And this month, we'd really like to just pour into you.
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Just speak into your heart, speak into your life, speak into your family, speak into your workplace, uh, your ministry, and a word from the table that I hope will fill you up and uh just give life to your journey.
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And the urgency of this word is something we at SCAPC uh value.
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The Friends Around the Table gatherings, which many of you know about, uh, is a big part of SCAPC and the culture and the values that we hold so deep in our hearts and what we believe is so transformative for nations, for from a small child all the way to uh a head of state.
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The life from the table is uniquely different.
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It's it's profound, it's simple, um, but it's also very vital for our days.
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And I want to take some time today just to unpack uh life from the table and why.
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Why does this mean so much to us and why we believe it can impact your life deeply?
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And living from the table really comes to a the critical thought that always moves around in our minds, that's always moving through culture, through, through the movements of nations and the movements of governments, the movements of business, the movements of ministry, is where are things sourced from?
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Where are things going to come from when they're needed?
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Where is there going to be plenty to not only provide for my house, my family, but also for uh the people that I care about.
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This is just such a critical issue in our time is where will things be sourced from?
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Who will they be sourced from?
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And having the right mindset, having the right heart set is everything in this breakthrough.
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And I've experiencing this breakthrough myself, and I know that many of you watching have have touched the the heart of the table culture of God, the table culture of Jesus, and just how significant it is.
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But I want to stress the urgency of it for this moment.
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And I want to unpack that a little bit today, why it is so vital.
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And the the word source is such a unique and powerful word because it comes from father, the word father in Abba Father, that means source.
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And so when Jesus calls us to pray and to connect with our Father, he's saying, actually connect with your source.
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So all prayer is talk to God before you talk to man, talk to God before you go to work, talk to God before you talk to your family, before you do anything, get sourced right.
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Get sourced from a place that cannot fail you.
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So living from the table is all about being sourced from the heart of our Father, from God our Father.
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And Jesus said it beautifully when he said, Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be your name, let your kingdom come, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and give us this day our daily bread.
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And it's in that statement that we see that God is ready to pour out his bread and all the different facets through the lifestyle of prayer, which I know all of us really value.
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So prayer and the table are intimately connected in talking with God and being sourced by God and not being dependent on the ways of man, the things in the world to make sure that uh we are able to live healthy and whole in our time.
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So there's there's really a scramble.
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If you turn on the news, if you if you turn on any outlet, we can see there's a scramble for resources everywhere on the earth right now.
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There's a scramble for resources.
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People are trying to secure this and that.
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Nations are trying to secure resources for themselves, often at the cost of other nations.
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People try to secure resources for themselves, often at the expense of other people.
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And this actually is a force from Ephesians 6.12, which many of you know our book Attack Lambs.
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I encourage you to read that if you haven't.
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Talks about this force.
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Paul addresses it, and it's a force that uses people to get things.
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And what happens is when we live from the table, we can start to be free of securing resources for ourselves at the expense of others, because we connect to a source that's bigger and stronger and deeper.
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So this scramble for resource, this scramble for information, accurate.
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What's true?
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What's not?
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What's right, what's fake, uh, what's legitimate, what's illegitimate?
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Like we see this convergence in the earth right now of resource and information.
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Where are these going to be sourced from?
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How can I rely on the right source?
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How can I tap into the right source so that I don't get left behind, both in resource and in information?
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So that's why living from the table is so significant to us, and I pray it is to you as well, because these things move the heart of God, and God has answered these things.
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Uh, and once we see that we live from a table, not from a tower, not from a system of man, we can be free in our time.
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So before and in praying about this in this podcast over the last month, uh I had some time in Florida with my son, and I was I was praying outside in the Florida heat, and I was drawn to a verse from Revelation 13, verse 8.
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And we'll get to that in a moment.
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But I was just drawn to God's desire to be our provider, and that before any need is shouted out, God answers.
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Before any need is given, God answered.
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How did he do that?
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Let's go to let's go to Revelation.
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Revelation 13, 8 talks about the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world.
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Incredible, mind-blowing thought.
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The Lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world, Jesus Christ, laying out his life, laying out his everything at the table, saying, Partake of me, I lay down my life for you, I give my life for you.
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Whatever you would need, I am your source.
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Whatever the situation, I am the answer, whatever the sickness, I am the healer, whatever the lack, I am the provider.
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And just thinking about in the course of a day, just how many people cry out for help, how many people cry out for breakthrough.
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How many of us have done that?
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And just God's incredible love and foreknowledge to say, I know people are gonna cry out in need.
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I'm gonna answer the need before they even speak.
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So before the need rises, the answer is given.
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What a comfort is that! And that's what I see in Revelation 13.
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This is this is such an intense part of scripture because it talks about the beast, it talks about the the end of time and all the different deceptions and all the different pulls and manipulations to try to get people to follow the wicked one, to follow Satan, to follow the world and to forsake God.
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And then all of a sudden, there's this declaration saying the Lamb of God that was slain before the foundation of the world comes up, and it's like, hold on, hold on.
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We do not need to give into the beast of communications, the beast of need, and the be there's gnawing and pulling at us and say, wow, there is a source, there's a place that was given before all of this even happened.
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There's a place that I can run to, there's a place that I can go to, there's a place that that will provide, and I don't have to submit to that chaos for me and my house, for me and my family, for me and my nation, for me and my business.
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You put you you name it.
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I choose a different way, I need a different way, I want a different way.
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And I believe that's just that just struck me so strong is like in the midst of such attack, there is such peace.
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And we're gonna get to that in a minute.
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We we were not meant to carry this weight.
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We are not meant to carry the weight of being our own source.
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We are not meant to carry the weight of being our own provider.
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This is not a statement of to neglect responsibility.
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This is not a statement to defer to somebody else to do it for us.
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This is not a statement of entitlement.
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It's a it's a it's a statement of design, friends.
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It's it's a statement of of how we were made.
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We were not made to carry the weight of being our own source, to being our own provider.
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We were not meant to carry the worry of being our own source and our own provider.
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And what happens is, is when we don't live from the table, that weight falls back on us.
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That worry falls back on us.
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And what it does is it immediately causes us to dysfunction, it causes us to malfunction, and it also causes us to break down and become weary.
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It causes us to be distorted in how we were designed to live.
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And then things start not working right.
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Body stop working right, minds stop working right, relationships stop working right.
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Things that are really important, uh, things that God has called us to do, just stop working correctly as soon as we carry the weight.
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We put that weight, we put that worry of source and provision upon ourselves.
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And that is where God is wanting to bring us out of.
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From the table is a place, it's it's it's a heart set, it's a mindset where we do not receive the weight of being our own source, our own provider.
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But we also know that there is plenty of source and provision available.
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So, how does it work?
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The best way I can describe it is when we don't carry our own weight and we come to God, what does he do?
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He gives us wisdom.
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It's one of the first things he'll give.
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When we surrender and we say, God, I'm not my own source, I'm not my own provider.
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I look to you.
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He may not change the situation in three seconds, in ten seconds, in ten minutes.
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He might, he might not, but I guarantee what you will receive is wisdom.
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All of a sudden you and I will see things from God's way, and new paths, or existing ones that we forgot, will be remembered, will be opened.
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And because God owns all and sees all, when we say, I want to live from the table, all of a sudden he says, Okay, I'm gonna show you my way.
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I'm gonna show you that Jesus made a way before the world was made, that this need can be met, that this prayer can be answered, that this breakthrough is there.
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It's not nowhere, it's there.
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And when we let go of the weight and we let go of the worry, the wisdom can come.
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And when the wisdom comes, all of a sudden, the weight is lifted off our shoulders, and we can run.
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We can move freely, and God can lead our steps, and we can find life from the table.
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And then we can see these things that matter actually restored, these things that matter, these needs that must be met, we can see them met.
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So I pray that whatever you're facing today, and whatever you're experiencing, that this simple shift to life from the table can open up a whole path of wisdom and understanding and hope and breakthrough towards it immediately, even immediately, even right now, that you would begin to experience that from the table.
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Jesus said in in John 15, and we've talked about this before on other episodes, he said, I no longer call you servants, I call you friends, friends around the table, my friends around the table.
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Because everything that the father has shown me, I show you.
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And that's what happens when we lay down our own strength to be our own source and provider, and we seek him.
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All of a sudden, what the father knows, Jesus knows, and what Jesus knows, because we are his friends, we want to know his ways, all of a sudden he passes it.
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He passes it to us.
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And friends, this time in the earth is so critical that we understand this lifestyle, this lifestyle from the table, and we trust, we receive, we give, and we can watch God no matter what the chaos, no matter the scramble for resource, the scramble for accurate information, the scramble to try to get ahead, we can be free from these things and we can lead.
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We can love and we can lead, and we can help the people we care about go higher and see God's ways.
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So I pray that this word will refresh you this month, will refresh your walk no matter what you're doing, that you'll remember that how vital it is to live from the table.
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And don't carry the weight of being your own source.
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Receive him and let him give you his wisdom.
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And you're gonna you're gonna see a change.
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Thank you guys.
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So good to be with you this week.
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Hello everyone.
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Welcome to From the Table Podcast.
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And I want to thank you for your patience and grace.
00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:17.120
We had a little bit of a break.
00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:27.199
We were actually in some undisclosed nations in some places with some high security, and we had some delay in getting out the last podcast.
00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:42.640
But we are live and uh can't wait to be with you today to unpack a little bit more of uh a fresh word from the table and just the significance of it in the heart of God uh for you.
00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:45.520
I know you've watched so many guests.
00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:52.000
We've had an incredible opportunity to meet friends from all corners of the earth so far this year.
00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:54.240
And uh I pray you've been blessed.
00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:58.240
And this month, we'd really like to just pour into you.
00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:12.400
Just speak into your heart, speak into your life, speak into your family, speak into your workplace, uh, your ministry, and a word from the table that I hope will fill you up and uh just give life to your journey.
00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:19.439
And the urgency of this word is something we at SCAPC uh value.
00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:40.879
The Friends Around the Table gatherings, which many of you know about, uh, is a big part of SCAPC and the culture and the values that we hold so deep in our hearts and what we believe is so transformative for nations, for from a small child all the way to uh a head of state.
00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:43.599
The life from the table is uniquely different.
00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:49.280
It's it's profound, it's simple, um, but it's also very vital for our days.
00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:56.000
And I want to take some time today just to unpack uh life from the table and why.
00:01:56.319 --> 00:02:02.319
Why does this mean so much to us and why we believe it can impact your life deeply?
00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:26.479
And living from the table really comes to a the critical thought that always moves around in our minds, that's always moving through culture, through, through the movements of nations and the movements of governments, the movements of business, the movements of ministry, is where are things sourced from?
00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.719
Where are things going to come from when they're needed?
00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:40.800
Where is there going to be plenty to not only provide for my house, my family, but also for uh the people that I care about.
00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:46.080
This is just such a critical issue in our time is where will things be sourced from?
00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:47.840
Who will they be sourced from?
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:56.080
And having the right mindset, having the right heart set is everything in this breakthrough.
00:02:56.319 --> 00:03:08.719
And I've experiencing this breakthrough myself, and I know that many of you watching have have touched the the heart of the table culture of God, the table culture of Jesus, and just how significant it is.
00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:12.080
But I want to stress the urgency of it for this moment.
00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:17.439
And I want to unpack that a little bit today, why it is so vital.
00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:30.159
And the the word source is such a unique and powerful word because it comes from father, the word father in Abba Father, that means source.
00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:38.960
And so when Jesus calls us to pray and to connect with our Father, he's saying, actually connect with your source.
00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:51.759
So all prayer is talk to God before you talk to man, talk to God before you go to work, talk to God before you talk to your family, before you do anything, get sourced right.
00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:55.360
Get sourced from a place that cannot fail you.
00:03:55.520 --> 00:04:01.919
So living from the table is all about being sourced from the heart of our Father, from God our Father.
00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:16.399
And Jesus said it beautifully when he said, Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be your name, let your kingdom come, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and give us this day our daily bread.
00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:29.199
And it's in that statement that we see that God is ready to pour out his bread and all the different facets through the lifestyle of prayer, which I know all of us really value.
00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:47.279
So prayer and the table are intimately connected in talking with God and being sourced by God and not being dependent on the ways of man, the things in the world to make sure that uh we are able to live healthy and whole in our time.
00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:50.560
So there's there's really a scramble.
00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:58.800
If you turn on the news, if you if you turn on any outlet, we can see there's a scramble for resources everywhere on the earth right now.
00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:00.560
There's a scramble for resources.
00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.120
People are trying to secure this and that.
00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:08.639
Nations are trying to secure resources for themselves, often at the cost of other nations.
00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:15.519
People try to secure resources for themselves, often at the expense of other people.
00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:22.959
And this actually is a force from Ephesians 6.12, which many of you know our book Attack Lambs.
00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:24.800
I encourage you to read that if you haven't.
00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:26.560
Talks about this force.
00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:31.519
Paul addresses it, and it's a force that uses people to get things.
00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:47.439
And what happens is when we live from the table, we can start to be free of securing resources for ourselves at the expense of others, because we connect to a source that's bigger and stronger and deeper.
00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:53.439
So this scramble for resource, this scramble for information, accurate.
00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:54.879
What's true?
00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:56.079
What's not?
00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:02.959
What's right, what's fake, uh, what's legitimate, what's illegitimate?
00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:09.199
Like we see this convergence in the earth right now of resource and information.
00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.279
Where are these going to be sourced from?
00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.600
How can I rely on the right source?
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How can I tap into the right source so that I don't get left behind, both in resource and in information?
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So that's why living from the table is so significant to us, and I pray it is to you as well, because these things move the heart of God, and God has answered these things.
00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:43.360
Uh, and once we see that we live from a table, not from a tower, not from a system of man, we can be free in our time.
00:06:43.600 --> 00:07:03.839
So before and in praying about this in this podcast over the last month, uh I had some time in Florida with my son, and I was I was praying outside in the Florida heat, and I was drawn to a verse from Revelation 13, verse 8.
00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.000
And we'll get to that in a moment.
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But I was just drawn to God's desire to be our provider, and that before any need is shouted out, God answers.
00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:27.759
Before any need is given, God answered.
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How did he do that?
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Let's go to let's go to Revelation.
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Revelation 13, 8 talks about the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world.
00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:45.279
Incredible, mind-blowing thought.
00:07:45.680 --> 00:08:01.519
The Lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world, Jesus Christ, laying out his life, laying out his everything at the table, saying, Partake of me, I lay down my life for you, I give my life for you.
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Whatever you would need, I am your source.
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Whatever the situation, I am the answer, whatever the sickness, I am the healer, whatever the lack, I am the provider.
00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:22.720
And just thinking about in the course of a day, just how many people cry out for help, how many people cry out for breakthrough.
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How many of us have done that?
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And just God's incredible love and foreknowledge to say, I know people are gonna cry out in need.
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I'm gonna answer the need before they even speak.
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So before the need rises, the answer is given.
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What a comfort is that! And that's what I see in Revelation 13.
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This is this is such an intense part of scripture because it talks about the beast, it talks about the the end of time and all the different deceptions and all the different pulls and manipulations to try to get people to follow the wicked one, to follow Satan, to follow the world and to forsake God.
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And then all of a sudden, there's this declaration saying the Lamb of God that was slain before the foundation of the world comes up, and it's like, hold on, hold on.
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We do not need to give into the beast of communications, the beast of need, and the be there's gnawing and pulling at us and say, wow, there is a source, there's a place that was given before all of this even happened.
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There's a place that I can run to, there's a place that I can go to, there's a place that that will provide, and I don't have to submit to that chaos for me and my house, for me and my family, for me and my nation, for me and my business.
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You put you you name it.
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I choose a different way, I need a different way, I want a different way.
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And I believe that's just that just struck me so strong is like in the midst of such attack, there is such peace.
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And we're gonna get to that in a minute.
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We we were not meant to carry this weight.
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We are not meant to carry the weight of being our own source.
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We are not meant to carry the weight of being our own provider.
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This is not a statement of to neglect responsibility.
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This is not a statement to defer to somebody else to do it for us.
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This is not a statement of entitlement.
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It's a it's a it's a statement of design, friends.
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It's it's a statement of of how we were made.
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We were not made to carry the weight of being our own source, to being our own provider.
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We were not meant to carry the worry of being our own source and our own provider.
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And what happens is, is when we don't live from the table, that weight falls back on us.
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That worry falls back on us.
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And what it does is it immediately causes us to dysfunction, it causes us to malfunction, and it also causes us to break down and become weary.
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It causes us to be distorted in how we were designed to live.
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And then things start not working right.
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Body stop working right, minds stop working right, relationships stop working right.
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Things that are really important, uh, things that God has called us to do, just stop working correctly as soon as we carry the weight.
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We put that weight, we put that worry of source and provision upon ourselves.
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And that is where God is wanting to bring us out of.
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From the table is a place, it's it's it's a heart set, it's a mindset where we do not receive the weight of being our own source, our own provider.
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But we also know that there is plenty of source and provision available.
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So, how does it work?
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The best way I can describe it is when we don't carry our own weight and we come to God, what does he do?
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He gives us wisdom.
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It's one of the first things he'll give.
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When we surrender and we say, God, I'm not my own source, I'm not my own provider.
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I look to you.
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He may not change the situation in three seconds, in ten seconds, in ten minutes.
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He might, he might not, but I guarantee what you will receive is wisdom.
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All of a sudden you and I will see things from God's way, and new paths, or existing ones that we forgot, will be remembered, will be opened.
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And because God owns all and sees all, when we say, I want to live from the table, all of a sudden he says, Okay, I'm gonna show you my way.
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I'm gonna show you that Jesus made a way before the world was made, that this need can be met, that this prayer can be answered, that this breakthrough is there.
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It's not nowhere, it's there.
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And when we let go of the weight and we let go of the worry, the wisdom can come.
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And when the wisdom comes, all of a sudden, the weight is lifted off our shoulders, and we can run.
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We can move freely, and God can lead our steps, and we can find life from the table.
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And then we can see these things that matter actually restored, these things that matter, these needs that must be met, we can see them met.
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So I pray that whatever you're facing today, and whatever you're experiencing, that this simple shift to life from the table can open up a whole path of wisdom and understanding and hope and breakthrough towards it immediately, even immediately, even right now, that you would begin to experience that from the table.
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Jesus said in in John 15, and we've talked about this before on other episodes, he said, I no longer call you servants, I call you friends, friends around the table, my friends around the table.
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Because everything that the father has shown me, I show you.
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And that's what happens when we lay down our own strength to be our own source and provider, and we seek him.
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All of a sudden, what the father knows, Jesus knows, and what Jesus knows, because we are his friends, we want to know his ways, all of a sudden he passes it.
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He passes it to us.
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And friends, this time in the earth is so critical that we understand this lifestyle, this lifestyle from the table, and we trust, we receive, we give, and we can watch God no matter what the chaos, no matter the scramble for resource, the scramble for accurate information, the scramble to try to get ahead, we can be free from these things and we can lead.
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We can love and we can lead, and we can help the people we care about go higher and see God's ways.
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So I pray that this word will refresh you this month, will refresh your walk no matter what you're doing, that you'll remember that how vital it is to live from the table.
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And don't carry the weight of being your own source.
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Receive him and let him give you his wisdom.
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And you're gonna you're gonna see a change.
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Thank you guys.
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So good to be with you this week.
