Don't Have an Attitude With God — Shane Idleman

Don't have an attitude with God. You ever tell your spouse that don't leave me hanging. I Think I've said that a few times right? Why do you have an attitude? Why do you have an attitude. An Attitude with God and if you have mixed family, sometimes you deal with baby mama drama.

If you don't know what that is, ask me later. But there's there's an attitude sometimes that it's easy to have a relationship with God. But it's people that mess us up but often they're they're connected.

Having an attitude with God is Reflected in our relationship with others and then when we have an attitude with others it messes up our relationship with God. Don't have an attitude with God and the attitude really is Condescending or it's prideful or it's arrogant and let me tell you dealing with tons of issues in Church over the last decade I will tell you without a shadow of a doubt that pride is often the catalyst.

Pride is the main contributor towards issues in our lives. Don't have an attitude with God and it comes from Matthew 13. I'm gonna put it up on the screen for you, but we encourage you to bring your Bible turn to your Bible.

Highlight your Bible. Write notes in your Bible if God is speaking to you in a profound way something jumps out. You want to write it down? I think it's okay to write in your Bible. You should see mine and if your Bible is falling apart, that's okay.

As the old saying goes if your Bible is falling apart, it's usually owned by someone whose life is not falling apart. It's okay to use that Bible now it came to pass. So what's happening here is Jesus just finished teaching parables.

If we could go back in Matthew would see the parables. He's teaching parables. So he's leaving that certain area where people were very receptive. They're very receptive what Jesus is doing and now it says when he went to his own country.

Basically his own relatives his friends everyone. He knew he taught them in their synagogues and. So they were astonished and that word is not. That word astonished is we would say maybe freaked out today or Overwhelmed with how is he teaching with the spiritual power?

How is he speaking with the spiritual authority? Understand something in Jesus's day. There wasn't a lot of spiritual authority in this sense. Gamaliel or the other the other. The Pharisees they would they would speak and they'd say well now.

This is what we think and the other school of thought would say well now this is what we think and they would have Conversations and that's why Jesus said you have heard but I tell tell this to you. You have heard it here.

But let me tell you what the truth is and it records the Bible records elsewhere that no one ever spoke. Like this man. No one ever spoke with the authority and the power and the passion like Jesus did.

Why. Because their Spiritual authority there is something when you carry the weight of God's Word and you can proclaim it and the power of the Spirit. It hits like a right hook and it comes like an undercut and it just hits the heart because it's spiritual authority.

It's truth and countering darkness and no man ever spoke like this man. So they were astonished and they said where did this man get his wisdom and these mighty works? Where did he get this because they're hearing the power of his words.

They're seeing his ministry eyes are being open blind eyes deaf. People are hearing lame are walking leopards are being cleansed ray. He's raising people from the dead. Where did he get this power? And I don't want to forget about this important point.

Did you know that you are as a believer you are also given the power of the Holy Spirit? That's why Jesus said greater works that you'll do you'll do than me. Now it doesn't mean it doesn't mean greater as far as better.

Nobody can out top Jesus. No, you raised the day. I mean he knew the perfect will of God. He never he never prayed and said I'm sorry. You weren't healed. I Prayed that this one would be raised from the dead, but that didn't happen.

He knew the perfect will of God. He has sinless perfection. Every word he said carried weight. The Word of God will not return void when he spoke it it happened and thank God he said Lazarus come forth because how do you not clarified every dead body in that graveyard?

What has stood up under the command of Jesus Christ and there was power and there was authority. But we are given that promise of the Father. We are given the Holy Spirit. To also speak mightily into the lives of others and I believe when he said that you'll do greater works in My opinion it meant of a broader scope.

China the Middle East South America where we're at today broader scope of the same thing and That's where churches sometimes have a hard time finding that middle ground and you've heard me talk about it a lot.

So I'm not gonna really talk about it here as much, but you have that side where you know. Just just just not a lot of discernment. You think if you just pray loud enough the demons will flee if you just whoop the crowd up.

That's really spirit-filled preaching. No, it's not. But then you have the other side I call a cemetery that is dead. And if you don't see God moving in your church find a new church. Because a living vibrant church.

D. Martin Lloyd-jones said that living children need rules dead children don't and That's why much of the Bible and say for example first Corinthians 12 13 14 on how to allow the gifts of the Holy Spirit to operate effectively in the church living children need rules a church that is vibrant and growing whenever God is moving so is Satan and So many people have commented recently God is doing amazing things at Westside Christian Fellowship people are there are healings taking place.

One girl last night She came to the stadium and they asked her what what how can we help you? She said I told I was told I could find Jesus here. She was the first one to get baptized. I would never forget we got up and she's just walking.

Yeah, she's ready and People are being healed they're being set free and do we truly believe that that is the same Jesus today yesterday in forevermore. There are people coming hungry from other churches saying God is moving.

I must hear from God and that's why I say. Often we didn't come here to play church and either did you you came to hear from God you came to receive from God? You are desperate for more of God if God doesn't move in your home.

If God doesn't move in the lives of your children, you realize the you are lost without his touch and without his power. And so I want to encourage you in this we were we are promised the Holy Spirit but I'm well aware of my frailty and my my inability to live perfectly and So many times we pray for people and we might not see things that we thought and we have ulterior motives.

You'd be amazed at how many people just want to pray for healing and somebody be healed so they can be elevated. God knows our hearts. But I believe that same power of the Holy Spirit. I Truly believe if I was somewhere in a little child that had drowned I'm gonna pray that God would raise that child up out of death and give that Chuck.

Why not? Did you know Jesus said that he said my disciples will cast out demons. They will pray for the sick. They will raise those who are dead. They will speak in other tongues and I don't believe that that has ceased.

Because the Bible is here and I talked to people who believe that and they said well Shane the poor poor poor poor early church. They needed that. Well, but we don't today. We've got the word. Last time I checked people are still broken.

They're still hurting. I love the word, but it's not the Father the Son the Holy Word. It's the Father the Son the Holy Spirit. And some of the things that my kids say to me or your kids or the youth.

God loves the little children. Oh if you have just childlike faith God used Mary a teenager a teenager. To bring Jesus into the world. He told the Prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah don't say you're too young because you will go to who I send you you will speak what I Speak and put into your heart you will pull down you will root out.

You will speak the words of the Living God and you will have that fire Burning because you haven't been conditioned enough to be led astray by all these different thought processes out there that happened to me.

I came back to the Lord. I'm loving the Lord. I'll never forget this and look at what the Bible says and we can cast out demons. We can raise people from the dead now and then we can we can either Jesus said it or he didn't we what look what?

Paul says you can prophesy you can have words of wisdom words of knowledge. I don't understand this tongues things but Paul said it and wow. The Word of God is alive and then you start to read theology.

Or people say Shane that's not first today. I'll never forget that that well that doesn't happen anymore today Shane. What? Oh. Where's your verse for that? Well, let's sit down and talk about it and The continuation of Scripture ceased because now we have the canonization of Scripture and when that which is perfect comes now is the scripture and That doesn't really happen anymore that the poor early church needed that back then but we don't need that today.

We've got the same demons. We've got the same issues and you start to oh. And it really affects you. I'll never forget to when I first heard first about Different theologies out there and some of you know, let's say Calvinism or Armenian is some and and I would read books.

I would read books on Martin Luther with his debate against Erasmus on the bondage of the will. I would read st Augustine and his dialogue with Pelagian and and on free will and I would I would well. Like what and and and and just as we sometimes we can try to fit God into this perfect box.

And it begins to quench and grieve the spirit and in the more knowledge you get the more puffed up you begin become to the more. I'd read the Bible and read these theological books and study the Greek and study the Hebrew and study Pneumatology on the work of the Holy Spirit and eschatology and be able to quote the Puritans and look at all this knowledge.

And it puffs up and it becomes prideful. And we become jealous of just but they've only been a Christian six months. How look at me. I Can quote this and I can do this what's going and we become jealous because of God moving the lives of other Christians.

So deal with that today if you need to leave it at the foot of the cross. Maybe in the prayer meeting after or the prayer time afterwards. Maybe at the altar leave that jealousy at the foot of the cross because it will consume you it will consume you.

It's a it's a it's a it's a from the pit of hell. Wanting what God has not given you. I Love the word. I studied the word the word means everything to me. It's an errand. It's inspired. But when you begin to elevate theology.

Above everything it's supposed to point you to the Savior you elevate Christ. And anytimes we begin to elevate the word pride begins to follow that type of elevation. But the encouragement on this point was I'm getting way off track, but I think it's okay.

Is that you are given the power of the Holy Spirit? But what we see here, this is the first attitude. Attitude adjustment. Be prepared for jealousy when you do things for God. Many of you can relate. When you start to do anything for God what happens?

Is your family supportive and your friends are supported sometimes your spouse isn't even supported. That's when you know you're in trouble. But there's a jealousy why why is God using you and not me?

Well, I can tell you right there. That's a pride problem. That's an attitude problem. Don't have an attitude with God. But be prepared for jealousy. Or maybe some of you are jealous of others. Why isn't God moving in my life, why is he doing that here, you know pastors get very jealous.

There's nothing that will upset a dead church more than a living church down the street. The books I've read on revival when revival would break out and the church is packed and and Services every night of the week sometimes.

And Welsh revival Scotland New Hebrides and even in America. Do you know the the people who came against those revivals the most. Were conservative dead churches. They would write pamphlets. They would write scathing rebukes.

They would put things in the paper. They would send out things don't go to that church. It's weird. No, you're dead so it looks weird to you life looks weird to a corpse. And Jealousy, there cannot be jealousy in the church if you want to be used of God.

You've got to remove that. You've got to repent of it. You've even if warranted apologize to the person. It's hard, but it's healing in order to get healed. You have to remove the cancer that is growing.

Don't let your relationship with God be hindered by jealousy. If you're jealous of others or if you're not wanting to do much for God because you don't want to hear it from others. Do others are gonna get jealous.

They're gonna put you down so I just stay quiet. Don't don't end up on either side of that broad spectrum. I Was reading this morning. I want to share it with you Psalm 15 this passage. It basically asks the question who may dwell with God.

Who may abide in his presence. Now some of these you can apply to later for heaven. Of course and dealing with salvation only those who know Jesus Christ. But often in the Old Testament They were talking about the the manifest presence of God who may dwell with God and abide in his presence.

Wouldn't you want that wouldn't you want to feel the power and presence of God more than anything else when you want to experience that? Peace that surpasses all understanding that joy unspeakable that David talked about returned to me the joy of my salvation.

Or an act times of refreshing will come from the presence of the Lord and there's an abiding in God's presence. There's a walking in victory. There's a praying for the sick and and praying for healing and the joy of the Lord is my strength and you can get through The day because you have the peace and assurance of God.

But you'd be amazed at how many Christians do not walk in that. It's foreign to them. And I wish I had time to really teach on this whole psalm and I might do that soon. But God says this type of person will not experience my presence.

The backbiter who talks maliciously about others. Who isn't guilty of that. I should put you on the spot who isn't guilty that would you? Raise your hand so I can talk to you after the service and let me know how you've never put anyone down.

Because here's what we do if I can put them down. I look better. Spouses do that they put down their spouse to elevate themselves. They put down other ministries or they put down others and I hear it a lot breaks my heart in this church even.

People talking though Shane it's such-and-such man. They're so involved in ministry homeless ministry worship team. Whatever it is there and they're so involved in God's answering their prayers. I see him on fire then here comes negative Nellie.

But did you hear about their marriage issues? Wait, what do you mean? Did you I don't want to say anything? Oh. Please give me a break. Put them down. So elevate me. I don't want people to think you know.

Think certain certain things but anytime somebody goes well, have you heard they've got marriage issues. I want to say honey who doesn't have marriage issues. Wake up grow up. You just want to be negative Nellie or critical Kathy or judgmental Jerry.

I Can think of some more if you give me time stupid Steve. Vicious vicious Veronica. Manipulating Mary. They're out there. They're in the church and we need to repent to that if you truly want to experience the power of God's.

Poor live stream team is not going to know what video to choose for a website because all three services have been different. But he's not a backbiter. Think about that. What is a backbiter bites the back you're not looking throwing darts at those.

That is that is can be demonic. Actually, there's a demonic root there because he is the prince of lies Jesus the prince of peace you have the piece of you have the prince of destruction and he plants lies and you have that's.

Why that verse taking your thoughts captive is so important here it comes here comes that thought to put down that person. No, I'm taking that thought to the obedience of Christ and instead I'm going to build that person up.

See that's how you take your thoughts captive rather than your thoughts taking you captive. Here comes that thought to tell off your spouse. Oh. It's quiet. But I take that thought captive into the obedience of Christ.

So they are not a backbiter. They do not talk maliciously. They do not bite in the back and really what it is when we go behind others back and we put them down. We are insecure we are insecure and I'll just tell you as someone on the leadership team here.

We can spot that a mile away. We can spot we can spot pride a mile away. You think you're putting them down elevating you you you look ugly. When we when we consider future deacons or can future elders or can future future leadership team we watch for those.

Who are not back biters? If they're constantly putting people down there's there's an issue there that needs to be dealt with. Often they've been wounded themselves. Amen. Often they've been hurt themselves and we want to pray for you after the service.

And I'm not preaching at you. I'm preaching to all of us. I've been here. I've been there who hasn't I? Remember when we were we were a small church. You want to be a big church? So you put down big churches?

Oh. Those big churches, you know, they can't fellowship like the small little churches and then we're a medium-sized church sometime. And then we're putting down this and now we're a large church. And so now you put them all the small churches.

They must not be really experiencing. It's where does it end? It's but it's it's something in our sinful nature to point out flaws and others and put people down and It has to be if you really want the experience.

That's why humility is taking the lower road. Building G name one person Jesus put down like that in this sense. He would call him out Thank God for that you brood of vipers you whitewashed tombs you son of Satan.

That's just calling it out and he would say to their face. Do not listen to these Pharisees. For they say and do not do. It's okay to do that. Well, I'm pray about that because it has to come from the right attitude at the right time and That's why I like if you see the article I wrote Still silent shepherds if you haven't got one get one on the way out it hit the national media this week.

Generate a lot of positive email some negative emails, but I waited a year. One year. One year to get my heart right fasting before releasing this. It broke my heart to see pastors not equipping their people.

Wearing masks and more afraid of the virus than God Almighty. Closing the church because governor Newsom. There's a higher authority. There's a higher authority and that is God Almighty. We don't have a spirit of rebellion.

It's not out of a spirit of rebellion and. And I love even our Valley. We've lost some friendships because I would consider that cowardly pastoring in many cases. We all backed off. But once you see the skewed numbers the ulterior motives a jacked-up program to get everyone $16 ,000 who has kovat in the hospital and now there's no flu now.

There's no pneumonia. Oh, come on and you see that now the church has to be the voice of truth and your mask is barely hanging on. There's gaps everywhere and that's gonna save you from the plexiglass from the cashier's touch and every single item.

That's ever came down the row and the credit card machine. Where do we use common sense? But see it doesn't come from rebellious. It comes from brokenness families are dying. Suicide rate is up. People need hope not fearful people and shepherds holding back.

They need boldness in the midst of adversity and so releasing this I waited for a year, but the more time I spend with God the bolder I become and You have to weep before you whip like Jesus did but it also says he doesn't take up reproach against a friend and This word reproach is interesting because he doesn't blame or discredit anyone else.

That's also how we try to look good, right, especially if you're in the same profession. Do you ever talk highly of the other person? Doing the same thing as you are close to you and you're you discredit them.

You reproach them. You blame them. I Want to see men again take your responsibility. For the love of God, can we get rid of excuses? We think excuses make us look better often. It makes us look worse but when we own it and Our kids even see that you begin to build integrity into your life.

And then they said is this not the carpenter's son? Who's this guy doing all these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter's son? We know his mother. We know his father. We know his brother his sisters.

We know all these things. So where did this man get all these things? And I apparently you can't be used of God if you live in the same community as other people you have to be like outside. The community they say well, we know him.

Okay, so what see they were offended because of him and this word offense is where we get our word Scandal there's a great scandal in the news and it causes shock. They were they were shocked. We know this man.

It can't be of God because we know him look at all the things he's doing and they were Offended at him and let me tell you seeing this many times before when God is moving in a church and people's lives.

What does it offend you or do you embrace it? Do you and are you offended by a mighty move of God's Spirit? So let me ask you that does the work of God's Spirit offend you because you would think it wouldn't.

Right, man. Got it. When God is moving. Everyone recognizes it. No, they don't. They often don't the judgmental Jerry's do not reckon recognize a move of God's Spirit. People think it hurts my feelings, but I actually laugh when they say you well you didn't go to seminary.

You you didn't go to say you can't preach. You didn't go to our seminary. And I remember there's a church in town. Some of you might know I've told you this personally, but I I won't mention it but before we planted this church, I applied for the pastor position because I believe God was Still funny.

The That doesn't matter. We don't want to hear you preach what they just what. Shane you didn't go to school. We can't consider you. Well, I went to the school of hard knocks. I Mean I study more than you do.

God's moving in my life. None of that mattered. Why. Because that's how men view things we want our pastor with the PhD and church history and another one a master's degree in Hermeneutics and homiletics and then a degree in theological and deep biblical studies and that's our pastor.

Well, I don't care. Does he know the Word of God? Does he know God? Leonard Ravenhill said you can have 32 degrees and still be frozen. About a year ago. I mentioned to some of you Reading books. I read old books.

Of course, you know that but Often they wouldn't ask. Where a pastor went to seminary? They would ask has he received his baptism of fire. Has he been touched by the power of God? Does he know God in the in the fellowship and his suffering?

He says this is what my spirit does it heals it sets free Jesus. Open the scroll of the prophet and he said the Spirit of the Lord is upon me. To speak the truth the good news to the poor to set the captives free to break every bondage to remove every stronghold.

To open the eyes of the blind. The Spirit of God is beyond me either get on the same page get on the same path. Or get out of my way, basically. So if the if if God moving if God moving shocks you you need to check your heart because it does offend our Comfortable standards.

Many times would you have said that is this not the carpenter's son? And I wonder how many people would have been embarrassed in the upper room and the Holy Spirit fell that great day of Pentecost. Think about this for a minute.

We're waiting on God. We're asking for a revival and They hear this rushing wind maybe the the lights move a little bit and God just descends upon his people. He breaks them. He humbles them. We're crying out to God.

Oh God, we need you and you might start singing and praising the glorious Things of God and and oh, here comes some tongues. Oh, oh, oh. Now you lost me now you lost me. You know if it wasn't in the Bible you'd lose me too but it's in the Bible that they were praising the glorious things of God in an unknown language and They were praising God in this unknown language and it cracks me up when people say Shane that that doesn't seem.

I don't know if that could happen. Okay, so God hung the Sun over here. He put the moon over here. He spoke the earth into existence. But God forbid he can't allow someone to praise him by the power of the Holy Spirit through something They don't understand.

No, you're just offended. It's a scandalous thing. It's a scandalous thing. And that's why many people who don't believe in the gifts cannot go here. They do not go to this church. Because they are offended.

God help us. And it's very interesting. Jesus said when they were attributing the works of God to Satan. Jesus said you're blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Look at the context. I thought it was about rejecting Jesus.

Yeah, that that's an overlapping principle for sure. But the context is you are doing that by the authority of Beelzebub a BFB up by Satan. They were attributing Christ's work the Holy Spirit to Satan.

And they were blaspheming the Holy Spirit. That's the context. I'm a context guy because you can pick out any scripture you want to say whatever you want. But think about that. I I know without a shadow of a doubt I don't even have to ask the question if if the Holy Spirit did that in the service.

Same thing same exact thing the rushing wind the half of this room would be out of here and never come back. Did you catch what I just said if? God were to do that same thing right here half of you would leave and never come back.

You are offended by a genuine work of the Holy Spirit. Shane that upsets me good. I hope it does. I hope you go home and get so upset. You say God show me. That's true. Show me if that's true. Because Everything I read about in the New Testament God breaking God filling God Confirming God leading God delivering speaking in this words of wisdom words of prophecy healings discerning of the spirits when you Experience those things and it confirms scripture.

You're on good ground. There's nothing to be afraid of there's nothing to worry about. I'm not worried about a false prophet when I know the truth. So many people are offended when God moves. You know, maybe I'll just open up a little bit here I've seen God move to a degree in those in those kind of settings.

In our church service. We don't really for example tongues. We don't believe that it should be in a corporate setting where people are misinformed misunderstood. Somebody Paul said if somebody comes in you they're gonna think you're out of your mind.

But it's hard to balance what the scripture says do not forbade tongues and have an interpreter and things like that. But overall we I want to be conservative. I want to be conservative. I'd rather err on the side of being conservative and that's something God's been working in my own heart over the years.

But I've seen I've seen God move and people get offended By things that aren't even close to the upper room and because of that I think sometimes we shy away From what God really wants to do. Unbelief comes in and worry comes in.

Pastors start to think oh god, don't wreck this service. Don't wreck this service. Don't come in and just break us and We get we allow fear unbelief to come in. But on the flip side, I think we do need to have decency and order.

Because those people sometimes that they do get carried away emotionally we have broad Spectrum of people and you have to have that discerning of spirits. You have to the shepherd has to steward a move of God correctly and to rebuke those who need to be rebuked and both sides of the camp.

So another attitude adjustment. Prepare to shock others when you follow God. The Bible says the Spirit leads. He directs He convicts He restores he can be quenched. He can be grieved. He can confirm. It's a try you nature of God and something we we would be greatly remiss if we if we fail to see the power of the Spirit.

Don't let your age stop you and also knowledge. Many of us feel unworthy because we don't have enough knowledge. And I'll talk to people and I'll see if God's using them. I need to go to Bible school for four more years.

Then God can use me like well first be careful what school because you might come out of there in a worse state than when? You went in. Depending on and I get emails from different students and things a lot of seminaries are not going in a good direction whatsoever and so that can stop you you could.

I don't have enough knowledge and and as long as you're studying God's Word and you're you're you're you're Burying your head burying your head into God's Word and learning God's Word and I'm reminded often that scripture when they were surprised at how.

Well, these people knew the scriptures these fishermen. How they're untrained and unlearned men. They're untrained and they're unlearned. How do they know this. They know more than the Pharisees and that none of them.

Oh, they've been with Jesus. Oh. Stop us and Now, let me throw a disclaimer. I'm all for knowledge get it study it learn and grow. Anybody who says I'm dismissing knowledge has got a prideful heart and they don't like what I'm saying.

That's just the bottom line. They want to make an excuse. Oh see Shane doesn't think knowledge is important or theology support. It's all about the Holy Spirit. See, I knew they were too charismatic and weird.

Oh, no, sir. You just twisted everything I said because you're convicted. We need knowledge, but if you rest in knowledge you will fall flat on your face. And really what preaching is. D Martin Lloyd-jones said preaching is Theology knowledge coming through a man who is on fire with the Spirit that's preaching.

You can't you have you can't have one without the other. For true biblical preaching where lives are changed and then of course how many of us are stopped because of our past. We'll get volunteer sometimes go Shane.

I want to help. I want to volunteer but my past. I don't think God can use me. Because of my past you don't know what my past is. Hey. Actually, sometimes that can be a badge of honor. God can actually use you more if your past broke you if your past Humbled you and it's on my way to the JetHawk Stadium last night when I drove by that prison.

I Thought instantly came to me if it wasn't for the grace of God I would be on that side of 60th Street not on this side of 60th Street. So sometimes we need to get off our high horse and realize if it wasn't for the grace of God.

Come on, you all know some of you could be on that side of the wall. The only difference is you didn't get caught. You just didn't get caught. You have one one too many glasses of wine you hit somebody that's injured.

You're now a felon and now you're gonna go spend some time so don't get all high and mighty on me if it wasn't for the grace of God and. Then you talk to those who knew you then they can't believe who you are now and that would discourage me and say well Lord.

That's I feel unworthy now. They knew who I used to be and often you have to just think well. That's good. Because now they know that God pulled me up out of the clay out of the miry pit and he set me up on a pedestal.

And the only reason I'm here is because of the cross the cross of Jesus Christ has set me free. God gets all the glory all the credit. No degree. No pedigree. No prominence. No promotion, but God and God alone raises men and women up and puts them up.

Another adjustment we need to make is to please God not man. There's a scripture that 20 years ago. I read and a highlight. I never forgot. And it talks about things that are that are esteemed that we look up to and the Bible says whatever is highly esteemed.

Among men is an abomination to God. Think about it. What is the most highly esteemed in our culture? The Oscars and all these things and whatever is esteemed in our cultures and abomination the side of God and so you you need to please God not man and You can think it up here and say oh that sounds great.

But unless your heart changes because the more time you spend the more time they spent with Jesus. The less concerned they were of the Pharisees and of the religious leaders and of the distractions the more the less time with Jesus.

The more distracted they got same with us the less time we spend with Jesus time in his work. The more distracted will become of the things of the world, especially as men. We love our Monday. We want to make sure our Monday image doesn't interfere with our Sunday image.

Now God killed that me becoming a pastor because it doesn't matter but a lot of guys they come in on Sunday. You look at their Facebook page. You wouldn't even know they're a Christian. They got NASCAR and sports and all this stuff and nothing about God.

Nothing about religion because they are embarrassed what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination of God. They're worried about their status and their reputation of tough guy. Oh I'm preaching. Isn't that true?