Special Guest: Leif Hetland

Well, God bless you, God bless you, and God bless you. Why don't you just wave to me and smile? Even with the dark lights, I can see most of your faces, and most of you look pretty good. There's a few exceptions. Now, I'm just joking. It is wonderful, wonderful to be back again here at the park, Parkway, excuse me, what am I saying? Beltway Park Church family. Let's say that with me. Say Beltway Park Church family.

I was just reflecting, even as they were doing baptism and people were being baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, they were immersed into family because God is a family. God is a Father, God is a Son, and God is a Holy Spirit. So you're getting immersed into family, and then you can teach them all the things that He has told us to do. That flows from that. And then when we were doing child dedication, I, I just started to weep. That's probably why I'm still a little bit messed up because I was just sitting and reflecting over my little grandson and my granddaughter. Since last time I saw you, I've become a grandfather. Yay! And, uh, it has been amazing. The miracle first of Rebecca, that was born in Norway, that's almost 14 months ago. And then, then we adopted my daughter Laya and my son-in-law. They have not been able to have children. And then January 30th of last year, a little over a year ago, we got little Malachi. And yes, Malachi is a miracle baby. And when you see him, I mean, there's something about, I call him my chocolate grandson, a little chocolate grandbaby. And I've always wanted a chocolate grandbaby. And so little Malachi here, and my son-in-law is African American, and my daughter is half Viking Norwegian and half Cherokee Indian. So you can imagine just how our grandkids are. That, uh, but you were actually part of that. And that's when I started to get wrecked. I just remembered when the adoption was going on, us Beltway Park Family, you came alongside and said, "We want to sow into this. We want to invest in this." Because it was a costly adoption, but for the last year, it had totally changed our lives. And one of those moments, I had just been to the Middle East, and I came back home, and I'd been in a very busy season. And then I remember, I just came home, and I was holding my little grandson. And as I was looking at him, and he was looking at me, I just started to weep. And for an hour and a half, I was just looking at his face. But I didn't realize, and suddenly something was taking place with me. I was having an encounter with Papa God. And Papa God says, "The way you're seeing him is the way I see you. And the way you feel his love towards him, him is the way that I feel my love towards you. And I love you." And he said, "I'm going to restore your innocence and your childlikeness back." And I just, feeling so, I started this new journey in my life. I had just graduated with a doctor degree in April, by the way. And so, yeah, we can give Jesus a good hand for that. And so I have actually a DD, Dr. Divinity. I have a Doctor of Ministry and a THD, Doctor of Theology. And then I have a DH, which is the hardest doctor degree to get. And it stands for Daddy's Little Helper. And so, I, I, I just having a lot of fun with it. I have it on my business card, DLH, Daddy's Little Helper. And so a lot of the things that I do is all I do is what I see my father do. I say what I hear my father say. And it's just been such a privilege. Last year, celebrated 40 years of full-time ministry. And yes, still smiling after 40 years. Uh, and then, uh, we also had a big celebration. 25 years ago, we started Global Mission Awareness. And as Pastor Jeffrey was saying, that in 2013, we passed a 1 million mark of names added to the Lamb's Book of Life. And we also now see, we have seen over 400,000 people since then. So we're almost one and a half million names added to the Lamb's Book of Life. And we can give Jesus a good hand for that. Uh, I'm waking up in the morning with a purpose and a passion, with a simple focus. I want everyone in the world to know how good Papa God is. And I want everyone to know how loved they are. And for that to happen, people need to have an encounter with a God just like Jesus. Because Jesus is perfect theology. Jesus said, "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father." And Jesus came to show us how good Papa God is and how loved people are. A God that loves the world so much that He will give His only begotten Son. So I've been on this assignment. I've gone to 106 countries and continue to going into the Middle East, into Afghanistan and Pakistan, and all these other stans. But also in the Arab world, had the honor last year to be in Saudi Arabia. And was some amazing things God was doing in Saudi Arabia. But so many places where my assignment is very, very clear. I want everybody to encounter Jesus. That every one of us as believers, first of all, that we get to represent the God that looks like Jesus. So my heart is that everyone in this room, everyone on the other campus, that you're going to be an ambassador of love. That you're going to represent King Jesus. So if you are a school student, you will wake up in the morning and you say, "Thank God it is Monday." And you will head into that classroom because you have a purpose, you have a passion to represent Jesus. If you're in the oil industry, it doesn't matter what you do. Just ordinary sons and daughters that have a very, very good Papa. That depends on the Holy Spirit. So the Spirit in you is for yourself. The Spirit upon you is for the people around you. He said, "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, so that you can be my witness, so that you can represent Jesus, starting in your Jerusalem, in your Judea, Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the world." So I've been on this journey, and I'm so excited about this journey because I'm going back to the basics. I'm going back to my first love. I'm going back to the childlikeness and the innocence. And then in April, when God says, "Life," and He started to talk to me about how much He loves me. But He says, "It's time for you to return back to your first love." And He said, "To do that, you need to slow down enough to catch up with me." Let me say that again. I, I, I want you to slow down enough to catch up with me. Because I have been so busy going so fast, juggling, traveling around the world, traveling America, as well as writing books and studying. And life was so busy that He's invited me into that secret place. That's where you get the secrets, by the way. And going in just to be with Jesus. For being with Jesus, because the one you are with is the one you become like. The one you're beholding is the one you're becoming. And what you become is what you release. So I started this journey, and now it's been 25 weeks. Every single day, I take some time, including I did it late last night. I'm doing it today. Outside these three services, I would go and I would just hang out with Jesus. And let me tell you, the biggest secret about Jesus, the best thing about Jesus is Jesus. I know that's very, very profound. But the best thing about Jesus is Jesus. If you have Jesus, you have everything. If you have everything and you don't have Jesus, you actually have nothing. I do believe having the presence of Jesus. And if that's in the hotel room, or waking up in the morning to have breakfast with Jesus, going through the day, even when I'm on the airplanes, I'm making sure that I have Jesus, the presence of Jesus with me. So to be with Jesus, say that with me. Be with Jesus. To become like Jesus. To live and love like Jesus. That's my simple assignment in life. Just to be with Him, then to become like the one I am with, the one that I love. And then to learn how to live and love, to do simply do what Jesus does in every situation. And that has been a challenge. So what I had to do for me, I went back to the gospel. And I have read the Bible many times, of studied the Bible. But I knew He invited me to go back again to read the New Testament. But this time, do not just read it, let it read me. Let me say that one more time. I, I, I went into the New Testament not just to read it to learn or anything else, but I wanted the New Testament to read me. And I went into the gospel again, back to the basics, where I just started to want to be with Jesus. So in the story that we're going to talk about today, the story at in John chapter 4, when I got there, it suddenly did something with me because it's a simple verse. And if you have your Bible, open up to John chapter 4. John chapter 4. And I'm going to slow down because with my Norwegian accent, I know that here in West Texas, how many of you can understand my Norwegian accent? Okay, very good. But in John chapter 4, there's something. It says in verse 4, "But He needed to go through Samaria." I'm just going to stop there for a moment. Just say the word Samaria. Everybody say Samaria. When it comes to this, this is actually a very big deal. You just read the Bible and then something stands out to you. And my question is, why did Jesus need to go to Samaria? Because if you're following actually and understand the situation between Jews and Samaritans, Samaria is one of those places you go around. You don't go into Samaria. You're going around Samaria. But the Bible says Jesus needed to go into Samaria. So my question is, why Jesus, did you need to go in? And the simple answer is because the Father is going into Samaria. Because all Jesus did is only what He saw the Father do. All Jesus said is only what He heard the Father say. The Father is inviting Jesus to go into Samaria. But when we're talking about Samaritans and and Jews, there's been a conflict, at least 500-year conflict. And there was a lot of tension among Samaritans and Jews. How many of you remember the story about the Good Samaritan? It's like, for me, if I were to tell you, there's that good Texan, what would that say about the rest of the Texans? I mean, even just to say, there is that Good Samaritan, or that is that good Norwegian, or there's that good Democrat. I certainly, I think I'm in Texas right now. So the tendency we have, I mean, you're saying there's a Good Samaritan, that says that the rest of the Samaritans, there's some issues. And other times, Jesus actually called a woman a dog, a Samaritan woman. And other times, they used Jesus and they called him that he was a Samaritan. It's like a cuss word. I mean, the Samaritans and Jews don't go together. There was this thing, it's like oil and water. So what is happening is Jesus goes into to Samaria, and He goes to a place, and we have the picture here. He goes to a well. Say well. My question is, Jesus, why would you, first of all, going into Samaria? And why would you show up at the well? Let me tell you something about the well. Uh, in the Middle East, actually, whole community, cities, and I think here in West Texas, you will understand it. People gather around wells because wherever the water was, there was life. Everybody needs water. Actually, actually, you and I, we are made of water. And what you're made of, your longing for. Let me say that one more time. What you are made of, you are longing for. Later on, you're going to see, you're also made of spirit. And what you're made of, you are longing for. And you're going to look for it in some places. And if you do not drink from the pure water that Jesus gives you, you're going to start to drink from other waters that's going to make you more and more thirsty. So the story is, Jesus shows up at a well. The well is actually a unifying place. In today's culture, if you were a Democrat, you need water. If you're a Republican, you need water. If you are a firefighter, you need water. If you are the arsonist, you need water. If you are the police officer, you need water. If you're the criminal, you need water. If you're Bill Gates, you need water. If you're the homeless, you need water. I don't know if you're getting my point. But everybody needs water. So Jesus chooses to go to this place to connect with someone in a place that is the unifying place, the place that everybody needs. This is very much of a key as we are following Jesus, as we are with Jesus, learning the ways of Jesus, to be with Him, to become like Him, and live and love like He does. So Jesus went to a well. Say well. And when He gets to this well, there's this Samaritan woman coming with some jar, empty jar, in the middle of the day. It is hot. She is alone. And Jesus is about to have this, you can call it, an encounter with this woman. And I'm so excited about tonight where we're going to have an encounter tonight. I've had four encounters in my life, and I will share some of it that totally changed me. Including where I was a Baptist pastor of a small little Baptist church. And in a similar night that we are going to have tonight, I had an encounter with God where God said, "You're going to go into the darkest Muslim world and you're going to share the gospel where the gospel has never been before. This light will be following after you. And over a million Muslims will get to know Jesus because of you." And I didn't know one Muslim. I didn't even like Muslims. And then you have an encounter with Jesus. He's sharing something about you that didn't make sense. If you have said a million Muslims, I didn't know a Muslim in my whole city. There is 40,000 people. And my dream was to see my little Baptist Church go from 185 to 200. I was a big dreamer. And then I was almost burned out. That's before you knew how to cast out a deacon. That's just a little Norwegian humor. I love my deacons. But I was part of a Baptist Church where they could hire and fire you. And so now, after this experience, one encounter with the Holy Spirit, God speaks something over your life. He releases destiny over your life. And as a result of that, my life has never been the same. He invited me to follow Him. And following Him to some of the darkest places. And and to be able to see the very life and the very love of Jesus penetrating the darkest places in the world. To see mosques and Islamic universities and see place after place be filled with the presence of Jesus. And seeing again multitudes getting to know Him. To watching lame people walking, blind people seeing, deaf ears opening up. So Jesus is showing up here at the well. And then the conversation is about water. Say water. And I mentioned a little bit that how your body is actually. And many, even in this room, maybe are dehydrated and you do not know it. And I have been dehydrated a few times and I didn't know I was dehydrated because my body. And I think spiritual dehydration is one of those areas you do not even recognize it. Before sometimes you have these encounter nights where you just come and have an encounter with a living water. And if not, you can come this Sunday morning and you drink of something. But next Sunday, you're looking for something again. So there's these temporary things that maybe do not fix your problems. But when you have an encounter with Him, you become an encounter. Transform people. Brings transformation to people. So that's why I think it is important to be in the processes, but also to have fresh encounters with Jesus that shapes us, that changes us. Because these encounters with Him, when you're seeing His face, hearing His voice, feeling His love, experiencing His presence, you look in the mirror and you start to see you, the way that He sees you. And that's called the truth. And knowing the truth sets you free. So when Jesus shows up here at this well, meets this woman, Jesus does something interesting. Jesus says, "Excuse me, but would you give me something to drink?" This is actually a very intimidating kind of a setting. I've been going to the Muslim world and in the Middle East now for 30 years this year. And I, I can never go to a place and meet with a woman alone. They will stone me and kill me if I met with a woman alone. That's the culture that Jesus was living in. It was a Middle Eastern culture that looks a little bit more like Taliban than West Texas. But Jesus goes in and He sits there at the well. And this woman is coming. And this woman, by the way, had some issues. So if you have issues, let me just tell you something. Congratulations, you are qualified. Jesus is not afraid of your issues. He actually came for your issues. And sometimes what we see is religion is coming with condemnation. Jesus is coming with invitation. So if you have issues, that's what Jesus is coming for. And that's why I'm going to the places I'm going because there is people that have issues. And I know somebody to have something that is going to meet the deepest root area of their life, something they've been longing for, something they've been thirsting for. But what Jesus does here is incredible for me. I came from a Baptist background. I learned evangelism and mission. Actually, have a doctor degree learning about it. But what Jesus is doing here challenges me. Jesus goes to this woman and He says, "Would you give me something to drink?" A Jew coming to a Samaritan, a rabbi coming to a woman who have had five husbands and is living with somebody. And He says, "You have something that I need." Jesus is honoring something about this woman. He didn't come and say, "Hey, you have some issue, you need to get saved, or I have a word for you, or I'm holy and you're not." He says, "You have something that I need. Will you give me something to drink? You have something that I need. I want to borrow something from you." And this is part of the way that I live life. If that's a homeless person, somebody on the airplane, if that's the Muslim leader, I'm building a bridge over to them and recognizing there's something I want to learn how to honor about them. Because honor is what love looks like. And we honor people in our words, what we say, in our thoughts towards people, especially people that are different. And I just had an experience that was a little challenging. I was there at the Presidential Prayer Breakfast live in the room with Donald Trump and all these beautiful people. And as we were there, I'm sitting, and I had the top Muslim mom from Pakistan sitting by the side of me. So when you're sitting there with the mom, and we are walking hand in hand in this kind of environment. But what I loved about it, as I'm sitting there, is Sikh, there's Hindu, there's Muslims, there's Republicans, there's Democrats, there's all these different people together. And what for me, what I have decided to do is to start to find what can I honor by people that are different than me. And what is it I can, how can I build a bridge over and learn something from someone? That's what Jesus say, "You have something that I need. Will you give me something to drink?" Jesus is thirsty for something that this woman has. And we are talking about a woman, Middle Eastern culture, and again, five husbands, living with somebody. And still Jesus recognized there's a value, there's something she has that He needs. And the only other time that I see Jesus doing that is on the cross when He says, "I thirst." That's the two times Jesus thirsts. This time that this woman has some water that He thirsts for. And the second time on the cross, "I thirst." And later on, we know what happened that He died for our sins. So I'm putting this into perspective. He starts this conversation about water. And I'm, I can kind of feel the atmosphere because for me, when I read the scriptures now, I am there at the well with Jesus. I'm sitting there with Jesus. And I'm looking at this woman, or I'm going over and I'm standing behind this woman and feeling what she feels and getting involved in this story. It's called contemplation. So as I'm in this environment, and I'm seeing this thing, I'm kind of surprised because this woman is like, "Who is this guy? Don't you know you are a Jew? I'm a Samaritan. And you asking me for a favor? I mean, are you flirting with me? What is the issue?" But then Jesus said, "Oh, if you knew who I was, you would have asked me for a drink." So what Jesus is doing, He's building a bridge over every single one. And everybody is thirsty. And when you are finding out what they had been drinking from, you start to build a bridge over for what is the root issue in their life and what they are thirsty for. So in this story with Jesus, let's look at a couple of scripture verses. And I wanted to read from John chapter 13. Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again. But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." The woman said, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." Jesus said to her, "Call your husband." So we're going to stop here for a second. Say it with me. Say well. Say well. Both sides did very well. Second of all, say water. Now, the conversation is about water. Not just natural water. I don't know what you are thirsty for. But there's some areas in my life that even physically speaking, for seven years, I've been struggling with sleep problems, to go to sleep, been taking sleep medication, been diagnosed with with sleep apnea. And then I realized that Jesus is inviting me just to come and start to drink from a rest from something. And I just recently had an encounter. And by the way, for the last three months, I've been sleeping seven, eight hours a night. That's the first time in over seven years. I needed a creative miracle in my leg. And I was drinking from everything that the doctor has to offer and everything, everything else. But in a meeting, as I met with Jesus, had an encounter with Jesus, He gave me brand new bones. And I have full mobility in my leg. About 10 years ago, I had a tumor and I almost died. And I lost over 50 pounds. And then in a moment, as I had been again drinking, and I'm not against neither surgeon or doctors, I believe in it, I use it. But I knew I needed something else and something more. And again, came to Jesus, and He gave me something. And there was a healing that took place. The tumor went from malignant to non-malignant. And I'm here today smiling. I have a big scar. I still have a surgery. So the surgeon did his part, but Jesus did His part. The tumor shrank one inch and went from malignant to non-malignant from one encounter with Jesus. And what Jesus is setting up here is that we all are drinking from something. But it's maybe not meeting your need. Maybe I don't know if your finances can be dry. I don't know when it comes to different areas you've been struggling with. And you go temporary, and temporary, I'm not going to do this again, or, and you continue until eventually you go to Jesus. You fix your eyes on Jesus. You behold Jesus. And you're coming to Him. And you're honest with yourself. So Jesus goes from first the well, to the water, then He comes in with the word. Say the word. The word is very important in the middle of this because knowing the truth will set you free. Jesus now is coming in with the word of God that is going to do something with you. And He says to this woman, and here's where the word is, "I want you to bring your husband." And she says, "Well, I, I don't have a husband." And Jesus says, "That is true." Meaning you have been honest. And here is my encouragement to all of us here in church. One of the sadness for me is for people that are struggling, they're afraid to say they are struggling. Instead of this should be the safest place. I know people that is coming up there because I share my own stories. But it's just coming, "Oh, I was a bed or I struggled with pornography or I struggled with alcoholism." Or I was just with another person who's been struggling with alcoholism for years. But because he is honest, the truth will set you free. This woman was honest. Jesus says, "You have been true. You've been true." When I am exposing something with my word, and again, it is not for condemnation, but for an invitation. That Jesus doesn't do that to tease you, but He gives you the word that is a mirror for you to come to Him, for Him to be able to come with a cure for your problem. And so I'm just telling you, so this woman then is coming to Jesus. And Jesus says, "Now, here, you have had five husbands, and the one you are living with right now is not your husband." Let me stop there for a moment. When I was first reading this, for years I was thinking about, "Hey, this woman has some issues." Could you agree with me? If you met somebody here that's testifying, was speaking next Sunday, you know, they'd be married five times and that they're living with somebody that they are not supposed to live with. How many of you believe that that looks like there are some issues there? I think we all can agree. This is not the trickiest question. But I wanted us to look at that scripture from a little bit different perspective. The same word, but I want us to see it the way that Jesus sees it. First of all, in the Middle East, a woman, she could not get divorced from her husband. Only the husband could divorce himself from the woman. So here is a woman, perhaps a pure woman, that trusted in love, believed in love, that comes to someone and makes a covenant, believes in love, and saying yes in good times and in bad times. But this husband, for no reason or small reason, decides he wants to divorce. He throws her aside. She doesn't have any value. And he just moved on with his life. And here she is, broken. Love is violated. Covenant is violated. And here she is, broken. She goes to the next person. Here, somebody else that offered love, pure love. And instead, again, abuse comes in, pain comes in. He divorces. And she goes through this five different times until right now, she's pretty much useless. My assistant Tim and I, we were just in a center in Karachi, Pakistan, where we visited his home. Somebody took in all these women. And all these women were just broken. Everybody had just thrown them into the streets because they didn't have any value any longer. They hadn't done anything wrong. It was just their husband and the family didn't want them any longer. You couldn't produce anything any longer. You didn't have any value. But then Jesus is showing up. And He is very different. Love had been violated until love shows up. A God of love, Jesus Himself shows up. And He sees value in this woman. Can you see how it changes? And now she's living with one. It doesn't say she's sleeping with one. Perhaps somebody is covering a roof over her head where she's able to live and not be homeless. But in this environment, when Jesus just revealed, "Here's your issue. You're struggling. You come to this well tomorrow. You're going to go to this well. You still have brokenness. And you're getting temporary water. And we're getting a lot of temporary fixes day by day. But it is not touching the deepest root of your life. Tomorrow, she's still going to have love deficiency. She's still going to have hunger. She's still going to be going around with the scars or the traumas and everything she's been through in life until the moment when she meets Jesus." Jesus, Jesus shows up. He connects with this woman. And again, with an invitation, no condemnation. Shows this woman through the word, "All of these things are true about you. But let me tell you about you." And then Jesus starts to reveal because He will not treat you based upon your history, but your destiny. Can I say that one more time? Jesus will not treat you based upon your history, but your destiny. But it starts with, "Come, come to me, all of you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. My burden is easy and my yoke is light." He says, "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am low and meek and humble in heart, and I will give you rest for your soul." So if you have issues, come. If you feel disqualified, come. Your disqualification is often your qualification because it's called grace. And when you humble yourself, there's always grace available. So I'm putting this into place. We're about to land this. Woo, time is going fast. When you're having fun, now are you guys okay? Okay. Say well. Say well. Say water. Say word. Say worship. This woman suddenly realized who Jesus are. "Are you a prophet? What is it? You know everything about me." But no condemnation, invitation. And then she starts to recognize, "This is what we've been waiting for. The Messiah is here." The first time Jesus revealed Himself as Messiah is to this woman. And then she becomes a worshipper. And here's, we're going to go to the end of the screen with this desert. And I will tell a story. But here, I wanted to tell a story in, uh, Cuba. We have a worship leader in Cuba. Uh, when I see her jumping and dancing, you have to meet her. Her name is Lee. Her face is glowing while she's worshiping. An extravagant worshipper. In 2020, when COVID hit, I was visiting Cuba. And during my trip to Cuba, Aki, the pastor's wife, who leads our movement, she came up and she said, "Papa, Lee, Papa, Lee, I, I'm getting my hair cut through this practitioner in our church, but I don't like my hair. It's not very pretty. But I know some of the other people, they go to this one lady, and their hair is always very pretty." And, and I'm trying to be a wise man. When women ask you a question about the hair, I have a wife and three daughters, and I've learned a little bit of wisdom. So I said, "Aki, what is the problem? Why don't you go to this lady that is very good? Even if you have a sister in your church that cuts hair, maybe she's not gifted as a beautician. It's like, if you have a car mechanic, even if he is a Christian car mechanic, if he doesn't know how to fix cars, I would rather go to the one that is lost and bring Jesus to it anyway." So I told Aki, "Aki, said, but the problem is, she is a witch." "Ooh," you said, "she's a witch?" "Yet she's the head of witchcraft for that whole region. So the people are coming there to get the haircut. There's all these demons and demonic activity. And she does all these spells and everything else. So what should I do?" And I said, "Is the light in you greater than the darkness in the witch?" And she was not sure about it. And then she said, "I have a lot of fear for that." And then my question is, "Is the love that you have for the witch greater than the fear and her hatred towards you?" Because perfect love will always cast out fear. But you cannot give something you don't have. So if you don't have it, receive it, so you can become as you can give it. Receive, become, release. Receive, become, release. So Aki took the risk. She said, "Jesus, I don't know how to do this, but I'm listening to my spiritual Papa. And I want my hair to look pretty." So she went to the witch. She went the second time, third, fourth, sixth time. The next year, got her haircut. By the sixth time, Aki is inviting the witch to come. 2021, when I was there, and during the, uh, all six people came. I didn't know the story. One of the people surrendered to Jesus, got saved, healed, and delivered. And it was the witch. Aki did her part. She came there time after time, honored something about the witch, then started to talk about this living water, invited her to come. And says, "Tonight, there's going to be an encounter." She came there. The witch had an encounter, met Jesus, got saved, healed, and delivered. She's our top evangelist in Cuba. She's leading 16 home churches. And she's the top worship leader. It started with one encounter with Jesus. I want you just to see this desert. And we're going to pray. But this desert is called the Atacama. Say Atacama. That's in Chile, South America. Tim and myself, we were in Chile earlier of last year. And during this time in the Atacama, it was seven and a half years there's not been any rain. No rain for seven and a half years. It is the driest place on the earth. So if you feel that West Texas is dry, always think about Atacama. But something is actually taking place. When you see this picture, it looks like everything is dead, everything is dying. But underneath there, what you don't know, there's a lot of seeds that has been broken that has just been waiting for water. And I want you to see the next picture. This is the same place. It's called a super bloom harvest. Underneath there were all these seeds. But then when the rain was coming, those seeds were just waiting for some water. And in the moment, what was happening, they became alive. And you're now seeing the most beautiful, beautiful super bloom. And I just feel this as a prophetic picture. Some of you maybe had dryness. And there's been a desert, financially, it could be relational, there could be here, you were waiting for a healing. It's been a long time. But I'm here to encourage that Jesus is here. And there is a fresh outpouring of this living water where you don't have to temporarily just go and fix something. But you start to drink from that water that He has to give. And then you're going to start to see that rivers which starts to flow. And wherever the river goes, there is going to be life. And I believe we're heading into this season in America. Some of you maybe see the dryness. But underneath there's some brokenness that has happened in your life. In this season, that is just waiting for the water to touch what is broken. And those seeds that has been there is just waiting to be blossomed in your life. I want us to stand to our feet. Are you guys okay? On the other campus, are you guys okay? Can we just hold out our hands? There's quite a few hands in the first service. But even before I pray for us, is there anyone in this room, you are not following Jesus? You maybe know who He is, been around Him, but you have not said yes to become a disciple and a follower of Jesus. Jesus wants to sit down with you, connect with you, recognize the value in your life. Jesus came for you. And He has something for you today. He has this living water that you have been thirsty for. If you're here and you're not sure that you are born again, that you are a Christian, and have received Jesus as your Savior and your Lord, I want you just to wave to me. Just wave. Yes. Yes. Yes. Anybody else over here in this section? Yes. I'm just trying to see here. Just wave to me if that's you. You want to receive Jesus today. Anybody else over here at this one? Can we give Jesus a hand for the people that [Applause] just. And I want you just to hold out your hands. Are you thirsty? Is there dryness in your life? Father, I just thank You so much for every single person in this room. I thank You for Your love, Father. I thank You for Jesus, just coming to connect with each one of us. And that we will take this time at the well, having a healthy conversation, allowing Your word, because Your word heals, Your word sets us free. But having a healthy conversation with You. Give us an invitation, especially when we've had condemnation. And I'm just hearing that He's saying, "I want to remove away all shame from you." So anyone that carries shame, fear, and guilt, Jesus is inviting you just to come and drink. And He has some water for you today. You who are thirsty, come and drink so that the rivers can start to flow. I bless you in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Amen.