 So you pray with me over to the silence of this moment prepare our hearts and minds for your work for us instead Work your will and our lives. Amen So on Numerous occasions that happened with my children happens now in my work People want me to be a placasticator. That's a big word or saying they want me to tell them What's going to happen in the future about this or that? You know when I think about the future, there are some things I want to have happen We've already played with a little bit. I'd like to see the University of Texas with another national football championship I would like to see the Cowboys win a Super Bowl And it is my long held desire to be at the ballpark Ballpark Simply as he was such a big baseball fan and great baseball remember the time he said That he told He didn't think you'd ever see the Rangers play a series game That there would never leave our half of that He died several years after that. I'm thinking died Alex Rodriguez Yankee struck out Same day they died My brother and I called each other we sort of both phoned each other at the same time He said you remember what dad said to you several years ago I said you and I made it one of the things that I did do is at least go see two World Series games There's not much about which I think you can But there is something that we can do is we can create at least in our own mind and our own Souls What the future should look like we should have a vision of what the future can be We should have a vision create a vision our own souls in such a way about how We wish to be What we hope to do And what is the vision that our God has You can think about that even six or seven greater What it is that God might or maybe I should ask the adults the same question Do you ever think about it? I think it's sometimes we think that really what it means to be a follower of Jesus This this place of magic prayers Say yes to two or three questions The Paul in the letter to the closions gave us a very simple instructions Didn't he let me read a couple of them again I want to how about them because I think they really determine if you really live with them in such way that they can determine your Your own future about what it means to be a follower of Jesus Is God's chosen ones holy in the love? other way God's chosen close yourselves with compassion kindness humility maintenance and patience So what would be like to get up every morning and think I'm gonna work a passion today Or I'm gonna wear humility today or mean this Patient this has been with each other says bear with one another that means it's worth But up with each other But I'll put each other in such a way that anyone has to complain against another just because A couple of times that That I that I think to myself about what's happened what my life has been like today I have to admit most of us live in this country My life is very good Very close people And so I don't think about the things I could have received or the things I should have gotten Accolade or winning a race and I know that's important things so many people at certain times I'm really going to think to myself in such a myself in this way. I'm trying to think Do I do these words begin to describe who I was have to tell you that some days I may get a beat and a lot of days I think it's that's what it means to be a United Methodist Christian because one of the things that methods believe that we don't talk about Is that you and I are never We believe only we believe oh And it means that what we do is we keep moving into perfection Now perfection in this word means to be made perfect and long it does not mean Getting a lesson man test tomorrow We're doing a great job with your input paper later this week We gave the spell every word that you get this week or do all the man this week It means perfection really in terms of Christian sense means will you be more loving? You see when Wesley talked about praise John Wesley, how many you know who John Wesley so when John Wesley talked about praise We talked about that decision that you make and sometimes we make that decision just on our own You know, I'm following sometimes we're just doing it or we walk a long time I don't realize we've made that decision. We don't know when where I'm at I think what prepares us to make that decision really is something that that is ever present in our lives And that is the Holy Spirit And there's a word that's used to call for your being in grace and that's the grace that God surrounds you And it's that grace that happens What you know, they're not just continually drawing back Had you made a decision or somehow you made a decision, you don't know it, but this is the critical piece for that After that it's not the same. Yes Filling in all the right dots Right questions. That's why The idea will be Of sanctification, will be made perfect in life. Have any clergy here in the room? Regimental? If you clergy in the room So this is a question that was asked of the clergy when they were ordained and you expected to be made perfect It's fine. Which means will you be comfortable or not? And I think that's something that's why I'm great myself to say Because I'm not as good as I always would be. It's just like this continual art, this continual momentum that you have Somehow I believe that God's vision to be is to get closer and closer to making a life On being made perfect You know, we all have people who move here to take this life. Do you have people here taking it? But I'll talk about your parents now, so But if there are people in here taking it, you're making it a little bit different And frankly those are the people you ought to choose to love It's just one that I think you discovered that your cable was so much more than you ever had It's not that you can be humble or compassionate All of us are good It's not having all the right answers It's by versus when we're rising It's just the beginning It's somehow seen as God's It's Jesus what we want to do to touch Touch the head of His garment And if you get into the future, just touch the head So things don't always go well in your life My ride, your parents' life, your passionate life This is the one thing that you can do that keeps us so This is when we get to see something happen Everything, you know What it means to be Made, watched, and humility Almost other than the washings So it's the moments we can take only to be And really, every time I celebrate the cycle Paying the bread, wine, food, juice, and other shirts It's really gorgeous Every time we do it, what we're doing, we strive To do that, I remember it That we want to somehow know That we, we have chosen the future for ourselves We have a vision that we can raise in the future