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It has been such an honor to be with you this week. I am sad because this is my last service with you this morning. And so I just want to say, on behalf of my wife Jess or son Elijah, um, this has been a gift to us. And I think we have poured out, but I feel like I'm going home with more than I gave. And just meeting so many people, I realized I know more people here than I thought I would know. And it's good to see old friends, it's good to meet new friends. And I just, I just love your heart as a camp. And I we have just had the best time as a family. And so I just want to thank you for your incredible hospitality, for the incredible excellence of this camp. Uh, it's just amazing. From Elam Lodge to this place to the food has been amazing. Every volunteer, Karen running this camp and her husband, and just everything that's happened, and and Phil and Kevin and all the pastors that uh make this possible. Can we just give uh applause and a thank you for everyone that served from sound and ushers and just from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much, guys. It's such a such an honor to be here and be a part of this. Thank the board of this camp for all that they do. And uh just again, thank you. Um before I get into the word, I'll share a little bit that uh we have that table at the back that we are packing up after this service. So if you want some hoodies or my wife's book on brushing your teeth, you still haven't brushed your teeth yet, then pick up that book. Um, but uh we'll we'll we'll pack that up at the end of the service. But all proceeds go to our ministry. And so thank you for buying and uh supporting us. And uh, if you want more, there's some brochures, and as I talked about yesterday, would love you to partner with us, help us. If God would put it on your heart, everywhere I go, I just share. Uh, our ministry is not supported by a weekly tithe. We believe that everybody that comes or is involved should be a part of a local church. We're not a local church, but we take the offerings, the over and the above. And for the last 17 years, God has faithfully provided in the over and above to fund our ministry and do incredible things. And so maybe in your over and above, you would consider uh giving to resurgents. We'd be so grateful for that. And there's some information. Um, and a couple years ago, God spoke to me and just uh I felt like we needed a prayer team. And uh somebody said, You need a prayer team. You know, in the last two years, I think we've been in seven or eight different countries. We travel a lot, there's a lot going on, and and as we go to camps and places, uh we need prayer, we need a prayer covering. And so, well, like how do you how do you grow a prayer team? And this idea came what if we had a just a text message that goes out, a simple text message, just an update at what you can pray for. And it goes out about weekly, sometimes it's every two weeks, and just hey, these are some points, this is what God's doing, and this is how you can pray. And so, if you would want to be a part of that, we have about 88 people on our prayer list that every week or every two weeks they get a text and they go, Hey, I'm praying. And it's just a text, you don't, but you're committing, hey, I want to pray for you guys. And so if you would want to be part of that, I believe I want to get a person for every hour of the week. And so uh that's about a hundred and I think sixty-eight or sixty-six hours in a week. And I thought, man, it would be amazing. And so maybe that would be you. You can just text, you can just scan that code and you can join it, and we'll just text you, and you can be praying for us. That would mean the world to us. Um, thank you. Uh, one more thing I wanted to announce is we this summer as resurgents are hosting a young adult camp. So if you're a young adult between 18 and 35, we're doing a camp August 21st to 24th called Carry the Fire. And we believe every young person has a purpose. God wants to mark them, but also God wants to give them purpose and mission in their life. And that's the heart of this camp. And so if you're a young adult, tell your friends, be a part of it. You can scan that and uh get all the info, and we'll just text you the link and give you the info on that. But would love you to be a part of that. Well, let's get into the word this morning. You know, on Monday we met Peter on a boat. And if you're just joining us this morning, I've been talking about the empowered life, the life of Peter. And we started at Peter on a boat, an ordinary fisherman called and invited to follow Jesus. On Tuesday, we talked about failure and Peter being restored and how he denied Jesus, and Jesus met him on a beach and rewrote his story. We saw Peter on Wednesday filled with the Holy Spirit, and the fearful fisherman became the bold witness. And on Thursday, yesterday, we talked about being sent, about how God calls us to go to the other side and being sent, no longer living for ourselves, but on the mission of God. And today I want to ask a different question, and I'm really excited about what God's put on my heart for today, of all the messages. I'm just excited because I believe, you know, what does a mature disciple actually look like? And that's the question I have for us today. How do you know someone that, how do you know if someone's really been transformed? Is it because they preach? Is it because they uh perform miracles? Is it because they uh, you know, know the Bible? Or is it something deeper? Is there something deeper going on? And today I want to suggest the greatest evidence of spiritual maturity is not found in what we do, it's found in who we're becoming. And um, I think this message is essential for us as a church. I think it's a message that I went to Bible college and I think somewhere along the way I grew up in a Pentecostal church, I don't think this message was taught to me enough. I think as I look around and see insecure people and insecure leaders and insecurity all around us, I think we're all on a journey to becoming whole. And as I speak today on wholeness, I just want to encourage each one of us, God has more wholeness for us so we can look closer like Jesus. And I think as we go through life, there's wounds and there's hurts and there's things, there's insecurities, and knowing who we are in Him is the most important thing. Because it changes how we operate, changes how we act, it changes everything. If you have your Bibles today, Acts chapter 12, we're going to look at a passage, another passage with Peter in it. And reading in verse 1, it was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church. Intending to persecute them, he had James, a brother of John, put to death with the sword. When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone up on the cell. He struck Peter, um he struck Peter on the side and woke him up. Quick, get up, he said, and chains fell off his wrists. Did you catch that this morning? The verse that that arrested my heart isn't that the angel showed up in the picture. It wasn't the fact that the chains fell off. I've read this passage many times. I'm like, that is amazing. The angel shows up, chains fall off, he gets out of prison. That's an incredible miracle in its own. But the miracle that arrests my heart when I read this passage is something else. It's not the miracles, and as we as Pentecostals, we love miracles, amen. I believe in miracles. But there's another miracle that I want to point us to today. It's a simple sentence. Peter was sleeping. Everybody say amen to that. Think about it. Peter was sleeping. James has just been executed. Peter knows exactly what's waiting for him. He's chained between two massive Roman soldiers, 16 guards surrounding him. Tomorrow is certainly his execution day. This is his last night on planet Earth, it would seem. And Peter is asleep. Like if I was writing this story, knowing what we know of Peter, I would have in the Bible wrote a UFC royal rumble right here. Because the Peter that I know is impulsive. The Peter that I know would have said, Come on, boys, let's have a rumble right here in the prison. We're taking you down. But he's sleeping. I kind of wonder if he asked the big guards next to him, hey, could you guys tuck me in? I'm gonna go have a little sleep. You got a blanket for me? He's sleeping. Huh? Like, how? He's not pretending, he's not meditating, he's not pacing, he's not, he's sleeping. I have trouble sleeping on some of my best nights. I have trouble sleeping when I'm gonna catch a flight the next day because I'm worried that my alarm's not gonna go off at the right time. And sometimes I can't sleep because my mind's racing about things that won't even happen, but I'm thinking about it. And yet Peter, on his worst night of his life, is sleeping. How? That's the question. Because if you remember Peter's life, it doesn't sound like the Peter we met in Luke 5, impulsive, Luke 22, afraid, John 21, he was broken. What changed? Church, church, what happened here? And I think the greatest miracle isn't he gets out of prison, the greatest miracle that he can rest. See, God did something in Peter than the greater than what he was about to do for Peter. He did something in his heart. I think that's maturity. And my first point this morning, if you're taking notes, is Peter moved from striving to surrender. See, when we first meet Peter, he's constantly a striving guy. He's striving to catch more fish. He wants to prove himself. He's striving to be the best disciple at times. He, you know, he's even his greatest failure came because he believed he was strong enough in his own strength. If even if everyone else falls away, I never will. We know the end of that story. Peter spent much of his life trying harder, doing more, and trying to be enough, trying to prove his devotion. But after the resurrection, Jesus didn't ask Peter to try harder. Jesus asked him to surrender. Will you surrender? See, I think the Christian life starts to come and see, but every one of us are invited to come and see. But at some point, he invites us to come and die. It's a moment of surrender. It's a it's take up your cross and follow me. And Jesus told the disciples something that must have been incredibly difficult for Peter to hear. He told them, wait. Before they preach, before they heal, before they change the world, wait for my spirit to come. See, somewhere between Luke 5 and Acts 12, Peter stopped relying on himself and started depending on God. His trust changed. That's why I think he could sleep in prison. He wasn't carrying the weight of the world on his hands anymore. He was surrendered his life into God's hands. See, here's what I feel God accomplishes his greatest work through surrendered people, not striving people. Maybe today you've been striving. Maybe today you're trying harder. You're trying to fix it on your own. You're trying to make life happen for you. You're trying to become what you think God wants you to be. Jesus isn't asking you to strive. He's actually saying, Will you surrender what you think it'll be so that I can do in you what I've called for your life? My second point this morning is Peter moved from fear to peace. From fear to peace. Acts 12, 6, we see that. It says the night before Herod was to bring him to trial. Peter is sleeping. Not because the prison has a comfortable queen-sized mattress. Not because the situation isn't serious. Not because he doesn't know what tomorrow can bring. But Peter knows James has already been executed. He knows what could happen. He understands what happened. I don't think he's avoiding responsibility. I don't think he's denying reality in this moment. He's simply resting in someone greater than his reality. See, I don't think Peter slept because he knew the angel was coming. I don't think he had inside information. I don't think he had a rumor source to tell him, oh, there's an angel coming. I saw it on X, you know, the angel is coming. It wasn't like that. And he slept because somewhere between Luke 5 and Acts 12, he learned to trust God. Whether God rescued him or he went to be in heaven, he knew he belonged to Jesus, and that was the end of the story. See, his peace wasn't rooted in circumstances, it was rooted in Christ. That changes everything. Years earlier, there was another storm. Jesus was asleep in the boat, and the disciples are panicking, right? And the roles were reversed. Peter's now sleeping. The storm has changed. Peter has changed. Jesus' peace became Peter's peace. That's maturity. Not the absence of the storm, not the absence of the trial. This is his greatest trial. The presence of peace was there. You know, Exodus 33, 14, my presence will go with you and I will give you rest. Psalm 116, 7. Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. See, rest isn't first about sleep, rest is about trust. You know, I've discovered something. Many of us are physically exhausted because we're emotionally carrying things that God never asked us to carry. Some of us are physically exhausted because we're carrying things emotionally that God's never asked you to carry. We carry tomorrow. We carry what the news report says, we carry people's opinions, we carry control, we carry outcomes, we carry the mission, we carry all these things. And Peter finally learned we didn't have to. We don't have to. Peter wasn't sleeping because the prison was secure. Prison he was sleeping because his identity was sure. Listen, we can't build churches. Only God can build the church. We can't make it happen. Only God can do that. That's a huge difference. See, peace doesn't know, doesn't come from knowing God what God will do tomorrow. Peace comes from knowing who holds tomorrow. I don't know tomorrow, but I know who holds tomorrow. Can I ask you a question? Well, what is keeping you awake? Is it fear? Finances? Children, grandchildren, your future? What burden have we picked up that Jesus actually never asked us to carry? Come to me, I will give you rest, is the invitation of Jesus today. Maybe the greatest miracle God wants to do isn't changing your circumstances, maybe it's giving you peace in the middle of them. My third point this morning is Peter moved from shame to sonship. See, before Peter could sleep in Acts 12, he had to stand on a beach in John 21. And I don't think Acts 12 began in the prison. I think Acts 12 began around that charcoal fire that we talked about. Because it was there that Jesus restored Peter. It was there that Jesus removed his shame. It was there that Jesus recommissioned Peter on the mission. It was there Peter stopped defining himself by his worst day. Imagine carrying the weight of denying Jesus. Imagine the thoughts. I denied Jesus. I spent three years, he poured into me, and I denied him. Hearing the rooster crow, and you're like, oh, I remember that rooster crow. Every time he hears a rooster crow, maybe it triggers that memory. Imagine replaying that moment over and over and over. I'm a failure. Look what I did. I'm a failure. What are people going to think when I walk around now with Jesus and yet I'm the guy that's screwed up? And church, Jesus, Peter didn't just receive forgiveness, he received a new identity. Eventually, Peter stopped seeing himself as the disciple who failed, the disciple who denied, the disciple who wasn't enough. Instead, he became a son. And that changes everything. Romans 8 says, the spirit you receive does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again. Rather, the spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, Abba Father. The Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. See, Peter no longer lived trying to get God's approval. He lived because he already had it. He didn't have to earn it. He didn't have to jump up and down like you know little kids do to be on a team. Pick me, pick me, pick me. You don't want to be the last person picked. We don't have to do that anymore. He's already picked you and he's already picked me first. We don't have to jump up and down. That's maturity. One of the greatest lessons that God has taught me is on value. And I and I, you know, value is set by the price that is paid for something or who owns it. See, a piece of art is the value is set by who owns that piece of art and who painted it. I learned this lesson firsthand a number of years ago. I was flying to Baffin Island in Nunavut, and we were doing these youth conferences for First Nations youth ravaged by suicide. And we were going to a community called Cape Dorset. And as we landed in Akalawit, I was going to get my bag at the baggage thing, and the little belt comes out, and a guy comes up to me and says, Hi. I said, Hi. He goes, Do you want to buy a stone carving? And I think it was $500 for his stone carving. I said, No, I'm I'm good, thanks. Okay, how about $250? I'm like, 50% sale. This is pretty good. I said, no, I'm good, thanks. Okay. $100? You know, he got that stone carving down to $20. To this day, I don't know why I didn't just buy it. It was such a good deal. But here's what I learned is value is the price that you're willing to pay. It's not worth $500. If you say it's $500, nobody's gonna buy it. Like you can say, oh, this paperclip's $500. Okay. Who's gonna give you $500? We know this in the housing market. We know this. You can ask for whatever you want, but nobody's gonna give you that. That's not the value it is. The market will determine that. And I went on to Cape Dorset, got another plane, we landed, we had the first night of ministry, about 80 youth in this room, in this one room church, and uh were ministering and people, lives are being changed. And my third time in that community. And I went to bed that night in the same hotel room that I had been three times, exact same room. So I knew the room, I had been there, and it's just incredible what God was doing. And as I was getting ready, brush my teeth, all of a sudden these thoughts came into my mind. Why are you here? Why are you in ministry? Why are you doing this? You should go back and be an engineer. You you don't you don't connect with a young generation, you have nothing to say. And I just I listened to the tape in my head for a while. You know how we do that? We just kind of listen. And I was listening, I was like, yeah, actually, that's true. And I started to just like believe it, like, why am I? I should, I've never had these thoughts before. And I'm like, wait a minute. I've been in this hotel room before, I've never thought these things before, I've never thought about quitting before. I've never had this. And so right away I just said, God, I just ask you to take this right now. This is just the enemy. Just leave it. And in the minute I prayed that, peace, felt good, went to bed. 4 a.m. I wake up. I'm like, why am I awake? I don't even have to pee. Like, why am I awake? And all of a sudden I felt the voice of the Holy Spirit say, What you felt last night is what the people of this community feel like every single day. They have no value. They don't know how valuable, they don't know the price that was paid for them. That night in that community, Cape Dorset, that had just burnt down their $14 million school because some guys were abused. About 150 men were abused in the locker room by a teacher. And so, in hatred, they had burnt that school just the year prior. And I went into the building we were that night and I preached on value. And in that room, there were growing men, tears, little five-year-olds just bawling as I spoke about the value and how Jesus didn't die for junk. He died for every single one of us. And I think, church, we we need to remember that. We live in a world that's constantly tells us our value comes from performance, our value comes from success or followers or influence or what people think or our title or our accomplishments. But that's not how heaven measures value. See, that story reminded me value is never determined by what someone is willing to criticize. Value is determined by what someone is willing to pay. And the greatest price has been paid for you and for me. And when I realize that, when we realize that, that changes. Everything. Because I see people around me different. Evangelism looks different because I see everybody as God's son and daughter. They are loved. I see my enemies different because they have gold in them and they are God's children too. The cross settled our value forever. Jesus didn't die for junk. You know, the cross isn't a revelation of my sin as much as it's a revelation of my value. How valuable each one of us are. And we realize that it changes everything. The enemy will say, earn your value. Jesus said, I've already declared your value. See, your value is not determined by the one, is determined by the one who purchased you, not by the opinions of people or what the enemy says. No wonder Peter could sleep. He no longer needed Rome's approval. He no longer needed public approval. He didn't need to prove himself to God. He knew who he was. And he could sleep in that. And that is the most restful place to be. Peter also moved from control to trust. Point number four. One of the greatest struggles was control. Peter was trying to control things. You know, even in the garden, Jesus says, pray. What does Peter do? Pull out the sword. Oh, I'm not going to let that happen. Why? Because wounded people often try to control what they fear. Control feels safer than trust. Some of us uh don't fight with swords anymore. We fight by controlling every outcome, every conversation, every schedule, every child, every ministry, every future. Can I say this lovely in this lovingly way? Control is often fear wearing a mask. Control is often fear wearing a mask. Fear. We need to deal with fear. Fear of what we think, fear of what we think people think, fear that's all around us. God wants to set us free from fear. You know, I think our lives are like helium balloons. And as God starts moving in your life, it's like that balloon rising. And here's what I found in my life: that balloon was rising and rising, and all of a sudden it hit a string, and it was fear. Number of years ago, I had preached at a lot of youth camps and a lot of churches, and a district superintendent called me up and said, There's a family camp that I would like you to come and speak at. And I was excited. I had a word in my heart, Pastor Phil. I was like, okay, I got the word. I feel confident. I was like, I'm like, okay, I feel like I could do one night of a family camp. I've never done that before, but I felt like, yeah. And I went and the next day I said, I'll get back to you, I'll pray about it, but it feels right, but let me get back to you. I went and told somebody that I really respected and valued. And his first comment to me was, Do you think you're ready for that? And it hit me right here. And I like to say I said yes. I like to say that I said, Yeah, I think I am. I didn't. I said, I uh I just caught me off. It's like, why would that guy say that? And I was honestly blaming him. Why would he say that? Why, what what's his problem? And I got mad at him in my heart. And that night I took an email and I wrote an email to the district superintendent and said, Hey, I'm really honored you'd asked me, but I don't think I'm ready. And I said no. And he replied back to me, he said, Okay, I want to ask you two things. Number one, come and sit on the front row and watch me preach. Come be there. And number two, deal with the fear in your life. Because if you don't deal with this fear, it's not somebody else's fault, it's your fault. And I it hit me right here, and I'm like, oh, it's not about what he said, it's about how I responded to what he said. I can't control what people do, I can't control what people say, but I can control a how, and I had a fear, and all of a sudden that string hit, and I was like, God was doing great things, and all of a sudden there's a string, and my balloon wasn't rising anymore. You know, I went home, I read that email a couple times, I got into my room that night, and I felt just with no one around, I took some index cards and I start writing every fear that I had out. I wrote them on index cards, I put them on the floor, and God led me to this. Nobody told me to do this. I just Jericho marched around these cards. I actually got dizzy just walking around them. I'm like, I did seven times. And I said, God, I break fear. I break, and each time I prayed one of those things. And I wrote him an email that night, and I wrote this I break off any hesitation that would occur from what I hear you saying, God, and what I actually do. I know that I know that I know that the calling and destiny of my life is great. I do not doubt your calling on my life. Thus I will declare I will not doubt the word in my heart, and let fear hinder me from reaching uh the destiny you have for my life. I will not be like a wave tossed on the sea or double-minded, but I'll be planted in your presence and remain steadfast to the calling and dreams. I confess at times I feared stepping out, doing what you've called me to do, taking the opportunities that would seem beyond my years, but you have called me, and it's not I who opened doors for myself, but you. So right now I commit to going through every door you would open for me, whether it be the most intimidating audience or to the easiest and most comfortable. Strip me of the pressure to please what people think of me or what I think people will think of me. Strip me of the desire to be affirmed by man when I speak or minister. It doesn't matter if man thinks I did well. What matters is you. Teach me to just please you with every word I speak or do not speak. The word says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and I ask that I would fear no one else but you. And I think we all need to come to those moments where we cut the string. See, Peter had to learn that God's kingdom didn't depend on Peter holding it all together. You know, he's the leader of the church at this moment, he's one of the key pillars in this moment. He is the rock, you know, he is the guy that stuff's happening. And I wonder if he was like, oh, did I empower the right people? Did I give enough away because I'm gonna die tomorrow? That Jesus left this church and I'm I'm supposed to manage his church. And will the church ever get to Canada in 2026 if I die tomorrow? Will the kingdom move on? Well, what have I done? And he wasn't thinking about that. He was able to sleep. He couldn't control tomorrow, but he knew the one who controlled tomorrow. See, peace begins when control ends. One of the greatest acts of faith is letting go. I didn't speak at that camp, but ten years later I went and spoke at that same camp, at that family camp, on the fear of God and how God sets us free from fear. See, God, we we have to trust him. We have to give our control to him, our our care of what people think, of what we think people think, all of that. I had to die. Can I tell you that fear is gone and I never have fear? No. But something broke that night, and I continue, have to keep cutting those strings. Because the enemy wants to bring it back. And I'm like, nope, I'm not going there. My last point today is Peter moved from living for himself to living on mission. See, by Acts 12, something completely changed. Peter's no longer asking, what happens to me? He's asking, how can Jesus be glorified? The mission had become bigger than Peter. It wasn't about Peter anymore. We notice this reading in Acts 12, Peter wasn't carrying the mission anymore. Holy Spirit was. The church was praying. When Peter was in prison, at the same time there's a split screen happening, and the church was praying. They're knocking on heaven's door, and when Peter gets out later in the story, he starts knocking on the door, and they're like, Who's at the door? And they're like, Peter. No, we're praying for him. He's in prison. They didn't realize what their prayers can do. They were knocking on heaven's door, and the answer came knocking on their door. See, we never know what our prayers can do, what can happen. God was moving, the angel was working all while Peter was resting. See, we need the body of Christ. There are seasons that you'll be resting and others will be praying. We need to work together. Some in this room, God will put it on your heart to wake up and pray for your pastor. Your pastor will be sleeping. The leaders in your church will be sleeping. They'll be in a rest mode, but you'll be interceding and going, God, move on Sunday. God, would you bring more people? And would more people get saved through our ministry and our church in this season? We all work together and you see this happening. This struck me that Peter could be resting because so many of us are exhausted, I think, at times trying to carry what we feel God, what belongs to God. Business owners, maybe you're trying to carry your companies. We're trying to carry the churches, families, trying to carry our kids. Can I remind you you're not the savior in your story? Jesus is. And Peter finally understood all I can do is be a really good pointer. I shared this yesterday. Evangelism is easy, it's just pointing. All Peter did was point to Jesus. He can't save someone, he can't heal someone, and he can't set someone free. Neither can any of us. But there's one who can. And I just want to point to him. And that's what Peter understood. See, I discovered something years ago. A wounded heart wants attention, but a whole heart points to Jesus. A wounded heart wants recognition, but a whole heart gives the glory to God. A wounded heart needs the affirmation of people to survive, but a whole heart rests in the Father's affirmation. Well done, good and faithful servant. You know, Jesus, before he did any miracles, any demons cast, his father said, Well done. That's amazing. He operated under this first and foremost. It wasn't trying to do stuff, it was out of this uh of who the father was. His identity was secure. See, wholeness doesn't make us the center of the story, it frees us to point people to Jesus. Evangelism changes when it's not about us, it's about him. I can't I can't bring someone to Jesus. All I I can bring someone to Jesus, I can't save someone. Jesus has to do the work. I'll invite the worship team to come this morning and join us. And as we look back on Peter's life, Jesus called him, He restored him, filled him. Failure didn't have the final word. The Holy Spirit came and filled him afresh. In Acts 3 and Acts 10, Peter lived on mission. And today in Acts 12, Peter's asleep. Not because prison is easy, not because tomorrow was certain. But because after years of following Jesus, Peter became whole. And I think that's what an empowered life looks like. A spirit-empowered life. As Pentecostals, sometimes we stop at Acts 2. Sometimes we stop at the miracles and the signs and the wonders. And we need all of that. And I hope you hear my heart. We need a move of the Holy Spirit every day. But we also need to be whole people. It looks like being whole, it looks like being healed in our heart. Because some of the problems we've had with the moves of the Holy Spirit and some of the issues that we've had is because we're wounded vessels. And we've not fully allowed Jesus to bring us to maturity. See, when we're mature believers, the gifts move, not with people trying to control or manipulate or misuse. The gifts move in wholeness and health. That's how God intended the spirit to move. See, the greatest miracle isn't that Peter did get out of prison. It's not that Peter went on to live. I think the greatest miracle is not just simply better behavior or more knowledge or more activity or more doing, but it's transformation. It's our hearts at rest. I was preaching on wholeness at a camp a number of years ago, and an 82-year-old woman came to the altar and said, Travis, I'm a parent, I'm a grandparent, I'm even a great grandparent. I have never known what it means to be a daughter. And today I'm receiving what it means to be a daughter. I've tried my whole life. I've been trying, I've been doing, I've been striving, I've been I've had to work, I've had to serve in the church so that God would see me. And I realized after hearing the word today that He already saw me first. He already picked me. And I don't need to try, I can rest in being a daughter first and foremost. And I think it's gonna change me as a grandparent and a great-grandparent, as a wife today, it's gonna change my life. I think she was 82 years old. See, we can live our whole lives and never come to the conclusion that He wants to make us whole, that we can stop striving, performing, pretending. And when we get this, I think it changes everything we do, it changes how we act, it changes how we love our neighbor, it changes how we serve in a church, it changes our countenance, it changes our sleep. Everybody say amen to that. So maybe you're trying to earn God's approval. Maybe you're trying to live from shame instead of sonship. Maybe fear has stolen your peace today. Maybe control is exhausting, maybe your heart's just tired. Can I tell you today he offers rest? And if it's your prayer today that you would receive this word in your heart today, just where you are sitting, I want to ask that you close your eyes. And we've done this almost every day this week. Just put your hands out in front of you. And I'm just gonna pray. Because his presence is in this room. And more than I've shared this message, he wants to do this work in your heart. And as you put your hands out, it's a posture of surrender, it's a posture of trust, it's a posture that says, Jesus, I'm yours. Let's pray. Father, thank you for calling us, thank you for restoring us, thank you for filling us, thank you for sending us. And today, we desire that you would make us whole. Heal the places in our heart that carry shame, heal the places in our heart that carry fear, heal the places in our heart that are trying to earn love that's already been given. Teach us to trust, teach us to surrender to you, God. Teach us to rest. May our identity not be rooted in what we do or how we perform, but in whose we are. And may our lives become signposts that point people to Jesus. With every surrender, with every burden, every fear, every attempt to control, we trust you in Jesus' name. And just in this moment of prayer, if you are receiving that wholeness and you are asking God to heal your heart today, it's pain, it's wounds, it's whatever, you go, I have a wounded heart. And I just want you to just in your own words, before God, just go, I I receive, I receive your wholeness today. Just before you and the Lord, just receive it today.