Hey, we’re beginning a new teaching on Wednesday nights right here called Reset. Now, if this is your first time here, maybe you’ve watched our services at Change Church on Sunday mornings. Now you’re wondering, what is this? This is different from the kind of experience I see on Sundays. It’s because this is designed to be this way. This Wednesday is for the hungry; these are the people who are saying, «I want to be taught.» There’s nothing wrong with being preached to—that’s important—but these are people who want more than inspiration; they want revelation and explanation, and they want it in a way that they can’t necessarily get on Sundays. That’s what this is all about. So, thank you for being a part of it. We’re about to dive deep into a book of the Bible called Romans, and what we’re going to learn is how the book of Romans can help us have resets. Let me say that again: we’re going to learn about and from the book of Romans, and it’s going to help you and me have resets. Alright, I’m super excited about this! I want you to lock in, be prepared to take notes, and use your brain for creativity, not for storage. So, take notes, take notes, take notes, and lock in; don’t be distracted. I heard this last week, and it stuck with me: attention creates retention. The enemy wants you to be distracted from what God is about to say to you and what He’s about to deposit into you—the value He’s about to add to you. Your attention is the currency right now that you need to give to God. He says, «If you give me attention, I’m gonna give you revelation and elevation.» You give Him attention, and in exchange, He’s going to give you revelation and elevation.
Alright, many of you may have heard me say this before, but I love video games, and I grew up playing them. I remember one console I played early on was called the Nintendo. I’m talking about first-generation Nintendo—the one with Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt with the gun. Come on, I’m talking about the gaming glove Nintendo! Anyway, I remember playing with some of my friends and sometimes playing against family in certain games. I didn’t lose well back then, and I still don’t like losing now. So, when I sensed the momentum shifting and felt like I was losing in a way that I didn’t think I would recover from, I would press one of two buttons on that console. There was one button that was the power button; if you pressed it, it turned the game on and off. But the other button was the reset button, and it was the button you pressed when you immediately wanted to start over.
This is what I know, family: we are all metaphorically playing the game of life, and there are times and seasons in certain segments of your life where you feel like you’re winning. However, there are going to be spaces and seasons in which certain areas or segments of your life will feel like you’re losing. When that happens, you can press one of two buttons. You can do what some people do, which is press the power button and turn it off. What does that mean? It means you can be present and absent at the same time. Come on now, watch this—if something you hear feels like revelation, something mentally liberating or mind-blowing, drop a mind-blown emoji in the chat. See, when you turn it off, you can be in a relationship and say, «I turned it off; I’m present, but I’m absent.» We can be in a workspace and press that power button, saying, «I turned it off; I’m present, but I’m absent.» We can be that way in our relationship with God—“I turned it off; I’m present, but I’m absent.» Wow! We can be that way in church, in parenting, or in friendships and relationships. You can turn it off, or you can press another button—the reset button—and have a new beginning in the midst of an old thing. Listen to me: God doesn’t have to change where you are to change how you are. Somebody put a mind-blown emoji right there if God is speaking to your mind with that! God can give you a new relationship without you needing to find a new person to be in a relationship with. He can take that same relationship and do a new thing in the midst of it; you just need a reset. We may not need a reset in every area all the time, but we’re going to need resets in some areas some of the time because no one who lives this life will be exempt from walking through seasons where you feel like you’re losing momentum. And listen to me—resets are all about knowing what buttons to push. Resets are all about knowing what buttons to push. See, the reason I could experience…
