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JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES. Joel: God bless you. It’s
great to be with you today. great to be with you today.
I hope you’ll stay connected I hope you’ll stay connected
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have you be a part of one of have you be a part of one of
our services. I like to start with
something funny. I heard something funny. I heard
about this Baptist man named about this Baptist man named
Bill. He liked to sneak off Bill. He liked to sneak off
to the horse races and bet. to the horse races and bet.
One day, he saw a Catholic One day, he saw a Catholic
priest step on to the track priest step on to the track
and bless a horse. Sure and bless a horse. Sure
enough, the horse won first enough, the horse won first
place. He blessed another place. He blessed another
horse, the horse won again. horse, the horse won again.
Bill went to the ATM and took Bill went to the ATM and took
out all of his money. This out all of his money. This
time, he saw the priest not time, he saw the priest not
only touch the horses’ only touch the horses’
forehead but touch his eyes, forehead but touch his eyes,
his ears and all of his legs. his ears and all of his legs.
Feeling confident, he bet all Feeling confident, he bet all
of his money. But in the of his money. But in the
middle of the race, the horse middle of the race, the horse
fell over dead. Bill went to fell over dead. Bill went to
the priest and said, …What in the priest and said, …What in
the world happened?… The the world happened?… The
Priest said, …That’s the Priest said, …That’s the
problem with you Protestants, problem with you Protestants,
you don’t know the difference you don’t know the difference
between the blessing and the between the blessing and the
last rites…. last rites….
All right guys, y’all, say it All right guys, y’all, say it
like you mean it. This is my like you mean it. This is my
Bible. I am what it says I Bible. I am what it says I
am. I have what it says I am. I have what it says I
have. I can do what it says I have. I can do what it says I
can do. Today, I will be can do. Today, I will be
taught the Word of God. I taught the Word of God. I
boldly confess: My mind is boldly confess: My mind is
alert. My heart is receptive. alert. My heart is receptive.
I will never be the same in I will never be the same in
Jesus’ name. God bless you. Jesus’ name. God bless you.
I want to talk to you today I want to talk to you today
about call out the king in about call out the king in
you. On the inside of each you. On the inside of each
one of us is a strong, one of us is a strong,
confident, victorious person. confident, victorious person.
You were created to reign in You were created to reign in
life. You’ve been crowned life. You’ve been crowned
with favor, a royal with favor, a royal
priesthood, destined to priesthood, destined to
overcome obstacles and overcome obstacles and
accomplish your dreams. accomplish your dreams.
There’s a king in you. But There’s a king in you. But
that’s not the only thing. that’s not the only thing.
There are negative forces, There are negative forces,
fear, insecurity, doubt. You fear, insecurity, doubt. You
go through a disappointment go through a disappointment
and discouragement comes. You and discouragement comes. You
make a mistake and guilt make a mistake and guilt
shows up. You face a big shows up. You face a big
obstacle and think, …I can’t obstacle and think, …I can’t
do it. I’m not able…. The do it. I’m not able…. The
king is in you the whole king is in you the whole
time, but here’s the key, he time, but here’s the key, he
doesn’t come out doesn’t come out
automatically. You have to automatically. You have to
rise up in the face of the rise up in the face of the
fear, when you’re tempted to fear, when you’re tempted to
worry, the medical report worry, the medical report
doesn’t look good, and say, doesn’t look good, and say,
…I will not fear. No weapon …I will not fear. No weapon
formed against me will formed against me will
prosper…. When thoughts of prosper…. When thoughts of
inferiority come, …You’re not inferiority come, …You’re not
good enough. You don’t good enough. You don’t
measure up. Nobody likes measure up. Nobody likes
you…. Call out the king. …I you…. Call out the king. …I
am fearfully and wonderfully am fearfully and wonderfully
made. I’ve been handpicked by made. I’ve been handpicked by
the Creator of the universe…. the Creator of the universe….
Or you’re tempted to Or you’re tempted to
compromise, give in to compromise, give in to
temptation. Everything in temptation. Everything in
your senses says, …Just do your senses says, …Just do
it. It’s not going to hurt it. It’s not going to hurt
anything…. No call out the anything…. No call out the
King. …I am disciplined. I am King. …I am disciplined. I am
focused. I make decisions focused. I make decisions
that honor God…. That’s how that honor God…. That’s how
you call out the king in you. you call out the king in you.
But too many times, we’re But too many times, we’re
calling out the wrong things. calling out the wrong things.
…Joel, I’m a victim. I’ve had …Joel, I’m a victim. I’ve had
a lot of bad breaks. Life a lot of bad breaks. Life
hasn’t treated me fair…. God hasn’t treated me fair…. God
never said life would be never said life would be
fair. That we wouldn’t have fair. That we wouldn’t have
hardships, injustice, hardships, injustice,
betrayal, but He did say, He betrayal, but He did say, He
would take what was meant for would take what was meant for
your harm and turn it for your harm and turn it for
your good, that He would pay your good, that He would pay
you back double for the you back double for the
trouble, that He has beauty trouble, that He has beauty
for those ashes. But you have for those ashes. But you have
to do your part. The victim to do your part. The victim
will naturally come out, the will naturally come out, the
bitterness, the chip on your bitterness, the chip on your
shoulder. That happens shoulder. That happens
without you asking. That’s without you asking. That’s
the flesh, the carnal nature. the flesh, the carnal nature.
You have to call out the You have to call out the
King. He’s waiting for you to King. He’s waiting for you to
summons him. Once he hears summons him. Once he hears
you rise up in faith, you rise up in faith,
declaring God’s promises, declaring God’s promises,
staying in peace when you staying in peace when you
could be upset, the King in could be upset, the King in
you shows up. That’s the you shows up. That’s the
strong, confident, trusting you. God said you were created to
reign. The word reign means reign. The word reign means
to rule, to have authority. to rule, to have authority.
But it’s not necessarily to But it’s not necessarily to
rule over people, rule over rule over people, rule over
circumstances. Pay my circumstances. Pay my
neighbor back, make this neighbor back, make this
problem go away. No, it’s to problem go away. No, it’s to
rule over your thoughts, rule rule over your thoughts, rule
over your attitude. Rule over over your attitude. Rule over
the temptation, over the the temptation, over the
anger, the worry, the doubt. anger, the worry, the doubt.
Don’t use your energy trying Don’t use your energy trying
to rule things that you have to rule things that you have
no control over. You can’t no control over. You can’t
control other people, the control other people, the
boss that’s unfair, the boss that’s unfair, the
relative that gets on your relative that gets on your
nerve, the traffic. All that nerve, the traffic. All that
worry and stress is going to worry and stress is going to
steal your peace, where you steal your peace, where you
can’t sleep at night. You can’t sleep at night. You
don’t enjoy your family, too don’t enjoy your family, too
frustrated to pursue dreams. frustrated to pursue dreams.
The problem is you’re trying The problem is you’re trying
to rule things that you have to rule things that you have
no authority over. Try a no authority over. Try a
better approach and rule over better approach and rule over
your emotions. Rule over the your emotions. Rule over the
bad attitude. Rule over bad attitude. Rule over
feeling sorry for yourself. feeling sorry for yourself.
That’s calling out the king. That’s calling out the king.
That’s how you rise above That’s how you rise above
those challenges. When life those challenges. When life
throws you a curve, people do throws you a curve, people do
you wrong, the negative you wrong, the negative
chatter. Don’t call out the chatter. Don’t call out the
complainer, the victim, the complainer, the victim, the
compromiser. There’s a king compromiser. There’s a king
in you. A victorious, strong, in you. A victorious, strong,
confident, peaceful, joyful confident, peaceful, joyful
person, but you have to call person, but you have to call
him out. him out.
Somebody said, …Joel, don’t Somebody said, …Joel, don’t
tell me I’m good. I’m tell me I’m good. I’m
valuable. I’m disciplined. I valuable. I’m disciplined. I
need to hear that I’m a need to hear that I’m a
sinner. I’m unworthy. I’m sinner. I’m unworthy. I’m
broken. I’ve got issues…. The broken. I’ve got issues…. The
problem with that approach, problem with that approach,
is you’re moving toward who is you’re moving toward who
you think you are. Your you think you are. Your
thoughts are going to become thoughts are going to become
a reality. Even a reality. Even
subconsciously you’re subconsciously you’re
gravitating toward what gravitating toward what
you’re telling yourself. The you’re telling yourself. The
scripture says you will scripture says you will
become what you believe. The become what you believe. The
enemy would love for you to enemy would love for you to
believe that you’re mediocre, believe that you’re mediocre,
you’ll always struggle. you’ll always struggle.
You’re an addict, you’ll You’re an addict, you’ll
never be free. Or you’re not never be free. Or you’re not
attractive, you’re not attractive, you’re not
valuable, nobody wants you. valuable, nobody wants you.
If you let those thoughts If you let those thoughts
play, you’re giving them a play, you’re giving them a
right to become a reality. right to become a reality.
Quit calling out the wrong Quit calling out the wrong
you, the lonely you, the you, the lonely you, the
addicted you, the broke you. addicted you, the broke you.
There’s a king in you waiting There’s a king in you waiting
for your call. Instead of, for your call. Instead of,
…I’m a sinner. So unworthy…. …I’m a sinner. So unworthy….
No how about, …I used to be a No how about, …I used to be a
sinner, but I’ve been saved sinner, but I’ve been saved
by grace. Now I’m a son. I by grace. Now I’m a son. I
used to be unworthy, but God used to be unworthy, but God
has made me worthy. I’m has made me worthy. I’m
covered by the blood of covered by the blood of
Jesus, redeemed, forgiven, a Jesus, redeemed, forgiven, a
new creation,… When you have new creation,… When you have
that kind of attitude, it’s that kind of attitude, it’s
going to help you resist the going to help you resist the
temptation, make better temptation, make better
decisions. That’s what you’re decisions. That’s what you’re
moving toward, valuable, moving toward, valuable,
worthy, forgiven. If you go worthy, forgiven. If you go
around focused on your flaws, around focused on your flaws,
how you don’t measure up, you how you don’t measure up, you
don’t deserve God’s goodness. don’t deserve God’s goodness.
That’s going to pull you That’s going to pull you
down, cause you to compromise down, cause you to compromise
more. The king in you will more. The king in you will
help you overcome the bad help you overcome the bad
habits. When the king rises habits. When the king rises
up, you can rule over the up, you can rule over the
temptation, rule over the temptation, rule over the
things that are holding you things that are holding you
back. back.
But the enemy would love for But the enemy would love for
us to live thinking, we’re us to live thinking, we’re
not good enough. We’re so not good enough. We’re so
unworthy, so undeserving. unworthy, so undeserving.
That’s the way you used to That’s the way you used to
be, but when you gave your be, but when you gave your
life to Christ, He put on you life to Christ, He put on you
a robe of righteousness. One a robe of righteousness. One
translation calls it, the translation calls it, the
robe of God’s approval. That robe of God’s approval. That
doesn’t mean you do doesn’t mean you do
everything right. We all make everything right. We all make
mistakes, but you should live mistakes, but you should live
from a worthy, forgiven, from a worthy, forgiven,
valuable, God is pleased with valuable, God is pleased with
me mentality. If not, and you me mentality. If not, and you
let that king stay dormant, let that king stay dormant,
you won’t be able to rule you won’t be able to rule
over the guilt, the shame. over the guilt, the shame.
Thoughts telling you, …I’m Thoughts telling you, …I’m
not good enough. I don’t not good enough. I don’t
deserve to be blessed. Look deserve to be blessed. Look
what I’ve done…. There’s not what I’ve done…. There’s not
a mistake you’ve made that’s a mistake you’ve made that’s
too much for the mercy of too much for the mercy of
God. The enemy is called the God. The enemy is called the
accuser. He’d love to deceive accuser. He’d love to deceive
you into going through life you into going through life
against yourself, focused on against yourself, focused on
mistakes, thinking you’re mistakes, thinking you’re
washed up. Don’t believe washed up. Don’t believe
those lies. Let the king in those lies. Let the king in
you rise up. The forgiven, you rise up. The forgiven,
redeemed, righteous, redeemed, righteous,
valuable, child of the Most valuable, child of the Most
High God. This is what happened with
Peter in the scripture. Jesus Peter in the scripture. Jesus
was teaching on the shores of was teaching on the shores of
Galilee. He asked to borrow Galilee. He asked to borrow
Peter’s boat. When He Peter’s boat. When He
finished, he wanted to thank finished, he wanted to thank
Peter. He told him to go back Peter. He told him to go back
and throw out the nets. He and throw out the nets. He
caught so many fish that the caught so many fish that the
nets began to break. He came nets began to break. He came
to the shore, fell at Jesus’ to the shore, fell at Jesus’
feet and said, …Sir, please feet and said, …Sir, please
go away from me. I’m a go away from me. I’m a
sinner. I’m unworthy…. Peter sinner. I’m unworthy…. Peter
was a rough fisherman. He had was a rough fisherman. He had
flaws. He was hot tempered. He used bad language. He knew
nothing about God or faith, nothing about God or faith,
but Jesus saw something in but Jesus saw something in
Peter that he couldn’t see in Peter that he couldn’t see in
himself. He chose him as His himself. He chose him as His
first disciple. A little first disciple. A little
later, Jesus looked at him later, Jesus looked at him
and said, …Peter you are a and said, …Peter you are a
rock and upon you I’m going rock and upon you I’m going
to build My church…. He was to build My church…. He was
calling out the king, telling calling out the king, telling
Peter who he really was. Peter who he really was.
Underneath the weaknesses, Underneath the weaknesses,
the shortcomings, the the shortcomings, the
compromise was a mighty compromise was a mighty
leader, a strong, favored, leader, a strong, favored,
powerful disciple that would powerful disciple that would
impact the world. We look at impact the world. We look at
our flaws, how we don’t our flaws, how we don’t
measure up, we discount measure up, we discount
ourselves. …I’m just a fisherman, so to speak, Joel.
I’m just a businessperson, I’m just a businessperson,
just an accountant, I’m a just an accountant, I’m a
coach, a nurse, a coach, a nurse, a
stay-at-home mom. There’s stay-at-home mom. There’s
nothing special about me…. Can I tell you; there’s a
king in you. There’s a king in you. There’s a
powerful, talented, powerful, talented,
disciplined, history maker, disciplined, history maker,
giant killer, world changer. giant killer, world changer.
Quit calling out the Quit calling out the
ordinary, the weak, the ordinary, the weak, the
insecure, the addicted, the insecure, the addicted, the
hot tempered. Call out the hot tempered. Call out the
king. Call out the favored king. Call out the favored
you, the strong you, the you, the strong you, the
patient you, the successful patient you, the successful
you, the barrier breaker you. you, the barrier breaker you.
When Jesus told Peter ‘you’re When Jesus told Peter ‘you’re
a rock, I’m going to build my a rock, I’m going to build my
church on you’, I believe church on you’, I believe
something came alive on the something came alive on the
inside of Peter. The king inside of Peter. The king
woke up. This passion, this woke up. This passion, this
fire, that said, …I’m not fire, that said, …I’m not
weak, I’m not limited, weak, I’m not limited,
ordinary. I’m anointed, I’m ordinary. I’m anointed, I’m
powerful. I’m favored; I’m powerful. I’m favored; I’m
destined to leave my mark…. destined to leave my mark….
That king began to show up. That king began to show up.
On the day of Pentecost, when On the day of Pentecost, when
the church was first the church was first
starting, they needed someone starting, they needed someone
to give the inaugural to give the inaugural
address. Out of all the address. Out of all the
religious leaders, disciples, religious leaders, disciples,
influential rabbi’s, they influential rabbi’s, they
chose Peter. He got up and chose Peter. He got up and
spoke and three thousand spoke and three thousand
people became believers. He people became believers. He
thought he was ordinary, thought he was ordinary,
unworthy, but there was a unworthy, but there was a
king in him. There was king in him. There was
greatness waiting to come out. greatness waiting to come out.
Another time, Acts 3, he was Another time, Acts 3, he was
going to the temple one going to the temple one
afternoon. A crippled man was afternoon. A crippled man was
lying there begging for lying there begging for
money. Peter said, …I don’t money. Peter said, …I don’t
have any silver or gold, but have any silver or gold, but
I have something better. In I have something better. In
the name of Jesus, rise and the name of Jesus, rise and
walk…. He grabbed the man by walk…. He grabbed the man by
the hand, pulled him up, and the hand, pulled him up, and
instantly he was healed. He instantly he was healed. He
went walking and running, so went walking and running, so
grateful. Look at Peter. From grateful. Look at Peter. From
an unworthy fisherman, down an unworthy fisherman, down
on himself, now he’s on himself, now he’s
impacting the culture, making impacting the culture, making
a great difference. What a great difference. What
happened, he called out the happened, he called out the
king. He changed his king. He changed his
thinking, from doubt, thinking, from doubt,
unworthy, not good enough, unworthy, not good enough,
to, …I’ve been handpicked by to, …I’ve been handpicked by
Almighty God. I’m a rock, Almighty God. I’m a rock,
forgiven, talented, favored, forgiven, talented, favored,
anointed…. anointed….
The scripture says, …We are The scripture says, …We are
transformed by the renewing transformed by the renewing
of our mind…. You want to see of our mind…. You want to see
transformation, you want to transformation, you want to
see the king come out, you see the king come out, you
have to get your thoughts have to get your thoughts
going in the right direction. going in the right direction.
As long as you’re thinking As long as you’re thinking
ordinary, not good enough, ordinary, not good enough,
always be addicted, then it’s always be addicted, then it’s
going to be true. You’re going to be true. You’re
going to become what you going to become what you
believe. Peter would have believe. Peter would have
been stuck if Jesus had not been stuck if Jesus had not
shown up and told him who he shown up and told him who he
really was. We wouldn’t even really was. We wouldn’t even
know Peter if Jesus had not know Peter if Jesus had not
spoken faith into his spoken faith into his
destiny. I believe God sent destiny. I believe God sent
me today to help call out me today to help call out
your king. To remind you who your king. To remind you who
you really are. Not ordinary. you really are. Not ordinary.
Not average, You’re a Not average, You’re a
masterpiece. You’ve been made masterpiece. You’ve been made
in the image of God. He’s in the image of God. He’s
equipped you with everything equipped you with everything
you need. You are gifted, you need. You are gifted,
talented, disciplined, talented, disciplined,
focused, strong. focused, strong.
The right attitude is, …This The right attitude is, …This
giant is no match for the giant is no match for the
king in me. This cancer king in me. This cancer
cannot stand against the king cannot stand against the king
in me. This dream is not too in me. This dream is not too
big for the king in me…. When big for the king in me…. When
you call out the king, it’s you call out the king, it’s
not just your power, but the not just your power, but the
power of the Most High steps power of the Most High steps
in. Like Peter, you couldn’t in. Like Peter, you couldn’t
heal the man, but when you heal the man, but when you
take steps of faith, God take steps of faith, God
shows up. He does what you shows up. He does what you
can’t do. He’ll free you from can’t do. He’ll free you from
the addiction. He’ll turn the addiction. He’ll turn
your child around, open doors your child around, open doors
you couldn’t open, bring you couldn’t open, bring
talent out that you didn’t talent out that you didn’t
know you had. Are you calling know you had. Are you calling
out the king, or are you out the king, or are you
calling out the complainer, calling out the complainer,
the compromiser, the doubter. the compromiser, the doubter.
Too many people go around Too many people go around
putting themselves down, putting themselves down,
speaking against their speaking against their
destiny. …I’m unworthy. I’m destiny. …I’m unworthy. I’m
average. I’m short. I’m the average. I’m short. I’m the
wrong nationality. I can’t be wrong nationality. I can’t be
successful…. They don’t successful…. They don’t
realize, they’re calling out realize, they’re calling out
what they don’t want. They’re what they don’t want. They’re
giving those destructive giving those destructive
things the right to come to things the right to come to
pass. Let me challenge you, pass. Let me challenge you,
don’t ever say another don’t ever say another
negative thing about negative thing about
yourself. You have enough yourself. You have enough
people and circumstances people and circumstances
against you, don’t be against against you, don’t be against
yourself. When you’re tempted yourself. When you’re tempted
to put yourself down, …I’m to put yourself down, …I’m
slow. I’m unattractive; I’m slow. I’m unattractive; I’m
dumb…. Do yourself a favor, dumb…. Do yourself a favor,
zip it up. Do not curse your zip it up. Do not curse your
future. Do not call out future. Do not call out
things you don’t want. That things you don’t want. That
person is going to show up. person is going to show up.
There is a king in you. There is a king in you.
There’s a talented, strong, There’s a talented, strong,
focused, victorious person focused, victorious person
waiting to come out. waiting to come out.
In the scripture, the king of In the scripture, the king of
Babylon came against King Babylon came against King
Zedekiah and the people of Zedekiah and the people of
Israel. They destroyed the Israel. They destroyed the
walls of Jerusalem and walls of Jerusalem and
captured Zedekiah and his captured Zedekiah and his
strongest men. Now the people strongest men. Now the people
in Jerusalem were left there in Jerusalem were left there
without a king for the first without a king for the first
time in history. It started time in history. It started
way back with King Saul. He way back with King Saul. He
was tall, strong, impressive. was tall, strong, impressive.
Then, of course, David came Then, of course, David came
along. On and on, for four along. On and on, for four
hundred years, they’d always hundred years, they’d always
had a king, but now Zedekiah had a king, but now Zedekiah
was gone. The people were so distraught and afraid. As so
they sat there feeling they sat there feeling
hopeless, thinking they were hopeless, thinking they were
done, the prophet Micah done, the prophet Micah
showed up. He said in verse showed up. He said in verse
9, …Why are you crying? Why 9, …Why are you crying? Why
are you discouraged? Is there are you discouraged? Is there
not a king in you?… They were not a king in you?… They were
counting on Zedekiah, someone counting on Zedekiah, someone
else to deliver them, protect else to deliver them, protect
them, provide for them. They them, provide for them. They
thought, …As long as he’s thought, …As long as he’s
captured, we’re stuck. We captured, we’re stuck. We
have no way out…. But Micah said, …No, no, you have it
wrong. There is a king in wrong. There is a king in
you…. He was saying, …You you…. He was saying, …You
have what it takes. You are have what it takes. You are
powerful. You are anointed. powerful. You are anointed.
You are a giant killer…. You are a giant killer….
When you go through When you go through
disappointments, the medical disappointments, the medical
report is not good, a setback report is not good, a setback
in your finances. It’s easy in your finances. It’s easy
to get discouraged, think, to get discouraged, think,
…I’ll never get out of this …I’ll never get out of this
problem. Never see my family problem. Never see my family
restored…. These people were restored…. These people were
crying and so down. I know crying and so down. I know
there is a time to weep. there is a time to weep.
Sometimes life hurts, but Sometimes life hurts, but
there’s also a time to dry there’s also a time to dry
those tears and rise up in those tears and rise up in
faith. You may have things faith. You may have things
coming against you now that coming against you now that
could overwhelm you and cause could overwhelm you and cause
you to quit pursuing dreams, you to quit pursuing dreams,
quit believing for your quit believing for your
child, quit trying to get child, quit trying to get
well. God is saying to you well. God is saying to you
what He said to them, …Is what He said to them, …Is
there not a king in you?… You there not a king in you?… You
have to call out that mighty have to call out that mighty
warrior in you. Call out the warrior in you. Call out the
overcomer. Call out the more overcomer. Call out the more
than conqueror. Call out the than conqueror. Call out the
giant killer. Call out the giant killer. Call out the
barrier breaker. Don’t sit barrier breaker. Don’t sit
back and let life keep you back and let life keep you
down. The king in you has to down. The king in you has to
rise up. …Father, thank You rise up. …Father, thank You
that greater is He that’s in that greater is He that’s in
me, than what’s trying to me, than what’s trying to
stop me. Though I am stop me. Though I am
surrounded by trouble, I will surrounded by trouble, I will
not be afraid. For You are my not be afraid. For You are my
light and my salvation. A light and my salvation. A
thousand may fall at my side, thousand may fall at my side,
ten thousand at my right ten thousand at my right
hand, but it will not stop hand, but it will not stop
me…. (Applause) me…. (Applause)
Let me tell you, you are not Let me tell you, you are not
weak, defeated, unable. You weak, defeated, unable. You
have the power of the Most have the power of the Most
High God on the inside of High God on the inside of
you. The same power that you. The same power that
raised Christ from the dead. raised Christ from the dead.
Now call out the strong, Now call out the strong,
courageous, determined, courageous, determined,
anointed warrior that God put anointed warrior that God put
in you. You don’t have to go in you. You don’t have to go
looking for a king. Thinking looking for a king. Thinking
you’re dependent on someone you’re dependent on someone
else to help you, free you, else to help you, free you,
provide for you. Look no provide for you. Look no
further, the king is in you. further, the king is in you.
What you need for every What you need for every
season of your life is season of your life is
already on the inside. Now already on the inside. Now
you have to be on the you have to be on the
offensive and call it out. If offensive and call it out. If
not, the weak you will not, the weak you will
dominate. The …Why did this dominate. The …Why did this
happen? It’s not fair…. The happen? It’s not fair…. The
victim you will show up. victim you will show up.
Telling you to be depressed, Telling you to be depressed,
to get even. You have to rule to get even. You have to rule
over those thoughts. Rule over those thoughts. Rule
over your emotions. Don’t try over your emotions. Don’t try
to pay people back. Be still to pay people back. Be still
and know that He is God. When and know that He is God. When
you let the king come out, you let the king come out,
you stay in peace. Instead of you stay in peace. Instead of
worrying, you’re worshipping. worrying, you’re worshipping.
Thanking God that He’s Thanking God that He’s
fighting your battles. fighting your battles.
Instead of complaining, Instead of complaining,
you’re speaking victory. you’re speaking victory.
…This too shall pass. Healing …This too shall pass. Healing
is coming, freedom is coming, is coming, freedom is coming,
abundance is coming…. When my father went to be
with the Lord, I knew I was with the Lord, I knew I was
supposed to step up and supposed to step up and
pastor the church, but I pastor the church, but I
didn’t feel qualified. I had didn’t feel qualified. I had
never ministered except one never ministered except one
time. I had never been to time. I had never been to
seminary, didn’t have the seminary, didn’t have the
training. My father had this training. My father had this
big personality, strong and big personality, strong and
powerful. I’m more quiet and powerful. I’m more quiet and
reserved. I liked being reserved. I liked being
behind the scenes. All these behind the scenes. All these
thoughts told me that I thoughts told me that I
wasn’t able. Not talented wasn’t able. Not talented
enough. I wouldn’t know what enough. I wouldn’t know what
to say. Nobody will listen to you, Joel. The enemy’s main
battlefield is your mind. He battlefield is your mind. He
doesn’t want the king in you doesn’t want the king in you
to come out. He knows you’re to come out. He knows you’re
powerful. He knows you’re powerful. He knows you’re
destined to take new ground, destined to take new ground,
so he’ll do everything he can so he’ll do everything he can
to try to intimidate, to try to intimidate,
discourage, make you feel discourage, make you feel
unworthy. …Look at all the unworthy. …Look at all the
mistakes you’ve made…. Not mistakes you’ve made…. Not
able. …The giant’s too big, able. …The giant’s too big,
the sickness too strong. Just the sickness too strong. Just
accept where you are…. Don’t accept where you are…. Don’t
believe those lies. There’s a believe those lies. There’s a
king in you. New levels, king in you. New levels,
greater talent, greater greater talent, greater
influence, greater favor. influence, greater favor.
All these thoughts were All these thoughts were
telling me I couldn’t do it, telling me I couldn’t do it,
that I would fail. I had to that I would fail. I had to
choose to rule over those choose to rule over those
thoughts. I had to be thoughts. I had to be
disciplined with what I disciplined with what I
allowed to play in my mind. allowed to play in my mind.
Instead of letting the enemy Instead of letting the enemy
talk to you, you need to talk talk to you, you need to talk
to the enemy. …I can do all to the enemy. …I can do all
things through Christ. things through Christ.
Father, I thank you that I am Father, I thank you that I am
strong in the Lord. That strong in the Lord. That
You’ve anointed, equipped, You’ve anointed, equipped,
and empowered me…. I took and empowered me…. I took
that step of faith, never that step of faith, never
dreaming the church would dreaming the church would
grow. We were hoping we could grow. We were hoping we could
just maintain what my parents just maintain what my parents
had built. But look what the had built. But look what the
Lord has done. He has Lord has done. He has
exceeded our expectations. I didn’t know this was in me. I
was like the Israelites at was like the Israelites at
first. …God my father is first. …God my father is
gone. You need to send us gone. You need to send us
some great leader, a powerful some great leader, a powerful
minister. Someone that’s minister. Someone that’s
experienced, that has a great experienced, that has a great
resume…. God said, …No, Joel, the king is in you…. Maybe
you’re like I was, looking you’re like I was, looking
for someone else, thinking for someone else, thinking
you’re lacking, not talented you’re lacking, not talented
enough, not smart enough, not enough, not smart enough, not
experienced enough. God is experienced enough. God is
saying, …Quit looking to saying, …Quit looking to
others. The favor is in you. others. The favor is in you.
The blessing is in you. The The blessing is in you. The
strength, the abundance, the strength, the abundance, the
power, it’s in you…. Call out power, it’s in you…. Call out
the king. Call out the the king. Call out the
anointed one. Call out the anointed one. Call out the
talent. Call out the courage. talent. Call out the courage.
It starts in your thinking. It starts in your thinking.
Quit telling yourself Quit telling yourself
everything you’re not, how everything you’re not, how
you can’t do it, and you’re you can’t do it, and you’re
not up to par. Turn it not up to par. Turn it
around. …Father, thank You around. …Father, thank You
that Your gracious hand is that Your gracious hand is
upon my life. That I’m upon my life. That I’m
surrounded by Your favor. surrounded by Your favor.
That You are shining brightly That You are shining brightly
through me, helping me do through me, helping me do
what I can’t do on my own…. what I can’t do on my own….
This is what happened with This is what happened with
Sarah. She had been barren Sarah. She had been barren
her whole life. God gave her her whole life. God gave her
and her husband, Abraham, a and her husband, Abraham, a
promise that she was going to promise that she was going to
have a baby. They were both have a baby. They were both
way too old. She had passed way too old. She had passed
the childbearing years. In the childbearing years. In
the natural, it wasn’t the natural, it wasn’t
possible. When she first possible. When she first
heard the promise, it was so heard the promise, it was so
far out that she laughed. It far out that she laughed. It
was comical to think that she was comical to think that she
could have a child at that could have a child at that
age. Sometimes God will wait age. Sometimes God will wait
on purpose to put a dream in on purpose to put a dream in
your heart, to where there’s your heart, to where there’s
no way logically speaking. no way logically speaking.
It’s a test. Are you going to It’s a test. Are you going to
believe, get in agreement. Or believe, get in agreement. Or
are you going to talk are you going to talk
yourself out of it and think yourself out of it and think
it could never happen. Year it could never happen. Year
after year went by, no sign after year went by, no sign
of a baby. I’m sure Sarah was of a baby. I’m sure Sarah was
discouraged. But God said to discouraged. But God said to
Abraham, …I will give Sarah a Abraham, …I will give Sarah a
son. She will be the mother son. She will be the mother
of nations. Kings will come of nations. Kings will come
out of her…. God was saying, out of her…. God was saying,
…Sarah, you can’t see it. …Sarah, you can’t see it.
You’re laughing, talking You’re laughing, talking
yourself out of it, but yourself out of it, but
there’s a king in you. All there’s a king in you. All
the circumstances say you’re the circumstances say you’re
barren, but there’s a mother barren, but there’s a mother
in you…. Sarah had to rule in you…. Sarah had to rule
over her thoughts, start over her thoughts, start
defeating the doubt. …God, I defeating the doubt. …God, I
believe what You said. It believe what You said. It
looks impossible, but I know looks impossible, but I know
You can do the impossible. You can do the impossible.
Lord, let me be the mother of Lord, let me be the mother of
nations…. She had to call out nations…. She had to call out
the king, before she could the king, before she could
give birth to kings. At give birth to kings. At
ninety years old, against all ninety years old, against all
odds, she had a son they odds, she had a son they
named Isaac, the promised named Isaac, the promised
child. You may have child. You may have
situations that look too situations that look too
late, too long, no chance late, too long, no chance
now, but God is saying to you now, but God is saying to you
what He said to her, …There’s what He said to her, …There’s
a king in you. You’re going a king in you. You’re going
to give birth to what God to give birth to what God
promised…. Now let that king promised…. Now let that king
come out. Start believing come out. Start believing
that it’s on the way. that it’s on the way.
Thanking God that He’s Thanking God that He’s
working. Not moved by what working. Not moved by what
you see but moved by what you you see but moved by what you
know. What God promised will know. What God promised will
come to pass. come to pass.
My friend Terry Crews is a My friend Terry Crews is a
great actor, television host, great actor, television host,
and a great man of faith. and a great man of faith.
Terry grew up in a very Terry grew up in a very
violent home. His father was violent home. His father was
an alcoholic. When he drank an alcoholic. When he drank
too much, he would physically too much, he would physically
abuse his mother. Terry was a abuse his mother. Terry was a
little boy. This made him so little boy. This made him so
angry, so distraught that he angry, so distraught that he
hated his father. He told hated his father. He told
himself when he got old himself when he got old
enough, he was going to put a enough, he was going to put a
stop to it. He became a star stop to it. He became a star
football player, played in football player, played in
college and went on to play college and went on to play
professional football. Things professional football. Things
back at home hadn’t improved. back at home hadn’t improved.
He got word that his father He got word that his father
was abusing his mother again. was abusing his mother again.
Now, he wasn’t that little Now, he wasn’t that little
boy. He was this big, strong, boy. He was this big, strong,
powerful man. He had such powerful man. He had such
hatred in his heart; such hatred in his heart; such
anger toward his father. He anger toward his father. He
drove to the house and beat drove to the house and beat
his father within an inch of his father within an inch of
his life. He exploded with his life. He exploded with
all this rage. He thought he all this rage. He thought he
would feel relieved. He would feel relieved. He
finally stood up for his finally stood up for his
mother and took care of the mother and took care of the
abuser and got the revenge. abuser and got the revenge.
But he said it made him feel But he said it made him feel
worse than ever. He cried worse than ever. He cried
like a baby, in so much pain like a baby, in so much pain
and regret. We weren’t and regret. We weren’t
created to harm the people created to harm the people
that gave us life. He that gave us life. He
realized the answer was to realized the answer was to
forgive his father. That forgive his father. That
getting revenge couldn’t heal getting revenge couldn’t heal
what was broken on the what was broken on the
inside. Terry made that inside. Terry made that
decision and forgave his decision and forgave his
father, that’s when healing father, that’s when healing
came to him. came to him.
Terry says on the inside of Terry says on the inside of
every person is a king, a every person is a king, a
victim and a fool. You get to victim and a fool. You get to
choose which one comes out. Often, we choose the victim.
…They did me wrong. It’s not …They did me wrong. It’s not
fair. Why wasn’t I raised fair. Why wasn’t I raised
better?… Choosing the victim better?… Choosing the victim
doesn’t help you to heal. It doesn’t help you to heal. It
doesn’t let you get better. doesn’t let you get better.
As long as you have an excuse As long as you have an excuse
to be bitter, angry, not give to be bitter, angry, not give
it your best. …Joel, I’ve got it your best. …Joel, I’ve got
a good reason. I’m at a a good reason. I’m at a
disadvantage…. That’s going disadvantage…. That’s going
to keep you stuck. God knew to keep you stuck. God knew
everything that would happen everything that would happen
to you. Every hurt, every wrong, every injustice. That
didn’t stop your purpose. If didn’t stop your purpose. If
you’ll have the right you’ll have the right
attitude and let it go. Stay attitude and let it go. Stay
in faith. God will pay you in faith. God will pay you
back for what was unfair. back for what was unfair.
He’ll give you beauty for the He’ll give you beauty for the
ashes and he’ll make the rest ashes and he’ll make the rest
of your life better than you of your life better than you
can imagine. Sometimes we choose the fool.
Try to get revenge, pay Try to get revenge, pay
people back, give in to people back, give in to
temptation, run with the temptation, run with the
wrong crowd. We know it’s wrong crowd. We know it’s
limiting us, but we don’t limiting us, but we don’t
want to be disciplined. We want to be disciplined. We
just do what we feel. But there’s not just a victim in
you, not just a fool, there’s you, not just a fool, there’s
a king in you. There’s a a king in you. There’s a
person that rises above the person that rises above the
hate, the anger. A person of hate, the anger. A person of
honor, that overcomes evil honor, that overcomes evil
with good, that does the with good, that does the
right thing when it’s hard, right thing when it’s hard,
that believes what God that believes what God
promised even though it seems promised even though it seems
impossible. I’m asking you to impossible. I’m asking you to
call out the king in you. Not call out the king in you. Not
the compromiser, not the the compromiser, not the
complainer, not the one that complainer, not the one that
wants to be lazy, give up on wants to be lazy, give up on
dreams. Call out the kind, dreams. Call out the kind,
strong, powerful, favored, strong, powerful, favored,
masterpiece. Call out the masterpiece. Call out the
worthy, valuable, forgiven, worthy, valuable, forgiven,
redeemed, more than redeemed, more than
conqueror. God is counting on conqueror. God is counting on
you to carry out His purpose, you to carry out His purpose,
to leave your mark. This is to leave your mark. This is
not for victims. This is not not for victims. This is not
for fools. This is going to for fools. This is going to
take the king in you. Rule take the king in you. Rule
your thoughts, quit believing your thoughts, quit believing
those lies. Rule your those lies. Rule your
actions, don’t give in to actions, don’t give in to
things that are pulling you things that are pulling you
down. Rule your emotions, not down. Rule your emotions, not
letting them dictate your letting them dictate your
life. If you’ll call out the life. If you’ll call out the
king, I believe and declare, king, I believe and declare,
forces that have held you forces that have held you
back are being broken right back are being broken right
now. God is releasing you now. God is releasing you
into greater favor, greater into greater favor, greater
joy, greater influence. You joy, greater influence. You
will rise higher, accomplish will rise higher, accomplish
dreams and become all you dreams and become all you
were created to be, in Jesus’ were created to be, in Jesus’
name. If you receive it, can name. If you receive it, can
you say Amen? (Applause) I’d like to give you an)
opportunity to make Jesus the opportunity to make Jesus the
Lord of your life. Would you Lord of your life. Would you
pray with me? Just say, …Lord pray with me? Just say, …Lord
Jesus, I repent of my sins. Jesus, I repent of my sins.
Come into my heart. I make Come into my heart. I make
you my Lord and Savior…. If you my Lord and Savior…. If
you prayed that simple you prayed that simple
prayer, we believe you got prayer, we believe you got
born again. We’d love to send born again. We’d love to send
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your new walk with the Lord. your new walk with the Lord.
You can text the number on You can text the number on
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get into a good bible-based get into a good bible-based
church and keep God first church and keep God first
place. Your destiny is too great,
your calling too important, your calling too important,
and your future too bright and your future too bright
to live in fear. to live in fear.
Fear may knock, Fear may knock,
but you don’t have but you don’t have
to let it in. to let it in.
It’s time to let faith answer. It’s time to let faith answer.
Fear is a powerful force, Fear is a powerful force,
but so is faith. but so is faith.
What we focus on shapes What we focus on shapes
our reality. In my new book, No More Fear:
You Have the Mind of Christ, You Have the Mind of Christ,
I’ll show you how I’ll show you how
to silence fear and live boldly to silence fear and live boldly
in faith and confidence. in faith and confidence.
Just like David said, “Though Just like David said, “Though
I walk through the valley, I walk through the valley,
I will not fear,” I will not fear,”
you too can walk through you too can walk through
life’s challenges life’s challenges
without being paralyzed without being paralyzed
by fear. by fear.
I can’t promise you I can’t promise you
you’ll never feel fear, you’ll never feel fear,
but I can teach you but I can teach you
how to rise above it how to rise above it
by dwelling on what God says, by dwelling on what God says,
learning to replace learning to replace
the anxious thoughts the anxious thoughts
with faith-filled ones. with faith-filled ones.
You can live You can live
from a place of peace, from a place of peace,
power, and purpose. power, and purpose.
As our way of saying thank you As our way of saying thank you
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When fear When fear
whispers, “you can’t,” whispers, “you can’t,”
this devotional will stir this devotional will stir
your faith your faith
to declare, “God will.” to declare, “God will.”
Each page Each page
reminds you reminds you
that you weren’t that you weren’t
created to live in fear created to live in fear
or despair. or despair.
You were created to live You were created to live
with passion, with passion,
purpose, and confidence purpose, and confidence
in God’s plans for your life. in God’s plans for your life.
Fear doesn’t have Fear doesn’t have
the final say, God does. the final say, God does.
Be bold, Be bold,
be strong, and step up to who be strong, and step up to who
He made you to be. He made you to be.
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out your message notes–we’re in part three of a series that we
started a couple of weeks ago on what does it mean to really
follow Jesus, and we’re looking at words that describe what it
means to be a follower. The first word we looked at is
the word disciple. If you missed that message, I
want you to go online and listen to it. It is a very important message
on the five definitions of what it means to be a disciple of
Jesus Christ. Then last week we looked at
another word that defines what it means to be a follower, the
word ambassador. The Bible says we are
ambassadors for Christ. The third word that I want us to
look at this weekend is the word member, the word member. The Bible says that to be a
follower of Christ means to be a member of his family and a
member of his body. Following Jesus is far more than
just believing. It’s not enough just to believe
in Jesus. The Bible says we’re not just
believers, we’re belongers. We are to belong in the family
of God which is called the church. And once we belong, then we
become. So we believe, then we belong,
and then we become all that God wants for us to be in the
first place. Now, the Bible says this. There on your outline, Romans
chapter 12, verse 5. Let’s read it aloud together. “In Christ, we who are many form
one Body, and each member belongs to all the others.” Now, circle the word belong. The Bible says that if you’re a
follower of Jesus you don’t just belong to God, you don’t just
belong to Jesus. You belong to me, and I belong
to you, and we belong to each other, and you belong to every
other believer. You’re in the family now. You’re in God’s family. Now, it’s interesting that in
the Bible two of the descriptions of the church are
the church is a body and the church is a family. The church is the body of Christ
and the church is the family of God, and in both of those cases
membership means something. In fact, the word–English word
member that we use for membership actually comes from
the Bible, and the word membership has far more to do
with life than simply like a–you know, wear a hat or
secret signal or say the password or handshake. Membership means far more than
just put your name on a roll. It means you’re vitally
connected. The Bible says your hand is a
member of your body. If it’s disconnected, it
shrivels and die. The Bible says your ears are
members of your body. They’re members. If you cut off your ears,
they’re worthless. They have no value at all if
they’re detached from the body. If you cut off your legs, your
knees, your feet–they are members of your body. If you cut it off–a
disconnected foot is worthless. It has no value. It shrivels and die. You will shrivel and die
spiritually if you’re not connected to the body of Christ. And in the same way you’re a
part of a family, and the Bible says that we have family
responsibilities to each other. In fact, look at the next verse
there on your outline. The Bible says in Galatians
chapter 6, “Let us do good to all people, especially those who
belong in the family of believers.” Now, notice it says we’re to do
good to everybody. You can’t mistreat anybody. You can’t hate anybody. You can’t show disrespect for
anybody, not being a follower of Jesus. The Bible says as a follower of
Jesus I am commanded to love everyone, to respect everyone,
and to be kind and loving to all people. Regardless of who they are, what
they believe, their lifestyle, what they do to me, I am to
return love for them. “So let us do good to all
people,” but he says, “especially those who belong to
the family of believers.” Now, again, circle the word
“belong.” In both cases, you belong; you
belong as a member of the body of Christ, and you belong as a
member of the the family of God. Now, this is a very different
understanding of a church than most people have. If you ask most people, “What do
you think of when you say church?” they think of a building, a
building or they think of it as an event, and church is
something you see on a corner or church is something you go to to
attend. The Bible says that’s not a
church at all. Church is neither an event nor a
building. Church is a relationship. It is a family. It is the family of God. In fact, it’s gonna outlast your
physical family. In fact, it’s going to outlast
everything on earth. The Bible says God created the
entire world because he wanted–and the universe ’cause
he wanted a family, and that family is the only thing that
lasts. One day there isn’t gonna be an
IBM, a Microsoft, a Hewlett Packard, a Dell computer, or
anything else. There aren’t gonna be any
businesses. One day there isn’t gonna be any
nations. There won’t be a Russia,
America, China, but there will be a family of God because it’s
gonna last forever. It’s the only thing on earth
that has permanent value, God’s family. Now, the Bible tells us that you
cannot be a follower of Christ unless you’re part of being tied
in to a church family. I mean, I hear people all the
time say, “Well, I love Jesus. I just don’t wanna be a part of
any church.” Then you don’t really love
Jesus. Let me just be real honest. You don’t love him because the
body of Christ is his church. You can’t say, “I love Jesus,
but I hate your body,” or, “I love Jesus, but I hate your
bride,” or, “I love Jesus, but I hate your family.” No.
No. It’s all together. It’s like trying to say, “I
wanna be–I wanna play football in the NFL, but I don’t wanna be
a part of any particular team.” Sorry, ain’t gonna happen. You can’t do it. It’s impossible. You cannot play in the NFL
without being a part of a specific team. It’s like saying, “I wanna be in
the United States Army, but I don’t wanna be connected to any
specific platoon.” Sorry, it ain’t gonna happen. You can’t do it. You have to be tied to a
specific platoon in the army. It’s like saying, “I wanna play
the tuba but not be a part of an orchestra.” Well, good luck. Not many people like to hear a
tuba or tu–solos. You sound a whole lot better
when you’re playing with a bunch of other people, a whole lot
better. Just as a bee needs a hive, you
need a church family. It’s like an explorer needs a
base camp. It’s like a sailor needs a ship. You cannot be what God wants you
to be–you cannot follow Jesus, you cannot follow Jesus without
being connected to his family; and the Bible calls this
membership, being a member. In fact, if you say, “Well, I
believe in Jesus, but I don’t belong,” then there’s a word for
you. You’re a spiritual orphan. You don’t have a family. You are a spiritual orphan. Now, once a year, the
constitution of the United States requires that the
president of the United States give a report to the nation
called the State of the Union. Here at Saddleback Church we’ve
had a similar tradition for 30 years, that every year in the
month that the president gives a State of the Union message I
give what we call a State of the Church message in which we take
a different section of Saddleback Church, a different
part of our strategy, and I explain it to everybody in
detail. It’s kind of an inside scoop. We only do it once a year, but I
wanna do that this morning where I explain to you why we believe
in small groups and how they are designed to help you develop to
your spiritual maturity. There are about 10,000, quote,
mega churches in the United States. A mega church is any church that
has over 2,000 people coming on a weekly basis. There are now about 10,000 of
those in America. There are probably 5 or 6
churches about the size of Saddleback that run over 20,000
in attendance on a typical weekend. The media typically treats
churches like this as saying–these mega churches as
if they’re some new phenomena, like they’re some modern result
of marketing or something like that. Well, it just shows a lack of
knowledge of history because Christianity has a 2,000-year
history of extremely large churches. Dating all the way back to 2,000
years ago, the very first church that started in Jerusalem, the
very first church was five times the size of Saddleback Church. Most people don’t know that,
but–the idea of a mega church is not a new idea. It was–Jerusalem was an
enormous church. And before we look at the
strategy, I want you to just see this to notice the growth
because the Bible is very specific about it. Now, the book that tells us the
history of the church is called the book of Acts. It’s the Acts of the Apostles,
and it’s actually the acts of the early church; and it was
written by Luke, the same guy who wrote the Gospel of Luke. Luke was a doctor, a physical
doctor, a medical doctor; and in Acts he gives us a running
progress report of the growth of Saddleback Church. He tells–he–of the Jerusalem
church. He tells–yeah, I wish. We’re actually Acts chapter 29,
so–but Acts records the exponential growth of the
church, and he gives us very detailed progress reports. So let me just quickly take you
on a little survey here through the book of Acts. When Jesus Christ died and then
rose again, he told his followers, “I want you to wait
here in Jerusalem until I send my Spirit, and that will be the
beginning of the church.” And he goes back to heaven, and
the Bible tells us in Acts chapter 1, verse 15 that there
were about 120 believers. You can see that there on your
outline. One hundred and twenty believers
were meeting, waiting in the upper room for God to send his
Spirit before Pentecost. Then in Acts chapter 2, we have
the story of the first day of the church. It’s called the Day of
Pentecost, and it says on that day Peter preached and 3,000
people were added to the church that day. The very first day of the
church, 3,000 people, it says, were baptized and added to the
church. So they were a mega church on
the first day. I would say you’re not really a
New Testament church till you have at least 3,000 people
because that’s what they had on the very first day of their
church. Then down in verse 47 in Acts
chapter 2, as we go through the book it says the Lord added
daily, circle daily, those who were being saved. So the church is growing on a
daily basis. Now, how many days in a year? Three hundred and sixty-five,
which means at least 365 people
are being added to this church at a minimum every year. At least 365 people. So it’s growing at least that
much. Every single day people are
being added to the church. Now, by the time we get to Acts
chapter 4, it says that in the church at Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Community Church, more and more people believe–no, it says the
number of men grew to 5,000. Now, notice that says men. Everywhere you’ve got 5,000 men,
how many women and children have you got? At least 10 or 15,000. So by this time, by Acts chapter
4 the Jerusalem church is already at 20,000 people. That’s about the size of
Saddleback on a weekend. So by chapter 4 they’ve already
got 20,000 people coming to the church at Jerusalem. Then you get to Acts chapter 5,
and it says more and more–excuse me. Acts 4, the number of men grew. Then Acts 5, more and more
believed and a multitude was added. Now there are so many people
they’re not even counting anymore. It says the multitude was added. It’s just an innumerous amount. Then you get to Acts chapter
5:28 and the critics come to Peter and John, who are leaders
of the Jerusalem church, and they say, “You have filled
Jerusalem with your teaching.” Well, yeah, I guess so because
this church is growing and it’s exploding and everybody is
hearing the news, and this mega church is having a mega impact
on a mega city. Then in Acts chapter 6, it says
the number of disciples rapidly multiplied. Notice we’ve moved from
addition: the added daily, 3,000 added. Now we’re going to
multiplication, and they are rapidly multiplying. This is what’s called
exponential growth. The church is growing so fast
they can’t even keep up with it. This is God’s will for the
church. God wants his church to grow,
and God wants his church to grow fast. The number of disciples rapidly
multiplied. That’s New Testament growth. In verse 7 it says the number of
believers increased rapidly. Again, rapid exponential growth. Now, I could take you through
the whole book of Acts, but let me take you over to
Acts chapter 21. Acts 21 is approximately 25
years after the church has started in Jerusalem. How many people have they grown
to in 25 years? Saddleback’s gonna be 30 years
old on April 4th. The Jerusalem church–in 25
years later, Paul comes back to Jerusalem and he is told,
notice, tens of thousands have become believers. Tens–it literally is tens of
tens of tens of thousands. The word there in Greek is the
word myrios. Myrios literally means tens and
tens of thousands. We get the word myriad from it. You know what myriad means? Too numerous to count. The church was so big they
couldn’t even count them all. Bible scholars believe that by
this year, the 25th year, the Jerusalem church had grown to
over 100,000 members. You say, “Well, how big was the
city of Jerusalem?” Well, archaeologists tell us
that Jerusalem was a city of about 200,000 people. So you have a city of 200,000
people and 100,000 members of one church. That’s what you call church
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“Daily Hope.” Pastor Rick: The church at
Jerusalem grew to 100,000 people in about 25 years. Where in the world did they put
all those people? I mean, you think we got a
parking problem. Think about 100,000 people
trying to get together for one church service every week and
then going out. Well, the Bible tells us the
strategy that they used, and it’s very important for you to
know the strategy of the Jerusalem church ’cause it’s the
exact same one we’ve used here at Saddleback for 30 years. It’s there on your outline. The Bible tells us in one simple
sentence the church strategy at Jerusalem. Acts chapter 5, verse
42, “(They met) day after day, in the temple
courts and from house to house.” Now, I want you to circle temple
courts and circle house to house because these are the two
different structures of a biblical church: temple courts
and house to house. What are we talking about here? Well, you might write this down. It’s large group worship, and
it’s small group fellowship. Large group worship, and small
group fellowship. First, it says they met in the
temple courts. Now, I want you to–this
is–maybe seem picky, but I need to explain it to you. Circle the S on courts. Notice it’s plural. They didn’t meet at
the temple court. They met at the temple courts. What does that mean? One church meeting in many
locations. Now, notice it doesn’t say that
the Jerusalem church met in the temple. They didn’t. They did not meet in the temple. It said they met in the temple
courts, which are around the temple. Why didn’t they meet in the
temple? Two reasons. Number one, it wouldn’t hold
everybody. The temple certainly wouldn’t
hold 100,000 people. But number two, they were
forbidden to go into the temple. Jewish law kept people out of
the temple. In other words, people couldn’t
just go into the temple. Only the priest could go into
the inner court, and nobody could go into the holy of holies
except the priest once a year on the Day of Atonement. So the temple wasn’t like we
build today church or auditoriums where everybody gets
together and sings “Kumbaya.” Nobody went in the temple. They went up to the temple, and
the priest went in the temple. So they didn’t meet in the
temple ’cause they weren’t allowed to it and it wouldn’t
have held them anyway if they could; but they met in the
temple courts, and all around this temple were these
courtyards outside. Now, I’ve been to Jerusalem. And if you’ve ever seen
Solomon’s temple and the courts and the remains of it, it’s very
obvious that the temple courts could have held maybe 50,000
people easily. And so if they had two services
on a weekend, they could easily have 100,000 people at service
because in those days you didn’t sit to worship. You stood through the worship. And so they could have 50,000
people in temple courts, but notice they didn’t try to all
meet in the same court. Here’s a giant church meeting in
many different locations. Now, why do we believe in small
groups? The reason we do it is because
Jesus told us to do it, and it’s a biblical model. When Jesus started his
ministry–public ministry, he was 30 years old. The first thing Jesus did was he
was baptized as an adult. If you haven’t been baptized as
your personal confession of faith because of your decision,
you need to be baptized. Now, Jesus was
dedicated as a baby. Did that invalidate his
dedication? No. But at 30 years of age, he went
down the Jordan River and John the Baptist baptized him. There’s a difference between a
baptism of confirmation, which was your parents’
commitment–yeah. I mean, you had nothing to do
with it. I don’t even remember that. But there’s the baptism of
confession, which is your decision as an adult. And we baptize people as adults
in this church. Why?
Because Jesus set the model. And if he did it, we’re gonna do
it his way. Evidently, his dedication as a
baby was not enough. He was taken to the temple at
day 7 and dedicated by his parents, but when he got 30
years of age he said, “Now this is my decision. It’s now my faith.” If you haven’t been baptized,
you need to be baptized the way Jesus was. Then the second thing Jesus did
is he started a small group. He went out and he gathered 12
guys and he said, “You’re gonna be my small group.” And for the next 3 years he
traveled with his small group. Even Jesus needed a small group,
and he was perfect. You need one even more than he
does to make it in life. Now, there are four advantages
of a small group. Would you write these down? Number one, small groups are
relational. Small groups are relational. Now, why is that important? Because life is all about
learning how to love, and you can’t love unless you build
relationships. You have to learn to love, and
you can’t–small groups are the laboratory for learning
relational skills. They’re the laboratory for
learning how to love. You can’t have a conversation
with a crowd. I mean, you can’t have a co–we
can’t have a conversation right now. You’re just listening. This is called sit still while I
instill. It’s one-way conversation, and
you can’t say, “Hey, Rick, what about? And did this mean? And what about that?” But in a small group you can ask
questions. In a small group you can pray
specifically for each other. In a small group you can get
support, you can share, and you can build relationships in a way
that you can’t do it in other ways. See, one of the problems of our
culture today is that we live among strangers, and people
aren’t learning relational skills anymore. They’re not very good at
relationships today. Why? Because we don’t have porches. People don’t sit outside and
talk to their neighbors. You know one of the worst things
that created a nation of strangers? Electric garage doors. Because you can click the
electric garage door, get in your car, drive out, go to work. When you come home, click the
electric garage door, go on in, and close it. You don’t ever have to meet your
neighbors, and my guess is you probably live on a street that
you don’t know people who’ve lived there for years. And one of the reasons why we’re
not very good at relational skills is we don’t have a
laboratory to learn them, and the evidence of that is the
divorce rate in America. People get married and because
they don’t have relational skills they don’t know how to
solve their problems, they don’t know how to solve their conflict
and the relationship dissolves. If Jesus said the most important
thing in life is learning how to love, and he did–it’s called
the great commandment. Love God with all your heart. Love your neighbor as yourself. Then the most important thing
for you to do is to learn relational skills. Loving God, loving other people;
and you do that–you can’t do that with a crowd. Now, you don’t have to know
everybody in a church for it to be your church, but you do have
to know somebody. You don’t know everybody on your
row right now. That’s okay. But you do have to know
somebody, two, three, four people who that–when you get
sick they know you’re sick, when you get laid off they know
you’re laid off, when you get–when you’re in the hospital
they know you’re in the hospital, when you need a
babysitter they know you need a babysitter. And somebody knows your needs
and they help you, they show up when you need them. You don’t need 100 friends in
life, but you do need 3 or 4 really good ones. And small groups are a great way
to help people learn groups. See, a lot of churches, all they
have is public worship. They don’t have the house to
house and as a result there’s no way for people to really get to
know each other ’cause you don’t get to know each other at
worship. All you get to know is the back
of the head of the person in front of you. You might like it or you might
not, but the truth is that’s not a very deep relationship. So small groups are relational,
and that’s why we do it. The Bible says life’s
all about love. Number two, small groups are
flexible, and the value of that is they’re not like a worship
service and it’s the same time every week. You can change the time. You can change the location. Small groups can meet any time. They can meet anywhere. They can be readjusted. You know, the small group that
I’m in right now I’ve been in 5 or 6 years this–the one I’m
in–currently in right now, and a lot of times we all can’t meet
on the same day. It was like, “Well, we can’t
meet our normal Tuesday.” Okay. Well, we get on the email or we
get through phone or text message, “Could you meet on
Thursday?” Some times it, like, takes 10 or
12 messages till everybody goes, “Yeah, we could all do
on that one.” And we change where
we’re gonna meet. We don’t meet at the same house
every week. We rotate.
Sometimes it’s our house. Sometimes it’s
somebody else’s house. We’ve met at restaurants. We’ve met at Disneyland. We’ve met outside. We even had an all-nighter one
time and like–it was like a–you know, an overnighter, and
the result is you build relationships. Small groups are flexible so
they can meet any time or anywhere. You don’t have to meet in church
to have a small group. The Bible says this. Jesus said in Matthew 18:20,
“For where two or three come together in my name–” That’s
called a small group, folks. “Where two or three come
together in my name, there am I with them.” There is a presence of God in a
small group that doesn’t show up in ways in other ways. And so you just get two or three
people together and there–Jesus says, “I will be with you in
that moment.” They’re flexible. Number three, small groups are
expandable. Jesus said we must care, so we
keep reaching out. How do we do it? Through small groups.
They’re relational. They’re flexible.
They’re expandable. Number four, they’re economical.
They’re economical. You can just put that at the
bottom of the page ’cause there isn’t a dot there. What do I mean by that? I mean, we don’t have to pay
for them. There’s no overhead for the
church. We believe that Saddleback
Church is not a building. It is not a building.
Church is people. It’s a family. It’s a flock. It’s the body of Christ. It is not a building, and we
proved that by being the first church that grew to over 10,000
people in attendance without a building. We waited in this church 15
years before we built this building. This was the first building we
built and Saddleback already had over 10,000 people in its
family. No church in history had ever
grown to 10,000 people in America without a building. We just wanted to prove church
isn’t a building. It’s people. And we are far more interested
in building people than we are in building buildings. We believe that buildings are
tools, not monuments. They’re just tools for ministry. You don’t build them as
monuments. ……… announcer: You know, this
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501(c)(3) corporation. Hey, it’s David
Elder, and today on Texas Eats, we’re traveling
all across the Lone Star State going to great restaurants
you won’t want to miss. Get ready for Texas
sized pancakes, huge sandwiches, and loaded French toast
at a Canyon Lake diner. Plus, we see what’s coming out
the kitchen at a critically acclaimed
restaurant at the Pullman Market recently
awarded a michelin star. And we get loaded up with cheese
at a popular restaurant in San Antonio,
now offering a table side dish you got to see to believe more
right now on Texas Eats. Our first stop on today’s foodie
adventure is at Mare e Monte, right here
off Huebner Road in San Antonio. One of our favorite spots
here on the show to check out
their brand new menu. And get this, they have a new item that they
pour cheese on top table side. Let’s go check it out. Prince, now we’re here inside
the dining room at Mare e Monte and you have a brand new dish
on the menu. We’re super excited.
It comes with tableside cheese. This is your new chicken
parmesan, right? I’m so very excited
to share this with everybody. Let’s check it out. Now
let’s see what this looks like. All right cheese. Oh my. Wow.
Bro. That is incredible. Look at this plate. So it’s the chicken parmesan. The Bronx chicken parmesan that everybody loves
for the restaurant. Yes, you’re elevating it. You have the broccolini
on the plate. You have that beautiful vodka
sauce on here as well. But that melty cheese melted
cheese makes it so amazing. You have the crispy chicken
and the melted cheese on top. We everybody been loving it. And I’ve been loving it. And right on top of the dish
you get more parmesan Reggiano. You get that
fresh parsley on there. All right I’m going to cut in
and look at this y’all. When you talk about cheese. Whoa. Look at that cheese baby. Oh my. That’s what it’s all about. Cheers. I want this in sandwich form I want this all day, every day. Now, you just introduced
this dish along with a lot of new dishes
you have on the menu. But this one’s by far
been the most popular, right? Oh, people have been going crazy about this, but we also have amazing
new dishes, new menu, new menu, super excited for everybody
to come and try it. I want to start over here
real quick. What’s the name of this dish
and what’s in it? That’s a new burrata. or caprese salad. So it’s melon cantaloupe You have tomatoes.
You have shaved onions. You have fig jam in there
burrata on top, basil. And then right next to it.
What’s this one? Oh my God, everybody needs
to try this arrabbiata sauce. Arrabbiata means angry. Angry sauce. With some stracciatella,
stracciatella is that feeling of the burrata. So heavy cream and mozzarella.
It’s going to be amazing. Now in the back.
What’s going on with this one? That’s orecchiette, orecchiette
is the ear shape pasta with broccolini
in their sausage. You get to bell peppers. You get garlic. You get onions. You get the San
Marzano tomatoes as we finish it up with some goat
cheese and amazing breadcrumbs. Homemade toasted breadcrumbs. Wow, that’s really nice. This is not your ordinary
pork chop. So we have a pan fried
Milanese style pork chop. But instead of putting salad
we put fig jam in there. We put a little bit of pecans
and we put crispy prosciutto we serve it
with some veggies. But then right next to it. It’s not just crab cakes. Crab cakes are boring. So we thought we make shrimp
and crab cake and we put some pesto
in lemon butter sauce on top. In the back. This is
one of your favorite pastas you have on the menu, right I love this, it’s so simple
but so delicate. That is just incredible. Like black wedding spaghetti. And we put garlic, an extra virgin olive oil,
a little bit of jalapeno a little bit of shrimp and
some pancetta This one is like the
one to get right You said it’s like the golden ticket for
if you’re a seafood lover. We have a shrimp and calamari
seafood risotto. But we also can add
scallops on top like this. So you guys got to
come out here. Mare e Monte
here in San Antonio, a brand new menu happening
right now. The popular new chicken
parmesan tableside. That’s the dish
to try right now. But I tell you, you can’t go
wrong with any of these dishes. Mark, this is a great
looking bronco, right here Isn’t it? This is sweet looking and you got some great deals
on other Broncos. You know, David, you’re not even old enough to know
the origin of this vehicle. This is the modern version
of a 70s Bronco which takes them
all the way back. But we have Bronco right now
on sale for less than $40,000 for a full size Bronco $499 a month on our
option plan program. I mean, it wasn’t just a year
and a half ago. People
couldn’t even get Broncos. They would pay anything to get one, and now we’ve got them on sale
for that, right? They had to come in and like,
order them, wait for them to wait for them. They were waiting
months and months and months. Yeah.
Now we’ve got a great selection. We’ll treat you great like we always do with Jordan
for menu pricing. Come on in. We’re going to take care of you
I love it. And to get more information on all the Broncos out here
go online JordanFord.com or come walk the lot. Now we’re here
in Austin off East sixth Street to go inside of a restaurant
that’s getting the rich, traditional flavors of Mexico and integrating them
with Texas ingredients and making delicious dishes
using masa as a base for a lot of their exceptional
bites. Let’s go see what they got
on the menu at Suerte Now we’re here in the kitchen
with Chef de Cuisine. Taylor Chambers,
thank you so much for having me. Absolutely glad to have you. Now this whole restaurant, the emphasis
a lot has to do with the masa. We see that being utilized
right here in different ways. These are sheets of masa. Put on the flat top
and right in front of us. You have two masa balls and you’re going to show us
how to make an item. That is on the menu
it…s very popular. What are we making right now? We’re going
to be making our sopecitos Ohh, ok. Yeah. So essentially what we want
to do is just take your ball and you’re going to want
to flatten it out to the sides about yea big Okay. Now the idea is we…re
going to start making a cup. Yeah. So you want to kind of start
folding in the inside so you get a little bit
of a rough shape of a cup. Oh man. Here’s.
Looks good. Don’t worry. Mine used to look like that too. Yeah. Mine. Mine does not look like a cup. It looks like a bowl
of something. It looks like weird. Oh, no. As long as it holds
the food and you get to eat it it still works, right? Yeah. It’s still works
the emphasis of the restaurant. Of course,
a lot of the dishes happen are based
around the masa. Correct. What is the importance of that and why is that
the focus of the restaurant? They got the idea of really focusing on this ingredient
that kind of speaks across
the entire country of Mexico. As like one of the most
important things that we have And bring it to Texas. Do you have a couple more
dishes? I see mushrooms out. You have some chicken on
the grill. We’re gonna leave you
to it, chef. I know you got a couple more
things you’re making. We’ll meet you out in
the dining room. And I…m super excited
to dive in. Thanks chef.
Absolutely. Now we’re out here in the dining room
and right in front of us. Chef, you prepared four different dishes,
and I’m super excited to dive into these sopas
right here. What are they filled with?
They’re filled with a salsa morita, a campechano
which is a mixture of meats. We do, wagyu beef belly
bacon and chorizo Cheers. Oh, wow. Explosive, it…s a lot of fun This is our pollo al recado negro with salso mexicana A little. toasted our bowl with red
onion salad, and some nopales on
there as well. This one reminds me
of, like, a backyard asada Yeah, we’ve all been to those,
and they’re super fun, you know? So, I just highly suggest
you get a little bit of chicken, a little bit of salad,
if you like spice grab some arbols, and throw it in
our, homemade tortillas. We got the spiciness
this on there. Here we go. Give me some elbow.
Bam! Yeah, that was pretty good. If it ain’t dripping,
you’re trippin. You already know that one. Chef. Real quick, we got to jump in
between those other dishes. This item
right here is very popular. Gotta do it. And during Covid you said
this thing really took off. So tell me what this item is. How it’s built
and what’s on it. Sure. This is our suadero taco. It is confit Wagyu brisket,
so bring Texas in right? It…s a little bit of matcha. Pika, pika with a lime juice,
some salt, all that’s
kind of tossed together. And then we have
some fresh guacamole on top. And some onions pretty simple, straightforward,
but it has many, many layers, as you’ll see.
And it is, quite the taco. I mean, that’s jam
packed. Oh, yeah. With those fresh tortillas
as well. That’s the bite. Oh, oh, and look at that. That thing is dripping. I understand, I understand
the craze of this thing There you go. There you go. Suerte here off East
sixth Street in Austin. There’s a beautiful restaurant.
It’s really fun inside. You have outdoor as well.
I tell you what. All these dishes
that we experience right here are home runs. I’m excited to come back out
here and relax. Appreciate it. Thank you so much for having us
here. Cheers. Absolutely. Coming up later on Texas Eats, we see what’s coming out
the kitchen at a critically
acclaimed restaurant at the Pullman Market recently
awarded a michelin star. And next on the show,
we go inside the Kimpton Hotel in San Antonio at Dean…s Steakhouse to check ou
all of their delicious bites. Texas Eats will be
right back after the break. Welcome back to Texas Eats. Now we’re here in downtown
San Antonio to go inside the Kimpton
Santo Hotel to check out their restaurant,
Dean…s Steak and Seafood, because they have
so many great bites on the menu. Plus,
save room for some dessert. Let’s go see what they got. Now we’re here in the kitchen with executive sous chef
Andrew Satterwhite. Thank you so much for having us How are we doing,
sir? Doing well man. Now you got two steaks right in
front of us. These are like the cuts to get when you come out
to the restaurant. You got a strip and a filet.
What’s going on over here? So right here we have our 14
ounce New York strip. It is Rosewood Ranch from Texas. And then we have our most tender
cut of beef. The filet mignon
or the tenderloin. It’s eight ounces
of pure delicacy. You have a seasoning blend
right here. What makes it special? What makes it special
is it’s our signature blend. We have four different kinds
of salt in there. We have some brown sugar. We have garlic powder, onion,
a few other spices. And it sets it off.
Really? Really. You can’t tell us, right.
It…s a proprietary secret It’s a it’s
a definite secret for us. We try not to expose too much. And you guys gonna let this cook
for a little bit? What’s the finish
you’re looking for on this? So I like my steaks at mid rare
I love it. All right. So we’re looking for that medium rare finish
coming out to the table. And chef
I know you got a couple of the dishes you’re making for us. So I’m gonna leave you
to it. Yes sir. And I’ll meet you out there
in the dining room. All right. Smells amazing. Now we’re out here
in the dining room. And, chef, you brought out
all the hits off the menu. We saw
those two steaks in the back. You also have some other items. But this one here
in the front of us. This is the item to start out
with. Talk to me about what’s going on
and how you use it. This is our Japanese
A5 hot stone. It is a dining experience where we bring it to the table
and you get to cook it a little. That’s fun. That’s got to be the way
you start your meal. Every time we’re going
to take it off the table, so we don’t actually
burn ourselves from it, and then we’ll dive
into the rest of the food Aight chef,
what’s the dish to try before you get started with the steak,
our heirloom tomato salad. It has white balsamic pearls stracciatellato 12 year age
balsamic and fresh basil. This is like a cold, deconstructed
like grilled cheese sandwich with the tomato
soup on the side. This is rocking And right here in the middle.
Chef, what’s going on? We have our cream spinach. It is a staple of steakhouses. We use a cotija cream sauce. It’s actually the same
cotija cream sauce that…s on our
signature steak right here A great addition to a really nice steak. You also have something
in the back, right? There’s a lot of broccoli
in the back, but we like to do a little bit
different here. We have our chard Meyer lemons. Then we dunk in our citrus aioli
which is a house recipe as well. That is insane. This aioli I…m gonna take
a jar of that home. I want to put that on
everything. The two steaks,
the one on the front of the strip,
you actually have a little. Is that a prawn in the front? It is a Madagascar shrimp. Fantastic. That’s how you cook a steak. All right, now, what’s going on with all this business
here on the bottom? It is a pipian sauce. It is a version of mole That is incredible. That’s why it’s my favorite cut. And last but not least,
the filet lobster on top. This is the dean’s
signature steak. It is a eight ounce
filet like we saw. It has red au jus
at the bottom. It has our cotija cream.
And then lobster claws Come on. Every bite is a hit. These two desserts
look incredible. We have our heavenly chocolate cake,
which has, edible gold flakes. We have our bread pudding. It has bourbon, caramel,
pecans and vanilla gelato. Dean’s steak and seafood. I don’t think it gets any better
than what we just had here
for San Antonio’s. Then we also have
a nice little schoolhouse. You can just go and have after
dinner drinks place is awesome. yall Coming up next on Texas Eats,
we see what’s coming out. The kitchen at a critically
acclaimed restaurant at the Pullman Market
recently awarded a michelin star Texas Eats will be
right back after the break. Welcome back to Texas Eats. Now we’re here in San Antonio
at the Pearl to go inside of a restaurant
serving up new American cuisine, offering
a wide variety of flavors from all across the state of Texas,
including dry aged Wagyu steak. Let’s go see what they got
grilling up. At Isidore Joining us
now is the chef de cuisine here in the kitchen Ian Lanphear Thank you so much for having us. Thank y’all. Now right in front of us,
you have a gorgeous steak. The marbling is out of control. You can see more
fat than even the red on here. Here at Isidore We like to focus a lot on using some cuts
that you wouldn’t see utilized
in other restaurants. Here is our Denver. So coming from the chuck area the cow
kind of towards left shoulder. This one is a Wagyu coming from
Peeler out in Floresville Texas That is beautiful. And you can see on there
I mean man this is just
marble to perfection. And that’s just flavor on flavor
right there. Melt in your mouth. It’s already been cut down
from here. We take it we season it. We just like to use
a little bit of salt. That way we just really let the beef speak for itself. Before we drop down, we’re gonna brush in
a little bit of beef fat. You guys just stack it
on the flavor. Yes we are. Oh, fantastic. That’s beautiful. Steak is on the grill
now, chef. You’re. gonna be making
a couple more dishes for us that you…re gonna have prepared. So we’ll meet you out
in the dining room when you’re ready.
I’m looking forward to it. Chef. Now we’re here in the dining
room and right in front of us. You brought out the steak
that we saw getting prepared in the back. Plus some other dishes and
some drinks from behind the bar. I want to start off
with the steak. The plating is beautiful. It looks like a piece of artwork
right here. Alongside of that, we have
some cucumbers that we take. We char them on the grill and then we marinate them
in a green tomato water. Beautiful. Outside on here
and a perfect medium rare. And I want to get some of that
saucy action. Cheers Wow. It has to be the most
tender steak I’ve had in a very long time. Just melts in your mouth. I mean, the flavor on
that is over the top and then the sauce too right
amount of saltiness. You want to balance out the fat. It’s really challenging to not come back
and eat the whole thing. And then in the front
right here, what’s going on with this bowl? So this is our,
red snapper crudo. We have some, thinly sliced red
snapper crudo. Then on the bottom of that
is a benne seed salsa macha. On top. We have some fermented daikon
radish and some fresh cucumber. And then we dress it
all into like an dashi. It’s an organism
made up of algae and fungus. Cheers. Oh, wow. Fish is just really,
really nice. It’s delicate. And then the crunch on there.
The texture. I love that bite, but it almost
feels like you’re outside too. Just kind of foraging,
looking for good food. I’m liking the lichen
right here in the back. What’s going on with this dish? This is our tilefish We poach it and a little bit of smoked
butter that’s infused
with some wax myrtle. And then on top is just,
lattice squash blossoms. And we have a ember squash
on the side of that with a little bit of yogurt
and herb salad on top. And then the sauce. The star of the show is a green curry made using all Texas
ingredients. All right, here we go. Cheers. Bam! Wow. It’s buttery
packed full of flavor. The tenderness of the fish.
Gosh. That’s good.
And I want that sauce. The sauce
really is the star of the show. Now we’re going to jump over
to this dish. What’s going on
with this one. Yeah. So this is our,
waygu beef tartare. So kind of a take on French
onion soup. On the bottom
there is a little bit of caramelized onion,
and we top it with a gruy…re Cheers. That right there. Money. My goodness. It’s like,
got that nice salty punch. But then the beef super tender
melts in your mouth. I love the crunch the cheese.
Everything just works so well. The onions are perfect in that they’re caramelized
to perfection. Nice and tender. It all just
works in a really nice bite. And this right here is like a
is it a whiskey flight? Yeah. So it’s a Texas whiskey flight
featuring all Texas whiskeys. Chef, thank you so much
for having us out here. Isidore out here near
the Pullman Market at the Pearl. Loving this spot. If you want to try something
a little bit different off the beaten path, be adventurous
and you love Texas. Really? That’s what this is. It’s like a love letter
to Texas. Celebration to Texas. Yeah, it’s a celebration.
Come on out here. That’s also somewhere
where you can really just have fun with your palate. Oh, you know,
you want to get some whiskey. Cheers to you. Cheers. Wow. That’s nice. Don’t go anywhere Texas Eats. will be
right back after the break. Hey, it’s David
Elder, and right now on Texas Eats, we’re traveling
all across the Lone Star State, going to great restaurants
you won’t want to miss. Get ready to go inside
one of the hottest brunch spots in Houston,
serving up hot grits, chicken and waffles
and so much more. Plus,
we cruise up to New Braunfels to go inside of a restaurant
serving up Smash burgers, and they have an ice cream
parlor attached to it. And we check in with our friends
at a popular Caribbean restaurant in San Antonio,
serving up new menu items for the fall. All that and more right now
on Texas Eats. Our first stop on today’s
foodie adventures. is up here at Canyon
Lake to go inside of a diner that’s been serving up
huge food since 2009. They got a new outside. They got some new stuff
on the inside, but you got favorites
on the menu. You don’t want to miss. Let’s go see what
they’re cooking up at Grandy D…s I feel like I’m going to. Now we’re here in the kitchen
with co-owner Robin McCleary. Thank you so much for having us. And you know, granny of you, you guys are still running
the spot here. It’s still very much family
owned and operated. And it’s all about the big bites
out here at this restaurant. And right now,
you’re about to make for us one of the biggest things
on the whole menu. It’s gigantic pancakes, right. What’s the first thing you do
to make this so we we chopped up all the apples
with out of them comes in here, we put about three
big scoops of, pancake batter. And now we spray our grill,
and we’re going to make some big pancakes on a Saturday. We probably guys are about
two cases of pancake mix. Oh, wow.
Because they are so big. You can see our bucket here.
Yeah. We fill these up. We make two of those at a time. This probably makes,
I don’t know, maybe ten, maybe. Still just shows
how big we make our pancakes. So this has apples and pecans
in it Oh, that’s a pancake. Oh, I ain’t done. Yeah. Hold on. Oh, you get one of those. But on a full stack
we’re going to do three. So it’s been
just a couple of minutes here. They’re ready to flip. You got a good technique. What. Wow. Oh. All three of these
are ready to rock. Time to plate em up My gosh all for one plate Oh, that’s the best
stack of pancakes you could find in Texas,
right there We’re going to warm it up
nice hot get it on there and take our caramel drizzle. And add those delicious
pecans These look absolutely delicious. Now I know
there’s a couple more items you’ll be making out here
in the kitchen. Big items. Big items. We…re talking biscuit
sandwiches, all kinds of stuff. So I’ll take these from you.
All right. And I’ll meet you out in
the dining room. Ok Now we’re out here in the dining
room, and, Robin, your team has put together
an insane amount of food for us. This is gigantic. Every plate is
just over the top. But this full stack of pancakes,
it takes the cake. No pun intended. It
does, though. And all the apples on top. You have all the caramel on
there and the pecans, pancakes. It. It’s surprising
how not overly sweet that is. I feel like
I can eat the whole thing. You probably could try Yeah. What’s the secret
to your French toast? So that’s our banana foster. That’s a nice brown sugar glaze. And then we put a fresh
bananas in it. We do a, put it on the stove. We do a little bit of cinnamon sugar and a little
bit of other things. Ok, I can…t tell you
I can…t tell you
everything I know. Here we go Give me some love on that one
Bam! Wow. Yeah. One of the front here. This is nice. That’s a lot of gravy. That’s our big dam biscuit. It’s a nice fresh biscuit.
Two tenders on top. American cheese. How ever you
want your eggs right now? We have scrambled on it.
Smothered in the sauce it…s great. Scratch made onion rings
and a loaded sandwich. What kind of bread is this on? Wheat berry bread. Oh, last but not least,
for our savory options. It’s the chicken fried steak. You got this thing
smothered in gravy. Mashed potatoes on the side with the green beans
and the green beans. You can see
it’s got bacon floating in there It’s got some onion action
going on. This is like as as just home
cooking as it gets, right? Yes. So much for having us out here,
Granny D…s right outside Canyon Lake. It’s a beautiful restaurant, a cute little diner
that holds a lot of people. I’ll tell you that.
This place is packed right now. I mean, we’re here
on a normal day on a crazy day,
there’s wait outside. It gets. It gets over the top. So come out here, come hungry,
bring the family, and I’ll tell you what. You got to finish it off
with a slice of carrot cake. Cheers to Granny D…s Very good Wow. Now, if you all made a carrot
cake pancake? We do.
You do? We do.
What? Oh, God, I love this place. So good. Now we’re
here in Houston off of Travis to go inside of an institution that is serving up iconic bites
since 2001, when visionary chef and restaurateur Marcus
Davis opened up the spot. Let’s see what they’re serving
up today at The Breakfast Klub. Now we’re here
inside the dining room. And joining us right now
is general manager Terry Price. Thank you so much for having us.
Thank you for having me. Now you guys have brought out
the goods, including, I mean,
one of the most iconic dishes that you can grab
when you’re here in Houston. The chicken waffles dish here. Since 2001, The Breakfast Klub has been the spot
to come to for great bites. And that dish
being in particular the one I mean, there’s right.
It’s all over the wall about it. There’s an award over here
from Steve Harvey. What does this experience been
like for you? It…s phenomenal. Just to be able to serve
amazing food, to interact
with customers on a daily basis from all over the world,
from all walks of life. It’s a really,
really unique experience and I want to start over here
in the front because you have a fried pork
chop plate that looks absolutely nuts. So we have our crispy pork
chops here I…m mean they…re fried to perfection. We have our over medium egg and we have our buttery grits
right here. And then we have our butter
thick cut Texas toast. And now I will say the way
we eat our pork chops here. You right at home
your family now okay. So we pick it up by the bone
and we bite into it oh we’re going straight in. So we’re going
straight in right here. Cheers. Cheers.
All right. Fried pork chop. Wow. Big flavor. What’s the secret to that? So right here, the Breakfast
Club, our tbk seasoning uses this seasoning
for all of our proteins and our potatoes as well. I’m going to pop this egg. I want to get
a little bit of that action. This time
give me another one right there. Oh yeah. Bam. Now right in the middle of the
eggs Benedict, another banger. What are some of the elements
that go into building this dish? Very rich, creamy
with the hollandaise sauce. So yeah, you’re poached egg You have your buttery,
flaky biscuit on the bottom and it’s layered with our bacon,
I think the bacon, our ham and our turkey,
that’s perfection right there. Give me some love
on that one. This was a little sweet
a little salty. The eggs they pop in create that
other sauce out of the yolk. The hollandaise.
That is incredible. The biscuits and gravy. What makes this dish stand out? Not your traditional biscuits
and gravy. You have your buttery,
flaky biscuit. It’s, covered with our homemade gravy
and our homemade pan sausage. Definitely a fan favorite. And y’all know if it ain’t
dripping, you’re trippin. The gravy is just, like,
very thin. So very velvety. And the sausage is a beautiful
breakfast sausage. I would almost put an egg
on that thing and call it a day. A lot of people do. Yeah, you can, you can throw
an egg on there as well. So this is our meaty three omelet. It has three meats with the homemade pan sausage,
the bacon and our ham. This is the breakfast
of champions right here. Wow, that’s a crazy dish. It is. That…s a lot of food. Looking at everything, the sandwiches might be
a little underrated here. Very underrated
because everybody else is going for the big plate. But this sandwich looks like
it’s packing a lot of flavor. Not your average BLT at all. It’s very simple. You have your
your thick cut bacon again, your crispy lettuce,
your thick cut Texas toast. That’s butter to perfection.
And your juicy tomato. Thank you so much for having us. The Breakfast Klub, man. If you’re
looking for great bites, you want to feel like
you’re a part of the city. This is a local spot
that everybody loves. And it’s just
it’s a big community out here and I love it. Cheers to you. All right. The BLT that’s the bite. Coming up later on Texas Eats. We cruise up to New Braunfels. You go inside of a restaurant
serving up Smash Burgers, and they have an ice cream
parlor attached to it. And next on the show,
we check in with our friends at a popular Caribbean
restaurant in San Antonio, serving up
new menu items for the fall Texas Eats will be
right back after the break. Welcome back to Texas Eats. Now we’re here in San Antonio,
right outside of SeaWorld, to go inside of an award
winning restaurant that’s making amazing bites
from the Caribbean, including jerk chicken. They also have some tacos
on the menu and some new dishes that you
got to see to believe. Let’s go see what they’re
cooking up at the Jerk Shack. Joining us now is chef and owner
Nicola Blaque. Thank you so much for having us.
Hi. We love being out here
at the Jerk Shack. So you have some
traditional items that we know and love
right here in front of us. But you got some new things. So talk to me about the new item
you got over here. The new items. Our first one is our catfish
and grits. We do like a jerk
marinade on our catfish. Then we fry it southern style, and then we’ve paired it
with a green onion pesto. And it’s got a little butter,
a little bit of cream, a little bit of butter
that think back in the water. Swim in that butter over here. That…s how we like it. Very nice It smells incredible
I’m excited. Here we go. That’s the bite. That’s incredible. The grits are so creamy. But you has a slight texture
to it which is beautiful. The crunch you get from the fish
I love it. It’s got a nice little spice
to it as well. If you love grits,
you love catfish. You’re going to be blown away
by this bite right here in the back. The curry nice and caramelized
on the outside. So some of those sugars
cooked down. Look at that bite. Come on. Cheers to you. The curry. Here we go. The aromatics. Pop. The plantain is creamy. The crunch from
the cabbage is beautiful. The rice is fluffy. And the chicken
you can see on the inside. It has all that flavor
on the outside. On the inside, very tender,
still juicy. Everything just works
really well. The way you compose dishes
is top notch. In the front. This one’s loaded up. Now this looks like a solo
mission, so I am going to go in
on this one. So we’ve got our pineapple
habanero slaw, our jerk pork on there
and our jerk barbecue sauce. All right. We doin it okay I’m going to get a little messy
with this one. Here we go. Wow. That one’s saucy. Give me some elbow on that one. I’m gonna need some napkins
after taking that bite. Every aspect of this works. The pineapple pops inside
a little bit of a sweet acidity that you want to balance out
the bite as well. The mac and cheese on the side. And, you know, I got to get my scoop
of obligatory mac and cheese while I’m out here.
And look at that. Y’all put in the cheese
and mac and cheese. And in the back over here
you have three tacos lined up. You’re getting jerk
chicken, pineapple habanero slaw, pickled onions,
and our avocado crema. Cheers. Cheers. Oh my God, if it ain’t dripping
you’re trippin. Look at that.
That’s flavor right there. This is incredible. I love the size of them.
The amount that comes with it. The garam masala fries. This is flavor on flavor
on flavor. This is our mixed chicken plate. It’s our most popular plate. This plate alone
is the experience that people are looking for
when they come visit. All right.
Cheers. The jerk chicken. Give me some elbow. Bam! The
char, the flavor, the seasoning. The spice the spice. The flavor alone on this,
though, is outstanding. Now I want to still have that
Caribbean flavor profile. We’re here in South Texas and I’m Jamaican,
but I love certain dishes. And so this is like
a reflection of my heritage, but also my lifestyle
here in South Texas, using what’s available to recreate
something of my heritage is really important to me. I love that it’s beautiful.
It’s delicious. My favorite part of history and culture is
when you get to eat it. You guys. The Jerk Shack
located here in San Antonio. It is iconic. You guys are expanding,
you have different brands
you’re representing as well. So you have so many
different ways that you can try chef
Nicole Blaque’s food. And I know we’re going to hear a lot more from you coming up
very soon. So cheers to you. Thank you for having us out. Coming up next on Texas Eats, we cruised up to New Braunfels
to go inside of a restaurant serving up Smash Burgers, and they have an ice cream
parlor attached to it. Texas Eats. Will be
right back after the break. Welcome back to Texas Eats. Now we’re here in New Braunfels. A hop in a skip away
from the Guadalupe Comal River to go inside of a restaurant
that’s celebrating seven years
here in New Braunfels. Plus, they’re serving up
some delicious treats that you got to save room for. Let’s go see what they got
on the menu at Tin Top Burgers. Joining us now is chef, one of the owners out here at
the restaurant, Chase Piedfort Thank you so much
for having us in the kitchen. Yeah. No problem. Now you’ll be making a burger
for us. It’s one of the most popular
burgers on the menu. We’re making the classic
cheeseburger today solid. I mean,
it doesn’t get any better than Americana cheeseburger,
but you all do it your way. What’s the first thing you do
to make it first step? We’re going to get our onions
on the grill. Very nice.
A little oil on those. You get those. Grilling
our house patty on the grill. It’s an 80/20 ground beef but
it’s blended with ground pork. Give it a little extra
juiciness and flavor. And they’re smash burgers. So we’ll smash that guy out. Oh, yeah. There you go. Yeah. We let to go a few minutes
here. We’ll get some salt
and pepper on it like that. In the meantime, we can be dressing our hamburger
bun straight into the toaster. Just a solid brioche style bun. Little mayo here. House mustard green
leaf lettuce on top of that. Tomatoes, pickles. Oh, yeah. Look at that. That’s how you know
it’s going to be crispy. And then on top of that
cheddar cheese. Get that melty. It’s off the flattop
onto the bun like that. Wow. Flip
that over a little pick. Keep it all together. And that’s the Tin Top
classic cheeseburger. Chase thank you so much, sir. Yeah, this looks
absolutely incredible. A couple different sandwiches,
burgers on the menu here. That you…re going to
be bringing out. and then Lindsey and I
are going to go on to the dining room and try them out. Joining us now the dining room
is owner operator Lindsey Bell. Thank you so much for having us. My pleasure, my pleasure.
Thank you. Now everything from the kitchen
looks exceptional. The side items, the bites
here, the burgers. There’s a strange item in
the back I’ve never seen before. You guys have out here
at the restaurant. This is a secret item. This is our cheeseburger salad. It’s going to be an amazing,
refreshing and consistent crunch
in every bite. Grilled onions
and tomatoes and bacon with a Russian sauce on top.
Divine. You sound excited explaining I’m excited to try it. I’m actually really hungry
right now and it’s right
and it’s right there. Cheers. Cheers. Oh my God, this is healthy
adjacent It…s like a salad that…ll fill you up. Yeah,
I’m gonna tell my doctor. Yeah, I had a salad this week
when it was out. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, it’s really good. The dressing works. The pickled items
work at the beet. Very seasoned
with a crispy bacon. Very nice. We got a burger in the back.
What’s going on with this one? This is a burger that you can
actually only find here. I’m pretty sure
in the entire world we took a classic Reuben sandwich
and we made it into a hamburger. It’s got sauerkraut. It’s got thinly sliced pastrami,
an amazing Russian sauce. And of course,
our signature patty, which is a combination of beef
and pork. Look at the inside
of this thing. Cheers. Cheers. All right.
That’s the bite. Oh, wow. Oh, yeah. Okay, so Reuben sandwiches
are like, my favorite sandwich. It’s the best sandwich
you guys are taking this to a whole other level. Attached to tin top
is Ray’s ice cream. And Lindsey
there’s a variety of flavors. How many flavors? 15 flavors
we make here in-house. And what are the three top
flavors? I would say coffee Oreo a s’mores ice cream
is my father’s favorite as well. Goat cheese and raspberry jam,
which is sort of like a cheesecake. Kind of like a goat cheese cake. Well, let’s try
the coffee, Oreo, I insist. Okay, perfect. All right. Cheers. Cheers. Coffee? Oreo. Oh, yeah. This is the first flavor I ever came up
with as an ice cream man. It’s been one of my best
sellers. This is so good. I love the coffee flavor.
I love Oreos, too, so blending it
to make the perfect bite. I’ll tell you what
this calls for a whole cone. Let’s get two of them. Lindsey, thank you so much
for having us out here. Ray’s ice cream, tin top burgers stop here
when you’re in New Braunfels. Get off the river.
Bring the whole family. There’s
so many items on the menu. And, of course,
save room for dessert, because this is where
it’s at. Double scoop. Oh, yeah. I’ll go anywhere there’s more Texas Eats
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all the side of Brooks and get ready for
all the delicious bicep, you know, and
love delicious bicep, you know, and
love check that out. check that out. They got their sauce with the
mild chicken They got their sauce with the
mild chicken sandwich. sandwich. You can also put the honey on
the hot scene You can also put the honey on
the hot scene which is the tone it down a
little bit which is the tone it down a
little bit drinks shakes, they got it all
out there. drinks shakes, they got it all
out there. Thats the menu, all the customer
service out Thats the menu, all the customer
service out there, ready to rock it and they there, ready to rock it and they got the mac and cheese, you
know, you got to get got the mac and cheese, you
know, you got to get that mac and cheese. that mac and cheese. Everything out there, has so
much flavor and Everything out there, has so
much flavor and spice to it and of course you
can spice to it and of course you
can pick the spice level that you
want these ones, pick the spice level that you
want these ones, kicking it up, go to the mediums kicking it up, go to the mediums right there with the sauce, you
can also get the right there with the sauce, you
can also get the fries on the side, all of the fries on the side, all of the sandwiches are hitting with the
different flavor sandwiches are hitting with the
different flavor levels. levels. Even the slaw is where its at
Frys with the Even the slaw is where its at
Frys with the sauce, you put anything with
that sauce, you put anything with
that sauce. Its gonna be delicious
this right here, sauce. Its gonna be delicious
this right here, the Reaper. the Reaper. Aware that this is very hot. Aware that this is very hot. I want in for the big bite and I
immediately I want in for the big bite and I
immediately regretted it. regretted it. If youre crazy and you love the
spice, go for If youre crazy and you love the
spice, go for the reaper. the reaper. I had to have some of the shake
and a drink to I had to have some of the shake
and a drink to cool it down because it was hot,
it cool it down because it was hot,
it kept burning, thats the artist
who painted kept burning, thats the artist
who painted everything on the walls, go everything on the walls, go check him out, address on the check him out, address on the Get Nutella, French toast at
Piattis on their Get Nutella, French toast at
Piattis on their new brunch menu and this bread new brunch menu and this bread is Nutella Loaf from Bird
bakery. is Nutella Loaf from Bird
bakery. Their slicing, this up fresh
in-house. Their slicing, this up fresh
in-house. The Nutella loaf gets dunked in
a custard, like The Nutella loaf gets dunked in
a custard, like batter. batter. And then look at that point onto
the flat top And then look at that point onto
the flat top sizzling. sizzling. So you get in that crunch on the
outside Nutella So you get in that crunch on the
outside Nutella in the middle strawberries, in the middle strawberries, and a little bit of cream on
there, as well, and a little bit of cream on
there, as well, right here, Benedict, and two right here, Benedict, and two different kinds on the menu. different kinds on the menu. It was salmon, you can get a
classic with It was salmon, you can get a
classic with prosciutto as well. prosciutto as well. Now the avocado toast is top
tier, some of the Now the avocado toast is top
tier, some of the best, Ive had crispy bacon. best, Ive had crispy bacon. They also have cocktails on the
menu as well, They also have cocktails on the
menu as well, but the avocado toast where its but the avocado toast where its at, thats really good. at, thats really good. Fresh toast baked inside of
their wood fired Fresh toast baked inside of
their wood fired oven. oven. Theyre also serving up zeppole
fried donuts and Theyre also serving up zeppole
fried donuts and these things. these things. Look at that little sauce on the
side, little Look at that little sauce on the
side, little marmalade, you can dunk them marmalade, you can dunk them right inside. right inside. Look at that. Look at that. Perfect poached eggs on these
Benedicts as well. Perfect poached eggs on these
Benedicts as well. Address on the screen, two
locations in San Address on the screen, two
locations in San Antonio. Antonio. Piattis go, try the Nutella
French toast. Piattis go, try the Nutella
French toast. Go get some cocktails, enjoy
yourself for Go get some cocktails, enjoy
yourself for brunch. brunch. This is where its at. This is where its at. Get handmade us at gordita
location. Get handmade us at gordita
location. In San Antonio, where theyre
making everything In San Antonio, where theyre
making everything from scratch, including from scratch, including their chicken finger, look at
that. their chicken finger, look at
that. So delicious, all of their beef,
vegetables, So delicious, all of their beef,
vegetables, chicken pork dishes all made chicken pork dishes all made right there on the Range. Rolled up flout, this made by
hand deep-fried Rolled up flout, this made by
hand deep-fried and loaded up with goodness. and loaded up with goodness. On top. On top. You know, those things are
delicious, people You know, those things are
delicious, people they just get hand pressed, put they just get hand pressed, put onto a flat top, the bunch of
right. onto a flat top, the bunch of
right. And then theyre cut, open and
stuffed with your And then theyre cut, open and
stuffed with your choice of all the different choice of all the different delicious ingredients. delicious ingredients. The peak of Theo is just
top-notch, shredded The peak of Theo is just
top-notch, shredded chicken, shredded beef, and chicken, shredded beef, and they also have so many different
options on they also have so many different
options on there, this right here. there, this right here. So this and you can get those
loaded up as well. So this and you can get those
loaded up as well. The flat, this everything is
delicious. The flat, this everything is
delicious. I tell you what, I couldnt pick
which one to try I tell you what, I couldnt pick
which one to try first, theyre all good. first, theyre all good. And if it aint dripping your
tripping, go get And if it aint dripping your
tripping, go get something delicious out there something delicious out there with the flautas. with the flautas. So crunchy wash it all down with
an ice cold or So crunchy wash it all down with
an ice cold or Chata and lemonade your choice. Chata and lemonade your choice. They also have delicious Salsas
inside so much They also have delicious Salsas
inside so much space to go in there. space to go in there. Relax. Relax. Go grab some fresh beat us
according to own Go grab some fresh beat us
according to own Get these huge cinnamon rolls at
the Grand Hyatt Get these huge cinnamon rolls at
the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown. Hotel in Downtown. San Antonio, plus get a day pass
to enjoy some San Antonio, plus get a day pass
to enjoy some of the amenities at the hotel of the amenities at the hotel during the summer, including
access to the pool, during the summer, including
access to the pool, but the food, man. but the food, man. This is where it said. This is where it said. They have a restaurant on the
lower level of the They have a restaurant on the
lower level of the hotel. hotel. That is a servant of the goods
bar, Rojo, has That is a servant of the goods
bar, Rojo, has cocktails. cocktails. That also has brunch items that
will blow you That also has brunch items that
will blow you away. away. Theyre doing a really great job
out there. Theyre doing a really great job
out there. Thats the inside, this is the
top view for the Thats the inside, this is the
top view for the pool level of the hotel, the pool level of the hotel, the Terrace on 5th. Terrace on 5th. And look at that, beautiful
pool. And look at that, beautiful
pool. They also have an indoor area
that you can get a They also have an indoor area
that you can get a reservation to where you can reservation to where you can play Top Golf. They also have football games
this Burgers where They also have football games
this Burgers where its at, though, wash it all its at, though, wash it all down with an ice cold, Bloody
Mary and you get down with an ice cold, Bloody
Mary and you get some bacon little bit olives on some bacon little bit olives on their, this club sandwich. their, this club sandwich. I mean, its top tier and how can
you call it I mean, its top tier and how can
you call it brunch without a Texas shaped brunch without a Texas shaped waffle loaded up, was syrup. waffle loaded up, was syrup. So many refreshing bikes on the
menu, address on So many refreshing bikes on the
menu, address on the screen. the screen. Go check him out, so much fun. Go check him out, so much fun. Some foodie crew. Some foodie crew. Theres a new burger arcade and
Brewery in Boerne Theres a new burger arcade and
Brewery in Boerne Texas, its called hambys. They have a beer hall
and arcade plus hambys. They have a beer hall
and arcade plus they got delicious burgers. they got delicious burgers. Look at the Smash Burgers, you
can get double Look at the Smash Burgers, you
can get double singles or triples, they got the singles or triples, they got the secret sauce onion shredded,
lettuce tomatoes secret sauce onion shredded,
lettuce tomatoes down on the Martins roles down on the Martins roles that are toasted. that are toasted. You know, these things are slap
and super You know, these things are slap
and super delicious the hambys restaurant delicious the hambys restaurant was originally opened in the 70s
became was originally opened in the 70s
became different businesses. different businesses. But is now back, open under the
same name in But is now back, open under the
same name in Omaha to the family, theyre Omaha to the family, theyre serving up milkshakes and malt. serving up milkshakes and malt. So youre getting that classic
1950s, fast food, So youre getting that classic
1950s, fast food, feel plus, they have feel plus, they have hand-dipped corn dogs and these
things are deep hand-dipped corn dogs and these
things are deep fried Perfection. fried Perfection. Look at the golden outside,
thats Joshua. Look at the golden outside,
thats Joshua. Hes the owner of the Cibolo
Creek Brewery, and Hes the owner of the Cibolo
Creek Brewery, and this place is absolutely this place is absolutely insane fish sandwiches. insane fish sandwiches. They have chicken sandwiches. They have chicken sandwiches. Thats the brewery thats on site
over here and Thats the brewery thats on site
over here and theyre making incredible theyre making incredible beer out there as well as go. beer out there as well as go. Check them out, they got the
burgers they got Check them out, they got the
burgers they got outdoor dining address on the outdoor dining address on the screen grand opening
announcement coming soon screen grand opening
announcement coming soon and where should we go next? and where should we go next?
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