Writing Our Destiny - Difference Maker Part 6

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Here I am, Here I.
AM.

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You can have it all.
You can have it all.

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Here I am, here I am.
And you can have it all.

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You can have it all.
Man, can we give it up for God

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this morning man, that simple
act of saying, yes, Lord, I'm

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available man, we're here to
give it all but has to start

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with our hearts and who we are
before God because that's what

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he's really trying to capture
man.

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He wants us to live on mission
for him.

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So man, let's give it for God
one more time.

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Can we man, love hearing you
guys worship Hey, we have a ton

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of new people with us.
They with this in person, can we

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show those people some love man?
Thank you guys.

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If you're new with this, thank
you for joining with us to

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worship at this gathering.
Hey man, it has been so awesome.

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If you guys have been here for
the last several months, you can

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just see and and feel a sense of
of the spirit moving.

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And can I get you let you guys
know something awesome.

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There have been 39 people commit
their lives to Christ in the

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last three months.
Isn't that awesome, man?

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It's why we do what we do.
And so having said that, we're

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going to do something we've
never done at this coming time

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of the season, we are going to
do baptism on December the 28th

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at 10:00 in our year end social.
This is a time we've never done

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baptism, but man, we feel that
God's calling us and we want you

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guys to take that next step of
faith because really that's what

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baptism is.
And so if you've committed your

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life to Christ the last several
months, your next step is

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baptism and baptism and we'll
let you guys know more about it.

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But baptism is a sign, is a of a
change in your life.

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You pass from death to life,
doesn't have any salvation, but

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it's a public proclamation of
what God's doing in your life

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and the story that God's writing
in you.

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And we want to celebrate with
you.

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So get signed up and we can't
wait to celebrate with your

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story on December the 28th.
And we do every last thing,

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including baptism because we are
a church on a mission.

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And that mission is to see
people farm for God, discover

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their real life and their
purpose in Jesus.

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And all that means is this is
that man, Satan wrecks people's

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lives.
And we know that God repairs

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him.
God restores him, and he needs a

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community to do that in or he
chooses to use the community to

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do that in.
And that's why we're here.

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We get to see people come in,
come in broken and destroyed,

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and not know what to do next and
walk out completely different

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people with a family, with a
purpose, with their God and

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Jesus in their hearts.
And so it is so cool to see that

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week in and week out.
And that's why we exist.

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So we're so glad that you're
here with us today.

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We're in the we're in the the
home stretch of what has been

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the most powerful series that
we've ever done here in real

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life.
It's called difference maker.

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For the last eight years that
we've existed, God has used this

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community, this gathering to
bring hope and transformation to

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so many people's lives.
But God doesn't call us to the

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status quo, does he?
Church?

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And he calls us to do something
bigger and better and to lean

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into what he's got for us since
the next season.

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And so that's what we've been
talking about the last several

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weeks about not a building
initiative, but a building a

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movement.
And so today we're going to step

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into this last week of
difference maker.

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And I want you guys to really
lean in.

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And I want you guys to think of
yourself as personally being

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involved because that is the
truth.

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Every last person.
I don't care what seat you're

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sitting in, have the role to
make a difference where you're

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at and wherever you go.
And so today we are going to

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lean into that.
And so I can't wait to see what

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God does with your lives and
your generosity and your

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sacrifice to change to the next
generation, to bring a hope and

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transformation.
So take this opportunity, put

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your hands together as Pastor
Sean comes up for Difference

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Maker.
Good morning, guys.

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Welcome to Commitment Sunday.
I thought it would be.

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It's going to be good.
This is like a holy moment in

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our church.
And by the time today's over,

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you're going to feel it and
you're going to experience man,

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we're doing something so big
together for God to step out of

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faith.
Before we jump in, couple

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things.
Want to celebrate number one,

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last week, 15 kids, nine
families dedicated to the Lord,

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Amen.
Give it up big for those

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families.
Super exciting.

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Last week was amazing.
We had 306 people in person,

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which is a really, really
amazing number for us.

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But if you think about over last
year, that's actually 34% higher

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than the same Sunday last year,
which is significant.

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Amen.
But what's really cool is we had

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six people that raised their
hand and said yes to Jesus last

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Sunday.
So give it for those people.

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It's fun just being a part, a
little small part of the story

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that God is writing.
And the way this happens is by

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you guys investing and going out
with the gospel, just

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encouraging people, meeting
people they're AT.

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And sometimes it's a small act
that makes a big difference.

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And I want to share a story and
it's a story of Toby.

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I don't know if Toby is in here.
If you're in here, Toby.

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No, no, didn't make it to the
first yet.

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OK, well, Toby came out
yesterday to our real life men's

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ministry, which was one that's
one year anniversary of real

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life men's, by the way, which is
really, really cool.

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And yeah, give it up for that.
That's fantastic.

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It's cool getting just guys
together for Jesus, man, that

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power.
But I met Toby yesterday.

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He shared how he came to real
life and he said he saw one of

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those yard signs and he was on a
walk.

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And I was like, man, that's
really cool.

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So I started talking a little
more and he's telling me how he

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got on the walk and he's trying
out different churches.

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And, you know, you kind of felt
like, man, you know, I just got

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to find something that God leads
me to.

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And he just saw the yard sign.
He took a picture of the QR,

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went to the website.
Man, it felt good.

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And yesterday he sat at a table
and he was sitting with Drew.

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And I don't know what Drew said
to him, but he's probably trying

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to figure out which yard sign
this is.

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He's shaking and said, yes.
He's like, where's that yard

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sign at, man?
He's like, I think sunset is

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that.
Yeah.

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And Drew's like, well, I think
that's, that's my yard sign.

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You're welcome.
You know, and it had a great

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conversation with Drew and it's
just cool I put together.

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So afterwards I'm talking a
little more and I said I didn't

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know the whole story.
And he told about Drew and

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stuff.
And he says really cool cuz I

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signed up like man, I want to
plan my visit.

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And I started texting this lady
holiday and we're texting back

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and forth and blah, blah, blah.
I said, you want me to blow your

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mind real quick.
Holly's married to Drew and

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that's their sign.
Is that amazing, Amen.

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Just how God does some small
act, you just never know.

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And so introverts love it.
I'll encourage you to grab a

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sign like you just don't know.
It's scattering out like the

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world needs to Jesus, Amen.
And we forget as the people of

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God like how good we have it,
like we have the presence of God

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and the Holy Spirit of God.
And there's people that are on

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the verge of giving up on their
life, on their family and just

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trying to find the next step.
And we just put a sign out is

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the simplest thing we could do.
But more importantly, we can

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just invite them to Jesus, Amen?
Like we got to recognize that

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people aren't what they seem and
we need to help them in their

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hurting, in their pain, their
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And so we get the opportunity to
be a salt and light to a lost

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and dying world, Amen.
And so this was all difference

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makers really about, it's about
souls.

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It's about making a bigger
impact together than any one of

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us can do by ourselves.
And so we've been in the series.

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This is our 6th week and kind of
a quick recap through all the

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weeks.
We start out with a message

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called This is the Moment.
This is our moment.

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And we talked about Joshua and
Caleb.

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You guys remember them.
They want to step into the

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promised land and they were the
some of the spies and they're

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only two full of faith.
And they said, yes, we can

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because God just took us to the
Red Sea.

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He didn't bring us this far to
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So let's go in.
And of course they didn't.

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But eventually they did.
And God honored their

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faithfulness and just the how
how we should have bold faith

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like them.
And I don't remember that story

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because it's come full circle
later day.

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Then we stepped into a message
called Everyday difference

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makers.
That was maybe 1 of the

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favorites, right?
Just one small act of faith can

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change the community and change
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Talk about Rahab, we talked
about Andrew, invited Simon to

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to meet Jesus.
We shared stories in our church.

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I think we've even talked about
some signs and how people came

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to our churches from a sign and
made a difference.

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We talked about message the
third week called Motivated by

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Faith.
We talked about David and how he

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was counting on his own ability.
He counted the sin census of all

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his people.
So I'm going to try to slide

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that around, you hear me?
Like blow into the mic.

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It's great.
But he had this sin census.

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He was kind of his own ability
instead of counting on God's

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power and God's ability and he
humbled himself.

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He was broken when the Angel
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He humbled himself and he bought
that threshing floor of Verona.

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He said this is going to be the
holy holies.

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This is the presence of God.
I no longer counted myself, but

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I'm going to count on God
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The 4th week about ready fire,
aim man this that.

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We're not always going to be
ready, but we should always be

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willing.
And how Abraham was called to a

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place he didn't know, but he
stepped out on faith.

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And we talked about Joshua
again, where he stepped out to

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cross the Jordan and how people
have to go first, be willing to

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get their feet wet, Amen.
Somebody has to step.

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And that's what today's going to
turn into.

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Last week, we had a just amazing
day, just story after story

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after story after story of their
forever.

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Like, you know, you think about
a building, we get fixated on

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where and how much and when and
all the details and all these

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little things.
But ultimately, the building's a

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tool and we should be fixated on
souls.

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Amen.
She fixated on what God can do

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through a space fixated on our
community, on a lost and dying

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world.
And you guys heard those stories

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in the morning and we had no
thing in the evening heard even

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more stories.
But this there forever.

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And I'll say before we jump in
today, thank you guys who have

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been fasting it it it is totally
behind the scenes.

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But I believe the power God has
unleashed through that.

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And so for some of you guys have
been faithful to do that and he

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made a commitment to the Lord
and I pray that God's been

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speaking through through that.
There's always a purpose of

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fasting.
We talk about Jehoshaphat and he

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fasted that they're they would
be rescued from their enemy and

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everyone was killed as they
praised God give thanks to the

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Lord for his love endures
forever.

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And the enemy slaughtered each
other right And they just took

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the plunder like that's what
they fast for Esther, she fasted

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for freedom that they'd Edith
would go away and they'd be

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saved.
I was reminded of Isaiah.

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They fasted and they took what
they were going to give to the

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poor or for themselves, and they
gave it to the poor and they

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fast on purpose.
And I've been fasting with Diane

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for the last few weeks, like
intentionally fasting, which it,

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it, it really, honestly, I think
Diane likes to eat in the

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morning.
And I'm like, I could eat like

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at 5:00 at night.
So I was like, I could do this

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forever, you know, And Diane's
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know.
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we're going to go noon to
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We've been asking God like, do a
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space, Lord, let's move together
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Like, let's just be the church
that's just so bold, that's so

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courageous, that can accomplish
great things that only you can

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do.
We're just asking you, Lord, to

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make a move.
And this we've been asking the

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Lord for the last few weeks.
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question, Lord, what would you
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And so I'll lead you to church.
What does it look like to step

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out in the faith together?
Like how do we do this?

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Like what does it look like for
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step with a move of faith?
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through Scripture.
It's going to be in First

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Chronicles chapter 28.
It says this King David rose to

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his feet and said, you have to
keep in mind he had all these

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leaders around him, all of his
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He said, listen to me, my fellow
Israelites, my people.

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I had it in my what?
What's it say?

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He had in his heart like he had
a dream, like he had a vision,

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like he had a godly burning
desire to accomplish something

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great for God.
And he said, I want to build a

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house as a place of what?
What's it say?

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Yeah, I want to build a house
for the Ark of the Covenant as a

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place of rest.
Like he, he wanted a permanent

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place.
Like he wanted a permanent home

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instead of going to the tent.
He wanted a place where the

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glory of God could go out to all
humanity.

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And so I want to build a house,
a place to rest for the Ark of

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the Covenant.
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Covenant?
We talked about this quite a

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bit.
It's it's this, it's this the

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ark inside of it has the 10
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It has the staff of Moses and it
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And it's God's presence and it
represents God's power and God's

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provision.
And on top of those angels and

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they face each other.
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would go in front of this mercy
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And they hear from God.
But this is the place where God

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would speak to them.
And even David said for the

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footstool of our God, like I
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the Ark of Covenant of the Lord
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I think that's just so special
because it's like the place

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where God is stepping into
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Like this is where the presence
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was.
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and he want to make it
accessible for every single

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person that God could step in to
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the Old Testament that the

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centerpiece of what was to
follow God was the Holy of

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holies, where the Ark of the
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And that is everything revolved
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And so he says this about he was
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He said, I made what very end of
the verse.

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I made plans to what to build
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He he made plans.
He, he, he stayed up at night

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like he'd even shared this
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He literally was wrestling with
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And he, he made plans like he
had desire and passion and he

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put pen to paper or pen to
parchment or whatever, right?

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And he drew up this vision of
what God had for God's presence

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to be permanently accessible to
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And the reason I'm so passionate
about it because Saul, his

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predecessor, was actually killed
for not going into God's

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presence and David had neglected
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He he got comfortable.
He wasn't at God's mercy seats

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out of brokenness and humility.
He was no longer content with a

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tent Amen.
He was no longer like this is

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it?
This is as good as it gets.

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I've got my awesome house.
I got my dream.

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I got all these things.
He looked out and said, Lord,

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I've totally missed it.
There's something far better for

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my life.
There's something greater that I

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should, I don't know, Like if
the word sacrifice is the right

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word, it should just be called
an honor to give to God.

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Like it's no longer a sacrifice.
Because I'm so humbled, Lord,

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that you just use anything of
mine and he just humbles himself

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and he lays it down for God, no
longer content with the ark of

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the covenant is just floating in
a tent around.

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And he wanted to God's presence.
He wanted to elevate his power

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and his provision to a lost and
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So he made plans.
And it's really unique.

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And I caught this last week in a
prayer actually, because Barry

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Barry was praying and I, I
listened to this prayer and I

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thought it was really good.
He just made this point as he

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prayed.
But it's unique because in the

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Old Testament, when Moses built
a Tabernacle in Exodus 32, God

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told Moses like everything.
Like, he gave him a blueprint,

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like make it this long, this
high, it should look exactly

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like this.
He gave them all the details of

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what to do.
But when the temple was built,

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God's not go to David and say,
here's the blueprint of the

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temple.
He didn't give him a plan.

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He didn't give him all the
pieces and how this should work.

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What God did is he was waiting
for a man no different than any

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of us to have the boldness and
the courage and the faith to

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dream of what that would look
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And then the Holy Spirit says
met with David and he designed

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and made plans for the temple.
That's pretty amazing.

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Amen.
That the God was like waiting to

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get more worship because it's
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it's another thing for us to
say, God, you can do it.

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And he's waiting for us like
step into this vision and to

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give God more glory and more
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And David, when he made plans,
he made extravagant plans.

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We are not making these plants.
He lined the House of the temple

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with gold.
You didn't walk in and there was

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wood.
You don't use no pine.

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Come on, somebody.
Right.

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I mean, he took what was built
and then he covered it with gold

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and silver.
It just like the vision he had

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was so grand.
They called it a palatial

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structure.
Like, I've never met somebody

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that had that kind of vision.
I've seen a lot of vision, but

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that is a whole nother level,
the architecture and the

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details.
Have you ever seen it or thought

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about?
What he did is absolutely

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amazing and he gave him a
desire.

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Now I'll tell you behind the
scenes, we've been making plans,

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Amen.
We've been dreaming.

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We we, we know like, hey, we're
not going to be portable

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forever.
We've been sitting in board

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meetings and leadership
meetings.

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I said, Lord, what would it look
like for us to have a permanent

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space?
And there's lots of factors,

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right?
You can look at costs and this

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and that, but it's like, what
could we do?

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And so we started dreaming and
started looking at different

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designs and we sat at the Hope
Center with our board and we

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flipped through like, what could
look like this and how could

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look like that?
And we came up just the

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different drawings and ideas,
none of which we know the Lord,

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like that's what the Lord's
going to give us, but just to

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dream, right?
And so I'll just throw up like

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this is something we looked at
as a board.

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I don't know, eight months ago
more we said this would be cool.

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Now we have no idea.
Like if that's it, we know this

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isn't the picture, right?
So don't take a picture and fall

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in love with it.
Amen.

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But we just started looking
like, man, they could seat those

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people.
And this, oh man, last week we

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were at church Four Corners.
We had this advance commitment

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night.
We took some of our leaders, our

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staff, our elders, our team
board members, and we just got

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together and said let's go 1st.
And it was amazing because we

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met in a permanent home at a
different church, right?

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And I don't know about you, but
eight years in, we've gotten

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really comfortable and portable.
We got real comfortable.

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Like you come in, you got your
seat.

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I noticed you guys sit in the
same seats, by the way.

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Hey, man, you could be a
missionary in your own church.

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You just go front to back and
you can hang out with the

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visitors, right?
Or the church heathens.

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I'm just kidding.
We love you Baptist, right?

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Or you can move seats.
You can meet some neighbors,

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right?
You can hang with people.

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But we just get really in a
routine and we get kind of used

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to like, oh, that is pipe and
drape.

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And it was great last week.
We had child dedication.

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Maybe it's right here.
Yep.

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Maybe it's here.
Oh, this is it.

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This is it, right here.
I was literally with a mom.

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She was carrying her, her
daughter right here.

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This is it.
Oh, yeah.

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And we had came over to pray
over her.

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And this is literally what she
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Is this stage in the collapse.
Lord bless you and keep you.

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May his face shine upon you.
And you know, anyway, we get

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really comfortable with that,
don't we?

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Like the bands, Like just don't
step on that part of the stage.

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You know, we get like how it is,
you know, and you kind of get

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used to like the dysfunction.
Like they put stuff in the

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closet and, you know, it's just
not what God's calls to do.

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Amen.
But it's really cool at church

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Four Corners because I was just
watching the team and, and you

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can just look, it was like this.
It was like, wow, this is pretty

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cool, man.
Like you just see it in their

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eyes.
Like they're picking things up.

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They're kind of opening doors.
They're just watching.

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And it's just you can see like
the lights flick on like, OK,

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we've been missing a lot.
Like we got, we got used to like

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the tent, like we got used to
the rickety put it together.

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Like it's just comfortable now
it's it's convenient, like, and

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if you're not set up and tearing
down, like it's real convenient,

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you know?
But has the Lord called us to

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more like, are we going to be
status quo or we're going to

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say, Lord, we want to be a
permanent place for God's glory

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to go out into not just our
community, but around the world.

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And that's the decision that we
get to make today together.

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Because here's what's really
cool about David's vision.

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It's way bigger than himself.
And David was extremely wealthy

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and his vision, he could not
fund his own vision.

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And so for us, it's for the
people that aren't here yet.

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It's it's for a world that needs
Jesus.

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We don't have to over complicate
this, Amen.

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I think just all step out on
face together.

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Like if one of us is like, ah,
it's cool, I'll see what they

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do.
I think we've, we've missed it.

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Like I think it's going to take
all of us to step into what

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God's asking us to do.
And I think God just sees our

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faith and he just opens
opportunity like whatever is

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going to happen is not from us.
Like I'm just going to tell you

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straight up it, it cannot be and
should not be from us.

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It's from the Lord, Amen.
We just we're giving to Lord,

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we're trusting Lord.
I want you to see how David

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shared his vision and really his
plan to fund the vision.

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And so in First Chronicles 29
two, he says this with all my

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resources I have provided for
the temple of my God, and this

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is what we provided.
This is like from, you know, the

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business or from collection from
other wars he's won, right?

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He said gold for gold works,
silver for silver, bronze for

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bronze, iron for iron, wood for
wood as well as Onyx for

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settings, turquoise stones of
various colors, all kinds of

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fine stone, marble and all these
and what?

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Yeah, large quantities.
Like he just took out the

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business, you know, like I'm
just going to give that in large

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quantities.
Besides, in my devotion to the

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temple of my God, I now give my,
what's it say?

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His what?
His personal treasures.

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They do something very special
as a man and woman of God, when

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00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:53,720
you get personal, well, it's not
like, oh, I'll just take from

449
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,480
here or like I'll watch them
else do it.

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00:21:55,760 --> 00:22:00,080
But David is going to give out
of his own personal wealth and

451
00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,920
he gives gold and he gives
silver for the temple of God.

452
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:07,280
He says over and above
everything I've provided for the

453
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,120
simple, I've already given out
of the business, I'm just going

454
00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:12,200
to give out of myself.
And he says there's 3000 towns

455
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,720
of gold, gold from Ophir.
Now, the Ophir was like the

456
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,000
finest gold of the day.
This is like the the nicest gold

457
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,720
you could ever find in the
ancient history.

458
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,920
He says also 7000 talents of
refined silver.

459
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,840
This isn't just like lame
silver.

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00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,200
This is the best silver, right?
Like you don't be purified.

461
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,400
It's already purified.
He didn't give his leftovers.

462
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,400
Amen.
He gave his very finest things

463
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,640
for the temple.
It says for the overland

464
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,120
overlaying of the walls.
Now I don't have that kind of

465
00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:41,840
vision.
Hey, man, he's going to overlay

466
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,320
the walls with gold and silver.
It's amazing of the building for

467
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,640
the gold work and the silver
work and for all the work to be

468
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,880
done by the Craftsman.
You think about this, David went

469
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:56,080
first, Amen.
Like David had the vision, David

470
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,800
heard from God, David drove the
plans and he's been behind the

471
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,480
scenes going, Lord, how can we
do this?

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00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,360
Lord, I'm going to trust you
with this.

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00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,680
And he stepped out on faith 1st.
And if you think about this, I

474
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:12,160
did the math on the number, like
what he actually gave towards

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00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:18,200
the temple, and it's just shy of
$14 billion towards the temple.

476
00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:26,080
Now, if Envy has $14 billion,
today's the day.

477
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,200
But it's really not about the
money.

478
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,520
Like David doesn't say it so you
can match his wealth.

479
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,720
He says it so you can see his
sacrifice because David took it

480
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,280
personal.
David took it personal what God

481
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:48,640
was calling him to do and he
invites everybody else to take

482
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,800
it personal with him.
He says now and ask this

483
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:56,520
question, who is willing to what
consecrate themselves to the

484
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,920
Lord today?
And when you say consecrate

485
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,400
yourself to the Lord, that means
to give yourself fully to the

486
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,000
Lord.
If you said you'd consecrate

487
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,040
yourself to the Lord and you
gave half of of yourself that,

488
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,520
that's not what that means.
It, it doesn't mean like, I'm

489
00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,520
going to sit back and I'm going
to see what everybody else is

490
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,480
going to do and then we maybe
get there.

491
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:17,680
It doesn't mean like, well, I'm
going to hold on to this and

492
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,640
then somebody else can make up
for that.

493
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,120
It means, Lord, what what would
look like for us to fully give

494
00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:25,640
ourselves to this divine
purpose?

495
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,160
And that's what David's asking
all of all of his leaders and

496
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,440
all of Israel.
Will you fully concert yourself

497
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:37,480
to Lord in faith, not to match
the gift, but to match the

498
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,960
faith?
And David took this bold step of

499
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,720
faith.
Why did he ask all these people

500
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,160
to give?
It's because even David is

501
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,560
wealth and everything he had
with $14 billion, he still

502
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:54,400
couldn't reach the vision and
the desire that God had for the

503
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,920
temple.
It was outside of his own

504
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,720
ability.
Amen.

505
00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,360
That's where it takes faith.
He asked them to go together.

506
00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:04,480
And I would say for us as well,
the vision is way outside of my

507
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,240
reach, but it's not outside of
ours.

508
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,440
Amen.
It's outside of mine.

509
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,360
It's way beyond my ability, but
it's not outside of the ability

510
00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:17,320
of God.
And God uses all of us and all

511
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,040
of us is what the big key point
is.

512
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,480
It's not that we match gifts,
it's that we match faith.

513
00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:26,120
And so I'm inspired by this.
I've read this passage and I'm

514
00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:31,640
like, OK, Lord, like, well, I'm
the David in the story, right?

515
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,280
Like I'm called to go first.
I'm called to sacrifice, I'm

516
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,720
called to lead.
And so at the risk of making it

517
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,800
really awkward for, for a
church, and I don't know if

518
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,720
there's a good thing or a bad
thing, but I'm going to go with

519
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:45,480
it.
I'm going to tell you my number.

520
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,320
But the reason I'm telling my
number is not.

521
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,480
So you go look, look at Sean.
And for somebody to go, man,

522
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,480
that's big and somebody to go,
that's it.

523
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:53,960
That's not the point of the
number.

524
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,960
Amen.
The, the point of the number is

525
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,920
to recognize this number is a
sacrificial number.

526
00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:03,560
Like when this will change, like
our lives, this will change what

527
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,360
we can't afford, what we don't
buy, what we do buy, it'll be

528
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,000
the largest check by far.
We write every single month it

529
00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,560
it will change.
They'll delay things in our

530
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,680
life.
They'll be avenues we can't go

531
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,920
down for a season because we're
trusting God.

532
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,800
And so by faith, like we started
out with our card and of course

533
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,400
we're like David, we've known
about this for quite a while and

534
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,120
we've been praying on our card
and we started out at 50,000.

535
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,120
It's OK that, that, that's a
that's excel sheet number for

536
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,880
us, right?
Like that's, that's the stretch,

537
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,280
but we can do it.
And we're like, well, maybe we

538
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,120
can get 75, you know, like 75
that that that could happen.

539
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,800
Like that take some acts of God
that we can get there.

540
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,440
And we finally settled on right
after Halloween, we settled on

541
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:50,000
$100,000 and we said, Lord,
we're going to commit this.

542
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,200
Now.
I don't know how exactly.

543
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,120
Like if you said, Sean, how's
that going to happen?

544
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:59,080
I could tell you like about how
2/3 maybe happen, but I know

545
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,040
what God's going to provide
because I've been here before

546
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,040
like this in the first time that
I've gone all in on Jesus and

547
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,880
seen him take care of it.
And when I look at the future of

548
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,320
what God's going to do, I mean,
maybe I'm a spiritual gold

549
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,720
digger, but I'm going to look
back and be like I sowed some

550
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,880
major seed in that.
Like I saw what God did.

551
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,880
Like the glory of God that goes
out through our church from here

552
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:22,800
on.
There'll be some part of it that

553
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,200
I can go.
Thank you, Jesus, I got to play

554
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,840
just a small part of the story.
Amen.

555
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,040
Now when I say the number,
whatever number you give is the

556
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:33,360
number between you and the Lord.
Amen.

557
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:34,960
But here's what you do.
I'm going to match.

558
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,400
I don't want you to match my
number.

559
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:41,680
I want you to match my faith.
I want you to match my faith.

560
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,960
I want you to look at me and say
if you know what I made of this

561
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,920
church, some of y'all know
because you're on the board,

562
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,440
right?
I mean, you're like, dude,

563
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,480
that's a big number for
somebody.

564
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,640
That's a stretch.
And I don't want you to think

565
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,760
like that Macedonian church that
just ground the everything they

566
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,040
could and then it exceeded with
their own ability.

567
00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:04,080
And then Paul took their number
and took it to court.

568
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,200
They said, listen, guys, there's
these gentiles.

569
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,680
They're not even from the Jewish
custom at all.

570
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,000
Don't know anything about this.
And they went all in and they

571
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,240
went beyond they even really do
match their faith.

572
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:15,840
There's a man last Thursday.
I was so moved by him.

573
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,560
His name is Johnny.
He's a he's just playing to the

574
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:22,800
church him and his buddy and
recovery church independence.

575
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,080
They deal with 12 step program
tie tie to Jesus.

576
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,800
This is just, they're trying to
take addicts and help them find

577
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,760
God and it's amazing.
And they're like just, I mean,

578
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,440
everything you don't say at
church, you should say at

579
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,160
church.
They say it's all salty.

580
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,120
It's not polished.
It's just what it is.

581
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:42,640
I'm like, dude, this is so
awesome.

582
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,240
You know, any committed to give
to this church planting group in

583
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,560
Kansas City called New Thing,
which is very significant.

584
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,720
We give as our church to them.
And I know behind the scenes how

585
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,800
many churches really give and
there's probably about six that

586
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,280
give the new thing in Kansas
City.

587
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,040
And for him to step up doesn't
literally just start a church

588
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,840
two months ago and they
committed 50 bucks a month.

589
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,040
Well, you know what?
That's 50 bucks a month that

590
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,760
there's other mega churches that
aren't committing anything.

591
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,040
And he stepped out and he's
like, I'm giving him 50.

592
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:16,480
And he's like, and he asked him,
why are you doing that?

593
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,120
He goes, well, because when
somebody helps you out, don't

594
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,680
you do like, you know, believe
in it and go, There's just like

595
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,640
not even a question that he
would just go.

596
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,240
And I told the guys on Thursday,
I said, listen, we don't need to

597
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,760
match his gift.
We need to match his faith,

598
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,680
Amen, Because he believes in
what God can do through this

599
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,920
group.
And if you've been fed by that

600
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,640
or fed by our church or made an
impact like you've, you've

601
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,440
experienced God through a
church, you just kind of feed

602
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,600
the thing that feeds you, Amen.
Like you said, God, what can you

603
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,080
do?
And it is a step of faith for

604
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,360
yourself personally as well to
see what the Lord can do.

605
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,800
And so just think about like
what it looked like to our Lord,

606
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,400
what you have.
And I believe the goal today is

607
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,000
100% participation.
It's not the it's not the amount

608
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,840
because we're all going to
different amounts, right?

609
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:00,720
And some of you are going to be
that spot.

610
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,600
And I'm that spot too.
I wish I could do more.

611
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,280
I mean, honestly, if I could
write a bigger number, I'd write

612
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,480
a bigger number.
Like I just want to do it as I

613
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,720
could afford the whole thing I'd
do right now, I would just do

614
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,640
it.
But it's bigger than any one

615
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:16,360
person.
Amen.

616
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,840
So I'm just asking you guys
humbly locking arms to the Lord

617
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,400
and matching the faith and
sowing some seeds for eternity.

618
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,120
This will happen when David
presented this to them, they

619
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,520
said then the leaders of the
families is verse 6 and the

620
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,600
office of the tribes of Israel,
the commanders of thousands,

621
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,920
commanders of hundreds officials
in charge of the King's work.

622
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:41,160
It says gave how willingly
they're just moved like if David

623
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,760
is going to give 14 billion and
he's passionate about the Lord's

624
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,520
in this come behind it.
And they just went and says they

625
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,000
gave toward the work of the
temple of God 5000 talents of

626
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:55,640
and 10,000 talents or thousand
darkest of gold, 10,000 talents

627
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,760
of silver, 18,000 talents of
bronze, 100,000 talents of iron.

628
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,400
And anyone had precious stones
just gave them to the treasure

629
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,120
of the temple of the Lord in a
custody of Jahil the the

630
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,360
Gershonite.
I mean, it's going to take all

631
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,120
of us, Amen.
And his people just gave what

632
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,160
they had.
Like you can't give what you

633
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,880
don't have, Amen.
Like no one's asking, like to

634
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:20,160
like just go some crazy thing
that make no sense.

635
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,920
But like, look and say, Lord of
my honoring youth, What, what,

636
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,080
what I've got the vision is
inside our reach.

637
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,240
If we all move together as one,
there's something special.

638
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:33,480
I was reminded of this week as
well, that when when you give to

639
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:38,880
God, it shifts your heart.
And it was best said this way.

640
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,160
If you want to be close to God,
then start with your giving

641
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,280
because where you're giving is
and your treasure is then your

642
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,880
heart is also.
It will just be there.

643
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,360
Like I don't know if you've like
invested in something or someone

644
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,040
or something, or maybe it's a
stock.

645
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:57,920
All of a sudden you have a lot
of interest in it.

646
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:02,560
All of a sudden you start really
tracking Bitcoin or way Amazon

647
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,320
or whatever you're in, right,
Berkshire Hathaway and them

648
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,440
selling all these pieces as he
retires, right?

649
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,080
You're like, what's going on
with this?

650
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,600
And when you give to the Lord,
your heart just next to the

651
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,120
Lord.
And I want you to just

652
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,280
understand how significant it
was because last Sunday night we

653
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:16,960
had a group went together.
I'm going to show a highlight

654
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,320
video here in a second and was
really cool because at the end

655
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,560
of the day, we all met up, had a
social and hung out and the

656
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,920
energy and the momentum and the
heart was like, we just

657
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,680
relaunched our church and God's
going to do something so

658
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,240
significant.
I'm so excited to play a part of

659
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:34,440
it.
There's no doubt their heart was

660
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,120
like right there with the Lord.
So I want you to check out this

661
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:42,680
video and just see the heartbeat
of our people that night from

662
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,400
basically nothing.
And you saw the story of how

663
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,360
church reporters has blessed us
and they just did this stuff out

664
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,320
of nowhere.
Somebody that's kind of been

665
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,040
here for the whole time.
Like what's your thoughts and

666
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,720
feelings for tonight?
We're trying to accomplish with

667
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,560
the building it.
Was kind of just a moment for me

668
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:58,400
and God to kind of like reflect
on like what I've seen real life

669
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,360
start as to where we are now.
Not a moment just between me and

670
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:03,840
God to really just give it to
the Lord.

671
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,400
I gave a number even bigger than
I was like expecting to, but it

672
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,040
was kind of just like this
moment where it's like God,

673
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,000
you're going to use it.
The four corners Church of the

674
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,480
corners jump in on that with
their own like December thing

675
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:13,720
that they're doing for the next
two years.

676
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,880
That was even even cooler
because it was like people that

677
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,640
are just coming alongside us
watching what we're doing and

678
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,800
they were like push us and
they're we're sitting on their.

679
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,200
Shoulders it's our baby what
they did 2. .5% of all giving

680
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,160
for this December and next
December is going to our

681
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,320
Difference Maker initiative.
And that's huge.

682
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:30,920
That is huge.
That is, you got to figure what

683
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,960
they're it's.
It is a generous act.

684
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,080
Yeah, for them to do that in
December, which is the largest

685
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,000
month of giving in any church,
is beyond generous.

686
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,040
I watched earlier you getting
emotional like, what's up?

687
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,560
What's what was God showing you?
I just keep saying like today

688
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,680
has just been so overwhelming to
be here from the beginning till

689
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,440
now.
God has been so good to us.

690
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,120
We came to real life out of a
season of her and I was almost

691
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,840
saying no, like I didn't give up
on God.

692
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,400
I really had given up on people.
And so to see that the way that

693
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,880
it's made a difference in our
lives and to see just how's just

694
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,760
the impact that God is going to
use and make through our church,

695
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,120
just saying yes and being
obedient and not even knowing

696
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,719
how we're going to get $1.9
million, but believing and

697
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:15,320
trusting in God.
Basically tonight you played a

698
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,080
huge part of it.
Run the whole event behind the

699
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:18,440
scenes.
What do you got to show you like

700
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:22,159
with Faith tonight?
It's really funny because when

701
00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:25,880
this whole like conversation
just initially started, I had a

702
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:30,239
really big number that God had
given me and Jared was not on

703
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:35,400
board with said number, and
tonight we actually came right

704
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:39,440
at that number.
How encouraging is it?

705
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,320
Just have everybody together.
Oh, I think it's awesome,

706
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,520
especially the leadership
because we got, we need to lead

707
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,360
out to show the people what to
do to see for this group of

708
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,239
people in the heart of the
people.

709
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,880
So tonight's post tonight, Vince
Kittman, I obviously lean this

710
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,800
for a long time.
See what God's going to do.

711
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:55,239
What did God say to you tonight?
Like what?

712
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,160
What do you show you?
To be uncomfortable, to step out

713
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,200
and to actually change the
number that we came in with, We

714
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,520
made that change.
So we had that moment where we

715
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,840
already had a number and God was
like, Nope, that's not big

716
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:07,920
enough.
So that was huge.

717
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:09,520
That's amazing.
So what?

718
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,000
What did God say to you in that
moment?

719
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,920
I felt like God was saying you
can do better than that.

720
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:15,840
Wow.
It brought it all home to me.

721
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,360
It made it feel special.
It made it feel like this isn't

722
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,320
just us being a part of giving
to our church, but it's a part

723
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,680
of the big capital city church
and like what we're really in.

724
00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:25,760
Pulling you back to the fact
that it's not just real life

725
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,400
that's making something happen
right now.

726
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,560
It's the it's the universal
church as a whole.

727
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,600
And we're like really going in
with our brothers and sisters in

728
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,480
Christ that want to see us
succeed.

729
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,440
Because I know that it's all for
the the forevers of the people

730
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,080
in our city that we're trying to
affect.

731
00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:44,520
Just seeing the passion from you
and others willing to give love

732
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:46,880
what they actually could.
Yeah.

733
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:51,320
And that's very encouraging.
God, it can leave you more than

734
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,640
what we ever imagined.
We've been talking about a

735
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,480
building, we've been looking,
we've been exploring on the

736
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,800
board and I'm excited.
I mean, just coming into this

737
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,560
space tonight as a real estate
agent too, I'm like, I'm ready

738
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,080
to make some some sweet offers
and since the right space.

739
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,560
So if you say something to a
generation or a group, people

740
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,040
are like, kind of struggling to
step out on faith.

741
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,040
Like what would you encourage
him?

742
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,720
Live on the unexpected.
Like don't always just be so

743
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:17,720
focused on what you expect to be
coming the next paycheck, But

744
00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:19,920
like what is God expecting and
how is he expecting to move?

745
00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:22,280
Take that leap of faith.
God's going to honor it.

746
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,800
Whatever number you have on like
your heart, like that's your God

747
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,120
number.
It's not your particular like AU

748
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:29,800
number.
It's it's your God number.

749
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,960
And that's the uncomfortable
number.

750
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,960
So step out and faith on it.
Think about where where you

751
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,000
could end up and think about the
church that the building, the

752
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,520
people that you could impact.
Just finding that, you know,

753
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:45,240
money under the couch and the
couch cushions, cutting that

754
00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:48,320
coffee out, the little things
that you could do to try to make

755
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,480
an impact so that we can have a
permanent space to affect the

756
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,360
community.
You can come in with a number,

757
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:57,000
but really just let God move in
and move your heart and give you

758
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,880
that number.
And I really just think it's

759
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,000
trust him.
He's going to provide for you.

760
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,760
So go big.
I'd always just say go big or go

761
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:04,600
home baby.
Yeah.

762
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,360
Cool, Amen.
Go God.

763
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,440
It was it's fun just hearing the
stories.

764
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:21,320
Like I was surprised, like how
much power and unity just in the

765
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,520
conversation I had and how many
people said I came with a

766
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,000
number, but the Lord showed me a
different number.

767
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,280
And so I just crossed that out
and said I'm I'm going to try

768
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:29,760
something different.
Like I'm going to step out on

769
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:31,280
faith.
And it's amazing.

770
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,720
Like this is the response they
had here in the Bible.

771
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:37,520
In verse 9 says the people
rejoice at the willing response

772
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:41,520
to their leaders, for they'd
given freely and wholeheartedly

773
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:45,280
to the Lord, Amen.
And then David the king also

774
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,560
rejoiced greatly.
It makes me excited that our

775
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:53,680
Staffs behind it, our elders
behind it, our boards behind it,

776
00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:56,920
our leaders behind it, Amen.
Like they're all behind it.

777
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,480
They want to see God do
something very special.

778
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,960
And this is a very special night
of moving by faith.

779
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,640
And so this what happened down
the road when they actually

780
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,680
built the temple.
This is really cool.

781
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,800
So you got to Fast forward like
David, he's going to pass away.

782
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,560
He's going to hand the man
thought to Solomon to build the

783
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,320
temple.
And they do build it.

784
00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:17,040
And this is what it says when
they opened it in Second

785
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:21,600
Chronicles 7 verse one, it says
when Solomon finished praying,

786
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,400
it's like the dedication of the
temple.

787
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:28,600
It says fire came down from
heaven and consumed the burnt

788
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:33,560
offering and the sacrifices and
the what held me out.

789
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,880
The glory Lord filled the
temple.

790
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,720
Is that a holy moment?
That's one of those moments

791
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:46,400
you're like, I'm so glad I sowed
some seeds for the glory of the

792
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,520
Lord and his presence to come
fill this place.

793
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:54,400
I'm just going to tell you like
those guys that like didn't that

794
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,800
might be a bummer.
You look at that moment like I

795
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:58,520
wish I would have pirate
probably the story.

796
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,440
I do believe there's going to be
a time in real life's life like

797
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,680
where God puts us in the
building and you're going to go

798
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,800
thank you Jesus.
That played a part of the story

799
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,920
that I sowed seeds in the
impact, not just in my life, but

800
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:18,800
in generations and people to
come that the glory of the Lord

801
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:23,640
can go out through our church to
a lost and dying world.

802
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,400
Amen.
That's division.

803
00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:31,560
That's what that's what I see.
That's why I believe.

804
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:36,760
And it's like a proud moment,
you know, like go God and like

805
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:42,600
every person that gets saved
from that time on and every

806
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,920
person getting baptized and
every person that has a marriage

807
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:50,200
is healed or comes off drugs or
the light goes out as we send

808
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,480
people to get scattered out.
Every yard sign and somebody

809
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,240
comes in and just hears about
Jesus.

810
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,520
By the way, I saw Toby come in
at the end.

811
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,440
He, he made it.
Toby, give it up for Toby.

812
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,160
By the way, we told your story.
You have to go back and watch it

813
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,280
a little bit.
Thank you, Jesus, for a sign.

814
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,560
Amen.
But that's just the small part

815
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,600
we get to play today.
And it is so amazing to do it

816
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:16,000
together because now all of a
sudden there's expectation that

817
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,520
God can and will move, and He
does.

818
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:22,880
And so then I'm actually doing
something very special.

819
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,640
I'm actually doing something
that's physical but represents

820
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,400
something spiritual.
On your chair.

821
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,160
There's a commitment card and I
just want to kind of walk

822
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,880
through it because it can be a
little confusing.

823
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,000
OK, so just let me go through it
one more time.

824
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,040
Make sure you understand it.
On the back of the card is

825
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:41,560
different types of gifts that we
believe that we'll need to reach

826
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,240
our one point million dollar
goal over 2 years.

827
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,120
Now remember the first 900,000
is really our budget.

828
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,600
The second part, that million
will go to that space.

829
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,000
OK, so you can look at that
chart and you know, like me and

830
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,040
Diane, we started a number and
we're like, Lord, what about the

831
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,560
next level?
What about the next level?

832
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,320
And say what would look like
potentially, Lord, for me to

833
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,640
step in a different number Now
on the inside, OK, so you won't

834
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:03,600
pay attention to this a little
bit.

835
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:07,000
OK, please fill all the way out.
It will really be helpful.

836
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,400
But on the top, this is like
your first box is your annual

837
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,600
giving.
OK.

838
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,600
So whatever number you normally
give in the course of a year,

839
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,720
that's your number and hopefully
you know that number has been

840
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:20,280
given, you're right.
But fill that number in and that

841
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,520
next line is expanded giving.
So that expansion is really what

842
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,160
will go towards our first
permanent home.

843
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:31,680
That that first number is really
just our normal ministry fund.

844
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,120
But that second number is like
that's the number that's above

845
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,680
and beyond that's going to help
us get in that space.

846
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,240
That's really the number that
you're going towards that

847
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:44,240
million, if that makes sense.
And then if you multiply by two,

848
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,520
you can add them together,
multiply 2, you get that box

849
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,720
down there.
So I'll see your phone's out on

850
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:51,840
that one, right?
And then this next line is a

851
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,560
line that if you have the
ability to not we all can,

852
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:57,600
that's OK.
But stored resources, you might

853
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,040
have the ability to have stock,
you might have requirement

854
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,520
distributions.
We can take stock.

855
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,760
By the way, we're connected to
the different opportunities

856
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,680
through overflow to manage stock
or sell and put it in their own

857
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:12,000
stuff.
You might have savings, It might

858
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,800
be some kind of CD you, you
might be thinking through like,

859
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,360
OK, two years of tax returns.
I usually hopefully, Lord Jesus,

860
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,880
right, I get that.
You might have an investment,

861
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,120
you might have an inheritance,
you might have an asset, you

862
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,320
might have something that's been
sitting around collecting dust.

863
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:26,960
You're like, I can leverage this
for a Lord.

864
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,400
You, you might have land, you
might have a second home, you

865
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,080
might have a, a fun toy.
You're like, man, it's kind of

866
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,160
run its course.
Like I can, I can find ways,

867
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,880
Lord, or you're asking me to do
that.

868
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:40,240
And I think that's where it gets
a little fun.

869
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:43,160
If you have that ability that
that's kind of fun.

870
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:46,360
So I encourage you to think of
that and whatever it is, just

871
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:47,800
fill it in and the ad in
together.

872
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,200
That's how you come up with the
yellow box.

873
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:51,400
So that's that two year
commitment.

874
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,040
And that we'll start on the 14th
of December is when we'll start

875
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,520
like giving towards that and be
a part of that.

876
00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,320
But today it's like, Lord, what
you have me to do.

877
00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:03,680
So what you do is just kind of
converse with your spouse, like

878
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:07,280
pray together, look at it, ask
yourself, Lord, is this the

879
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,400
number?
Is this my number, your number?

880
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,760
And for some of you to be
honest, you might have already

881
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,760
filled a card in you.
I already came in with a number.

882
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,240
And the Lord may say, you know
what?

883
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,600
I've heard the vision, I see the
passion, I know what Sean's

884
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,880
doing.
Like my number needs to be

885
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,200
changed.
Baby.

886
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,520
Lord, just speaking to you.
So we're going to take like 4 or

887
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,720
5 minutes.
We're just going to play up here

888
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,200
the the music and really pray,
think through it.

889
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:31,920
And I'll give you some next
steps here in a second.

890
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:47,000
Amen.
Thank you Jesus, Amen.

891
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:50,560
Hope the Lord spoke a clear
number for you guys.

892
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:53,960
This can be the act of faith.
We do things as a family and

893
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:55,480
this is one of those family
moments, right?

894
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,720
Like we do something bigger than
ourselves.

895
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,560
This who the Lord can do so
invite you guys to stand to your

896
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,960
feet.
I'm going to pray in a second.

897
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,400
The band's going to just play
through Parva song.

898
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,880
And when I'm finished praying, I
invite you guys to come up and

899
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:17,200
just as an act of commitment and
consecration, just take your

900
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,480
car, just come up the aisles and
just drop your card in the

901
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,720
basket and say, Lord, I
consecrate this to you, I trust

902
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:24,360
you.
And then we'll head back to our

903
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:25,440
seats.
We're going to pray.

904
00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:26,920
I have a couple of elders come
up.

905
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:29,520
We're going to worship and just
consecrate ourselves to the

906
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,720
Lord.
So probably God to come before

907
00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:35,040
you.
God, we thank you that what we

908
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,760
have God is not ours, but it's
yours.

909
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:42,520
Thank God we see souls today,
and God we give our best.

910
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:44,760
We give a number.
God, you've given to us.

911
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,800
God, we trust it to you.
God, we thank you for providing

912
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:52,160
for us.
Now we ask you to do it again.

913
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,240
God, what you've done for Moses
and Joshua and David and

914
00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:59,840
Solomon, that you do it again
for us.

915
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,080
God, you bring us to a place.
God, we can have a greater

916
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,320
gathering and greater
scattering, greater worship.

917
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,680
So God we trust you.
God, we consecrate this to you.

918
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:14,120
Praise in Jesus name.
The church said Amen, God lead

919
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:59,390
you.
Guys, you do something big.

920
00:45:59,390 --> 00:46:01,950
Amen.
Thank you guys for all playing a

921
00:46:01,950 --> 00:46:04,230
part of that.
I'm going to invite up a couple

922
00:46:04,230 --> 00:46:09,110
of our elders, invite up Scott
Kuyat and very Hardy to pray

923
00:46:10,470 --> 00:46:13,030
over our commitment cards today
and just trust the Lord with

924
00:46:13,030 --> 00:46:15,430
this.
So, Scott, if you lead us out,

925
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:33,080
Barry's looking for his mic.
Dear Lord, you are an awesome

926
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:36,960
God.
Lord Father, you give us so many

927
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,160
blessings.
Lord, Father, you, you bless us

928
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:40,880
with the ability to gather
together.

929
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:45,400
Lord, Father, you bless us with
with the community that we have.

930
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,000
Lord, you've blessed us with
your son, Jesus Christ.

931
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:51,560
Father, I thank you for all
these things.

932
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:55,000
Lord Father, I just pray that
that we can bless you in a

933
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:58,640
manner that that we can't even
fathom what that is right now.

934
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:02,720
Lord, Father, I just, I just
know that your, your blessing is

935
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:04,720
on this, on this gathering, on
this.

936
00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:08,880
Group Lord, Father, I just pray
that we would use your treasures

937
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:12,040
for your Kingdom Lord and build
all those around us.

938
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:16,000
I thank you for all you do for
us Lord, to Jesus name.

939
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,440
Fathers, I come before you and
as we come before you as a

940
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:27,560
gathering, as a family, as a
consecrated group of believers.

941
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:34,400
God, I'm humbled just to be with
men and women that have so much

942
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:39,120
faith and God in this moment.
I'm just going to take the

943
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:43,000
opportunity to E2 of the of the
great men that Sean has

944
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:48,320
referenced today and God in
David's prayer, I want to echo

945
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,680
the fact that he came before and
the congregation came before you

946
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:59,280
and they recognized who you are.
God, you're the creator, you're

947
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:03,000
the author and the finisher of
our faith and everything that

948
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,120
flows through our hands is
ultimately from you.

949
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:10,720
And in that moment that David
prayed that prayer, he

950
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:15,280
recognized that the second thing
that he recognized and that he

951
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,840
loved was the willingness and
the joyfulness of your of your

952
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:23,560
people to come forward and to
and to live on mission and to do

953
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,040
what their leaders had put in
their heart just to please you

954
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,880
and to seek a desire to, to live
before you.

955
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:35,320
And so God, I echo that today.
God, the families, the

956
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,760
individuals that have walked
forward today and made a

957
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:39,800
commitment to you.
God, just thank you for their

958
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:41,280
heart.
God, thank you for their love.

959
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,760
Thank you for their for their
story that you've that you've

960
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:50,160
planted and God, I pray that in
this moment of commitment that

961
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,760
their story is to make your
story famous.

962
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:55,400
Amen.
And God, my second echo is from

963
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:58,400
Solomon.
And and as Sean was reading that

964
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:02,080
and talking about the fire
coming down, I know this, you

965
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:09,440
always do a movement that is has
already started, but there's a

966
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:12,360
moment of not yet.
And I see that today.

967
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:17,400
It's good God.
Sean read that that the the the

968
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,960
story of of the fire coming down
the the presence filling the

969
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:22,320
temple.
I do look forward to that

970
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,200
moment.
I honestly do that whatever you

971
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:27,800
give us, whatever's in your
hands to do and that moment will

972
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,760
be 1 of celebration.
Then we're sitting in an

973
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:33,520
anticipation of that.
But the difference that I see

974
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:38,040
today between US and Solomon is
that your presence already here.

975
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:41,640
The fire of the Holy Spirit is
in each believer's heart.

976
00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:47,360
And God, as I see that ignited
and that fan flamed God, I can't

977
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:51,800
wait to see the people in this
gathering influence the circles

978
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:55,920
wherever they're at.
And this, this, this small

979
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:59,120
actual gratitude that they're
giving back to you just

980
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:02,560
radically changes their faith
and how they live and how they

981
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:04,280
love you and how they love
people.

982
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:07,320
So God, we give the day-to-day
to you.

983
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:09,000
Stay through the heart of your
people.

984
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:10,360
God, thank you for your
faithfulness.

985
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,240
Thank you for everything you've
done for us in this moment.

986
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:14,560
And we pray this all in Jesus
name, Amen.

987
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:16,280
Amen.
Amen.

988
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:21,080
This is an act of worship, Amen.
It's an act of worship and now

989
00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:24,240
we get to worship together and
with our voices and just declare

990
00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:27,560
God is good and just sing
praises to him so he's more than

991
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:28,200
able.
Amen.

992
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:57,200
Are more than able you are.
More than able, you are.

993
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:03,560
You are.
You are More than able.

994
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:17,640
You are more than able.
Who am I to deny what the Lord

995
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:26,120
can do?
So I've come a long way.

996
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:36,400
I've seen how you work.
There's so much goodness and

997
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:48,800
grace, much more than I deserve
because I know who I am and I

998
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:56,200
can't stay where I'm at.
And we've come this far by our

999
00:51:56,200 --> 00:52:06,640
faith and I just can't turn by.
He's not done.

1000
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:12,520
You're not with me yet.
Come on, he's not done with me

1001
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:18,320
yet.
There's so much more to the

1002
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:25,400
story.
You're not done with me yet.

1003
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:32,880
You're not done with me yet.
You're not done with me yet.

1004
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:43,800
There's so much more to the
story if you're not done with me

1005
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,840
yet.
You're not done with me yet.

1006
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:52,560
What church?
You're not done with me yet.

1007
00:52:55,800 --> 00:53:02,320
There's so much more to the
story if you're not done with.

1008
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:13,080
Me.
Remind to deny what the Lord can

1009
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:21,160
do.
God is more than able.

1010
00:53:27,570 --> 00:53:35,250
God is more than able.
Yes he is.

1011
00:53:35,410 --> 00:53:42,120
Yes he is.
God is more than able.

1012
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:56,080
God is more than able.
Who am I to deny what the Lord

1013
00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:04,480
can do?
Who am I to deny what the Lord

1014
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:15,960
can do?
Who am I to deny what the Lord

1015
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:21,040
can do?
We commit to you today.

1016
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,480
Use these gifts, God, not just
for us, but for their future,

1017
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:31,960
for the city, for your glory.
And who am I to deny what the

1018
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:46,280
Lord can do?
Amen, Amen.

1019
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:50,480
Just Galloway and let God do
something amazing.

1020
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,840
And this whole series has been
built on faith.

1021
00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:57,240
And I started out this year with
a verse that God just, I mean,

1022
00:54:57,240 --> 00:54:59,920
just gave to me, give the
seasons like I'm not enough.

1023
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:02,520
And God, where you at?
And Lord, what can we do?

1024
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:05,160
And there's a lot of stretching
in the season.

1025
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:08,800
And I thought of Moses, and he
gave these words to Joshua.

1026
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:12,360
And then David, 600 years later,
is wrestling.

1027
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:13,560
Lord, what would you have me to
do?

1028
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:16,920
And he didn't have the ability
to build the temple, but he

1029
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:20,120
passed on this same Scripture to
his son Solomon.

1030
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:22,600
And he said this in First
Chronicles 2820.

1031
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:26,480
He said David also said to
Solomon, his son, be strong and

1032
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:32,160
courageous and do the work.
Do not be afraid or discouraged.

1033
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:35,120
Amen.
Let me praise courage what the

1034
00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:36,720
Lord you're going to do for the
Lord God.

1035
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:42,760
My God is with you.
He will not fail you or forsake

1036
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:46,200
you until all the work of the
service and temple of the Lord

1037
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:50,360
is finished.
Have some faith, Amen.

1038
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:54,920
You have some boldness.
Every season, every day, like

1039
00:55:55,160 --> 00:56:00,000
months, Lord, make me bold, make
me very courageous, like we're

1040
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,760
not hiding, we're going.
Amen.

1041
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:06,320
So Father, come before you.
God, thank you so much that your

1042
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:09,280
promises always come true just
for Moses and for Joshua.

1043
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,280
It was on David's heart for
Solomon.

1044
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:13,640
God, we, we pray this over our
church today.

1045
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:17,480
We pray for boldness for every
person who's given and taking a

1046
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:19,320
step of faith.
Good.

1047
00:56:19,320 --> 00:56:23,360
Let's not be discouraged or
afraid as you step into the

1048
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:26,960
future and the unknown for the
next two years that we trust

1049
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:31,120
you, Lord, you're faithful.
You'll never leave us or forsake

1050
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:32,320
us.
God, you're with us.

1051
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:34,320
And so God, we declare it to
you.

1052
00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:36,280
God with open hands and open
hearts, we trust you.

1053
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:41,560
And maybe today is your day.
Like we've been talking about

1054
00:56:41,560 --> 00:56:43,320
building a building, but you
recognize that these guys are a

1055
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:46,200
little crazy about this.
Like they're really excited

1056
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:49,040
about this space.
And you're recognizing that we

1057
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:53,640
are worshiping a living God.
And today our gifts are living

1058
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:56,760
proof that Jesus has changed our
lives.

1059
00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:00,680
And maybe today you recognize
the fact that there is someone

1060
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:02,800
that's so much greater than
yourself.

1061
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:05,160
And today I want to tell you his
name is Jesus, Amen.

1062
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:10,040
That He loves you enough to die
on a cross of your sins 2000

1063
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:12,440
years ago.
And he has changed our life

1064
00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:17,520
enough that we're going to lay
our life down for Jesus in honor

1065
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:18,680
of him.
Why?

1066
00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,960
Because Jesus paid every one of
our sins, everyone in the wrongs

1067
00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:23,640
in that cross and give us every
one of his rights.

1068
00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:26,360
And so today, if you need Jesus,
you're the reason that we are

1069
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:28,840
having today.
You're the reason we want to

1070
00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:31,680
build a space.
You're the reason for Jesus

1071
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:34,080
coming.
And so if you need Christ today

1072
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:38,320
without me looking around, if
you say yes to a risen Savior

1073
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:41,240
who died on the cross for his
sins and humble yourself and

1074
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:43,680
say, I believe Jesus is Lord, he
is God.

1075
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:47,320
He's worthy of my life.
Want to lay it down today and

1076
00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:48,240
call on Jesus?
That's you.

1077
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:50,680
Just lift your hand high in this
place and say I need Jesus today

1078
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:53,320
all across this gathering, you
say yes to Christ.

1079
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:57,240
You want to see your hands say
yes to Jesus.

1080
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,680
The Bible says when you call on
God, he'll forgive you every

1081
00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:05,440
sin.
You have a new family.

1082
00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:09,840
You're part of the family God be
a son of God, a daughter of God,

1083
00:58:09,840 --> 00:58:12,080
son of the King, doubt of the
King, the damage to leave

1084
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:13,360
through a prayer.
The prayer is not save you, but

1085
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:14,880
your heart towards him.
That humble heart you saw of

1086
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:17,720
David.
Just crowd, crowd to Jesus.

1087
00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:22,600
Say thank you Jesus that you
love me enough got to bring me

1088
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:25,880
to this place today.
Not an accident that I can see

1089
00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:29,720
your glory through these people
and recognize that you are God

1090
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:33,560
and so thank you for down across
my sins God I give you glory for

1091
00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:36,120
who you are God surrender my
life to you and I pray this in

1092
00:58:36,120 --> 00:58:38,280
Jesus name.
The church said Amen.

1093
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:39,920
Give some glory to God today
Amen.

1094
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:48,600
You guys may be seated.
Man, what just just an amazing

1095
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:51,120
Sunday to come together.
Man, just a reminder to take

1096
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:54,920
just a bold step of faith
together and the unity that

1097
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:57,440
there is in that man.
It's just so encouraging to do

1098
00:58:57,440 --> 00:59:00,000
that with you all today.
And some of you took a bold step

1099
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:03,960
today and maybe that bold step
was a step of saving faith for

1100
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,320
you and you raised your hand,
you prayed that prayer and

1101
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:08,280
committed your life to Jesus
today.

1102
00:59:08,280 --> 00:59:12,520
If that is you, we are so, so
excited for you as you take this

1103
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:14,520
journey with Jesus.
We've got a couple things for

1104
00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:15,520
you.
If you would just let us know

1105
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:17,800
you made that decision.
You can do that by by grabbing

1106
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:20,880
that card that is on your seat,
fill out your information there

1107
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:24,080
and check that box that says I
committed my life to Jesus and

1108
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:26,520
you can drop that in the giving
buckets as they pass here in

1109
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:28,840
just a few minutes.
I just by doing that allows us

1110
00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:30,680
to get you a free book in the
mail tomorrow.

1111
00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:33,240
You'll have it by midweek that
you can dive into that.

1112
00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:35,120
It's called begin.
It's a great resource for you as

1113
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:38,040
you're taking this journey with
Jesus and also as you exit

1114
00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:39,360
today.
There is a table with some red

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bags.
Please feel free to grab one of

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00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:42,520
those.
There's a Bible in there for

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00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:43,960
you.
We would love to get to you and

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00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:46,880
if you are newer with us, if
this is your first time here at

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00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:49,320
Real Life Church, thank you so
much for spending your morning

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00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:51,840
right here with us.
We love that you were here.

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00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,600
We would love for you as well
just to introduce yourself to

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00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:56,520
us.
You can do that just by grabbing

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00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:58,560
that same card for all your
information there.

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00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:01,080
If you want to drop it at the
New Here booth as you exit the

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01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:03,600
worship center just to your
right, you could turn it in

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01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:05,600
there.
We have some smiling faces there

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01:00:05,600 --> 01:00:07,480
that would love to get you a
free gift as well.

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01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:10,520
Just our way of saying thank you
so much for being here and we

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01:00:10,520 --> 01:00:14,920
would love to see you next week
right back here to worship with

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01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:16,480
us and to hear from God
together.

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01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:20,960
And hey, what just a shot in the
arm today was just to be able to

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01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:24,800
come together and and commit to
be difference makers together.

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01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:27,720
And I want to let you know too,
we will be collecting commitment

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01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:30,880
cards for the next few Sundays.
And then I want you to mark this

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01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:33,320
day down.
It is Sunday, December 14th.

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01:00:33,320 --> 01:00:35,600
It's a Sunday you're not going
to want to miss.

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01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:37,600
That's a Sunday.
We're going to celebrate all

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01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:40,720
that God has done through our
commitments to be difference

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01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:43,040
makers and that's on Celebration
Sunday.

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01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:47,720
So that is Sunday, December 14th
that that's a big Sunday.

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01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:51,320
This is the Sunday that we get
to give our first gifts to

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difference maker.
And so on that Sunday, we're

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01:00:53,040 --> 01:00:57,280
asking that you would bring your
stored resources gift if at all

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01:00:57,280 --> 01:00:59,680
possible on that Sunday to
celebrate all that God has done

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01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:01,880
to give first on that Sunday
through that.

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01:01:01,880 --> 01:01:03,600
And stored resources looks like
a lot of things.

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01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:05,400
I know Sean mentioned a few of
them.

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01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:08,400
Maybe it's property or
inheritance or stocks.

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01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:10,360
We have that ability through
Owner Advised Fund.

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01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,320
Drew and I were looking around
like we got this old van sitting

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01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:14,720
around.
It's not worth a lot, but it's

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01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:15,920
worth something.
Let's sell it.

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01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:18,960
So maybe you have something like
that, some stuff sitting around

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01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:20,080
that you just want to get rid
of.

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01:01:20,360 --> 01:01:22,880
You can give that too.
But really we're mimicking what

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01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:26,080
the early church did in the
first days of the church, what

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01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:27,120
they did.
So check this out.

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01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:31,320
It's in Acts 244 through 45.
All the believers were together

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01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:34,240
and had everything in common.
They sold property and

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01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:37,120
possessions to give to anyone
who had need.

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01:01:37,120 --> 01:01:41,000
And that is what we're doing on
Sunday, December 14th, coming

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01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:44,320
together to give that stored
resources gift together.

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01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:47,400
And I don't know if you felt it
in the room today, but that

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01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:50,440
feeling of just unity coming
together.

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01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:53,480
I was getting the goosebumps on
my arm again today, just like I

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01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:54,800
did at Advanced Commitment
night.

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01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:58,480
That feeling that you're feeling
is because your heart is close

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01:01:58,480 --> 01:02:01,440
to God.
And when you write a number down

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01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:05,000
on the card, when you pray
together over that card, when

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you walk forward and turn the
card in, your heart is following

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01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:12,960
your treasure and it draws you
closer to Him.

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01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:17,640
And so that's what it's all
about to be difference makers

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01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:21,040
together, to draw near to Him
and to do that.

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01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:23,800
And so once again, mark your
calendars down for December

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01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:25,880
14th.
Just be thinking about that, be

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01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:29,000
praying about that, to give
those first gifts on that

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01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:30,120
Sunday.
We can't wait to do that

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01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:32,720
together with you guys.
Hey, I'm going to pray real

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01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:34,440
quick and then I'm going to pass
it over to Diane.

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God, we just love you.
Father, we thank you for your

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01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:40,200
goodness to us, God, your
faithfulness to us.

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01:02:41,120 --> 01:02:44,960
Father, I just pray God just
blessings over us today.

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01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:46,920
Father, as we make these
commitments, God, just to be

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01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:50,120
difference makers together to
draw closer to you through this,

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01:02:50,120 --> 01:02:51,280
God, I know that you'll bless
us.

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01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:54,000
Father, we are just so expectant
for all that you're going to do

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01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:55,880
through this.
God, we love you, we praise you,

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01:02:56,280 --> 01:02:58,960
we give everything back to you.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

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Yeshers are going to go ahead
and pass those buckets.

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01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:05,120
Amen.
What a blessed day we have had

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01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:07,640
here in the house together.
Yeah, give God a hand.

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It's so cool to put feet to the
movement of what God is doing.

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01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:13,960
And I'm so expectant for what he
is going to continue to do

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01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:17,160
through each of us.
I have just a few things I want

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you guys to be aware of so you
can come together with all of

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us.
And the first one is this next

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Sunday as we lean into
Thanksgiving season, we are

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going to take communion together
as a church.

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So mark your calendar next
Sunday.

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Come with a heart prepared to
worship, a heart prepared to

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01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:35,280
just be grateful for all that
God has done, and we will share

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01:03:35,960 --> 01:03:38,760
the Lord's Supper together.
The second is this.

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01:03:38,760 --> 01:03:41,400
I want you to mark your
calendars for real life

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01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:46,720
Christmas Eve gatherings on
December 24th, this 2:00 PM and

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01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:49,400
a 4:00 PM gathering option.
We're going to have two options

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01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:52,080
that day for you to come and
worship and we get to celebrate

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01:03:52,080 --> 01:03:53,880
Christmas together on Christmas
Eve.

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01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:55,120
You're not going to want to miss
it.

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01:03:55,120 --> 01:03:58,600
It's such a wonderful time to be
together as a family and invite

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01:03:58,600 --> 01:04:00,880
out some family and friends who
may also want to come and

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experience just the goodness of
Jesus in this season.

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And next is this.
So next week we're starting A2

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week series called Grateful,
leaning into this Thanksgiving

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season just with gratitude for
what God has done for us.

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01:04:16,240 --> 01:04:19,520
And I know that living a life
full of gratitude can truly

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change your heart, change your
mind, change your perspective.

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01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:25,920
And so you're not going to want
to miss these next two weeks as

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we lean into grateful.
And the last thing I want to

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01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:32,560
share with you is this.
I want to end with a Psalm that

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David actually wrote for the
music director, which Sean and I

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01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:38,240
got a chuckle about this morning
in our roles.

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01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:42,360
But he wrote this for the music
director, for the people of God

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01:04:42,360 --> 01:04:46,560
to sing before they went out to
accomplish great things for the

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01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:48,720
Lord.
And so this was their assignment

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01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:50,680
when they went out.
And it's in Psalm 20.

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It says, may the Lord answer you
when you're in distress.

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01:04:54,400 --> 01:04:57,080
May the name of the God of Jacob
protect you.

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01:04:57,480 --> 01:05:00,920
May he send you help from the
sanctuary and grant you support

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01:05:00,920 --> 01:05:03,400
from Zion.
May he remember all your

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01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:06,200
sacrifices and accept your burnt
offerings.

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01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:09,440
May he give you the desire of
your heart and make all your

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01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:13,080
plans succeed.
And may we shout for joy over

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01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:16,840
your victory and lift up our
banners in the name of our God.

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01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:19,000
May the Lord grant all your
requests.

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01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:22,360
Now this I know.
The Lord gives victory to his

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01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:25,080
anointed.
He answers him from heavenly

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01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:28,480
sanctuary with the victorious
power of his right hand.

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01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:32,560
And some trust in Chariots and
some in horses, but we trust in

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01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:36,280
the name of the Lord our God.
They are brought to their knees

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01:05:36,280 --> 01:05:38,960
and fall, but we rise up and
stand firm.

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01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:44,000
Lord, give victory to the King
and answer us when we call.

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01:05:44,320 --> 01:05:46,720
Amen.
What a call to victory, a call

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01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:50,000
to the battle.
And when God answers this Psalm

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01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:54,320
21 right after is a song of
victory that we get to see.

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01:05:54,440 --> 01:05:57,360
There's so much faith in these
back-to-back Psalms saying I

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01:05:57,360 --> 01:06:00,320
know God will do it.
And when he does, we get to give

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01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:02,360
him all the praise and the
victory.

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01:06:02,680 --> 01:06:04,520
What a day.
So if you need prayer for any

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01:06:04,520 --> 01:06:06,560
reason, we'll have someone down
here to pray with you.

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01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:10,520
We would love to see you next
Sunday at 9:00 or 10:45.

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01:06:10,520 --> 01:06:13,920
And remember this, whoever finds
Jesus, Nope.

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01:06:13,920 --> 01:06:18,520
Whoever discovers Jesus finds
real life and purpose.

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01:06:18,640 --> 01:06:20,800
I've been here a long time.
I don't even know the words.

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01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:24,360
Guys, have a great day.
This is the end of this podcast.

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01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:27,000
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01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:29,440
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