All For The Glory Of God - Relationship Goals

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a man, there's never been a king
like this.

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He is the king of all Kings, the
name above all names and That

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name is Jesus.
Awesome.

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Welcome to Real Life Church.
Everyone.

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How we doing this morning?
Whoo.

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All right.
Love it.

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I love it.
Do you guys know today is a very

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big Sunday.
We've had a lot of big Sunday's

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the past few weeks but today is
time change Sunday, how about

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daylight savings time?
We happy about that.

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Alright, I hope you guys had all
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Got a donut out in the Gathering
space before we came in today.

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And if you haven't get one
afterwards, welcome to Real Life

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Church here at Kentucky Trail.
Elementary.

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My name is Brandon, if you have
not met me before, but I'm just

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so happy to see your smiling
faces out here this morning, but

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there is another group I want to
recognize and I do not see their

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smiling faces but I know they're
smiling at home or you're

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watching from another place.
Wherever it might be, we give a

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big welcome to Real Life Church
online.

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Make them feel welcome here this
morning and he go Head and then

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say hi to a neighbor, give him a
waiver a handshake and then find

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your seat.
All right, all right.

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Well if you are new here, this
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So glad you decided to join us
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invite you to fill that out now.
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person, I would advise you to
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following the Gathering where we
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Just for being here this
morning, Well, Real Life Church

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is a church on Mission and that
mission is to see people far

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from God, discover their real
life and purpose in Jesus

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because we truly believe that
every soul in this room and

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outside this room matters to God
and was designed for a specific

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purpose to serve him.
And so we just want to help

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people connect to that to lean
into that.

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And we're finishing up, a series
that has really helped us.

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You know, think about our
relationships, you know, in

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person, but Also spiritually.
And so as we conclude our A ship

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Gold Series this morning.
We're actually going to invite

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our first lady.
I realized Church up to the

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stage and she kind of concludes
the series about how we can

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further lean into our
relationships with each other,

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professional personal romantic
marriage, whatever might be.

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And so, let's give it up for
Diane and she makes her way to

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the stage.
Thanks Brandon will hey. hey, I

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did about what God damn it, man.
I love that new song and I'm

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really excited that we get to
sing in.

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I'm excited to see that.
Maybe there's some faces out

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here that I haven't met.
There's some faces, I haven't

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seen in awhile and so just
welcomed.

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Like, if you're new with us, if
you're returning, if you're our

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guest today, we are so excited
to be with you.

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And so if you hadn't had a
chance to jump into our

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relationship Series, this is
kind of the final week the

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ending of this and I'm very
excited to be able to speak to

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you today.
So I don't know about you but

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man, God has been moving like
his power and his presence in.

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Relationships through this
series and I know about you, but

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there is no better time than
time change Sunday to let God

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change your relationships,
right?

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So I'm just, you know, pumped
about it.

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So this last week God's been
challenging me through the last

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few weeks to be strengthening my
marriage.

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Strengthened, my relationship
with Sean, and I know many of

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you have shared that you've
started, you know, like, putting

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God back into the center of your
marriage adding in time to pray

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with each other, maybe adding in
time to do other things with

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each other that Sean's like,
hey, we'll have a baby.

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You know, in about nine months
here real life church because

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this relationship serious when I
said he's like, please say that

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joke.
That's so funny in the sun like

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okay, I did Seth it's for you
babe but you know, but it

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honestly some of you maybe have
gotten honest with each other

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may be brutally.
Honest and come clean about some

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things that need to be stripped
away, some habits and need to

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change for your marriage to
thrive.

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Maybe some of you are doing the
hard work of forgiveness, that

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is not an easy Road.
Letting go of that, bitterness

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and the things that are holding
you back in there.

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And I've even Talk to some
people who say, you know what,

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this is really open some
conversations that we can kind

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of manage our expectations about
how we can best serve each other

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in our relationships.
And so it's been so encouraging

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to me to see and just hear
feedback about how God is moving

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in relationships through this.
Because let's be real, like,

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relationships are hard, aren't
they?

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It's it doesn't just magically
fall from the sky that you have

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this, you know, beautiful
god-honoring thing.

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Like it takes work and maybe
today, you're like, you know

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what, I've never been in a
healthy relationship.

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I don't What that looks like?
Or maybe you've never been in a

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relationship or you're just
looking for that mr.

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Or mrs.
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And you haven't found them yet,
or maybe you did find mr.

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Or mrs.
Right.

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And now you find yourself in the
middle of an ugly divorce.

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It's just not going the way that
you thought it was going to, you

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know, I see a lot of people who
spend a lot of time looking at

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other people's grass too much
time, letting comparison steal

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their joy and letting what
somebody else has take away from

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what they have themselves.
Maybe you've been in or you're

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in an abusive or controlling.
This is a painful Topic in time,

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maybe you're married, but you've
just given up altogether that.

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It's even going to work out or
that God can use your marriage.

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We know globally that like 50%
almost 50% of marriages end in

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divorce and that doesn't matter
if your Christians are not,

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doesn't matter if you go to
church or not, there's no

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difference in those statistics
at all which gives us a clue

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about, just how hard it is.
You can't just apply a sticker

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on top of something and oh
that's magically going to make

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it easy or better.
But I think for so, so many of

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us, the key that has to kind of
flip and especially, you know,

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some of us been married a longer
time as you have to turn

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marriage from something into
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You just do and remember back to
the reason why you said I do in

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the first place.
Why did God bring you together?

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Why are you together and how can
you use that to find the purpose

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of God in that?
And so I believe that God wants

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your marriage, your
relationship, you to exist, all

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for the glory of God.
We've been talking about that

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over the last few weeks.
So the first move, Talked about

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Adam and Eve and how God really
wants us United together, for

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the things of God in our
marriage, a couple weeks ago,

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Shawn shared through a fusions 5
and the foundation of marriage

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and that picture of Christ in
the church and how we have that

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together to be with God, this
the reality is this.

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And today we're going to talk
about that.

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Marriages are hard but
marriages, that are based on

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ourselves are even harder.
So how do you build a

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relationship that lasts that's
all for the glory of God?

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And so we're going to dive in
today to the story of A new

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testament.
Power couple, I'm calling them

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for the glory of God to see how
we can build our marriage, not

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only on ourselves but for God's
glory.

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So we're going to jump into
acts. 18 is where we see a lot

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of the story of this couple and
we're going to start in verse 1

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and it says this, then Paul left
Athens and went to Corinth and

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there, he became acquainted with
a Jew named Aquila born in

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pontus who had recently arrived
from Italy with his wife

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Priscilla.
They had left Italy, when

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Claudius, Caesar deported all
Use from Rome, it says Paul

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lived and worked with them for.
They were tentmakers, just like

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he was and every Sabbath found
Paul at the synagogue, trying to

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convince Jews and Greeks alike.
So we meet our power couple

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here, this is Priscilla and
Aquila or Aquila and Priscilla,

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they are always named together
in scripture.

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The order changes all the time
which I think is just really

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fascinating.
But first, it says that they met

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Paul in the marketplace, they
were tent makers together and

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then he lived with them and
worked with them.

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Now, I don't know what that
might have been like, If you can

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imagine living with Paul, it's
probably a pretty Rowdy time

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between by this point in Acts
18, like Paul's been, you know,

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Stone and imprison all this kind
of stuff.

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So like, hey Paul, come stay
with us, right?

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So during the day, there in the
marketplace, their tent making,

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they're doing this trade of work
together and they were probably

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making like linen type tense.
It had to be woven for like

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awnings or sales or something
like that.

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And then like all the rest of
the time, like, 24/7, they're

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ministering together.
Like I don't think Paul probably

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had pretty clear divisions of
like oh work hours are done.

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Now, we're going to go into
Ministry time.

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I guess, just like it's who he
was and by Nature, if Paul was

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with them doing this, that's who
they were two, they were

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together United in that.
So they're ministering together.

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They were growing together in
their faith.

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They were challenging each other
and they were on Mission

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together.
But it's interesting to look at

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the duo of Aquila, and Priscilla
in light of that because they

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had to be building a
relationship that lasted on the

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glory of God, to be able to let
Paul come and live with them in

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that moment.
Like and so, it's just really

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incredible to see.
So the first thing that we see

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here is that to build a
relationship that lasts, you

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have to be matched together for
the glory of God.

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So Aquila and Priscilla were
together, some use this term

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equally yoked.
You may have heard of or like

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match together for the things of
God and they were together they

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were in Ministry together doing
work together, all those things.

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So if we think about their
timeline, they were persecuted

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and deported from Rome for their
faith.

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So essentially they were
refugees for God move to a

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different part.
Of the world.

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And so they're refugees.
They have nothing there hanging

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out here in Corinth and they
meet Paul.

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And the first thing there is
like, yeah, let this guy come

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and move in with us, right?
Homeless guy missionary Paul,

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who has nothing but the shirt on
his back and Jesus, it's like,

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okay, yeah, come live with us,
come stay with us.

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And it's just this simple Act of
taking him in and then all of a

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sudden they become co-workers
and co-laborers, together to the

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call in the mission of what God
is doing in the world at that

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time.
And who knows sometimes the will

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of God in our life is just that
simple.

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It's like you know what hey
we're Going to take this guy in

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because something cool is
happening here.

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It wasn't just what I want or
what's comfortable.

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It might not be the best idea to
have, you know, missionary Paul,

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staying in the dinner, you know,
whatever that looked like at

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that time, period.
But Aquila and Priscilla were on

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Mission together saying not just
you and me, let our will be done

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but the third person in the
relationship wasn't Paul.

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It was Jesus.
They had already invited him

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into say whatever you want.
Jesus.

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We want to be obedient to that.
We want to be matched Together

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For Your Glory, in our marriage,
but it Begs the question.

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What do you do when you and your
spouse aren't equally yoked or

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matched up in that way?
When you can't accomplish what

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God's calling you to together in
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And so I want you to look at
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This is where this idea of this
equally yoked comes from.

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It says do not become Partners
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Actually means mismatched with
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what partnership is there
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lawlessness or what Fellowship
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So Paul's giving the Corinthian
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to say, hey you don't want to
enter a partnership or a

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marriage with somebody who
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doesn't have Christ at the
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themself.
But here's the thing that I've

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seen, just because somebody goes
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Christian doesn't necessarily
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you, with what God is calling
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years of ministry.
I've seen this happen time and

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time again, where you have two
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There and it's not always the
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But sometimes the case where one
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do something.
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believer in there and then they
have that hard work of trying to

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figure that out, but it's not
that they were an unbelieving

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spouse.
But what's often times more the

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case is that they had an
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So it's not the unbelieving
spouse that holds you back from

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and what God wants you to do.
But it's the unwilling spouse

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who's not entered into the call
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In that case then it's not you
have to both believe, yes.

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But you have to both be willing
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to be equally matched in yoked
up for the glory of God and I

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can tell you what this looks
like for me.

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So when I was 19 years old I
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I had a moment where I was like
you know what, I want to use my

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life to serve God.
I had no idea what that was

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going to look like.
I had all kinds of ideas.

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Obviously God has different
plans and past but at that time

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that I made that decision, God
whatever you want.

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I want to be obedient to your
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I'm going to go where you lead.
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I was not dating, I was not
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And so what happened was, then
this guy comes along and I'm

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like, okay, and so, then he
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I started dating Shaun, there's
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determining like, is this guy?
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normal dating stuff, you think
of you're trying to meet those

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criteria.
Of course, he's a Christian, you

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know, he knows God, he's going
to Bible college, but the

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question I really have to
determine and ask myself and

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you're in that period of dating
or engaged and thinking does

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Does this person's passion for
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Match?
Mine does the way that this

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person follows God is that going
to match me or even exceed me in

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a passion to move forward?
Is this person going to

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encourage me to follow the call
of God on my life?

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Are they going to hold me back
from the things that I know that

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God is calling me to do?
Is marrying Sean going to bring

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me closer to God?
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farther away from him in that
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Because if this person is not
able to help me answer the call

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of God in my life, then it
Matter if that person is the

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nicest most church-going
Christian person, you know that

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persons not for you because
they're not able to match

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together with what God is
calling you to do.

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The sole purpose of dating in
that realm is to determined as

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our character.
Does our passion, does our heart

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is our humility to those things
aligned with what God is calling

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us to do.
If the answer to that is, yes,

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then we can say, okay, great.
This is all for the glory of

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God, but if not, there has to be
some of those serious

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conversations to say.
Where are we going?

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What are we?
Doing with this, you know?

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And so Sean and I are both
really driven people in

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different ways and different
Realms sometimes and so when we

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were dating and as we entered
into marriage, you know I have a

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lot of personal goals.
A lot of things that are on my

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heart, to follow God, to do Big
Dreams that he's called me to

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and passions, he's giving me
that you don't ignore just

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because your together he's
wired, you passion to you for

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certain things.
But what happened is when we

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entered into this Covenant of
marriage, I can easily push

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towards those goals, but what
had to happen Instead, as I

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can't just move myself forward
without regard to our united

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calling.
All of a sudden entering into

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that together, I can't just be
like, well, God called me to go

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live and hunt in Africa, to be a
missionary, sorry about your bad

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luck.
You know, I have to say like God

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called us together to reach
people for the gospel.

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What does that look like with us
using our gifts together?

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And so, when I married him as a
wife and entering into this

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Covenant, with Sean, it's this,
you know, one of the ways that I

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bring glory to God in my
personal life, is By putting

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myself in a position to help him
putting myself in a position to

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yield to his leadership in our
life to say.

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And some of those really big
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Hey, I don't necessarily always
know a God wants us to do, but

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I'm trusting that you were
leading and guiding Us in that

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way.
And as of wife, there is a

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submitted part of me that yields
to that based on the order that

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God has given us.
When I said, I do, it's more

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than just like a legal contract
that I have signed.

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It is a covenant to be together
matched.

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On mission for the glory of God.
And so we're United, I yield to

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his leadership, and that doesn't
change as opportunities or

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circumstances or things.
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Our way that desire to be United
together in on Mission doesn't

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change.
Even if our roles change or

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different seasons make that
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So we are not just, you know,
believing in God together and

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following him and serving him
which is great and are good

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things.
But together were willing for,

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as God, speaks to us, to do
whatever it is that he calls us

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to in whatever.
Season that that looks like and

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I determined that as we were
dating to say if I'm United to

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that guy, then my life and my
relationship can be all for the

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glory of God and decision that
you have to make along the way.

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So we're going to continue with
our friends Aquila and Priscilla

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here, it says, in chapter 18,
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It says, Paul stayed on in
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from verse 11, actually the he
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It says then he left the
brothers and sisters and sailed

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for Syria accompanied by And
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So he loaded those guys up and
said, we're continuing on this

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missionary journey before he
sailed, he had his hair cut off

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at Centre a because of a vow, he
had taken and they arrived at

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Ephesus which is modern-day
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Sometimes, it'll be called the
churches in Asia in the Bible.

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And it says, that's where Paul
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So he left Priscilla and Aquila.
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Went into the synagogue and
reasoned with the Jews, and they

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asked him to spend more time
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They had questions, they wanted
to know more about this Jesus

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and he declined.
Find.

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But as he left, he promise I'll
come back.

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If it's God's Will, and then he
set sail from Ephesus.

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Cool, is it, that Paul found so
much value in Aquila and

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Priscilla and they're passionate
Pursuit Of God that he could

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say?
You know what, we're going to

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sail together to go on this
missionary journey and I'm going

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to leave you here with these
people who are eager to learn

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about God, who have these
questions?

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You know, they were begging Paul
to stay, please come back to the

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synagogue.
Tell us more about this.

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Jesus, we want to know and he's
like, I've got one better, I'm

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leaving you this United couple
who is excited?

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I'm passionate about the things
of God, leaving them here

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because they were willing to
leave everything.

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They had to come here just to
share the gospel with you, like

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there on that missionary journey
together with Paul and they

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would go on to plant more
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There's a whole cluster of
churches in the area around

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Ephesus.
And the next time, Paul writes

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back to them, it's cool because
it wasn't just that they were in

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the synagogue, talking to the
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By that point, they were having
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Their synagogue was no longer
their place of worship it.

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Is Aquila and Priscilla has
living room who they once again,

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opened up their house to be used
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And really, the pattern that you
see throughout here is that they

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were simply willing to be used.
But to build that relationship,

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that lasts that's open to
whatever God has for you, you

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have to be matched for the glory
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And so, the second thing that we
see this power couple for Jesus

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doing is that you have to be
passionate about the word of

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God.
So let's take a look at how

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passionate Priscilla and Aquila
worry about the word of God as

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we continue.
Acts 18 24 through 26 is here

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says, meanwhile a Jew named a
policy, an eloquent speaker.

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Who knew the scriptures?
Well, had arrived in Ephesus

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from Alexandria in Egypt.
He had been taught the way of

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the Lord and he taught others
about Jesus with an enthusiastic

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spirit.
And with accuracy, man.

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Wouldn't that be a good one?
Like who?

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She's got this going today?
However, we he only knew about

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John's baptism, he says.
Okay, so catch this when

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Priscilla and Aquila heard him
boldly preaching.

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In the synagogue, only the
baptism of John.

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They took him aside and what's
it say they do.

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They took him aside and Explain
the way of God more accurately.

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This couple was so passionate
about the word of God, that they

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saw this young bright preacher
in the synagogue and they

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recognized that he had so much
potential but he was missing a

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few things.
So what they did is they pulled

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the preacher aside, right?
Can you imagine next week?

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Sean's up here preaching and
your over like that's not what

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it says you know.
Come on.

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Give me a mean.
That's pretty bold to go up into

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the synagogue and these people
are preaching the word of God.

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But they're like, hey, good
news.

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They pull him aside and they're
like, we know the whole story

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like we've been hanging out with
Paul for the last year and a

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half and he hung out with Jesus
for three years before that in

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the wilderness.
Like, we know the whole story of

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God is this and the baptism was
John was just leading the way

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into this incredible work, that
Jesus was going to do and now he

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rose again like so excited, like
they had.

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But what I love about this is
they weren't just like, oh man,

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I got he just, you know, only
John what an idiot.

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He doesn't even know the whole
story of Jesus and he's

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preaching the synagogue.
Ugh.

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Like they pulled him aside, they
saw that and you know that I

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can't even think of words right
now, they saw the potential that

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he had and said we want to take
this young man and we want to

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make him better and as a couple
they poured into him to say you

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have great potential for the
power and the ministry of god,

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let's make this even better.
So hey, you know, go back up

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there and get him and tell him
the whole story.

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Now, but as a couple's, as
relationships as people who

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follow God, we have to know the
word of God.

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Well, enough to encourage people
when we hear it, you know, not

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being spell.
I've been thinking about going

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to a cafe.
And so the brothers and sisters

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in Ephesus, his church was like,
Hey, if God's calling you to go,

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let's go.
Send you out to do this, to

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preach the word of God and so
they encouraged him to go.

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They actually wrote a letter to
the Believers there in aquella

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asking them to welcome him, like
Hey we're sending our guy

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appalled as he's coming and so
when he arrived there it says he

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proved to be of great benefit to
those who by God's grace had

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believed he this is a palace.
He refuted the Jews with

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powerful arguments in Like
debate using.

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What does it say?
He used, he used the scriptures,

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he explained to them.
That Jesus was the Messiah.

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How cool is it?
That just a little bit later in

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the story?
We see that them pouring in the

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word of God, into this young
man.

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Now he is going out and because
of the fruit of their marriage

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and their Ministry together is
now reaching people across the

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world for the gospel because
they cared enough to step in and

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show somebody the word of God,
the effective and fruitful

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Ministry that Apollo's was able
to have, was because they poured

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into Him and so there's people
in your life that God has called

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you to pour into in some
Seasons.

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It is your kids.
It's your life group.

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It's people that God has put in
your path at work.

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God has put people in the path
of your marriage to reach with

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the word of God.
And so we have to be passionate

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about that word of God.
I want you to see one more

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person is even really cooler.
Eventually God would raise a

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policy up as a great leader over
all of the church.

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So in First Corinthians 1:12 it
says this, it says, what I mean

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is this One of you says I follow
Paul another, I follow a policy

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another, I follow cephas or
Peter and still another I follow

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Christ.
So what's happening in this

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00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:48,600
verse here?
Is it Paul's writing a letter to

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the Corinthians and he's kind of
calling them out because they're

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getting really tribal and
they're arguing with each other

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about which great leader of the
church.

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You know, that they follow like,
which Mega pastors your

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favorite, you know, kind of
thing that they're doing and

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they're arguing about it.
But look at the company that a

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policy is keeping in this list.
He comes from as this young guy

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who doesn't even know the word
of God and now it's like Paul.

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Apollo's, Peter.
Jesus, like that's some pretty

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significant company to show you
that.

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He's been a great leader in the
early church.

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There that Paul is writing that
letter and so it's just cool to

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see how God is using Aquila and
Priscilla to make a difference

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in the whole Church of God and
the Believers of Corinth have

483
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,000
that pretty impressive list
there.

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What's truly remarkable also
about Aquila and Priscilla is

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passionate about the word of God
is that says that they were

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actually willing to die for it
to move forward.

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So if we move to Romans 16, 3
through 5, It says this is Paul

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again writing to a different
Church in Rome, give my

489
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,300
greetings to Priscilla and
Aquila my co-workers in the

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ministry of Jesus Christ.
In fact, they once risked their

491
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lives for me.
Now I know that they were good

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00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:56,200
friends and close to Paul but
risking their lives so that he

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00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:58,800
could live risking their lives
so that the gospel could go

494
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,500
forth.
He says, I'm thankful for them

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00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:02,900
and so were all the Gentile
churches also.

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00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:05,600
Give my greetings to the church
that meets in their home again,

497
00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:09,800
how far are you willing to risk?
Your life risk yourself risk,

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00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,800
your comfort even so that the
word of God can go out to others

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00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,300
really of everything.
Our marriages our positions, our

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00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:20,400
professions our families, our
possessions, everything, that we

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00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:25,900
have Really for the glory of
God, God's given it to us, to

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00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,100
further the gospel.
And so Priscilla, and Aquila are

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00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:31,400
an awesome example of saying,
how can we use what God has

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00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,000
given us to let the word of God?
Go out in that way, when we're

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00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,400
together, equally pulling for
the things of God in our

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00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,500
marriage.
It starts with a passion, for

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00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:43,900
God's word.
And so, excuse me, in the last

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thing we see for healthy lasting
relationships.

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Is this, is that the mission of
God Is Bigger Than yourself?

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So let's see again what Paul
wrote back in his letter to the

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Corinthian Church?
Which is the church where he

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first met Aquila and Priscilla
it says in 1619 in First

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Corinthians the churches in the
province of Asia so that is the

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church at Ephesus.
Send you greetings Aquila and

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00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:10,900
Priscilla greet you warmly in
the Lord and so does the church

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00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:14,500
that meets at their house?
When we first met this couple in

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Corinth they were working in
living with Paul, he was living

518
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,200
in their home.
We follow that timeline again,

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they were kicked out of Rome
moved to Corinth and they Paul

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00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:25,300
there, he took them to Ephesus
and left them there to plant

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00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:27,900
churches many churches.
And then eventually they ended

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up back in Rome.
What had kicked them out of Rome

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00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:33,700
had, you know, that a died and
they were able to come back to

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Rome.
And again in that place they had

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a church meeting in their home
everywhere.

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They went along the way they had
opened up a God gave them for

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00:25:40,300 --> 00:25:43,400
the gospel.
We see this passage in Romans 16

528
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,300
3 through 5, again to highlight
a different part of it says,

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give my greetings to Priscilla
and Aquila my co-workers in the

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00:25:48,808 --> 00:25:52,000
ministry of Jesus.
In fact, they once Risked their

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00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,900
lives for me, I'm thankful for
them and so were all the Gentile

532
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,200
churches.
Give my greetings to the church

533
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,500
that meets in their house living
on Mission together in this way

534
00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:04,400
for them looked like opening
their home to the word of God in

535
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,000
multiple cities, opening their
home for the Church of God

536
00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:10,800
across the area and just being
in tune and being obedient to

537
00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:14,200
the call of God.
It's so much so that I love this

538
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,800
line in there that all the
Gentile churches were thankful

539
00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:20,800
for this couple.
There are some like theologians

540
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,800
and historians.
Ian's that actually proposed

541
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,600
that outside of you know like
the work of Paul and Peter and a

542
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,200
few other key people that their
willingness to be open and

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00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,600
obedient to God multiplied.
The early church far beyond what

544
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,500
it could have been because they
were willing to go and willing

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00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:38,300
to be used for the glory of God.
It's incredible.

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00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:41,300
How God blessed that obedience
and their commitment to follow

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him.
No matter what.

548
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,500
Because, you know, it's really
one thing to have that common

549
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,300
denominator of faith.
We both believe we both love

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00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:50,000
God, we go to church, we serve
God.

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But the reason that God brings
us together in marriage is

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because he wants us to know him.
Sean and I knew and that season

553
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of determining and coming
together that we can do more

554
00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:05,400
together for the gospel than we
can do a part.

555
00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:08,200
We know that together we can
accomplish more for the kingdom

556
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,200
together.
We can be a force to fight back

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00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,000
against Darkness together.
We could be a power couple for

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00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,200
Jesus one day, right?
Like, how cool it would be to

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00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,300
look back and be like, because
of your obedience, God has done

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00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:21,300
great things, that's the heart,
and what It doesn't mean is that

561
00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:22,900
you have to have to be on
Mission together.

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00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:26,400
You don't have to have the same
gifts, we do not have the same

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00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,600
gifts, we do not have the same
personality.

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As a matter of fact, even within
the mission of God, we have

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00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:34,900
different passions and things
that God has put on our heart

566
00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:38,100
that we can move in the same
direction towards does it mean

567
00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:40,200
that we look identical in that
way?

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00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,800
And honestly in a lot of ways we
couldn't be more opposite in the

569
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,200
way that we communicate, the way
that we see things, the way that

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00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,600
we look at the world and really
kind of You know, in a side note

571
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,900
I don't need God to give me
somebody, that's just like me.

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00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:56,500
Because what I need is God to
give me somebody who's going to

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00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,800
sharpen me in the process of
sanctification that God gives us

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00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:01,300
through a marriage.
If you say there's nothing,

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00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:03,500
that's not painful about
sanctification in the Bible,

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00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:06,300
it's, you know, it's sandpaper
rubbing off rough edges, its

577
00:28:06,300 --> 00:28:08,100
iron sharpening iron, it's
burning away.

578
00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:09,300
The things that don't need to be
there.

579
00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:11,200
It's not for me to be
comfortable.

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00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,700
God has given me Shawn so that I
can be closer to God and God has

581
00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:17,600
brought us together so that we
can be on mission for his glory

582
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,300
in the world.
He didn't give me a spouse.

583
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,500
Oh, so I would always feel good,
always feel happy or get to the

584
00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:25,800
end of my life and be like, what
a fun time we had, you know,

585
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,800
like there's just there's such a
bigger picture of what God is

586
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,000
doing behind the scenes in his
glory, is more important than my

587
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,300
happiness.
That doesn't mean that I'm not

588
00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:38,100
happy doesn't mean that we don't
have a lot of fun together and

589
00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:39,600
they God has given us so many
blessings.

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00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,300
And we enjoy our life, our
they're not fulfilled because we

591
00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:47,300
are but what it means is that
the priority of our marriage has

592
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:50,400
never been on happiness.
I don't get to come to the end

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00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,400
of the 15 years from now and
say, oh well I'm just not really

594
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,000
happy with you.
Because that's not why we're

595
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,100
together.
If I'm unhappy with you today,

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00:28:57,100 --> 00:28:58,600
then I get to talk to you about
it.

597
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,900
I don't get to say like, well,
I'm unhappy and that's a deal

598
00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:03,200
breaker.
Today, the glory of God and the

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00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,700
call of God, on our life is the
most important priority of our

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00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:07,900
marriage.
And when that is at the

601
00:29:07,908 --> 00:29:12,200
foundation, then we can be on
Mission together a couple of

602
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,000
weeks ago.
Shawn walked us through a

603
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,200
fusions 5 is a model of Christ,
in church in the marriage, the

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00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,500
foundation.
And it starts with verse 21.

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It says this in 521, it says in
submitting to one Another out of

606
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,200
reverence for Christ and who
knows?

607
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,600
Maybe Paul was reflecting back
of that wonderful, couple Aquila

608
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,800
and Priscilla that this church
would have known to say.

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Remember how well they modeled
that for us submitting to each

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00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,100
other out of reverence for
Christ.

611
00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,400
You know, you guys remember when
you met and their home and you

612
00:29:38,408 --> 00:29:41,200
saw that because Paul wasn't
married, so maybe God gave him a

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00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,800
special couple to be able to
instruct about marriage.

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00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,800
But it's interesting that the
original Greek word here used

615
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,700
for submitting actually would
have been understood as a

616
00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:52,200
military term and it means to
put oneself in rank.

617
00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:57,400
Somebody else submitting to one
another, but if you're

618
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,500
constantly submitting on one
another, in the military,

619
00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:02,800
there's always a head, right?
There's always a boss and in

620
00:30:02,808 --> 00:30:06,000
this case it would be Christ.
So Sean and I are constantly

621
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,900
trying to under rank each other
under the submission of Christ

622
00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:11,300
in that way.
And I can be honest with you

623
00:30:11,308 --> 00:30:14,300
today, our culture doesn't like
that word submit very much

624
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,700
because I have far too many
preferences and my own selfish

625
00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:22,000
ambition.
And my own rights that I have to

626
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,200
keep right.
Right?

627
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,000
I got to keep up with all that
stuff because that's important.

628
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,700
But you don't find that modeled
in scripture anywhere that my

629
00:30:28,700 --> 00:30:32,200
rights and my happiness, and my
comfort is more important than

630
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,800
what God has called me to do.
Because the meaning of the word

631
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,500
submit here, really implied to
these Believers, that it was

632
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:40,500
taking on the mindset of a
servant where instead of

633
00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,500
expecting others to cater to you
and your needs, you get to look

634
00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,400
out for and seek to meet their
needs.

635
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,500
We've talked about, it's not a
50-50 kind of relationship where

636
00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:51,100
Shawn does his 50%.
I do my 50%, this is like a

637
00:30:51,108 --> 00:30:52,900
hundred hundred kind of
relationship.

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00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,200
We're 100% of the time.
I seek to meet his needs.

639
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,900
I seek to serve him 100% of the
time.

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00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:02,000
I am trying to raise up and
Champion the call of God in his

641
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,900
life.
One hundred percent of the time,

642
00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:06,900
I'm his cheerleader and greatest
Defender when somebody else

643
00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:10,400
isn't 100% of the time, I'm
trying to serve him.

644
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,600
Because when I'm really 100% of
the time, submitted and yielded

645
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,900
to Jesus, that's just an
outpouring and outflowing of my

646
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:20,200
already submitted self to
Christ, and I can model that

647
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,400
submission to shine because he's
put him there in my Life.

648
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,000
And it's pretty powerful because
we don't see our own rights in

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00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,000
the Bible very much.
But we see a really clear model

650
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,100
of how to serve others with the
mindset of a servant.

651
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,100
I want you to look in
Philippians 2, 1 through 8

652
00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:37,400
because I think that the life of
Jesus has given us a pretty

653
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,700
clear recipe for how to follow
God in our marriage.

654
00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:43,900
That says, therefore, if you
have any encouragement from

655
00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:47,900
being united with Christ that
already sounds pretty familiar,

656
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,900
doesn't it?
If any comfort from his love?

657
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:54,300
If any common sharing in the
spirit If any tenderness and

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00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:58,100
compassion than make my joy
complete by being like-minded,

659
00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:04,000
having the same love being in
one spirit and one mind that

660
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,800
already sounds like a pretty
clear recipe for a marriage

661
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,700
relationship, founded on the
glory of God, right?

662
00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:12,800
But of course, Jesus goes on,
and Paul goes on about Jesus

663
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:17,400
says do nothing out of selfish
ambition, or vain conceit,

664
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:22,300
rather in humility value, others
above yourselves, not looking to

665
00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,900
your own Interest.
But each of you to the interests

666
00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:26,900
of the others in your, what's it
say?

667
00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:31,000
Help me out in your
relationships, with one another.

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00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,100
Have the same mindset as Christ
Jesus.

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That's it.
That sentence right there.

670
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,400
How do you build a marriage that
lasts for the glory of God in

671
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,700
your relationship?
You have the same mindset of

672
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:42,800
Jesus.
What does it say that he did?

673
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,500
Who being in the very nature?
God did not consider equality

674
00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:50,800
with God, something to be used
to his own advantage and I'll

675
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,400
stop and pause right there
because that's where we The hard

676
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,300
time with the word submit
because maybe there's a leader

677
00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:58,200
in Authority, that's taken
advantage of that.

678
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,400
And they are in a position Over
You for their own selfish,

679
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,300
ambition, and vain conceit.
But in my world and the world

680
00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:07,000
got intended for us that
leadership, the headship of our

681
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,200
family is Sean who is not
leading me out of his own

682
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,700
selfish ambition or vain
conceit.

683
00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:14,200
He's leading with the
responsibility of Loving Me Like

684
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,900
Jesus and just like he is the
head of our family.

685
00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:19,900
Then Christ is the head of our
relationship.

686
00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:21,800
We have this headship here in
this lordship.

687
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,600
God has created this Order for
our good to have this.

688
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:29,400
And so, can I submit to
leadership in my life?

689
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:34,600
That is seeking for my best good
and needs, guess I can in that

690
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,300
way, then we get to seek to
serve each other so didn't use

691
00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:41,500
that to his own Advantage.
It says, rather he made himself

692
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:45,300
Nothing by taking the very
nature of a servant being made

693
00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:47,500
in human likeness and being
found in appearance.

694
00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:51,400
As a man, he humbled himself
being obedient by becoming

695
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,900
obedient to death, even In the
death on a cross.

696
00:33:56,900 --> 00:34:00,500
Me.
And if we started with that at

697
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:04,700
the foundation of our marriages,
I think we would be a lot closer

698
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,400
to everything being centered on.
The glory of God Jesus gave us

699
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,900
the perfect picture of
submission showed us exactly in

700
00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:16,000
modeled how to love each other
to the fullest.

701
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,900
And we're called to submit to
each other, to be equally

702
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,000
matched in purpose and calling
to serve over any personal

703
00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:24,800
ambition.
And I can tell you that this

704
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,600
recipe E4 relationships is not
easy.

705
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,500
This takes work, it can be hard,
it can be challenging.

706
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,100
And if it's screwed up, that's
okay.

707
00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,199
God can fix anything.
He can restore anything that he

708
00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,500
wants to, and I believe that he
can provide healing that today

709
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:44,800
if that's not where you're at.
But the reward for this recipe

710
00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:48,199
is a life well-lived that when
you get to the end of your life

711
00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:51,199
or even beyond that into the
next life to look back and say

712
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:54,900
because we were matched and
because we were passionate about

713
00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:56,500
the word of God.
Because we were on a mission

714
00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:59,200
together.
People can say because of the

715
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,500
faithfulness of Sean and Diane
man we came to Jesus because you

716
00:35:03,500 --> 00:35:06,100
were obedient to the call of
God, we came to your church and

717
00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:10,300
we got saved because of The
Obedience of you, your children,

718
00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:13,000
grew up in the Lord and they
helped lead me to Christ like

719
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,300
because you were faithful to
share the word of God at your

720
00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:19,400
work together.
I came to know Jesus that reward

721
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,400
at the end for the life focused
on.

722
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,100
Jesus is so much more than
what's happening in the here and

723
00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:26,000
right.
Right now.

724
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,400
The last time that we see the
mention of Aquila and Priscilla

725
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,500
in the scripture, is at the end
of 2nd Timothy.

726
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,300
This book would have been
written about 15 years after

727
00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:37,400
Paul first methane, and Paul
knows that the end of his life

728
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,100
is really near.
This is kind of his last goodbye

729
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,600
letter and it's small.
It's simple.

730
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,400
And second Timothy 4:19 says,
greet, Priscilla and Aquila, and

731
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:51,000
the household of one of citrus.
He wanted to say goodbye to the

732
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,800
people.
He loved and cared for so much.

733
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,100
What's interesting here though,
it actually doesn't me to

734
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:56,600
mention a church meeting in
their home.

735
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,200
This time period and that is
probably because after they had

736
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,700
moved back to Rome and how the
church in their house, their

737
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:07,000
there was a great fire in Rome
in ad 64.

738
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,200
They actually think that the
emperor Nero who was a terrible

739
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,000
and ruthless ruler actually
started the fire burned down his

740
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,900
City, just so he could blame the
Christians.

741
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:18,400
So at this point Aquila and
Priscilla had probably, again,

742
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,900
lost everything their home,
their possessions, the church

743
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:23,100
meeting in their home.
And not only that, they probably

744
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:26,100
face pretty regular fear and
persecution, just being in Rome

745
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,100
under this kind.
Of terrible leadership.

746
00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:29,800
But who knows?
It does it takes more than

747
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,300
Burning Down the city of Rome.
The stop the work and the

748
00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:35,900
ministry of God, because the
influence that they had in the

749
00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:38,200
lives of those young preachers
in the life of Paul.

750
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,800
In the way that these letters
and this influence of the church

751
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,200
was going across that area.
It lived on far beyond anything

752
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,900
that they had that they could
physically intangibly hold the

753
00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:52,500
fruitfulness of their Ministry
lasted through all of that.

754
00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:54,800
And so I can say that I even in
the hardest season of your

755
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,800
marriage, maybe your health,
Feeling, maybe you have a lot of

756
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,200
unknowns right now, your kids
are going off the deep end.

757
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,500
You don't know what to do.
You're facing some of the

758
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:06,400
biggest challenges that you've
been in the house is on fire.

759
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,900
Maybe you're being forced to
flee for persecution of your

760
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:11,700
faith, leaving a job, whatever
that looks like in the hardest

761
00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:16,400
season, what we get to hold onto
is that Jesus is the Cornerstone

762
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,800
of our marriage, whatever
circumstances changed he is.

763
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,800
There he is our Rock, he's our
foundation, he's the

764
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,500
Cornerstone, he holds it all
together.

765
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:28,900
It says by he binds everything
together in Love no weapon that

766
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:32,600
is held against us can stand
because Christ is in us and

767
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,100
Christ is for us.
There's nothing we can that can

768
00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:37,500
stop him and so we hold tightly
to the Cross.

769
00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:40,400
So today, I just want to leave
you with a challenge to have

770
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,100
that imagine that Vision, put
your mind forward into the

771
00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:47,400
future to say what if what if
our relationship was all for the

772
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,300
glory of God?
What if we were matched together

773
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:53,100
in God's purpose?
What if we were so passionate

774
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:56,000
about the word of God and we're
on Mission together so that in

775
00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,200
the future people We'll look
back and say I'm thankful that

776
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,200
you were together for God
because my life was changed.

777
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,100
I know for Sean and I like, what
could be, that's the desire.

778
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,600
Why do you come do this every
week?

779
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,800
Why do you know, why do you give
these things at forgot?

780
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,900
It's like, it doesn't even feel
like, giving up for God, it's

781
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:15,700
not a surrender when the reward
is, so great of seeing people

782
00:38:15,700 --> 00:38:18,900
come to know Jesus.
I hope that one day to be like

783
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:21,500
me and what a picture that you
guys were matched to the Church

784
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:24,600
of Christ.
You modeled that so well like

785
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,200
people were sent out, churches
were built.

786
00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:30,000
Has were made like our heart is
to see that happen that even the

787
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,500
world tries to smoke you out and
it can't be done.

788
00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:36,700
You can't burn down the house of
God because it exists in us.

789
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:39,900
His glory is to go out for all
people.

790
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:43,900
And our job is to be a
reflection of that light for the

791
00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:49,700
glory of God.
Let's pray God, I pray that you

792
00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:54,000
would start a fire in our
hearts, a Revival in our homes,

793
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:59,700
through our marriages that, we
Stand up today and say, God,

794
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:04,800
it's not me, it's not myself but
it's your glory is a desire of

795
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,300
our hearts today.
God and so we just submit

796
00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:10,900
ourselves to you to say that we
are all in for the glory of God.

797
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,500
I'd like to talk to a first
group of you today.

798
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:17,800
Maybe that you're struggling for
you're hurting our you're

799
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,200
looking into your marriage or
into yourself today and saying,

800
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,800
you know what, my marriage is
not centered on the glory of

801
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:29,100
God, I've been about Myself,
I've been stressed, I haven't

802
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:33,800
been focused on you know, who
God is or how I can use my life

803
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,600
to mean more for him.
If that's you today and you're

804
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,100
struggling, you're hurting that
you you raise your hand, I would

805
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:42,100
just love to pray for you today.
To say, God, I need you at the

806
00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:46,700
center of my marriage.
God, I need you to be all in

807
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:49,500
God.
I want my life to be all for

808
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:52,100
your glory.
God, I pray for these people

809
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:54,400
raising their hands today to
say, I want to be all in for the

810
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,900
glory of God today.
I to set a Revival in my heart

811
00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:02,000
on fire for you.
God help me to see past myself

812
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,200
to see to a bigger vision of who
you've called me to be.

813
00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:08,600
Help me to have the mindset of
Jesus, in my marriage, the mind

814
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,600
of Christ.
And I want to pray for a second

815
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,100
group of people today as we just
continue in prayer, maybe you're

816
00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:18,100
saying today, you know what, my
foundation for my life isn't

817
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:21,100
Christ.
It's just me it's my anxiety.

818
00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:23,900
It's my fear, it's my pride,
it's my worry.

819
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,700
And today, I don't have Jesus in
the center of my relationship

820
00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:28,800
because I don't have Jesus in
the center of my life.

821
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:32,900
He's not a part of me.
So, maybe today you'd say, you

822
00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:36,100
know what I need Jesus, my
marriage is not going to be

823
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:39,600
healed until I am healed until
I'm saved me before.

824
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,100
So maybe today, if that's you, I
need Jesus.

825
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:44,600
If you'd raise your hand, I
would love to pray with you.

826
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,800
Today is how you can start that
formation.

827
00:40:49,700 --> 00:40:51,700
So, if that's you, I need Jesus
today.

828
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,600
Just lift up your hand.
I would love to pray with you.

829
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,800
I won't call you.
You out.

830
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,100
Just want to pray along with
you.

831
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,900
You need Jesus today.
Raise your hand and then pray.

832
00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:01,600
This prayer with me in the
prayer.

833
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,200
Doesn't save you, but it opens
up your heart to God and pray

834
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,500
something like this to say Jesus
today.

835
00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:09,400
I wasn't here by accident.
I know I've messed up.

836
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,700
I can't do this on my own.
I believe you died on the cross

837
00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:15,600
for my sins.
God, and I trust you today to

838
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,800
Save Me From Myself, save me
from my sins.

839
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,500
So I can walk forward a new life
in newness and you God, I trust

840
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,900
in you, trust in your healing.
And I just thank you for giving

841
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:28,100
me life, take my life and use
it.

842
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:30,700
However, you see fit in Jesus
name.

843
00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:33,200
Amen.
Hey, let's give it up to

844
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,800
everybody who has trusted in
Jesus today.

845
00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:42,800
Come on.
What a word huh?

846
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,400
That's what I say for you get
out here, really?

847
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,300
Really?
I don't know.

848
00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:51,600
We don't God.
Did this outside relationship

849
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,000
with Jesus?
This is the greatest gift I got

850
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,600
right and I encourage you guys
in your marriage has to go all

851
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,300
in for Jesus for the glory of
God.

852
00:41:59,300 --> 00:42:01,300
Right.
I know a lot of you're like oh

853
00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:03,100
man I wish I had that.
What they got, whatever.

854
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:06,700
Hey the grass ain't Greener.
Come on somebody, right it is.

855
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:08,400
Look at what God has given to
you, right?

856
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:09,600
It will be faithful what's in
front of you.

857
00:42:09,607 --> 00:42:11,200
So, thank you for sharing the
word today.

858
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,100
Come on somebody, give for Diane
again.

859
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:21,100
And That's problem right there.
So I would encourage you guys

860
00:42:21,100 --> 00:42:23,300
for the glory of Jesus few today
made that decision.

861
00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:25,000
So they mean I'm all in for
Christ today.

862
00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:27,800
I'm following him.
I would encourage you guys still

863
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,100
us know, we'd love to help you
on your journey.

864
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:32,800
I'm your next steps to follow
him and we got a gift for in a

865
00:42:32,808 --> 00:42:34,800
way out.
There's a red bat bags, got a

866
00:42:34,808 --> 00:42:36,800
Bible in it, it's got some next
steps.

867
00:42:36,900 --> 00:42:39,700
Some resources, most important
thing to do though is let us

868
00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:42,000
know.
We have the privilege and honor

869
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,800
of partner with you and just
pulling the Jesus and we have

870
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,600
all the answers.
But if you let us know, let us

871
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,400
celebrate with you and encourage
you on your journey of Jesus and

872
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,500
invite you in and say welcome
home really to the family of

873
00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:53,200
God.
Amen.

874
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,000
And so I would encourage is less
know, you can text them on the

875
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,700
screen to RL next.
Another thing, that'd be just

876
00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:01,700
amazing this season a couple
access for everybody to go into

877
00:43:01,700 --> 00:43:05,100
the Gulf of the glory of Jesus.
We got a lot of come by things

878
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:07,800
coming up, but the first thing
is we got baptism coming up on

879
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,100
April 9th, on Easter Sunday and
know some of you guys have made

880
00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:14,000
a decision for Jesus.
God, just blessed our church.

881
00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:17,200
We reached a lot of new people.
People we traditionally baptized

882
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,100
about 10% of her church every
year and assume you guys missed

883
00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:21,300
their last opportunity to do
this.

884
00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:23,600
We're portable.
So we don't do that often.

885
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,900
We do it twice a year and so if
you made a decision for Jesus,

886
00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:31,000
you put Jesus in your life.
Maybe you have not been baptized

887
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,500
into Jesus.
Be baptized before he knew Jesus

888
00:43:33,700 --> 00:43:36,600
were baptized outside the faith.
I would encourage you to

889
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,800
consider to get baptized on
Easter Sunday.

890
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,800
Now, Easter Sunday is probably
the greatest Sunday you can ever

891
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,200
get baptized, come on somebody,
right?

892
00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:48,100
It's a picture, which Just did
for us on Easter, Jesus had died

893
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,200
and then rose again.
And so, when you're baptized the

894
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,400
picture of you dying, your sin
of your dead to Yourself Dead to

895
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:57,100
sin, in your raised to New Life
in Christ, Jesus resurrected

896
00:43:57,100 --> 00:43:58,800
from the dead.
And so it's just a simple

897
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,600
picture.
It's called a Believers baptism

898
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,200
and I would encourage you to let
us know maybe of questions.

899
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:06,900
What baptisms about?
Maybe you're not sure it's for

900
00:44:06,900 --> 00:44:08,900
you.
Maybe really want to do it as

901
00:44:08,900 --> 00:44:11,400
some of you guys want to last
time and missed it and some of

902
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,000
you guys here today, so, just
get signed up and we're going to

903
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,200
connect with you, okay?
So We step of the way you're not

904
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,500
on your own, you'll just sign up
and then just show up that

905
00:44:18,500 --> 00:44:20,200
Sunday.
And it's like, what am I doing?

906
00:44:20,500 --> 00:44:22,100
Sorry.
Walk through all the process and

907
00:44:22,100 --> 00:44:25,400
cellular big and so for the
glory god, we're having a big

908
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:29,700
celebration of Easter last year.
We had about 450 plus people

909
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,700
than Mother's, Day was about 100
more.

910
00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:33,500
So it's just packed.
And so we're doing something

911
00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:36,300
very special this Easter.
We're going to just take a step

912
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:38,300
of Faith.
We're going to make some extra

913
00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:40,600
room, really for the glory of
God to move.

914
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,900
And so we're going to add a
third Gathering Especial.

915
00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:44,700
Third gathering on Easter and
Mother's Day.

916
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:48,300
Come also Body because they all
know about that you're nervous.

917
00:44:48,300 --> 00:44:50,200
Ha ha ha.
I love it.

918
00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:53,300
And here's the realities are
space is pretty limited.

919
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:58,100
We had 57 kids in one of our
programs last year in one class

920
00:44:58,200 --> 00:44:59,800
on Easter Sunday now in about
you.

921
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,600
But that sounds a little crazy,
right?

922
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,500
And so we're doing is making
more space for more people and

923
00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:06,500
if you serve on the Dream Team,
I would encourage you.

924
00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:08,700
We're not going to ask you to
get overloaded.

925
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,000
We're asking those either call
real life, home to kind of step

926
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,400
up to the plate on this one.
Maybe you call real life home

927
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,800
you come on Sunday.
As you're not on the serving

928
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:21,000
team on our Dream Team, I would
encourage you to step in for the

929
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:24,300
glory of God and to serve on
Easter and make a way for more

930
00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:26,800
people to come to our church.
And so we're going to have three

931
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,500
identical, Gatherings, we have
an amazing Easter egg hunt.

932
00:45:29,500 --> 00:45:31,600
That's going to happen.
All three Gatherings, you can

933
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:34,500
see the thing on the screen with
goodie bags and toys and prizes

934
00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:36,200
for people.
Invite people and new guests and

935
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,100
stuff like that.
But the reality is this, we do

936
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:40,900
all this because we know it's a
great time of year to advise

937
00:45:40,900 --> 00:45:43,700
somebody out who wouldn't
normally go to church if you

938
00:45:43,700 --> 00:45:46,200
invite somebody Easter there.
Likely to come.

939
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:47,600
A lot of people don't go to
church.

940
00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:48,900
I've got tons of neighbors,
don't go to church.

941
00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:51,400
So he talked about coming and so
on your seat, I would grab those

942
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,200
cards.
You got a pack of five on there

943
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:55,800
and out invite somebody.
I would just invite them, I'll

944
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:57,500
bring them.
There's a big difference because

945
00:45:57,500 --> 00:45:59,700
you bring somebody you're like,
hey, I'm saving a seat for you.

946
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,200
Hey, you want to sit with me?
Hey, I love to meet you in the

947
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,500
parking lot or, you know,
hangout comes with new good

948
00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:06,900
lunch afterwards.
I mean, be a part of their life

949
00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:08,700
and their story is start playing
those seeds.

950
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,400
We got just under a month and I
just know God's do something

951
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,300
really big in our house.
The screw you guys weren't even

952
00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:16,000
every single week and what Sons
very special this year we

953
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,900
haven't done this really since
launch to this tal is rescind

954
00:46:18,900 --> 00:46:21,900
out 20,000 piece mailer across
our community.

955
00:46:22,100 --> 00:46:24,800
And so it's going to go from 150
all the way through South to

956
00:46:24,900 --> 00:46:26,700
through all of bailed Oliver a
Moroso.

957
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:29,700
The word of God is going out
people to know where existing

958
00:46:29,700 --> 00:46:32,400
and we're here for them and our
doors are open to welcome people

959
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:34,600
and my prayer is that God just
brings us people.

960
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:36,100
That will know Jesus that
Sunday.

961
00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:38,000
Amen.
And we get to play a part of

962
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,000
that story.
And so I would encourage this

963
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,600
next month, we launched into a
series that's really going to

964
00:46:42,700 --> 00:46:45,100
lead into some evangelism.
And I would encourage this guy,

965
00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:48,400
Leads me and play a part of the
story of what God is going to do

966
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,700
and just say all for God's
glory.

967
00:46:49,700 --> 00:46:51,900
Amen.
Maybe invite somebody over the

968
00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:54,900
next few weeks that needs Jesus
and just invited me Easter,

969
00:46:54,900 --> 00:46:56,100
we're going to preach the
gospel.

970
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,800
We do that here in this church.
We love people knowing Jesus and

971
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,800
so I would encourage you guys
last thing.

972
00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:05,000
Really about Easter is to
reserve your spot.

973
00:47:05,300 --> 00:47:07,700
We're do a little different this
year, we're actually giving out

974
00:47:07,700 --> 00:47:10,100
tickets through Eventbrite and
the reason we're doing that is

975
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,800
because we're trying to figure
out if we're people are going to

976
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,900
land.
Now, our staffing, we're trying

977
00:47:14,900 --> 00:47:17,600
to go. 03 obviously.
So how many people may come to

978
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,700
the 8:30 or the ten eleven
thirty?

979
00:47:19,900 --> 00:47:22,900
And so it's a free event
obviously but it's great for us

980
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:24,200
to just kind of where people
stand.

981
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,200
So I would encourage you get on
there, you can use a QR go

982
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,300
online, it's awesome landing
page and just let us know.

983
00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:32,500
We're going to go on that.
If God leads you to serve, let

984
00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:34,400
us know.
Let your team know or like a

985
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:35,800
person or church or just let us
know.

986
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,300
There's lots of emails on it and
we're excited.

987
00:47:38,300 --> 00:47:40,800
If you hear from her team and
they call you just say, yes,

988
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,300
come on somebody, you say yes
blue glory god.

989
00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:45,100
You can do it.
I will say this.

990
00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:48,200
Say, thank you for you guys to
generosity really to be able to

991
00:47:48,207 --> 00:47:50,500
give a mailer out at that
magnitude is because you guys

992
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:52,300
have given and I don't know
about you.

993
00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:55,300
But who is the result of a
seeing or maybe a flag in the

994
00:47:55,300 --> 00:47:58,100
community, a sign out, or a
mailer and made say they come to

995
00:47:58,100 --> 00:48:00,100
her church because they've had
that kind of promotion.

996
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,700
There's a few guys have done so
long but so many people come to

997
00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:07,000
our church because they see a
flag likely just dry by Sunday

998
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,600
morning.
I had a guy that showed up, it

999
00:48:08,607 --> 00:48:11,200
was three years into our launch
and he had showed up and said,

1000
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,800
hey, I got this mailer from
three years ago and I've kept it

1001
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,200
on my fridge and it show up to
her church.

1002
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,200
And so I would encourage you if
that played a part of your

1003
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,200
story, if you seen Us online or
some kind of promotion, when you

1004
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,000
give here, that's giving back to
those things.

1005
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,100
Because so many people don't
know, churches exist and they

1006
00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:28,200
kind of cut that off.
And we're just really praying

1007
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,200
for God to have a movement or
church and to really see the

1008
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,200
glory of God go out.
And so when you guys give this

1009
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,500
is what you're giving to in this
season to make a difference.

1010
00:48:35,700 --> 00:48:37,700
So encourage you guys to be
faithful their stories to give

1011
00:48:37,700 --> 00:48:40,300
as our Usher's come forward, you
can give online.

1012
00:48:40,300 --> 00:48:43,000
Anytime, you can give any amount
to eight four, three, two, one

1013
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,300
text in or through the giving
boxes, The back or the buckets.

1014
00:48:46,300 --> 00:48:48,800
They come to the aisles so I'm
going to pray and invite dirty

1015
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:50,600
come up here in a second.
He's got a few more things for

1016
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,700
you guys to hang tight.
We're going to pray for God to

1017
00:48:52,700 --> 00:48:54,600
use this.
This offering probably come

1018
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,200
before you gotta pray.
You just use this offering For

1019
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,900
Your Glory God, that you just
change lives through it.

1020
00:48:59,900 --> 00:49:03,400
You gotta pray, you multiply or
generosity guy that we give not

1021
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:07,300
out of really out of just the
excess guy, but we give out of

1022
00:49:07,300 --> 00:49:10,600
want you'll be, we give out of
need the weed sacrificially.

1023
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,100
Give for the glory of God, that
we know that we have to lay our

1024
00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:14,600
lives down for the mission to go
forward.

1025
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:18,000
And I pray that Be kind of
church that the world had to set

1026
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,700
the set, the city on fire to try
to stop us.

1027
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,400
We kind of church.
That was so passionate for you.

1028
00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:25,900
That people would thank God for
us.

1029
00:49:26,100 --> 00:49:28,300
Don't people look back to say
thank God, that this church was

1030
00:49:28,300 --> 00:49:31,300
in this community that lives are
changed as cities were changed

1031
00:49:31,300 --> 00:49:34,800
because of these people's Faith.
So God call us out into The

1032
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:36,400
Fray.
Call us into the uncomfortable,

1033
00:49:36,500 --> 00:49:39,100
got push us into the future on
mission for you.

1034
00:49:39,100 --> 00:49:41,500
God, we give the glory for a
chicken, do all the glory to

1035
00:49:41,500 --> 00:49:43,300
Jesus.
And I pray in his name and

1036
00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:45,300
everybody said, amen.
N.

1037
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:51,200
Man, what an awesome day.
Hey, I'm the bearer of good news

1038
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:52,300
and bad news.
You guys ready for the good

1039
00:49:52,300 --> 00:49:55,200
news?
Real life is going on a missions

1040
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:57,500
trip this summer.
Back to Bogota Colombia you guys

1041
00:49:57,500 --> 00:49:59,500
excited.
That's right.

1042
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,500
You guys don't know what the bad
news is.

1043
00:50:01,700 --> 00:50:03,200
There's only a couple spots
left.

1044
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:06,300
You guys better hustle up and
jump on because we are getting

1045
00:50:06,300 --> 00:50:09,400
ready to fill this team up.
So immediately after the second

1046
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:13,400
Gathering, if you're interested
in any level doll, come hang out

1047
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,000
with Diana, she gives you the
information on what's going on.

1048
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:18,300
If you can't make the meeting,
Eating for some reason, please

1049
00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:20,700
call her this week as soon as
possible.

1050
00:50:20,700 --> 00:50:22,700
So we can get your spot
reserved, you do not want to

1051
00:50:22,700 --> 00:50:24,600
miss out.
If you never been to another

1052
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:27,700
culture to see how God Moves In
Another Part Of The World, it

1053
00:50:27,700 --> 00:50:29,900
will drastically and radically
change your life.

1054
00:50:29,900 --> 00:50:33,100
So take this opportunity, the
price doesn't get better than

1055
00:50:33,100 --> 00:50:35,100
what you're going to get on
something like this, in your

1056
00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:36,600
hearts and your lives will be
changed.

1057
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,700
So check out the meeting.
Get a hold of Diane.

1058
00:50:38,700 --> 00:50:41,200
You guys do not want to miss it.
Last thing is this next week.

1059
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,800
You're kicking off a new
message, series called bring

1060
00:50:43,900 --> 00:50:45,600
Pastor.
Sean is going to bring the house

1061
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:46,700
down.
It really what?

1062
00:50:46,700 --> 00:50:49,600
We're Do is we're going to talk
about what it's like to tear off

1063
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:52,600
this roof to bring people to the
feet of Jesus.

1064
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,900
There's people around you every
day, whether it's at work school

1065
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,200
just throughout life that are
hurting their broken and they

1066
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,700
need something, they don't know
what it is, and God's put you in

1067
00:51:01,707 --> 00:51:05,000
their path to deliver the hope
of the gospel and their life.

1068
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:06,400
Sean's gonna bring this
awesomeness.

1069
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,500
The series just to help us be
equipped to bring people to the

1070
00:51:09,500 --> 00:51:11,200
feet of Jesus.
So, don't miss that either.

1071
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,900
Next week at 9:30 to 11:00.
Hey, as always, there's somebody

1072
00:51:13,900 --> 00:51:16,300
up here, if you need to pray, we
would love to pray with you for

1073
00:51:16,300 --> 00:51:18,300
any reason.
And lastly is always remember

1074
00:51:18,300 --> 00:51:21,600
whoever finds Jesus discovers
real life and purpose.

1075
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:22,600
See you guys next week.