Broken But Not Abandoned - Relationship Goals

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21:40 And this is kind of that season that Valentine season, we really start thinking about relationships and maybe going a little bit. It deeper than what we post on social media, right? It's always easy. When you're having the good hair day, you went to the really cool date night spot. So you got the selfie the makeups looking good. Ladies guys, he finally got the hair to part, you know, we get that right. But relationships aren't always what we throw out there on Instagram, are they? Well I'm stoked and Sean's going to start a brand new series today I'm going to backtrack for a second guys, this is you could be single, you could be married, you could be somewhere in between. Back in the day on Facebook used to be able to park. It's complicated right? It could be whatever.

22:22 There's something for you today. God has a word for you today as we just really dive in and focus about building these relationships on God, on his foundation. So welcome to the stage Sean Petrie, he's gonna give us some hashtag relationship goals. Give up for Shawn, everyone, come on. Thanks Drew guys have a blessed week that really good week. Uh, met last Sunday Lon Jaya pentecost's, right? Yes. Couple expecting day to worship and I was excited to see what God's going to do. A Daniel might come on, he blew it up on the Super Bowl night by the way. This guy's got crazy stories of fire but man last week was just amazing. Just talk through Pentecost and spirit of God and awake and doing this place.

23:04 Come expecting for God to move and we had a little party afterward little tailgate party on say. Thank you guys hung out the chief did not disappoint. Come on somebody. What a game that's my Shameless plug. I'll be done with the Chiefs move on. Till next year sighs sad. Season. They're right. But today's a special day in house is. Well, I saw some you guys with some coffee cups. Come on somebody, it's all that out there. Could you guys give it up for our freshmen Team? Real led by Brian and Judy come all them. Know you love them. Serve the first cup of coffee this morning and I was like, have you tasted that yet? It's like, no. I'll just just make sure, you know, gonna make sure you're not poison or something. So then we pass it around the big huddle I was I was at the end I was like we're not passing that around right it's gonna get weird right maybe but today's gonna be really special as well, we got something very unique tonight.

23:51 Some of this would've been prayed for playing for fundraise for worked. Our tail off for really over last year and a half or two years. And so tonight, our real-life youth is launching into the real-life. Epicenter. Come on somebody man and go. God, right? We've been waiting for a place of our own just a place. Boo looking for, we set out place, not only to do ministry and serve the community, but a place for our youth and that made it really tricky to find a spot. And so God loves to this place and was working her tail off. And I won't tell you something. Specials gonna happen that place. It's really starving new season, it's really the Revival season. There's a Revival Happening Here in nine states. Amen, then fall in that mud watching national news. Just Jesus getting brought up everywhere. It's like, what is this?

24:34 We don't understand it. Well, that's okay, it's just God's moving, right? And people just are just curious to see and I'm just believing that for a next generation of young people I'm a product of youth, ministry product of Youth Camp. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for God changing hearts in a setting like that and so I would encourage you as parents not to take a back seat to this don't show up tonight and go through Carline. Drop the kids off, I would encourage you to park the car, get out and walk in that. Space me some people and say a prayer. Prayer for God to use a space. We're in a spiritual battle for our teens. Amen. And we're creating Warriors for the cause of Christ and bastarz. The cause of Christ. People are mission driven that can not only change their world, but the world. And so we take it dead serious. And we're excited to see what God's going to do.

25:16 And so be praying for our team tonight. I'll be out there. I know a lot of our staff teams out there really, just to cheer on the things of God. And so be praying, really for a viable start and our young people and it always starts. They're done it. The young at heart, I should say, come on. Right. And I'm excited for God's going to do what we're launching this week. Was a Valentine's Day. So we're launching a little series on relationships, loves in the air. Come on somebody. I don't hear any guys a story because you probably all I did mirror all sick this week, so it'll kind of sideways, but, but I'm encouraged to really speak on this relationship goals. We've done this series in the past, but we've dropped all the content kept the logo, and wrote a whole new series. And we're look at really relationships in the Bible, famous relationships, all across the Bible that we can learn from From both good and bad.

26:03 Amen. There's two actually no perforation the Bible outside of the Father Son and the Holy Spirit. So we're looking at just flawed people in man. I'll tell you what the Bible's more like a Jerry Springer episode relationships. I'm just telling you if the proof of God's existence is how accurate. And how really honest the Bible is about people's lives. And as a pastor, I see this so often people get stuck so easily in their relationships. It's like they fall in love and maybe a mission to Christ together. They get your certain level, and they plateau. It's like a holding pattern like wash rinse, repeat, just kind of floats to this level. It is stays there until something changes either gets broken or it's built. And it's so easy to get stuck and I see it time and time again.

26:44 Maybe it's just stuck because you maybe change at kids and your professional Uber driver for your children. Come all somebody. Your the snack provider, there's a lot of words you can put in there. If you see a lot of memes, right? All the moms are laughing because I know exactly what it looks like, right, it's really easy to look around. Round and say, man, I wish I had something else, it's easy to get a spot where it just doesn't feel like it's going anywhere. The passion is gone, the feelings of love of disappeared and looking at you like the grass is greener over there. Come on somebody and they got the feels and maybe you see potential somewhere else and it's easy to look out and just maybe be a little jealous of what you don't have. And I was going to give you a little word today, and this isn't directly from the Bible is acts for my dad.

27:27 So it's extra Bible all but he always told me this said Son, The grass always greener on the septic tank. Come on somebody. Ya'll said the other side of the fence so do the septic tank and it's the truth, you know? In other words, it's really simple. If you don't like what you're getting change, what you're giving. If the grass and your marriage is withered and raw water, it water your own grass. Come on somebody. If you got some weeds, get some weed killer you know, change some things, get some fat, should maybe get that rake? Out. Do some hard work. Come on, somebody water. Your own grass is so easy to say, well, I wish I had this and wish I had this, but yeah, bro, you don't see what's beneath the surface, do you. All right.

28:11 Is a septic tank grown up. Thank you, Dad for that, by the way. So, we should say this to him, he doesn't come to church, but he'll appreciate me saying this, but the good news is this. You can look all throughout the Bible and you see relationships and they're all broken. They're all flawed. And we can learn so much from these people. Let's think about some of the most famous relationships in the Bible. I think about Adam and Eve go back. Go back to the very beginning, right? These guys are imperfection. They're made perfectly the way God wanted to make of their knit together. A Believer made for each other like you complete me. I mean it's the perfect setup and they're walking the cool, the garden with with God himself in the presence of God and then what happens Pride Wells up right now, they start falling into sin. They were looking at this, they touch the app on the phone to send, and then they start doing the blame game, right? They have the OG fight, and the start yelling at each other. And then I start blaming God and the serpent all the stuff, and then they basically get evicted.

29:02 While somebody the first couple of Bible gets evicted from the garden. Right ever? Thought about that, they put the cherubim and six wings and it's Garden the East Side. The guard is a flaming sword. I mean you talk about Jerry Springer episode very first couple to Puli messes it up, right? Then you got Adam and Sarah and that a promise that they have a son and be a father of a great nation and really they were side about all his newlyweds are maybe, you know, the prophecy off your life, your side about things of God but the timing wasn't right. Maybe grew impatient and so Sarah says, hey, here's this. Servant Hagar will have a child through her basis. God's Will. And they talk themselves into the dumbest stuff, don't they? It changed the course of history. I want you to think about some of the other couples in the Bible. You have Jose and Gomer.

29:44 It was a who's married to Gomer, who cheats on going to? This is Gomer Gomer or she-go Retreat, San Jose, and gomers a prostitute. And it's just picture of God's grace for us, waiting on us, and hosea's waiting for gonna come back and it's a picture of grace and mercy, but isn't messed up relationship. Do talk about Jacob and Rachel. I mean, This is Love at First Sight, right? I'm he saw he saw Rachel and he's like, I've got to be with Rachel and so his father-in-law promised her fall in love promises, his fellow promises seven years you work for me and you have Rachel coercion fulfill his promise he gives older sister when be fair, you know, if Leah wasn't, you know, had a spouse. And so Works, another seven years. So it's guys wronged and mistreated boy. He must love that. Girl, come on somebody, right 14 years, he works for her hand.

30:27 You think about Joseph and Mary? I mean, you might not think about their couple with this. But you think about this the Holy Spirit, overshadows Mary? She conceives, Jesus and Joseph is kind of bewildered, like, what am I supposed to do? This makes no sense in the angel, Comforts them. And Joseph, accepts a plan of God, and Joseph. You may not consider him this, but he becomes one of the greatest examples of a stepfather and all of history. Amen. You may never thought Joseph. As a stepdad, this not his kid but he raised him as if his own kid. It's incredible to see what God can do through broken families. Amen. And so if your family's a Jerry, Springer a little bit, come on somebody, you're in good company. Amen. Because all the stories in the Bible, have Brokenness their stories that people wouldn't have written. Which is why I love the Bible because there's no way that any human would have said, hey, this is my jacked-up Family. Come on somebody.

31:17 Right. This is the first reality TV show. No one was seven. So good news for your days, you've been divorced. Come on somebody. And oftentimes, you know, Church you like Manuel. It's about marriage and Perfection, all this stuff. But if you've had the struggle, right, if you've been in the messy middle, if you've been down the road, maybe you're stuck in counseling and things are changing. And you don't know what to do, guess what? You're in? Good company. Amen. Or maybe you've been together been together for a long time. Maybe you're not married, just cohabitating. Well, guess what? The Bible has worked for you to, amen. Maybe you're fighting for that affection, or the attention of that lady, or that guy and you put on the move, so, hopefully, the veteran Travis Kelsey's moves. Come on somebody. I saw that movie. I thought that's, that's not when nobody, but that's cool. You big do, what you want.

32:00 Travis Travis, Kelce do He wants to do, right? He has the best lines. By the way, can't quote him at church, but that's awesome, right? Just telling you, right? Maybe, Linda promiscuous, lifestyle and high school college Beyond and you just coming down the road and you feel that shame, you feel dirty, you feel unlovable. Maybe you're as young person or maybe in a relationship, you're taking advantage of, maybe you feel incomplete, you feel broken. You feel like you're not whole that you feel unlovable, and that God can use you. Amen. Maybe you're the person who's committed adultery and Relationship, or maybe the person that's been cheated on, or cheat against, or maybe you just given up on God's promise, maybe you start out well, and you're not in for things of Christ, and then the hard Seasons came, right?

32:42 The drought came. The kids came, all the financials changed and you're going to season just struggling in your own strength, in your own power. Maybe the season is no longer Netflix and chill. Maybe it's just Netflix. Come on somebody right. Your marriage has got a little cold in the intimacy is turned into this TV. Come on, sounds familiar for so many people, right? If your Anything but nuclear or feels like it could go nuclear. This message is for you. Amen. We all can relate to this message, right. This is all about the Bible. The Bible is not a fairytale, amen. My fact, Diane said this was so great. The Bible is better than a fairytale ending. Have you read the end of the book? Do you see how much God loved us to son? Jesus for us man? Did it?

33:23 You can't doesn't get better than this. I mean, nobody could have come up with the creativity and the power and all of a substance and plans for the Jesus to come for us and died on the cross for our sins. Here's the reality. God is less interested in where you've been is Maura. Austin, where you going to go today? Amen, he's more interested in where we going today. It is so easy to look back in the rearview mirror and say, oh, I'm not this, and this could be like this and your Harbor bitterness and unforgiveness all these things. You look down yourself, but the reality is God's more concerned about the direction your heart. Today, he's more concerned, we're gonna go walk today. He's more concerned now, how you came in this room, but how you going to leave this room? Amen. He's more concerned about where you're going. Are you falling in love with him or going to humble yourself before God or you're going to keep up the old man and keeps Adding your own power. And so today, I'm going to call this message broken but not abandoned, it really lean in and put your ear to the spirit of God and hear word from God.

34:16 Something fresh for your relationships fresh for you wonder what season you're in. And so on, invite you guys to invite the spirit of God is speaking to your heart, just a humble yourself, and it just moment. I'm just gonna pray over you father. We come before you gotta pray for your spirit to speak a fresh word into our lives. God, I pray, we leave changed. Got the whatever passion has been left or Every direction we're going to be running towards you and I pray for a new Strength, God renewed, passion renewed, Unity got that we'd be together in this thing called life is. Our marriages are fighting for the things of Christ together and not each other. Yeah, I pray, you strip us from the words of I and me, and mine, and fear, and shame, and guilt, and insecurity and pride. And God, we would change our words into the fruit of the spirit.

35:03 God, you know, patience and meekness and gentleness and our marriage being To the picture of what it is to be Christ in the church. And so, we love each. Other as Christ loved us. We forgive each other as Christ. Forgave us. And we have a new season of intimacy, a new season of being a picture of the things through Christ, for our family and for a watching world. And I pray this in Jesus name and his power, we all pray and say, Amen. Well today we're going to go back to the OG. We're going to go back to Adam and Eve, look at the first relationship and really Perfection into Brokenness. And so we're going to just walk through this story and It's so powerful and I would encourage you to a for you jump in. If you haven't noticed, we live in digging into the Bible. This year, we've been doing basically, it's basically a chapter of the Bible.

35:47 We're going through people's stories and just make it a Bible come alive. So I would encourage you, when you come out to Real Life Church to bring your Bible, come on. Somebody to get into the word of God, I'm a prolific Note Taker, because I'll have a good memory. I'm middle-aged now. Come on somebody, I just forgot what happened. So, I had to write it down by love taking notes in the margin. The Bible's, if you have users, reverse, Mobile app. Who uses the YouVersion? Bible out, by the way. Some guys use that, okay? That's also just a great thing. You can take notes and save them but I'm always going back and go. Okay, God, what did you say there? And I'm praying over the message, I'm rethinking the questions. I'm so I'm just encourage you to get into the word of God and be people of the book. Come on somebody, right? I want people to come here and just hear the word of God. I want you to get into it. I'm a visual person.

36:28 So I have to ride it out and that's how I remember things. So Genesis chapter 2, we're going to dive in a little bit 3:20 says this but for Adam no suitable. Well, who knows suitable helper. No suitable. Helper was found. He was looking come all somebody. I mean he was like nope. Nope, nope, nope, come on, God, come on guy. And so Lord, God caused the man to fall into deep sleep. And while I was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place of Flesh. The Lord God made a woman from the rib. He had taken the man, I love this, he brought her to the man. Come on somebody, this is the original picture, the original Gender reveal party.

37:09 Come on somebody. Right. I don't know how it went down. Like close your eyes. We're going to count down from 3 through 11. Right. I mean what would that be like, right? Unless you jump down behind it, I don't know how this one down, right? I don't know how wet but but Adam this is where he says this is amazing. I love this verse 23 but the man said this is now bone of my bone and Flesh of My Flesh. Come on somebody. I've been looking for her. Go God, come on somebody, right? He was so excited and she should be called woman. Come on somebody. Whoa, man, that's the original jug right for? She was taken out of, man, I don't the first words of Adam Were to Eve. I'm not really sure how that went down but maybe with something like this.

37:55 How you doing right? Or I don't know you know you are a part of me come on somebody. Alright that's terrible. Dad joke. Alright moving on first 14. Not still good. I use that I'm using next. Gal, let me tell I'm not getting rid of ads. Good verse 24. This is why a man leaves his father and mother and they're like, what in the world is the father and mother, right? They've never had a father or mother said happened and is what helped me out and is everybody say United United, this is the word that this is the word. This word United is really the ultimate definition of a relationship. This is the definition of marriage United. Together United to his wife and they the two of them became one flesh.

38:41 They don't forget. This is so cool. Yeah, check this out. Adam and Eve were perfectly made for each other. Don't miss this. They were perfectly designed for each other. In every way, every sense of the word they were physically designed for each other. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah praise God Almighty, right? Glad that works out right there, emotionally that together for each other. Amen. I'm here more guys and ladies loud. That's kind of weird. Right guys. Like a men. They're just keeping up face at this point, right? I mean, they were spiritually made for each other that they were helpers to each other. God knew exactly what he's doing. When he created Adam and Eve and putting together as one flesh no longer their mission or I mean her Mission his mission but it's their mission.

39:29 Oh, Christ, in their to follow Jesus together, the United together, you know, God created you to be United together with your spouse. He created you to be knives together in your relationship. You're not supposed to war against each other, you know? Get in the same Foxhole and then just shoot your companion and shoot your teammate in the Foxhole. Amen. That we're fighting a common enemy were taking ground from the enemy. We're fighting for a thanks to God for a family to have a common purpose and a common heartbeat through night and intimacy. It's no longer my will and Diane's will but it's Our will towards the things of Christ. Amen. United together, but so many marriages. It's the opposite, isn't it? It's divided is older, Unity. It's untied, it's the opposite, it's moving different directions. And instead of fighting comment, me, they're fighting each other. You see so many marriages that are stuck in division, really stuck in coexisting.

40:21 They may be married to May wear a ring. They may live in the same roof, but they're anything, but together there's different televisions, different rooms, different beds, different Plans different bank accounts. Come on somebody I'm stepping on somebody's toes in the hair. Hey I mean it's easy to get there. Just go different directions for some people, they're stuck in division, they're stuck in collaboration, they're living together but they're not co-workers for the cause of Christ unite under the power of Christ. Amen, it is so easy to just to be together but not together and marriage. Not put together for the things of Christ, not of the power of Christ. I don't know about you, but I want Jesus as the foundation of this relationship. Amen. If you're going to follow me, you're going to be sorely disappointed as looking for some amens, but she tried to burn her throats been her, and she's like, So he marriages are stuck in control. It's a control freak so I'm both sides instead of complement each other.

41:14 They're trying to control the relationship and they're upset with their spouse because they don't do certain things. They chew too loud, right? The TV is too loud. This is missing this and there's fighting all the time about everything. You know think of Paula Abdul, right? She was like half right Opposites Attract, but they also attack come on somebody and they just don't copy each other very well, it's receive divorces so often. The first 3 7, 10 years of marriage. You had those hard yards, you're starving kids and things are different. And You don't quite understand your spouse and more, but God put you together, amen. That you complete me, right? Like opposites. But they fill in the voids dude, you don't want to Pete, you just feel like so obtuse. Like you have to have your, your spouse with you. Is kind of takes off round the edges on the women.

41:56 All the women said, amen. Right. Round off the edge of those been, right? This way, you Nia looks like just as 25 to 25, says, this atom is wife were both, what helped me out. Come on, somebody, ha ha Tony. I love you. I love you, buddy, so much. I want to say right now, but I'm not and they felt no, no, shame. This is what you need to look like. Literally that they were naked, they didn't realize is that there's a flaws and Perfections. They didn't see fear or shame. They were naked and they had no shame in their life. It was kinda like they look down in the reflection of the of the water like Simba, right? Right? They saw themselves and they said I am fearfully and wonderfully.

42:40 Made hallelujah. Praise God. Whoa, look at that reflection, baby. Yes. Or like none of you did that, right? Dude, we put makeup to cover up. Come on somebody, right? So I make, we have make it better. We gonna hide this, we got to make this. We have lose this. We got to put that girl on. We all these things right to make ourselves look. The girl. What can I say? Here's what here's the bottom line. They're unhindered. Exhibitionist for the cause of Christ. Come on. Somebody that's Lou what. This verse says, naked unashamed men that they're they just knew who they were in Christ. They didn't have any other worries and their fear and their life.

43:22 In this Utopia are people called Perfection this Age of Innocence. The sagely Garden of Eden. This moment in time that really didn't exist my opinion, very long if you think about this as about the move from United to untied pretty quickly and the reason you can speculate this is because Adam and Eve. Eve, they didn't have any kids before the fall and I'm pretty sure there was a habit. They weren't willing to give up, come on somebody. Hmm, so probably pretty quick. It's probably a few months of time here, where was all perfect. So once you watch the shift from shift, from Perfection to Broken from Walking with God to hide it from God, from eternal life to dust. This is how the first relationship goes, just a chapter 3 says this in verse 1.

44:02 Now, the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animals, the Lord God had made. He said, the woman did God really say, You must not eat from any tree in the garden. Then that crafty serpent is putting that seed of doubt. He just tugging away and eroding at the truth of God's word. And the woman said, the serpent, we may eat from the trees in the garden. If you don't want the trees in, the garden is a tree of life that treat you find in Revelation the tree, eat the fruit from and you continually eat and live forever. And so this tree was in the garden, he from, but God did say we must not eat from the tree that's in the middle of garden. That tree, that's growing on a septic tank. Come on somebody and you must not touch it, which is very interesting or you'll die. And so it's not just you eat the The fruit of this tree, it's actually even touched the fruit of the tree.

44:47 You'll be cursed and die and you will certainly not die. So the circuit we need not necessarily For God, knows, when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you'll be like, God knowing good and evil the appeals to her pride and says, you know, God's holding back on you actually the grass is greener on the other side of eating that fruit because he knows if you eat it, you can be just like him. You're going to be more aware. You have, some wisdom, your life in had before you're gonna, you have a different status in life. You eat from this tree. So it's three is really good. Look at his fruits, amazing and the woman saw the fruit. Look at this, there's three things she sees about this tree. It was good for food. This could feel my body. You fill my stomach. It's pleasing to the eye.

45:27 I can look at it and know that mean that is really, really good-looking. And also desirable for gaining wisdom, that get my status will change if I eat this fruit. And so she took some of it and ate it. Now, here's a lie. Is that you see so far the lives of sin, here it is. I'm just going to take a quick look. Come on somebody. You can look but you can't. Look, but you can't touch, that doesn't work. Out, that doesn't work out. She saw this fruit, and it lists looks so good. She had to have a bite of this fruit, it appealed to her appetite and when it comes to things of God, especially comes with things of lust and sin. You flee those things. You don't fight those things, amen. You like Joseph, you run out, but naked when they grab that rope, he has run out. But naked, come on somebody.

46:10 If you don't know the story, you're like, IMA. Look this up, pastor says some butt-naked running, I'm gonna go find it in the Bible. Can we go find it somewhere in here, right? I mean, Think about this, it wasn't, it was a sin to take the fruit, you know? But it was it was temptation to look at the fruit. It was tempted. It's like putting yourself Right In Harm's Way. And so, just take a quick look. That's what the lion says. I'm not hurting anybody. I can do what I want. As I heard dude. She and he had me Rob's really God and it changed the course of all humanity. And we live a life of sin, or complacency or follow things of ourselves. What we do is our robin, our own future and over so many people's lives. Heard. Anybody it's like, dude, you're hurting you. You heard your relationships. You're hurting Generations, ahead of you mean, that fruit looks really good on the outside. Dude, that thing was welfare Lies. Come on somebody, I told you on the septic tank. Right?

46:58 Bell says this in Psalms, it says a lips. The heart like honeycomb and says, her way is go down to the pits of hell. It looks great on the outside but that destination, we're going is nowhere. God wants you to be me think of the status that you would have of it is had this fruit? How much wisdom I'd have and that Pride begins to spark up and so she's the fruit in the verse 6 says this and she gave some to her husband. Oh by the way, he was standing there. Come on somebody, you talk about a pacifist and he was literally sitting there watching Satan, talk to the serpent talking to his wife and said, nothing and did nothing. And so he was staying there and she gave him the fruit and he ate it in the eyes of both of them were what helped me out there opens for the first time humanity saw the the other side of the coin it was like when a kid loses their innocence.

47:43 Oh. So they realize there's good and there's evil and they see the wrong in this sin entered their hearts and this forever Change them forever, shape them in different directions. Pride has swelled up the selfishness in Soother self-promotion self-deception and they started knowing good and evil. In the War Began to wage inside their soul and they realize this, they realized that they were naked and then ago, they know they're naked, come on somebody, but now they realize that they're in naked and the shame float over them, a no longer innocent. And so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. So, sad about this relationship is that this is the first time. He made you see two people hiding from each other. So, first time you made, you see two people keeping secrets from each other. It's the first time you made.

48:25 You see people look at themselves and say, I'm not good enough. I know measure up. I've got flaws like a mistakes. There's things in my life. I'm not proud of, and so I'm going to go so some fig leaves so people can't see who I really am that. Shame that power of Shame, cover them up in the reality, is this and our generation. And our time that power of Shame is still so real. It's still so much there in our lives. Matter fact, we're not. So in fig leaves, we're doing other stuff, right? And you see all the time, people make fake social media accounts, people make have their own bank accounts. People don't know about you. People do about this stuff to get divorced and years later, right? And you start hearing the stories, it's like people go their own directions. To the limits.

49:06 I think about when the greatest shames that hold us down the power of Shame. It's about hiding things. You talked about deleted internet history. Talk about private browsing. You have to even delete your history. You talked about in that pornography, think about this enterpreneur ography makes more money than Netflix. Netflix makes it makes more money. If you take every Hollywood, everything in Hollywood put together, it makes more money than that. It makes more money than Viacom, the internet pornography is a largest one, largest Industries in the entire world. But the sad thing is it's actually the largest industry of all the world in the United States. United States has more clicks on pornography than any other country, no other. Countries, even close to mount clicks and a nog.

49:47 Rafi, the United States and sadly, this is crazy. The mostly clicks on the inner product fee happened on one day of the week. Yes. Well, I guess what day of the week it is Sunday. Sunday, do you think Satan has his hands around that? There's so much shame. We live in the probably, the greatest generation of shame in the history of the world. We live in a generation that has captivated by themselves and others, but they can look But not touch. And that shame is overflowed into marriages and relationships. Young people. The average age of first exposure in at pornography is 11, What is that? Sixth grade?

50:32 But do the math, right? Fifth grade. Thank you. I need some moms out to help me out. My kids. Aren't that old yet, right? But fifth grade. Do you say this is an infiltrate. This he said, well, it's no big deal. It's no big deal. It's a huge deal. Amen, it's a huge deal. It's warping the intimacy that people have been that shame is what he'll hold people in that spot is hitting their stuff that you wouldn't want God to know, your spouse. Know, your best friend, the know, and you hold on to it. So tightly and we have these things, their hands every single day and this is the power of Shame. I'm in our life. Now in fact this but this one the greatest tragedy verse 8 says this and the man said his wife or the man his wife they heard the sound the Lord as Walk In the Garden in the cool of the day and they hid from the Lord, among the trees in the garden.

51:16 This is the first time in the Bible, First Time in the history of humanity, you see, Humanity running and hiding, from God, this is this is the first time it never was this way before. Also, there's so much shame. They're so afraid that they saw these big leaves they run on the trees. It'll make a sound hoping that God won't find them and this is the reality for so many relationships. Looks like God, I can't measure up, man. If you knew the real me, come on somebody. You would never love me. If you knew what I've done, you wouldn't forgive me. And so this is the exact thing that happened for Adam and Eve. They heard the sound. They ran ahead and broke a relationship of God. Verse 9 is the First Act of Grace by our god. This is what the Lord God Called to man.

51:58 Where are you man? You talk about a merciful act. Amen. The God, he did, we did take a step towards God, we're running from God, and God took a step towards us. Amen. That God looks for us to the guard. He knew we were, but he stepped out with compassion have been spit on and lied to, right? And the garden we chose are on the way and we'd send against God a holy God and God walks to the guards. As where are you guys at? We're all use gives a chance to to own our sin right. Here's a chance to speak up and the Lord comes towards us. It makes the first steps of reconciliation towards us and recognizes us and our own sin. Mentioned, have this kind of Grace in our relationships today that have her spouse or a friend or relationship were in. They mess up we take the first step of Grace and what a hike. All right, he said this Adam answered, I heard you in the garden, I was afraid because I was naked and so I hid from you you know so much broke that day.

52:51 It went from found to lost. It went from Whole to incomplete. It went from complete to shattered, everything changed for Humanity in that moment. The words are the dictionary of me and mine and I of fear of Shame and security doubt Pride evil hiding lost. And we became forever the center of our universe as that of Jesus and we ran in our own sin. It's a running to the feet of God for the first time in our lives, you know, things gonna change your marriage more than anything it change. Your relationship is running back to Jesus. Amen. The thing that will make the difference for you in 2023 today. When you walk out these doors, Even is it you put Jesus right in the middle of your relationship?

53:36 If you build your relationship on the foundation, on the footing of the Cornerstone of Jesus. Amen. And stop trying and start trusting in the one that ultimately will cover your shame. My fat day, they fall in the, get into the original fight in the Bible. The first blame game goes down right here, in verse 11 and Adam sent, or God said, who told you that you were naked. Have you eaten from the tree that command? You not to eat from? And the man said, well, the woman he starts blaming the woman. That you put here with me that you brought. So it's not just her fault but God is your fault. You gave me this woman. She gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it. The Lord God said, the woman, what have you done? And then we said, well that serpent over there, he deceived me and so I ate it. And so Lord, God said to the serpent because you have done this cursed, are you above all livestock?

54:20 And all the wild animals you will crawl on your belly and you eat dust all the days of your life and I will put enmity between you and the woman between your Offspring and hers and he will crush your head. We talked about this before but this is the picture of the Gospel. This is the first mention of Jesus that Jesus is going to crush the head of the serpent that cross would drop into the ground and would crush the head. We talk about the head of Goliath. Amen. And crush his head and set us free. And you will strike his heel to the woman. He said, I will make your pains in childbearing severe. Come on somebody. We wish we could go back in time, right? In the painful labor, you give it give birth to Children yours. I'll be for your husband and he will rule over you. Now, I will say this one, well with childbirth be like without the curse.

55:02 That'd be interesting conversation to. There's only one verse given to the woman and there's about three verses that are given to Adam. Come on somebody, about to get some more chastisement for the guy, right? And so to Adam, he said, because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I command you, you must not eat from curses the ground because of you. This is where you have the fall, not just affected Humanity, that affected all creation. This is why I have tornadoes and hurricanes and sufferings been up to this point. All the atoms, all the animals. Apparently spoke the sir, And talked, right? These animals lived in harmony to each other, they're vegetarians people didn't kill the animals but now things have changed and through painful tool you eat for the food from it.

55:42 All days, your life, it will produce thorns and thistles for you and you eat the plants of the field and by the sweat of your brow, you will eat your food until you return to the ground. This is getting serious pretty quickly hidden it. And since from it you were taken for dust you are and to dust you will return. I mean the Consequence was real, right? I mean, went from eternal life in the garden to dust. I'm you talk about having a messed-up first relationship. Come on somebody, right? I mean, some of you guys should feel pretty good today because your life doesn't look quite that bad, right? Did involve getting, you know, troll life taken away and separation eviction from a garden, but we still have that same Brokenness in our life, we're all broken, but remind you, they based on the scripture that we are not fighting or spouse.

56:26 Amen. We're not fighting flesh and blood. That the warrior in isn't the person. Next to you or any of the person you can see. Amen. The Bible says, this were fighting principalities and powers of Darkness. Unseen forces things that are behind the scenes, we're fighting shame. We're fighting guilds. We're fighting the things of the of the world. We're fighting insecurity, we're fighting Pride, we're fighting being afraid. We're finding all the things on the inside. There's something way beneath the surface, we got to get to today, amen. I mean, we're going to talk about relationships, we can't talk about, You and her or her and you we got to talk about you and God. Amen. And there's something way deeper that's happening beneath the surface and your relationship that has to be addressed, amen. He's not going to get it right without knowing, how to solve this sin problem, how to work together through sin, because we're both Fallen, we're both broken, but God did not abandon us starts out in Romans 5, 19 for just as through the Disobedience of one man, this is Adam. We talk about Adam is Disobedience to God. Many were made sinners.

57:32 That's us. I didn't think we'd get a amen, right there, right? But that's us, we're all Sinners because Adam sinned were used like the headship of humanity, right? We're all broken, but don't miss this. So also Through The Obedience of one, man, many will be made what made righteous? Come on somebody we are broken but not abandon A Min. We're not abandoned and this is good news because our lives are messed up like Jerry, Springer episode, all these things are going sideways. People are cheating their lives, either. Set the whole all things, they're afraid to be real. They're hiding stuff from each other. All this mess. We live in every single day but Jesus stepped into the mess. Amen. He stepped in on our behalf, he made a way for us and is so powerful when Jesus took a step towards us. Look at this in just as 3:20 says this, Adam named, his wife Eve because she become the mother of all living. This is like the original Grandma. Come on somebody, the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and what helped me out. Out.

58:33 Then close them. He imagined get this scene here that the obses Perfection. They're made for each. Other is the perfect harmony. Got a built it and they sins. It's inevitable consequence because God is a holy God. There's no sin in heaven. There's no scent around God. He is perfect on every level we can never measure up now because we chose a different path. And so God gives consequences but even for years consequences, he looks for us. Amen. He didn't abandon us and then he then he gives us Sequences. And then his first act towards us, what an act of mercy and Grace. It says, the Lord made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them that God clothes.

59:13 It that God made a way to cover their shame. Amen. The very first thing that God did is looked at him Andy. He said. Yeah you're broken and you have to have some coverings and so for the first time and all of time, the god of the universe steps into his creation. The now is warning its each other. Now Sudden you've lined attacking zebras of Southern long, you're talking, how are you? No longer day of the tiger? Come on somebody, and they're attacking each other and all of a sudden there's God's Universe steps in and he hunts down, which would take along and grabs an animal on the water. Was he kills it? He's skins it. And he shows together clothes for Humanity.

59:56 He imagined the grace of God and how much he loves us to such an act of Mercy, but we spit in his face, Ace and we turn from him. This is kind of Grace were called to happen, our relationships. Well, the grace things you do is a man of God, is he protecting cover your family men, you see things that nobody else should see, and you fight to break it, right? You lock the key on it, for the things that Jesus and you fight like, hell for your family, men and Jesus. He looked at Humanity, he fought off hell for us now. In fact, this wasn't the last time that Jesus or God would cover our shame. Amen. That fact, this is a picture of what Christ is going to do for us.

1:00:37 This is a foreshadowing of the Old Testament system. Were the shedding of blood will be forgiveness of sins that one day. This innocent animal will be sacrificed to cover the sins. Just like then assemble is given to sacrifice and cover the sins of Adam and Eve, there were the innocent Lamb of God, that be given to cover our sin and shame. Amen. And the Bible says something so beautiful. It's so amazing. If you haven't found it yet, is found in Isaiah 61. Now, Isaiah 61, if you don't know this passage, you got to get to those passes because Jesus quoted this path. Siege. This was his opening passage to the start of his ministry Merced. The spirit Lord, is upon me.

1:01:20 His anointed me to bring good news right to set. The captives free we've heard that passage. Hopefully is Christians because Jesus launched his public Ministry with that passage. And it goes on to say this about us, and is so special. Today as a 6110, it says this, I July greatly in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God for he has what clothes With garments of Salvation. Amen. In a raid me in a robe of righteousness. Today, you are covered on the blood of Jesus, and that is the only reason that this whole marriage thing. And this whole relationship thing is ever going to work gay men because it's built on the things of Jesus. Do you realize there's only one letter difference between the word United and the word untied.

1:02:13 You realize that That is one letter that. Just move it a little closer to the you. It's the letter. I it's all about where you put the, i in your relationship. Where do you fit it? Because there's what looks like when it's about you, we were fighting really for the things that we ourselves. It looks like this. I'm offended, I'm hurt. I'm mad. I could never forgive. I could never move forward. I'm no longer in love. My fact I was never in love. I've heard that a few times last. Last four years for different people's relationships. I think what a crock. Right? What a manipulation tactics? I was never in love. I'm not happy. I'm done. I don't love this person.

1:02:55 I don't need you. I don't want to change. I'm happier without you. I'm over it. This happens when the eyes are on you. Amen, when it was all about you, it's all about myself. It's all about me. I feel like I'm about singing a country song, right about me, talking about everything there. Hey, He is in jail for that but she'll for the word of God, right? But you look at this, when it's all about, I myself because that word didn't exist. That even though there are naked in the garden, they had no self-awareness. It was interdependence who depends on God and trust in God. And this love relationship with Eve. And all of a sudden it's like, oh I'm full of Shame. I'm afraid, and all this, which are acting out of. I am own power, my own ability, here's the reality. There is Serie fruits of the the spirit with I Zero fruits of the spirit but if you're United other things to Christ, all of a sudden because God has changed us got his robe, does in his righteousness.

1:03:56 All of a sudden, we can say stuff like this, hey, I forgive you. Because Christ forgave me, you know, God cares around the bigger racer and he races all our wrongs. You guys know that, the Bible says he didn't count of wrongs against us. There fact, God keeps a record of all the rights. Amen, he doesn't walk around looking up. I told yourself losing be that way. I'm gonna take this. I'm a fault fine. Hiroki. Yep. Yep, yep. Yep. You should erase the sin as far as the East is from the West. Amen. And that's what called tuna relationships. I'm not gonna give you any like Not only cost like prognosis of what you should do in your relationship. I must give you some principles that we should offer forgiveness as Christ. Forgave us, amen. You're a knight of the things of Christ. That should be.

1:04:36 Neither the mission of Christ. God is not put you together towards each other. He puts you guys at war against the things of the world and to rescue Souls. Amen, you are. Mission driven. Did you should study your woman's personality? And she said, your man's personality. You should know everything about them inside and out. Come on somebody. You should know them, and you fall in love each other on Mission together. For the cause of Christ looks like be unified for Christ. As you realize, it's not built with each other. You realize that I can love because God loves me and I'm not full of Shame. I'm not full of guilds. I'm not full of fear because of Jesus. I am set free and who The Spits Son of God says, free.

1:05:17 The spirit sets. Free is free in deed. Amen and so I live from a different perspective. I don't live from a fallen broken state. Live from a complete whole redeemed regenerate life-giving holy spirit, filled State of Mind. Amen. And so we don't give up and maybe somebody has walked away. You've done all you can you're chasing them, but we still forgive them and love them. And we take the first step as Christians. We always take the first step towards people to love people, even those closest to us. By the way, those closest to us, we sent tend to hurt the most because they see us at our worst. But today, I want to encourage you as men and women in relationships, whether you're at whatever status, it is to make Jesus a sinner your relationship. Amen.

1:06:01 That you're broken. But your Brokenness doesn't Define you because you're not abandoned by the things of God. Amen and today we can leave changed because the Holy Spirit I told you put your head to the Holy Spirit and what's God saying to you today. The only difference between being broken and being a not abandon and knowing god is that you put God right here in your mind in your heart and you listen to the word of God for you and your family. So you guys walking Deep end with your family. So you guys got kids that have gone, prodigal, right? So you guys got families are falling apart and you guys is Dad's or mom's or brothers and sisters, our sons our daughters, you're trying to hold together. Can I just tell you that Jesus has this? That you just got to trust in God. That you gotta get some refreshing on your souls and you guys have been to battle for a long time. As a pastor, I see the good stuff, but I see hard stuff that's really weird.

1:06:49 Today, put your head to the holy spirit because no one is going to understand what you're walking through as much as God. Does God's Gonna understand that God gave his son? God lost his family, so we could be found. Amen. That's love, that's Redemption and God covered us as he wrapped us in a son's arm with grace and mercy in Jesus wrapped a robe of righteousness on you. And now he's calling us to wrap a robe of righteousness around somebody else and share that. Good news with somebody else in love our spouse. Even in their false. Come on, look in the mirror. Somebody here hey and love somebody I would encourage you build relationship on Jesus this week. Get together.

1:07:33 Pray to go with your spouse fight for the things of God and your relationship and take those things are hidden and say you know, I'm done with that. I'm they'll no longer staff. Come on somebody. I'm going to change the trend for my family. I'm fine for generations and nobody's fighting for the Unseen generations of the future. Going to fight for the things of God. I'm broken. I'm not abandon name in fun. We come before you and God, did you ask to speak to our hearts today? Each relationships are different places. Some are starting some of the Rocks, so of ended, some of the middle somewhere, somewhere somewhere over it. But God, would you speak a word into our hearts today? Gar - of what it could be like, teachers to fall in love with you.

1:08:15 I'll pray for those in the house and say, you know what, I'm stuck, I've been stuck for a while. I was going to have to be stuck. I was mad at people. Mad at myself, mad at God, but they will be Stuck. We'll take a step towards God. I would have reminded myself of the things of God and remind them covered by the righteousness of God, the robe of God. I'm going to put the god of the Center of My Universe will put God in the center of my marriage. I got through my relationships, I want this be built on him and no longer on me, if that's youth. I be looking around this moment. We just put your hand there and say, yes, Jesus, that's me. I'm stuck. I'm no longer stuck today on 5 for the things of God and my marriage and my family. I see your hands all across the state. Vroom, put the hands down.

1:08:56 Father, you know, we're at specifically God and I pray for our marriage has to be reflection of you got that, we would just wake up to the reality of who you are. And God, we get our nose in the book so we can know you. After you read our marriage, you read us. You strengthen us. So people look at us, we got, hey, it's not me, it's just Jesus. I've made so many mistakes, but don't be like me. Be like God, and we can point our kids and Next Generation to you, got pray for marriages that are maybe struggling. And that they're reminded of why they're married, and who they are in Christ, that they are mission driven that they're christ-centered today. And then you put you right in the middle of that. I pray for those who are in the hard yards of divorce and hard season of the mess.

1:09:37 Got pray for strength, got pray for encouragement. Pray that though, that this not done that, God's not done with them and they God's for them. My how far their run Gods with them. Maybe they've done everything, right? And still not working out. Gotta pray for your special blessing on them. God, thank you for the robe of righteousness. You're giving us But there's one more group people and that's those of you, the walked in the house. You see, you know what, I was that person hiding. I was that person running. I'm that person that is walked away from God. We're trying to do my own way, be cover my own, shame and sin, and they've been wrapped up to my neck and things. But then I realized that God wants me. The God pursues me that God's will to clothe me. The guys, will it take me in this Jesus he died on the cross for you exchange.

1:10:21 All his wrongs for all. All his rights for all our wrongs, it made us whole. And so today, if you need Jesus, if you need a life feeding your purpose, one new name, if you want a robe of righteousness, and be clothed in Salvation, there's moments for you. And so if that's you, then you want Jesus, please raise your hand high. This place is I need Jesus. Come on. I'll see you guys as hands. The bill. So I need. Jesus, come on. That's your hand. That's amazing. Anybody else I need Jesus today? That you put your hands down. I would encourage you just to ask God into your life and not because anything we've done. But all because what Jesus has done for us. All of us, it's just us three. Jesus has been chasing you down to this moment in time.

1:11:02 It's what's called? Good news. This confess to Jesus that you need him. Say to repeat this to God, say father God. Thank you for sending Jesus when Humanity. When I was at my worst. Jesus, you have always been at your best and you love me. Even though I've been hiding So lovable. So God, I ask you to come my life. Thanks for DOT across my sins. Got to give me a new life in. You got clothing, their righteousness. God, today is my day of salvation today. Leave leave not broken. But now I'm complete. I'm a new creation. I'm a son or daughter of the king. And today, I'm going to build my life on you and she changed in duration and Generation generation of my family, because I know you and be United together that pray, this in Jesus name. Name everybody said, amen.

1:11:52 Come on. Give it up for Jesus today. Come on. I submitted you made a decision today or even recently. We would love to encourage you in your walk with Jesus. There's no cooler thing that you'll do no more exciting thing, you do nothing that will change the path of your life and your relationships more than knowing Jesus. And so, we'd love to encourage you. We are praying for you, you can reach out to us, texts are I'll next to 97,000. There's a place on there, you can share your story and a member of our team would love to reach out to encourage you and to help you as you're starting your journey with Jesus. And if you Here with us in person at Kentucky Trail, we actually have a table in the back with some red bags you can grab one on your way out. That's got a Bible.

1:12:33 If they're free gift for you to take. It's got a letter and they were some resources to connect you to some ways that you can start walking with Jesus. And so maybe today, you are feeling a little bit stuck. Whether it's relationally, you're connecting to God. I have a couple of next steps that all of us can take to do. And the first one is this, we have a thing. We've talked about a couple times today called the YouVersion Bible app. It's an incredible resource that has been given to To churches to share and use and not only, can you use the app to read the Bible, there's Bible reading plans on there, you can connect, you can read with friends, you can do that stuff, but we do a little thing called a talk it over. And so if you pull out that app, there's three little lines in the bottom right corner. You can click more and go to events and every Sunday, you can pull that up here and follow along with the message, you can have those verses that we use right there, you can see at the end of it, there's these things called, talk it over questions, which are just a really cool way throughout the week to maybe connect with your Spouse answer those questions together.

1:13:28 Hey, what is God showing you in this way? Or I know that some of our life groups, use those questions throughout the week to connect a Shawn uses those a lot of times as we kind of break the ice for our staff meeting, just to keep ourselves grounded, connected to what God is doing in our whole church. And so that resources there for you, it's there every week, you can click on there, you can click share and just download it right to your phone, to keep those questions or to keep that saved. And it's just a cool resource that can help you get unstuck as you are trying to move forward with Jesus and the second Estab that we have is this on March 5th and just a couple weeks. We are going to be having a child dedication. And this is just a really special and cool moment that we do in our church. And whether you have little bitty ones at home or older children, this is the moment where we would invite you to come.

1:14:12 And say, you know what, me and my family are committed to this Jesus thing. We want our family together to serve God and so we'll come, have you come up. We'll share a little bit about your family. It will take a moment where our staff, our Through some Elders in the church will have a moment of prayer and blessing over your family to send you out into the world covered in prayer and to be able to move forward in what God has called you to do. And if you've been to one of our childhood occasions, it's a really special and fun moment. But if you're interested in that at all, you can actually go to Real Life Church kc.com and click events and you can sign up to get more information there. Someone from our team will reach out to you, explain everything to you, kind of let you know how the whole thing flows and all that if it's something that you're interested in doing.

1:14:56 But it's a Special moment in the life of our church. And so we want that blessing for you and your family and last is this tonight we are seeing the real life youth launch into the Hope Center that has just been a huge time coming. There has been so much work behind the scenes, not only getting the place built but then all of the technology and different pieces that come together to let it be a place where young people can say. Yeah, this is kind of cool. I want to know more about this God thing and so I do hope that you'll be covering them in prayer tonight as We are seeing young people come out to that space, maybe for the first time. Maybe you are a six to twelve grader or you know, a 6th and 12th grader who would want to come out tonight and just check out what God is doing in our youth group at the Hope Center.

1:15:39 It's going to be a really, really great time. And it's really because of your generosity. You know, we've been raising money for this, we've been raising funds raising things so that today could happen so that lives can be changed for Jesus. So that our next Generation that we see sweeping rival across. The country can happen here in our community. You know, have happened in our hopes, I'll let that be the Central Place of Hope for young people in our city to know. Jesus. And so, thank you for your generosity. If you want to get involved in being a part of generosity and everything that makes, you know, real life work. You can do that. Three ways you can go to Real Life Church kc.com and click give you can text any amount to eat four, three, two, one or we have a giving box in the back where you can put cash or check in there if that is something for you. And so, if you're new to real life, is your first time. This moment is not for you, we want something for you. We hope that you were in Spired encouraged by the message today, hope you had a cup of coffee, hope you had a great time, just connecting with the people of God, that's what we want for you, and we're so glad that you're here. And then for every one last thing, the buffets will pass by in just a second.

1:16:38 If you were your family, find yourself an immediate need of food, clothing or shelter, please reach into the bucket, grab any loose cash, you see? Because we can be a blessing to your family in your time of need and South check out this video. Serving, the youth has made a difference in my life, can two different ways. First, by establishing a bond with our team. Every week, we meet, it's my wife Jessica, Adam Ella Josh in our leader carry, we really are united in the belief that planting seeds of faith in kids. While they're young, will be something they can draw back to as they get older. And remember the unconditional love of God where they go through a straw.

1:17:25 Eagles. Also, for me personally to give back to those teachers who taught me about the truth and believed in me, I know personally, what it's like when somebody believes in you, even if it's just one person who then bet most of you do to the most impactful moment for me came at Camp last year, it was the final night and I asked the boys, if any of them wanted to pray in every single one of them, volunteer, they took turns they prayed for you their family. They For strength. And some of the struggles, they were going through. And they also expressed gratitude for being able to see, hundreds of kids come together to celebrate Jesus in a way, which they had never seen before. It may not sound like much, but knowing like, I did. And that several of these boys had never prayed before, or at least told me that it was made an unforgettable and one of the proudest moments of my life when I can see God doing for our youth, in the new space is finally allowing the To have a home somewhere where we can really play it Roots, establish a continuity for them.

1:18:30 That's been a little bit tough, as we move through people's houses and shared some spaces with businesses and even a church and it's also easy for me to daydream. I've pictured the future of Youth, it's in similar to today and that there's a lot of laughter and prayer playing and singing love that encouragement. But it's actually going to take place in a Space where we can create those memories, and we will always be able to come back to hopefully for a very long time. But now there's another part. I actually also picture these kids who are going to grow up. They are going to graduate school and they will technically age out of Youth. But they will know that the Hope Center, even as adults will always be at home for them.

1:19:19 It's a place where they could still find that laughter. Still find the friendly faces and people who will love and care about them as much as Christ loves us. Man of Aran didn't get you fired up about youth tonight. I don't know what well, who's excited for the launch of youth group, man? Praise God, that's going to be at 6:00 tonight and parents. We invite you, like Sean said, come on in and play a huge part of that at the Hope Center tonight. Guys, let's get United in our relationships. Let's grab these cards on our seats and let's bring a friend next week, as we continue the series with a message called, I still do.

1:20:00 If you need some prayer this morning, we're going. I have a team member right up here up front to pray with you and remember, whoever finds Jesus discovers real life. And purpose have a great week guys.