Building a Family of Faith that Lasts Forever - Heaven Part 10

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Man, I want to welcome if you
guys are new or newer, this

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again, I want to make make you
guys feel welcome again.

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Thank you so much for choosing
to worship with us here at real

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life at this gathering, Kentucky
Trail, man, can we show their

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new people that everybody's
doing?

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Just show them some love.
Can we do that one more time?

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All right, Awesome, awesome,
awesome.

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Hey, you guys can stand up.
I want you guys to do this.

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Take 30 seconds and greet
somebody around you, will you?

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All right, you guys can go ahead
and be seated.

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Hey, as you're sitting down,
you're getting ready to sit on

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the awesome connection card
that's on your seat, man.

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This is for everybody in the
house today.

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If you call Real Life Home, we
love it when you fill this out,

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let us know what's going on in
your life, man.

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Maybe God showed up in a rack
this way this week and you got a

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prayer request.
It just got answered and so

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you've got a praise you want to
write down.

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Or man, maybe you're going
through something right now and

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you've got a, a prayer request
you'd like to write down.

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Our team leaders love to read
through these and pray and get

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connected with you.
So if you call Real Life Home,

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highly, highly encourage you to
fill this out.

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Again, if you're new or newer
with us, I'm going to make this

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promise.
We're not going to ask anything

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from you today except one small
thing.

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We would love for you to
introduce yourself to us.

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And the best and easiest way to
do that is to fill out the top

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of that communication card.
And all we want that for is we

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want to have a way that we can
reach out to you, connect with

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you this week, let you know a
little bit more about real life

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and just send you some
information.

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We're not going to do anything
weird.

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We want to show your door or
anything like that.

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But more importantly, we want
you to the God loves you and

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that we love you.
So man, thank you so much for

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being here.
And we do all of this in real

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life because that we say we are
a church on a mission, Is that

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right?
Real life, There we go, man.

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Our mission is this.
It's very, very simple.

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It's to see people far from God
discover their real life and

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their purpose in Jesus.
And all that means is this is

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that you were created for a
reason.

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You were created for a purpose,
then you were created by the

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Creator in his image.
And so too many of us, we walk

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through life, we get beat down,
we get destroyed, we get thrown

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away by the world and we don't
know what to do.

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And our mission of your real
life is to get connected people

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back to their source, back to
their creator, back to Jesus.

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Man, the blessing every week is
that we see people commit their

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lives to Jesus and it radically
changes their today, their

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tomorrow, and really their
forever.

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And so man, we are so excited
about that.

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Which leads me to my next small
announcement.

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Small announcement before we get
Pastor Sean up here is we are

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doing something we love to do
here in real life.

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We are having baptism on April
the 5th.

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Man, if you've never been a part
of real life baptism, you've

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missed out.
It's not this, this solemn

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distant thing that somebody up
there in the backs getting wet.

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Man, we set up a pool here.
Man, we talk about the power of

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the gospel and man, it's a
celebration just to see people's

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stories, read and see them
follow and be obedient to

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Christ.
So if you've never been

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baptized, maybe you got saved
and you followed Jesus since the

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last time we done baptism, or
you're ready to go public and

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this is for you.
We'd encourage you to check out

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the QR code, click that or come
on the website and we'll have

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somebody reach out to you.
You're not going to be left in

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the dark.
We're going to walk you through

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every step.
So we can't wait to celebrate

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with the baptism with you guys
on April 5th.

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Then you guys are here on a
great day for the last several

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weeks, we going through an
awesome series called Heaven and

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heaven is, is a is it's a, it's
a subject that so many people

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don't know anything about.
Even in churches, we don't talk

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about it very much.
And so, you know, a lot of

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people don't have an idea of
what it is.

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And it's been so cool just to
have Pastor Sean lead us through

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the word of God and just give us
some clarification on what we're

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looking forward to how that
changes are today.

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It realizes our value of what we
live for and how we how we move

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through this world.
So today you're in for a treat.

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So I want you guys to put your
hands together for Pastor Sean

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as we continue our message
series called Heaven.

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I love you guys man.
So so this is I like it.

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So we got 2023 kids, 2024 kids
dedicated today.

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All day.
You know, you think of a church

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like always reaching the
youngest generation possible.

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Like, you know, a lot of
churches, there's like a,

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there's a always a generational
gap or an age gap and the gospel

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going in, I don't know if it
gets much younger than the

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children and babies.
Amen.

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But to reach them for Christ is
just absolutely amazing.

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So before we jump in, and I do
recognize the time by the way,

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so I'm only going to preach 2 or
3 hours to keep it short.

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I'm just kidding.
They kind of, I will be short,

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but want to do something really
important coming up in life for

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our church.
We're doing something brand new

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called community nights with our
life groups and they don't

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launch this week, but next week.
So starting March 15th on Sunday

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are different life groups.
All throughout the week.

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They're going to open up.
They're going to push pause on

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their normal routine books and
the things they're doing in the

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studies and all that.
And there's going to do

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community nights, just hangout
nights, places for you guys to

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get jumping in.
If you haven't been a group yet

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or if you have a spouse in the
group, bring your spouse with

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you, your kids and really just
hang out and get to know know

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each other for God's glory.
Amen.

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It's really easy just to kind of
sit there and it's like, this is

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like the best kept secret of
some great dudes and there's no

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bait and switch.
OK, so we're not selling

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anything.
There's no promo video about

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church.
There's really no agenda.

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It's literally come hang out,
see the love of God in US and

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see the love of God through us.
And so just a great opportunity

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to bring your neighbors, your
friends, maybe someone's close

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to you, far from God.
We talk about being all in full

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time ministry.
What a great opportunity to

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bring somebody who may not come
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right, but would show up into a
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And so I encourage you guys, if
you're not plugged in, or maybe

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you are, man, let's make this
really big.

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There's going to be food,
barbecues, all sorts of RAM

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stuff throughout the week
starting March 15th.

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So you guys decide about that
community night.

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So let's make it happen.
I'm excited.

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It's the first time doing it, so
we'll see.

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We'd love to bring it back if it
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So we're diving in.
Message really dedicated to

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parents that want to raise their
kids for Jesus.

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And maybe you're like a first
generation type of parent, like

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you didn't grow up in church or
didn't grow up the family of

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faith and you're like, man, or,
or you've just or kind of lost

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like man, what do I do to raise
my kids?

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Like what's really the goal?
What's the finish line?

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What's what's this look like?
Maybe you're an adult that like

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a lot of people gave their 20s
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Come on somebody and you're
coming back on the rails and

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trying to follow Jesus.
What's that look like?

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And really the goal is is if you
want your family legacy and the

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story to be different for Jesus.
And so it's not just like here's

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parents, the kids.
It really is for all of us

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today.
So we're going to dive in.

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Really the the idea is building
a family of faith and it true

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lasts forever.
You're going to see that today.

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The greatest thing really is
this.

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It's not success for your kids.
All that that's that's that's

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fun.
It's not comfort, It's not

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stuff.
It's your kids would know and

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follow Jesus and be prepared for
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How how many I know that that's
actually good for us as well.

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Amen.
It's not just like, well, I'm

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going to teach my kids this.
We're actually going to teach

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ourselves first.
Like grab the oxygen mask and

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put it on and then help your
kids.

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And so let the grace of God and
the mercy of God just change

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your soul first.
You know, talk about our kids.

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We put a lot into our kids.
We teach them how to put

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together 2000 piece Lego sets.
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The ones that are from China or
Japan, they're much more

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difficult, smaller than the
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I'm colorblind, it's fun, right?
And we teach our kids sports,

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which we love playing sports,
you guys, big sports guys,

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right?
We love teaching them sports.

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We love all these things, you
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be successful, how to have good
morals, but ultimately we are

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preparing our kids for eternity,
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Give them Jesus and
understanding what God wants

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them to do and living for
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You can see this with Moses in
this back in Deuteronomy chapter

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6.
Remember, it's still the last

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three days of his life.
He wrote the whole book of

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Deuteronomy.
He says this hero is the Lord

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our God, the Lord is 1.
He says love the Lord your God

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with all your heart, with all
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strength.
These what, what's it say these

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commands, these commandments
they're they're this is the

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greatest commandment when Jesus
in the New Testament, the rich

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and really ask him, well, really
what, what should I follow?

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What's truly what should I do
and he says, well, I want you to

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love the Lord God, Lord heart,
soul and mind strength and love

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your neighbor yourself.
These are two greatest commands.

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And so Jesus is actually quoting
this verse as the greatest

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commandment ever again is that
we love the Lord Amen with

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everything and that's not for
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It's for us and our kids.
But he says this about the next

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generation.
He says put it on your hearts.

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Verse 7, impress them on your
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Somebody say impress, impress
like I have this image of like

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sticking something.
It's like wax.

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You're going to put an
impression, right?

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And we like to impress people
like with what we have.

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But what we're really trying to
do is impress on our kids the

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word of God.
Like you're shaping and molding

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your children into the image of
Christ and he's going to tell us

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how to do, which is amazing.
I love when they give some

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practicals, right?
He's just talk about them being

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the Scripture.
When you sit at home, when you

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walk along the road, when you
lay down and when you get up.

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I think he checked all the
boxes.

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Amen.
So no matter what you do, I want

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you to talk about scripture.
How many guys wait in the car

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line with your kids at all?
Car liners?

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Come on, dude, isn't it such a
blessing and a curse?

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Amen, right.
It's like it's all the things,

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right, But it's for me, it's a
great between we we talk about

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Jesus every morning.
I let them play through the

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songs and after like, hey, let's
keep it like this, you know, and

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then we do some hangman because
I can't spell.

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They can't spell.
So no one ever wins.

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It's amazing, right?
Like it it, it's just all the

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fun, but I get a chance to
encourage them.

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So I try to maximize the car
line, but use it for Jesus.

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I'll just tell you what our just
our day looked like yesterday,

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like all the things for Jesus,
right.

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So we had our stuff in the
morning the way I show it at

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home and my buddy, where's Toby
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He's just he's hiding somewhere.
He drained his.

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Where's Toby at?
You got to find him.

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He's not going to say anything.
There he is.

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He actually rose his hand.
The first guy he went like this.

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If I could disappear.
Oh, give it up for Toby, by the

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way, because he was shy, but
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He says he's shy, but I don't
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Last week, I think week for
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Toby's like, hey, you want some
of these cards?

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I'm like, I don't know what
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And he says, Hey, dude, I'll
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Like cool.
And so he's been he's got these,

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but for sale.
Amen.

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Just a little thing.
But so I had these cards.

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I didn't really know what they
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It's for the kids, you know, And
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So Saturday I said, dude, let's
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And so I opened up and it's got
Bible memory verses, like

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finished the verse of the word.
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Has like named the Bible
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I'm like, Oh, this could be
good, you know, so I had 20

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questions on the cards.
And so it, it was just like, I

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know I shouldn't want to say
simple stuff, but it was, it was

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stuff that like normal stories.
So it was like who, who is in

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the lion's den, right.
And my kids were like, oh, oh,

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and they're freaking out.
I'm like, all right, you got to

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know this one, you know?
And they finally, they finally

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came up with it, man.
Daniel in the lion's den.

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And then Levi, I think Levi came
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And he goes, yeah, God shut them
off the lions, you know, he was

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so excited about it.
And then we got the three in the

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fiery furnace.
And my kids came up with the the

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best they came up with was
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something else.
And these are not their real

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names, right?
Like if you know their names,

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right?
But Radshot, I was like, this is

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great.
Radshot, you know, like, OK,

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like you're so close.
You're so pretty, right?

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But we get a chance to teach
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So we can tell the story.
And I get to go through the

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scripture and I'm like, you
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that's actually not their that's
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They actually have their Hebrew
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just really cool.
Think about like we've always

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known the story right as just
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I mean, and so we're going
through all these different

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scripture and my, my daughter,
she's just a, she's too smart

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for own good.
It's it's like, Lord help her

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follow you because she man.
So she gets the Bible out from

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my wife's Bible.
It's this archaeological Bible,

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you know, it's just like 10 feet
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And she opens it up and she's
like, oh, I know what some of

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the Scriptures are.
We're talking about Rahab and,

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you know, who is the spy that,
you know, protected or the late

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protected spies.
So I was like, hey, let's go

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find it.
And so she's looking through the

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verses.
She's trying to find it.

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And of course, like half of that
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So she's down the notes.
I'm like, they don't the verses,

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you know, and she's trying to
find it, But it's just amazing

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to teach her through Scripture.
Then she became a teacher to us.

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So she's like, oh, can you guys
name all the Bible, the books in

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the Bible?
I'm like, yeah.

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And so I made it to the minor
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I'm sorry.
I have to repent.

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It was bad.
Amen.

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I mean, like, where is Joel and
an Obadiah and name?

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I know names to 2 after Jonah.
Somebody helped me out.

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And then I got Micah in here
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Like all this is like, you know
what I'm talking about.

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Can anybody name all these my
profits in order?

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You're a sick person, Holly.
You're a sick person.

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Oh, that's a good point.
So you memorized as a kid and

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it's stuck with you.
Look, you see that probably came

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up to refinish this message for
me, right?

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But we got to the New Testament.
I felt a lot more confident,

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although I did miss James.
I don't know how that happened.

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And then Emory gave me 3 out of
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And I was like, really irritated
because I'm like, dude, first

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she started me at a.
It was.

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Yeah, three out of five.
Yeah, I was like 3 out of 5.

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Is that 60%?
Is that what that is?

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I was like, I got 60%.
I missed one book.

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You are a harsh person, you know
what I'm saying?

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So anyway, but it was like an
hour of just teaching the Bible

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and there's so many random
things, but it was just really

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good and the kids knew a lot
more.

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We got Jonah and they they're
all the you just you get them

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going, right?
But that that's the grace of

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God.
Amen.

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And it wasn't very complicated.
We just brought up Jesus.

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And then so throughout the woman
passes out.

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Who who wants I'll buy this
Toby, I'll buy this, OK, who

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wants these cards?
By the way, anybody wants to

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that card.
Alright, we go third row ready.

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Can you catch?
OK, you can't.

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And who can catch you?
Ready, Joe.

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Joe, you ready?
All right.

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Let's see what you got.
Oh, man.

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I'm sorry, buddy.
So it will end up down the road

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here.
Yeah.

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I'll send me the bill for the
stitches.

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It's OK.
I'm sorry, buddy.

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Anyway, Yeah.
And then at night.

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So we the kids, we always like
to read like Bible stories and

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they have action Bibles and I
like it when they tell me the

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story and all these things.
But lately we're doing case for

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Christ for kids.
So don't do the real one for

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kids, but doing the case for
Christ for kids and she's dying

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to read it to the two older
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And I just do.
I can't believe I you know what

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I mean?
I'm a little younger, but just,

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you know, I got nerd alert.
So I got the systematic theology

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for kids.
That's pastoral.

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Come on, somebody, right?
But what I'm trying to do is

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like the world is going to tell
them and disciple them and pull

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against them and tell them this
is all fake and all made-up and

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all the things.
And I'm trying to help them have

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a foundation of not just the
scripture, but actually the

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problems that people have a
scripture and to let you think

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about it so you can stand on the
word of God.

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Amen.
And so I'm just lading it and

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like it's a million ways of
doing it, right?

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The Bible app for kids.
Anybody use that with their

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kids?
Dude, that thing is like gold

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for those kids.
That's why I was kind of like

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irritated, like not known, like
Daniel quicker because I'm like,

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dude, you've watched this Bible
app story no less than 10

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million times and you still
don't like that's why we got

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repeated off and Amen and for
ourselves as well.

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But put the Bible in your home.
And so Deuteronomy, it says this

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in chapter 6, verse 8, it says
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Same next verse.
OK, like do all the time talk

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about Scripture, everything you
do.

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Verse 8, tie them as symbols on
your hands, bind them on your

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foreheads, write them on the
door frames of your homes and

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your gates and on your gates.
Now this is interesting.

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So the Pharisees took this verse
and they actually put a scroll

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inside of the box and I don't
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Was that a Mazu ZA?
It was what they called that

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little box.
And then they had another one on

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their forehead and they tied it
around and they just walk around

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having the scrolls on.
That'd be pretty cool look,

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wouldn't it?
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I mean, I I don't get it, like
so legalistic, like I don't need

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to follow God, but I have it on
my wrist.

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It's like, this makes no sense,
you know?

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I mean, it's like having a
tattoo but not being obedient.

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It don't make no sense.
Like, like, let's follow Jesus.

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Amen.
But what this is really saying

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is when you tie them onto your
hands, what he's saying is let

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the actions and the works of
your hands, the deeds, the

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things you do, the things you
touch, the things you put in

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your your mission towards the
things you're building, do them

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for God.
Like make your hands obedient to

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Jesus.
Amen.

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I mean, imagine like just having
Scripture on your hands or just

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your hands or the actual hands
of Jesus.

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But that's what he's asking us
to do.

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Would God touch that?
Would God use that?

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And had to teach my youngest son
Levi, that when you drop kick

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your brother, that's not how you
use your feet for Jesus.

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Because we went to the dentist.
It was painful, you know, like

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but these are what teach people.
I like it.

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I got that going there.
So 2 bind them on your

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foreheads.
So what's that mean These the

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word of God is protecting your
mind.

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Like put it in your mind,
meditate on let it change your

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worldview, your attitude, like
let it shape your soul like

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think about the word of God,
right?

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Like we renewing our mind day by
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You take captive every thought
and make it a beat to Christ by

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your mind.
Psalm one says we meditate on

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the word of God day and night.
Psalm mighty we hide the word of

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heart that won't sin against God
like you, you shape the mind,

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Amen.
And you think about Scripture

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like you, you actually become
what you think about.

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Like if you're anxious and
obsessive and you're thinking

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about all the things in the
world, guess what?

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You're becoming more and more
like that.

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And you put scripture on your
mind.

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The way to battle, like most of
these things of anxiety and fear

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and doubt, insecurity is you
change your mind.

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You set your mind on other
things.

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And we teach that to our kids.
And we, we put scripture in

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there.
We, we bring it back.

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Like I'll tell Levi like he'll
get doing something like he's

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all big.
And like, do you think God can

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do it better?
He's like, Oh yeah, gobble,

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crush it, you know, and like I'm
an Ant and but he has this big

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view of God right now.
Amen.

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And I want I don't want him to
lose that.

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I don't want to lose the ability
like to see how big and powerful

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like to believe the stories are
true.

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You guys sing about them
crossing the Red Sea.

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Did it happen really?
I mean like by faith, like the

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God that can do that, he can do
me.

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So I've just been living by
this.

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Just be very be strong and very
courageous type of faith, like

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preach with authority, stand in
the gap, don't roll over, speak

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up, stand up, don't shut up.
Like that's the kind of faith

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we're giving our kids.
Amen.

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That's what we teach them.
But put in your mind like bind

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them to your forehead.
Write them a door frames of your

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homes.
How many guys have scripture

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hanging in your home?
Show of hands some of y'all

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right?
Like yeah, let me guess right?

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As for me in my house, come on,
somebody we will serve the Lord

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like we got it right there,
right?

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Joshua 17, is that right?
91719, Help me out. 09's

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courageous.
See, you know, that's my man

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right there.
So he's got 17 sitting right

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there and, and everybody's got
this and that.

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That's amazing.
And you should have scripture in

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your home, like it says right on
the doorposts, like before you

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even get in the home.
My home's on the faith of God.

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It's on the rock of Jesus.
Like there's a different culture

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here.
Hey, guess what, you come to my

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house, you play by my rules.
Amen.

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This is my castle and I am the
king of my home.

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Amen.
Like I'm leading it for Jesus.

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But it's not just on the wall.
It's in our hearts.

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Like, fill your house with
scripture.

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So ask questions.
This is amazing thing our kids

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program does.
I don't have it up here.

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A little piece of paper that
comes home and your kids, you

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pick them up and it's got
questions of what they talked

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about.
Use them.

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00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,560
Hey, Levi, what'd you learn
about?

449
00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:03,960
I don't remember.
OK.

450
00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,920
What about this Oh yeah, they'll
tell you this crazy story what

451
00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,440
happened, right.
There's actually memory verses

452
00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,360
on the on those each week.
I sometimes I challenge my kids.

453
00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:15,280
I'll be like, hey, we're not
going to eat dinner until you

454
00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,120
recite a verse can be awful
hungry tonight, you know, and

455
00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,920
then they'll do Genesis 11 and
John 316 and they kind of got

456
00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,880
some others, but I'm like, give
me something new, brother.

457
00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,320
So then we get the Bible out and
they got pick a new verse and

458
00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,880
they got to memorize it.
And of course they want to do

459
00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,880
like, you know, Jesus wept or
rejoice always.

460
00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,960
Those are those are awesome.
Do them memorize they're still

461
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:35,960
word of God.
They're amazing.

462
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,040
There's stories behind them,
right?

463
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,680
But put faith in the
conversation, put prayer in your

464
00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,280
home, put Scripture in your
family.

465
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,200
As I mentioned, Jewish people a
day.

466
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,720
This has been 4000 years since
this was written.

467
00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:50,080
They still put a mezuzah, that
little scroll and a little chest

468
00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,640
right by the doorpost of their
house, the door frame of the

469
00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,320
house.
So you walk in through scripture

470
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,760
4000 years.
It's insane.

471
00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,760
Like they want to follow Jesus
and on your gates.

472
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,840
What are the gates?
It's the, it's like the gates of

473
00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,720
the city, right?
Like so when you come into the

474
00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,240
city and there's a gates and you
walk through like this, openings

475
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,320
in the wall, like that's where
the Scripture is as well.

476
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,680
That's a place of business,
that's a place of commerce, a

477
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,440
place of conversation.
It's outward facing.

478
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,280
It's not a private faith, Amen.
One of the biggest things we

479
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,360
face in American Christianity is
a private faith.

480
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,240
Like I don't need to go to
church.

481
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,120
I don't need relationships.
Me and Jesus, we're good.

482
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,680
And I've heard it so many times.
It's like, you know that at best

483
00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:35,440
it is is lacking.
It's with deficient.

484
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,640
At best, it's sufficient because
obviously you got the scripture

485
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:40,560
right here that says be public
of your faith.

486
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,360
Like we live in a podcast
Christian culture, which isn't a

487
00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:46,440
great podcast.
Amen, Amen.

488
00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,640
And you should listen to them.
But it doesn't replace

489
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,840
accountability for not just you,
but for others.

490
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,000
You know, we love everybody.
The people I've been having

491
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,000
church, I love church.
But one for those people, right?

492
00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,960
Just so messy with these people.
But that's how we grow.

493
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,360
Amen.
How are you to teach forgiveness

494
00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:04,560
if you don't have to forgive
anybody?

495
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,680
How are you supposed to grow in
grace if you don't have to show

496
00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,040
it?
How are you supposed to lead if

497
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,280
you don't have money around you?
Like we have to be in community.

498
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,680
The early church, they sold
everything they shared

499
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,600
everything they lived.
They they lived under 1 communal

500
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,520
like pot of money that they,
they prayed together, they

501
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,800
witnessed together.
They did all this eight meals

502
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,720
together and community together.
They gave together, they

503
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,520
witnessed together, they did
everything together.

504
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,160
But in American Christianity, I
got a private faith.

505
00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:31,880
Like really?
I mean, which means it's not

506
00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:33,720
effectual, right?
Like there's no salt and light.

507
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,600
There's no difference being
made.

508
00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:39,240
It's just you and Jesus, but you
know, you forgot the world that

509
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,760
God died for you forgot that.
It's a lot easier to be to

510
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,560
yourself.
I get it, isolate, insulate, do

511
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,440
your thing, but that's not the
gospel.

512
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,760
So at best it's sufficient.
At worst it's self-righteous.

513
00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,760
So I, I, I, I mean, like
somebody's got private faith.

514
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,120
I'm like, hey, I'll be praying
for you.

515
00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,640
But that's not how it works.
It just doesn't work that way.

516
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,680
And God's asked us to ride on
the door, the doorpost on the,

517
00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,880
on the gates of our city.
That's bold faith.

518
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,640
Amen.
That would change your social

519
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,080
media, that'll change how you
live a little bit because the

520
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:13,000
world needs Jesus.
And so build, building your

521
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,400
faith like a little deeper.
I'll give, I'll give you like,

522
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:16,920
because I'm watching the clock
as well.

523
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,440
Come on somebody, I'm going to
keep it there.

524
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,760
I'll give you 2 things.
So one, give your children

525
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,040
Jesus.
Like don't assume it's going to

526
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,680
happen naturally.
Like pray for your kids to come

527
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,720
to faith young age and actually
share with them the love of God

528
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,400
and do your best to be just like
your Father in heaven because

529
00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,280
they're measuring what you do
and they're assuming that's who

530
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,120
God is.
And so be the love of God, be

531
00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,880
the grace of God.
And it's hard to believe at

532
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,760
times, but Jesus loves your kids
more than even you do.

533
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,080
And he knows how to raise them.
He knows how to shape them.

534
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,840
And they're not going to be
under your leadership and your

535
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:57,480
control or whatever your
parenting, right?

536
00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:02,240
They're not going to be under
your roof for very long and so

537
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,760
you have to Stewart your child
as if it's from the Lord because

538
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,400
it is a gift from the Lord.
And so you Stewart that you

539
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,480
shepherd that child's heart and
one of the best things to do is

540
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,760
just talk about the love of God.
Don't give them good morals like

541
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,440
yes, you teach them a lot of
like I grew up with that like

542
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,880
good morals for my dad and all
these things, but give him Jesus

543
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,280
and Jesus will change them.
So first Corinthians 15 three

544
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,800
says this for I received this
Paul talking for what I

545
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,200
received.
I passed on to you as of what?

546
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,960
First importance, right?
Not last importance, not just

547
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,640
along the way.
But if I was going to teach you

548
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:36,920
one thing, this is what Paul
says.

549
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,280
He says that Christ died for our
sins according to Scripture.

550
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,480
He was buried and raised on 1/3
day according to the Scriptures.

551
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,320
He's going to give the gospel,
Amen.

552
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,680
He's going to give Jesus that.
This is it.

553
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,120
There's only one thing we could
preach on the stage is that

554
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,400
Jesus died for your sin.
He was buried and rose again on

555
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,040
the third day by the grace of
God, because he loves you.

556
00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,640
Amen.
Do you get a chance to share

557
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,280
that with your kids?
I'm going to queue in my my

558
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,560
buddy here with my key player.
We're going to do we're going to

559
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,200
get up early or late.
It depends how you look at it,

560
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,760
but I'd love to just with with
my kids and then with people I'm

561
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,760
like talking to about the Lord.
They're searching for Jesus the

562
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,200
John 316 right, but but change
it so it's not just for God's of

563
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,520
the world, but they put their
name in it like to to embrace

564
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,680
that God still loves me.
I saw the pastor been pastor for

565
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,040
30 years.
I said what's the lessons you've

566
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,360
learned as a pastor the grace
lessons.

567
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,800
He says one I'm a child of God
and two that God loves me.

568
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,240
That's the lessons we never get
past Amen and to say for God so

569
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,120
love not talking like my son, my
old son Levi for God so love

570
00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:42,840
Levi right.
They gave his one and only son

571
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,320
that Levi calls on the Lord
shall be saved.

572
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:51,480
Amen like this.
This is the essence of God, that

573
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,480
he chose us not to condemn us,
but to save us.

574
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,920
And so you just switch like
it's, it's personal choice.

575
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,720
It's a personal love.
And so give them Jesus.

576
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,400
Don't be afraid to, to pray
through that and to, to lead

577
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,880
them through that and to to
share that.

578
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,560
And people get weird out, like,
I don't know how to lead them to

579
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,640
Christ.
You just talk about Jesus doing

580
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,800
the cross.
I mean, I, my kids, I think many

581
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,840
of them have come to faith just
by being in the church culture

582
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,880
and us talking to them.
And then before you know it,

583
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,200
like they're like, oh, yeah, of
course Jesus, that's like, you

584
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,120
ever made a personal decision?
Of course I believe in Jesus.

585
00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:24,560
Like, OK, and we walk through
like what that looks like and

586
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,760
and what decision they made and
that crisis in them.

587
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,680
And we have amazing kids broken,
by the way.

588
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,960
Amen.
If you bring your kids as kids,

589
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,880
bro, I'm telling you like
they're they're being shaped.

590
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,360
I sat down yesterday.
I was asking questions.

591
00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:38,600
I'm like, how did you know that?
Like we've never talked about

592
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,400
that, but you knew about they're
talk about angels and all sorts

593
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,480
of stuff and it's just amazing.
But give them a vision heaven,

594
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,920
this last thing to leave with.
Give them a vision heaven.

595
00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:48,840
Teach them to the world is not
the end.

596
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,280
Teaching is passing through
teaching how hard it gets.

597
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,360
It all works out in the end to
give a big vision to heaven that

598
00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:00,040
you have a family of faith.
It actually lasts forever that

599
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,400
we will all be in heaven
together.

600
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,400
It's not some of this thing.
We die and then we like have

601
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,200
soul rest and we just
disembodied spirits and all this

602
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,600
kind of jazz.
It's like absent the body

603
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,800
present of the Lord, Amen.
It's continual, like there's no

604
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,080
gap in time.
And so like we're citizens of

605
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,280
heaven and our hope isn't here
and we have struggles.

606
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:24,280
We're going to have all these
issues, but heaven, like give

607
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,120
them a big picture.
We got to the point.

608
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,120
It's been fun with my kids
because we've been doing this

609
00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:31,080
series in heaven and it's fun
talking to all you guys by

610
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:32,120
heaven.
But you know, it's really fun to

611
00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:36,440
talk to is my kids because
there's eat it up.

612
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,880
We talk about animals in heaven.
Last week we talked about, you

613
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,000
know, the the donkey and Balaam
and all these other things, but

614
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,240
you're going to see these
animals like you have camels in

615
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:49,120
heaven you find in Isaiah 65.
OK, so you have animals in

616
00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:50,640
heaven.
So I was like, you know what God

617
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,520
recreates or reconstitutes these
animals.

618
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,240
I say, you know, what's really
cool is like, I think God's

619
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:57,680
going to bring back the
dinosaurs.

620
00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,000
We went there.
Amen.

621
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,600
My kids eyes are like what?
I'm like, dude, our last name is

622
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:03,960
Petrie.
We were named after the

623
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,960
dinosaurs.
Brother, come on, somebody land

624
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,880
for a time, right?
Like tear it down.

625
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,960
So we're talking about like
somebody looking like crazy

626
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,160
right now.
He's a crazy pastor.

627
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,360
It's like, study your Bible.
You'll find out I'm not crazy,

628
00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:14,480
right?
When you get to heaven, there's

629
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,560
dinosaurs.
I'm glad I told you get you a

630
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:22,000
pet T Rex.
He's friendly.

631
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,080
I promise you can pet him.
You know, like the kids this

632
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,160
light up like just wow.
And but why would I take that

633
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,440
faith from them?
Like why would I make God small

634
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,840
at any level?
That's amazing that we get to

635
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,280
see what handiwork of God in
heaven have eternity in mind and

636
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,960
unite together.
And you see this in John 14.

637
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,080
Like don't let your hearts be
troubled.

638
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,000
You believe in God, believe also
me.

639
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,480
My Father's house are many
rooms.

640
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,880
If we're not.
So I would have told you that

641
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,960
I'm going to a place where I'm
going there to prepare a place

642
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,440
for you.
If I go for a place for you,

643
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,400
I'll come back to you and take
you with me that you may also be

644
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,920
where I am.
That Jesus is building a home in

645
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,840
the new heaven right now, Amen.
What do you think the homes are

646
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,840
made of?
Mysticism.

647
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,280
It's real stuff.
He's a son of a Carpenter on

648
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,600
earth, Amen.
I bet Jesus builds some pretty

649
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,760
sweet houses.
By the way, there's some pretty

650
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,560
sweet places and I bet there's
gonna be a dining room and a

651
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,480
place where we sleep.
I still think we have the same

652
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,400
pattern in heaven.
I think we sleep in heaven.

653
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,440
Like, I think all this is not so
different.

654
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,480
Somebody asked me earlier, you
think we cough in heaven?

655
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,320
Like, why would there not be
coffee in heaven?

656
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,560
Amen.
Like you have all these plants,

657
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,320
you have all these animals.
Like what?

658
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,080
He's just going to change
everything on us.

659
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,560
I mean, it's crazy.
Jesus came back when he's

660
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,520
resurrected and he ate food with
the disciples.

661
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,800
Upper room on the side of a
lake.

662
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,480
He tells us the whole stay on
the door and knock you if you

663
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:43,600
open the door, I'll dine with
you.

664
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,320
I'll come in with you and dine
with you and you with me.

665
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,840
Revelation chapter 3 like you
think God just gave up on dining

666
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,360
and food all of a sudden I told
this lady she want to be a

667
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,400
barista.
I said I don't know there'll be

668
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:53,880
coffee, but I don't know if
you're going to be a barista

669
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,080
anyway, you know might be
sweeping the floor.

670
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,240
I don't know but I'm just
kidding.

671
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,920
I'm just kidding.
I don't know but this is really

672
00:29:58,920 --> 00:29:59,880
cool.
I'll wrap it.

673
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,720
That's got to get there.
But Hebrews 13 three this is

674
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,720
cool 13 two says do not forget
to show hospitality strangers

675
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,640
for a doing.
Some people have shown

676
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,920
hospitality to who angels
unbeknownst to them or without

677
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,520
knowing it.
Now think about it on this earth

678
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,480
right now there are angels that
have protected us and watch over

679
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,200
us and if you're like me and
Toby, we had this conversation

680
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,480
this last week like we seem to
mess it up and then God always

681
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,000
comes through Amen.
Like we make a mistake and by

682
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,240
God's grace he fixes it and
we're just joking.

683
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,840
It's like, man, Toby, I bet your
angels like this, like Toby

684
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,280
again, like Sean again, like we
do sometimes we do the dumbest

685
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,600
stuff and then our Angel
probably has to fix it.

686
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,960
So I'm thinking like, OK, we go
to heaven, hear me out.

687
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,160
And not only do dine with our
friends and our family and our

688
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,720
neighbors, Ultimate Jesus, by
the way, Amen.

689
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,120
We dine with Jesus.
But think about it.

690
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,760
You actually get to dine with
angels that have been watching

691
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:59,360
the backside of the story and
protecting your life and things

692
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,360
with humanity.
You can hear the story of our

693
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,680
time on earth from an angel's
perspective.

694
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,200
Would that be the craziest thing
ever?

695
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,640
Like, thank you so much for
watching out for me.

696
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,520
He's like, you don't even know
how much I helped you, brother.

697
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,800
You know, you don't even know
what I was praying for.

698
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,840
It'd be so amazing to census and
be a part of this.

699
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,480
But ultimately, like you bring
your family with you to heaven.

700
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,680
I get so excited that like man,
no matter what happens on earth,

701
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,760
like my kids, they know Jesus.
Like we're spending a turning

702
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:26,360
together.
Amen.

703
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,160
Like we're going to get around
that table.

704
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,120
There's going to be some artwork
from this earth on the fridge

705
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,520
and we're, we're going to just
just dine together and rejoice

706
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,440
together and be a part of a
family together for all

707
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:38,160
eternity.
Amen.

708
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,160
There's just something special
about that.

709
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,160
I can't wait to meet the God,
those who God brings with them.

710
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,680
You'll find 1st Thesalonians 3
or 413.

711
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,200
But we're like raised in Christ
from the dead, like all those,

712
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,440
the dead first who raises with
them.

713
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:50,680
We believe in the resurrection
Jesus.

714
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,480
We believe they will bring these
people back with them.

715
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,640
I just can't wait to dine with
like all these Saints stories of

716
00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:00,200
people I've never met before.
They're in huts in Africa or

717
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,960
like in underground China or
maybe even our own city.

718
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,040
And they're doing some amazing
things for God that you used to

719
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,160
haven't seen yet.
Or at least people are like

720
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,440
headliners, right, Like Moody
and Francis Schaeffer and Corey

721
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:15,240
Tim Boom and all these guys,
right, And just say, man, just a

722
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,080
dime with them.
And that don't keep kind of busy

723
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,600
because there's like a billions
of people who came in number.

724
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,040
In Revelation Chapter 7, it
says, as it looked out there

725
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,480
before me was a great multitude
that no one could count billions

726
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,760
of people that worship and know
Jesus from every nation, tribe,

727
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,200
people and language standing
before the throne and before the

728
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,120
lamb and there are white robes
and holding palm branches in

729
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,640
their hands.
We get a chance to play part of

730
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:39,120
the story.
Amen.

731
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,840
And for I mean, you think, oh,
it's going to be really boring.

732
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,440
It's like, dude, how long is it
going to take to sit down with a

733
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:48,600
billion people and have dinner,
You know, in the stories of

734
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,960
God's glory that's coming
through all these people?

735
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,960
I don't know about you, but we
need to kind of up the ante with

736
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:53,800
our boldness.
Amen.

737
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,200
Like private faith needs to go
public.

738
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:58,640
Like you need to help your kids
understand Jesus.

739
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,320
And I pray, Lord, take the parts
of me that look like me to my

740
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,040
kids and the parts that don't
just strip away because there's

741
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,880
parts you feel just be humbled
at it, OK?

742
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,080
And God will do great things.
So Father, come before you.

743
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:10,800
God will be awful this time to
you.

744
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:15,320
Help us to be bold, we build our
house on faith, the rock of

745
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,760
Jesus remind us of why we're
here.

746
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,400
Give us heaven and our mindset
that we're not here to produce

747
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,160
comfort or success or stuff, but
here to prepare our kids and our

748
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,400
families for Jesus and for
heaven.

749
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,200
It's I want to pray for a group
of people today that those of

750
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,600
you that say, you know what?
I don't know Jesus.

751
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,640
I came in this message was for
me.

752
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:42,480
I'm the person in John 316 For
God so loved you, your name the

753
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:43,960
first time, that that's the
Spirit of God.

754
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,000
That makes sense to you.
That God went to a cross 2000

755
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,400
years ago and took away your
sins and exchanged them for all

756
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,640
of his righteousness so he could
know you not just now, but for

757
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,800
eternity.
And you get the chance to shape

758
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,760
all of eternity for every
conversation you have, even

759
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,520
bring your family with you.
And what a blessing.

760
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,520
But for those of you who've
never called on Jesus, you've

761
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:08,000
never believed by faith, you may
be just going to church or maybe

762
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,920
your first time come a long
time, you never call the Lord.

763
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,760
Today I'm going to give you an
opportunity to say yes to Jesus

764
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,159
and get right with God to get
forgiveness of your sins, to be

765
00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:21,560
cleansed, to become a child of
God, to be given heaven in the

766
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,199
Holy Spirit now to live on
earth.

767
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,400
So that's you and you want
Jesus.

768
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,320
We talked about this, you want
Jesus today.

769
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,040
You've never had a relationship
with Jesus.

770
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,960
You want to start today.
If that's you, just raise your

771
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,400
hand high and say I need Jesus
today.

772
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,159
I'll walk here full of faith for
the first time a long time, man

773
00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:38,840
I I I've never called on Christ,
but today I want to know Christ

774
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,360
Well, that's you believe your
prayer.

775
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,920
The prayer does not save you.
It's your belief in Jesus.

776
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,000
They died and rose again from
your heart, not just your head.

777
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,760
And so if you need Jesus, just
call to God, say Father God,

778
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:55,120
thanks so much for Jesus.
You love me enough to down the

779
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,960
cross, I can sit down in
eternity with you because of

780
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,160
your righteousness, because you
did for me what I could never do

781
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,280
for myself when I stranded in
sin and a million lifetimes.

782
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,600
I can never play it right, but
you died across from me and made

783
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:09,920
it right.
So God I worship you.

784
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,240
I surrender my life to you and
God I'm going to take this

785
00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:16,040
message to the world.
God help me to build my life on

786
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,520
the rock and follow you and I
pray this in Jesus name.

787
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,280
The church said Amen.
Come on, give God some glory.

788
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,560
Amen.
Amen.

789
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,880
Man, what an amazing day.
I keep tricking him.

790
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,080
I did it in the first two.
I just kind of dance around the

791
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,480
outside there.
But man, what an amazing

792
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,080
morning.
So cool to see so many families

793
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,000
commit and dedicate their kids
to the Lord this morning.

794
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,920
I mean some of you today, maybe
for the first time recognize

795
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,360
that you are son or a daughter
of the King and your need for a

796
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,480
heavenly Father.
And today you prayed that prayer

797
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,440
and you committed your life to
Jesus.

798
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,800
If that is you, we are so
excited for you as if you take

799
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,280
this journey with Jesus.
We would love to help you to

800
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,840
resource you along the so if you
could grab that connection card

801
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,400
that is on your seat there, fill
out the information there in

802
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,200
that top section and make sure
and check the box.

803
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,600
It says I committed my life to
Jesus and you could drop it in

804
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,480
the giving buckets as they pass
here in just a few minutes.

805
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,920
By doing that just allows us to
get you a free book in the mail

806
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,360
this week.
It's a short but powerful read.

807
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:12,800
They'll be a blessing to you
this week.

808
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,480
Also as you leave the worship
center, there is a table with

809
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,400
some red bags inside the free
Bible and a few other resources

810
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,520
for you.
Please grab one of those as

811
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,720
well.
And I want to say welcome and

812
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,400
thank you so much for coming to
those of you who are newer with

813
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,160
us this morning.
Maybe this is even your first

814
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,720
time here at real life church.
Man, thank you so much for

815
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,440
choosing to spend your morning
right here with us.

816
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,440
I hope you heard from God, felt
encouraged and so welcome this

817
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,400
morning.
We truly don't want anything

818
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,680
from you today except for this.
And that is just to simply

819
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,040
introduce yourself to us.
And you could do that by

820
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,800
grabbing that same card that's
on your seat.

821
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,600
Fill out your information there
and just check first time here.

822
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,440
You can drop that in the giving
buckets or you can also take it

823
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,080
on out to the new here.
I'm, as you ask at the worship

824
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,880
center, just to your right,
there's a new hair booth.

825
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,680
Somebody would be there.
I'd love to introduce themselves

826
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,360
to you as well, get you a free
gift.

827
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,440
Just our way of saying thank you
so much for spending your

828
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,760
morning right here with us.
And we would love to see you

829
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,080
back here next week again at
9:00 and 10:45.

830
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,640
And then I get to share another
cool life group story this week.

831
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,120
As I was leaving a life group
this week, somebody stopped me

832
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,080
on their way out and they were
over the moon to share with me

833
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,080
that that night just then, they
had prayed to close out their

834
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:19,840
life group.
First time praying and out loud

835
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,800
in front of anybody and they
were so excited and they were

836
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,240
just pumped that they knew it
was going to be a good week.

837
00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:27,000
They had the opportunity to pray
for their group.

838
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,120
And what's encouraging about
that story, man, is that it is

839
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,960
so cool to see the spiritual
temperature arise in this

840
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,400
semester of life groups.
And that's attributed to a lot

841
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,560
of things.
But what's really cool also is

842
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,880
this semester we're offering
what we call the way groups.

843
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:45,040
And these are really intentional
groups to grow your faith, man.

844
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,640
Some of you have memorized maybe
your first Bible verse, maybe

845
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,280
ever through one of these
groups.

846
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,640
You're journaling every day and
just diving at God's word.

847
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,880
And so Sean had mentioned we
have community nights coming up,

848
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,320
not this week, but next for all
of our groups.

849
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,760
If you have not dipped your toe
in the water of life groups yet,

850
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,040
maybe you just haven't had the
opportunity yet to join a life

851
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,080
group.
And what an awesome week to come

852
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,960
out that week and check it out.
You can scan that you are code

853
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,040
that's on the screen to see all
of our life groups and all the

854
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,640
information on where they meet.
You can also check them out out

855
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,280
in the hub and their life groups
wall and see what the groups are

856
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,440
there.
Man, any of the groups would

857
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,200
love to welcome you in on
community tonight.

858
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,600
Hey, you could even beat it.
You can join them this week as

859
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:21,960
well.
They would love to see you there

860
00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:25,400
and another really cool story I
get to share with you as well as

861
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:30,920
I mean, this time last year we
had 32 recurring donors in our

862
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,600
church.
And what that means is that they

863
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,360
these are families or
individuals that have committed

864
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,200
really signed in blood and
recurring.

865
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,880
They've automated their giving.
They're really saying I'm all in

866
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:41,480
and believe that what God is
doing here.

867
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,200
The cool part of that is that
this so today or as actually as

868
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,720
of a couple days ago, we now
have 51 recurring donors.

869
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:50,880
So amazing.
That's right.

870
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,720
Give it a forgotten man.
That's so cool to see even more

871
00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:56,240
people just say yes, like I'm
committed.

872
00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:59,520
I'm signing in blood to say that
I believe in all that God is

873
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,320
doing here.
Something even cooler is this

874
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,440
the same time last year?
It's actually over a four week

875
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,800
average, but the same time last
year we were about 235 people

876
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:13,120
coming on a Sunday morning.
This time, same 4 weeks fan, we

877
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,840
are at 270 people on average in
our gathering.

878
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,840
That's a 15% increase.
Go God, so cool.

879
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,080
And I'm a numbers person, so I
love the numbers, but it's

880
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,600
really not about the number.
It's the numbers that tell a

881
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,040
story of all that God is doing
in and through our church.

882
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,960
And so that's why we give here.
We give to see more people come

883
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,080
to know Jesus, more people to be
saved and sent out, their lives

884
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,440
changed forever.
And so I want to invite you and

885
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,480
encourage you to partner with us
to do that.

886
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,440
And so there are a lot of ways
that you can do that.

887
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:42,600
You can check out the screen
there.

888
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,640
You can scan that QR code to
give, it's text to give.

889
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,400
You can head to our website.
You can drop cash or check in

890
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,360
the giving buckets.
They're going to pass here in

891
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,440
just a couple of minutes.
There's also a giving box right

892
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,000
in the back before you exit.
You can drop cash or check in

893
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,880
there as well if that is more
convenient for you.

894
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,640
And as always, if you or your
family find yourself in any kind

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of immediate need today, this
week, whether it's food or

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clothing or shelter, as those
buckets pass here in just a

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minute, please, please reach in
and grab out any loose cash that

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you see that's there.
We really do want to be a

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blessing to you and your family.
I mean, the buckets are going to

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pass here.
And I'm going to invite Logan

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Hardy up to the stage.
He is going to see us out this

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morning.
Guys, let's get out of here with

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heaven on our hearts and on our
minds.

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We'll reread that passage in
Revelation and in verse 9, John

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writes.
After this, I looked in there

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before me was a great multitude
that no one could count, from

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every nation, tribe, people and
language standing before the

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throne and before God.
They were wearing white robes

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and holding palm branches in
their hands.

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And they cried out in a loud
voice.

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Salvation belongs to our God who
sits on the on the throne and

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the Lamb.
Let me leave you before you get

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out of here with this prayer.
God help us to build up our

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families to follow God forever
and ever and ever, and tell

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about them to everybody that
they meet.

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If you need prayer or somebody
to talk to, we'll have somebody

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down here for you.
And otherwise I'll see you guys

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all next week. 9 or 10:45 And
remember, whoever finds Jesus

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covers real life and purpose.
See you next week.