Friendships that Last Beyond a Life Time - Heaven Part 5

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Oh man, I'm excited for today.
A lot to celebrate one.

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Very thankful last week.
Although it was a bummer not

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being in person, I was thankful
we're online and got to share

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heaven with the world.
Amen.

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It's fun to be online and I know
some of you guys helped out

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behind the scenes and just to
connect with people, but I'm

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telling you, the world needs
heaven and you guys are hungry.

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Heaven.
It was really cool.

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As a pastor, it's not very often
that somebody says, man, that

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only felt like 5 minutes and I
wish you preached an hour.

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Come on, somebody.
Right?

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And I had numerous people, man,
I couldn't believe there was 30

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minutes.
It was so good.

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If you get a chance to go back
and listen to the message about

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heaven and the restoration of
earth, it is worth your time.

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Amen.
It's worth it.

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So a little bit about heaven.
Thankful for that.

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Secondly, thankful for our 10
days of heavenly vision.

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If you can follow along on the
reels on on social media just to

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get a little piece of having a
little taste, little foretaste

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and to challenge the world.
I had so many people reached

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out, say my friends were
following, I shared it and they

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liked it and they were
commenting just all about these

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little tidbits of having about
family and and friends and

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relationships.
And I encourage you guys to get

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a chance to share that kind of
stuff.

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And the world does not know what
heaven truly is.

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Most people think it's really
boring or it's irrelevant and it

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just is.
It's something obscure we don't

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know about.
But to tell people about the

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true heaven, I don't think
people are going to reject the

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true heaven.
I think people are hungry for

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heaven.
Amen.

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We get a chance to share that.
So I appreciate you guys who

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shared, like commented all the
things.

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It makes a difference.
Just planting seeds.

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I have people, my family, I have
not talked to a long time,

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distant relatives that are
liking and commenting and

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sharing.
That's the word living.

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Amen.
Y'all scrolling for hours a day.

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Come on somebody, you're on the
toilet.

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Oh, good job, Sean.
I like that just right.

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That's the Holy Spirit you're
telling me right?

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But man, it's it's been good
last few weeks.

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I miss being in person, but I'm
excited back today and really

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just talk about community kind
of flow for the day.

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I'm going to just share a little
bit about the power of being

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together and some things maybe
you you've seen in scripture,

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maybe we're looked in Acts
chapter 2.

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I'll have a life group leaders
come up.

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They're going to share a little
bit of their life group, what

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they're believing for, what
they're praying for, and then a

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wrap up, just like a little
taste of heaven.

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And it's it gets you guys into a
target party so you can have

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fun.
We're going to flip this room.

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I encourage you guys to stay a
day.

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We're going to flip the room.
We have Cafe tables, round

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tables, packing this place out
and then hopefully you guys can

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hang man, we, we have we have it
all day, but hopefully we're

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done by about 12:30.
Come on somebody, because we got

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tear on down.
But oh, by the way, can you guys

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give a big, big hand?
There's a huge team that came in

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this morning, our events that
set up to make all this

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possible.
Can you guys let them know?

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We love them for all the work
they put in today.

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It is a huge undertaking.
So, but if you got your bobble

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in Acts Chapter 2, we're going
to look at the original launch

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Sunday.
OK, we're all back to the

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beginning.
I want you to see how the church

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started and it's really cool.
This is 50 days after the

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Sabbath, Sunday after Jesus
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So the Sabbath and the following
Sunday, the resurrection Sunday,

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50 days, you have Pentecost and
Peter brings a message and he

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begins to share.
You find Acts chapter 2, verse

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40, and this is opening day.
It says with many other words,

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that's called good preaching.
Amen.

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Just keep the words coming,
right?

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And Peter had words to say,
these people, it's a long

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message.
It looks like he warned them and

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he pleaded with them.
And that's what I love about

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preaching.
It's persuasion.

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It's not just education.
Peter's looking at that culture

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and he is warning and he is
pleading with them.

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He says, save yourselves from
this corrupt generation.

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That might be a good message
topic for 2026, Amen.

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It is just crazy.
The world, it just the world

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does what the world does.
Amen and the church has the

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answers and Peter, he is just
boldly proclaiming Jesus.

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Verse 41, it says those who
accepted his message, they took

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action to me that they were
baptized and about 3000 or what

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helped me out added to their
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Who knows?
That's a good opening day for

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the church, Amen.
A Merrill Lynch day did not

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quite pull off 3000 people,
Amen.

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But Peter, man just just spoken
to that culture.

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They're all coming in for this
feast all across the world, and

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Jesus has just showed them his
power.

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And I always encourage you guys.
We're all being discipled by

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someone or something.
The Bible says in Ephesians 4

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that we all once followed the
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We're either as discipled by the
world or discipled by Jesus.

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And for some of you guys who
came in today, you're like, man,

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church is not my thing.
Well, what is your thing?

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Amen.
Because it is not church, then

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it's the world, right?
There's not the things of God

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that is the world.
If you're not intentionally

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following Jesus, the world will
gladly disciple you.

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And this is something we have to
teach, not ourselves, but just

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our children, our friends and
family that we have to be

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intentional followers of Jesus.
And so this is what Peter does.

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This is the first day the book
of acts of the church.

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The first acts of the church was
a move people away from the

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world and into a life giving
relationship with Jesus through

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list of this each other through
each other.

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It wasn't just hey, good luck
following Jesus.

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Grab a Bible on the way out.
Come on somebody right and good

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luck catch and release that This
is not the New Testament

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standard.
It's not the New Testament of

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church.
This is the very next verse.

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OK, so 3000 are added by the way
they're added by who the Lord

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add those people wasn't Peter it
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Look at this, it says they want
devoted themselves, man Wow,

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that word devotion or devoted,
This is really where you start

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seeing the first followers of
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That means they became disciples
of Christ.

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They say I'm no longer going to
follow the world.

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I'm devoted to the things of
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And so look, look what they
devoted themselves to the

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apostles teaching.
So they learned together to

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fellowship.
So they knew each other to the

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breaking of bread.
So they ate together into

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prayer.
So they talked to God together.

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That sounds good to me.
Amen.

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That sounds like a great New
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church that we just show up on a
Sunday, we fill out the little

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thing, some people pray for us
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No, they live together.
They ate together, they served

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here, they prayed together and
look at this whole the last few

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verses 43.
Everyone was filled with awe at

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the many wonders and signs
before by the performed by the

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apostles.
Verse 44.

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All the believers were what
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They were what they were
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They came on Sunday only they
hung out a little bit here and

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there.
Pray for your brother, right?

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They were together and had
everything in common.

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Think about everything in
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Like let this mind be a new
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Use their mindsets the same,
their faith levels the same, the

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goals all of us come into the
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The maturity as a believer in
Christ, their hopes the same,

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their values the same and the
matter of fact, they're going to

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share physical things in common.
Next you'll see this.

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They sold property in
possessions to give to one

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another who had need.
Dude, that's a New Testament

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church.
Amen.

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You see somebody is hungry, you
see somebody who's homeless, you

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see somebody that knows Christ
and there's an issue.

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We just meet the needs, Amen.
Amen.

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And verse 46, every day, look,
every day, not once a week, not

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twice a week, not even 4 times a
week, every day they continue to

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meet.
How together this amazing theme

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in it and they met together in
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This is where they would have
learned they would have

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witnessed, they would have shown
the world like this a better

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way.
The early church actually was

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called the way we call ourselves
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The words Christians actually
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towards people that follow Jesus
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It's like those are those
Christians right and they

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labeled us like little Jesus,
like little Jesus followers, but

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the original church was actually
known as the way because they

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lived such a different life than
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People could knew there was
something about that's just the

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way of Jesus.
But they met together every day

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and there it says this.
They broke bread in their homes.

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That sounds good and they ate
how let's just say ate together

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with the Gladys's seer hearts.
These weren't the joy, the

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joyless frozen chosen.
Come on somebody verse 47,

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praising God and enjoying the
favor of all the people.

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These people are blessed by each
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These people had great communion
with each other that fellowship

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with each other and says this
and the Lord what happened added

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to their number daily.
Those who are being saved there.

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There is so much power in being
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You you think about you saw all
these different levels of the

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church.
It it was so much more than I

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show up.
I go home.

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Hey, that's a great message,
pastor love the message.

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It's very little to do about
what happens on the stage ask

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you about what you guys do in
the community with each other.

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Look at they said they learned
together that they they knew

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each other deeply.
They got fed together.

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Come on somebody we love that
evangelicals.

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Amen.
We're participating in the Nacho

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bar today.
Blessing to Jarrett who cooked

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up, I don't know how many pounds
of ground beef.

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You'd probably know maybe 60 lbs
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He sent me a picture yesterday
and he said, dude, I hope

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there's some, some jewels in
heaven for this.

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He's outside on his big, you
know, awesome grill, you know,

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and I was like, there is for
sure, brother, there's some,

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there's some, there's some meats
to be cooked in heaven too.

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Maybe we'll see.
They talked, they talked to God

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together.
So they pray together.

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They shared resources together,
they praised God together and

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they met together and enjoyed
those blessings.

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And what's really cool about
this list is that these are all

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just inputs.
The imagine the outputs of these

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things like this is them just
what they did, but imagine the

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marriages that were saved.
The, the, the, the, the, the

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marriages are healed, the
friendships that came together,

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the person that was lacking a
resource and somebody just met

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the resource.
Somebody was homeless, but

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that's somewhere to stay.
Somebody had something heavy on

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their heart and people prayed
for them.

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The miraculous power of the Holy
Spirit, changing people, healing

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people, delivering people,
giving people boldness and

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courage.
How bold would you be if you had

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a group human mouth every day
and they're passionate about

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Jesus and you're like, OK, they
witnessed together, they live

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life together, they shared meals
together, they communion

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together.
There's so many outputs.

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It doesn't even mention any of
them.

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But this is like the reps that
go into the gym, right?

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Like we lifted weights together.
No one talked about the change,

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right?
It's just amazing.

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I want you to think about this
basic question.

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Basic question.
Show of hands.

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Help me out.
How do you guys think that these

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people were cared for?
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cared for.
Show of hands real high.

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I mean, how how many people
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Well, hands really high.
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If your hand isn't up right now,
you have an impossible standard

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of people in the church.
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Because I don't know anybody's
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did right there.
That is the standard.

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people are shepherded well.
All of a sudden Jesus does

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something.
There's a direct correlation

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between the, the depth and the
ability to shepherd and care and

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what Jesus does when he adds
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Like there's a direct
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If you, if you're not getting
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somebody doesn't miss you when
you're gone, if there's people

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not praying for you.
And I'm just going to be really

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clear.
It's not just the pastoral team

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that can do this, Amen.
Like we don't have enough meal

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trains to help all you out,
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They got to get in community
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You got to be connected to each
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You got to be connected to
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When you all show up to the
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everybody in the stadium.
You have two buddies, Amen.

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But you, you have connections,
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I would encourage a church is no
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You got to go deep with people
in reality is when, when we are

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together and we're cared for and
we're loved on and we're prayed

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over and we're praised, when
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together and we're bold
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The Lord's like, hey, we can add
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because they take care of the
people, Amen?

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There's a direct correlation
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capacity, our care capacity,
which is our life groups, us

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getting connected and what the
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He he's not going to give us
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We can't have people show up and
then hey, go back out to the

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world.
Let the world discipline you.

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We had to be really, really
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homes, opening our tables,
opening our hearts and actually

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investing in people.
That's a little scary Amen,

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Because y'all done that before,
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Now I think I think I'll get a
big picture of heaven on this

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Amen.
You got to get a big picture of

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heaven because the people you
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in these life groups that know
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Your relationship with friends
starts now and literally lasts

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forever.
Some you're like, Oh no, right,

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we can't know about that guy,
but the reality is we get to

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know these people forever.
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And, and the, the, the way we
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grace we show it, it changes
everything when we see heaven.

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And I encourage you guys don't
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Like we have an amazing group of
live group leaders that have a

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huge heart to shepherd and care.
They're going to lead some

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amazing groups.
They're going to talk about some

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amazing things, but their number
one goal is to care and to

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shepherd you.
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That's pretty cool opportunity.
Like I've always looked for

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opportunities for people I can
be invested in, and not just the

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knowledge, but actually a love
where somebody could point me a

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direction.
And so this is what they did

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together.
They met together in person the

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first Sunday, and they never
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It's interesting that the best
part of church that has and

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always will be the people.
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Yeah, it's exactly how it is
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building.
It is not a Sunday morning

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facility.
It's not a gathering like we

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call.
It's a gathering on purpose

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because we scattered out.
But it's because the church, the

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body of believers, us together
are together in a gathering, but

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we are the church, Amen.
Individually, the pieces, we

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come together in community and
we build each other up.

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We pray for each other, we care
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So it's not about a production
or about a speaker or about an

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awesome praise team moments.
Here's the deal.

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At our church, we hope that
shepherding is the best thing to

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get at our church, Amen.
Like I can tell you right now,

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we don't have the best
preaching, Amen.

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It just isn't.
I'm just you can go listen to

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the podcast.
I know my place, brother.

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I know my place.
You know what I'm saying?

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Like I know my routing ability.
I know where I'm at.

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But it's it's good.
But you can go on and get a

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better podcast.
Amen.

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I do.
I'll go, wow, that's a really

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great podcast.
You get better worship too.

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Amen.
You can buy the CDs, the old

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school, right?
You get your stuff.

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But here's the deal.
You can't get better

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shepherding.
Ain't nobody on your podcast

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gonna shepherd you.
Ain't nobody gonna call you up.

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No one's gonna pray for you.
No one's gonna know who you are.

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You can listen to whatever you
want, other churches and go

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online, do a thing.
But here's the deal.

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You have to be in relationships,
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And that's what real life is all
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That's what we strive towards.
We felt that, Amen.

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We're not perfect, but guess
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We love you guys and we want you
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So today, the purpose is this.
Be together we're going to talk

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about these groups.
Maybe the Holy Spirit moves on

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you and says, hey, that's AI
love that person.

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I love that idea.
I'm going to jump in and it

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could be divine appointment that
got us put you here today so you

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can actually grow together.
The the the problem about

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American Christianity is
American independence that we

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are have such an independent
spirit that we don't like to be

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together because we've been
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We have church hurt.
We got a wound, we got a

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problem.
We just do you right?

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And the reality is the church is
built together and we got to get

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really good this.
So my goal today is every single

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one of you truly prays and says,
Lord, what group we have made to

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be a part of and how can I play
a difference of not just being

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cared for, but to care for
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Amen.
So I'm looking for you all to be

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like, Hey, I'm jumping in today.
Life groups start the day.

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They last forever, right?
So I'm going to do, I'm going to

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invite our our life group
leaders to come up.

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They're going to share.
I gave them two minutes.

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So if they get along, you can
start coughing, right?

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2 minutes each.
They're going to come up,

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they're going to share.
All the leaders are coming up

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one at a time from their groups.
Just there's groups of leaders

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that are coming up at the same
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But I want you to give it up.
First group is our freedom

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group.
We got Barry Christie and Rick

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Lily.
So come on up.

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Give it up for them.
Are you talking Christie?

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She said no.
You said we only.

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Had two minutes.
If you've been.

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Here, anytime at all, you know
where this is going.

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There's some.
Tomatoes with those nachos

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aren't there, right?
I get to, I'll get to eat.

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All all.
Joking aside, I'm up here with

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two people that are really
important in my life and they

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made me talk because they have
so much wisdom.

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They'd be up here for a long
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But see, I'm trying to dig my
way out, Holly, I'm I'm doing my

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best, so.
One of the first.

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Groups we've ever had here is a
life group was freedom group.

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And if you've never been a part
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encouragement to jump in a
freedom group.

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And these groups are all great,
but it's probably easier to tell

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you what it is then it's not
because I've had a lot of

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questions like what's freedom
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Because a lot of people think of
like, is this an addiction

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program?
Is this a self help program?

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And we'll address some of those
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Rick and Christy are so good at
just finding people's hurts and

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being able to just relate God
because of just all of our life

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experiences here.
But here's really what Freedom

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Group's about.
And in this my easiest way, I

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want you guys to raise your
hands in almighty and say, if

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you guys ever been to a church
just royally hosed you, right?

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And maybe that's a rough way to
put it, but I've been in, I've

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been in those environments where
the place where you expect to be

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spiritually shepherd, like Sean
was talking about, turned into

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manipulation, didn't it?
And so a lot of relationships

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turn into religion.
And that's not how God meant it

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to be.
So freedom Group, the purpose

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is, is to conform our lives to
God's truth based on his

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scripture.
And so the best thing I can tell

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you about freedom Group is, is
that it will radically change

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what you think about God and
what he wants from you.

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We'll address things like our
past, how we've sinned, how

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we've been sinned against.
One of the roughest chapters

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that people get worried about
and you start looking ahead in

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the book is forgiveness.
Because forgiveness is something

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that so many people struggle
with.

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And for most people, they
struggle in one of two ways.

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They either struggle to forgive
others because if something's

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been done to them.
Or more likely.

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They've struggled to forgive
themselves because of a choice

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they've made right.
And so the beauty of this is

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that when freedom group's done,
our goal is this isn't this

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isn't just stop with freedom
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This is something to equip you
to continue to read the Bible in

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a way that God wants you to have
a relationship with him.

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The goal is this is not only to
find your value to God, but your

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purpose in his Kingdom.
And so when you get into the

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freedom group and it's here I'll
end is is that and Sean

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referenced this a little bit and
we are we always say two things

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as we start freedom group.
What happens to freedom group

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stays in freedom group.
And there's a reason people get

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very vulnerable.
And don't let that be a

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hindrance.
Let this be an opportunity for

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you to share with some people
that'll be a safe spot to say,

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hey, that's me too.
And I've had seen that happen so

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many times, from child abuse to
to just alcoholic, you know,

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parents and people just pour out
their hearts.

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And so maybe you're, you're,
you're, you're here today and

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you're like, man, I don't know
about groups and I've never been

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here.
And I would encourage you.

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Maybe freedom group is the one
for you because it's the first

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spot that we encourage people to
go to, to find your freedom and

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cry.
So can't wait to see how life

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groups kick off this while this
one and a freedom group is

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sounds good for you, man.
We would love to have you.

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Nice.
How many guys have been to a

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freedom group before?
Show of hands?

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Awesome.
Yeah, a lot of you guys, right?

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It's, it's amazing.
We, we actually try to offer

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this group every single semester
just because it's so powerful.

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So if there's something in your
life is being just, you're, you

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need deliverance from, right?
And you're just under this one's

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groups.
Even if you don't say it and you

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go there, you're going to be so
challenged.

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And I believe there's so many
breakthroughs that happen to

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that group.
So I will say you can use the

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QR, it'll take you to all the
different groups.

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This one's up on the screen and
you can sign up for that group.

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I'd love to be part of that.
So Next up we have Rochelle

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Morlock.
Where's Rochelle?

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There she is.
Nice work, give it up.

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She's doing a talk it over group
and that wasn't really loud

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enough for Rochelle, so we need
to give some more to Rochelle.

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There we go.
Hi guys, So this is my third

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time leading talk it over and
what is that?

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So if you guys don't know, every
single Sunday there is on the

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00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,840
Bible app.
You can go and click real life

456
00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:09,040
church and it says live and it
brings up the sermon that Sean

457
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,800
is doing and then you can save
it.

458
00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,680
And those are the questions that
we talk it over.

459
00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,720
So there's a lot of times that
Sean gives a whole bunch of

460
00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:23,320
stuff and then you go home and
you're like, wow, that was a lot

461
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:28,680
to take in, right?
Well, at the very end on his

462
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:34,320
sermon notes, it has typically 5
to 6 or 7 questions.

463
00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,800
And then we get the opportunity
to say, hey, what do you think

464
00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,920
about this?
And it's pretty fun and

465
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,280
interesting just to hear some of
the different opinions.

466
00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,560
And this is the first thing I
will always say.

467
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,960
There is never a right or wrong
right?

468
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,040
We are all at different levels
in our faith.

469
00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,720
So never allow that to stop you
to say I'm not good enough, I'm

470
00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,040
not strong enough in my faith to
be a part of this group.

471
00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:10,280
And it is organized chaos.
So there are kids are welcome,

472
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,880
our kids will be there.
And we have had a group as large

473
00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,600
as 33 people in our house.
So it is fun.

474
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,720
It is awesome.
So it comes with dinner.

475
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:28,160
So come hungry and join us
Sunday night 6 to 8 and start

476
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,160
your week out with Christ at the
table.

477
00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,920
Nice, nice.
So the goal is to have 50 people

478
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,880
at her house tonight.
Just kidding.

479
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,960
I know she she would do it.
That's the part that's amazing.

480
00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,960
So and there's talking overs,
there's e-mail comes on

481
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,920
Saturdays.
You can also download the

482
00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,120
talking over stuff as well.
If you're not part of the group,

483
00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:52,400
I encourage you still use those
questions.

484
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,040
It's great on the way home, a
great conversation with your

485
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,800
family as well.
So the next group is a group I'm

486
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:04,040
leading so I could play around
about that financial freedom.

487
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,840
So this group was kind of
burning my heart from going

488
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,040
through difference maker.
And there's so many people that

489
00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,400
are like, man, I like to be more
generous, but I can't.

490
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,720
And there's some people that
have never actually trusted

491
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,920
Lord, like with enough faith to
add generosity into their actual

492
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,160
budget or their plan of
stewardship.

493
00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,400
And so this is designed really
for people that are in the rat

494
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,320
race.
They're like, I want to take

495
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,200
control my finances.
I want to leave a legacy.

496
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,240
I want to get this right.
I've been struggling, maybe

497
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,160
struggling for years or decades.
And maybe you grew up like most

498
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,000
of us and we didn't learn a lot
of money principles.

499
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:38,840
Most people don't talk about
money.

500
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,400
It's like that taboo topic.
I learned that money doesn't

501
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,520
grow in trees.
That was my my discipline.

502
00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,120
I learned growing up, but I
didn't learn a lot about

503
00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:48,440
anything else, right?
And so I'll encourage you guys.

504
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,960
Here's some topics we're going
to walk through the purpose of

505
00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,080
money.
So this week, you guys that come

506
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,320
out to the group, you'll
actually write a a purpose

507
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,840
statement for your money making
money, your slave, figure out

508
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,560
your net worth, looking at your
liabilities, assets and where

509
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,480
you actually sit working
together as a couple.

510
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,920
We're going to take some stuff
from David Bach like smart

511
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,000
couples finish rich, just give
them the same page like a date

512
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,080
night financially.
And that sounds really sexy and

513
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:16,040
exciting, right?
But that the good, bad and ugly,

514
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,280
just what are different debts
and which ones to try to

515
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,200
eliminate and then strategies
for controlling bad debt.

516
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,880
There's a lot of different
ideas, whether it's a snowball

517
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,000
or an avalanche method.
My favorite thing we're going to

518
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,280
walk through I believe is a no
tracking budget that pays

519
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,280
yourself 1st.
And so if you're tired of like

520
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,320
trying to do every dollar and
doing envelopes or trying to

521
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,880
just match up everything every
month, I'm just going to teach

522
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,040
you a different method that
requires a lot less discipline

523
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,520
overall, But it, it, it had to
have a moment discipline up

524
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,800
front.
And you, you can live by paying

525
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,280
yourself 1st.
And it's, it's an amazing

526
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,280
system.
And then how to pay your bills

527
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,320
systematically because a lot of
times it sneaks up and you're

528
00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:53,800
like, man, Raymore, shut my
water off.

529
00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,240
Come on, somebody.
And the strategy is to build

530
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,320
wealth.
Just some some basic strategies

531
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,160
that the goal this isn't to like
go in depth on all the different

532
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,400
types of savings and retirements
and things like that.

533
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,720
And they'll live generously.
And so each week we're going to

534
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,560
come together and walk through
this.

535
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,680
I'm going to be really
transparent where I'm at, where

536
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,240
I've been.
I'm going to give you all my

537
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,680
stuff that I use to financially
manage my life.

538
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,840
And you can take those things
and tweak them.

539
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,200
They'll be different Excel
sheets and things and hopefully

540
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,120
be a blessing for you guys.
So that's my group, Financial

541
00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:28,360
Freedom, and Diane is helping
with it, but she's still in

542
00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:30,360
Thailand.
But she'll be back not this

543
00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:31,680
week, but next.
Come on, somebody.

544
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:36,760
So I'm praying.
Anyway, Next up, we got Untangle

545
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,360
your emotions with Carrie
Cubbley.

546
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:49,640
Come on.
Yeah, I think your husband said

547
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,400
something probably nicer than
Barry said.

548
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,080
I think yes, he's too.
OK?

549
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,200
He knows.
He knows.

550
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,640
So I just want to say this group
has been something that's been

551
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,880
on my heart for a while.
If you are a woman like me and

552
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,520
you have ever eaten a lot of
carbs and been in your feelings,

553
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,040
this is probably a group for
you.

554
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,480
We're going to be meeting at
Panera to eat some carbs and

555
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,120
talk about things.
I feel like it was pretty on

556
00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,880
point.
So but really just want to say

557
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,840
like emotions are just messy.
We are all just in this world

558
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,440
where like our heads are kind of
a crazy space to be right.

559
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,200
We can be overwhelmed.
We can just be like tangled in

560
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,560
all of the like what ifs of
what's happening in the future.

561
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,560
And it's just been heavy on my
heart to have a group where we

562
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,120
can talk through a lot of that
and talk through the truth that

563
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:33,960
really like our emotions aren't
just like something to overcome,

564
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,600
but it's really something that
God gives us as a tool to be

565
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,000
able to lean on him and to go to
him.

566
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,560
And he wants to help us with
those things.

567
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,440
So we're going to be doing a
book by Jenny Allen.

568
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,320
Have you guys ever done any
books by Jenny Allen?

569
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,040
If you haven't, she's
incredible.

570
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,040
She just really has a lot of
biblical truths to just help you

571
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,200
kind of unpack your feelings.
So really it's just going to be

572
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,880
a safe place for women to just
come together and to be able to

573
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,400
be vulnerable, talk about things
that you're going through.

574
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,240
It's all really based around
this verse.

575
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,400
I wanted to read it in Second
Corinthians 10/5, which reminds

576
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,520
us that we take captive every
thought to make it obedient to

577
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,280
Christ.
And I just think that that's so

578
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,760
powerful because I think we can
think we're victims to our

579
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,840
thoughts, and they don't really
control us, but God actually

580
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,360
commands us to take control of
them.

581
00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,840
So if you guys are interested in
coming, we're just gonna all be

582
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,720
going through a book.
It's gonna be really casual,

583
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,440
just an opportunity to help
together to untangle some of the

584
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:22,800
emotions.
And I'll be honest with you, one

585
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,200
of her books I've read five
times.

586
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,720
So clearly I'm not a master of
untangling my own emotions, but

587
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,480
it is just a really safe place
for us to get together and just

588
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,840
talk through things.
We'll get the book later, but

589
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,200
come eat some carbs with me and
let's talk about our feelings.

590
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,920
So that's all I got.
OK, nice Hurt.

591
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,680
Two things.
One, Barry, you cannot join it.

592
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,120
I know you're disappointed.
It was ladies only getting your

593
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:50,280
emotions out.
And two, there's no carbs in any

594
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,360
life groups.
Amen.

595
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,640
Calorie free life groups.
Amen.

596
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:55,920
So it's all free.
So it's great.

597
00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,280
The next session of life groups
have a special types of groups

598
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,440
that we set up this year, this
year for the very first time,

599
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,560
they're called the way groups.
And what it is, I'm going to

600
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:06,800
trust this.
I'm not going to roll off this,

601
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,040
I'll just grab it.
But the way groups are set up

602
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,360
for you guys to really go deeper
with Jesus really intentionally.

603
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:17,280
So maybe you haven't spent a lot
of time in the Bible or it's

604
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,120
been a long time since you've
had a life full of of prayer or

605
00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:23,240
solitude or just been close to
Jesus, or maybe a time you've

606
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,560
been closer to Jesus than now.
And I would encourage you, these

607
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,720
groups are very intentional to
help you just get in the Bible,

608
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,240
get in Scripture and add some
practices or some habits in your

609
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,600
life to really walk with Jesus.
And if you've met Jesus and

610
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,920
you've walked like you came to
Christ and you have not really

611
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,680
been a disciple making
relationship to open the Bible

612
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,280
and really know the things of
God, I would encourage you.

613
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,520
This would be an amazing type of
group to jump into.

614
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,680
And we got about four or five of
these right now from different,

615
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,320
they're going to talk about
different areas of practices.

616
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:54,800
And I'll encourage you guys to
jump in.

617
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,680
It is a heavier type of group.
So if you show up and you're

618
00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,000
like, hey, I'm just going to
come and hang out, That's cool.

619
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,480
But there this one actually a
little deeper.

620
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,480
OK, so going to memorize
scripture.

621
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,440
There's some journaling, some
like a chapter day, reading the

622
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,360
Bible.
But I'll encourage you guys.

623
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:09,760
It is life changing.
Amen.

624
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:11,640
Some of you guys have been
through this.

625
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:16,000
Last year, there was a group of
us, probably about 22 that met

626
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,960
in two different groups all
throughout the year, each

627
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,400
Thursday morning for the guys
and ladies, me on Saturday

628
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,480
morning and they're going out
and just said, hey, how can

629
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,200
reproduce disciples in our
church?

630
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,840
And so I'd encourage you guys,
if you've not yet dove into

631
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,960
scripture and been intentional
with God, this would be a group

632
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,080
of these types of grouping for
you.

633
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,000
So the way there's would be 5 or
6 of them coming up here, but

634
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,360
first guys coming up, we got
Brett White and Jamie Montgomery

635
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,200
and they're doing the way of
scripture.

636
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,200
So give it up for these guys.
Here you go, Sir.

637
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:53,920
You really?
Can't see up your Canyon so want

638
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,160
to thank you all for giving me
the opportunity to do this.

639
00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:02,440
This is my first opportunity
that I have said yes, God to Co

640
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:07,520
lead a life group.
And so I've been spending a year

641
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:14,400
with Sean on Thursday mornings
at 5:30 and and this fine man.

642
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:20,320
And so the the scripture, you
know, you don't really get to

643
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,800
know God well until you get into
the Bible.

644
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,960
And I've been told, you know,
read, read, read, but no one's

645
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,560
ever really kind of helped me
figure out how to read.

646
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:35,160
And so this going through this
began to teach me how to read

647
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,880
the Bible and how to make it
make sense.

648
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:42,320
And you know, before I went into
that, I know I knew 2 memory

649
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,760
verses, John 316 and Matthew,
the Lord's Prayer.

650
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,160
That's the only two I knew.
Now I know a lot more now if you

651
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,680
ask me to say it now, I'm not
telling you So.

652
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:55,160
But anyway, it's going to be on
Thursday night at six according

653
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,600
to that.
And so if you really wanted to

654
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,320
learn, please come because we're
going to be studying.

655
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,600
This isn't this is gonna be
something that's that's gonna

656
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,840
work.
And do you want to say anything?

657
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,840
OK, I guess.
That's my 2 minutes.

658
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:17,680
That's.
It mic that 'd be funny, Brett,

659
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:19,720
you should drop the bike next
time.

660
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:23,880
That'd be great.
So yeah, but yeah, he's doing

661
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,960
the way of Scripture and he has
been passed about Scripture.

662
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,480
He's read a lot of her books
outside the Bible just to help.

663
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,120
And he's going to be coaching
you guys.

664
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:31,920
So be very, very good and
encouraging.

665
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,440
So Next up, Alyssa Hardy, Where
you at?

666
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:38,080
Alyssa?
She's hiding back there.

667
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,640
The way of community here it
comes right here.

668
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,360
Oh yeah.
I'm just curious.

669
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,320
So young adult what what what
age break is that at I think we.

670
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,360
Decided 18 to 25, but I'm not
checking IDs, so if you're.

671
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:57,800
A little over a little bit, but.
Yeah, so I'm Alyssa, and I'm

672
00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,200
really excited to start leading
this.

673
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,200
I think a few things about real
life that I really love is that

674
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,640
we talk about not just the
importance, but the necessity of

675
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,360
community because it's not
something that you probably

676
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,840
should do or that's helpful.
It's something that you can't

677
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,040
live without because we have to
live together.

678
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,680
And then we also have a lot of
really good spaces for people.

679
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,400
We have an amazing kids area,
and we have a space for teens

680
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,080
and all kinds of adults.
But I'm really excited to have

681
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,000
the opportunity to kind of break
into the young little area

682
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,000
'cause we don't have really, we
don't really have that yet.

683
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,920
So super excited to break into
that area.

684
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:32,040
Yeah, I heard him a pastor the
other day and he said he said

685
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:33,680
like.
He said.

686
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:38,440
Sorry, he said that.
He said disciples are followers

687
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,200
of Jesus that grow in fellowship
with God and with others.

688
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,440
So I'm really excited to lean
into the people around me as

689
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,960
they lean into me and as we all
grow deeper with Jesus.

690
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,200
So if you're at all curious or
interested, please reach out

691
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:52,840
because I'm really excited to
break into this.

692
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,080
I'm excited to see the impact.
We're going to be going deep.

693
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,840
We're going to be doing
Scripture, Scripture

694
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,600
memorization, and of course,
community, because community is

695
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,280
so, so important.
Yeah.

696
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,120
So I'm really excited.
This is my first time leading.

697
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,920
So if this is your first time
joining, then don't be nervous

698
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:11,440
because we'll figure it out
together.

699
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,680
So yeah, hope you guys come out.
Thank you.

700
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:19,440
Nice, nice.
Good job, Melissa.

701
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,640
That's good.
That's good. 18 to 25.

702
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:26,160
I like that so, man.
So Next up is Josh Cubbly.

703
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:32,240
Come on up, Josh.
I know she picked solitude.

704
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:37,960
Busy man slowing down.
Yes, So I did I.

705
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,400
Also got the opportunity to go
through the way and.

706
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,080
Everything.
About the way was great.

707
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,320
I absolutely loved it.
Just the conversations that we

708
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,200
had and everything and just
going through the Bible and

709
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,560
everything.
And Sean asked me to do one part

710
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,800
of it and I didn't really know
what you want to do because

711
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,120
they're all good.
But one thing that didn't step

712
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,280
like jumped out at me with
solitude because I really

713
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:04,480
struggle with that.
I'm a super busy guy and I know

714
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,280
all of you guys are busy and you
got families you going

715
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,720
everywhere and everything.
And then TikTok takes over and

716
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,280
YouTube reels and all that
stuff.

717
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,760
And next thing you know, it's
been 2 hours after you've been

718
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:21,360
scrolling.
And so one thing about solitude

719
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:27,360
is clearing your head and taking
the time to listen to God.

720
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,200
You know, we all do the prayer,
reading the Bible, so we all

721
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,560
forget the just sit there and
listen to God, you know, just

722
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,560
take the time to meditate on him
and so.

723
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,440
That really kind.
Of changed me because I'm really

724
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,840
busy all the time and everything
and just trying to unwind my

725
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,440
brain.
It just goes knighting to

726
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,080
nothing all the time.
And so it was a really struggle

727
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:54,920
at 1st and we did a walking
through the park and everything

728
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,880
and I really prayed and just sat
there and listen to God.

729
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:02,280
And it was, it was a definitely
game changer for me and I would

730
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,480
hope it would be for you.
So if you guys are wanting to do

731
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,680
something like that, you know,
you're more welcome to join the

732
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:12,480
group, any man, woman, couple,
whoever you can join.

733
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,440
But we will be doing some Bible
reading, scripture and

734
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,400
journaling.
Now I've never journaled my

735
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,480
entire life until this.
And so I was like, I don't even

736
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,360
know what to do.
But the more I did it, the more

737
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,120
I enjoyed it and the more I got
out of it.

738
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,360
So if you've never journaled
before, don't feel bad.

739
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,120
There was like a lot of us that
never journaled before.

740
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,960
And so don't be scared of any of
that stuff.

741
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,360
Don't be scared of you reading
the Bible.

742
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,360
You don't have to be able to
Bible scholar either.

743
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,600
You don't know I have to know
everything or anything like

744
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,040
that.
So we just go through the Bible

745
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,520
and just learn about it and
everything.

746
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,880
So and they're just, you know,
discuss it and all that stuff.

747
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:57,200
But you know, one thing I do ask
is just get out of your comfort

748
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,480
zone and just be open for God.
Thank you.

749
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:06,320
Let's work, Josh.
Yeah.

750
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,840
Like they made like, hey, no
experience required.

751
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,000
Amen.
Like it's it's new for all of

752
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,080
us.
And so it's been exciting, you

753
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:17,160
know, solitude on our culture.
It is just stay busy.

754
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,120
And it's when Satan's tactics
and you talk about experience

755
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,640
being the best teacher, it's
really reflective experience.

756
00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:25,280
That's the best teacher until
you slow down and think about it

757
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,040
and learn what God has.
You really don't learn all that.

758
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,200
God's trying to teach you.
So appreciate leading that,

759
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,880
Josh.
Next up, we got Kristen Baker

760
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,800
and Kayla Loveland leading a
group on prayer.

761
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,600
Where they at?
Oh, here.

762
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,160
OK, over here, hiding in plain
sight.

763
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,520
I like it.
You got some fans over there.

764
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:48,520
There it is.
I like it.

765
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,600
Like, Hey, who doesn't love to
pray, right?

766
00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:00,320
Well, just in case you didn't
hear or have forgotten, these

767
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,280
are like he was saying, these
are all part of the, the

768
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:09,560
practicing the way set, I guess,
of practices that Jesus did

769
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:13,680
things that we can learn to
follow and emulate so that we

770
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:20,280
can be closer to God.
And it's really based on like,

771
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,480
like transformation and just
transformation as far as you

772
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:29,120
know, from the inside out.
They start with like, I think

773
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,520
like adding a few things and
then taking some things away.

774
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,400
Or I might have that reverse, I
don't know.

775
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:41,520
So, so talking about prayer,
it's just really this, this part

776
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:46,720
of it really focuses on the the
way that Jesus did it.

777
00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:49,160
We're going to talk about
praying the way that Jesus did

778
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,680
as far as like the rhythm that
he prayed in and the way that he

779
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:55,320
was so honest with God.
He was very real and very

780
00:36:55,320 --> 00:37:00,760
vulnerable in front of God when
and where he went to go do what

781
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:04,200
he was going to do.
And, and it's super, it's

782
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,920
honestly super transformational
because it's, it's just

783
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:13,160
reframing and just really
changing the way that, that we

784
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:14,880
think that prayer is supposed to
look like.

785
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,400
And which is super helpful for
me because I get stuck in one

786
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,720
thing in my head and then I
can't, I can't move on from

787
00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:25,240
there.
And I it's goes bad from there.

788
00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:27,600
But anyway, so it's just like
really nice, like fresh

789
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:33,240
perspective of, of how to how to
pray and and then just also

790
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,320
debriefing, I guess with that
with a group of girls.

791
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,520
And so yeah, by the way, that's
sorry, sorry gents.

792
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:43,240
This one's for the ladies.
Lots of Coed groups this year.

793
00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:48,360
So but yeah, so just genuine
people trying to figure out what

794
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,840
what Jesus did and how to
emulate that.

795
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:54,000
So.
Nice, nice.

796
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:58,920
How many you can say?
Man, I could grow my prayer life

797
00:37:58,920 --> 00:37:59,680
a little bit.
Amen.

798
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,600
We all, we all can grow.
And I'm just encouraging the

799
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,640
pastor that we have people in
our church that are actually

800
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,920
leading these things like how
can we grow in prayer service,

801
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,680
community scripture?
That's good.

802
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,600
Amen.
I mean, we, we love having the

803
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,240
fun in the community, but it's
amazing to have people are

804
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,240
stepped out and say, you know, I
want to help teach other people

805
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,920
to walk with Jesus.
So we got a couple more.

806
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,680
So Tanya Taylor, wherever she's
at, you'll make your way up

807
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,720
here.
Oh, I see you're the one

808
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:28,200
sharing.
Nice, nice, so it's doing

809
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,640
service so this will fit right
into you.

810
00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:33,960
This is you in a nutshell.
You picked it out, so give her

811
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:38,760
tiny one more time.
Yes I I begged not to do

812
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,160
solitude.
That was the roughest one for

813
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,760
me, being alone.
It wasn't for me.

814
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,680
So thank you, Josh, for taking
that one.

815
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:47,240
So yeah, we're going to do
service.

816
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,000
We're going to go through James,
some Acts and a little bit of

817
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,000
Ephesians and just finding ways
of the heart of God and Jesus

818
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,760
that he serve people.
It's one of the things you find

819
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,880
the most is service, washing
feet.

820
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,480
Not saying we're going to do
that, but serving others.

821
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,640
So we're going to walk together.
There's going to be the three

822
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:07,280
study column we're going to do.
We're going to have a scripture

823
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,200
every week to memorize.
Mine's a little different.

824
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:13,600
We're going to meet one week in
person and one online 2 some of

825
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,320
the cast in my house, but partly
to check into.

826
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,600
There's a lot of us that have a
crazy schedule and having one

827
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,840
online is easier for scheduling
purposes.

828
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,920
But yeah, we're really going to
dive deep into service and what

829
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,280
that looks like in the heart of
God and finding community,

830
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:32,160
finding time to find solitude,
prayer life, scripture life.

831
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,200
I encourage if this is not the
one for you, that's OK, but find

832
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,880
one because all these 9
practices changed a huge group

833
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:43,000
of us and like even us that you
got from the since the get goes

834
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,600
when we were little we still
learned and grew through this.

835
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:51,000
So yeah, mine's service.
Nice.

836
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:55,120
Thanks, Tanya.
That's pretty amazing.

837
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,120
Yeah.
And Tanya, she's taking care of

838
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,640
these kids at home and makes
time for the things of God.

839
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,960
Amen.
So I appreciate you doing that.

840
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,400
I'm inviting up two more people.
They're doing something very

841
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,560
special.
It's a year long kind of deal.

842
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,400
And so Chuck Smith and Rose
Taylor, you guys come up here

843
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,040
real quick.
So give it up.

844
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,960
I got the group full.
That's Rose.

845
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,240
Rose recruited so many people,
there's no more room.

846
00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:26,320
So come on up here, guys.
So these guys are doing some

847
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,240
very special behind the scenes
for me and Diane.

848
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,920
We both LED groups, me and Diane
last year.

849
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,720
These guys said, hey, we'll step
up and, and kind of create the

850
00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:39,320
next batch of disciple makers
that could maybe go out this

851
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,160
next season.
And so they're going to take a

852
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:42,960
group of people, I don't know
how many guys sign up now,

853
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,800
131515 with you.
OK, So that's pretty amazing.

854
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,600
Amen.
So it says it's full.

855
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:49,880
It's full.
Yeah.

856
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,080
Way to go, Rose.
Way to go, you know, put her

857
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,360
group out.
She goes, oh, I've already

858
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,560
contacted so many people.
I was like, good job, Rose.

859
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,520
But Disciple makers.
So the goal of their group is

860
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,760
that you'd go to the group and
then over the course of the

861
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:03,440
year, you go through all nine
practices and it's a little

862
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:07,960
heavier and it's more involved,
but really spend a lot of time

863
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,440
life on life and then go out the
next season and reproduce

864
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,880
disciples.
And so Diane's self out with

865
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,520
Rose Chuck, I'm in with him on
Saturdays.

866
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:18,480
So if you use the QR, that would
be me and him.

867
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,840
There is some room still.
So if you have a call in your

868
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,440
life, like I want to make
disciples, I really want to

869
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:23,800
grow.
Do what?

870
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,960
I'm an underachiever.
He's the underachiever.

871
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:29,680
Sounds good, Chuck.
Me too, apparently.

872
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,360
So we have some room and if you,
if you're like, man, I'd like to

873
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,000
really grow deep of Jesus and
see what God has.

874
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,120
I know everybody's not going to
stay for the whole year.

875
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,680
We have some offerings built in,
but we we'd love for you guys to

876
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,800
give it a try.
And so if you're like, man, I

877
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,240
can see myself like really
getting deep with God and

878
00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:46,680
important to somebody else.
That's what they're doing behind

879
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,880
the scene and behind the scenes.
And if you can't make this

880
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:53,360
group, my goal is to reproduce
more disciple makers and have

881
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,520
this opportunity to come more
and more and more for you guys

882
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,000
to go out and really get deep of
Jesus.

883
00:41:58,200 --> 00:41:59,760
And they're taking all nine
practices.

884
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,560
So but they're, you're going to
see them on Saturday mornings,

885
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,960
the Hope Center, they're going
to plug and chug for a year and

886
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:07,480
do great things.
So give it up big for these

887
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:08,240
guys.
Amen.

888
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:10,720
Behind the scenes Bacon
disciples.

889
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:13,600
So thank you guys.
Yeah, that was easy enough.

890
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,360
They're like what we do now.
It's pretty cool in our church

891
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,520
to have the ability to share
Jesus in this way.

892
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,600
Amen.
I hope you don't take it for

893
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,960
granted.
It it's really easy to just kind

894
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,120
of come and sit and go, but to
actually get in your Bible to

895
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:32,880
actually pray, to actually serve
solitude, community service,

896
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,440
these, these little pieces, they
make a huge difference and you

897
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,440
learn so much.
And it regardless if it's that

898
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,040
group or the other, I encourage
you to get involved in

899
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,800
community.
The biggest thing is you do it

900
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,640
together.
And I mentioned this earlier

901
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:44,520
that your life with Jesus starts
now.

902
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,960
Can your friendships start now?
But it'll last forever.

903
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,280
And I want to share just a
little bit about heaven because

904
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,720
when we leave earth, we actually
take our friendships with us.

905
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,160
And it is a really cool passage
in Acts 17.

906
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,920
This is Paul and he's preaching
to the to the audience around

907
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,640
the unknown God in Rome.
They have so many gods.

908
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,760
They had gods that didn't know
just to make sure they got them

909
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:05,000
all covered.
You know, I got my bases

910
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,920
covered.
And this is what Paul says.

911
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,320
He says the God who made the
world everything in it is the

912
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:17,640
Lord of where heaven and earth.
He does not live in temples

913
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,560
built by human hands.
Amen.

914
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,360
Thank you Jesus, you don't just
live in the church buildings or

915
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:28,240
these places that people build.
He is in everything, says he is

916
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:31,760
not served by human hands as if
he needed anything.

917
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,480
The Lord doesn't need us, Amen.
He is self-sustaining, He is all

918
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,480
glory, He's all power like we
are just at his feet.

919
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:42,960
Says rather he himself gives
everyone look at this life and

920
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:47,400
breath and everything else.
Come on Paul.

921
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,080
I mean just as a standard of all
things.

922
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:54,680
It says from one man he made all
nations thought about Adam that

923
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:58,160
they should inhabit the whole
earth and he marked out their

924
00:43:58,160 --> 00:43:59,960
opponent times.
This is amazing.

925
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:05,840
He put the times and history and
the boundaries of their lands.

926
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,640
This is amazing.
Like I don't know what the Lord

927
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,920
has in store for Greenland.
Amen.

928
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,240
Right.
But the Lord set up the

929
00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:18,800
boundaries in the time of all
the nations of the world.

930
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,520
And sometimes you get really
freaked out because we see these

931
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:23,880
people grouped up and this is a
treaty, and that's going this

932
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,120
way and you just got to know the
Lord's in charge.

933
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,760
Amen.
The Lord's appointed every piece

934
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:31,800
of the times and the boundaries
for all nations.

935
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,000
And I just want to encourage you
if you boil this down even

936
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:35,840
further, because I believe the
Lord's in charge of everything

937
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,320
is the actually appointed your
friendships.

938
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,680
It's he's put people in your
life on purpose.

939
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,800
Like it's not an accident.
Like your parents moved across

940
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:51,160
the nation when you're 16 or
your cluster desk hit each other

941
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:54,600
or the cubicles are next door.
Our offices are here or the

942
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,520
person next door at the
apartment building or your

943
00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:59,120
neighbors where they are.
It's just not an accident.

944
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,800
Amen, Amen.
It's not an accident when you

945
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:06,120
guys join a life group and the
people you get to connect with,

946
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,280
like those are just divine
deployments that God puts

947
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,680
together.
Those are the places that God

948
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,600
meets.
I think this Jesus is in charge

949
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:15,440
of the seating arrangement.
Amen.

950
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,360
Jesus puts the right people in
the right places at the right

951
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:22,120
time and it's pretty amazing.
God always moves through

952
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:24,640
relationships.
So I would encourage you to get

953
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,960
involved because when you talk
about heaven, you're actually

954
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,280
talking about now like we, we
don't take anything mature with

955
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,480
us.
We don't take our stuff, which

956
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:35,200
is no, it's like a bummer for a
lot of people because they've

957
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:36,600
built their whole life on their
stuff.

958
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,720
But we do get to take our
friendships, Amen.

959
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,400
We do.
We do get to see our friends in

960
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,800
heaven and be really cool when
you guys go to heaven and you're

961
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,760
like, man, we're back on that
fall on earth.

962
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:54,040
Remember that weird preacher was
on stage and he said, I'll get

963
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:56,480
to see you forever.
I can't believe he was right.

964
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,680
Amen.
Remember that time I grilled up

965
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:04,400
60 lbs of ground beef and -2°
outside for the Real Life Life

966
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:08,000
Group kickoff tailgate party?
What was that pastor thinking?

967
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:10,840
Amen.
You can share all those stories

968
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:12,560
back on earth.
It'd be so cool.

969
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:14,760
Like maybe you cut your thumb
off and you built that house.

970
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:16,240
Oh yeah, man thank you.
Jesus.

971
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:19,240
Resurrect the body, right?
Like all the things we get to

972
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:21,200
experience now, we get to
experience for eternity.

973
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,360
So I would encourage you be very
disciplined and intentional with

974
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:26,840
your relationships.
It's like these guys all settle

975
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:28,440
stage.
We're so wrapped up, we're so

976
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:29,760
busy.
We're talking about TikTok,

977
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,000
we're on social media.
Do you make time for what's most

978
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,880
important?
And the Bible talks about being

979
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:36,040
together.
Everybody stay together.

980
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,920
That's the goal of our church.
And this season right now is

981
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,400
that we do life together.
So Father, we come before you.

982
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,600
God, thank you that we get to
have friendships and people

983
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,280
forever.
God, I pray for our community.

984
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:50,920
God that we would not be
isolated.

985
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:52,880
We wouldn't just do our own
thing.

986
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,800
God, we would pour to each other
that we'd, we, we would not just

987
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,160
be teachers, but we'd be
learners, We students and vice

988
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:01,640
versa.
God, we get relationships and

989
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:04,240
care for each other.
We support each other.

990
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:07,360
We might sell something to get
somebody a hand up.

991
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:09,320
God, we might just pray for
people.

992
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:11,760
God, we might praise what you're
doing somebody's life.

993
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:14,360
God help us to be the church.
Then people show up.

994
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,240
They know they're shepherd,
shepherded, they belong here.

995
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:22,000
God, they're needed and known.
They're cared for, not because

996
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,520
there's a group of us, but
because all of us are doing it

997
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:27,920
together.
And so today maybe Jesus is

998
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,400
speaking you and God just
challenge you like I didn't get

999
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,840
any community like I need to
find my people.

1000
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:34,920
I need to do life together.
If that's you without him

1001
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,680
looking around, he just raised
me and I say God just speaking

1002
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:38,560
to me.
Holy Spirit's telling me, man, I

1003
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:41,520
need to do life on mission with
each other.

1004
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,080
The glory of God.
Father, you see the hands God,

1005
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:47,080
you know the hearts.
God help us to to not be

1006
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:48,840
isolated.
It's not falling through the

1007
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:53,520
trap of just doing their own
Lone Ranger Christianity where

1008
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,520
it's got my Bible and myself.
But God we do with each other

1009
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,880
and we spur each other on.
We encourage each other daily.

1010
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,120
It's a good work.
So the root of bareness does not

1011
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,680
take root.
So God help our church to be on

1012
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:08,200
mission together for you.
I'll pray for one group of

1013
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,720
people in that social house that
recognize man, these people are

1014
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:13,400
really serious about Jesus.
These people have a true love

1015
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,480
for each other.
You might ask, where does this

1016
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,320
love come from?
What does this family talk

1017
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:18,560
about?
And it's all because we know

1018
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:20,560
Jesus.
It's not the end being this room

1019
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,840
is perfect.
We're just forgiven because of

1020
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,000
Christ.
And so today, if you want to

1021
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,000
come into true community, it's
only through Jesus.

1022
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,520
And so Jesus says he's the way,
the truth and life.

1023
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,240
No man comes, the Father, but
through him, when you call on

1024
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:38,120
Jesus, you actually become part
of God's family, the church

1025
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:41,560
itself, the Saints together.
And we get to be part of this

1026
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:44,080
together for eternity.
We have to love each other,

1027
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:46,920
forgive each other to show the
grace and mercy and gentleness

1028
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,520
and kindness and forbearance all
through the Spirit happens

1029
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,480
because of Jesus.
And so if you need a part of our

1030
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,960
church, not just the sense of
like shelter, real life, but the

1031
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,560
church, the spiritual church
that those that are forgiven the

1032
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:00,840
way of God.
It's only through Jesus.

1033
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,760
The Bible says you call on Jesus
to be saved, forgiven and made

1034
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,160
new and so they only give an
opportunity for those of you who

1035
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:10,400
don't know Jesus to say yes to
Jesus to yes, it forgives the

1036
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,760
sins that you're no longer a
disciple of the world, but you

1037
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,360
are devoting yourself to Jesus
and be a disciple of Jesus.

1038
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:21,360
If that's you today and you'll
put Jesus and on the Lord of

1039
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,560
your life, you'll surrender your
sins.

1040
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:27,800
You're calling this a savior to
ask for forgiveness to be in

1041
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:31,120
community with him for the first
time to walk out here with a

1042
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,480
true relationship that you're a
son or daughter of the king.

1043
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:35,520
If that's you, we just raise
your hand high then looking

1044
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:36,760
around and say I need Jesus
today.

1045
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:38,520
Your relationship with Christ
today.

1046
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,880
See your hands, real son need
Jesus today.

1047
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,600
Well, I'm gonna give you an
opportunity to pray.

1048
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,280
The prayer does not save you,
but it's just your heart towards

1049
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:47,840
him.
Just Christ say, Father God,

1050
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,360
thanks so much for sending Jesus
to love me.

1051
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:54,760
God, when I was stranded in sin,
God, you still loved me and you

1052
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,040
gave your son for me.
God, I surrender my life.

1053
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:01,160
God, it's not me.
That's not my ability, God, it's

1054
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:02,880
my inability.
But it's your ability on the

1055
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,640
cross that is your finished work
that you died for me.

1056
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:08,600
God, thank you for loving me.
God, thank you for a new life.

1057
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,960
God thank you for the Holy
Spirit we sang about and all

1058
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,520
three songs today.
God to come to my life and

1059
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:16,000
forgiving my sins.
God and change me from the

1060
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,800
inside out.
Got to pray that being a

1061
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:21,440
community that be rich in
relationships and I wouldn't do

1062
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,160
life alone.
So you got to thank you for this

1063
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,680
amazing body that's pointing me
to you and today I give my life

1064
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:27,440
to you.
I surrender you.

1065
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:29,680
God use me how you will.
I praise in Jesus name.

1066
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,200
The church said Amen.
Come on give it up big for the

1067
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,840
Lord's doing today.
God bless you guys.

1068
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:41,280
Got it, Got it.
Man, what an amazing day today,

1069
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:44,000
man, it is so good.
Just a reminder even that one

1070
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,880
does not meant to do life alone,
but the God created us to do

1071
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:51,320
life together and in community.
And man, I hope that was maybe a

1072
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:53,600
light bulb for some of you this
morning and recognizing your

1073
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,640
need for community and to get
into a group today, man, some of

1074
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,440
you for the first time today
recognize your need for Jesus

1075
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,800
and he's been pursuing you and
wants a personal relationship

1076
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:04,240
with you.
And if that's you and you raised

1077
00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:07,640
your hand and you prayed that
prayer, man, we are so excited

1078
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,320
for you as you we know the
journey you're about to take

1079
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,120
with Jesus.
And so we would love to be able

1080
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,200
to resource you, get you a free
book in the mail this week.

1081
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,200
So if you would grab that
connection card that is on your

1082
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,800
seat, fill out the information
there on that top, and then just

1083
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,320
make sure and check the box that
says I committed my life to

1084
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:24,920
Jesus.
And you can drop that in the

1085
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,160
giving buckets as they pass here
in just a few minutes.

1086
00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:29,560
We'll get that free book in the
mail to you as well.

1087
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,080
Also, when you leave the worship
center, there is a table with

1088
00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:33,920
some red bags.
There's a free Bible and a few

1089
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,000
other things that we would love
to get in your hands today too,

1090
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,840
if that is you.
And hey, if you are newer in the

1091
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:42,120
house with us today or maybe
today is your first time here at

1092
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,280
Real Life Church.
Man, we are so excited you are

1093
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,440
here with us this morning.
What a great day to come.

1094
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:47,960
It's going to be an amazing
morning.

1095
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,520
We're gonna have a tailgate
party and some yummy food and

1096
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,280
hang out and connect.
So thank you so much for being

1097
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:54,320
here with us today.
Maybe we don't want anything

1098
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,760
from you this morning except
just to introduce yourself to

1099
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,680
us.
And you can do that simply by

1100
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,080
grabbing that same card.
Just fill out information there

1101
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:03,320
on that top and then check first
time here.

1102
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,000
You can drop that in the giving
buckets as well or out in the

1103
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,080
new here.
Somebody will be there as well.

1104
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:10,920
Would love to take the card, get
you a free gift and just say

1105
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:12,480
thank you so much for being
here.

1106
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:16,280
And then we would love to see
you back next week right here as

1107
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:17,640
well.
We would love for you to join us

1108
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:20,040
again.
Well, hey, Sean mentioned the

1109
00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:22,320
relationships that we make now,
the godly friendships and

1110
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:26,520
relationships don't just start
now and, and, and now they last

1111
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,640
for forever.
And that's not just in a life

1112
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:31,760
group, but think about your
church family as well in that.

1113
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:34,240
And so I want to invite, if you
have been attending real life,

1114
00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:36,000
maybe you're newer in the last
few months.

1115
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,560
I mean, this next opportunity is
for you.

1116
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:42,080
And that is our welcome party.
It is next Sunday.

1117
00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:45,000
It is in between the gatherings.
We just meet right past the

1118
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:46,920
restrooms in a room there.
But this is for you.

1119
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,560
It's a casual environment, about
30 minute gathering.

1120
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:53,000
You'll just meet some other
people maybe that are new or you

1121
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,880
get to hear from our leadership,
kind of hear who real life

1122
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,120
church is, why we exist.
And we would love just to help

1123
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:00,600
you get connected and maybe take
the next step in that as well.

1124
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,080
So that is an opportunity for
you.

1125
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,800
We would love to see you there.
You don't need to sign up or any

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00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:06,400
of that.
You can scan the QR just for

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00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:09,080
some more details.
But man, next week that would be

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the place for you in between the
gatherings.

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We would love just to hang out
with you there and I get to

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celebrate some cool stats.
And that is that this year so

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00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:20,440
far we've had 15 people plus
some more people that raise

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their hand in this gathering,
accept Jesus and start a

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00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:25,200
relationship with him.
Come on, you got to give it up.

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00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:31,080
It is so cool to see God moving
in such amazing ways in people's

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00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,800
lives.
And man, when you give here it

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00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:38,040
is so that other people can find
Jesus, so that other people can

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00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:40,000
find him.
And we would love for you to

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00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,600
partner with us and that man.
We have a bold prayer and goal

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00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:47,760
for 2026, and that's to see 100
people baptized this year.

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00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,280
And together we can partner
together to see more souls saved

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00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:54,320
and people sent out to move that
mission forward.

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00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,280
And so if you call real life
church home, there are a lot of

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00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:57,560
ways that you can take part in
that.

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00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:01,200
You can scan the QR, you can
text to give, you can give cash

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00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,400
or check in the giving buckets.
They're going to pass in just a

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00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:06,000
couple of minutes.
There's also a giving box in the

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00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,360
back as well if that is more
convenient for you.

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00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,000
And as always, if you find
yourself in any kind of

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00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:14,080
immediate need this week, it's
food, clothing, shelter,

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00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,080
whatever resources it is that
you need.

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00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:18,200
Would you please reach into the
buckets as they pass here in

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00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,600
just a minute?
Just grab any loose cash that

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00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:22,520
you see there.
We really do want to bless you

1154
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,320
and your family this week.
Let's pray.

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00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:27,560
God, thank you so much for this
gathering.

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00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:30,280
Father, thank you for just the
people of God coming together

1157
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:32,800
and the reminder, God, that you
didn't create us to do life

1158
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:34,200
alone.
You called us to do life

1159
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:36,960
together and so God, I just pray
that you would bless our time

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00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:39,800
the rest of this day.
God that we connect and just

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00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,320
make some good godly friendships
today.

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00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,600
Father, I pray that you would
just bless what we give to you

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00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:46,640
this morning.
God that you would use it to

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00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:48,800
move the mission forward here in
our city and beyond.

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00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,280
God, we love you, we praise you
in Jesus name, Amen.

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Amen.
What a blessed day, right?

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00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:56,160
You guys have a good time so
far.

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00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:58,920
Yeah, well, I've give you the
encouragement.

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00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,840
Let's keep the fun rolling.
I really could not emphasize

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00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:03,720
this enough.
Please don't rush out.

1171
00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:05,320
Please don't Sprint to the
parking lot.

1172
00:55:05,720 --> 00:55:08,400
Please stay with us and please
get in community in just a

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00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:09,720
minute.
I'm going to dismiss you all.

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00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,720
If you have kids, go out to real
life kids, go get your kids.

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00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,080
And for everybody else, go ahead
and go hang out in the Hub for a

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00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:17,680
second because while you do
that, our events team is going

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00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:20,840
to be hard at work in here
getting the whole room flipped

1178
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:22,720
for everything that we're going
to have going on.

1179
00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:25,240
We're going to have a Nacho bar.
We're going to have inflatables

1180
00:55:25,240 --> 00:55:26,880
for your kids.
We're going to have 9 square in

1181
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:28,560
the air.
This is going to be a great

1182
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:29,760
time.
We'll have fun together.

1183
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,120
We'll relax together, we'll
laugh together, we'll laugh

1184
00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:35,320
together, but most importantly,
we're just going to be together,

1185
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:36,800
right?
We're going to spend some time.

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00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:39,480
If you're an introvert like me,
I'm going to encourage you to do

1187
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:41,720
something hard.
Find somebody you don't know,

1188
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,840
talk to somebody new, make a
friend, start a conversation.

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00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:47,000
The heart behind that is like
we're talking about with this

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00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,360
whole series.
Heaven starts now and it lasts

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00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,160
forever.
The person next to you, the

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00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:53,280
person behind you, the person in
front of you you're going to be

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00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,600
worshipping with forever and
ever and ever into eternity.

1194
00:55:56,600 --> 00:55:58,320
It's probably a good idea to get
to know them.

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00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:00,080
Getting community here at
church.

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00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,440
It is going to be a blast.
Like I said, I'm going to

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00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:03,800
dismiss you guys here in a
second.

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00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,840
If you need somebody to talk to
or pray over, I'll have somebody

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00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:09,080
down here for you.
Remember, I'll see you guys next

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00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:12,600
week, 9 or 10:45 when you
discover Jesus cover real life

1201
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,760
and purpose.
Go ahead, jump out to the hub

1202
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:15,960
and we're going to get this room
flipped.

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00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:19,440
See you guys.
This is the end of this podcast.

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00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,120
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00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:24,560
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