July 30, 2023
Living On Mission - Youth Sunday 2023
Youth are the generation and leader of today. Eleven out of the twelve apostle where teenagers! God moved in our teens life at youth camp a few weeks ago and today we celebrate and leave challenged by their life change for Jesus. Be prepared to get uncomfortable for Jesus as we lean into how Jesus went hard against the grain to reach a lost and dying world.
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podcast at Real Life Church.
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Well, good morning and welcome
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to Real Life Church man.
It's so excited to see your
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faces this morning.
Go ahead and stand on your feet
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with you, with us in person
right here in Kentucky Trail.
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You are joining us online.
Maybe you're just so pumped to
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worship God with you today.
Cuz I searched the world.
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And it couldn't fill me.
And man's empty praise and
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treasures that vain were never
enough.
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And you came along.
And put me back together.
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And every desire is now
satisfied.
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Here in your love.
Oh, there's nothing better than
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you.
There's nothing better than you,
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Lord.
There's nothing.
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Nothing.
Nothing is better than you,
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because I'm not afraid to show
you my weakness.
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My failures and flaws, Lord,
you've seen them all.
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And you still call me friend,
because the God of the Mountain
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is the God of the Valley.
And there's not a place with
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your mercy and grace Won't find
me again.
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Oh, there's nothing better than
you.
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There's nothing better than you.
Lord, there's nothing, nothing
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is better than you.
The sorts that I found, it's
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nothing better than you.
It's nothing better than you.
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Nothing.
Nothing is better than you.
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You turn morning to dancing.
You.
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Give beauty for.
Ashes.
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You turn shame into glory.
You're the only.
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One who can you turn morning to
dancing.
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You give beauty for ashes.
You turn chain into Clawby.
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You're the only one who can you
turn Grazed into Godhead, You
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turn goes into Army.
You turn seasons into highways.
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You're the only one who.
You're the only.
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One, there's nothing better than
you.
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There's nothing better than you.
Alone.
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There's nothing.
Nothing is better than you.
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You believe that this morning
singing out?
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Look.
There's nothing better than you.
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There's nothing better than you
look.
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There's nothing.
It's nothing.
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You turn graves into God, You
turn bones into army.
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You turn sees into highway.
You turn graves into garden,
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turning.
You turn both into.
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Me make.
Your way.
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So you see, you turn sees into
highways.
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You're the army.
You're the army.
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You can't.
You're the army.
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You can.
Come on, you've got some place
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this morning.
Where?
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You love.
Him the God who does take dead
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things and turn.
It back into life, takes their
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broken heals their heart, sets
their feet right back on that
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solid.
My encouragement is just don't
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let this song just be a song and
just words that you sing.
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And something that we just do,
just a performance.
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It's so much more than that,
man.
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God is set as free.
He is made away when there is no
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way.
When it seems insurmountable.
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God is there for you, man.
We pressed into that.
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Lean into that today as we
worship.
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You are here.
You're moving in the midst.
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I worship you.
I worship you.
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You are here.
You're working in this place.
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I worship you.
I worship you.
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You are here.
You're moving in the midst.
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I worship you.
I worship you are here.
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You're working in a nice place.
I worship you.
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I worship you.
Oh, you are.
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We make a we record promise King
Light in the darkness, My God,
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that is to you.
We make we record promise King
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Light in the darkness.
My God that is to you.
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You are here.
Touching every heart, our
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worship you, Our worship you as
you are here.
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Healing every heart Our worship
you know our worship you.
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You are here.
You're turning lights around.
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I worship you.
I worship you.
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You are here, men in every
heart.
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I worship you, God.
I worship you.
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Yeah.
We make miracle work.
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Promise.
Keep light in the darkness, My
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God, that is who you are.
We make miracle work.
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Promise.
Keep light in the darkness.
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My God, That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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You're my miracle worker.
God, it's true you are.
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We proclaim victory today.
And Jesus name.
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It's true.
You are who you are, even when I
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don't see you working.
Even when I don't feel you
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working, you never stop, never
stop working, never stop, never
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stop working.
Even when I don't still working,
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even when I don't feel you
working, you never stop, never
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stop working, never stop, never
stop working.
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Even when I don't still working.
Even when I don't feel you're
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working.
You never stop.
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Never stop working.
Never stop.
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Never stop working.
Even when I don't see you
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working.
Even when I don't feel you're
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working.
You never stop.
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Never stop working.
Never stop.
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I know who my Jesus stays away.
Make miracle work.
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Promise.
Keep.
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Lie in the darkness, my God.
That is who you are.
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Way, maker, miracle worker,
promise, keeper.
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Lie in the darkness, my God.
That is who you are.
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Come on to clean it.
This morning we make miracle
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work.
Promise.
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Keep night in the darkness.
My God, That is who you are.
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Yes, we make miracle work.
Promise.
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Keep night in the darkness.
My God, That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
And then you've got some praise
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today.
You know, we're coming off of an
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awesome week.
With some young people down at
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camp and I'm really excited to
introduce this song to you all
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that we got to sing this week at
camp.
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And it's really, it's looking at
all these things that God is and
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all of who he says that he is,
and then giving him the honor
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and praise because he's worthy,
because he's a holy God.
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And so I hope that you'll sing
along with us with this one.
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Worthy of every song we could
ever sing.
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Worthy of all the praise we
could ever pray.
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He's worthy of every breath we
could ever breathe.
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We live for you, Jesus the name
above every other name.
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Jesus, the only one you could
ever say He's worthy of every
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breath.
We could ever breathe and live
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for you.
We live for you because.
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Holy.
There is no one like you.
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There is none beside.
You open up my eyes and wander.
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Me, in your loved goals around
me sing worthy again.
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Show me who you are and fill me
with your heart and.
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It's worthy of every song we
could ever sing.
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Worthy of all the praise we
could ever bring.
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It's worthy of every breath we
could ever breathe.
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We'd live for you.
Oh Jesus.
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Jesus, the name above every
other name.
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Jesus the only one who could
ever say He's worthy of every
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breath we could ever breathe.
We live for you.
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Oh, we live for you.
Single leg.
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There is holy.
There is no one like you.
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There is some beside you.
Open up my eyes and wander and
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show me who you are and feel me
with your heart and leave me in
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your love to goes around me and
holy.
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There is no one like you.
There is some beside you.
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Open up my eyes and wander.
Show.
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Me who you are and fill me with
your heart and leave me in your
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love to those around me.
Lord, we miss this efforts of
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prayer to you today.
Because I will build my life
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upon your love.
It is upper foundation.
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I will put my trust and you
alone.
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And I will not be shaken.
I will.
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I will my life upon your love.
It is a foundation and I will
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put my trust in you alone and I
will not be shaking goes.
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Holy.
Maybe it's no one like you.
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There is none beside you.
Open up my eyes.
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They wander and show me who you
are and fail me with your heart
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and leave me and your love to
those around me.
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And only there is no one like.
You there is none beside you.
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Open up my eyes and wander and
show me who you are and fail me
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with your heart and leave me in
your love to those I will build
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my mind, I will build my life
upon Your.
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It is a fun foundation.
I will put my trust in new world
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and I will not be shaken.
Come on, give that some.
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And that is right.
What a song of surrender.
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Giving our lives to him,
building our lives upon his hope
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and his faith and his trust.
Wait, thank you so much for
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joining us this morning.
Man, we're pumped to see you.
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We're excited to have another
group joining us online.
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Thank you so much for plugging
in and tuning in to hear the
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message this morning.
Come on, give him a big, real
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life welcome.
Let him know you love him
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online, man.
That's right.
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Well, hey, take about 30
seconds.
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Say hey, make somebody feel
welcome around you and then take
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a seat.
So cool.
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All right, you can take a seat,
But hey, if you are new with us,
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man, you are our honored guest
today.
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Thank you so much just for
choosing to spend your morning
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here with us.
And I want to invite you to go
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ahead and grab that connection
card.
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It's either in your seat or
maybe you scooched it to the
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seat next to you.
But go ahead and feel out, as
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much of that as you feel
comfortable filling out.
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And man, it would mean the world
to us if you would just check
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that first time here box.
And we want to connect with you
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and help you feel welcome.
And at home here, we don't want
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to do anything weird.
Just send you a letter in the
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mail this week and shit you a
text.
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Just help you feel right at home
here at Real Life church.
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And if you call Real life home,
go ahead and grab that card as
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well.
Put your name there, check
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regularly a tent, and then hey,
drop appraiser prayer in that
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prayer request section at the
bottom.
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And we have a whole team that
prays over those cards and
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handwrites letters to each of
those.
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Man, it would just be such a
blessing to us to be able to
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pray for you this week in real
life.
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Church.
We are a church on a mission,
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and that mission is to see
people far from God discover
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their real life and purpose in
Jesus.
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And that's because souls matter
to God.
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And God came for the lost and
the broken and the messy and the
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ones you don't have it all put
together.
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Thank goodness.
The man relationships really are
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the heartbeat of who he is.
And that's the heartbeat of who
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we are here at Real Life Church
as well.
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Well, hey, we are taking a pause
this week on AT the Movies.
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We'll be back next week for our
final movie in that series, but
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that's because we get to welcome
our real life youth group home
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from youth camp this week.
That's right.
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Let him know you love him.
And I'm so excited just for you
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guys to hear the stories of life
change that came out of youth
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camp this last week.
And before we do that, we'll
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welcome Carrie to the stage here
in just a few minutes.
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But can you give her a big, real
life?
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Thank you just for leading this
team so well, man.
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She shepherds the souls of our
youth and points them right back
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to Jesus week in and week out.
And we just can't say thank you.
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Enough for doing that.
And later in this gathering
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we're going to have an awesome
opportunity not just to pray
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over our youth group and our
youth team, but also to pray
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over our Missions team that's
heading out later this week.
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They're traveling to Bogota,
Colombia, and South America, so
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we have an awesome opportunity
to pray for them as well.
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And man, God is just up to some
big things here at Real Life
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Church and we're just excited to
share that with you.
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So hey, before we jump into the
youth, check out this highlight
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reel from camp.
Can you guys tell we had some
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fun at camp?
They all came back alive.
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I know some of those two videos
might say otherwise, but we had
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an amazing time at camp and
every year we have an awesome
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time.
And I know that the first thing
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that we always talk about when
we get back, we're heading back
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on the bus is all the fun we
had, right?
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We talk about the tubing, we
talk about Shawn's driving.
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I think that was pretty much the
topic of a conversation the
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whole time.
His boat driving and people were
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choosing Josh's boat because
they wanted to stay alive, but
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they still stayed alive on
Shawn's, didn't they, Shawn?
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They didn't die.
They didn't die.
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Nobody died.
So it was a great time and we
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like to focus on all the fun we
had and we had a lot of team
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competitions.
We had some points, maybe the
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pink team might have won, I'm
not sure.
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I'm pretty sure pink team won.
We had some great fun, but
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ultimately we had a lot of life
change and we had some students
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who made some decisions while we
while they were there.
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We had some students who maybe
sets a little asset of their
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comfort zone, learned some
things right, which is what we
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hope.
We hope that they come back,
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that they've grown a little bit,
that they've pushed maybe a
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little bit, that they've
challenged themselves.
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A bit as well, But before we
even stepped foot on the bus, I
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know for a fact that we had a
huge army of people praying for
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us and a huge army of people
maybe that have been a little
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worried about their kids but
also really excited for them.
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So I just wanted to start by
talking about our amazing
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parents that are here.
If you're a parent, would you
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stand up?
I know it's Uber embarrassing,
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but yeah, stand on your feet.
Yeah.
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Look at all these amazing
parents.
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Number one, they trusted me to
take their kids to a lake. #2
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They want the best for their
kids.
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You guys can sit down.
They want the best for their
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kids and and decided to send
them to a week of camp, which is
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amazing.
So I just wanted to say thank
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you to you guys for #1 trusting
us but for also allowing your
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kid to have an experience that
hopefully they came back and
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told you a little bit about more
than just it was fine.
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Hopefully they opened up a
little bit for you guys.
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I also want to say a big thank
you to our amazing youth
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leaders.
So if you were a youth leader
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would you guys stand up in here?
It doesn't matter if you went to
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camp.
I know we have Logan back in the
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AV.
Bell, Booth, Tory's up here.
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All of these people, whether
they were at camp or not, have
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had such an integral part of
helping these students grow
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throughout this entire year.
Last couple of years, they've
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invested their time because they
love these kids so much.
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So thank you from the bottom of
my heart for all the time that
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you guys have spent not only
praying but also spending your
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week at camp with us, right?
Which is awesome.
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And then the last person I want
to make sure we think today is
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the big man in charge here.
His name is Pastor Shan.
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Be true also.
God, he's pointing up.
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Pastor Sean Petrie, Would you
guys give it up for him and his
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wife Diane, who allowed us to go
right down and run their lake
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house a little bit?
Hopefully we didn't break
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anything.
Hopefully everything still
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stayed in one piece for the most
part.
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We'll see.
But it was a great time and we
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had this big focus while we were
there about leadership.
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What do we do as people, as
human beings who are trying to
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figure out what this whole life
is about and how do we become
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leaders God's called us to be
and you guys want us.
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You guys like that highlight
camp video that we just showed?
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That was made by one of our
teams.
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Like, that's pretty cool, right?
So like, we have team, yeah,
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that's Aubrey.
You guys can give it up for
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Aubrey.
We have teams that are stepping
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up in big ways because they know
the impact that they're making
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and they're sacrificing time on
their own to make a difference.
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And that's exactly what we
challenged them to do when we
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were at camp, was to push
themselves, to challenge
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themselves, to think a little
bit differently, to hopefully
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come back a little bit
different.
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And I wanted you all to have an
opportunity to hear straight
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from them, a couple of them who
are willing enough to not just
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leave me on red and ghost me,
and texting that I was asking
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them to speak.
But these two actually said yes.
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So I want to start by welcoming
to the stage my own daughter,
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Ashlyn.
Would you guys give it up for
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Ashlyn?
She's going to come join me up
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here.
And I know that, like, this may
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seem like an easy ask because
she's my own kid, but being a
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ministry kid, it can be really
hard.
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And you can kind of go through
the motions of this is what your
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life has been, right?
You've been in church.
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This is kind of what I believe.
This is what I do.
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But she really did push herself
at this camp to do some
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different things, to challenge
herself a little bit.
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I want you guys to hear from her
own mouth what she learned at
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camp.
So would you guys give it up one
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more time for Ashlyn?
Good morning, My name is Ashton
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Kubly.
I never doubted Jesus when I was
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younger, but now that I'm older
is a lot more easier for me to
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doubt.
Most of my questions were will I
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still go to church when I move
out?
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And is God real?
I always thought if God was the
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real God, then why were there
different religions?
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But when I went to camp, most of
my questions were less
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concerning.
Camp taught me a lot of things
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to set my goals, to pray and to
read the Bible more.
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Before camp, I hated to worship
and I would space out a lot and
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it felt awkward and I felt
embarrassed.
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But now I'm trying to sing and
raise my hands up because I
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shouldn't be embarrassed when
it's just between me and God.
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We talked about having a purpose
and I think I and I used to
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think I didn't have a purpose
and I shouldn't be living.
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But I feel my purpose and why I
should be live and it is
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spreading, spreading the word to
my friends and inviting them to
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church.
It is important to share the
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gospel with my friends because
they are probably feeling like I
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am lost and confused and
hopeless.
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Psalms 3418 says the Lord is
near the broken hearted and
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saves those who are Christian
spirit.
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I can be a part of helping the
good news and I want to thank my
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leaders for believing in me and
not giving up on me and letting
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me learn more about Jesus.
I can't wait to spread the word
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to my friends and learn more
about Jesus in the Bible.
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Pretty awesome, right?
Like.
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This is my favorite part of camp
is seeing them processing the
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things that they went through,
the feelings that they felt, the
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emotions that they had.
And I noticed in the video
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because she's my own kid, But
did you guys notice in the video
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there's a video of worshipping?
And she was in the very front
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row with her hands raised,
worshipping.
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And that would have never
happened before that moment.
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And camp happens because kids
have moments like that.
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They have moments at camp where
they decide now is the time that
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I'm going to decide to be
different, I'm going to change,
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I'm going to challenge myself.
So thank you Ashlyn for sharing,
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because I know it's kind of
hard.
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To share sometimes the feelings
that you have in front of other
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people, but the power that we
have and we learned so much
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about leadership and how we can
help others by sharing our own
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story.
So I have one more person that I
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want to share and she almost
ghosted me, but she decided to
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say yes.
This is our very own Alyssa
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Hardy.
Would you guys give it up for
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Alyssa?
So Alyssa has been with me since
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the beginning in youth ministry.
You've been together for quite a
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while and we equally put up with
each other and she jokes around
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a lot.
But she's got a heart of gold
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and I want you to hear really
her story about how powerful
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camp was for her.
Give it up one more time for
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Alyssa.
I'm Alyssa.
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Kerry asked me to speak.
So that's what this is.
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I've had questions in doubts for
a long time.
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How do I know God exists?
If he does exist, why should I?
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Why should I obey him?
I've been told since I was born
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that Jesus died for me because
he loves me, and I've always
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believed it.
But as I've grown, my doubts
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have grown with me.
The ways of the world seemed so
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much better than following a God
I wasn't even sure was real.
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I was hurting, I was lonely, and
I wanted more.
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I've had the opportunity to go
to two church camps this summer,
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both of which have changed my
perspective in ways I could not
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imagine.
Being in a camp reminded me why
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I exist and who created me.
I believe in God because God
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believes in me.
Since the beginning He has been
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faithful and with me even when I
couldn't see him.
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I will be God and I follow God
because of his love.
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And now I get to show that love
to everyone.
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I know if you asked me two
months ago why I would get to go
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to heaven, I wouldn't have had
an answer.
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But I now know that I get to go
to heaven because Jesus alone
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allows me to through His love.
No matter how I feel, no matter
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my doubts, God is always there
and always loves me.
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Because of God, I have hope.
And because of camp, I've been
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able to realize all this, and I
can follow God in ways I haven't
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been able to before.
I will live my life to bring
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glory and people to God.
Whatever God caused me to do.
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I have faith that I can and I
will follow him even when my
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faith inevitably fails.
Because it will.
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I know I will be able to rebuild
it again and again with the help
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of God and the leaders in my
life.
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Because no matter where I go or
how far I stray, He will always
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find me because of his unfailing
love.
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I'm confident in my face and I
will continue to grow with him.
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I'd like to thank Kerry Tori and
my parents plus Pink team cuz
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we're awesome and we won.
Go pink team.
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Isn't it awesome how different
both of their stories were?
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And they both are at the same
camp, right?
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So it's like God talks to each
and every one of these students
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in so many different ways while
they're they're there.
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We may be talking about the same
thing, but they're pulling these
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different things out of it based
on what they're going through,
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the things that they need to
hear, maybe the things that
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they're going through have gone
through.
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And I love that I get a front
row seat, and I'm sure my other
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leaders will say the exact same
thing, that we get a front row
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seat to watch these kids change
the world.
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We get a front row seat to watch
this next generation decide to
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step up and challenge themselves
and be different.
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And I know for a fact that they
came back to school, came back
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from camp and are heading into
school confident that they're
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going to make waves.
They're going to maybe talk to
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those kids that seem unlovable.
They're going to challenge
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themselves to reach out to the
people that maybe are hard to
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like or hard to be around.
And they're going to have
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conversations that are hard
because they know that that's
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how we lead, like Jesus.
And I want to challenge you guys
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today, the exact same thing.
Because ultimately, aren't we
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all just kind of growing
teenagers?
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I joke with that my husband has
never really ever become a grown
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up.
But I think that we all, in our
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own way, are all just navigating
this adulthood life still as
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kind of kids sometimes.
And we're also going through
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things that are really
challenging, but we can all
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still lead with as much boldness
as they have as well.
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And I want to challenge you.
To go into your same life, into
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your workplace, into your home
life, into your family life,
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your friend life, into the city
that you live in, at the store,
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wherever you are, with the same
boldness and confidence that you
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can lead just like Jesus led.
We talked at camp about how God
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has purposed us and gifted us
all differently, right?
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Everybody around you is
completely different.
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We all have different purposes.
We all have different things
454
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,160
that we're good at.
And just like the people in the
455
00:35:58,160 --> 00:35:59,960
Bible, right?
Every single one of them had
456
00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:01,400
something different that that
they were good at.
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00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,520
We have Moses.
And Mary and Joseph and John the
458
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,800
Baptist, right?
None of them were gifted alike,
459
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,600
but they all made a huge impact
for the Kingdom of God.
460
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,840
And that's exactly what God has
called us to do.
461
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,240
To take bold steps of faith, to
follow him, to follow his lead
462
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,600
in our lives, even when it might
be challenging.
463
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,960
And we talked a lot, too, about
this idea of how it's really
464
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,680
easy to make it about ourselves.
Isn't it really easy to make it
465
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,680
about us from the time that we
wake up to the time that we go
466
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:32,280
to bed?
What are we thinking about?
467
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:36,040
How things affect us, right?
We're trying to decide every
468
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,640
minute of every day how
inconvenienced or blessed or
469
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:43,320
joyful or happy or sad we are
based on the circumstances
470
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,160
around us.
But I wonder how different our
471
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,280
world could look.
Even your own home could look if
472
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,760
we decided to switch our
perspective completely and think
473
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,430
about those around us first.
If we led like Jesus and just
474
00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:58,470
thinking about that person next
to us on the bus or that person
475
00:36:58,470 --> 00:37:01,630
standing in front of us at the
grocery store and how their life
476
00:37:01,630 --> 00:37:04,910
might be different if they knew
what we knew or maybe how their
477
00:37:04,910 --> 00:37:09,590
life might be better because we
lead our life better, These
478
00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:13,150
teenagers decided to come home
with that exact same excitement
479
00:37:13,390 --> 00:37:15,830
to lead.
And I want to read a verse for
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00:37:15,830 --> 00:37:19,190
you because this to me is just
exactly what God has called us
481
00:37:19,190 --> 00:37:20,710
to do.
This is Romans chapter 12 verse
482
00:37:20,710 --> 00:37:22,500
8.
Says, if your gift is to
483
00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:24,420
encourage others, be
encouraging.
484
00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:27,460
If it's, if it is giving, give
generously.
485
00:37:27,660 --> 00:37:30,740
If God has given you leadership
ability, take the responsibility
486
00:37:30,740 --> 00:37:33,220
seriously.
And if you have a gift for
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00:37:33,220 --> 00:37:36,140
showing kindness to others, do
it gladly.
488
00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:39,300
The thing that we all have in
common, right, is that God
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00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,020
called us to be leaders.
The thing that we maybe don't
490
00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:44,140
have in common is exactly what
He's gifted us with.
491
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:47,660
But we can use those gifts and
the talents that we have to help
492
00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:51,140
other people around us to love
people that might be very hard
493
00:37:51,140 --> 00:37:54,740
to love, to advocate for people
who might not have anybody, to
494
00:37:54,780 --> 00:37:57,100
advocate for them.
And just to really think about
495
00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:58,860
our day differently than we
really are Now.
496
00:37:58,860 --> 00:38:02,420
I have a couple of quick steps
before I have some teenagers
497
00:38:02,420 --> 00:38:05,340
join me on the stage that I can
give you today to help to lead.
498
00:38:05,340 --> 00:38:07,620
Like these teenagers came home
excited to lead the 1st.
499
00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:10,060
Is this follow the leader,
right?
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00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:12,580
I talked about being kids again.
Like it is as simple as
501
00:38:12,580 --> 00:38:16,480
following the leader.
Jesus gives us the best example
502
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,720
of what it looks like to lead
well and to love others first
503
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:21,160
before loving ourselves, doesn't
he?
504
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,520
There's so many examples in
scripture for us to look at on
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00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:28,200
how we can lead like Him, and
that's loving others before us,
506
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,880
right?
His entire life was spent loving
507
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:32,960
other people more than he loved
himself.
508
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,520
Loving others even when it's
really hard.
509
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,480
That is probably one of the
hardest things I feel as an
510
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,600
adult is loving everyone because
we all know.
511
00:38:41,970 --> 00:38:44,130
There are people we encounter
that are maybe not so lovable,
512
00:38:44,130 --> 00:38:45,850
right?
Maybe people that really get
513
00:38:45,850 --> 00:38:48,370
under our skin.
People that aren't like us,
514
00:38:48,370 --> 00:38:50,650
right.
But we can lead like Jesus by
515
00:38:50,650 --> 00:38:53,730
leading those people well.
The second is this, to discover
516
00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:56,530
your gifts.
Our church is really big into
517
00:38:56,530 --> 00:38:58,890
discovering your gifts and the
importance of it, and I want to
518
00:38:58,890 --> 00:39:02,810
challenge you to lean into that.
Find a way to join Crash Course.
519
00:39:02,970 --> 00:39:05,650
Get around somebody who can help
you discover what your gifts
520
00:39:05,650 --> 00:39:07,370
even are.
You might be the age that you
521
00:39:07,370 --> 00:39:09,810
are and have absolutely no idea
what God has gifted you with.
522
00:39:09,810 --> 00:39:12,490
Discover what those are.
You can't really lead into your
523
00:39:12,490 --> 00:39:14,210
full purpose unless you really
know what that is.
524
00:39:14,650 --> 00:39:17,050
And the last thing is this, to
love others first.
525
00:39:17,050 --> 00:39:20,530
Peter 4410 says this.
God has given each of you a
526
00:39:20,530 --> 00:39:23,320
gift.
From his great variety of
527
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,440
spiritual gifts, use them well
to serve one another.
528
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,760
These gifts are for a purpose,
right?
529
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,880
We can lead, we can lead by
example.
530
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,640
We can follow Jesus by actually
doing the things that we're
531
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,760
we're called to do with the
things that He's given us.
532
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:38,720
So this is my challenge to you
today.
533
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:41,200
Church.
Go all in.
534
00:39:41,740 --> 00:39:43,380
Right.
Don't just go all in today and
535
00:39:43,380 --> 00:39:46,060
forget about it.
Decide today is the day that
536
00:39:46,060 --> 00:39:48,100
you're going to stop thinking as
much about yourself and you're
537
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:50,180
going to start really thinking
about people around you and
538
00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:52,620
caring about them.
I've encouraged these students
539
00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:55,580
to go into their school with a
purpose, right?
540
00:39:55,820 --> 00:39:58,460
Their purpose is that they want
to be the difference in their
541
00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:01,300
school because their school
isn't going to change unless
542
00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:02,740
they're a part of that
difference, right?
543
00:40:03,020 --> 00:40:04,460
Their school is not going to be
different.
544
00:40:04,460 --> 00:40:06,140
Those people around them aren't
going to be different.
545
00:40:06,140 --> 00:40:07,980
Those people they complain about
aren't going to be different
546
00:40:07,980 --> 00:40:09,580
unless they're a part of the
change.
547
00:40:10,170 --> 00:40:13,090
And you guys have the exact same
ability and the capacity to be a
548
00:40:13,090 --> 00:40:17,810
part of that change.
So Speaking of change, I want
549
00:40:17,810 --> 00:40:20,650
you guys to be able to see a lot
of that change.
550
00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:23,050
These teenagers are sitting here
in the front row, and I love
551
00:40:23,050 --> 00:40:26,010
that you get to see them, but I
want you to be able to see a
552
00:40:26,010 --> 00:40:29,010
visual, almost like an
experience of what they
553
00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:31,530
experienced at camp.
So I want to go ahead and invite
554
00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:33,450
all of them to join me here up
on stage.
555
00:40:33,730 --> 00:40:35,530
And while I do that, I want to
explain to you kind of what
556
00:40:35,530 --> 00:40:38,130
we're doing.
We just sang a song a little bit
557
00:40:38,130 --> 00:40:42,720
ago called Build My Life, and by
following Jesus's lead, we're
558
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,960
building our life.
We're asking him to build our
559
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,320
life, to be like his life.
And what they're coming up here
560
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:52,960
to do right now is give you a
visual representation of what
561
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,720
that what that looks like.
So for them, they came to camp
562
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:58,400
with a lot of things that they
were struggling with.
563
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,680
You can tell by the two that
came up here on the stage that
564
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,400
all of those experiences are
very different for each of them.
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00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,130
For them filling out these
posters at camp, they have been
566
00:41:08,130 --> 00:41:11,410
even a healing process for them
to kind of see where God
567
00:41:11,610 --> 00:41:14,810
actually took them through camp
and where they are afterwards.
568
00:41:14,970 --> 00:41:18,850
So I want you guys as we sing
the song that talks about how
569
00:41:18,850 --> 00:41:22,890
amazing our God is and how he
leads the way for us to do the
570
00:41:22,890 --> 00:41:26,090
exact same thing.
I want you guys to read all of
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00:41:26,090 --> 00:41:28,370
these posters.
I want you to see the faces of
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00:41:28,370 --> 00:41:31,530
these teenagers and I want you
to read their stories.
573
00:41:32,090 --> 00:41:34,530
And then I want you to see
halfway through this how those
574
00:41:34,530 --> 00:41:37,290
stories have changed as a result
of camp.
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00:41:37,290 --> 00:41:40,570
So I want to invite you all to
stand and we're going to sing as
576
00:41:40,570 --> 00:41:42,370
well.
So you guys are welcome to
577
00:41:42,370 --> 00:41:46,410
follow along and just sing.
Worship as big as you can with
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00:41:46,410 --> 00:41:48,930
these students as we decide to
lead together.
579
00:41:48,930 --> 00:42:17,100
Let's worship Big together.
I will build my life upon your
580
00:42:17,340 --> 00:42:24,060
love.
It is a firm foundation.
581
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:37,420
I will put my trust in you
alone, and I will not be shaken.
582
00:42:38,220 --> 00:42:45,140
I will build my life upon your
love.
583
00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:56,950
It is a plan foundation.
I will put my trust in.
584
00:42:56,950 --> 00:43:02,470
You will and I will.
All right.
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00:43:02,470 --> 00:43:06,870
Let's see what God did this week
at Camp Holy.
586
00:43:07,630 --> 00:43:13,630
There is no one like you.
There is none beside you.
587
00:43:14,870 --> 00:43:20,630
Open up my eyes and wander.
Show me.
588
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:27,480
Who you are and fell me with
your heart and leave me.
589
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:37,480
And your love to goes around me.
Holy, there is no one like you.
590
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:46,640
There is none beside you.
Open up my eyes and wander and
591
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:52,060
show me.
Who you are and fail me with
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00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:59,940
your heart, and leave me and
your love to those around me,
593
00:44:00,260 --> 00:44:08,300
because I will build my life
upon your love.
594
00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:17,420
It is a firm balmation and I
will put my.
595
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:26,960
Because then you will and I will
not be shaken.
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00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,680
Hey, let's give him a hand.
Come on, give it that big for
597
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,480
the teenagers what God's doing
in their life.
598
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,400
Oh man, you guys have joined
these signs.
599
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:43,440
I know you guys are nervous up
there.
600
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,640
We should have said smile big,
right?
601
00:44:46,950 --> 00:44:49,750
But it's just amazing week at
camp and I'm going to say thank
602
00:44:49,750 --> 00:44:52,910
you to those took time out of
their week, those who serve
603
00:44:52,910 --> 00:44:55,470
every week with their teenagers.
To Carrie and the team.
604
00:44:55,470 --> 00:44:57,830
Can you give it a big for them
and let them know we love them?
605
00:45:00,430 --> 00:45:02,910
And I love the size.
I saw a lost and found and
606
00:45:02,910 --> 00:45:06,230
didn't have hope.
And I don't know man, I can hang
607
00:45:06,230 --> 00:45:08,510
out with Hayden quite a bit.
This guy's A servant of God.
608
00:45:08,510 --> 00:45:10,350
That's his gift to servant
behind the scenes.
609
00:45:10,350 --> 00:45:12,730
His boys.
Just dude, he just falls around
610
00:45:12,730 --> 00:45:14,450
helping out.
And it was so cool.
611
00:45:14,770 --> 00:45:16,330
Get connected.
Pray with some of you guys
612
00:45:16,330 --> 00:45:18,170
hearing your stories.
And some of you I didn't really
613
00:45:18,450 --> 00:45:20,810
know before went to camp and it
was cool to see what God was
614
00:45:20,810 --> 00:45:23,290
going to do inside your life.
And I would encourage us as a
615
00:45:23,290 --> 00:45:25,650
church that really our mission
is to reach the youngest
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00:45:25,650 --> 00:45:29,130
generation possible.
If if we fail to reach the
617
00:45:29,170 --> 00:45:31,730
youngest generation possible,
we've put an expiration date on
618
00:45:31,730 --> 00:45:34,570
the gospel and the gospel will
stop at our address.
619
00:45:34,970 --> 00:45:37,090
And so they do life differently.
We do right?
620
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,120
A lot different, right?
And the struggles and stuff are
621
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:42,000
the same struggles, but there's
different things.
622
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,120
And the stuff that they're
struggling is heavy.
623
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,840
And I think Satan just has a
kind of way, just making us feel
624
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:49,960
comfortable at times that we're
at a time of peace.
625
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,200
And there's not really a battle,
but there really is a battle
626
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,680
ration for souls.
And when you're around
627
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,920
teenagers, see what they're
struggling with, I'm just
628
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:58,440
telling you, they need to be
praying for these teens.
629
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,400
Amen.
I mean, if you're a parent of a
630
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,520
teen, you know, like, man, it's
just so much different than when
631
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:04,000
we were teens.
And the stuff that's in their
632
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,440
face and what they're struggling
with, Same struggles, but just.
633
00:46:06,940 --> 00:46:08,580
The vehicles are so much
stronger and the weapons are
634
00:46:08,580 --> 00:46:10,460
strong.
And so I want to encourage you
635
00:46:10,460 --> 00:46:14,380
guys that when I was 18, I
surrendered at a camp as much
636
00:46:14,380 --> 00:46:16,900
like this camp, a little
different but same spirit of
637
00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:18,740
God.
And I surrendered at whatever
638
00:46:18,740 --> 00:46:21,060
God had and just I didn't know
what that would look like in my
639
00:46:21,060 --> 00:46:22,660
life.
But the time I knew I was just
640
00:46:22,660 --> 00:46:25,500
going to say, okay God, you have
my life and what it looked like
641
00:46:25,500 --> 00:46:27,460
is really my heart started to
match the heart of God.
642
00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:30,940
Like I started seeing a little
bit how God saw and that's just
643
00:46:30,940 --> 00:46:33,420
where you want to be at.
There's things you saw this week
644
00:46:33,420 --> 00:46:35,980
at camp, those things that God
was put in your heart, you guys.
645
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,800
Wrote these signs I would
encourage me to drive a stake in
646
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,120
your life.
Like don't ever let that go.
647
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,120
Like to hold on to the things of
God.
648
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:43,400
Hold on things that he's shown
you.
649
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:45,800
And you start seeing people.
Like God sees people.
650
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,040
The bigger now you really start
seeing yourself the way God sees
651
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:49,720
you.
And you guys talk about being
652
00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:51,960
depressed and all these things
you guys struggle with.
653
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:53,600
You replace that with the spirit
of God.
654
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,640
That thanks to Christ and our
church is behind you.
655
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:57,720
We love them, don't we?
Guys, come on.
656
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:01,680
You're not alone.
And so.
657
00:47:02,090 --> 00:47:04,650
I would encourage you to just go
all in for Jesus.
658
00:47:04,650 --> 00:47:07,850
And I saw one down there,
Audrey, highly reading the
659
00:47:07,850 --> 00:47:09,770
Bible.
It was awesome.
660
00:47:09,770 --> 00:47:11,210
They brought the Bible to the
camp and they're like, hey,
661
00:47:11,210 --> 00:47:13,730
everyone turned to and it was
like judges or something.
662
00:47:13,730 --> 00:47:16,450
They're like, where is it at?
It was just like, yeah, we'll
663
00:47:16,450 --> 00:47:18,570
show them, right?
And so it's just cool to get in
664
00:47:18,570 --> 00:47:20,290
the word of God and the Holy
Spirit around you guys.
665
00:47:20,450 --> 00:47:23,210
Well, I'll do something very
special and just a prayer with
666
00:47:23,210 --> 00:47:25,050
these guys.
It was easy to pray into events,
667
00:47:25,050 --> 00:47:27,850
easy to pray in the camp and
into those things in our lives.
668
00:47:27,850 --> 00:47:31,010
You know, big decisions.
But it's very rare that people
669
00:47:31,010 --> 00:47:33,170
go back and say thanks and they
pray out of it.
670
00:47:33,170 --> 00:47:35,050
I think it's just important to
pray out of his into it.
671
00:47:35,290 --> 00:47:37,090
I think about the 10 lepers,
right?
672
00:47:37,090 --> 00:47:40,170
They're all touched by Jesus.
They're all healed by Jesus, all
673
00:47:40,170 --> 00:47:42,490
changed by Jesus.
They all were transformed by
674
00:47:42,610 --> 00:47:44,650
Jesus.
Only one of them came back and
675
00:47:44,650 --> 00:47:47,010
said thank you.
And so today is really our time
676
00:47:47,050 --> 00:47:50,210
to just get around to these
teens and say thank you, Jesus,
677
00:47:50,490 --> 00:47:52,890
for changing their life.
I I won't be like the the Thai
678
00:47:52,890 --> 00:47:54,610
church has 10 lepers that go
back to Jesus.
679
00:47:54,610 --> 00:47:55,750
Amen.
I don't.
680
00:47:55,750 --> 00:47:57,190
I don't be like the one or the
two I want.
681
00:47:57,190 --> 00:47:58,390
I want all of us to be part of
this.
682
00:47:58,390 --> 00:47:59,750
And so I'm going to invite our
teenagers.
683
00:47:59,990 --> 00:48:02,150
You guys are kind of working way
down the stairs, not killing
684
00:48:02,150 --> 00:48:04,390
each other.
Come on and come across the
685
00:48:04,390 --> 00:48:07,390
front, down the aisle over here,
just kind of spread out.
686
00:48:07,870 --> 00:48:10,230
I want you to spend some time
just praying for our teenagers.
687
00:48:10,510 --> 00:48:12,470
And maybe you're like, I don't
know what to say.
688
00:48:12,470 --> 00:48:14,710
I don't know what to do.
You saw their sign.
689
00:48:14,950 --> 00:48:16,990
So you just go up to them, put
your arm around them and say,
690
00:48:16,990 --> 00:48:19,630
man, tell them about your sign.
And just thank Jesus, you did
691
00:48:19,630 --> 00:48:22,270
some work in the life.
You can fill them up here too.
692
00:48:22,270 --> 00:48:24,870
Don't be shy up here.
So they're all going to the back
693
00:48:24,870 --> 00:48:26,790
to run the way.
But you you can.
694
00:48:26,790 --> 00:48:28,710
You can filling up here.
But I would encourage you.
695
00:48:28,710 --> 00:48:31,350
Maybe you're a parent.
Maybe you're a grandparent,
696
00:48:31,350 --> 00:48:33,270
friend of the family.
Maybe you don't know anybody.
697
00:48:33,630 --> 00:48:36,150
Maybe you're new to our church.
Like, what's going on if you're
698
00:48:36,150 --> 00:48:37,670
a Christian?
In Jesus' fault, Man, you guys
699
00:48:37,710 --> 00:48:39,790
all left the middle blank.
And we'll go back this way.
700
00:48:40,110 --> 00:48:40,910
Come on now.
You can do it.
701
00:48:40,910 --> 00:48:41,950
Don't be scared.
Don't be.
702
00:48:42,070 --> 00:48:43,910
You can do it.
Oh, you already spoke.
703
00:48:43,910 --> 00:48:45,310
So you can do it.
Come on now.
704
00:48:45,990 --> 00:48:48,150
And so we had some space.
But I would encourage you get
705
00:48:48,150 --> 00:48:49,830
around some teenagers.
Pray for him.
706
00:48:50,070 --> 00:48:51,350
I would invite you to start
moving out.
707
00:48:51,350 --> 00:48:52,950
If that's you.
Just find a teenager, Put your
708
00:48:52,950 --> 00:48:54,590
arm around him.
Just start praying for him.
709
00:48:55,050 --> 00:48:56,890
You'll find somebody I want to
be praying alone.
710
00:49:23,490 --> 00:48:58,210
They're not alone.
I would encourage you mean just
711
00:48:58,730 --> 00:49:02,050
you can pray as I'm talking but
speak a word in their life.
712
00:49:02,770 --> 00:49:05,250
See, say say that you see
something in their life.
713
00:49:05,250 --> 00:49:07,450
You see some potential.
Maybe you can pray over them and
714
00:49:07,730 --> 00:49:09,650
and pray for them not to be what
you did right.
715
00:49:10,370 --> 00:49:12,610
Maybe you can share with them a
little bit of your story.
716
00:49:13,050 --> 00:49:14,250
Love.
Know you're behind them.
717
00:49:14,450 --> 00:49:18,450
Love know that God is is a sure
bet that this church is around
718
00:49:18,450 --> 00:49:21,450
them and cares for them, that
they can be the tip of the spear
719
00:49:21,450 --> 00:49:26,410
that they can go out and buy.
Maybe you can make a friend with
720
00:49:26,410 --> 00:49:28,250
them and let them know every
week you're going to care for
721
00:49:28,250 --> 00:49:30,370
them and pray for them.
Maybe you can be the kind of
722
00:49:30,370 --> 00:49:32,130
person that's just going to
accelerate their faith.
723
00:49:32,130 --> 00:49:34,090
And I was a teenager.
There's a man in my life.
724
00:49:34,410 --> 00:49:36,530
I don't know what you saw in me.
And he said, Sean, whatever
725
00:49:36,530 --> 00:49:38,410
happens, I'll never let you fail
for Christ.
726
00:49:38,770 --> 00:49:40,530
He was the kind of guy that gave
the shroff his back.
727
00:49:40,530 --> 00:49:42,890
He ended up giving me vehicles
and all sorts of stuff.
728
00:49:42,930 --> 00:49:45,530
I never asked for a dime from
this man, and he would not let
729
00:49:45,530 --> 00:49:47,770
me fail in my faith.
And what these young people
730
00:49:47,770 --> 00:49:49,330
need, they need spiritual dads
and moms.
731
00:49:49,330 --> 00:49:51,450
Amen.
Not just their parents, but any
732
00:49:51,450 --> 00:49:53,530
people in their life that say,
you know, I see God moving in
733
00:49:53,530 --> 00:49:55,240
you.
And people that care for them
734
00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:56,680
and believe in them.
So I would encourage you.
735
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:58,600
I mean get serious in this
prayer time.
736
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,560
We're going to take about 3 or 4
minutes and just if you're still
737
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:02,720
in your seat you don't feel
comfortable.
738
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:04,480
Just pray you're at.
I would encourage you man.
739
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,640
If you know Jesus, your savior,
man, get out here and pave the
740
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,800
way, right?
You think about the armor of God
741
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,440
and Ephesians and you put all
this armor on for these kids in
742
00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:14,880
this week and this shield of
faith and storm of the spirit.
743
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,520
But when they got the armor on,
what'd they do?
744
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:21,320
You guys remember what they did?
Come on, this layup, they
745
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,390
prayed, right?
And that's what we get to do.
746
00:50:24,390 --> 00:50:25,710
We get to pray today in the
spirit of God.
747
00:50:25,710 --> 00:50:28,190
And so this may be the really
the highlight of can't for them
748
00:50:28,710 --> 00:50:30,790
is that maybe their parents came
down today and say, you know
749
00:50:30,790 --> 00:50:31,990
what?
I see you when guys do your
750
00:50:31,990 --> 00:50:33,350
life, and I need that in my
life.
751
00:50:33,390 --> 00:50:36,270
So you guys came day for the
first time because your kid said
752
00:50:36,270 --> 00:50:38,430
you need to come to church
today, come go on stage.
753
00:50:38,790 --> 00:50:40,630
And today maybe you're like,
man, there's something to this.
754
00:50:40,830 --> 00:50:42,550
And so I would encourage you,
man, to spend some time praying
755
00:50:42,550 --> 00:50:44,830
and I'll pray out of it.
But just get together and let's
756
00:50:44,830 --> 00:50:45,670
lead the way.
Amen.
757
00:51:59,620 --> 00:52:02,780
Father would come before you,
God, we play a blessing on what
758
00:52:02,780 --> 00:52:05,180
your holy spirits do.
And God, that these aren't the
759
00:52:05,180 --> 00:52:07,180
leaders of tomorrow, these
leaders of today.
760
00:52:07,660 --> 00:52:10,260
And I pray that they would just
find newfound faith in you.
761
00:52:10,380 --> 00:52:12,980
God, that they would just be
moved by you and God, that even
762
00:52:12,980 --> 00:52:15,740
those nights of worship you're
just speaking in the Holy Spirit
763
00:52:15,740 --> 00:52:17,700
is moving across that place.
God, I pray to save you.
764
00:52:17,700 --> 00:52:20,260
Just a reminder through these
songs that that you are true,
765
00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:23,420
that your words are true, that
there is a a sure bet.
766
00:52:23,420 --> 00:52:26,320
God, there's absolute truth.
That they can build their life
767
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:28,120
on you.
That you're a sure foundation.
768
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:31,320
So today I pray for these young
people to rise up out of the
769
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:34,480
pits of depression and
discouragement and fear and
770
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:37,200
anxiety and worry and all the
struggles that this generation
771
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,080
got.
And they just rise up on faith.
772
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:41,360
They'll be built on the word of
God.
773
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,680
And so I pray that this
generation be marked by prayer.
774
00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:47,600
That there be a Bible that moves
across the really not just our
775
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:50,080
church, but through their
schools and through the hallways
776
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:52,850
gotten their families and.
Like my family God, many of them
777
00:52:52,850 --> 00:52:55,690
didn't know Jesus.
And so I pray that today that
778
00:52:55,690 --> 00:52:58,290
maybe they're the first
generation Christian and their
779
00:52:58,290 --> 00:53:00,650
family God that begins to live
for you got to pray for faith
780
00:53:00,650 --> 00:53:03,650
for our leaders that.
I just been so faithful to
781
00:53:03,650 --> 00:53:06,770
serving our young people week in
and week out behind the scenes,
782
00:53:06,770 --> 00:53:09,610
just doing, doing work.
God that many people don't see
783
00:53:09,610 --> 00:53:10,370
for the Kingdom.
God.
784
00:53:10,370 --> 00:53:12,290
So I pray for maybe not to get a
full hold.
785
00:53:12,290 --> 00:53:13,970
You got to pray for
encouragement that there would
786
00:53:13,970 --> 00:53:17,130
be a rid of bareness or any
discouragement in our team God
787
00:53:17,130 --> 00:53:19,410
that they would just realize why
they're doing this, that the
788
00:53:19,410 --> 00:53:22,530
payoff is souls being changed.
Got to pray that these young
789
00:53:22,530 --> 00:53:25,130
people begin to see themselves
as you see them God.
790
00:53:25,130 --> 00:53:28,330
That they would see themselves
as whole and forgiven and chosen
791
00:53:28,410 --> 00:53:31,850
and gifted, and that there's the
hand or the hand of God and.
792
00:53:31,930 --> 00:53:34,250
Just a vessel.
An empty vessel for you God.
793
00:53:34,250 --> 00:53:35,770
So pray you, pour this
generation out.
794
00:53:35,850 --> 00:53:39,850
It's really just an offering God
to the nations to point people
795
00:53:39,850 --> 00:53:41,450
to you.
God, pray you to send people out
796
00:53:41,450 --> 00:53:44,010
of this group.
Back into their homes and to
797
00:53:44,010 --> 00:53:45,930
their.
Families and to places maybe
798
00:53:45,930 --> 00:53:47,490
they work or serve or sports
teams.
799
00:53:47,490 --> 00:53:49,980
God, just to make much of you.
And I pray they'd be marked
800
00:53:49,980 --> 00:53:51,780
different.
They walk in the world but not
801
00:53:51,780 --> 00:53:53,780
be of the world.
So got to pray for just a
802
00:53:53,780 --> 00:53:57,300
blessing on this generation that
we see this generation rise up
803
00:53:57,300 --> 00:53:59,300
even more than our generation.
God for you.
804
00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:01,740
And so God, I pray for those
that have poured in them.
805
00:54:01,740 --> 00:54:03,980
I pray blessing on them, my
blessing on what you've done
806
00:54:03,980 --> 00:54:06,380
this camp.
I bring your your mind into.
807
00:54:06,380 --> 00:54:08,500
The things in Christ that we've
learned there.
808
00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:11,020
That we can look back at the
word of God and know this is
809
00:54:11,260 --> 00:54:13,420
what it's all about.
And for those of us that maybe
810
00:54:13,980 --> 00:54:16,540
are looking to pour in God, I
pray that we see this generation
811
00:54:16,540 --> 00:54:19,360
as a generation full of.
Full of freedom and hope that we
812
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:22,520
could pour into and that they
would be just willing vessels
813
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:25,480
like Timothy and Titus and those
in the faith that just open
814
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,480
their hearts to you.
So got to pray for a brokenness
815
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,600
in this place today.
Got to only come through your
816
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,680
spirit.
So got to pray for something to
817
00:54:31,720 --> 00:54:33,680
change in our lives.
Got we would go back to the same
818
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:36,920
routine, the same methods.
God we'd go back to you and so
819
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:39,480
got to pray for your spirit to
have freedom in our lives.
820
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:41,080
Got to pray we'd empty
ourselves.
821
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:43,800
God that we would just be make
much of you.
822
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:45,880
That you would increase and that
we would decrease.
823
00:54:46,430 --> 00:54:49,670
And so God, I pray that the name
of Jesus would be forever
824
00:54:49,670 --> 00:54:51,750
changed.
God and just pointed to you in
825
00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:54,550
the next generations God.
Maybe this is that moment for
826
00:54:54,550 --> 00:54:56,950
somebody today when you call
them surrender.
827
00:54:57,430 --> 00:55:00,390
You call them to die themselves.
You call them to put some things
828
00:55:00,390 --> 00:55:03,390
to death or life that just look
nothing like you, and that today
829
00:55:03,390 --> 00:55:06,690
they rise up with boldness.
To share the gospel.
830
00:55:07,050 --> 00:55:09,610
To to stay no to the things the
world that does that look
831
00:55:09,610 --> 00:55:12,170
towards you for their faith and
encouragement, their peace.
832
00:55:12,610 --> 00:55:14,970
So God, I pray this generation,
God would be the generation
833
00:55:14,970 --> 00:55:17,170
you're going to use God to reach
our nation.
834
00:55:17,330 --> 00:55:20,210
God to turn people back to you
and God to pray your blessing on
835
00:55:20,210 --> 00:55:21,570
today.
God bless our families.
836
00:55:21,610 --> 00:55:24,530
God bless our church and God.
Use these teenagers the mighty
837
00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:25,850
way for you and pray in Jesus
name.
838
00:55:26,730 --> 00:55:28,970
Amen.
Come on, give it up for what
839
00:55:28,970 --> 00:55:30,090
guys doing today.
Come on.
840
00:55:33,860 --> 00:55:35,620
Man, it's exciting.
I would encourage you guys just
841
00:55:35,620 --> 00:55:37,700
find the closest seat.
You don't have to go all the way
842
00:55:37,700 --> 00:55:39,820
back to all the things, but just
find the closest seat.
843
00:55:39,820 --> 00:55:41,980
We're going to do something
special the rest of this
844
00:55:41,980 --> 00:55:43,460
morning.
It's going to be the most
845
00:55:43,460 --> 00:55:45,700
eclectic Sunday morning in the
history of our church.
846
00:55:45,940 --> 00:55:49,220
And so we're going to just do
some business and we've got a an
847
00:55:49,220 --> 00:55:52,300
awesome group of people that are
heading out of town across the
848
00:55:52,300 --> 00:55:54,980
world on a mission trip to
Colombia, Bogota, Colombia,
849
00:55:54,980 --> 00:55:57,260
South America, this coming
Saturday.
850
00:55:57,780 --> 00:56:00,060
Bright in the morning early.
It's not bright.
851
00:56:00,060 --> 00:56:01,740
It's just dark, right?
It's not.
852
00:56:02,050 --> 00:56:04,610
Yeah, not even gonna go to bed,
you know, Friday to Saturday,
853
00:56:04,610 --> 00:56:05,930
right?
But I want to invite our
854
00:56:05,930 --> 00:56:07,650
missions team up.
If you're on that team, would
855
00:56:07,650 --> 00:56:10,450
you come up here to the front?
Just make your way up, kind of
856
00:56:10,450 --> 00:56:12,170
spread out up front.
Look at this crew.
857
00:56:12,450 --> 00:56:13,770
Nice.
Come on.
858
00:56:18,090 --> 00:56:20,250
Nice.
Dude, this is awesome.
859
00:56:20,250 --> 00:56:22,970
So Dennis and Judy, look at you
guys.
860
00:56:24,660 --> 00:56:26,980
Because we're old.
You're never too old for Jesus,
861
00:56:26,980 --> 00:56:28,300
but there's a breath in your
lungs.
862
00:56:28,300 --> 00:56:30,300
Dennis, I'm.
I came on the trip because
863
00:56:30,300 --> 00:56:31,980
Dennis is like, man, I need
somebody to protect me.
864
00:56:31,980 --> 00:56:33,620
And he looked at Logan and
thought that guy's a little
865
00:56:33,620 --> 00:56:38,220
scrawny And then not really.
Oh, man.
866
00:56:38,220 --> 00:56:41,460
But I would encourage you guys.
This is really the heartbeat of
867
00:56:41,460 --> 00:56:43,060
the gospel just living on a
mission.
868
00:56:43,060 --> 00:56:46,020
I want to have.
Diane shares a few words of what
869
00:56:46,020 --> 00:56:48,220
the trip's going to look like,
what's going to happen, what
870
00:56:48,220 --> 00:56:49,860
we're participating, God's going
to do.
871
00:56:50,100 --> 00:56:51,580
And so just maybe share a little
bit about that.
872
00:56:51,580 --> 00:56:53,340
So give it from wife Diane.
Love her.
873
00:56:55,020 --> 00:56:56,220
Thanks.
Hey, Dennis.
874
00:56:56,980 --> 00:56:59,460
No, I'm super excited.
This is our second year back to
875
00:56:59,460 --> 00:57:01,580
Bogota, Colombia.
We went last summer and we're
876
00:57:01,580 --> 00:57:04,580
going to the same place.
And the reason for that is
877
00:57:04,580 --> 00:57:08,060
because the primary goal and
mission of what we're doing is
878
00:57:08,060 --> 00:57:10,740
that we have mission partners
who are doing a lot of the same
879
00:57:10,740 --> 00:57:12,780
things that we're doing here,
trying to reach their city,
880
00:57:12,780 --> 00:57:14,820
trying to reach the World for
Jesus.
881
00:57:14,820 --> 00:57:16,820
And we get to be a part of
helping to encourage.
882
00:57:16,820 --> 00:57:19,900
There's a discipleship school
that actually takes young people
883
00:57:19,900 --> 00:57:22,140
who have just graduated from
high school, and it's helping to
884
00:57:22,140 --> 00:57:23,860
build them up as leaders for
Christ.
885
00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:26,540
To go into the workforce, to go
maybe into the ministry,
886
00:57:26,620 --> 00:57:29,500
whatever God's calling them to,
but as leaders for Christ in
887
00:57:29,500 --> 00:57:32,020
their community.
And so we get to encourage not
888
00:57:32,020 --> 00:57:34,620
only them and those students who
are doing that, but what's
889
00:57:34,620 --> 00:57:37,500
really on our heart is those
leaders who are working in the
890
00:57:37,500 --> 00:57:39,740
ministry day in and day out.
They're doing the cause of
891
00:57:39,740 --> 00:57:41,260
Christ.
And it's our job that we get to
892
00:57:41,260 --> 00:57:44,420
go and encourage them to build
them up, to love on them and
893
00:57:44,420 --> 00:57:47,220
just really to encourage their
heart as they're doing those
894
00:57:47,220 --> 00:57:49,020
things.
We also get to jump in.
895
00:57:49,020 --> 00:57:53,540
There is a church plant called
Conviva Norte and it is in the
896
00:57:53,540 --> 00:57:55,980
Northern.
Part of Bogota and they are a
897
00:57:55,980 --> 00:57:58,580
church plant just like us.
They, you know, go in and set up
898
00:57:58,580 --> 00:58:01,220
and do all the different things
to reach their community, reach
899
00:58:01,220 --> 00:58:03,940
their city with the gospel.
And they actually live in a
900
00:58:03,940 --> 00:58:06,900
really unique part of town that
has a lot of Venezuelan
901
00:58:06,900 --> 00:58:08,660
refugees.
And so it's on their heart to
902
00:58:08,660 --> 00:58:11,700
reach people who have been
through a lot of really hard and
903
00:58:11,700 --> 00:58:14,340
challenging things in their life
of just being, you know, ripped
904
00:58:14,340 --> 00:58:16,420
from their home because of
violence and different things.
905
00:58:16,420 --> 00:58:19,700
And so we get to go also and
encourage the pastor and his
906
00:58:19,700 --> 00:58:22,340
wife and the church staff and
the people who are leading every
907
00:58:22,340 --> 00:58:25,420
week just the same as we do.
And so it's a really cool way to
908
00:58:25,420 --> 00:58:27,300
be able to connect with what God
is doing.
909
00:58:27,300 --> 00:58:29,220
And what we'll do is different
stuff.
910
00:58:29,220 --> 00:58:31,460
The first thing we'll do is
whatever they ask us to do,
911
00:58:31,580 --> 00:58:33,580
whatever they need help with,
whatever is an encouragement to
912
00:58:33,580 --> 00:58:35,540
them we're willing and ready to
jump in.
913
00:58:36,180 --> 00:58:39,420
And do that to work with some
kids ministry there to maybe get
914
00:58:39,420 --> 00:58:41,620
to help out with their youth
ministry, to help invite people
915
00:58:41,620 --> 00:58:44,060
to church to help serve on
Sunday morning with their church
916
00:58:44,060 --> 00:58:46,460
as well.
So I'm really looking forward to
917
00:58:46,620 --> 00:58:48,820
what we'll be able to do to
encourage the heart of the
918
00:58:48,820 --> 00:58:50,780
people there.
But I'm always looking forward
919
00:58:50,780 --> 00:58:53,300
to what God is going to do in
our hearts as well.
920
00:58:53,460 --> 00:58:55,740
I've been on a lot of missions,
trips over the years and I know
921
00:58:55,740 --> 00:58:58,380
that some of our people, a lot
of our people have not been on
922
00:58:58,380 --> 00:59:00,900
many missions trips.
So it's always fun and a joy to
923
00:59:00,900 --> 00:59:03,900
take people across the world
because you really get this
924
00:59:03,900 --> 00:59:06,060
picture that sometimes it can
feel like church is.
925
00:59:06,180 --> 00:59:09,220
Just what we do here at Kentucky
Trail, But what you see when you
926
00:59:09,220 --> 00:59:13,020
go across the world is that God
is big and he is working all
927
00:59:13,020 --> 00:59:15,700
over the world.
And as personal as he is to work
928
00:59:15,700 --> 00:59:18,540
in one person's life, he can
take that and magnify it across
929
00:59:18,540 --> 00:59:20,500
the world.
So we get to open our eyes a
930
00:59:20,500 --> 00:59:22,460
little bit to the work of a
really big God.
931
00:59:22,460 --> 00:59:24,940
And I know I always leave
changed and inspired to see the
932
00:59:24,940 --> 00:59:26,980
faith of other believers across
the world.
933
00:59:27,260 --> 00:59:30,620
God challenges my faith, He
fills up my cup, and it's really
934
00:59:30,620 --> 00:59:33,340
fun to be able to do that along
with some awesome people like
935
00:59:33,340 --> 00:59:34,900
this.
So I'm excited to see how God is
936
00:59:34,900 --> 00:59:37,260
going to move in our hearts.
That's how he's going to allow
937
00:59:37,260 --> 00:59:40,420
us to serve and just encourage
the workers there that we
938
00:59:40,420 --> 00:59:43,260
support.
All right, so give it up for
939
00:59:43,260 --> 00:59:44,540
Diane.
Saw a few hands over there.
940
00:59:46,780 --> 00:59:48,060
Everybody's wants to know what
are you gonna do?
941
00:59:48,060 --> 00:59:49,500
What are you gonna do?
How was the food?
942
00:59:49,780 --> 00:59:51,380
You know?
Did you guys get sick?
943
00:59:51,420 --> 00:59:53,700
You know, was it weird?
You know what was the craziest
944
00:59:53,700 --> 00:59:55,860
thing?
It is all these stories, right.
945
00:59:55,860 --> 00:59:57,540
And I want to just do a survey
real quick.
946
00:59:57,540 --> 00:59:59,140
How many guys have been on the
missions trip before?
947
00:59:59,140 --> 01:00:00,540
Like, cross cultural missions
trip?
948
01:00:00,660 --> 01:00:03,340
Put those hands high.
Okay.
949
01:00:03,340 --> 01:00:04,760
So.
A few of you, right?
950
01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:07,040
Five or six of you out there.
And then how how many you guys
951
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:08,640
have not been on a missions
trip?
952
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:10,920
This is like Newbyville, right?
All right, Perfect.
953
01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:12,080
So now you have to pray for,
right?
954
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:16,240
Managed expectation.
But I would encourage you.
955
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:18,680
You might sit there today.
You go, wow, I I wish I could.
956
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,840
I don't have the finances or I
feel like I could make a
957
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:22,120
difference.
Or what is this?
958
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:24,160
Or I would never go.
I get.
959
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:25,920
I get that all the time.
You know, Holly told me she'd
960
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:27,640
never be on church staff.
Come on, somebody, right?
961
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,360
She smiled.
If you're saying no, it means
962
01:00:31,360 --> 01:00:33,080
God's asking, come on, somebody.
Right?
963
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:34,560
Because you had to say no to or
something.
964
01:00:34,760 --> 01:00:36,920
And so I would encourage you
maybe like you're like, hey man,
965
01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:39,120
I'm not sure this and this.
I would encourage you to be open
966
01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:40,720
to what God has for you.
I want to talk about why
967
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:42,560
ambitions like why are we even
doing this.
968
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:44,080
Like dying can give a little bit
of what.
969
01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:46,760
And that's really kind of the
smaller piece that the bigger
970
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:49,880
picture is, is why.
And so I think it back to just
971
01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:52,960
amazing verse that Jesus has and
it's John 2021.
972
01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:54,720
And Jesus says, just the Father
sent me.
973
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:57,460
So I'm sending you.
And you think about who Jesus
974
01:00:57,460 --> 01:00:58,980
is.
He's sitting on the throne of
975
01:00:58,980 --> 01:01:01,020
heaven.
He's surrounded by all glory,
976
01:01:01,020 --> 01:01:02,860
all power, all majesty.
He's chaired.
977
01:01:03,100 --> 01:01:04,820
He's worship, all, all,
everything.
978
01:01:04,820 --> 01:01:07,780
It's like the perfect place and
all eternity and all the things.
979
01:01:07,980 --> 01:01:10,980
And his Father says, I'm going
to send you probably to the
980
01:01:10,980 --> 01:01:12,540
worst neighborhood in the
universe.
981
01:01:12,540 --> 01:01:15,740
Come on, somebody.
It's full of sin and brokenness,
982
01:01:15,740 --> 01:01:17,340
but I'm trying to reach these
people.
983
01:01:17,580 --> 01:01:21,460
And so Jesus humbles himself, He
empties himself, He wraps
984
01:01:21,460 --> 01:01:25,260
himself in humanity, He strips
himself of all this glory and
985
01:01:25,260 --> 01:01:28,980
all these things and all these
worship, and becomes a baby, an
986
01:01:28,980 --> 01:01:33,700
innocent baby in a Manger and
really at the hands of humanity.
987
01:01:34,020 --> 01:01:37,820
And since his birth, he's been
hunted down his entire life, try
988
01:01:37,820 --> 01:01:40,620
to be killed by religious
leaders and by leaders of
989
01:01:40,620 --> 01:01:42,890
nations.
And he ends up living a life for
990
01:01:42,890 --> 01:01:46,610
us and dying on a not just any
death, but death of a cross.
991
01:01:46,770 --> 01:01:48,250
And he humbled himself to that
point.
992
01:01:48,410 --> 01:01:50,170
And you think about, here's
Jesus saying, hey, just as the
993
01:01:50,170 --> 01:01:54,450
father sent me, I'm sending
anyway, preach that message,
994
01:01:54,450 --> 01:01:56,210
right?
Like you're you're being sent
995
01:01:56,210 --> 01:01:58,570
out to the world.
And so ultimately what happens
996
01:01:58,570 --> 01:02:00,530
is the the people on the
heartbeat of God.
997
01:02:00,770 --> 01:02:03,170
And so when you look out and you
see people, what do you see?
998
01:02:03,170 --> 01:02:06,170
A lot of people see problems
that they they see too much
999
01:02:06,170 --> 01:02:08,250
issues and like, why we go
overseas, there's a lot of
1000
01:02:08,250 --> 01:02:10,510
problems here.
You get that a lot right while
1001
01:02:10,510 --> 01:02:13,430
we do these things like in all
this and we instead of missing,
1002
01:02:13,430 --> 01:02:15,470
it's like what does God see when
he sees the nations.
1003
01:02:15,750 --> 01:02:19,870
And so Jesus really, he finishes
up the Gospels and he's death,
1004
01:02:19,870 --> 01:02:21,990
burial, resurrection, seen among
men.
1005
01:02:21,990 --> 01:02:26,030
He's with the disciples and he
says this first since Matthew 28
1006
01:02:26,030 --> 01:02:28,950
and really starts in 18 and the
disciples are worshipping
1007
01:02:28,950 --> 01:02:30,870
because they're with Jesus.
But then Bob says they're
1008
01:02:30,950 --> 01:02:32,670
they're still doubting.
They're like is this really
1009
01:02:32,670 --> 01:02:34,510
real?
And Jesus, he makes this
1010
01:02:34,510 --> 01:02:37,270
comment.
He says all authority is given
1011
01:02:37,270 --> 01:02:40,800
to me on heaven and earth.
Like I'm in charge of
1012
01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:41,800
everything.
Amen.
1013
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:45,480
Come on.
Somebody like, like Jesus is in
1014
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:47,680
charge of everything's ever been
created, all heaven and all
1015
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:49,040
earth.
That means for us that we're
1016
01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:50,720
going to South America.
It means we're not going to step
1017
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:54,200
on a single piece of soil or a
street corner or in a
1018
01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:56,600
conversation or in a building or
an airplane.
1019
01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:58,200
Come on, somebody.
They're afraid of flying, right?
1020
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:01,160
I mean, we're not going to be
any place that Jesus hasn't
1021
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:02,480
already or dangers in control
of.
1022
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:04,240
Amen.
I mean, this is the way it's
1023
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:05,160
saying.
It's like you're talking to the
1024
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:08,080
guy who owns it all, like I hold
the keys and therefore, because
1025
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:10,240
I can, I do all this, I want you
to go.
1026
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,040
He's asking us to go.
And and when it says go, it's as
1027
01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:13,920
you go.
It's not just me.
1028
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:15,840
It's like, hey, go across the
world.
1029
01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:17,320
It can mean that that's what
we're doing.
1030
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:19,480
But as you go across the street,
Amen.
1031
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:22,600
As you go in the Target line,
the Walmart line, they're two
1032
01:03:22,600 --> 01:03:25,240
different people.
Come on, somebody right as you
1033
01:03:25,240 --> 01:03:28,440
go, anywhere you go, you bring
the gospel.
1034
01:03:28,860 --> 01:03:31,500
And so is is go and make
disciples of all nations, and
1035
01:03:31,500 --> 01:03:33,660
this word make disciples.
Is really the the really the
1036
01:03:33,660 --> 01:03:36,060
centerpiece of the gospel that
we're called to bring people
1037
01:03:36,060 --> 01:03:37,940
into the knowledge of Jesus and
help them know Jesus.
1038
01:03:37,940 --> 01:03:39,420
But it says make stops all
nations.
1039
01:03:39,420 --> 01:03:42,020
That we're nations doesn't mean
geopolitical boundaries, doesn't
1040
01:03:42,020 --> 01:03:44,700
like make disciples of Missouri
or United States or it means
1041
01:03:44,700 --> 01:03:48,140
people, groups, ethnos.
So subcultures and cultures
1042
01:03:48,140 --> 01:03:50,980
bring the gospel to every single
person in the entire world.
1043
01:03:50,980 --> 01:03:53,700
And so we're like, hey, we're
God's calling us to be a part of
1044
01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:55,680
what they're doing down there.
And it goes on to say the
1045
01:03:55,680 --> 01:03:58,680
baptize and the Father, son, the
Holy Spirit teaching to obey,
1046
01:03:58,880 --> 01:03:59,920
which is a really interesting
thing.
1047
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:02,160
It doesn't say just teach the
Bible, but teach obedience to
1048
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:03,000
the things of God.
Amen.
1049
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:04,920
And we're not going to do this.
Show them like, well, here's the
1050
01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:06,040
scripture.
It's like, let me show you how
1051
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:08,720
to live this out.
Like we're teaching behavior and
1052
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:11,720
transformation and heart change.
And then day it says in love
1053
01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:13,520
with you always, even since the
earth, Amen.
1054
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,960
And it's really cool is, is that
we're not going by ourselves.
1055
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:17,720
We're going with Jesus.
Amen.
1056
01:04:18,360 --> 01:04:21,280
And it's false theology to say
that Jesus is sits on the throne
1057
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:24,200
in heaven right now because
Jesus is with us right now in
1058
01:04:24,200 --> 01:04:25,120
this moment.
Amen.
1059
01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:28,760
That makes a difference because
I got some boldness in my veins.
1060
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:30,600
Amen.
I'm gonna go down to Columbia
1061
01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:34,080
and they're gonna use my
Caucasian, what they call me
1062
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,320
gringo, right?
And they're gonna send me out
1063
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:37,800
and they're gonna say go invite
people to church.
1064
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:40,840
And I'll say the worst.
All this muttered terrible
1065
01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:42,720
Spanish, right?
And people will get around me
1066
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:44,560
and they'll go, what the heck?
And there'll be these guys that
1067
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:45,880
actually speak Spanish.
So don't worry about that.
1068
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:47,440
Guy's crazy.
But let me tell you about the
1069
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,520
church, right?
And people will come out to
1070
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:50,200
church.
Amen.
1071
01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:52,880
They'll just use my whiteness.
Come on, somebody, right.
1072
01:04:52,920 --> 01:04:55,480
I mean, it's my only gift I've
gotten in Spanish culture is
1073
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:57,480
just just stand out.
I'm tall and I'm white.
1074
01:04:57,480 --> 01:04:59,520
And that's it.
So God will use it, right.
1075
01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:02,000
And I'll go down there and I'll
tell you what, people came to
1076
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:04,560
Christ last year because we went
out and invited them to church.
1077
01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:06,440
This lady came to Christ.
It was so cool.
1078
01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:08,880
Church got over and they hung
out.
1079
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:11,560
And they actually went home,
checked this out and brought
1080
01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:15,040
their parents back to church
after church to tell them about
1081
01:05:15,160 --> 01:05:17,040
Jesus.
And so you can say, well, God
1082
01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:18,680
can't use my life.
Oh, God will, if you're willing.
1083
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,160
Amen.
And I know some of these guys
1084
01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:21,000
are up here going what?
What?
1085
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:23,240
What's God going to do?
It's like, just be ready for
1086
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:25,400
anything, Right.
And so I would encourage you
1087
01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:29,330
guys be praying for them just
man it it it's the heart of the
1088
01:05:29,330 --> 01:05:31,130
gospel and I'm gonna.
I'm not gonna I'm not gonna go
1089
01:05:31,130 --> 01:05:32,770
through some verses because
they're probably itching back
1090
01:05:32,770 --> 01:05:35,410
there on some things.
But man Paul's passion you know
1091
01:05:35,410 --> 01:05:38,130
he he leaves the church efforts
as he plants and he said it
1092
01:05:38,130 --> 01:05:41,970
didn't hesitate to preach
publicly or house to house
1093
01:05:42,210 --> 01:05:44,530
anything that would be helpful
for the things of Christ.
1094
01:05:44,810 --> 01:05:46,490
Miss lived on mission before he
left.
1095
01:05:46,730 --> 01:05:49,130
He I was on the side of this the
ocean.
1096
01:05:49,130 --> 01:05:50,530
He's getting ready to get on a
boat.
1097
01:05:50,530 --> 01:05:53,170
And he he tells him that his
hands like, didn't cease from
1098
01:05:53,170 --> 01:05:55,810
working to care for the weak and
care for the poor.
1099
01:05:56,130 --> 01:05:57,770
And so he wasn't a burden on the
church.
1100
01:05:58,010 --> 01:06:00,130
And he said this line that you
really don't see anyone else in
1101
01:06:00,130 --> 01:06:03,130
the in the gospels, he coaches
Jesus, which is very rare to
1102
01:06:03,130 --> 01:06:04,650
have a direct quote outside the
Gospels.
1103
01:06:04,650 --> 01:06:08,170
And he says better to give than
it is to receive anything about
1104
01:06:08,170 --> 01:06:09,610
Paul's life.
He poured it all out for the
1105
01:06:09,610 --> 01:06:10,370
gospel.
Amen.
1106
01:06:10,810 --> 01:06:13,490
He put the gospel 1st and he
worked his tail off.
1107
01:06:13,490 --> 01:06:14,850
He didn't want to be a burden,
anybody.
1108
01:06:14,850 --> 01:06:17,250
He won't be a blessing.
And so he served the orphans and
1109
01:06:17,250 --> 01:06:19,930
the widows in the poor, and he
gave back to those people, and
1110
01:06:19,930 --> 01:06:23,060
he laid it all in line, and it
said that they knelt down
1111
01:06:23,060 --> 01:06:45,220
together.
And you get to see the stories
1112
01:06:45,220 --> 01:06:24,420
and these guys.
These are the elders in that
1113
01:06:24,420 --> 01:06:26,580
church, the pastors of leaders.
And they prayed.
1114
01:06:26,580 --> 01:06:28,980
And that was the last time
they'd ever see that guy.
1115
01:06:29,420 --> 01:06:30,740
Because Paul knew he's never
come back.
1116
01:06:30,820 --> 01:06:32,900
He knew God had called him to
somewhere different, and his
1117
01:06:32,900 --> 01:06:35,940
life was going to be drastically
changed by being put in prison.
1118
01:06:36,260 --> 01:06:38,460
But the reality is that we get
to live in the fray a little
1119
01:06:38,500 --> 01:06:38,820
bit.
Amen.
1120
01:06:39,380 --> 01:06:40,860
We're an extension of you guys.
Amen.
1121
01:06:41,460 --> 01:06:43,300
Like you may not be going, but
you're going.
1122
01:06:45,780 --> 01:06:48,600
So I want you to be.
These guys up in prayer, I want
1123
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,760
you to pick somebody out and I
want you to connect with them
1124
01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:52,200
and say I'm.
Going to pray for you all week.
1125
01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:55,440
You'll leave it on Saturday and
look back and be gone all week
1126
01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:58,280
and then come back.
But all nobody here is fluent in
1127
01:06:58,280 --> 01:06:59,240
Spanish.
Come on, somebody.
1128
01:06:59,800 --> 01:07:00,960
Right.
Don't Destebano.
1129
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:02,120
Right.
That's, that's it.
1130
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:04,320
That's all we got.
You know, some of you guys are
1131
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:06,840
gifted more than I am.
Obviously, Speaking of language,
1132
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:09,120
that's not my gift.
But the reality is, is that
1133
01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:10,440
we're going to see souls
changed.
1134
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:12,800
And the bigger thing is we get
to encourage those other leaders
1135
01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:14,440
down there.
You know, You know how easy to
1136
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:16,640
get the scourge and leadership
and the ministry and.
1137
01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:19,520
Just take a take a step of faith
and just us showing up and
1138
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:22,880
saying we love you guys, they're
like on fire for God, right,
1139
01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:24,360
Rick?
Flair for Jesus, right?
1140
01:07:25,560 --> 01:07:27,040
That's what that that's what
they need, right?
1141
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:31,520
If you guys remember this guy
Hugo with a picture of him, he
1142
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:33,600
came here.
We want to miss trip down there.
1143
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:35,880
And he came to the United States
and he came to our church last
1144
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:37,000
year for a heart and soul night.
I don't.
1145
01:07:37,240 --> 01:07:40,880
Know if you remember Hugo and
and just like on fire for the
1146
01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:43,240
things in Christ and so this is
what we're going down to.
1147
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:46,200
We'll be back to Columbia.
That's why I don't get too sad
1148
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:47,560
leaving.
I'm back.
1149
01:07:47,840 --> 01:07:49,640
You know, I'm going to be a part
of the story.
1150
01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:51,120
We've got you right here.
And I just know they're gonna
1151
01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:53,400
cost me something big.
They used to run these youth
1152
01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:55,880
camps and talking 10s of
thousands of young people and
1153
01:07:56,120 --> 01:07:57,880
some things happen that that
shifted off of them.
1154
01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:00,680
But they have a vision and a
mission, and they they have the
1155
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:02,680
right.
Mix of what the Holy Spirit's
1156
01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:04,720
doing and it's just really cool.
It's all encouraged to be
1157
01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:06,880
praying for them, be excited
when they get back to hear the
1158
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:08,440
stories.
And we're want you guys to pray
1159
01:08:08,440 --> 01:08:11,560
that some of the fire these guys
get it is going to come into our
1160
01:08:11,560 --> 01:08:14,600
church and really they're going
to go to South America and.
1161
01:08:15,110 --> 01:08:16,350
And their prayers to change
South America.
1162
01:08:16,350 --> 01:08:18,189
But what's going to happen is
South America is going to change
1163
01:08:18,189 --> 01:08:18,630
them.
Amen.
1164
01:08:18,630 --> 01:08:20,630
And that's what happens to you
on the trip.
1165
01:08:20,630 --> 01:08:23,189
Your heart gets you softened and
lines up to the things of
1166
01:08:23,189 --> 01:08:25,710
Christ.
And all of a sudden, like you
1167
01:08:25,710 --> 01:08:28,710
change your course, the Holy
Spirit directs you.
1168
01:08:28,910 --> 01:08:31,910
You say I'm not Lou for myself.
For some of you guys as young
1169
01:08:31,910 --> 01:08:34,390
people, you got your whole life
ahead of you to say I'm a plan
1170
01:08:34,390 --> 01:08:37,149
that every single day for Jesus.
Some of you guys can come back
1171
01:08:37,149 --> 01:08:39,270
and say, man, God, show me
something I never thought ever
1172
01:08:39,270 --> 01:08:41,109
see.
So encourage me and be be a
1173
01:08:41,109 --> 01:08:41,950
part.
Be willing.
1174
01:08:41,990 --> 01:08:43,630
You know, maybe you give me
this, pray for this.
1175
01:08:43,670 --> 01:08:46,189
But next you be like, man, I
think God may use me and so be
1176
01:08:46,189 --> 01:08:47,550
open to that.
I want to do something special.
1177
01:08:47,790 --> 01:08:49,069
I'll let you guys stand to your
feet.
1178
01:08:49,310 --> 01:08:51,109
I told you the most eclectic
Sunday in the history of our
1179
01:08:51,109 --> 01:08:52,910
church.
So go and stand up.
1180
01:08:53,229 --> 01:08:55,189
I want you guys just spread out
down the aisle a little bit.
1181
01:08:55,189 --> 01:08:57,229
We'll go this way.
And I want you guys just get
1182
01:08:57,229 --> 01:09:00,390
around some of these guys and
and you pray for them and just
1183
01:09:00,390 --> 01:09:03,270
pray a big blessing on them.
Just let them know you're behind
1184
01:09:03,270 --> 01:09:04,069
them.
You're for them.
1185
01:09:04,229 --> 01:09:05,149
You stay up here with me.
Love you.
1186
01:09:05,790 --> 01:09:07,910
Love you.
That's what we wanted.
1187
01:09:07,910 --> 01:09:11,470
That's what we wanted.
So, but yeah, just go ahead and
1188
01:09:11,470 --> 01:09:13,229
move right now.
Go get get around our people.
1189
01:09:13,229 --> 01:09:14,350
Go ahead.
Just space out.
1190
01:09:14,350 --> 01:09:16,350
Just pray for them, man.
Come on, just move this.
1191
01:09:16,350 --> 01:09:18,510
Move out of the aisle.
This your chance to encourage
1192
01:09:18,510 --> 01:09:22,069
them and pray that that God gets
the glory from this man.
1193
01:09:22,069 --> 01:09:22,990
Come on, every guy out of the
seats.
1194
01:09:22,990 --> 01:09:23,910
This is how we're going to end
the day.
1195
01:09:23,910 --> 01:09:25,470
So just get in and find
somebody.
1196
01:09:26,029 --> 01:09:28,870
Somebody pray for me.
Please pray for my wife.
1197
01:09:28,870 --> 01:09:31,950
She needs it.
Logan needs prayer.
1198
01:09:31,950 --> 01:09:38,210
Come on, just look at that guy.
If you don't know what to pray,
1199
01:09:38,210 --> 01:09:40,050
just stand by somebody.
You don't have to say anything.
1200
01:09:41,210 --> 01:09:42,890
Just stand by somebody.
Let them know you love them.
1201
01:09:47,649 --> 01:09:49,050
That's right.
All right.
1202
01:09:49,250 --> 01:09:51,010
Well, I'll let you guys pray for
a couple minutes and I'll wrap
1203
01:09:51,010 --> 01:09:52,130
it up.
So go ahead.
1204
01:11:35,020 --> 01:11:38,180
Father would come before you and
God, I pray, we pray just the
1205
01:11:38,180 --> 01:11:40,500
John the Baptist type of prayer
that you must increase and and
1206
01:11:40,500 --> 01:11:43,340
we must decrease.
I gotta be going this trip and.
1207
01:11:44,170 --> 01:11:45,490
To be less about us and more
about you.
1208
01:11:45,490 --> 01:11:50,050
God we'd come back just no
longer about what we want in
1209
01:11:50,050 --> 01:11:53,170
life God but all about you God.
I pray that we'd see you just
1210
01:11:53,170 --> 01:11:55,090
getting your glory.
God and across the nations.
1211
01:11:55,090 --> 01:11:56,890
And that we realize you're way
bigger than real life.
1212
01:11:56,890 --> 01:11:58,930
Church.
You're way bigger than what I
1213
01:11:58,930 --> 01:12:00,770
see on Sunday morning.
God you're the God of all
1214
01:12:00,810 --> 01:12:03,010
nations.
So God I pray that you would
1215
01:12:03,010 --> 01:12:06,130
call out missionaries so you'd
call us on the on the water got
1216
01:12:06,130 --> 01:12:09,210
into the fray to live by faith.
God I pray the Holy Spirit just
1217
01:12:09,210 --> 01:12:12,050
trying to stake in our hearts.
God, as we, as we pour ourselves
1218
01:12:12,050 --> 01:12:14,090
out on people, even know and
speak the same language.
1219
01:12:14,210 --> 01:12:16,130
God I pray you'd already be
moving the hearts down there
1220
01:12:16,610 --> 01:12:21,010
that we see life transformed,
that we see disciples made.
1221
01:12:21,570 --> 01:12:23,050
You got.
We come back here with a fire
1222
01:12:23,050 --> 01:12:24,650
and our soul.
God that's just so hard to
1223
01:12:24,650 --> 01:12:26,930
explain to somebody else.
God, that we know for ourselves
1224
01:12:27,290 --> 01:12:29,410
that we see with their own eyes
the miracles that you can
1225
01:12:29,410 --> 01:12:32,370
perform, that we see with their
own eyes the power of your word
1226
01:12:32,370 --> 01:12:33,610
and the power of surrendered
life.
1227
01:12:34,130 --> 01:12:37,050
So for those who go on the trip.
God, I pray just a bless you on
1228
01:12:37,050 --> 01:12:40,130
them God that they would just
align their hearts with your
1229
01:12:40,130 --> 01:12:41,530
heart.
God they'd be broken.
1230
01:12:42,010 --> 01:12:44,090
Got to be full of prayer, God
that they.
1231
01:12:44,170 --> 01:12:46,890
We build on the word of God that
they would find a foundation in
1232
01:12:46,890 --> 01:12:49,290
the footing in you no matter
where they're at the stage of
1233
01:12:49,290 --> 01:12:50,570
life.
God up are you Just trip away
1234
01:12:50,570 --> 01:12:53,290
everything that doesn't look
like you and be prepared as an
1235
01:12:53,290 --> 01:12:55,210
empty willing vessel for this
trip.
1236
01:12:55,210 --> 01:12:58,730
And then we come back in regards
to where you plant us or where
1237
01:12:58,730 --> 01:13:00,370
we go.
God that we'd make much of you.
1238
01:13:00,370 --> 01:13:03,970
God that we just famed your name
and your renowned across our
1239
01:13:03,970 --> 01:13:06,850
nation across our friend groups.
And God, if you call us God,
1240
01:13:06,850 --> 01:13:09,370
we're willing to say here I am,
Cindy.
1241
01:13:10,070 --> 01:13:12,390
I have no idea what it looks
like and where we're going.
1242
01:13:12,390 --> 01:13:15,310
God, we'd be broken and empty.
So pray for those in our church,
1243
01:13:15,310 --> 01:13:17,470
God that recognize this
extension of us.
1244
01:13:17,910 --> 01:13:20,070
We come back and hear the
stories of what you're doing and
1245
01:13:20,070 --> 01:13:22,630
realize how big you are.
Not grained you are and you're
1246
01:13:22,630 --> 01:13:24,550
bigger than anything and
everything God that we can ever
1247
01:13:24,550 --> 01:13:27,030
do with our hands.
So God, I pray that only you and
1248
01:13:27,070 --> 01:13:28,390
the glory for what's going to
happen.
1249
01:13:28,710 --> 01:13:31,430
You do something so big in this
generation and through this team
1250
01:13:31,870 --> 01:13:33,590
God the only you can get the
glory for what's about to
1251
01:13:33,590 --> 01:13:34,990
happen.
So God to pray, blessing on
1252
01:13:34,990 --> 01:13:36,710
that.
God to use us if you use
1253
01:13:36,710 --> 01:13:38,230
anybody.
God to hurt the Kingdom of the
1254
01:13:38,230 --> 01:13:39,870
gospel.
I pray this.
1255
01:13:40,150 --> 01:13:42,910
Name of all names.
Everybody said Amen.
1256
01:13:43,390 --> 01:13:45,350
Come on, give it up for our
missions team.
1257
01:13:45,350 --> 01:13:46,510
For Jesus.
One more time.
1258
01:13:47,750 --> 01:13:50,550
Find a quick seat.
Diane's just gonna lead us out
1259
01:13:50,550 --> 01:13:53,950
of today all.
Right.
1260
01:13:54,830 --> 01:13:57,270
You're awesome.
Well, hey, thank you guys for
1261
01:13:57,270 --> 01:13:59,310
coming out today.
It has just been an incredible
1262
01:13:59,310 --> 01:14:01,470
morning.
I think one of the most powerful
1263
01:14:01,470 --> 01:14:04,830
moments that we had last year on
our missions trip was a young
1264
01:14:04,830 --> 01:14:08,070
man named Raphael.
And what was so powerful about
1265
01:14:08,070 --> 01:14:11,750
the story is that, like Sean
said, he speaks like like 1% of
1266
01:14:11,750 --> 01:14:15,430
the Spanish language and it
would not even he says less than
1267
01:14:15,430 --> 01:14:17,270
that.
But was able to make a
1268
01:14:17,270 --> 01:14:19,510
connection with this young man
who eventually ended up coming
1269
01:14:19,510 --> 01:14:22,470
out to church and he made a
decision to follow Jesus with
1270
01:14:22,470 --> 01:14:23,910
his life.
And this young man had been
1271
01:14:23,910 --> 01:14:25,710
through some, really.
Challenging situations.
1272
01:14:25,710 --> 01:14:29,870
His dad was actually held
hostage by some in the like
1273
01:14:29,910 --> 01:14:32,950
militant groups up in the like
the rural part of the country
1274
01:14:32,950 --> 01:14:35,110
where he was living.
And his family had really been
1275
01:14:35,110 --> 01:14:37,870
through some challenging and
tumultuous times and was looking
1276
01:14:37,870 --> 01:14:41,350
for hope and was just kind of
almost dumbfounded that this
1277
01:14:41,350 --> 01:14:45,310
crazy dude would come and play
soccer with him and hang out and
1278
01:14:45,310 --> 01:14:46,630
all the things that we got to
do.
1279
01:14:46,950 --> 01:14:49,110
And what was powerful is that
coming to Christ had nothing to
1280
01:14:49,110 --> 01:14:52,470
do with Sean but had everything
to do with Jesus.
1281
01:14:52,510 --> 01:14:54,630
And when we follow Jesus, we
have.
1282
01:14:54,790 --> 01:14:57,550
A hope that lives in us.
And so my challenge for you this
1283
01:14:57,550 --> 01:15:01,790
week is that to take that hope
with you wherever you go, you
1284
01:15:01,790 --> 01:15:04,470
have the ability to do that.
You don't have to go across the
1285
01:15:04,470 --> 01:15:05,790
world.
You can go across the street.
1286
01:15:05,990 --> 01:15:08,430
You can sit at home and send a
message on Facebook.
1287
01:15:08,430 --> 01:15:10,910
You don't even have to go.
But as you're doing life, take
1288
01:15:10,950 --> 01:15:14,990
Jesus with you because it was
that willingness to be used that
1289
01:15:14,990 --> 01:15:16,670
made the difference.
And when you were a part of
1290
01:15:16,670 --> 01:15:20,550
being generous, of real life,
that willingness is used by God.
1291
01:15:20,550 --> 01:15:22,710
That allows us to have a youth
group where young people can
1292
01:15:22,710 --> 01:15:24,630
make decisions to follow Jesus.
It allows.
1293
01:15:24,750 --> 01:15:27,830
Us to take a week to go across
the world to encourage our
1294
01:15:27,830 --> 01:15:30,710
mission partners.
And so your generosity is truly
1295
01:15:30,710 --> 01:15:33,070
at the tip of the spear for what
we're able to do here.
1296
01:15:33,070 --> 01:15:35,030
And there's a few ways that you
can do that.
1297
01:15:35,030 --> 01:15:37,750
If you call real life home, you
can go to reallifechurchkc.com,
1298
01:15:37,750 --> 01:15:40,830
click, give text, any amount to
84321.
1299
01:15:40,830 --> 01:15:42,470
The buckets are going to pass in
just a second.
1300
01:15:42,510 --> 01:15:45,270
You can drop cash or check in
there and we have a box in the
1301
01:15:45,270 --> 01:15:47,790
back if that is a more
convenient way for you to give,
1302
01:15:48,510 --> 01:15:52,920
but I can tell you that.
For me, when I'm giving, I know
1303
01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:54,920
that God can do more with it
than I can do.
1304
01:15:55,640 --> 01:15:59,640
God owns it all, and so my
ability to be faithful and
1305
01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:01,920
willing to be a part of what
he's doing through that, I know
1306
01:16:01,920 --> 01:16:05,720
can make a big difference.
If you are new with us today, we
1307
01:16:05,720 --> 01:16:08,040
don't ask anything from you.
I hope that this encouraged your
1308
01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:11,040
heart, and I'd also want you to
know if you or your family are
1309
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:13,440
in immediate need of food,
clothing, or shelter.
1310
01:16:13,880 --> 01:16:16,560
As those buckets pass, just
reach in and grab any loose cash
1311
01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:18,560
that you see.
We want to be a blessing to you
1312
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:21,040
and your family in this time.
Of need for you.
1313
01:16:21,040 --> 01:16:22,920
So you guys can go ahead and
pass the buckets.
1314
01:16:23,240 --> 01:16:25,640
I'm just a couple more things
for you on your chair actually.
1315
01:16:25,640 --> 01:16:27,640
Oh, I forgot.
If you got that communication
1316
01:16:27,640 --> 01:16:30,240
card, you can drop it in the
bucket or in the box in the back
1317
01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:32,680
on your way out.
We would love to connect with
1318
01:16:32,680 --> 01:16:36,040
you in that way to be praying
for you to say hey, if you were
1319
01:16:36,040 --> 01:16:38,840
new with us today.
But the last thing is this is we
1320
01:16:38,840 --> 01:16:41,240
are finishing our last week of
at the Movies next week.
1321
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:44,600
And I know it has been so
awesome to see movies come to
1322
01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:46,680
life through the view and the
lens of God.
1323
01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:48,880
And so if you're like, you know
what, this has inspired me.
1324
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,120
I want to make a difference this
week.
1325
01:16:50,600 --> 01:16:54,160
Reach down under your butt and
there are some cards there that
1326
01:16:54,160 --> 01:16:56,440
say at the movies you can take
those.
1327
01:16:56,440 --> 01:16:58,400
Please take those.
They are for you.
1328
01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:01,760
Pass them out when you're in the
line at Walmart and or Target.
1329
01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:05,400
We don't want to be divisive but
when you're at the place getting
1330
01:17:05,400 --> 01:17:08,200
coffee and I'm like hey this
lady's back to get more coffee,
1331
01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:10,200
I should invite her to at the
movies because they're like she
1332
01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:13,160
has a problem.
Those cards are a tool for you
1333
01:17:13,160 --> 01:17:15,320
to use to invite.
I know that those cards have
1334
01:17:15,320 --> 01:17:18,400
been used to invite people who
have come and to come to Christ
1335
01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:20,080
here, and you never know what
God is going to do with this.
1336
01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:23,680
Invite So be a part of being an
inviting culture.
1337
01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:25,040
It is an awesome time to do
that.
1338
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:27,600
At the Movies is our last week.
Next week it is going to be an
1339
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:29,440
awesome and inspiring true story
movie.
1340
01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:31,640
You're not going to want to miss
it if you don't know what at the
1341
01:17:31,640 --> 01:17:33,280
movies is.
It's just a really cool way that
1342
01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:36,640
we take actual movies and pull
truths of the scripture out of
1343
01:17:36,640 --> 01:17:38,520
them.
We have popcorn, we have soda.
1344
01:17:38,520 --> 01:17:40,440
It's a really fun time.
So hope you'll make it out for
1345
01:17:40,440 --> 01:17:43,960
that.
And I have no idea what else I'm
1346
01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:47,200
supposed to say, but the good
news is this, that that's OK
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because God can still use it.
I hope you all had a great week
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this week and we look forward to
seeing you back Next week.
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We are going to have somebody
here at the front.
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If you need prayer for any
reason, a member of our team
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will be up here.
We will be here next week, 9:30
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and 11:00 for the last week of
at the movies and so I hope that
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we will see you there.
And Please remember that whoever
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finds Jesus discovers real life
and purpose.
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Have a great week.
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Welcome to another inspirational
podcast at Real Life Church.
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For more great content and
updates, visit
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reallifechurchkc.com.
Well, good morning and welcome
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to Real Life Church man.
It's so excited to see your
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faces this morning.
Go ahead and stand on your feet
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with you, with us in person
right here in Kentucky Trail.
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You are joining us online.
Maybe you're just so pumped to
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worship God with you today.
Cuz I searched the world.
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And it couldn't fill me.
And man's empty praise and
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treasures that vain were never
enough.
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And you came along.
And put me back together.
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And every desire is now
satisfied.
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Here in your love.
Oh, there's nothing better than
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you.
There's nothing better than you,
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Lord.
There's nothing.
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Nothing.
Nothing is better than you,
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because I'm not afraid to show
you my weakness.
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My failures and flaws, Lord,
you've seen them all.
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And you still call me friend,
because the God of the Mountain
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is the God of the Valley.
And there's not a place with
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your mercy and grace Won't find
me again.
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Oh, there's nothing better than
you.
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There's nothing better than you.
Lord, there's nothing, nothing
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is better than you.
The sorts that I found, it's
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nothing better than you.
It's nothing better than you.
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Nothing.
Nothing is better than you.
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You turn morning to dancing.
You.
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Give beauty for.
Ashes.
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You turn shame into glory.
You're the only.
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One who can you turn morning to
dancing.
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You give beauty for ashes.
You turn chain into Clawby.
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You're the only one who can you
turn Grazed into Godhead, You
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turn goes into Army.
You turn seasons into highways.
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You're the only one who.
You're the only.
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One, there's nothing better than
you.
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There's nothing better than you.
Alone.
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There's nothing.
Nothing is better than you.
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You believe that this morning
singing out?
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Look.
There's nothing better than you.
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There's nothing better than you
look.
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There's nothing.
It's nothing.
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You turn graves into God, You
turn bones into army.
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You turn sees into highway.
You turn graves into garden,
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turning.
You turn both into.
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Me make.
Your way.
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So you see, you turn sees into
highways.
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You're the army.
You're the army.
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You can't.
You're the army.
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You can.
Come on, you've got some place
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this morning.
Where?
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You love.
Him the God who does take dead
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things and turn.
It back into life, takes their
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broken heals their heart, sets
their feet right back on that
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solid.
My encouragement is just don't
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let this song just be a song and
just words that you sing.
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And something that we just do,
just a performance.
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It's so much more than that,
man.
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God is set as free.
He is made away when there is no
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way.
When it seems insurmountable.
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God is there for you, man.
We pressed into that.
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Lean into that today as we
worship.
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You are here.
You're moving in the midst.
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I worship you.
I worship you.
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You are here.
You're working in this place.
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I worship you.
I worship you.
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You are here.
You're moving in the midst.
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I worship you.
I worship you are here.
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You're working in a nice place.
I worship you.
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I worship you.
Oh, you are.
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We make a we record promise King
Light in the darkness, My God,
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that is to you.
We make we record promise King
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Light in the darkness.
My God that is to you.
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You are here.
Touching every heart, our
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worship you, Our worship you as
you are here.
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Healing every heart Our worship
you know our worship you.
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You are here.
You're turning lights around.
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I worship you.
I worship you.
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You are here, men in every
heart.
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I worship you, God.
I worship you.
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Yeah.
We make miracle work.
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Promise.
Keep light in the darkness, My
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God, that is who you are.
We make miracle work.
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Promise.
Keep light in the darkness.
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My God, That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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You're my miracle worker.
God, it's true you are.
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We proclaim victory today.
And Jesus name.
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It's true.
You are who you are, even when I
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don't see you working.
Even when I don't feel you
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working, you never stop, never
stop working, never stop, never
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stop working.
Even when I don't still working,
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even when I don't feel you
working, you never stop, never
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stop working, never stop, never
stop working.
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Even when I don't still working.
Even when I don't feel you're
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working.
You never stop.
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Never stop working.
Never stop.
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Never stop working.
Even when I don't see you
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working.
Even when I don't feel you're
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working.
You never stop.
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Never stop working.
Never stop.
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I know who my Jesus stays away.
Make miracle work.
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Promise.
Keep.
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Lie in the darkness, my God.
That is who you are.
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Way, maker, miracle worker,
promise, keeper.
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Lie in the darkness, my God.
That is who you are.
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Come on to clean it.
This morning we make miracle
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work.
Promise.
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Keep night in the darkness.
My God, That is who you are.
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Yes, we make miracle work.
Promise.
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Keep night in the darkness.
My God, That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
That is who you are.
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That is who you are.
And then you've got some praise
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today.
You know, we're coming off of an
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awesome week.
With some young people down at
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camp and I'm really excited to
introduce this song to you all
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that we got to sing this week at
camp.
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And it's really, it's looking at
all these things that God is and
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all of who he says that he is,
and then giving him the honor
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and praise because he's worthy,
because he's a holy God.
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And so I hope that you'll sing
along with us with this one.
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Worthy of every song we could
ever sing.
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Worthy of all the praise we
could ever pray.
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He's worthy of every breath we
could ever breathe.
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We live for you, Jesus the name
above every other name.
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Jesus, the only one you could
ever say He's worthy of every
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breath.
We could ever breathe and live
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for you.
We live for you because.
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Holy.
There is no one like you.
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There is none beside.
You open up my eyes and wander.
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Me, in your loved goals around
me sing worthy again.
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Show me who you are and fill me
with your heart and.
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It's worthy of every song we
could ever sing.
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Worthy of all the praise we
could ever bring.
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It's worthy of every breath we
could ever breathe.
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We'd live for you.
Oh Jesus.
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Jesus, the name above every
other name.
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Jesus the only one who could
ever say He's worthy of every
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breath we could ever breathe.
We live for you.
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Oh, we live for you.
Single leg.
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There is holy.
There is no one like you.
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There is some beside you.
Open up my eyes and wander and
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show me who you are and feel me
with your heart and leave me in
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your love to goes around me and
holy.
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There is no one like you.
There is some beside you.
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Open up my eyes and wander.
Show.
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Me who you are and fill me with
your heart and leave me in your
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love to those around me.
Lord, we miss this efforts of
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prayer to you today.
Because I will build my life
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upon your love.
It is upper foundation.
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I will put my trust and you
alone.
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And I will not be shaken.
I will.
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I will my life upon your love.
It is a foundation and I will
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put my trust in you alone and I
will not be shaking goes.
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Holy.
Maybe it's no one like you.
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There is none beside you.
Open up my eyes.
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They wander and show me who you
are and fail me with your heart
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and leave me and your love to
those around me.
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And only there is no one like.
You there is none beside you.
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Open up my eyes and wander and
show me who you are and fail me
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with your heart and leave me in
your love to those I will build
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my mind, I will build my life
upon Your.
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It is a fun foundation.
I will put my trust in new world
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and I will not be shaken.
Come on, give that some.
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And that is right.
What a song of surrender.
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Giving our lives to him,
building our lives upon his hope
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and his faith and his trust.
Wait, thank you so much for
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joining us this morning.
Man, we're pumped to see you.
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We're excited to have another
group joining us online.
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Thank you so much for plugging
in and tuning in to hear the
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message this morning.
Come on, give him a big, real
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life welcome.
Let him know you love him
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online, man.
That's right.
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Well, hey, take about 30
seconds.
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Say hey, make somebody feel
welcome around you and then take
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a seat.
So cool.
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All right, you can take a seat,
But hey, if you are new with us,
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man, you are our honored guest
today.
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Thank you so much just for
choosing to spend your morning
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here with us.
And I want to invite you to go
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ahead and grab that connection
card.
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It's either in your seat or
maybe you scooched it to the
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seat next to you.
But go ahead and feel out, as
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much of that as you feel
comfortable filling out.
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And man, it would mean the world
to us if you would just check
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that first time here box.
And we want to connect with you
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and help you feel welcome.
And at home here, we don't want
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to do anything weird.
Just send you a letter in the
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mail this week and shit you a
text.
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Just help you feel right at home
here at Real Life church.
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And if you call Real life home,
go ahead and grab that card as
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well.
Put your name there, check
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regularly a tent, and then hey,
drop appraiser prayer in that
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prayer request section at the
bottom.
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And we have a whole team that
prays over those cards and
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handwrites letters to each of
those.
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Man, it would just be such a
blessing to us to be able to
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pray for you this week in real
life.
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Church.
We are a church on a mission,
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and that mission is to see
people far from God discover
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their real life and purpose in
Jesus.
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And that's because souls matter
to God.
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And God came for the lost and
the broken and the messy and the
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ones you don't have it all put
together.
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Thank goodness.
The man relationships really are
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the heartbeat of who he is.
And that's the heartbeat of who
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we are here at Real Life Church
as well.
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Well, hey, we are taking a pause
this week on AT the Movies.
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We'll be back next week for our
final movie in that series, but
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that's because we get to welcome
our real life youth group home
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from youth camp this week.
That's right.
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Let him know you love him.
And I'm so excited just for you
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guys to hear the stories of life
change that came out of youth
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camp this last week.
And before we do that, we'll
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welcome Carrie to the stage here
in just a few minutes.
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But can you give her a big, real
life?
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Thank you just for leading this
team so well, man.
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She shepherds the souls of our
youth and points them right back
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to Jesus week in and week out.
And we just can't say thank you.
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Enough for doing that.
And later in this gathering
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we're going to have an awesome
opportunity not just to pray
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over our youth group and our
youth team, but also to pray
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over our Missions team that's
heading out later this week.
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They're traveling to Bogota,
Colombia, and South America, so
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we have an awesome opportunity
to pray for them as well.
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And man, God is just up to some
big things here at Real Life
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Church and we're just excited to
share that with you.
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So hey, before we jump into the
youth, check out this highlight
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reel from camp.
Can you guys tell we had some
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fun at camp?
They all came back alive.
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I know some of those two videos
might say otherwise, but we had
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an amazing time at camp and
every year we have an awesome
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time.
And I know that the first thing
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that we always talk about when
we get back, we're heading back
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on the bus is all the fun we
had, right?
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We talk about the tubing, we
talk about Shawn's driving.
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I think that was pretty much the
topic of a conversation the
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whole time.
His boat driving and people were
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choosing Josh's boat because
they wanted to stay alive, but
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they still stayed alive on
Shawn's, didn't they, Shawn?
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They didn't die.
They didn't die.
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Nobody died.
So it was a great time and we
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like to focus on all the fun we
had and we had a lot of team
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competitions.
We had some points, maybe the
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pink team might have won, I'm
not sure.
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I'm pretty sure pink team won.
We had some great fun, but
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ultimately we had a lot of life
change and we had some students
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who made some decisions while we
while they were there.
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We had some students who maybe
sets a little asset of their
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comfort zone, learned some
things right, which is what we
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hope.
We hope that they come back,
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that they've grown a little bit,
that they've pushed maybe a
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little bit, that they've
challenged themselves.
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A bit as well, But before we
even stepped foot on the bus, I
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know for a fact that we had a
huge army of people praying for
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us and a huge army of people
maybe that have been a little
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worried about their kids but
also really excited for them.
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So I just wanted to start by
talking about our amazing
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parents that are here.
If you're a parent, would you
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stand up?
I know it's Uber embarrassing,
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but yeah, stand on your feet.
Yeah.
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Look at all these amazing
parents.
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Number one, they trusted me to
take their kids to a lake. #2
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They want the best for their
kids.
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You guys can sit down.
They want the best for their
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kids and and decided to send
them to a week of camp, which is
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amazing.
So I just wanted to say thank
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you to you guys for #1 trusting
us but for also allowing your
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kid to have an experience that
hopefully they came back and
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told you a little bit about more
than just it was fine.
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Hopefully they opened up a
little bit for you guys.
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I also want to say a big thank
you to our amazing youth
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leaders.
So if you were a youth leader
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would you guys stand up in here?
It doesn't matter if you went to
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camp.
I know we have Logan back in the
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AV.
Bell, Booth, Tory's up here.
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All of these people, whether
they were at camp or not, have
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had such an integral part of
helping these students grow
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throughout this entire year.
Last couple of years, they've
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invested their time because they
love these kids so much.
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So thank you from the bottom of
my heart for all the time that
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you guys have spent not only
praying but also spending your
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week at camp with us, right?
Which is awesome.
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And then the last person I want
to make sure we think today is
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the big man in charge here.
His name is Pastor Shan.
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Be true also.
God, he's pointing up.
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Pastor Sean Petrie, Would you
guys give it up for him and his
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wife Diane, who allowed us to go
right down and run their lake
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house a little bit?
Hopefully we didn't break
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anything.
Hopefully everything still
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stayed in one piece for the most
part.
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We'll see.
But it was a great time and we
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had this big focus while we were
there about leadership.
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What do we do as people, as
human beings who are trying to
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figure out what this whole life
is about and how do we become
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leaders God's called us to be
and you guys want us.
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You guys like that highlight
camp video that we just showed?
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That was made by one of our
teams.
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Like, that's pretty cool, right?
So like, we have team, yeah,
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that's Aubrey.
You guys can give it up for
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Aubrey.
We have teams that are stepping
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up in big ways because they know
the impact that they're making
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and they're sacrificing time on
their own to make a difference.
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And that's exactly what we
challenged them to do when we
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were at camp, was to push
themselves, to challenge
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themselves, to think a little
bit differently, to hopefully
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come back a little bit
different.
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And I wanted you all to have an
opportunity to hear straight
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from them, a couple of them who
are willing enough to not just
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leave me on red and ghost me,
and texting that I was asking
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them to speak.
But these two actually said yes.
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So I want to start by welcoming
to the stage my own daughter,
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Ashlyn.
Would you guys give it up for
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Ashlyn?
She's going to come join me up
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here.
And I know that, like, this may
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seem like an easy ask because
she's my own kid, but being a
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ministry kid, it can be really
hard.
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And you can kind of go through
the motions of this is what your
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life has been, right?
You've been in church.
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This is kind of what I believe.
This is what I do.
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But she really did push herself
at this camp to do some
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different things, to challenge
herself a little bit.
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I want you guys to hear from her
own mouth what she learned at
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camp.
So would you guys give it up one
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more time for Ashlyn?
Good morning, My name is Ashton
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Kubly.
I never doubted Jesus when I was
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younger, but now that I'm older
is a lot more easier for me to
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doubt.
Most of my questions were will I
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still go to church when I move
out?
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And is God real?
I always thought if God was the
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real God, then why were there
different religions?
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But when I went to camp, most of
my questions were less
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concerning.
Camp taught me a lot of things
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to set my goals, to pray and to
read the Bible more.
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Before camp, I hated to worship
and I would space out a lot and
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it felt awkward and I felt
embarrassed.
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But now I'm trying to sing and
raise my hands up because I
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shouldn't be embarrassed when
it's just between me and God.
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We talked about having a purpose
and I think I and I used to
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think I didn't have a purpose
and I shouldn't be living.
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But I feel my purpose and why I
should be live and it is
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spreading, spreading the word to
my friends and inviting them to
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church.
It is important to share the
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gospel with my friends because
they are probably feeling like I
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am lost and confused and
hopeless.
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Psalms 3418 says the Lord is
near the broken hearted and
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saves those who are Christian
spirit.
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I can be a part of helping the
good news and I want to thank my
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leaders for believing in me and
not giving up on me and letting
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me learn more about Jesus.
I can't wait to spread the word
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to my friends and learn more
about Jesus in the Bible.
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Pretty awesome, right?
Like.
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This is my favorite part of camp
is seeing them processing the
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things that they went through,
the feelings that they felt, the
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emotions that they had.
And I noticed in the video
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because she's my own kid, But
did you guys notice in the video
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there's a video of worshipping?
And she was in the very front
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row with her hands raised,
worshipping.
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And that would have never
happened before that moment.
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And camp happens because kids
have moments like that.
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They have moments at camp where
they decide now is the time that
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I'm going to decide to be
different, I'm going to change,
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I'm going to challenge myself.
So thank you Ashlyn for sharing,
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because I know it's kind of
hard.
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To share sometimes the feelings
that you have in front of other
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people, but the power that we
have and we learned so much
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about leadership and how we can
help others by sharing our own
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story.
So I have one more person that I
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want to share and she almost
ghosted me, but she decided to
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say yes.
This is our very own Alyssa
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Hardy.
Would you guys give it up for
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Alyssa?
So Alyssa has been with me since
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the beginning in youth ministry.
You've been together for quite a
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while and we equally put up with
each other and she jokes around
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a lot.
But she's got a heart of gold
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and I want you to hear really
her story about how powerful
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camp was for her.
Give it up one more time for
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Alyssa.
I'm Alyssa.
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Kerry asked me to speak.
So that's what this is.
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I've had questions in doubts for
a long time.
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How do I know God exists?
If he does exist, why should I?
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Why should I obey him?
I've been told since I was born
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that Jesus died for me because
he loves me, and I've always
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believed it.
But as I've grown, my doubts
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have grown with me.
The ways of the world seemed so
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much better than following a God
I wasn't even sure was real.
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I was hurting, I was lonely, and
I wanted more.
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I've had the opportunity to go
to two church camps this summer,
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both of which have changed my
perspective in ways I could not
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imagine.
Being in a camp reminded me why
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I exist and who created me.
I believe in God because God
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believes in me.
Since the beginning He has been
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faithful and with me even when I
couldn't see him.
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I will be God and I follow God
because of his love.
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And now I get to show that love
to everyone.
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I know if you asked me two
months ago why I would get to go
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to heaven, I wouldn't have had
an answer.
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But I now know that I get to go
to heaven because Jesus alone
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allows me to through His love.
No matter how I feel, no matter
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my doubts, God is always there
and always loves me.
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Because of God, I have hope.
And because of camp, I've been
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able to realize all this, and I
can follow God in ways I haven't
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been able to before.
I will live my life to bring
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glory and people to God.
Whatever God caused me to do.
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I have faith that I can and I
will follow him even when my
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faith inevitably fails.
Because it will.
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I know I will be able to rebuild
it again and again with the help
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of God and the leaders in my
life.
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Because no matter where I go or
how far I stray, He will always
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find me because of his unfailing
love.
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I'm confident in my face and I
will continue to grow with him.
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I'd like to thank Kerry Tori and
my parents plus Pink team cuz
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we're awesome and we won.
Go pink team.
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Isn't it awesome how different
both of their stories were?
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And they both are at the same
camp, right?
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So it's like God talks to each
and every one of these students
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in so many different ways while
they're they're there.
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We may be talking about the same
thing, but they're pulling these
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different things out of it based
on what they're going through,
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the things that they need to
hear, maybe the things that
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they're going through have gone
through.
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And I love that I get a front
row seat, and I'm sure my other
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leaders will say the exact same
thing, that we get a front row
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seat to watch these kids change
the world.
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We get a front row seat to watch
this next generation decide to
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step up and challenge themselves
and be different.
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And I know for a fact that they
came back to school, came back
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from camp and are heading into
school confident that they're
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going to make waves.
They're going to maybe talk to
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those kids that seem unlovable.
They're going to challenge
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themselves to reach out to the
people that maybe are hard to
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like or hard to be around.
And they're going to have
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conversations that are hard
because they know that that's
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how we lead, like Jesus.
And I want to challenge you guys
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today, the exact same thing.
Because ultimately, aren't we
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all just kind of growing
teenagers?
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I joke with that my husband has
never really ever become a grown
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up.
But I think that we all, in our
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own way, are all just navigating
this adulthood life still as
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kind of kids sometimes.
And we're also going through
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things that are really
challenging, but we can all
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still lead with as much boldness
as they have as well.
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And I want to challenge you.
To go into your same life, into
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00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,960
your workplace, into your home
life, into your family life,
448
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,840
your friend life, into the city
that you live in, at the store,
449
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,480
wherever you are, with the same
boldness and confidence that you
450
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:49,400
can lead just like Jesus led.
We talked at camp about how God
451
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,320
has purposed us and gifted us
all differently, right?
452
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,040
Everybody around you is
completely different.
453
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,920
We all have different purposes.
We all have different things
454
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,160
that we're good at.
And just like the people in the
455
00:35:58,160 --> 00:35:59,960
Bible, right?
Every single one of them had
456
00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:01,400
something different that that
they were good at.
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00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,520
We have Moses.
And Mary and Joseph and John the
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00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,800
Baptist, right?
None of them were gifted alike,
459
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,600
but they all made a huge impact
for the Kingdom of God.
460
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,840
And that's exactly what God has
called us to do.
461
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,240
To take bold steps of faith, to
follow him, to follow his lead
462
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,600
in our lives, even when it might
be challenging.
463
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,960
And we talked a lot, too, about
this idea of how it's really
464
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,680
easy to make it about ourselves.
Isn't it really easy to make it
465
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,680
about us from the time that we
wake up to the time that we go
466
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:32,280
to bed?
What are we thinking about?
467
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:36,040
How things affect us, right?
We're trying to decide every
468
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,640
minute of every day how
inconvenienced or blessed or
469
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:43,320
joyful or happy or sad we are
based on the circumstances
470
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,160
around us.
But I wonder how different our
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00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,280
world could look.
Even your own home could look if
472
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,760
we decided to switch our
perspective completely and think
473
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,430
about those around us first.
If we led like Jesus and just
474
00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:58,470
thinking about that person next
to us on the bus or that person
475
00:36:58,470 --> 00:37:01,630
standing in front of us at the
grocery store and how their life
476
00:37:01,630 --> 00:37:04,910
might be different if they knew
what we knew or maybe how their
477
00:37:04,910 --> 00:37:09,590
life might be better because we
lead our life better, These
478
00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:13,150
teenagers decided to come home
with that exact same excitement
479
00:37:13,390 --> 00:37:15,830
to lead.
And I want to read a verse for
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00:37:15,830 --> 00:37:19,190
you because this to me is just
exactly what God has called us
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00:37:19,190 --> 00:37:20,710
to do.
This is Romans chapter 12 verse
482
00:37:20,710 --> 00:37:22,500
8.
Says, if your gift is to
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00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:24,420
encourage others, be
encouraging.
484
00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:27,460
If it's, if it is giving, give
generously.
485
00:37:27,660 --> 00:37:30,740
If God has given you leadership
ability, take the responsibility
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00:37:30,740 --> 00:37:33,220
seriously.
And if you have a gift for
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00:37:33,220 --> 00:37:36,140
showing kindness to others, do
it gladly.
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00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:39,300
The thing that we all have in
common, right, is that God
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00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,020
called us to be leaders.
The thing that we maybe don't
490
00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:44,140
have in common is exactly what
He's gifted us with.
491
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:47,660
But we can use those gifts and
the talents that we have to help
492
00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:51,140
other people around us to love
people that might be very hard
493
00:37:51,140 --> 00:37:54,740
to love, to advocate for people
who might not have anybody, to
494
00:37:54,780 --> 00:37:57,100
advocate for them.
And just to really think about
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00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:58,860
our day differently than we
really are Now.
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00:37:58,860 --> 00:38:02,420
I have a couple of quick steps
before I have some teenagers
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00:38:02,420 --> 00:38:05,340
join me on the stage that I can
give you today to help to lead.
498
00:38:05,340 --> 00:38:07,620
Like these teenagers came home
excited to lead the 1st.
499
00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:10,060
Is this follow the leader,
right?
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00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:12,580
I talked about being kids again.
Like it is as simple as
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00:38:12,580 --> 00:38:16,480
following the leader.
Jesus gives us the best example
502
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,720
of what it looks like to lead
well and to love others first
503
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:21,160
before loving ourselves, doesn't
he?
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00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,520
There's so many examples in
scripture for us to look at on
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00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:28,200
how we can lead like Him, and
that's loving others before us,
506
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,880
right?
His entire life was spent loving
507
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:32,960
other people more than he loved
himself.
508
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,520
Loving others even when it's
really hard.
509
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,480
That is probably one of the
hardest things I feel as an
510
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,600
adult is loving everyone because
we all know.
511
00:38:41,970 --> 00:38:44,130
There are people we encounter
that are maybe not so lovable,
512
00:38:44,130 --> 00:38:45,850
right?
Maybe people that really get
513
00:38:45,850 --> 00:38:48,370
under our skin.
People that aren't like us,
514
00:38:48,370 --> 00:38:50,650
right.
But we can lead like Jesus by
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00:38:50,650 --> 00:38:53,730
leading those people well.
The second is this, to discover
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00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:56,530
your gifts.
Our church is really big into
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00:38:56,530 --> 00:38:58,890
discovering your gifts and the
importance of it, and I want to
518
00:38:58,890 --> 00:39:02,810
challenge you to lean into that.
Find a way to join Crash Course.
519
00:39:02,970 --> 00:39:05,650
Get around somebody who can help
you discover what your gifts
520
00:39:05,650 --> 00:39:07,370
even are.
You might be the age that you
521
00:39:07,370 --> 00:39:09,810
are and have absolutely no idea
what God has gifted you with.
522
00:39:09,810 --> 00:39:12,490
Discover what those are.
You can't really lead into your
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00:39:12,490 --> 00:39:14,210
full purpose unless you really
know what that is.
524
00:39:14,650 --> 00:39:17,050
And the last thing is this, to
love others first.
525
00:39:17,050 --> 00:39:20,530
Peter 4410 says this.
God has given each of you a
526
00:39:20,530 --> 00:39:23,320
gift.
From his great variety of
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00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,440
spiritual gifts, use them well
to serve one another.
528
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,760
These gifts are for a purpose,
right?
529
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,880
We can lead, we can lead by
example.
530
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,640
We can follow Jesus by actually
doing the things that we're
531
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,760
we're called to do with the
things that He's given us.
532
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:38,720
So this is my challenge to you
today.
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00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:41,200
Church.
Go all in.
534
00:39:41,740 --> 00:39:43,380
Right.
Don't just go all in today and
535
00:39:43,380 --> 00:39:46,060
forget about it.
Decide today is the day that
536
00:39:46,060 --> 00:39:48,100
you're going to stop thinking as
much about yourself and you're
537
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:50,180
going to start really thinking
about people around you and
538
00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:52,620
caring about them.
I've encouraged these students
539
00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:55,580
to go into their school with a
purpose, right?
540
00:39:55,820 --> 00:39:58,460
Their purpose is that they want
to be the difference in their
541
00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:01,300
school because their school
isn't going to change unless
542
00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:02,740
they're a part of that
difference, right?
543
00:40:03,020 --> 00:40:04,460
Their school is not going to be
different.
544
00:40:04,460 --> 00:40:06,140
Those people around them aren't
going to be different.
545
00:40:06,140 --> 00:40:07,980
Those people they complain about
aren't going to be different
546
00:40:07,980 --> 00:40:09,580
unless they're a part of the
change.
547
00:40:10,170 --> 00:40:13,090
And you guys have the exact same
ability and the capacity to be a
548
00:40:13,090 --> 00:40:17,810
part of that change.
So Speaking of change, I want
549
00:40:17,810 --> 00:40:20,650
you guys to be able to see a lot
of that change.
550
00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:23,050
These teenagers are sitting here
in the front row, and I love
551
00:40:23,050 --> 00:40:26,010
that you get to see them, but I
want you to be able to see a
552
00:40:26,010 --> 00:40:29,010
visual, almost like an
experience of what they
553
00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:31,530
experienced at camp.
So I want to go ahead and invite
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00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:33,450
all of them to join me here up
on stage.
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00:40:33,730 --> 00:40:35,530
And while I do that, I want to
explain to you kind of what
556
00:40:35,530 --> 00:40:38,130
we're doing.
We just sang a song a little bit
557
00:40:38,130 --> 00:40:42,720
ago called Build My Life, and by
following Jesus's lead, we're
558
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,960
building our life.
We're asking him to build our
559
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,320
life, to be like his life.
And what they're coming up here
560
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:52,960
to do right now is give you a
visual representation of what
561
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,720
that what that looks like.
So for them, they came to camp
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00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:58,400
with a lot of things that they
were struggling with.
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00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,680
You can tell by the two that
came up here on the stage that
564
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,400
all of those experiences are
very different for each of them.
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00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,130
For them filling out these
posters at camp, they have been
566
00:41:08,130 --> 00:41:11,410
even a healing process for them
to kind of see where God
567
00:41:11,610 --> 00:41:14,810
actually took them through camp
and where they are afterwards.
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00:41:14,970 --> 00:41:18,850
So I want you guys as we sing
the song that talks about how
569
00:41:18,850 --> 00:41:22,890
amazing our God is and how he
leads the way for us to do the
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00:41:22,890 --> 00:41:26,090
exact same thing.
I want you guys to read all of
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00:41:26,090 --> 00:41:28,370
these posters.
I want you to see the faces of
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00:41:28,370 --> 00:41:31,530
these teenagers and I want you
to read their stories.
573
00:41:32,090 --> 00:41:34,530
And then I want you to see
halfway through this how those
574
00:41:34,530 --> 00:41:37,290
stories have changed as a result
of camp.
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00:41:37,290 --> 00:41:40,570
So I want to invite you all to
stand and we're going to sing as
576
00:41:40,570 --> 00:41:42,370
well.
So you guys are welcome to
577
00:41:42,370 --> 00:41:46,410
follow along and just sing.
Worship as big as you can with
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00:41:46,410 --> 00:41:48,930
these students as we decide to
lead together.
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00:41:48,930 --> 00:42:17,100
Let's worship Big together.
I will build my life upon your
580
00:42:17,340 --> 00:42:24,060
love.
It is a firm foundation.
581
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:37,420
I will put my trust in you
alone, and I will not be shaken.
582
00:42:38,220 --> 00:42:45,140
I will build my life upon your
love.
583
00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:56,950
It is a plan foundation.
I will put my trust in.
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00:42:56,950 --> 00:43:02,470
You will and I will.
All right.
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00:43:02,470 --> 00:43:06,870
Let's see what God did this week
at Camp Holy.
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00:43:07,630 --> 00:43:13,630
There is no one like you.
There is none beside you.
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00:43:14,870 --> 00:43:20,630
Open up my eyes and wander.
Show me.
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00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:27,480
Who you are and fell me with
your heart and leave me.
589
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:37,480
And your love to goes around me.
Holy, there is no one like you.
590
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:46,640
There is none beside you.
Open up my eyes and wander and
591
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:52,060
show me.
Who you are and fail me with
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00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:59,940
your heart, and leave me and
your love to those around me,
593
00:44:00,260 --> 00:44:08,300
because I will build my life
upon your love.
594
00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:17,420
It is a firm balmation and I
will put my.
595
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:26,960
Because then you will and I will
not be shaken.
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00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,680
Hey, let's give him a hand.
Come on, give it that big for
597
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,480
the teenagers what God's doing
in their life.
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00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,400
Oh man, you guys have joined
these signs.
599
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:43,440
I know you guys are nervous up
there.
600
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,640
We should have said smile big,
right?
601
00:44:46,950 --> 00:44:49,750
But it's just amazing week at
camp and I'm going to say thank
602
00:44:49,750 --> 00:44:52,910
you to those took time out of
their week, those who serve
603
00:44:52,910 --> 00:44:55,470
every week with their teenagers.
To Carrie and the team.
604
00:44:55,470 --> 00:44:57,830
Can you give it a big for them
and let them know we love them?
605
00:45:00,430 --> 00:45:02,910
And I love the size.
I saw a lost and found and
606
00:45:02,910 --> 00:45:06,230
didn't have hope.
And I don't know man, I can hang
607
00:45:06,230 --> 00:45:08,510
out with Hayden quite a bit.
This guy's A servant of God.
608
00:45:08,510 --> 00:45:10,350
That's his gift to servant
behind the scenes.
609
00:45:10,350 --> 00:45:12,730
His boys.
Just dude, he just falls around
610
00:45:12,730 --> 00:45:14,450
helping out.
And it was so cool.
611
00:45:14,770 --> 00:45:16,330
Get connected.
Pray with some of you guys
612
00:45:16,330 --> 00:45:18,170
hearing your stories.
And some of you I didn't really
613
00:45:18,450 --> 00:45:20,810
know before went to camp and it
was cool to see what God was
614
00:45:20,810 --> 00:45:23,290
going to do inside your life.
And I would encourage us as a
615
00:45:23,290 --> 00:45:25,650
church that really our mission
is to reach the youngest
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00:45:25,650 --> 00:45:29,130
generation possible.
If if we fail to reach the
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00:45:29,170 --> 00:45:31,730
youngest generation possible,
we've put an expiration date on
618
00:45:31,730 --> 00:45:34,570
the gospel and the gospel will
stop at our address.
619
00:45:34,970 --> 00:45:37,090
And so they do life differently.
We do right?
620
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,120
A lot different, right?
And the struggles and stuff are
621
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:42,000
the same struggles, but there's
different things.
622
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,120
And the stuff that they're
struggling is heavy.
623
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,840
And I think Satan just has a
kind of way, just making us feel
624
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:49,960
comfortable at times that we're
at a time of peace.
625
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,200
And there's not really a battle,
but there really is a battle
626
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,680
ration for souls.
And when you're around
627
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,920
teenagers, see what they're
struggling with, I'm just
628
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:58,440
telling you, they need to be
praying for these teens.
629
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,400
Amen.
I mean, if you're a parent of a
630
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,520
teen, you know, like, man, it's
just so much different than when
631
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:04,000
we were teens.
And the stuff that's in their
632
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,440
face and what they're struggling
with, Same struggles, but just.
633
00:46:06,940 --> 00:46:08,580
The vehicles are so much
stronger and the weapons are
634
00:46:08,580 --> 00:46:10,460
strong.
And so I want to encourage you
635
00:46:10,460 --> 00:46:14,380
guys that when I was 18, I
surrendered at a camp as much
636
00:46:14,380 --> 00:46:16,900
like this camp, a little
different but same spirit of
637
00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:18,740
God.
And I surrendered at whatever
638
00:46:18,740 --> 00:46:21,060
God had and just I didn't know
what that would look like in my
639
00:46:21,060 --> 00:46:22,660
life.
But the time I knew I was just
640
00:46:22,660 --> 00:46:25,500
going to say, okay God, you have
my life and what it looked like
641
00:46:25,500 --> 00:46:27,460
is really my heart started to
match the heart of God.
642
00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:30,940
Like I started seeing a little
bit how God saw and that's just
643
00:46:30,940 --> 00:46:33,420
where you want to be at.
There's things you saw this week
644
00:46:33,420 --> 00:46:35,980
at camp, those things that God
was put in your heart, you guys.
645
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,800
Wrote these signs I would
encourage me to drive a stake in
646
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,120
your life.
Like don't ever let that go.
647
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,120
Like to hold on to the things of
God.
648
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:43,400
Hold on things that he's shown
you.
649
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:45,800
And you start seeing people.
Like God sees people.
650
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,040
The bigger now you really start
seeing yourself the way God sees
651
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:49,720
you.
And you guys talk about being
652
00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:51,960
depressed and all these things
you guys struggle with.
653
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:53,600
You replace that with the spirit
of God.
654
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,640
That thanks to Christ and our
church is behind you.
655
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:57,720
We love them, don't we?
Guys, come on.
656
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:01,680
You're not alone.
And so.
657
00:47:02,090 --> 00:47:04,650
I would encourage you to just go
all in for Jesus.
658
00:47:04,650 --> 00:47:07,850
And I saw one down there,
Audrey, highly reading the
659
00:47:07,850 --> 00:47:09,770
Bible.
It was awesome.
660
00:47:09,770 --> 00:47:11,210
They brought the Bible to the
camp and they're like, hey,
661
00:47:11,210 --> 00:47:13,730
everyone turned to and it was
like judges or something.
662
00:47:13,730 --> 00:47:16,450
They're like, where is it at?
It was just like, yeah, we'll
663
00:47:16,450 --> 00:47:18,570
show them, right?
And so it's just cool to get in
664
00:47:18,570 --> 00:47:20,290
the word of God and the Holy
Spirit around you guys.
665
00:47:20,450 --> 00:47:23,210
Well, I'll do something very
special and just a prayer with
666
00:47:23,210 --> 00:47:25,050
these guys.
It was easy to pray into events,
667
00:47:25,050 --> 00:47:27,850
easy to pray in the camp and
into those things in our lives.
668
00:47:27,850 --> 00:47:31,010
You know, big decisions.
But it's very rare that people
669
00:47:31,010 --> 00:47:33,170
go back and say thanks and they
pray out of it.
670
00:47:33,170 --> 00:47:35,050
I think it's just important to
pray out of his into it.
671
00:47:35,290 --> 00:47:37,090
I think about the 10 lepers,
right?
672
00:47:37,090 --> 00:47:40,170
They're all touched by Jesus.
They're all healed by Jesus, all
673
00:47:40,170 --> 00:47:42,490
changed by Jesus.
They all were transformed by
674
00:47:42,610 --> 00:47:44,650
Jesus.
Only one of them came back and
675
00:47:44,650 --> 00:47:47,010
said thank you.
And so today is really our time
676
00:47:47,050 --> 00:47:50,210
to just get around to these
teens and say thank you, Jesus,
677
00:47:50,490 --> 00:47:52,890
for changing their life.
I I won't be like the the Thai
678
00:47:52,890 --> 00:47:54,610
church has 10 lepers that go
back to Jesus.
679
00:47:54,610 --> 00:47:55,750
Amen.
I don't.
680
00:47:55,750 --> 00:47:57,190
I don't be like the one or the
two I want.
681
00:47:57,190 --> 00:47:58,390
I want all of us to be part of
this.
682
00:47:58,390 --> 00:47:59,750
And so I'm going to invite our
teenagers.
683
00:47:59,990 --> 00:48:02,150
You guys are kind of working way
down the stairs, not killing
684
00:48:02,150 --> 00:48:04,390
each other.
Come on and come across the
685
00:48:04,390 --> 00:48:07,390
front, down the aisle over here,
just kind of spread out.
686
00:48:07,870 --> 00:48:10,230
I want you to spend some time
just praying for our teenagers.
687
00:48:10,510 --> 00:48:12,470
And maybe you're like, I don't
know what to say.
688
00:48:12,470 --> 00:48:14,710
I don't know what to do.
You saw their sign.
689
00:48:14,950 --> 00:48:16,990
So you just go up to them, put
your arm around them and say,
690
00:48:16,990 --> 00:48:19,630
man, tell them about your sign.
And just thank Jesus, you did
691
00:48:19,630 --> 00:48:22,270
some work in the life.
You can fill them up here too.
692
00:48:22,270 --> 00:48:24,870
Don't be shy up here.
So they're all going to the back
693
00:48:24,870 --> 00:48:26,790
to run the way.
But you you can.
694
00:48:26,790 --> 00:48:28,710
You can filling up here.
But I would encourage you.
695
00:48:28,710 --> 00:48:31,350
Maybe you're a parent.
Maybe you're a grandparent,
696
00:48:31,350 --> 00:48:33,270
friend of the family.
Maybe you don't know anybody.
697
00:48:33,630 --> 00:48:36,150
Maybe you're new to our church.
Like, what's going on if you're
698
00:48:36,150 --> 00:48:37,670
a Christian?
In Jesus' fault, Man, you guys
699
00:48:37,710 --> 00:48:39,790
all left the middle blank.
And we'll go back this way.
700
00:48:40,110 --> 00:48:40,910
Come on now.
You can do it.
701
00:48:40,910 --> 00:48:41,950
Don't be scared.
Don't be.
702
00:48:42,070 --> 00:48:43,910
You can do it.
Oh, you already spoke.
703
00:48:43,910 --> 00:48:45,310
So you can do it.
Come on now.
704
00:48:45,990 --> 00:48:48,150
And so we had some space.
But I would encourage you get
705
00:48:48,150 --> 00:48:49,830
around some teenagers.
Pray for him.
706
00:48:50,070 --> 00:48:51,350
I would invite you to start
moving out.
707
00:48:51,350 --> 00:48:52,950
If that's you.
Just find a teenager, Put your
708
00:48:52,950 --> 00:48:54,590
arm around him.
Just start praying for him.
709
00:48:55,050 --> 00:48:56,890
You'll find somebody I want to
be praying alone.
710
00:49:23,490 --> 00:48:58,210
They're not alone.
I would encourage you mean just
711
00:48:58,730 --> 00:49:02,050
you can pray as I'm talking but
speak a word in their life.
712
00:49:02,770 --> 00:49:05,250
See, say say that you see
something in their life.
713
00:49:05,250 --> 00:49:07,450
You see some potential.
Maybe you can pray over them and
714
00:49:07,730 --> 00:49:09,650
and pray for them not to be what
you did right.
715
00:49:10,370 --> 00:49:12,610
Maybe you can share with them a
little bit of your story.
716
00:49:13,050 --> 00:49:14,250
Love.
Know you're behind them.
717
00:49:14,450 --> 00:49:18,450
Love know that God is is a sure
bet that this church is around
718
00:49:18,450 --> 00:49:21,450
them and cares for them, that
they can be the tip of the spear
719
00:49:21,450 --> 00:49:26,410
that they can go out and buy.
Maybe you can make a friend with
720
00:49:26,410 --> 00:49:28,250
them and let them know every
week you're going to care for
721
00:49:28,250 --> 00:49:30,370
them and pray for them.
Maybe you can be the kind of
722
00:49:30,370 --> 00:49:32,130
person that's just going to
accelerate their faith.
723
00:49:32,130 --> 00:49:34,090
And I was a teenager.
There's a man in my life.
724
00:49:34,410 --> 00:49:36,530
I don't know what you saw in me.
And he said, Sean, whatever
725
00:49:36,530 --> 00:49:38,410
happens, I'll never let you fail
for Christ.
726
00:49:38,770 --> 00:49:40,530
He was the kind of guy that gave
the shroff his back.
727
00:49:40,530 --> 00:49:42,890
He ended up giving me vehicles
and all sorts of stuff.
728
00:49:42,930 --> 00:49:45,530
I never asked for a dime from
this man, and he would not let
729
00:49:45,530 --> 00:49:47,770
me fail in my faith.
And what these young people
730
00:49:47,770 --> 00:49:49,330
need, they need spiritual dads
and moms.
731
00:49:49,330 --> 00:49:51,450
Amen.
Not just their parents, but any
732
00:49:51,450 --> 00:49:53,530
people in their life that say,
you know, I see God moving in
733
00:49:53,530 --> 00:49:55,240
you.
And people that care for them
734
00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:56,680
and believe in them.
So I would encourage you.
735
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:58,600
I mean get serious in this
prayer time.
736
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,560
We're going to take about 3 or 4
minutes and just if you're still
737
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:02,720
in your seat you don't feel
comfortable.
738
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:04,480
Just pray you're at.
I would encourage you man.
739
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,640
If you know Jesus, your savior,
man, get out here and pave the
740
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,800
way, right?
You think about the armor of God
741
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,440
and Ephesians and you put all
this armor on for these kids in
742
00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:14,880
this week and this shield of
faith and storm of the spirit.
743
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,520
But when they got the armor on,
what'd they do?
744
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:21,320
You guys remember what they did?
Come on, this layup, they
745
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,390
prayed, right?
And that's what we get to do.
746
00:50:24,390 --> 00:50:25,710
We get to pray today in the
spirit of God.
747
00:50:25,710 --> 00:50:28,190
And so this may be the really
the highlight of can't for them
748
00:50:28,710 --> 00:50:30,790
is that maybe their parents came
down today and say, you know
749
00:50:30,790 --> 00:50:31,990
what?
I see you when guys do your
750
00:50:31,990 --> 00:50:33,350
life, and I need that in my
life.
751
00:50:33,390 --> 00:50:36,270
So you guys came day for the
first time because your kid said
752
00:50:36,270 --> 00:50:38,430
you need to come to church
today, come go on stage.
753
00:50:38,790 --> 00:50:40,630
And today maybe you're like,
man, there's something to this.
754
00:50:40,830 --> 00:50:42,550
And so I would encourage you,
man, to spend some time praying
755
00:50:42,550 --> 00:50:44,830
and I'll pray out of it.
But just get together and let's
756
00:50:44,830 --> 00:50:45,670
lead the way.
Amen.
757
00:51:59,620 --> 00:52:02,780
Father would come before you,
God, we play a blessing on what
758
00:52:02,780 --> 00:52:05,180
your holy spirits do.
And God, that these aren't the
759
00:52:05,180 --> 00:52:07,180
leaders of tomorrow, these
leaders of today.
760
00:52:07,660 --> 00:52:10,260
And I pray that they would just
find newfound faith in you.
761
00:52:10,380 --> 00:52:12,980
God, that they would just be
moved by you and God, that even
762
00:52:12,980 --> 00:52:15,740
those nights of worship you're
just speaking in the Holy Spirit
763
00:52:15,740 --> 00:52:17,700
is moving across that place.
God, I pray to save you.
764
00:52:17,700 --> 00:52:20,260
Just a reminder through these
songs that that you are true,
765
00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:23,420
that your words are true, that
there is a a sure bet.
766
00:52:23,420 --> 00:52:26,320
God, there's absolute truth.
That they can build their life
767
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:28,120
on you.
That you're a sure foundation.
768
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:31,320
So today I pray for these young
people to rise up out of the
769
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:34,480
pits of depression and
discouragement and fear and
770
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:37,200
anxiety and worry and all the
struggles that this generation
771
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,080
got.
And they just rise up on faith.
772
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:41,360
They'll be built on the word of
God.
773
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,680
And so I pray that this
generation be marked by prayer.
774
00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:47,600
That there be a Bible that moves
across the really not just our
775
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:50,080
church, but through their
schools and through the hallways
776
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:52,850
gotten their families and.
Like my family God, many of them
777
00:52:52,850 --> 00:52:55,690
didn't know Jesus.
And so I pray that today that
778
00:52:55,690 --> 00:52:58,290
maybe they're the first
generation Christian and their
779
00:52:58,290 --> 00:53:00,650
family God that begins to live
for you got to pray for faith
780
00:53:00,650 --> 00:53:03,650
for our leaders that.
I just been so faithful to
781
00:53:03,650 --> 00:53:06,770
serving our young people week in
and week out behind the scenes,
782
00:53:06,770 --> 00:53:09,610
just doing, doing work.
God that many people don't see
783
00:53:09,610 --> 00:53:10,370
for the Kingdom.
God.
784
00:53:10,370 --> 00:53:12,290
So I pray for maybe not to get a
full hold.
785
00:53:12,290 --> 00:53:13,970
You got to pray for
encouragement that there would
786
00:53:13,970 --> 00:53:17,130
be a rid of bareness or any
discouragement in our team God
787
00:53:17,130 --> 00:53:19,410
that they would just realize why
they're doing this, that the
788
00:53:19,410 --> 00:53:22,530
payoff is souls being changed.
Got to pray that these young
789
00:53:22,530 --> 00:53:25,130
people begin to see themselves
as you see them God.
790
00:53:25,130 --> 00:53:28,330
That they would see themselves
as whole and forgiven and chosen
791
00:53:28,410 --> 00:53:31,850
and gifted, and that there's the
hand or the hand of God and.
792
00:53:31,930 --> 00:53:34,250
Just a vessel.
An empty vessel for you God.
793
00:53:34,250 --> 00:53:35,770
So pray you, pour this
generation out.
794
00:53:35,850 --> 00:53:39,850
It's really just an offering God
to the nations to point people
795
00:53:39,850 --> 00:53:41,450
to you.
God, pray you to send people out
796
00:53:41,450 --> 00:53:44,010
of this group.
Back into their homes and to
797
00:53:44,010 --> 00:53:45,930
their.
Families and to places maybe
798
00:53:45,930 --> 00:53:47,490
they work or serve or sports
teams.
799
00:53:47,490 --> 00:53:49,980
God, just to make much of you.
And I pray they'd be marked
800
00:53:49,980 --> 00:53:51,780
different.
They walk in the world but not
801
00:53:51,780 --> 00:53:53,780
be of the world.
So got to pray for just a
802
00:53:53,780 --> 00:53:57,300
blessing on this generation that
we see this generation rise up
803
00:53:57,300 --> 00:53:59,300
even more than our generation.
God for you.
804
00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:01,740
And so God, I pray for those
that have poured in them.
805
00:54:01,740 --> 00:54:03,980
I pray blessing on them, my
blessing on what you've done
806
00:54:03,980 --> 00:54:06,380
this camp.
I bring your your mind into.
807
00:54:06,380 --> 00:54:08,500
The things in Christ that we've
learned there.
808
00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:11,020
That we can look back at the
word of God and know this is
809
00:54:11,260 --> 00:54:13,420
what it's all about.
And for those of us that maybe
810
00:54:13,980 --> 00:54:16,540
are looking to pour in God, I
pray that we see this generation
811
00:54:16,540 --> 00:54:19,360
as a generation full of.
Full of freedom and hope that we
812
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:22,520
could pour into and that they
would be just willing vessels
813
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:25,480
like Timothy and Titus and those
in the faith that just open
814
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,480
their hearts to you.
So got to pray for a brokenness
815
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,600
in this place today.
Got to only come through your
816
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,680
spirit.
So got to pray for something to
817
00:54:31,720 --> 00:54:33,680
change in our lives.
Got we would go back to the same
818
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:36,920
routine, the same methods.
God we'd go back to you and so
819
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:39,480
got to pray for your spirit to
have freedom in our lives.
820
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:41,080
Got to pray we'd empty
ourselves.
821
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:43,800
God that we would just be make
much of you.
822
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:45,880
That you would increase and that
we would decrease.
823
00:54:46,430 --> 00:54:49,670
And so God, I pray that the name
of Jesus would be forever
824
00:54:49,670 --> 00:54:51,750
changed.
God and just pointed to you in
825
00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:54,550
the next generations God.
Maybe this is that moment for
826
00:54:54,550 --> 00:54:56,950
somebody today when you call
them surrender.
827
00:54:57,430 --> 00:55:00,390
You call them to die themselves.
You call them to put some things
828
00:55:00,390 --> 00:55:03,390
to death or life that just look
nothing like you, and that today
829
00:55:03,390 --> 00:55:06,690
they rise up with boldness.
To share the gospel.
830
00:55:07,050 --> 00:55:09,610
To to stay no to the things the
world that does that look
831
00:55:09,610 --> 00:55:12,170
towards you for their faith and
encouragement, their peace.
832
00:55:12,610 --> 00:55:14,970
So God, I pray this generation,
God would be the generation
833
00:55:14,970 --> 00:55:17,170
you're going to use God to reach
our nation.
834
00:55:17,330 --> 00:55:20,210
God to turn people back to you
and God to pray your blessing on
835
00:55:20,210 --> 00:55:21,570
today.
God bless our families.
836
00:55:21,610 --> 00:55:24,530
God bless our church and God.
Use these teenagers the mighty
837
00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:25,850
way for you and pray in Jesus
name.
838
00:55:26,730 --> 00:55:28,970
Amen.
Come on, give it up for what
839
00:55:28,970 --> 00:55:30,090
guys doing today.
Come on.
840
00:55:33,860 --> 00:55:35,620
Man, it's exciting.
I would encourage you guys just
841
00:55:35,620 --> 00:55:37,700
find the closest seat.
You don't have to go all the way
842
00:55:37,700 --> 00:55:39,820
back to all the things, but just
find the closest seat.
843
00:55:39,820 --> 00:55:41,980
We're going to do something
special the rest of this
844
00:55:41,980 --> 00:55:43,460
morning.
It's going to be the most
845
00:55:43,460 --> 00:55:45,700
eclectic Sunday morning in the
history of our church.
846
00:55:45,940 --> 00:55:49,220
And so we're going to just do
some business and we've got a an
847
00:55:49,220 --> 00:55:52,300
awesome group of people that are
heading out of town across the
848
00:55:52,300 --> 00:55:54,980
world on a mission trip to
Colombia, Bogota, Colombia,
849
00:55:54,980 --> 00:55:57,260
South America, this coming
Saturday.
850
00:55:57,780 --> 00:56:00,060
Bright in the morning early.
It's not bright.
851
00:56:00,060 --> 00:56:01,740
It's just dark, right?
It's not.
852
00:56:02,050 --> 00:56:04,610
Yeah, not even gonna go to bed,
you know, Friday to Saturday,
853
00:56:04,610 --> 00:56:05,930
right?
But I want to invite our
854
00:56:05,930 --> 00:56:07,650
missions team up.
If you're on that team, would
855
00:56:07,650 --> 00:56:10,450
you come up here to the front?
Just make your way up, kind of
856
00:56:10,450 --> 00:56:12,170
spread out up front.
Look at this crew.
857
00:56:12,450 --> 00:56:13,770
Nice.
Come on.
858
00:56:18,090 --> 00:56:20,250
Nice.
Dude, this is awesome.
859
00:56:20,250 --> 00:56:22,970
So Dennis and Judy, look at you
guys.
860
00:56:24,660 --> 00:56:26,980
Because we're old.
You're never too old for Jesus,
861
00:56:26,980 --> 00:56:28,300
but there's a breath in your
lungs.
862
00:56:28,300 --> 00:56:30,300
Dennis, I'm.
I came on the trip because
863
00:56:30,300 --> 00:56:31,980
Dennis is like, man, I need
somebody to protect me.
864
00:56:31,980 --> 00:56:33,620
And he looked at Logan and
thought that guy's a little
865
00:56:33,620 --> 00:56:38,220
scrawny And then not really.
Oh, man.
866
00:56:38,220 --> 00:56:41,460
But I would encourage you guys.
This is really the heartbeat of
867
00:56:41,460 --> 00:56:43,060
the gospel just living on a
mission.
868
00:56:43,060 --> 00:56:46,020
I want to have.
Diane shares a few words of what
869
00:56:46,020 --> 00:56:48,220
the trip's going to look like,
what's going to happen, what
870
00:56:48,220 --> 00:56:49,860
we're participating, God's going
to do.
871
00:56:50,100 --> 00:56:51,580
And so just maybe share a little
bit about that.
872
00:56:51,580 --> 00:56:53,340
So give it from wife Diane.
Love her.
873
00:56:55,020 --> 00:56:56,220
Thanks.
Hey, Dennis.
874
00:56:56,980 --> 00:56:59,460
No, I'm super excited.
This is our second year back to
875
00:56:59,460 --> 00:57:01,580
Bogota, Colombia.
We went last summer and we're
876
00:57:01,580 --> 00:57:04,580
going to the same place.
And the reason for that is
877
00:57:04,580 --> 00:57:08,060
because the primary goal and
mission of what we're doing is
878
00:57:08,060 --> 00:57:10,740
that we have mission partners
who are doing a lot of the same
879
00:57:10,740 --> 00:57:12,780
things that we're doing here,
trying to reach their city,
880
00:57:12,780 --> 00:57:14,820
trying to reach the World for
Jesus.
881
00:57:14,820 --> 00:57:16,820
And we get to be a part of
helping to encourage.
882
00:57:16,820 --> 00:57:19,900
There's a discipleship school
that actually takes young people
883
00:57:19,900 --> 00:57:22,140
who have just graduated from
high school, and it's helping to
884
00:57:22,140 --> 00:57:23,860
build them up as leaders for
Christ.
885
00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:26,540
To go into the workforce, to go
maybe into the ministry,
886
00:57:26,620 --> 00:57:29,500
whatever God's calling them to,
but as leaders for Christ in
887
00:57:29,500 --> 00:57:32,020
their community.
And so we get to encourage not
888
00:57:32,020 --> 00:57:34,620
only them and those students who
are doing that, but what's
889
00:57:34,620 --> 00:57:37,500
really on our heart is those
leaders who are working in the
890
00:57:37,500 --> 00:57:39,740
ministry day in and day out.
They're doing the cause of
891
00:57:39,740 --> 00:57:41,260
Christ.
And it's our job that we get to
892
00:57:41,260 --> 00:57:44,420
go and encourage them to build
them up, to love on them and
893
00:57:44,420 --> 00:57:47,220
just really to encourage their
heart as they're doing those
894
00:57:47,220 --> 00:57:49,020
things.
We also get to jump in.
895
00:57:49,020 --> 00:57:53,540
There is a church plant called
Conviva Norte and it is in the
896
00:57:53,540 --> 00:57:55,980
Northern.
Part of Bogota and they are a
897
00:57:55,980 --> 00:57:58,580
church plant just like us.
They, you know, go in and set up
898
00:57:58,580 --> 00:58:01,220
and do all the different things
to reach their community, reach
899
00:58:01,220 --> 00:58:03,940
their city with the gospel.
And they actually live in a
900
00:58:03,940 --> 00:58:06,900
really unique part of town that
has a lot of Venezuelan
901
00:58:06,900 --> 00:58:08,660
refugees.
And so it's on their heart to
902
00:58:08,660 --> 00:58:11,700
reach people who have been
through a lot of really hard and
903
00:58:11,700 --> 00:58:14,340
challenging things in their life
of just being, you know, ripped
904
00:58:14,340 --> 00:58:16,420
from their home because of
violence and different things.
905
00:58:16,420 --> 00:58:19,700
And so we get to go also and
encourage the pastor and his
906
00:58:19,700 --> 00:58:22,340
wife and the church staff and
the people who are leading every
907
00:58:22,340 --> 00:58:25,420
week just the same as we do.
And so it's a really cool way to
908
00:58:25,420 --> 00:58:27,300
be able to connect with what God
is doing.
909
00:58:27,300 --> 00:58:29,220
And what we'll do is different
stuff.
910
00:58:29,220 --> 00:58:31,460
The first thing we'll do is
whatever they ask us to do,
911
00:58:31,580 --> 00:58:33,580
whatever they need help with,
whatever is an encouragement to
912
00:58:33,580 --> 00:58:35,540
them we're willing and ready to
jump in.
913
00:58:36,180 --> 00:58:39,420
And do that to work with some
kids ministry there to maybe get
914
00:58:39,420 --> 00:58:41,620
to help out with their youth
ministry, to help invite people
915
00:58:41,620 --> 00:58:44,060
to church to help serve on
Sunday morning with their church
916
00:58:44,060 --> 00:58:46,460
as well.
So I'm really looking forward to
917
00:58:46,620 --> 00:58:48,820
what we'll be able to do to
encourage the heart of the
918
00:58:48,820 --> 00:58:50,780
people there.
But I'm always looking forward
919
00:58:50,780 --> 00:58:53,300
to what God is going to do in
our hearts as well.
920
00:58:53,460 --> 00:58:55,740
I've been on a lot of missions,
trips over the years and I know
921
00:58:55,740 --> 00:58:58,380
that some of our people, a lot
of our people have not been on
922
00:58:58,380 --> 00:59:00,900
many missions trips.
So it's always fun and a joy to
923
00:59:00,900 --> 00:59:03,900
take people across the world
because you really get this
924
00:59:03,900 --> 00:59:06,060
picture that sometimes it can
feel like church is.
925
00:59:06,180 --> 00:59:09,220
Just what we do here at Kentucky
Trail, But what you see when you
926
00:59:09,220 --> 00:59:13,020
go across the world is that God
is big and he is working all
927
00:59:13,020 --> 00:59:15,700
over the world.
And as personal as he is to work
928
00:59:15,700 --> 00:59:18,540
in one person's life, he can
take that and magnify it across
929
00:59:18,540 --> 00:59:20,500
the world.
So we get to open our eyes a
930
00:59:20,500 --> 00:59:22,460
little bit to the work of a
really big God.
931
00:59:22,460 --> 00:59:24,940
And I know I always leave
changed and inspired to see the
932
00:59:24,940 --> 00:59:26,980
faith of other believers across
the world.
933
00:59:27,260 --> 00:59:30,620
God challenges my faith, He
fills up my cup, and it's really
934
00:59:30,620 --> 00:59:33,340
fun to be able to do that along
with some awesome people like
935
00:59:33,340 --> 00:59:34,900
this.
So I'm excited to see how God is
936
00:59:34,900 --> 00:59:37,260
going to move in our hearts.
That's how he's going to allow
937
00:59:37,260 --> 00:59:40,420
us to serve and just encourage
the workers there that we
938
00:59:40,420 --> 00:59:43,260
support.
All right, so give it up for
939
00:59:43,260 --> 00:59:44,540
Diane.
Saw a few hands over there.
940
00:59:46,780 --> 00:59:48,060
Everybody's wants to know what
are you gonna do?
941
00:59:48,060 --> 00:59:49,500
What are you gonna do?
How was the food?
942
00:59:49,780 --> 00:59:51,380
You know?
Did you guys get sick?
943
00:59:51,420 --> 00:59:53,700
You know, was it weird?
You know what was the craziest
944
00:59:53,700 --> 00:59:55,860
thing?
It is all these stories, right.
945
00:59:55,860 --> 00:59:57,540
And I want to just do a survey
real quick.
946
00:59:57,540 --> 00:59:59,140
How many guys have been on the
missions trip before?
947
00:59:59,140 --> 01:00:00,540
Like, cross cultural missions
trip?
948
01:00:00,660 --> 01:00:03,340
Put those hands high.
Okay.
949
01:00:03,340 --> 01:00:04,760
So.
A few of you, right?
950
01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:07,040
Five or six of you out there.
And then how how many you guys
951
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:08,640
have not been on a missions
trip?
952
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:10,920
This is like Newbyville, right?
All right, Perfect.
953
01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:12,080
So now you have to pray for,
right?
954
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:16,240
Managed expectation.
But I would encourage you.
955
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:18,680
You might sit there today.
You go, wow, I I wish I could.
956
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,840
I don't have the finances or I
feel like I could make a
957
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:22,120
difference.
Or what is this?
958
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:24,160
Or I would never go.
I get.
959
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:25,920
I get that all the time.
You know, Holly told me she'd
960
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:27,640
never be on church staff.
Come on, somebody, right?
961
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,360
She smiled.
If you're saying no, it means
962
01:00:31,360 --> 01:00:33,080
God's asking, come on, somebody.
Right?
963
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:34,560
Because you had to say no to or
something.
964
01:00:34,760 --> 01:00:36,920
And so I would encourage you
maybe like you're like, hey man,
965
01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:39,120
I'm not sure this and this.
I would encourage you to be open
966
01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:40,720
to what God has for you.
I want to talk about why
967
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:42,560
ambitions like why are we even
doing this.
968
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:44,080
Like dying can give a little bit
of what.
969
01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:46,760
And that's really kind of the
smaller piece that the bigger
970
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:49,880
picture is, is why.
And so I think it back to just
971
01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:52,960
amazing verse that Jesus has and
it's John 2021.
972
01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:54,720
And Jesus says, just the Father
sent me.
973
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:57,460
So I'm sending you.
And you think about who Jesus
974
01:00:57,460 --> 01:00:58,980
is.
He's sitting on the throne of
975
01:00:58,980 --> 01:01:01,020
heaven.
He's surrounded by all glory,
976
01:01:01,020 --> 01:01:02,860
all power, all majesty.
He's chaired.
977
01:01:03,100 --> 01:01:04,820
He's worship, all, all,
everything.
978
01:01:04,820 --> 01:01:07,780
It's like the perfect place and
all eternity and all the things.
979
01:01:07,980 --> 01:01:10,980
And his Father says, I'm going
to send you probably to the
980
01:01:10,980 --> 01:01:12,540
worst neighborhood in the
universe.
981
01:01:12,540 --> 01:01:15,740
Come on, somebody.
It's full of sin and brokenness,
982
01:01:15,740 --> 01:01:17,340
but I'm trying to reach these
people.
983
01:01:17,580 --> 01:01:21,460
And so Jesus humbles himself, He
empties himself, He wraps
984
01:01:21,460 --> 01:01:25,260
himself in humanity, He strips
himself of all this glory and
985
01:01:25,260 --> 01:01:28,980
all these things and all these
worship, and becomes a baby, an
986
01:01:28,980 --> 01:01:33,700
innocent baby in a Manger and
really at the hands of humanity.
987
01:01:34,020 --> 01:01:37,820
And since his birth, he's been
hunted down his entire life, try
988
01:01:37,820 --> 01:01:40,620
to be killed by religious
leaders and by leaders of
989
01:01:40,620 --> 01:01:42,890
nations.
And he ends up living a life for
990
01:01:42,890 --> 01:01:46,610
us and dying on a not just any
death, but death of a cross.
991
01:01:46,770 --> 01:01:48,250
And he humbled himself to that
point.
992
01:01:48,410 --> 01:01:50,170
And you think about, here's
Jesus saying, hey, just as the
993
01:01:50,170 --> 01:01:54,450
father sent me, I'm sending
anyway, preach that message,
994
01:01:54,450 --> 01:01:56,210
right?
Like you're you're being sent
995
01:01:56,210 --> 01:01:58,570
out to the world.
And so ultimately what happens
996
01:01:58,570 --> 01:02:00,530
is the the people on the
heartbeat of God.
997
01:02:00,770 --> 01:02:03,170
And so when you look out and you
see people, what do you see?
998
01:02:03,170 --> 01:02:06,170
A lot of people see problems
that they they see too much
999
01:02:06,170 --> 01:02:08,250
issues and like, why we go
overseas, there's a lot of
1000
01:02:08,250 --> 01:02:10,510
problems here.
You get that a lot right while
1001
01:02:10,510 --> 01:02:13,430
we do these things like in all
this and we instead of missing,
1002
01:02:13,430 --> 01:02:15,470
it's like what does God see when
he sees the nations.
1003
01:02:15,750 --> 01:02:19,870
And so Jesus really, he finishes
up the Gospels and he's death,
1004
01:02:19,870 --> 01:02:21,990
burial, resurrection, seen among
men.
1005
01:02:21,990 --> 01:02:26,030
He's with the disciples and he
says this first since Matthew 28
1006
01:02:26,030 --> 01:02:28,950
and really starts in 18 and the
disciples are worshipping
1007
01:02:28,950 --> 01:02:30,870
because they're with Jesus.
But then Bob says they're
1008
01:02:30,950 --> 01:02:32,670
they're still doubting.
They're like is this really
1009
01:02:32,670 --> 01:02:34,510
real?
And Jesus, he makes this
1010
01:02:34,510 --> 01:02:37,270
comment.
He says all authority is given
1011
01:02:37,270 --> 01:02:40,800
to me on heaven and earth.
Like I'm in charge of
1012
01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:41,800
everything.
Amen.
1013
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:45,480
Come on.
Somebody like, like Jesus is in
1014
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:47,680
charge of everything's ever been
created, all heaven and all
1015
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:49,040
earth.
That means for us that we're
1016
01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:50,720
going to South America.
It means we're not going to step
1017
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:54,200
on a single piece of soil or a
street corner or in a
1018
01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:56,600
conversation or in a building or
an airplane.
1019
01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:58,200
Come on, somebody.
They're afraid of flying, right?
1020
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:01,160
I mean, we're not going to be
any place that Jesus hasn't
1021
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:02,480
already or dangers in control
of.
1022
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:04,240
Amen.
I mean, this is the way it's
1023
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:05,160
saying.
It's like you're talking to the
1024
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:08,080
guy who owns it all, like I hold
the keys and therefore, because
1025
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:10,240
I can, I do all this, I want you
to go.
1026
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,040
He's asking us to go.
And and when it says go, it's as
1027
01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:13,920
you go.
It's not just me.
1028
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:15,840
It's like, hey, go across the
world.
1029
01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:17,320
It can mean that that's what
we're doing.
1030
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:19,480
But as you go across the street,
Amen.
1031
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:22,600
As you go in the Target line,
the Walmart line, they're two
1032
01:03:22,600 --> 01:03:25,240
different people.
Come on, somebody right as you
1033
01:03:25,240 --> 01:03:28,440
go, anywhere you go, you bring
the gospel.
1034
01:03:28,860 --> 01:03:31,500
And so is is go and make
disciples of all nations, and
1035
01:03:31,500 --> 01:03:33,660
this word make disciples.
Is really the the really the
1036
01:03:33,660 --> 01:03:36,060
centerpiece of the gospel that
we're called to bring people
1037
01:03:36,060 --> 01:03:37,940
into the knowledge of Jesus and
help them know Jesus.
1038
01:03:37,940 --> 01:03:39,420
But it says make stops all
nations.
1039
01:03:39,420 --> 01:03:42,020
That we're nations doesn't mean
geopolitical boundaries, doesn't
1040
01:03:42,020 --> 01:03:44,700
like make disciples of Missouri
or United States or it means
1041
01:03:44,700 --> 01:03:48,140
people, groups, ethnos.
So subcultures and cultures
1042
01:03:48,140 --> 01:03:50,980
bring the gospel to every single
person in the entire world.
1043
01:03:50,980 --> 01:03:53,700
And so we're like, hey, we're
God's calling us to be a part of
1044
01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:55,680
what they're doing down there.
And it goes on to say the
1045
01:03:55,680 --> 01:03:58,680
baptize and the Father, son, the
Holy Spirit teaching to obey,
1046
01:03:58,880 --> 01:03:59,920
which is a really interesting
thing.
1047
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:02,160
It doesn't say just teach the
Bible, but teach obedience to
1048
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:03,000
the things of God.
Amen.
1049
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:04,920
And we're not going to do this.
Show them like, well, here's the
1050
01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:06,040
scripture.
It's like, let me show you how
1051
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:08,720
to live this out.
Like we're teaching behavior and
1052
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:11,720
transformation and heart change.
And then day it says in love
1053
01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:13,520
with you always, even since the
earth, Amen.
1054
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,960
And it's really cool is, is that
we're not going by ourselves.
1055
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:17,720
We're going with Jesus.
Amen.
1056
01:04:18,360 --> 01:04:21,280
And it's false theology to say
that Jesus is sits on the throne
1057
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:24,200
in heaven right now because
Jesus is with us right now in
1058
01:04:24,200 --> 01:04:25,120
this moment.
Amen.
1059
01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:28,760
That makes a difference because
I got some boldness in my veins.
1060
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:30,600
Amen.
I'm gonna go down to Columbia
1061
01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:34,080
and they're gonna use my
Caucasian, what they call me
1062
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,320
gringo, right?
And they're gonna send me out
1063
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:37,800
and they're gonna say go invite
people to church.
1064
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:40,840
And I'll say the worst.
All this muttered terrible
1065
01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:42,720
Spanish, right?
And people will get around me
1066
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:44,560
and they'll go, what the heck?
And there'll be these guys that
1067
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:45,880
actually speak Spanish.
So don't worry about that.
1068
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:47,440
Guy's crazy.
But let me tell you about the
1069
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,520
church, right?
And people will come out to
1070
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:50,200
church.
Amen.
1071
01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:52,880
They'll just use my whiteness.
Come on, somebody, right.
1072
01:04:52,920 --> 01:04:55,480
I mean, it's my only gift I've
gotten in Spanish culture is
1073
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:57,480
just just stand out.
I'm tall and I'm white.
1074
01:04:57,480 --> 01:04:59,520
And that's it.
So God will use it, right.
1075
01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:02,000
And I'll go down there and I'll
tell you what, people came to
1076
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:04,560
Christ last year because we went
out and invited them to church.
1077
01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:06,440
This lady came to Christ.
It was so cool.
1078
01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:08,880
Church got over and they hung
out.
1079
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:11,560
And they actually went home,
checked this out and brought
1080
01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:15,040
their parents back to church
after church to tell them about
1081
01:05:15,160 --> 01:05:17,040
Jesus.
And so you can say, well, God
1082
01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:18,680
can't use my life.
Oh, God will, if you're willing.
1083
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,160
Amen.
And I know some of these guys
1084
01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:21,000
are up here going what?
What?
1085
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:23,240
What's God going to do?
It's like, just be ready for
1086
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:25,400
anything, Right.
And so I would encourage you
1087
01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:29,330
guys be praying for them just
man it it it's the heart of the
1088
01:05:29,330 --> 01:05:31,130
gospel and I'm gonna.
I'm not gonna I'm not gonna go
1089
01:05:31,130 --> 01:05:32,770
through some verses because
they're probably itching back
1090
01:05:32,770 --> 01:05:35,410
there on some things.
But man Paul's passion you know
1091
01:05:35,410 --> 01:05:38,130
he he leaves the church efforts
as he plants and he said it
1092
01:05:38,130 --> 01:05:41,970
didn't hesitate to preach
publicly or house to house
1093
01:05:42,210 --> 01:05:44,530
anything that would be helpful
for the things of Christ.
1094
01:05:44,810 --> 01:05:46,490
Miss lived on mission before he
left.
1095
01:05:46,730 --> 01:05:49,130
He I was on the side of this the
ocean.
1096
01:05:49,130 --> 01:05:50,530
He's getting ready to get on a
boat.
1097
01:05:50,530 --> 01:05:53,170
And he he tells him that his
hands like, didn't cease from
1098
01:05:53,170 --> 01:05:55,810
working to care for the weak and
care for the poor.
1099
01:05:56,130 --> 01:05:57,770
And so he wasn't a burden on the
church.
1100
01:05:58,010 --> 01:06:00,130
And he said this line that you
really don't see anyone else in
1101
01:06:00,130 --> 01:06:03,130
the in the gospels, he coaches
Jesus, which is very rare to
1102
01:06:03,130 --> 01:06:04,650
have a direct quote outside the
Gospels.
1103
01:06:04,650 --> 01:06:08,170
And he says better to give than
it is to receive anything about
1104
01:06:08,170 --> 01:06:09,610
Paul's life.
He poured it all out for the
1105
01:06:09,610 --> 01:06:10,370
gospel.
Amen.
1106
01:06:10,810 --> 01:06:13,490
He put the gospel 1st and he
worked his tail off.
1107
01:06:13,490 --> 01:06:14,850
He didn't want to be a burden,
anybody.
1108
01:06:14,850 --> 01:06:17,250
He won't be a blessing.
And so he served the orphans and
1109
01:06:17,250 --> 01:06:19,930
the widows in the poor, and he
gave back to those people, and
1110
01:06:19,930 --> 01:06:23,060
he laid it all in line, and it
said that they knelt down
1111
01:06:23,060 --> 01:06:45,220
together.
And you get to see the stories
1112
01:06:45,220 --> 01:06:24,420
and these guys.
These are the elders in that
1113
01:06:24,420 --> 01:06:26,580
church, the pastors of leaders.
And they prayed.
1114
01:06:26,580 --> 01:06:28,980
And that was the last time
they'd ever see that guy.
1115
01:06:29,420 --> 01:06:30,740
Because Paul knew he's never
come back.
1116
01:06:30,820 --> 01:06:32,900
He knew God had called him to
somewhere different, and his
1117
01:06:32,900 --> 01:06:35,940
life was going to be drastically
changed by being put in prison.
1118
01:06:36,260 --> 01:06:38,460
But the reality is that we get
to live in the fray a little
1119
01:06:38,500 --> 01:06:38,820
bit.
Amen.
1120
01:06:39,380 --> 01:06:40,860
We're an extension of you guys.
Amen.
1121
01:06:41,460 --> 01:06:43,300
Like you may not be going, but
you're going.
1122
01:06:45,780 --> 01:06:48,600
So I want you to be.
These guys up in prayer, I want
1123
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,760
you to pick somebody out and I
want you to connect with them
1124
01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:52,200
and say I'm.
Going to pray for you all week.
1125
01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:55,440
You'll leave it on Saturday and
look back and be gone all week
1126
01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:58,280
and then come back.
But all nobody here is fluent in
1127
01:06:58,280 --> 01:06:59,240
Spanish.
Come on, somebody.
1128
01:06:59,800 --> 01:07:00,960
Right.
Don't Destebano.
1129
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:02,120
Right.
That's, that's it.
1130
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:04,320
That's all we got.
You know, some of you guys are
1131
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:06,840
gifted more than I am.
Obviously, Speaking of language,
1132
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:09,120
that's not my gift.
But the reality is, is that
1133
01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:10,440
we're going to see souls
changed.
1134
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:12,800
And the bigger thing is we get
to encourage those other leaders
1135
01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:14,440
down there.
You know, You know how easy to
1136
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:16,640
get the scourge and leadership
and the ministry and.
1137
01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:19,520
Just take a take a step of faith
and just us showing up and
1138
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:22,880
saying we love you guys, they're
like on fire for God, right,
1139
01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:24,360
Rick?
Flair for Jesus, right?
1140
01:07:25,560 --> 01:07:27,040
That's what that that's what
they need, right?
1141
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:31,520
If you guys remember this guy
Hugo with a picture of him, he
1142
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:33,600
came here.
We want to miss trip down there.
1143
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:35,880
And he came to the United States
and he came to our church last
1144
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:37,000
year for a heart and soul night.
I don't.
1145
01:07:37,240 --> 01:07:40,880
Know if you remember Hugo and
and just like on fire for the
1146
01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:43,240
things in Christ and so this is
what we're going down to.
1147
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:46,200
We'll be back to Columbia.
That's why I don't get too sad
1148
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:47,560
leaving.
I'm back.
1149
01:07:47,840 --> 01:07:49,640
You know, I'm going to be a part
of the story.
1150
01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:51,120
We've got you right here.
And I just know they're gonna
1151
01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:53,400
cost me something big.
They used to run these youth
1152
01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:55,880
camps and talking 10s of
thousands of young people and
1153
01:07:56,120 --> 01:07:57,880
some things happen that that
shifted off of them.
1154
01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:00,680
But they have a vision and a
mission, and they they have the
1155
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:02,680
right.
Mix of what the Holy Spirit's
1156
01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:04,720
doing and it's just really cool.
It's all encouraged to be
1157
01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:06,880
praying for them, be excited
when they get back to hear the
1158
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:08,440
stories.
And we're want you guys to pray
1159
01:08:08,440 --> 01:08:11,560
that some of the fire these guys
get it is going to come into our
1160
01:08:11,560 --> 01:08:14,600
church and really they're going
to go to South America and.
1161
01:08:15,110 --> 01:08:16,350
And their prayers to change
South America.
1162
01:08:16,350 --> 01:08:18,189
But what's going to happen is
South America is going to change
1163
01:08:18,189 --> 01:08:18,630
them.
Amen.
1164
01:08:18,630 --> 01:08:20,630
And that's what happens to you
on the trip.
1165
01:08:20,630 --> 01:08:23,189
Your heart gets you softened and
lines up to the things of
1166
01:08:23,189 --> 01:08:25,710
Christ.
And all of a sudden, like you
1167
01:08:25,710 --> 01:08:28,710
change your course, the Holy
Spirit directs you.
1168
01:08:28,910 --> 01:08:31,910
You say I'm not Lou for myself.
For some of you guys as young
1169
01:08:31,910 --> 01:08:34,390
people, you got your whole life
ahead of you to say I'm a plan
1170
01:08:34,390 --> 01:08:37,149
that every single day for Jesus.
Some of you guys can come back
1171
01:08:37,149 --> 01:08:39,270
and say, man, God, show me
something I never thought ever
1172
01:08:39,270 --> 01:08:41,109
see.
So encourage me and be be a
1173
01:08:41,109 --> 01:08:41,950
part.
Be willing.
1174
01:08:41,990 --> 01:08:43,630
You know, maybe you give me
this, pray for this.
1175
01:08:43,670 --> 01:08:46,189
But next you be like, man, I
think God may use me and so be
1176
01:08:46,189 --> 01:08:47,550
open to that.
I want to do something special.
1177
01:08:47,790 --> 01:08:49,069
I'll let you guys stand to your
feet.
1178
01:08:49,310 --> 01:08:51,109
I told you the most eclectic
Sunday in the history of our
1179
01:08:51,109 --> 01:08:52,910
church.
So go and stand up.
1180
01:08:53,229 --> 01:08:55,189
I want you guys just spread out
down the aisle a little bit.
1181
01:08:55,189 --> 01:08:57,229
We'll go this way.
And I want you guys just get
1182
01:08:57,229 --> 01:09:00,390
around some of these guys and
and you pray for them and just
1183
01:09:00,390 --> 01:09:03,270
pray a big blessing on them.
Just let them know you're behind
1184
01:09:03,270 --> 01:09:04,069
them.
You're for them.
1185
01:09:04,229 --> 01:09:05,149
You stay up here with me.
Love you.
1186
01:09:05,790 --> 01:09:07,910
Love you.
That's what we wanted.
1187
01:09:07,910 --> 01:09:11,470
That's what we wanted.
So, but yeah, just go ahead and
1188
01:09:11,470 --> 01:09:13,229
move right now.
Go get get around our people.
1189
01:09:13,229 --> 01:09:14,350
Go ahead.
Just space out.
1190
01:09:14,350 --> 01:09:16,350
Just pray for them, man.
Come on, just move this.
1191
01:09:16,350 --> 01:09:18,510
Move out of the aisle.
This your chance to encourage
1192
01:09:18,510 --> 01:09:22,069
them and pray that that God gets
the glory from this man.
1193
01:09:22,069 --> 01:09:22,990
Come on, every guy out of the
seats.
1194
01:09:22,990 --> 01:09:23,910
This is how we're going to end
the day.
1195
01:09:23,910 --> 01:09:25,470
So just get in and find
somebody.
1196
01:09:26,029 --> 01:09:28,870
Somebody pray for me.
Please pray for my wife.
1197
01:09:28,870 --> 01:09:31,950
She needs it.
Logan needs prayer.
1198
01:09:31,950 --> 01:09:38,210
Come on, just look at that guy.
If you don't know what to pray,
1199
01:09:38,210 --> 01:09:40,050
just stand by somebody.
You don't have to say anything.
1200
01:09:41,210 --> 01:09:42,890
Just stand by somebody.
Let them know you love them.
1201
01:09:47,649 --> 01:09:49,050
That's right.
All right.
1202
01:09:49,250 --> 01:09:51,010
Well, I'll let you guys pray for
a couple minutes and I'll wrap
1203
01:09:51,010 --> 01:09:52,130
it up.
So go ahead.
1204
01:11:35,020 --> 01:11:38,180
Father would come before you and
God, I pray, we pray just the
1205
01:11:38,180 --> 01:11:40,500
John the Baptist type of prayer
that you must increase and and
1206
01:11:40,500 --> 01:11:43,340
we must decrease.
I gotta be going this trip and.
1207
01:11:44,170 --> 01:11:45,490
To be less about us and more
about you.
1208
01:11:45,490 --> 01:11:50,050
God we'd come back just no
longer about what we want in
1209
01:11:50,050 --> 01:11:53,170
life God but all about you God.
I pray that we'd see you just
1210
01:11:53,170 --> 01:11:55,090
getting your glory.
God and across the nations.
1211
01:11:55,090 --> 01:11:56,890
And that we realize you're way
bigger than real life.
1212
01:11:56,890 --> 01:11:58,930
Church.
You're way bigger than what I
1213
01:11:58,930 --> 01:12:00,770
see on Sunday morning.
God you're the God of all
1214
01:12:00,810 --> 01:12:03,010
nations.
So God I pray that you would
1215
01:12:03,010 --> 01:12:06,130
call out missionaries so you'd
call us on the on the water got
1216
01:12:06,130 --> 01:12:09,210
into the fray to live by faith.
God I pray the Holy Spirit just
1217
01:12:09,210 --> 01:12:12,050
trying to stake in our hearts.
God, as we, as we pour ourselves
1218
01:12:12,050 --> 01:12:14,090
out on people, even know and
speak the same language.
1219
01:12:14,210 --> 01:12:16,130
God I pray you'd already be
moving the hearts down there
1220
01:12:16,610 --> 01:12:21,010
that we see life transformed,
that we see disciples made.
1221
01:12:21,570 --> 01:12:23,050
You got.
We come back here with a fire
1222
01:12:23,050 --> 01:12:24,650
and our soul.
God that's just so hard to
1223
01:12:24,650 --> 01:12:26,930
explain to somebody else.
God, that we know for ourselves
1224
01:12:27,290 --> 01:12:29,410
that we see with their own eyes
the miracles that you can
1225
01:12:29,410 --> 01:12:32,370
perform, that we see with their
own eyes the power of your word
1226
01:12:32,370 --> 01:12:33,610
and the power of surrendered
life.
1227
01:12:34,130 --> 01:12:37,050
So for those who go on the trip.
God, I pray just a bless you on
1228
01:12:37,050 --> 01:12:40,130
them God that they would just
align their hearts with your
1229
01:12:40,130 --> 01:12:41,530
heart.
God they'd be broken.
1230
01:12:42,010 --> 01:12:44,090
Got to be full of prayer, God
that they.
1231
01:12:44,170 --> 01:12:46,890
We build on the word of God that
they would find a foundation in
1232
01:12:46,890 --> 01:12:49,290
the footing in you no matter
where they're at the stage of
1233
01:12:49,290 --> 01:12:50,570
life.
God up are you Just trip away
1234
01:12:50,570 --> 01:12:53,290
everything that doesn't look
like you and be prepared as an
1235
01:12:53,290 --> 01:12:55,210
empty willing vessel for this
trip.
1236
01:12:55,210 --> 01:12:58,730
And then we come back in regards
to where you plant us or where
1237
01:12:58,730 --> 01:13:00,370
we go.
God that we'd make much of you.
1238
01:13:00,370 --> 01:13:03,970
God that we just famed your name
and your renowned across our
1239
01:13:03,970 --> 01:13:06,850
nation across our friend groups.
And God, if you call us God,
1240
01:13:06,850 --> 01:13:09,370
we're willing to say here I am,
Cindy.
1241
01:13:10,070 --> 01:13:12,390
I have no idea what it looks
like and where we're going.
1242
01:13:12,390 --> 01:13:15,310
God, we'd be broken and empty.
So pray for those in our church,
1243
01:13:15,310 --> 01:13:17,470
God that recognize this
extension of us.
1244
01:13:17,910 --> 01:13:20,070
We come back and hear the
stories of what you're doing and
1245
01:13:20,070 --> 01:13:22,630
realize how big you are.
Not grained you are and you're
1246
01:13:22,630 --> 01:13:24,550
bigger than anything and
everything God that we can ever
1247
01:13:24,550 --> 01:13:27,030
do with our hands.
So God, I pray that only you and
1248
01:13:27,070 --> 01:13:28,390
the glory for what's going to
happen.
1249
01:13:28,710 --> 01:13:31,430
You do something so big in this
generation and through this team
1250
01:13:31,870 --> 01:13:33,590
God the only you can get the
glory for what's about to
1251
01:13:33,590 --> 01:13:34,990
happen.
So God to pray, blessing on
1252
01:13:34,990 --> 01:13:36,710
that.
God to use us if you use
1253
01:13:36,710 --> 01:13:38,230
anybody.
God to hurt the Kingdom of the
1254
01:13:38,230 --> 01:13:39,870
gospel.
I pray this.
1255
01:13:40,150 --> 01:13:42,910
Name of all names.
Everybody said Amen.
1256
01:13:43,390 --> 01:13:45,350
Come on, give it up for our
missions team.
1257
01:13:45,350 --> 01:13:46,510
For Jesus.
One more time.
1258
01:13:47,750 --> 01:13:50,550
Find a quick seat.
Diane's just gonna lead us out
1259
01:13:50,550 --> 01:13:53,950
of today all.
Right.
1260
01:13:54,830 --> 01:13:57,270
You're awesome.
Well, hey, thank you guys for
1261
01:13:57,270 --> 01:13:59,310
coming out today.
It has just been an incredible
1262
01:13:59,310 --> 01:14:01,470
morning.
I think one of the most powerful
1263
01:14:01,470 --> 01:14:04,830
moments that we had last year on
our missions trip was a young
1264
01:14:04,830 --> 01:14:08,070
man named Raphael.
And what was so powerful about
1265
01:14:08,070 --> 01:14:11,750
the story is that, like Sean
said, he speaks like like 1% of
1266
01:14:11,750 --> 01:14:15,430
the Spanish language and it
would not even he says less than
1267
01:14:15,430 --> 01:14:17,270
that.
But was able to make a
1268
01:14:17,270 --> 01:14:19,510
connection with this young man
who eventually ended up coming
1269
01:14:19,510 --> 01:14:22,470
out to church and he made a
decision to follow Jesus with
1270
01:14:22,470 --> 01:14:23,910
his life.
And this young man had been
1271
01:14:23,910 --> 01:14:25,710
through some, really.
Challenging situations.
1272
01:14:25,710 --> 01:14:29,870
His dad was actually held
hostage by some in the like
1273
01:14:29,910 --> 01:14:32,950
militant groups up in the like
the rural part of the country
1274
01:14:32,950 --> 01:14:35,110
where he was living.
And his family had really been
1275
01:14:35,110 --> 01:14:37,870
through some challenging and
tumultuous times and was looking
1276
01:14:37,870 --> 01:14:41,350
for hope and was just kind of
almost dumbfounded that this
1277
01:14:41,350 --> 01:14:45,310
crazy dude would come and play
soccer with him and hang out and
1278
01:14:45,310 --> 01:14:46,630
all the things that we got to
do.
1279
01:14:46,950 --> 01:14:49,110
And what was powerful is that
coming to Christ had nothing to
1280
01:14:49,110 --> 01:14:52,470
do with Sean but had everything
to do with Jesus.
1281
01:14:52,510 --> 01:14:54,630
And when we follow Jesus, we
have.
1282
01:14:54,790 --> 01:14:57,550
A hope that lives in us.
And so my challenge for you this
1283
01:14:57,550 --> 01:15:01,790
week is that to take that hope
with you wherever you go, you
1284
01:15:01,790 --> 01:15:04,470
have the ability to do that.
You don't have to go across the
1285
01:15:04,470 --> 01:15:05,790
world.
You can go across the street.
1286
01:15:05,990 --> 01:15:08,430
You can sit at home and send a
message on Facebook.
1287
01:15:08,430 --> 01:15:10,910
You don't even have to go.
But as you're doing life, take
1288
01:15:10,950 --> 01:15:14,990
Jesus with you because it was
that willingness to be used that
1289
01:15:14,990 --> 01:15:16,670
made the difference.
And when you were a part of
1290
01:15:16,670 --> 01:15:20,550
being generous, of real life,
that willingness is used by God.
1291
01:15:20,550 --> 01:15:22,710
That allows us to have a youth
group where young people can
1292
01:15:22,710 --> 01:15:24,630
make decisions to follow Jesus.
It allows.
1293
01:15:24,750 --> 01:15:27,830
Us to take a week to go across
the world to encourage our
1294
01:15:27,830 --> 01:15:30,710
mission partners.
And so your generosity is truly
1295
01:15:30,710 --> 01:15:33,070
at the tip of the spear for what
we're able to do here.
1296
01:15:33,070 --> 01:15:35,030
And there's a few ways that you
can do that.
1297
01:15:35,030 --> 01:15:37,750
If you call real life home, you
can go to reallifechurchkc.com,
1298
01:15:37,750 --> 01:15:40,830
click, give text, any amount to
84321.
1299
01:15:40,830 --> 01:15:42,470
The buckets are going to pass in
just a second.
1300
01:15:42,510 --> 01:15:45,270
You can drop cash or check in
there and we have a box in the
1301
01:15:45,270 --> 01:15:47,790
back if that is a more
convenient way for you to give,
1302
01:15:48,510 --> 01:15:52,920
but I can tell you that.
For me, when I'm giving, I know
1303
01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:54,920
that God can do more with it
than I can do.
1304
01:15:55,640 --> 01:15:59,640
God owns it all, and so my
ability to be faithful and
1305
01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:01,920
willing to be a part of what
he's doing through that, I know
1306
01:16:01,920 --> 01:16:05,720
can make a big difference.
If you are new with us today, we
1307
01:16:05,720 --> 01:16:08,040
don't ask anything from you.
I hope that this encouraged your
1308
01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:11,040
heart, and I'd also want you to
know if you or your family are
1309
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:13,440
in immediate need of food,
clothing, or shelter.
1310
01:16:13,880 --> 01:16:16,560
As those buckets pass, just
reach in and grab any loose cash
1311
01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:18,560
that you see.
We want to be a blessing to you
1312
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:21,040
and your family in this time.
Of need for you.
1313
01:16:21,040 --> 01:16:22,920
So you guys can go ahead and
pass the buckets.
1314
01:16:23,240 --> 01:16:25,640
I'm just a couple more things
for you on your chair actually.
1315
01:16:25,640 --> 01:16:27,640
Oh, I forgot.
If you got that communication
1316
01:16:27,640 --> 01:16:30,240
card, you can drop it in the
bucket or in the box in the back
1317
01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:32,680
on your way out.
We would love to connect with
1318
01:16:32,680 --> 01:16:36,040
you in that way to be praying
for you to say hey, if you were
1319
01:16:36,040 --> 01:16:38,840
new with us today.
But the last thing is this is we
1320
01:16:38,840 --> 01:16:41,240
are finishing our last week of
at the Movies next week.
1321
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:44,600
And I know it has been so
awesome to see movies come to
1322
01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:46,680
life through the view and the
lens of God.
1323
01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:48,880
And so if you're like, you know
what, this has inspired me.
1324
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,120
I want to make a difference this
week.
1325
01:16:50,600 --> 01:16:54,160
Reach down under your butt and
there are some cards there that
1326
01:16:54,160 --> 01:16:56,440
say at the movies you can take
those.
1327
01:16:56,440 --> 01:16:58,400
Please take those.
They are for you.
1328
01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:01,760
Pass them out when you're in the
line at Walmart and or Target.
1329
01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:05,400
We don't want to be divisive but
when you're at the place getting
1330
01:17:05,400 --> 01:17:08,200
coffee and I'm like hey this
lady's back to get more coffee,
1331
01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:10,200
I should invite her to at the
movies because they're like she
1332
01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:13,160
has a problem.
Those cards are a tool for you
1333
01:17:13,160 --> 01:17:15,320
to use to invite.
I know that those cards have
1334
01:17:15,320 --> 01:17:18,400
been used to invite people who
have come and to come to Christ
1335
01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:20,080
here, and you never know what
God is going to do with this.
1336
01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:23,680
Invite So be a part of being an
inviting culture.
1337
01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:25,040
It is an awesome time to do
that.
1338
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:27,600
At the Movies is our last week.
Next week it is going to be an
1339
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:29,440
awesome and inspiring true story
movie.
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You're not going to want to miss
it if you don't know what at the
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movies is.
It's just a really cool way that
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we take actual movies and pull
truths of the scripture out of
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them.
We have popcorn, we have soda.
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It's a really fun time.
So hope you'll make it out for
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that.
And I have no idea what else I'm
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supposed to say, but the good
news is this, that that's OK
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because God can still use it.
I hope you all had a great week
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this week and we look forward to
seeing you back Next week.
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We are going to have somebody
here at the front.
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If you need prayer for any
reason, a member of our team
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will be up here.
We will be here next week, 9:30
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and 11:00 for the last week of
at the movies and so I hope that
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we will see you there.
And Please remember that whoever
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finds Jesus discovers real life
and purpose.
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Have a great week.