Motivated By Faith - Difference Maker Part 5

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Hey, good morning real Life
Church.

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It's awesome seeing you in the
house today.

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I just want to invite you to
stand to your feet.

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We're going to sing some great
songs today.

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And this first one is about all
those things that we can use to

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declare how good our God is.
It's called 1000 names.

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I just invite you to sing with
the band in this morning.

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You give a life an eternal
spark.

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I call you Heather.
You can mend any broken heart.

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I call you faithful Father.
You finish everything you start.

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My soul was made to respond.
I'll respond.

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I know you.
By 1000 days, you deserve every

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single one.
You've given me a million away

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to be amazed at what you've
done.

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And dying lost in one girl at
all.

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You do.
I know you buy 1000.

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Yeah.
And I'll sing them back to you.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You deserve the highest present.

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Come on, would say your love is
boundless.

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Be gone.
What I could dream.

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Your grace is patient because
you've never given up on me.

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And I call you bondage breaker
because you're handing out the

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prison keys.
My soul with me.

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Be free to be free.
I know you buy 1000 days.

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You deserve every single one.
You've given me a million ways

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to be amazed at what you've
done, and I am lost in wonder at

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all you do.
I know you buy 1000 days now.

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Sing em back to you.
Sing em all back, Sing em all

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back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back to our Rock of
Ages.

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You're the great I am.
You are king forever, the

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beginning, Ambien, and you our
Lord and servant.

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You're the Son of Man, you're
the light of Judah, you're the

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risen Lamb, You're the second
Adam here to read us all.

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Why y'all ways glory now Feel
the flesh and bone.

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You are rushing harder.
You will make a way.

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You are death defeater.
You are rising from the grave.

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You are full of mercy.
You are rich in life.

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Why?
Jesus, Messiah, go.

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On true God.
Come on church, I know you by

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1000 days that you deserve every
single one.

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You've given me a million.
Ways.

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To be your days and to what
you've done.

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I know you by 1000 days.
Thinking what you've.

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Done and died yet lost in wander
at all you do.

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I know you back 1000 days.
And I'll sing em back to you.

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Sing em all back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
Come on, get some praise this

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morning.
Amen.

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And what an honor to get to
worship together.

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I just am so excited about what
God is doing here this morning.

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I'm so excited to see you.
How all of us are moving

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together.
Give a special time to come

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together and worship.
So let's lift Him up.

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Let's praise his name today.
When the lights went out and

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death had claimed it's victory,
the King of Love had given up

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his life, the darkest day in his
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They're on the cross they made
for sinners.

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For every curse is blood atoned,
one final breath in.

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It is finished, but not the end.
We could have known for thee to

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ensure in the Vale world, and
what sacrificed was made.

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As the heavens rolled rolled.
All hail King Jesus, all hailed,

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born of heaven and earth.
All hail King Jesus, All hail

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the Sagar of the world, the
Sagar of the world.

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There was a moment when the sky
lit up, the flash of light was

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breaking through, when the pain
was lost across eternity.

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The King, The line was on the
moon, the air in a dark corner

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where our Lord rose in one
miraculous man, and where,

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forever child we're just all.
Healed.

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Jesus, oh hail the Lord of
heaven and the oh hail Jesus,

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say we Jesus, oh hail the Lord
of heaven, oh hail Jesus.

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Come out.
Come out before the king in

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bread every time.
All hail.

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The Lord of heaven and earth,
All hail King Jesus.

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All hail the Savior of the world
All hail King Jesus All hail the

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Lord of heaven and earth.
All hail in Jesus.

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All hail the Savior of the.
Man, just that moment, just to

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just to sit and praise and
worship and give, give God back

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to honor these dude, man, I
don't know, as you guys have

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walked in here today and that
wind was blowing through your

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hair, right, man, I'm not ready
for winter.

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But as you sit in that moment
and just to know the blessing

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that God has for you in your
life and to give back that

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praise, then there's a holy
moment.

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It's just a, it's just an
awesome opportunity.

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So let's just give some praise
back to God.

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Can you guys just lift it up,
Tell God how much you guys love

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him, man?
Awesome, awesome, awesome man.

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What a what a awesome blessing
just to choose to gather with

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you guys today.
Thank you guys so much for

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gathering with us to worship God
this morning.

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We're not done yet.
We're this is the beginning.

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We've got a lot of awesome stuff
for you guys today.

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So I want you guys to know we
have a lot of awesome people

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that are new with this online
and in person.

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Can we show them some love?
Just give it up.

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Yeah, man.
Love that you guys chose to

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worship with us today as well.
Hey, take this opportunity.

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Find somebody new around you.
And you guys got about 30

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seconds to greet somebody.
All right, you guys could go

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ahead and be seated.
Hey, so here in real life, we'd

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love to take opportunities to
give honor back to those who

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have honor due to them.
So this Tuesday we're going to

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be celebrating this country
veteran's day.

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So we want to take this
opportunity just to love on

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those that have chosen to to
serve our country in the armed

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forces.
So if you're a veteran, would

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you guys please stand up?
I know there's several over here

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around.
Hey, can we give it up for those

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guys?
Thank you guys so much for your

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service and for for what you
guys have done.

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Alright, you guys go ahead, be
seated.

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Hey, you guys, if you guys sat
down, you guys sat on something

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awesome.
It's called a commitment or

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commitment card there.
I'm getting I'm getting ahead of

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it early Sean connection card.
There we go on that connection

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card.
This is an all skate moments for

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everybody in the house.
Hey, if you call real life home,

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we really look forward to when
you guys fill these out and let

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

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Maybe God showed up in an
awesome miraculous way.

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Maybe he you've been praying for
something for for days, weeks,

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years and God showed up, man.
We would love to hear about that

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man.
Maybe something tragic happened

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this week.
Maybe you got something burning

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your heart.
And you need you.

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Need prayer?
We would love for you to fill

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that out.
We'd love to get connected with

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you.
We'd love to pray over these

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week in and week out.
So if you call real life home,

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this is for you.
If you guys are new with this, I

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want you to I'm going to make
this promise to you.

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I'm not going to ask anything
else from you today except this

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one thing.
We would just love for you to

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introduce yourself to us.
And if you fill out that top

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part of the card and let us know
who you are and give us some of

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that information, we're not
going to do anything crazy.

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We're not going to show up at
your door, but we would love to

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have a way to send you out some
information about real life this

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week.
And if you if you do that, we'll

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let you guys know in a little
bit what you guys can do with

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the cards a little bit later in
this gathering.

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And we do everything we we do
here, including the connection

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cards, because we believe we're
a church on a mission, right?

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And that mission is to see
people far from God, discover

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the real life and their purpose
in Jesus.

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And all that simply means is
this is that you can't walk

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through your daily life and not
get kicked in the teeth

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sometimes.
And, and there's so many of us

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that we didn't grow up in
church, right?

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We don't have the story of
knowing God.

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And So what the world gives us
is a lie.

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What the world excels us is
something that will not bring

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truth, will not bring hope, will
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But there's only one person that
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And our joy and our, our mission
is to connect people God to back

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to, to back to God and Jesus,
the one that brings that hope.

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And week in and week out, we get
to see people's lives

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transformed.
And that's why we exist.

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And so again, we're so thankful
that you're here with us today

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and you're in the middle of a,
of a great season.

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If you don't anything about real
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We've been around for about 8
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And so for the last eight years,
it's been an honor to be a part

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of this crew, this gathering,
and just to see how God uses a

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group of people that are sold
out for Jesus and to bring hope

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and transformation not only in
this community, but really

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across the world.
But in this season, God's calls

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to something big, God's calls to
something new.

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And so today you guys are in the
middle of a message series

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called Difference Maker.
For the last several weeks,

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Pastor Sean has done a great job
of encouraging us and leading us

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to this next season.
This next season, we're going to

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we're going to push further and
farther than we ever have before

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and we're going to believe God
for big things.

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And we're in the middle of a
building initiative.

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But it's not about a building.
It's about building a movement.

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And we're here for a people's
souls.

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We're here for their eternity.
So today we're going to lean

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into what it looks like just to
look past the obstacles, look

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past the things that we say
can't happen, and believe in God

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for the impossible.
So once you guys take this

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opportunity, put your hands
together as Pastor Sean comes up

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for Difference Maker.
Nice.

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Good morning, everybody.
Good morning, dude.

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I got some big wins.
If you didn't know, I was

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wearing a sling for the last six
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So today it's my first day of
freedom, so I'm not supposed to

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carry anything, but I might move
some things.

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But anyway, it's been a blessing
to take this thing off, say at

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least our church has been
growing in a lot of ways.

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One is spiritually, we have a
lot of people come to Christ

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this year, which is absolutely
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We've had people being
discipled, all sorts of amazing

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growth behind the scenes, but
also been growing numerically.

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And last week was amazing.
I think it was our biggest

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normal Sunday of the year, 275
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Amen guys, just doing great
stuff and the judging by

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everybody here today, today will
probably be our largest Sunday

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so far this year outside of the
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So thank you guys for being
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Can you welcome our guests one
more time today?

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Let them know we love them.
Thank you guys for being here.

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Our prayer is that you'd
experience Jesus today.

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You just feel something in your
heart.

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You'd know something different.
You know the truth today and

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maybe today's your first time
back to church in a long time.

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And we're that church that's
like the prodigal father that's

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looking down the road and just
waiting for God to bring people

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home.
And we're excited you guys here.

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So welcome home.
We love you.

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Hope you leave with a friends
and you feel the presence of God

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here this morning.
Last week we had a welcome party

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just to celebrate.
We had 26 people in the room.

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A lot of people just trying to
get connected, find their

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people, find their, find their
place.

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And guess what, we have a lot of
them.

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They're committing to our
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That won't be a part of this.
You'll see some new faces

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serving out front.
So give it up for that.

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Thank you guys.
You came out last week to the

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welcome party.
Fantastic.

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It's just, it's so cool to see
God just moving people's lives.

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And today is really just about
the stories how God has moved

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and changed people's lives.
This difference maker initiative

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is we're trying to find our
first permanent space, raising

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funds to find a first permanent
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And most people are like, oh
man, I came the wrong week.

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I'm going to tell you came the
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It is going to be good.
And today is going to be nothing

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about just everything about
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You know, a lot of times we get
fixated on stuff when we hear

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about a building or initiative,
we get fixated on the wrong

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things.
I got a lot of questions.

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And the questions are, hey,
where we're going to put the

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building?
Do you have a location picked

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out?
We get fixated on an architect

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or a plan or the financing or
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I love it.
We have a lot of blue collar

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guys in our church, Amen.
And they're like, are we going

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to self perform this?
Hey, can you be out there and

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build this?
And you know, we can.

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We're trying not to, Amen.
All right, but we get fixed in

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all these peripherals.
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asked very often as a pastor is
what we should be fixated on is

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the people that we're going to
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Like, what difference is it
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people?
It's really easy to think about

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a building and think that's the
church, but the church is the

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people, Amen.
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whole day.
I'm dedicating to story after

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story after story after story of
the difference that real life's

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made in people because the focus
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And my prayer day is that maybe
today is where God writes your

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story.
Like maybe today is the day that

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you say yes to Jesus or yes to
his call or surrender or start

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something fresh in life for God.
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start out, we got a lot of
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We start out with child
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You're going to hear a lot of
stories that we have 15 kids

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being dedicated today, Amen?
Just keep doing what you're

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doing.
We've got nine families all

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across both gatherings.
It's going to be awesome.

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And so we're going to share what
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So if you're not familiar with
child dedication, really it's

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setting your children apart to
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And you see this in the Bible
with Hannah and Samuel and she's

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praying for a son and God gives
her a son and she dedicates them

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back to the Lord for his
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And Sam does amazing things and
God, he fears God and lives a

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God fearing life.
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the Bible is a story of Moses.
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to his death, he knows.
End his coming.

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He writes his last book in the
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He writes in the last 30 days of
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And in writing that book he was
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The culture was pretty wicked
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children and everybody were just
doing their own thing or

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forgetting about the Lord.
And so he wrote a song, it's

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called the Song of Moses.
And so I like to sing it today.

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I'm just kidding.
If you know me, I can't.

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I sing like I'm in prison.
You're right.

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I'm behind 4 bars and can't find
the key.

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So that's why I sit in the front
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It's not, it's not Father's Day
yet, but he writes this song

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because he wants the parents to
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they obey the Lord.
And so I'm going to share with

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you a verse of Scripture and
it's found in Deuteronomy 32.

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It says when Moses finished
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Israel, the words of the song,
this whole song is all chapter

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32.
It says he said to them, take to

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heart all the words I've
solemnly declared to you this

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day so that you may command your
children to what?

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Obey carefully all the words of
this law, all the word of God.

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And look what he says.
They're not just out of the

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words for you.
They are your what?

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They are your life.
And so when these families come

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up that they're making
commitment that they're going to

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dedicate themselves as parents
to the word of God, so they can

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give that word of God to their
children.

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They're dedicating themselves so
the children would know the

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difference between right and
wrong from from wicked and

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truth, right.
And as parents, we get the

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privilege of teaching our kids
that that sin is bad, that sin

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that's ugly, that that's, that's
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That breaks God's heart.
And as a parent, you got to

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commit to send your kids apart.
Like there's some things when

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they watch a Disney movie, you
got to say, hey, some that's not

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from God, Amen.
There's some things in this

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culture look nothing like Jesus.
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That's hurtful to his heart that
that breaks our connection with

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God and we get to cheer our kids
on and teach them the scripture.

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I love teaching my kids Bible
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I'll ask him who, like we talked
about in the beginning of the

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series, who was the guy that
praised and he led the armies

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and they defeat everybody who
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And like Jehoshaphat, well, he's
four years old, right?

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And he knows these stories.
And so I always giving them a

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fun story.
So at night time, you can tell

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them a Bible story.
Amen.

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You give those action Bibles and
you can say, hey, let's talk

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about Daniel and the lion's den
and the kids get lit up, right?

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And that's where you're
committing to is to teach them

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the things of Christ and to
really hate the things that the

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world is putting out there.
And we can fixate it out on

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politics or our jobs or all the
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But when you're home, you have a
sacred place set apart to God to

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raise your family.
That's where we commit to, Amen.

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And so as a church, it's not
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church as well, because it takes
more than just it takes a

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community to help people because
these seasons are hard, Amen.

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You know how it is all our
parents, you know who I'm

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talking about, right?
As as a church family, we can do

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it right?
We can help them, support them

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and meet needs and care for them
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And so as you read the names
today, I want you to be praying

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for them.
Everyone has unique story, but

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ultimately want their kids to
know Jesus, follow God to keep

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the enemy away.
And the Bible says there are

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children like arrows shot into
the culture that make a

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difference to the cause of
Christ.

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They're glory bearers in the
name of Jesus, Amen.

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And that's what we can play a
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So it's a very significant
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So how's it going to come up?
So you're going to read, I don't

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know how many names in the
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They're nine kids, Amen.
So give it up real quick for

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everything dedicated today.
All right, first up, we have the

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bird family.
You guys can make your way up to

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the stage.
We can give them some

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encouragement as they come up.
Let's give them a hand.

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So this is Nathan and Morgan
Byrd and they are dedicating

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August James Sanders Byrd.
He was born December 6th, 2024.

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Nathan and Morgan are dedicating
August to the Lord as they

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commit to raising him in a home
centered on faith and love.

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They're grateful for God's
goodness and want August to grow

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up knowing the truth of who God
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They chose his name simply
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A rare moment of total
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August is full of joy and
determination.

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Strong willed, yet full of
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Their pray for him is that he
grows into a man who knows God

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personally and finds success and
purpose in everything he does.

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Let's give it up again for
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All right, next we have the Wolf
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They're going to make their way
to the stage.

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Let's give them a hand.
There we go.

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All right, they're dedicating
their four kiddos this morning.

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Their parents are Kayla and
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First we're going to talk about
Corbin James Wolf, born March

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3rd, 2018.
Kayla and Elijah are dedicating

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Corbin as a celebration of God's
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His story is marked by
resilience, love in the steady

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hand of God, bringing peace to
their family after hardship.

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His middle name, James, honors
his uncle.

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Corbin is kind hearted, gentle
and known for his sweet spirit

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that draws people in.
His parents pray that he will

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grow in boldness and confidence,
speaking truth with love and

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wisdom all of his life.
Then we have Caitlin Jane Wolf,

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born March 3rd, 2018 set of
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Caitlin's life is a testimony of
God's healing and grace.

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Her parents are dedicating her
today as an act of gratitude and

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commitment to provide a home
filled with faith, peace, and

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belonging.
Her name was chosen for its

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balance of gentleness and
strength, qualities that already

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shine through her.
Caitlin has a contagious joy in

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a heart that loves deeply.
Kayla and Elijah pray that

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she'll always know her worth,
speak truth with courage, and

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keep her compassionate heart.
Then we have Amber Renee Wolf,

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born October 1st, 2019.
Amber came into her family's

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life is a bright light in a
rebuilding season for them.

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Kayla and Elijah are dedicating
her to God with thankful hearts

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for the joy, honesty, and fire
that she brings to their home.

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Her name reflects her spirit,
blending fire, grace, and

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renewal.
Amber is expressive, creative,

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and full of warmth.
Her parents pray that she'll

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always keep her spark, using her
gifts to show the love of Jesus

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to everyone that she meets.
Lastly, we've got Flynn Walker

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Wolf, born August 19th, 2021.
Flynn's life is a reminder that

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God's timing is always perfect.
He arrived early and

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unexpectedly, but brought
balance, laughter, and peace to

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the family.
His name was chosen to represent

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adventure and belonging.
Flynn is bold, curious, and full

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of joy.
The calm after the storm.

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Kayla and Elijah pray that he
always carries his gentle

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spirit, independence and joy
wherever God leads him.

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Let's give it up for those Wolf
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Next we have Collins May Adams.
Here they are.

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Let's give them a hand as they
make their way up here.

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Collins parents are Tyler and
Kylie Adams and Collins was born

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August 14th, 2024.
She's joined by Big Brother

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Carter is going to come up on
stage with them, too.

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Tyler and Kylie are dedicating
Collins to the Lord as part of

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their commitment to raise their
children to know God's love and

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walk in His ways.
Their heart is to build a home

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where faith is lived out daily
and where God's goodness is

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evident.
They chose her first name from a

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friend's suggestion, and her
middle name honors her late

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grandmother.
Collins is loving, smart and

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strong willed, a mix of
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Her parents pray that she will
always seek God's love, stay

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courageous and let her bright
personality make a difference in

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the world.
Let's give it up for Collins

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again.
Next we have the Hieronymus

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family.
They're going to make their way

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up to the stage.
There we go.

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All right, 1st we have Aaliyah.
Our parents are Carrie and

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Matthew Ironimus.
Her birthday is August 28th,

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2018.
Carrie and Matthew are

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dedicating Aaliyah to the Lord
as part of their desire to bring

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love and faith into their home.
They want to raise their

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daughter in an environment where
God's presence is felt and His

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love is lived out every day.
Affectionately known as Weah,

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Aaliyah has a huge heart and a
natural compassion for others.

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She's full of life, tender
hearted, and loves animals

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deeply.
Her parents prayer is that she

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will grow confident in who she
is, follow the path God lays

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before her, and find success and
joy in every area of life.

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All right, next we have Malachi
McKay.

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Let's give a hand for Malachi.
All right, Malachi's parents are

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Courtney Cornell and Justin
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Malachi was born April 25th of
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Courtney and Justin are
dedicating Malachi as an

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expression of their faith and
gratitude for God's goodness.

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Having grown closer to the Lord
over the years, they want

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nothing more than for their
children to build their own

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relationship with Him.
Malachi's name means Messenger

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of God, a reminder of the hope
that he'll one day share God's

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love and goodness with the
world.

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00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,200
He's known as the calm in their
storm, peaceful, content, and

455
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,360
the perfect completion to their
family.

456
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Their prayers that Malachi will
hold God close, look to Him for

457
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:43,000
guidance in every season, and
always walk in the confidence of

458
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,840
his unfailing love.
Let's give it up for Malachi and

459
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,040
all the kids that got dedicated
this morning.

460
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:51,120
That's it, We've got a full
stage.

461
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:55,000
Nice.
This is why we have to get a

462
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,280
bigger stage.
Oh man, I'm sorry for you guys.

463
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,960
The Bible says if you start your
child the way you should go when

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they're old, they won't depart
from it.

465
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,480
And that is a principle, but
it's a godly principle.

466
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,960
So I encourage you guys to spend
time with your children.

467
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,360
Keep them in church, keep them
in community, be praying for

468
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,000
them.
Teach him the Bible.

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00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:15,360
That's the number one thing to
do.

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00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,640
Teach him to love Jesus.
Teach him to hate sin and love

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00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,920
God.
And there's a lot of stories.

472
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,000
Just give him all the famous
stories.

473
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,080
I love teaching my kids
scripture and they're the ones

474
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,600
who quote it.
We go to the youth camp and

475
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,120
they're quoting the scripture
and the adults can't even find

476
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,560
it.
And so you have a way to change

477
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,320
the world through your kids.
So what we're going to do, I

478
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:33,480
want to just offer a moment of
prayer.

479
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,760
If you guys can stand to your
feet, I encourage you guys, I'm

480
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,600
just extend your arms.
I'm going to leave them through

481
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,400
a prayer.
We're going to sing a song off

482
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,840
this called the blessing, which
is right out of out of numbers.

483
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,080
It's a it's a blessing from God
on the people.

484
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,120
And so if you guys extend your
hands, I'm going to pray and

485
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,160
just pray with me.
Father God, thank you so much

486
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,760
for each of these children.
God, these are your children.

487
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,680
They're gifts from you, God.
They're they're inheritance from

488
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,800
the Lord God think you're
filling the quivers.

489
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:58,520
God, thank for blessing these
families.

490
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,360
God pray be with them.
God protect them.

491
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,920
God use them as arrows in our
culture got to be sent out

492
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,400
there'll be glory bearers for
you got to pray for just wisdom

493
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,200
for the families got for extra
strength in the season.

494
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,320
Pray that they know they're not
alone that you're with them in

495
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,880
the hard seasons and the good
seasons and the the season of

496
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,480
loss and the season of joy.
God, I pray for their children

497
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,480
God to to know you at a young
age.

498
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,960
I pray they know Scripture.
I I pray they stay faithful to

499
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,080
you.
Got to pray hedge protection

500
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,280
around them.
Got to pray that the evil 1

501
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,120
would be stay clear of them.
God, I pray that your hand will

502
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,560
be on them God, your presence
will be on them.

503
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,760
God, I pray you bless them and
God use them in a mighty way.

504
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,280
God defame your name and renown
across the world.

505
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,480
I pray this in your name above
all names, the name of Jesus and

506
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,400
the church said Amen.
We're going to worship the song.

507
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,640
You guys just continue to pray
for them as we worship the song

508
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,840
and invite our elders up as well
to pray over our families on

509
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,840
stage.
But just pray as we sing the

510
00:31:51,840 --> 00:32:26,260
song, the blessing.
Let's lift this up over them.

511
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:37,240
1000 generations and your
family, and your children and

512
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:43,400
their children and the children.
May His favor be upon you.

513
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:51,040
And 1000 generations, and your
family, and your children, and

514
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:57,120
your children, their children,
may His favor be upon you.

515
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:03,880
And the 1000 generations of your
family, your children and their

516
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:11,120
children and their children may
His favor upon you.

517
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:18,480
And 1000 generations and your
family and your channel and the

518
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:25,280
children and the children.
These presents go before you and

519
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:32,200
behind you and beside you, all
around you and within you.

520
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:37,240
It's with you.
It's with you in the morning, in

521
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:44,040
the evening and you come coming
and you're going and you're way

522
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,240
me and rejoicing.
He's for you, He's for you.

523
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:47,960
He's for you.
He's for you.

524
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,240
He's for you.
He's for you.

525
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:56,360
He's for you.
He's for you.

526
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:33,880
Goodnight.
Oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man,

527
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,040
let's never make me upon you and
1000 generations.

528
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:41,199
It's your family, it's your
children and the children and

529
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:49,840
the children is back, goes for
you and you find you and beside

530
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:56,840
you, all around you and within
you is with you, is with you in

531
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:04,840
the morning, in the evening.
And you call me and you go away

532
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,920
and you're weeping and rejoice.
Me is for you.

533
00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:40,390
Father God, we ask one more
time.

534
00:35:40,390 --> 00:35:43,830
You bless these families, God,
we know that you say it's built

535
00:35:43,830 --> 00:35:46,590
on you, God to a last God.
So help us to build our families

536
00:35:46,590 --> 00:35:48,870
on you, God.
Help us to pursue you.

537
00:35:49,030 --> 00:35:51,510
Keep our families together in
community and church.

538
00:35:51,510 --> 00:35:55,280
The word of God open on our
tables at our bedsides and God

539
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:56,920
just humble us.
God that we'd obey you and

540
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,320
follow you.
God, we give the glory for what

541
00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:59,840
you're going to do.
We praise in Jesus name.

542
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,480
The church said, Amen.
Give up one more time for our

543
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,080
families.
We love you guys.

544
00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:08,160
Thank you guys.
This might be a new record of

545
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,760
how many people on the stage.
Come on, somebody you guys can

546
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:16,760
be seated.
Today is really all about

547
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,240
stories and that everyone of
these families is a story.

548
00:36:19,240 --> 00:36:22,800
What Jesus is doing, Amen.
It takes it takes some courage.

549
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,520
I'm a first generation
Christian.

550
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:28,240
And so when we dedicate our
kids, that is something so

551
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:30,720
special.
And my kids know more scripture

552
00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:32,880
than I knew when I was 20 years
old in Bible college.

553
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,200
And it's just because of Jesus,
Amen.

554
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,160
And it's not where you start,
it's where you finish.

555
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,920
So thank you guys that are
dedicating your kids.

556
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,760
It is a very special moment.
But today we're going to

557
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,280
continue the stories.
And really what you're going to

558
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:49,240
see today is simple things that
God uses that are not ordinarily

559
00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:51,520
done.
So there should be ordinary for

560
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,520
Jesus followers, but they're not
ordinarily done.

561
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,360
And so as we watch this story, I
want you to see this, the

562
00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,160
simplicity of how the gospel
changes lives and how it's so

563
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,360
unordinary, but we can do it.
And so today I want you to lean

564
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:09,040
in and check out this story.
My name is Logan and this is my

565
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:16,800
story.
I described my walk with God

566
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,320
before the age of 20 kind of as
Monopoly money.

567
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:20,920
You know, it looks like the real
thing.

568
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,840
It feels like the real thing,
but it's really, it was

569
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,920
bankrupt.
It was very much status quo and

570
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:27,800
I was very much going through
the motions.

571
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,400
I knew what it was like to look
like a Christian because I grew

572
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,800
up in the church, but I didn't
really know what it was like to

573
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,280
actually be a Christian and what
that actually meant to have a

574
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:40,040
personal relationship with God.
I was apathetic and I was just

575
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,960
spiritually bankrupt.
Why did I not log on to my faith

576
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,320
until age 20?
Is it's because I was playing a

577
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,520
low stakes game.
I had no reason to log on.

578
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,880
I didn't get into my word.
I didn't get into the Bible.

579
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,320
I didn't surround myself with
Christ like people.

580
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,560
I wasn't.
I was running in a race.

581
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,680
I was playing JVI, wasn't around
people that were playing

582
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,480
varsity.
So when Sean asked me to start

583
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,400
serving, it forced me into
position where I was around

584
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,960
people like Christian Smith and
I was around people like Sean

585
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,400
and Diane.
And it pretty quickly became

586
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,320
apparent to me that I couldn't
fake my way through it.

587
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,200
It was either I was a Christian
or I wasn't.

588
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,560
Felt like a.
Hypocrite for people to pour

589
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,360
into me.
You know, I saw Christian really

590
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,320
pouring himself into my
Christian walk and Sean pouring

591
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,920
himself into my Christian walk.
That season of feeling like a

592
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,400
hypocrite meant everything
because I had the decision to

593
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:27,840
make.
Either I was a Christian or I

594
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,000
wasn't a Christian.
So I decided I wanted to be a

595
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,800
Christian and that and that
meant I could not be a

596
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,840
hypocrite.
I couldn't play at church

597
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,720
anymore and I had to actually
engage.

598
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:39,080
It required for me to execute
everything that I knew

599
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,200
intellectually.
God really changed my heart on

600
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,080
my first mission trip that I
took to Columbia.

601
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,760
And it was interesting because I
went on the trip for all the

602
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,840
still the wrong reasons.
It was because it was expected

603
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,680
that at some point as a
Christian, you just shouldn't go

604
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:53,960
on a miss trip.
It's just one of the right

605
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,520
things to do.
But God really got hold of me

606
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,040
during that trip.
It was such a transient process.

607
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,920
The biggest difference for me to
really find God was the

608
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,400
community of people I was
around.

609
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,440
When I found myself more plugged
in in real life and serving

610
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,960
consistently, I found myself
around people that did genuinely

611
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,680
love God and and not in a
superficial way.

612
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,800
I was watching Hugo care for his
students and pray over a space

613
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,840
that students were going to
attend and know God more

614
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,080
intimately with with tears in
his eyes.

615
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:25,760
And I saw Scott Hudgens that he
had just a genuine on fireness

616
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,680
about him where he was.
He was preaching the word and he

617
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:32,040
was, he was relating to other
people and preaching to kids

618
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,920
with such genuineness and such
true love for God.

619
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,480
And I think seeing that on the
mission field in a new context

620
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:43,760
was really huge for me.
I just the relationships chasing

621
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,080
coattails of people in front of
me was the biggest thing.

622
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,160
I have this perspective now
where I was in a spot, you know,

623
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,720
a few years ago or, you know,
even further back than that,

624
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:53,440
where I, I was the one that
needed help.

625
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,960
And there was all these people
that were pouring into me and

626
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,760
they had no idea what the
repercussions of that was going

627
00:39:58,760 --> 00:39:59,760
to be.
They didn't know.

628
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,800
That I would find myself
preaching the gospel to the

629
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,040
youth.
Everything that I have had the

630
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,080
opportunity to just humbly
participate in this fruit to

631
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,360
their account, their
faithfulness to God's calling

632
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,400
goes further than they could
ever even imagine.

633
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,840
Whether you find yourself
serving on a Sunday, whether you

634
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,240
find yourself writing a check,
it goes further than you'll ever

635
00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:20,600
know.
And for anybody listening, I

636
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,600
just want you to know the power
of investing.

637
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,000
You know, when you give time,
you give talent, treasure,

638
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,080
influence to the cause of
Christ.

639
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,360
God's going to use that and not
a linear way, but in an

640
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,880
exponential way.
But you couldn't even begin to

641
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,240
fathom all the wonders that he
is going to do with your small

642
00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,280
sacrifice.
It's a joy to give and it's a

643
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:43,760
joy to give time to the church
and to His 'cause you know, when

644
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,120
you, when you look at me, the
people that poured into my life

645
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,640
and the people that poured into
my walk with God, they could

646
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,480
have never imagined all the ways
that he was going to use that.

647
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,160
And now I have the opportunity
to feed into other people.

648
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,320
So the people that fed into my
life, they're not just feeding

649
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,480
into Logan, they're feeding into
everybody that Logan's going to

650
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,360
feed into.
And it's like this, this

651
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,080
snowball effect.
The person that makes a

652
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,120
difference often makes a
difference maker.

653
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:11,200
That's the power of investing.
And I'm inviting you to join me

654
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,760
in leading the next wave of
difference makers.

655
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,000
Did you guys pick up on the
simplicity?

656
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:28,440
Do you remember how it started,
this breakthrough moment you got

657
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,760
invited to serve?
Isn't that crazy?

658
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:32,760
I'm like, hey, you want to go
serve on this?

659
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:34,200
Sure.
I had no idea what God's going

660
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:34,640
to do.
Amen.

661
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,400
And just simply pouring into
other people.

662
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,640
It's really fun.
We like to say the best fruit

663
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,560
goes into other people's trees.
And so as Logan produces and

664
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:47,160
reproduces the things of God and
other people, that goes back to

665
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:51,680
what we call joy to God's glory.
And so when we invest in others

666
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,520
that really life, you're going
to find us all about that.

667
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,840
And so thank you, Logan.
If you don't know, Logan is our

668
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:57,880
youth pastor.
Now come on somebody.

669
00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:01,960
So give it up for Jesus.
He went from going in the back

670
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,400
parking lot and scrolling his
phone during the gathering to

671
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,840
sneaking at the end to become
the youth pastor.

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00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:08,280
God can use your life.
Amen.

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00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,720
So it's amazing.
So yeah, we got another story.

674
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:14,400
I'm going to Diane, come on up.
And she's going to share an

675
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:15,880
amazing story.
I want still need Thunder.

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00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:17,720
Do you need to stand?
OK.

677
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:23,640
Oh, nobody saw this.
Oh, except for your physical

678
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:24,400
therapist.
Who's here?

679
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:25,560
Is she here?
Yeah.

680
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:28,680
I love you, Mara.
Give him shout out tomorrow.

681
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,080
Extra pain this week, Mara.
Make him pay for that.

682
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:35,080
Well, I have the exciting moment
I can.

683
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,440
Sorry, I can't think of any word
but exciting this morning.

684
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,760
And I'm going to blame Dan Bray
because when we were setting up,

685
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,600
he dropped a piece of pipe and
drape on my head.

686
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,000
So I was like anything, yes.
So.

687
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:45,920
Anything.
I say or do, that doesn't quite

688
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:47,600
seem right.
I'm probably have a concussion.

689
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:51,280
It's Dan's fault, so just give
him a hard time for that.

690
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:52,440
But.
I'll see you in the parking lot,

691
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:52,800
Dan.
That's.

692
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:58,440
Right, No, but where would
Teresa Laplante be without Real

693
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,000
Life Church?
I get to share with you guys

694
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,240
today.
So this is Teresa and her

695
00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:04,840
husband.
So Teresa was a teenager in our

696
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,440
youth group at Real Life when we
launched.

697
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,000
She's been here since the very
beginning, since before the

698
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,520
beginning.
We've known her as part of our

699
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:16,360
launch season and now she serves
every week on the youth team as

700
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,880
a life group leader to middle
school girls.

701
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,880
She pours into them, she cares
for them, she helps them to know

702
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:24,960
God, to grow closer to him.
And it's just really awesome to

703
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,320
see her doing that.
But you can imagine our surprise

704
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,400
last winter when Teresa gave us
a call and said, you know what?

705
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,800
I'm stepping down from what
God's asked me to do in this

706
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,240
season.
I'm taking a step back from

707
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:36,880
church.
I don't think I can do this.

708
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,920
And so naturally that we're
like, OK, hold on.

709
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,120
Like what's going on?
You know, we called to see

710
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:43,880
what's really going on beneath
the surface.

711
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,320
That first call of like, I can't
do this is always a, hey, what's

712
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,240
going on?
And I'm really grateful that, as

713
00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:51,360
Teresa puts it, that she's an
open book.

714
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,840
And she was she shared with us
what she was going through.

715
00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:59,720
And it is really that what she
boiled it down to is that in

716
00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:02,040
that season, she had really
poured a lot of time and energy

717
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,120
into a group of friends and
people that she was close with

718
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:08,160
at work, poured so much time in.
And really things that she

719
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,400
shared later were things that
were pulling her away from God,

720
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,760
relationships that weren't
helping her grow closer to God,

721
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,200
inviting her to do things that
then later she didn't feel good

722
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,400
about.
She felt shame with the things

723
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:19,920
that she's doing with those
friends.

724
00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:23,160
And she was just really, it was
their influence.

725
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,400
And all of the time that she had
poured into those relationships,

726
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,600
she thought those things were
going to help her to feel good.

727
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,080
She thought, you know, if I go
out and spend all my time and

728
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,680
pour into these people, if I go
out partying with these people,

729
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,560
if I put all my eggs in this
basket, life is going to be

730
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,480
good.
But at the end of the day, she's

731
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:39,200
like, it's just surface deep,
right?

732
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,760
And so she poured herself, her
heart and her soul into this

733
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,400
group of people to just be so
there relationally.

734
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:47,120
And then all of a sudden, they
had a huge falling out.

735
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,720
And so not just were her nights
and her weekends lonely, but

736
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:53,680
that's her group from work too.
So every day she's faced with

737
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:55,880
this reminder of me.
And like these relationships

738
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:57,680
that are broken, I feel so
alone.

739
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,880
I have so much shame.
I can't make it through this

740
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:02,880
season.
Her days were that constant

741
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,040
reminder of the pain she was
feeling, the loneliness.

742
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:06,840
And she's just like, I don't
know what to do.

743
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,200
But I don't feel like I can
serve these girls right?

744
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,640
When my heart's in this place.
I don't feel like I can do what

745
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:13,000
God's called me to do in the
season.

746
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:14,720
So I'm going to take a step
back.

747
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:18,040
And so Teresa called us to say
she was stepping away from all

748
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,160
that, stepping away from
serving, stepping away from

749
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,520
those girls.
And who knows, you know, down

750
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,760
the road if she would have
walked away from church, walked

751
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:26,400
away.
It's just it's hard to know what

752
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:30,720
happened.
But can I tell you that when

753
00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:33,040
you're alone, when you're
ashamed, when you're broken,

754
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,280
when you're lonely, Our, our
fight or flight, our feelings

755
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,480
inside of us, they, we want to
protect.

756
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:40,720
We want to back away.
We want to say no.

757
00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:43,440
Nobody can know that.
Nobody can see inside of that

758
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,400
shame.
I have this inner desire to

759
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:48,240
protect myself from what might
happen if somebody knows the

760
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:51,080
real me, right?
But God says the opposite.

761
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,320
He says, you know what?
In that time when you're so

762
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,280
vulnerable and you're so broken
and you can't stand on your own,

763
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:59,800
what you need to do is you need
to lean in and you need to say,

764
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:02,840
I need to find some people who
can help me carry this burden.

765
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,560
I need to borrow the faith of
some other people to walk

766
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,560
through this season so that God
can restore me back to where

767
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:11,440
he's called me to be.
And so we encourage Teresa to

768
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:15,200
stay serving in youth.
That kind of honesty goes a long

769
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,360
way when you're sitting face to
face with teenagers to say, I've

770
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,280
been there when your friend
group falls apart.

771
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,480
I've been there when I've been
tempted to do things that God

772
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,280
isn't honored by.
And that kind of honesty and

773
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,760
vulnerability can make a huge
difference in the life of young

774
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:27,760
people.
So just speak.

775
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:29,520
Yeah, we've all screwed up.
I have.

776
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,040
I mean, like in the last 10
minutes.

777
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:35,840
So we all have that sin, don't
feel like, oh, I'm not good

778
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,360
enough to serve God.
We don't become good enough to

779
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:40,920
serve God.
He makes us whole in him.

780
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:42,320
And so we said, hey, keep
serving.

781
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,800
But here's something I think
might make a big difference in

782
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,320
this season for your life
because what you need is a few

783
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:50,360
people who can carry you.
And so we invited Teresa to join

784
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,000
our disciple making group called
The Way where we have a group of

785
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,080
women that meets every week.
And we're just trying to learn

786
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:58,720
to follow Jesus Better Together.
And of course, I think at the

787
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,720
time, Teresa probably thought
she was signing up for like a

788
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:03,360
Bible study or just like to do
some homework in Jesus.

789
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,360
But what she got instead was a
community of women who would

790
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:09,120
pour into her, who would be
there every week or if she had

791
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:10,960
to miss go, hey, where are you?
How are you?

792
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:12,880
Is everything OK?
And you all of a sudden start

793
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:16,000
building a group of women who
most of which are further down

794
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,640
the road from her a little bit,
who are trying to put Christ

795
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,800
first in their life.
And they're trying to put Christ

796
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:22,720
first in their marriage.
And they're trying to put Christ

797
00:47:22,720 --> 00:47:24,760
first as their parenting and in
their work.

798
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:28,080
And in all those cases, and kind
of like Logan's video shared,

799
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:30,560
when you start putting yourself
around those people and you say,

800
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:33,520
I've got 10 other women that are
trying to put Christ 1st and

801
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:35,600
they don't always get it right
and we screw it up, but we're

802
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,440
trying to walk together and do
this thing.

803
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,320
All of a sudden you have a place
where you can be known.

804
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:44,200
And all of a sudden you say,
man, I want my life and every

805
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:47,520
part of my life to be focused on
trying to put Christ first too.

806
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:50,840
And so it's been a really
beautiful thing to see.

807
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:54,680
Maybe Teresa's forever changed
by a small group of difference

808
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,520
makers who just committed to
show up, who just committed to

809
00:47:57,520 --> 00:48:00,280
care, who just committed to send
a small text and everyday

810
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,960
difference makers.
Nobody went above and beyond and

811
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,720
part of the Red Sea or did these
crazy things with just a small

812
00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:08,160
group of people committing to be
there for you, to walk with you

813
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:11,120
in a season.
And it's so special to think

814
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,000
about how when we all share our
own stories of vulnerability and

815
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,680
lean in and give that moment of
community just to try to

816
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:19,600
practice the ways of Jesus
together that God shows up.

817
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,760
And so where would Teresa be
right now if she wouldn't have

818
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,280
jumped into that community last
January?

819
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:27,800
I don't know where would she be
without being a part of real

820
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,800
life church.
I don't know that either.

821
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:33,480
But I'm really grateful today
that because of a group of real

822
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:36,920
life, everyday difference makers
that we don't ever have to know

823
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,720
because she's here with us,
she's serving, she's following

824
00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:42,600
God, she's getting ready to have
a little one herself.

825
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,120
And it's just a really special
season to see how God continues

826
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:54,400
to use her.
It's it's amazing to see how God

827
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,920
uses simple acts right?
Like somebody saw her and she's

828
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:00,000
hurting.
It says, how can I help?

829
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:02,280
And you take a risk, right?
Like, Hey, do you want to come

830
00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:06,000
like be a part of this, like see
what God can do and just those

831
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:07,760
relationships to build other
people.

832
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:12,000
You dream and you think in the
conversations you have and to

833
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,360
get people at the at the table
in the right places.

834
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:16,400
This power of life groups, the
power to South making the power

835
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,160
of people the power just showing
up on a Sunday and hanging for

836
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:22,440
10 minutes and meeting people
can change your life.

837
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:25,120
And I loved your ending.
Like, I wouldn't have to worry.

838
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:27,080
Like, we know where God's got
her.

839
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,520
And it's amazing to see.
So, Teresa, we love you.

840
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:31,000
I know where she's at.
She's in a room somewhere.

841
00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:33,160
Just had her baby shower last
night.

842
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:34,560
Come on.
Somebody on the stage probably

843
00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:35,640
in like 6 months.
Right?

844
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:40,040
Love you, Teresa.
All right, next story.

845
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:41,480
This thing got scrolled.
Tim.

846
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:42,960
Where's Tim?
Where's my man Tim.

847
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:48,200
Tim Tim is actually coming up
here and he is going to share an

848
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:50,320
amazing story.
If you don't know Tim, Tim is a

849
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:54,240
product of relationship in our
church and if and to be honest,

850
00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:58,000
Tim would say this too like
least likely person that God

851
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,880
would use if you know his story,
but he had an opportunity to do

852
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,840
something very specialist last
week and so I'm glad I can look

853
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:07,080
up to you Tim.
Love you buddy.

854
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,360
What's up guys?
I'm Tim.

855
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:13,720
So a couple weeks ago I pick up
my grandson and we go to hang

856
00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:19,120
out and he when I pick him up
and I asked him I said well

857
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:20,240
what?
What do you want to go?

858
00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:21,920
Well grandpa want to go to this
park.

859
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,680
Well they live in Greenwood.
I live in Creighton.

860
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:29,240
That's 45 minutes one way.
The park he wanted to go to was

861
00:50:29,240 --> 00:50:32,280
another 15 minutes away.
And I buddy man there's so many

862
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:34,880
more parks we can go to.
No grandpa is the one I want to

863
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:36,760
go to.
So Long story short, we go to

864
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:40,520
this park even though I really
didn't want to and we're there

865
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,040
and we're hanging out and he's
playing, you know, being a kid

866
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:46,160
and I'm 51, so I got to play
with a 7 year old and be a 7

867
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:50,840
year old again.
But anyway, I'm watching these

868
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:54,760
two younger kids hang out with
my grandson and they're they're

869
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:57,160
just having a blast.
And I'm looking around for mom

870
00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:01,960
and dad.
I see a dad and these children

871
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:08,000
are three and five, and I'm not
a big person to go and just jump

872
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,760
in front of somebody and say,
hey, you know, I'm Tim, you

873
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:14,320
know, nice to meet you.
But I did something kept pushing

874
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:16,320
me, pushing me, pushing me.
Hey, go check this guy out.

875
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,000
You know, I went and introduced
myself.

876
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,560
His name is Brian.
Hope you're listening, buddy.

877
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:28,200
I asked him.
I said, you know, how you doing?

878
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:31,320
You doing all right?
Nah, Nah, Brian, Brian wasn't

879
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:35,560
doing all right.
But we clicked because just let

880
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:36,760
me know a little bit of his
story.

881
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:42,240
Young guy, three and five year
old kids is going through the

882
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:45,400
divorce and it hit him like a
ton of bricks.

883
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:50,360
And I can relate because I went
through this almost five years

884
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:56,200
ago and I, I gave up on life and
I'm, I'm glad I'm still here.

885
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:03,680
But my words to him was, you
know, don't do life for your

886
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:07,360
children, Don't do life because
of your past.

887
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:11,760
You have to do a life for you in
order for your children to see

888
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:16,200
you heal and grow.
I said, you know, my journey

889
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:20,800
started here right at 4 1/2
years ago because somebody

890
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,680
invited me here.
And we, we talked for quite a

891
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:26,080
while while we watch the kids
play and hang out.

892
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:30,480
And I invited him here.
I didn't have a card with me,

893
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:33,680
but I told him where we were
located and he text me this

894
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:34,960
morning.
He said I wasn't going to make

895
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:36,240
that.
He wasn't going to make it.

896
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:38,480
But he said he's watching
online.

897
00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:43,560
And I'm really proud and glad
that we, we met, we exchanged

898
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:47,000
numbers.
And as soon as I left, you know,

899
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:49,640
he, he text me immediately.
He said, you know, I, I really

900
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:52,240
needed that.
I needed somebody that knew what

901
00:52:52,240 --> 00:52:54,560
I was going through.
Somebody could give me that

902
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:58,560
hope, that inspiration, that
life isn't over just because you

903
00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:01,920
go through a divorce.
You know, there's more things to

904
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:06,040
do in life and there's more
people to lead and grand.

905
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:09,360
I'm not the greatest influence
for a leader type person.

906
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:13,160
I got tattoos, I got scars, but
you know, if it weren't for that

907
00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:15,480
guy up there, I wouldn't be
standing here right now.

908
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:19,800
So, you know, opportunities push
you in the right spot.

909
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:22,560
So like I say, you know, I
didn't want to go to that park,

910
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:26,720
but something told us, Hey,
there's somebody there waiting

911
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,920
for you.
And I'm, I'm glad that we went.

912
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,720
So that's all I have, Brian.
I'm glad you're there, buddy.

913
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:37,320
Fantastic, Tim.
Thanks for your faithful man.

914
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:41,560
Reminds me of Philip and the
Ethiopian unique.

915
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:44,080
You know, he's just called like
you're going to end up the park

916
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:45,240
man.
God has a way.

917
00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:48,520
And Tim, Tim is so special
because his heart has been

918
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:51,000
broken so many times.
I always think of too much as

919
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:54,080
given much as required.
And when you're given a lot of

920
00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:58,520
grace, like when your story is
completely opposite of God, like

921
00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:00,800
there's a certain type of grace,
you understand that most people

922
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:01,840
won't.
You don't, you don't tread on

923
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:03,440
it.
And so thank you for sharing

924
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:04,640
with Brian.
Brian, we love you.

925
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:06,400
Hope you show up to here, but
more than that, hope you walk

926
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,880
with God.
And so stay on them, Tim, we're

927
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:10,440
praying for that.
So give it up for Tim.

928
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:12,720
Give it for what God's doing.
Very cool.

929
00:54:12,720 --> 00:54:16,200
We're going to go on to our next
story.

930
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,200
Something about Holly up to
share.

931
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:20,240
Looks like she needs to stand.
So I'm going to break some more

932
00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:22,400
rules.
So no, you're good.

933
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:32,000
Yes, well, I get to share the
story of Abby and John van der

934
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,200
Hoofen.
And for them and their family,

935
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:37,200
church had always been a part of
their life.

936
00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:40,280
Until it wasn't.
They'd experienced some hurt.

937
00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:43,760
They'd experienced some seasons
of really great fellowship,

938
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:45,840
really good friendships at the
church they were at.

939
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:49,080
The kind where you feel known,
where you feel loved, where you

940
00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:51,400
feel seen.
But it was hard for them when

941
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:55,160
those chapters had to close when
they moved back from Colorado

942
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:58,440
back here to Missouri, Abby said
it felt like a really big step

943
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,840
for them coming back to the
place where she grew up.

944
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:03,640
She felt like carried a lot of
hope.

945
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:05,760
But also there's some hesitation
there.

946
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:08,800
They wanted to be part of their
community again, to have that

947
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,600
connection.
But after being uprooted, it's

948
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:14,640
hard to know sometimes where to
plant yourself, where to get

949
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,400
connected, where church to go
to, to feel like you belong

950
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:20,160
again.
She said every time they visited

951
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:22,800
real Life church with Abby's
brother and his family, they

952
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:27,320
just felt something different.
They felt encouraged, they felt

953
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:30,760
welcomed.
And then there was Delaney, who

954
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,680
is their niece.
If you know Delaney here, he's.

955
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:37,800
She said she just would not stop
inviting us back to real life

956
00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:39,600
church.
They're kind of bouncing between

957
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,280
a couple.
And every week Delaney would let

958
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:45,400
them know, hey, if you're not
planted at that church, come to

959
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:46,680
our church.
Come to our church.

960
00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:49,960
So after all of those
invitations from Delaney,

961
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,560
eventually those invitations
actually turned into prayer.

962
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,480
They started asking, God, is
this what you have for us?

963
00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:58,520
Is this our place?
Is this where we're supposed to

964
00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:02,800
get connected in This past
summer, they said yes.

965
00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:06,200
They joined a life group.
They started making some real

966
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:08,080
connections, some real
friendships.

967
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:12,120
John, her husband, jumped into
apprentice on the worship team.

968
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:15,520
Abby today is her first Sunday
apprenticing back in the kids

969
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:16,920
area.
And they're making real

970
00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:19,240
connections.
And for the first time in a long

971
00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:21,800
time, Abby said it really felt
like they were re establishing

972
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:27,000
roots here and that honestly,
that is what their forever is

973
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:29,000
about.
It's about families, just like

974
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:31,160
the Vanderhoeven.
It's about people who are

975
00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:35,840
looking for a place to belong, a
place to feel encouraged, where

976
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:38,440
people know them, where people
greet them and have a smile on

977
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:40,440
their face when they come in
here.

978
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:44,120
It's a place where people can
put roots down, a place where

979
00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:47,680
they can call home.
Because when we give, when we

980
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,840
serve, when we open the door,
when we save a seat for somebody

981
00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:54,160
next to us, when we reach out to
somebody and invite them to

982
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:58,240
church here, we're not just.
We're not just building a

983
00:56:58,240 --> 00:57:00,800
building.
We're not just we're making

984
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:03,920
space honestly, we really are
creating a home for people to

985
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:07,640
feel connected and for people to
put down roots and that's a lot

986
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:11,080
of the stories I just looking
for a place to belong and that's

987
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:13,320
what there forever.
It truly is all about creating a

988
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:16,520
home where people can get
connected, can put down roots

989
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:18,080
and follow Jesus together.
An.

990
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:26,680
Invite from a little girl that
changed the family.

991
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:29,840
Amen.
Simple thing, not ordinary.

992
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:32,720
And so you see these little tiny
stories of how people just get

993
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:34,320
connected in the relationships
they have.

994
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:36,680
And that's why I do this.
There forever could be changed

995
00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:39,560
just by stepping on or coming
into the team or the different

996
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:42,240
connections they have in our
church shapes their soul.

997
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:44,520
And so it's amazing story.
I'm going to give it up to

998
00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:45,720
Logan.
I don't know where that guy,

999
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:47,440
he's up here, right?
Nice Logan.

1000
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:49,520
Nice work, my man.
He's got some more stories for

1001
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:52,160
us.
Good morning, good morning.

1002
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:56,440
I love the, the heart of this
morning so far.

1003
00:57:57,080 --> 00:57:59,600
I, I love the way that Sean put
it, where the, the heartbeat of

1004
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:01,360
difference maker and the
heartbeat of the stories that

1005
00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:04,760
we're going through is that
somebody took the time and the

1006
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:08,440
effort to do something that
should be common, but in our

1007
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:11,600
culture, it is uncommon.
And one, one of these stories of

1008
00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:15,160
a couple of women that I've had
the, the pleasure of watching

1009
00:58:15,160 --> 00:58:18,560
their walk with God just unfold.
They're doing things that are

1010
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:20,480
uncommon.
And it's happening right now in

1011
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:23,920
the life in our youth group.
First of all, how many of you

1012
00:58:23,920 --> 00:58:26,120
guys in here know Julie White?
Where is Julie?

1013
00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:29,120
Is Julie in here?
I don't know.

1014
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:31,040
Julie's probably working.
Oh, there she is.

1015
00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:33,640
Julie's in the back.
Give it up for Julie, man.

1016
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:37,160
If you know Julie.
Julie is a trailblazer in our

1017
00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:39,720
church for work ethic and
generosity.

1018
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:41,720
You guys have ever been into the
Hope Center?

1019
00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:45,080
That was half of it was done
tooth and nail with Julie

1020
00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:48,560
hanging off like one hand on the
lift, like painting a wall and

1021
00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:53,000
running electrical work.
It's so cool that the effort

1022
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:57,800
that Julie put in into this
space is now a space that Julie

1023
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:01,040
is able to put in even more
effort in the leading young

1024
00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:04,360
people in the youth group to
know God more closely and

1025
00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:06,600
cultivate a much stronger
relationship with him.

1026
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:11,560
And one of these women that that
Julie is leading into leaning

1027
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,560
into and just praying over is
Luciana.

1028
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:17,240
If you take a look at this
picture, somewhere in Lucy, in

1029
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:20,280
the next picture, somewhere in
here, Luciana is getting prayed

1030
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:22,760
over by Julie at the Fields of
Faith event.

1031
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:25,400
And that's the kind of heart
that you see as you see Julie

1032
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:28,160
spreading your hands across over
all these students.

1033
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,880
That's the kind of heart and the
kind of effort that Julie's been

1034
00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:34,120
pouring into Luciana.
Luciana is very interesting.

1035
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:37,680
She was invited to the youth
group in an uncommon manner

1036
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:42,120
again by Kyle and Mandy Spratt,
who know that Luciana's parents,

1037
00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:45,720
Lucas and Diana, and they keep
inviting Luciana and they keep

1038
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:47,480
pushing on Luciana to come out
to youth group.

1039
00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:50,920
So Luciana does come out to
youth group and one of the, the,

1040
00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:55,000
what was it called, stipulations
for her being able to come out

1041
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,640
to youth group was that her dad
followed her along.

1042
00:59:57,880 --> 01:00:00,760
And because Luciana took the
invite that was given to her by

1043
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:04,600
Kyle and Mandy, her whole family
started by the wildfire and

1044
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:07,640
Lucas's life are now going
through a transformation and

1045
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:09,840
they're plugged into the church
and they all know God a lot more

1046
01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:12,000
closely.
And that happened because Lucy

1047
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:13,880
was actually willing to come to
youth group.

1048
01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:17,440
And so she comes to youth group,
she, she starts this wildfire of

1049
01:00:17,440 --> 01:00:20,200
faith across her family.
And who would, you know, other

1050
01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:22,920
than Julie to be her life group
leader?

1051
01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:25,840
And they're actually now in a
really cool position and they're

1052
01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:27,480
in a disciple making
relationship.

1053
01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:29,920
And what that means is they're
going through their Bible,

1054
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:32,640
they're going through a book
called the seven Checkpoints,

1055
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:35,600
and they're, they're, they're
learning more about God in

1056
01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:38,760
Luciana's life.
And there's a really cool theme

1057
01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:42,120
that that kind of unfolds here.
The theme that I pulled out of

1058
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:44,400
this story and that I pulled out
all the stories so far is that

1059
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:46,960
in order to be a difference
maker, you need to have had a

1060
01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:51,000
difference made in your life.
For, for Julie to, to make a

1061
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:55,000
difference in Luciana's life, we
have no idea as to how many

1062
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:58,920
people had to pour into Julie.
And Julie pours her heart and

1063
01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:01,200
her soul into this space.
And in this space, she pulls her

1064
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:04,240
heart and her soul into Luciana.
And in this space, Luciana is

1065
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:06,480
having herself refreshed and
filled in.

1066
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:08,880
And she invites her friend and
she invites her parents out.

1067
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:10,760
And you don't know where that's
all going to go out.

1068
01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:13,800
And it all happens and it all
starts because somebody took the

1069
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:16,520
time to pour into somebody
else's life.

1070
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:19,800
And the person that was poured
into then goes out and they pour

1071
01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:23,200
out into other people's life.
Can I tell you all that as you

1072
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:26,040
listen to these stories and as
you listen to my story on the

1073
01:01:26,040 --> 01:01:28,880
screen, that your generosity and
you're the difference that you

1074
01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:31,120
makes go so much deeper than you
could ever realize?

1075
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:34,160
Do you see as we're going into
the story, how many layers deep

1076
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:35,640
of difference making is
happening?

1077
01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:38,600
How it's not just this linear
thing, but it's an exponential

1078
01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:41,520
thing.
Luciana and Julie are both

1079
01:01:41,520 --> 01:01:44,640
difference makers because that
they had a difference made in

1080
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:48,360
their lives and because of that
difference made, their forevers

1081
01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:50,360
have been changed and they have
the opportunity to change their

1082
01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:51,760
feathers of other people.
It's.

1083
01:01:55,480 --> 01:01:56,680
Fantastic.
Nice work, man.

1084
01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:00,720
Not bad for a guy used to walk
outside and scroll his phone.

1085
01:02:01,840 --> 01:02:04,200
That's pretty good, Logan.
Every time he comes up here,

1086
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:06,760
just, you know, you, somebody
out does what you expect.

1087
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:08,200
That's good.
Amen.

1088
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:10,480
So thank you, Logan, for sharing
that story.

1089
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:15,320
Very, very, very, very powerful.
Next up, Barry.

1090
01:02:16,360 --> 01:02:18,200
Where's Barry?
He's hiding in the back.

1091
01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:22,440
I can see the wind blowing
through your hair right now.

1092
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:29,160
I appreciate you making me
follow that.

1093
01:02:29,160 --> 01:02:33,520
By the way, I like to tell
people I'm misunderstood.

1094
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:37,800
Do you guys believe me?
I'm, I'm definitely there's team

1095
01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:39,760
Christy and team Barry in the
house and team Barry has very,

1096
01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:42,520
very few members.
I told I told pastor I'm gonna

1097
01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:45,480
throw a left hook up here and I
want you guys to know I got to

1098
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:48,160
tell you a short story because
you're gonna misunderstand my

1099
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:52,040
intentions here in a second.
But I've got 4 great kids and

1100
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:54,280
you got to meet one of them here
just a minute ago.

1101
01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:58,560
But when I just had three, I was
stirring the pot a little bit.

1102
01:02:58,560 --> 01:03:00,680
One time we were, we were on a
car trip somewhere.

1103
01:03:01,080 --> 01:03:03,560
And I know none of you dads
would ever do this, but I, I

1104
01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:06,960
said, all right, which one of
you kids you think your mom

1105
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:10,520
loves you the biggest, right?
And so I just started this huge

1106
01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:12,840
fight in the car.
Mom loves me the biggest cuz I

1107
01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:16,040
did this and this and then next
one like, no, mom loves me the

1108
01:03:16,040 --> 01:03:17,800
biggest because I do this for
her.

1109
01:03:18,320 --> 01:03:20,320
And they just kept going on and
on and on.

1110
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:21,680
And it kind of calmed down a
little bit.

1111
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:25,720
And of course, my wife says, all
right, who does dad love the

1112
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:27,920
biggest?
And my daughter, who's a lot

1113
01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:31,320
like me in the back seat, she
goes, he loves himself the

1114
01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:35,000
biggest.
And I'm not like, oh, I told you

1115
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:38,000
I misunderstood.
I misunderstood.

1116
01:03:38,400 --> 01:03:40,600
So as I throw this picture up,
I'm gonna throw it with this

1117
01:03:40,600 --> 01:03:42,320
risk of being misunderstood
again.

1118
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,960
This is the person that you guys
are are making a difference in.

1119
01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:51,680
And as I thought about there's,
there's a lot of things they had

1120
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:54,960
flooded through my mind when
Sean asked me to come up with

1121
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:57,000
story.
And, and from the front row to

1122
01:03:57,000 --> 01:04:02,240
the back row, I could think of
story after story after story of

1123
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:04,280
interactions I've had with you
guys.

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01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:08,360
And I had so many stories I
could come up with, but they all

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01:04:08,360 --> 01:04:11,800
revolved around a relationship
that that I got to have with

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01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:15,920
each one of you guys, whether
it's at the front door, whether

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01:04:15,920 --> 01:04:19,240
it's in here setting up and
tearing down the church.

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01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:24,440
Truly, it is best is a family
and I'll try not to get

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01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:26,760
emotional with with, with with
with Sean up here.

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01:04:27,040 --> 01:04:30,680
But part of our story is this is
we came from a we came from a

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01:04:30,680 --> 01:04:34,880
situation where we had our
families torn apart.

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01:04:36,200 --> 01:04:39,040
And if you guys have ever been
in that situation, whether it's

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01:04:39,040 --> 01:04:42,520
your blood family or whether
it's an adopted family, you're

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01:04:42,520 --> 01:04:45,120
left looking for how to pick up
the pieces, right?

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01:04:46,080 --> 01:04:52,000
So the cool thing that God has
made a difference in my life is

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01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:56,880
you guys and the ability for,
for us to be family there.

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01:04:56,880 --> 01:04:58,520
There's nothing, there's no
price.

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01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:00,520
There's nothing you can that you
can put on that.

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01:05:01,520 --> 01:05:03,440
You guys are the people that I
pray for.

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01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:04,760
You're the people that pray for
me.

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01:05:05,240 --> 01:05:08,040
There's a, you're the reason why
I have white hair now instead of

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01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:11,240
I, I used to have, I used to
have brown or black hair.

1143
01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:14,400
You guys are the ones that
called me and sing Christmas

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01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:18,200
songs to me, Dan Bray.
You guys are the ones that are

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01:05:18,200 --> 01:05:20,440
there for my family.
You're the ones that have

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01:05:20,440 --> 01:05:22,120
visited me when when we've been
sick.

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01:05:23,040 --> 01:05:25,320
You're the ones that are just
calling for hey, how things

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01:05:25,320 --> 01:05:28,480
going.
And my encouragement for you in

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01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:30,400
this moment is this because
we're talking about difference

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01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:33,440
makers, right?
The difference making is the

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01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:34,840
people you surround yourselves
with.

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01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:39,600
And the cool thing is this is
that I get to go to church.

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01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:41,440
I get to come hang out with you
guys.

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01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:42,640
And really the church isn't
enough.

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01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:44,320
The spot we meet, this is where
we gather.

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01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:45,360
That's why we call it a
gathering.

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01:05:45,360 --> 01:05:48,800
If you guys don't know that, we
gather together as a family.

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01:05:49,560 --> 01:05:52,520
So thank you guys so much for
playing a difference in my life,

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01:05:52,880 --> 01:05:55,000
in my family's life and in real
life.

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01:05:55,160 --> 01:06:03,730
Thanks.
Well, Barry didn't tell me he's

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01:06:03,730 --> 01:06:05,090
going to talk about his own
story.

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01:06:05,090 --> 01:06:08,850
He told me I've got something
special to go with it, which is

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01:06:08,850 --> 01:06:09,690
Barry.
You can trust them.

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01:06:09,690 --> 01:06:12,770
Amen.
And I love about his story of

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01:06:12,770 --> 01:06:15,890
sharing because it starts out,
hey, I'm here to serve.

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01:06:16,210 --> 01:06:19,530
I'm here to get back.
And then if you are in ministry

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01:06:19,530 --> 01:06:21,730
long enough, like you serve a
little, long enough, you start

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01:06:21,730 --> 01:06:26,480
realizing that the glory of your
story is other people like you.

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01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:30,040
You came to get something for
yourself and to kind of, you

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01:06:30,040 --> 01:06:33,160
know, play a difference.
But the end of the day, you're

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01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:35,640
the one humbled and to say thank
you, Lord, for using my life.

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01:06:35,640 --> 01:06:37,560
Amen.
And that's the story.

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01:06:37,920 --> 01:06:39,640
And today, you know, you hear
these stories.

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01:06:39,640 --> 01:06:42,480
I'll use a Chuck Smith line if
this doesn't get you excited.

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01:06:43,080 --> 01:06:45,000
Your woods wet.
Amen.

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01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:49,160
Did I say it wrong?
I'm sorry.

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01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:53,000
Then light your fire.
I'll totally mess it up and I

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01:06:53,000 --> 01:07:00,280
didn't get hit with a pole.
You believe that Unreal explains

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01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:04,720
everything.
If God can use me, he can use

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01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:05,160
you.
Amen.

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01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:10,640
Oh, I love it, but your story
makes an impact.

1182
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,320
There's a lady in the Bible, and
I'm not going to take any much

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01:07:13,320 --> 01:07:17,280
time on this, but John chapter 4
is lady that goes.

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01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:20,240
She's one of the well that Jesus
finds, crosses lines, crosses

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01:07:20,240 --> 01:07:23,040
everything, finds her and she
does something remarkable,

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01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:26,600
something very simple.
She goes and she tells her story

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01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:30,640
to a whole city and to think
about like actually sharing your

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01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:32,760
life with somebody.
She said, she told me everything

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01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:34,920
she's done.
Like what would motivate

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01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:37,200
somebody to say, hey, man, my
life is jacked up, Tim, you

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01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:38,640
talked about it.
I've been there.

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01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:40,880
I went through a divorce.
It was hard.

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01:07:41,240 --> 01:07:43,640
But God, like, what would
motivate you to talk about your

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01:07:43,640 --> 01:07:47,320
deepest things to somebody else?
It's because you experienced the

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01:07:47,320 --> 01:07:48,920
difference between your life by
Jesus.

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01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:51,560
Amen.
And then we get the privilege of

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01:07:51,560 --> 01:07:54,080
just sharing our story, but we
all qualify to share our story.

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01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:56,320
Like you don't have anything but
your story.

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01:07:56,320 --> 01:07:58,760
It's old adage, right?
Work what you got.

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01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:01,520
And all she had literally was a
story.

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01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:05,000
And you can take your story and
you can just bring it to other

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01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:08,120
people and just give the glory
to God and all of a sudden

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01:08:08,320 --> 01:08:11,280
you're making an impact to the
things of Christ.

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01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:13,440
It's just because you're
willing, you're humbled because

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01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:15,840
you know Jesus has made
difference in your life.

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01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:18,120
You know, I think the song, I
can only imagine.

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01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:21,960
You guys remember the song,
right, Bart Millard and the

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01:08:21,960 --> 01:08:24,600
whole song you can come up by,
by the way, babe, it's it's

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01:08:24,800 --> 01:08:26,359
1010.
You know, like we can do that.

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01:08:28,319 --> 01:08:30,240
But Bart Millard wrote the song
I can only imagine.

1211
01:08:30,240 --> 01:08:36,080
And the whole idea of the song
is he's staring at eternity and

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01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:38,800
wandering in his mind like what
the moment's going to be like

1213
01:08:39,560 --> 01:08:42,600
when he meets Jesus.
And is he going to, is he going

1214
01:08:42,600 --> 01:08:46,000
to just stand there or it's your
knees going to fall?

1215
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:48,720
Is he going to, is he going to
sing Hallelujah?

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01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:52,520
Worse than nothing at all?
And it's just amaze.

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01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:55,800
Imagine a moment of like, what's
going to be like?

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01:08:56,439 --> 01:08:59,040
And there's this amazing
scripture that you may have

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01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:03,000
never seen in your life where
Paul actually gives us a glimpse

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01:09:04,040 --> 01:09:08,240
of the answer to the question.
And so it's found in Second

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01:09:08,240 --> 01:09:11,359
Thessalonians, which you have to
flip because my notes are behind

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01:09:11,359 --> 01:09:13,720
me.
It says, for what is our hope?

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01:09:14,359 --> 01:09:17,720
This is Paul, Timothy and Silas
or ministry leaders or people

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01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:20,520
were just pouring out their
story just preaching Jesus.

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01:09:20,960 --> 01:09:23,479
He says what's our hope, What's
our joy or the what?

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01:09:23,479 --> 01:09:27,240
What's it say?
What's the crown in which you

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01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:32,200
will glory in the presence of
our Lord Jesus when he comes

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01:09:32,600 --> 01:09:36,080
like what's the story that we're
going to 1st tell to Jesus?

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01:09:36,279 --> 01:09:39,080
What what's that story going to
have repeat on repeat in heaven?

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01:09:39,399 --> 01:09:42,000
What's your go to story where
you get to in front of Christ

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01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:45,960
and say, I can't wait to tell
you about and Paul says this.

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01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:52,399
He says, is it not you?
Indeed, you are the glory and

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01:09:52,399 --> 01:09:54,360
joy.
He's talking about the the the

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01:09:54,360 --> 01:09:57,160
people of God in the Church of
Thessalonica.

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01:09:57,680 --> 01:10:01,680
So thank you, Barry, for the
nail on the head for saying

1236
01:10:01,680 --> 01:10:06,960
today that you are the story
that we're going to brag about

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01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:09,840
when we get to heaven.
It's going to be like, hey,

1238
01:10:09,880 --> 01:10:11,600
Jesus, let me tell you about
Logan.

1239
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:14,480
Let me, let me tell you about
Abby.

1240
01:10:14,960 --> 01:10:16,680
Let me tell you how those people
came to Christ.

1241
01:10:17,080 --> 01:10:19,800
Let me talk about Teresa and how
her faith was broken and she's

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01:10:19,800 --> 01:10:22,520
running with the world.
And then she found the community

1243
01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:24,040
and then she's a glory bear for
you.

1244
01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:27,200
And she's full of faith and
courage and boldness and

1245
01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:29,360
insecurity straight away.
And now she lives out for you.

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01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:31,240
That's glory.
Amen.

1247
01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:33,720
That's the story we're going to
tell.

1248
01:10:34,160 --> 01:10:36,680
And the Bible actually calls
this the crown of rejoicing.

1249
01:10:37,440 --> 01:10:40,560
So it's called that.
You're given the crown of

1250
01:10:40,560 --> 01:10:43,080
rejoicing.
So when you get to heaven,

1251
01:10:43,520 --> 01:10:46,320
you're telling the stories of
where you made the biggest

1252
01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:49,160
difference for the cause of
Christ, where the gospel went

1253
01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:53,240
out.
And my suspicion as a pastor and

1254
01:10:53,240 --> 01:10:57,600
a leader for following Christ
for last 25 years of my life is

1255
01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:01,520
that most of us are not thinking
about this crown.

1256
01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:04,040
Most of us are building a crown
of sorrow.

1257
01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:07,560
Like our focus is work or family
and there's all good things,

1258
01:11:07,560 --> 01:11:09,920
right?
Sports, all the other things

1259
01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:13,480
that spend our energy and focus
and effort and and just just

1260
01:11:13,480 --> 01:11:18,560
trying to pay bills and then we
think, oh Lord, what am I really

1261
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:22,360
here for?
It's your gospel and things that

1262
01:11:22,360 --> 01:11:24,040
God will go out and impact
souls.

1263
01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:29,360
Amen.
That's that's free, but it cost

1264
01:11:29,360 --> 01:11:31,440
you because you have to humble
yourself.

1265
01:11:32,080 --> 01:11:37,680
And for guys like Barry, he can
say that because he's grinded

1266
01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:45,280
out with God to lay himself down
as a servant, as a broken

1267
01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:50,320
vessel, as a humble man, to make
a difference in life of people.

1268
01:11:51,160 --> 01:11:55,000
And you do that long enough and
you realize that what God does

1269
01:11:55,120 --> 01:11:58,280
is all that really matters.
Amen.

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01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:01,440
And we can live that out.
And so my challenge today is

1271
01:12:01,440 --> 01:12:04,880
that we build a crown of
rejoicing that we would

1272
01:12:04,880 --> 01:12:08,200
intentionally think about our
life, think about our budget,

1273
01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:10,720
think about our influence, think
about what God's put in our

1274
01:12:10,720 --> 01:12:13,640
hands and say, Lord, this is
yours.

1275
01:12:14,160 --> 01:12:18,600
How can I leverage everything
for you?

1276
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:21,560
And so, Father, we come before
you today.

1277
01:12:21,880 --> 01:12:26,960
Thank you for the stories that
are our crown and our glory.

1278
01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:30,960
We take pride in the fact that
you alone write the story.

1279
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:34,000
Jesus, I want to pray for those
today that would like to

1280
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:37,720
exchange a crown of sorrow for a
crown of joy, for those that are

1281
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:40,600
realizing today the story is
really not about me.

1282
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:43,440
It's about you, Jesus, and I
make your name famous.

1283
01:12:43,640 --> 01:12:47,720
I've got a story to share and
Lord, give me people to share it

1284
01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:50,600
with God.
Give me boldness to speak up.

1285
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:54,360
Let me be a servant of you.
God, the first thing I'm going

1286
01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:56,480
to run to you and tell you about
God is the people that have

1287
01:12:56,480 --> 01:13:01,920
impacted through me, through you
for the cause of Christ.

1288
01:13:02,160 --> 01:13:06,120
God help me to expand that list
and maybe here dating to Jesus

1289
01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:08,040
following God just speaking to
you like then I don't have these

1290
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:12,000
stories, but I want these
stories like I want God to use

1291
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:14,920
my life.
I want to be a difference maker

1292
01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:17,800
for Christ.
If that's you, just raise your

1293
01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:20,000
hand, hide.
Just let Jesus know that God

1294
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:23,920
speaking to you to go all in to
this leverage your time, your

1295
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:27,240
influence, your words, because
we know attorneys at stake.

1296
01:13:27,240 --> 01:13:30,320
You talk differently and you
give differently and you walk

1297
01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:32,320
differently and you hope
differently and you joy

1298
01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:34,400
differently and you rejoice
differently.

1299
01:13:35,080 --> 01:13:36,520
And so God, you see the hinge in
the hearts.

1300
01:13:36,520 --> 01:13:40,520
Help us to be those type of
people, Lord difference makers

1301
01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:44,600
and our generation.
But people look back and say, if

1302
01:13:44,600 --> 01:13:47,120
it wasn't for them, I don't know
where I would be.

1303
01:13:47,920 --> 01:13:49,680
I can't quite figure out what
they made different.

1304
01:13:49,680 --> 01:13:53,320
They did unordinary things,
simple things.

1305
01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:56,120
We're the generation that picked
the phone up, the generation

1306
01:13:56,120 --> 01:13:58,760
that prayed, the generation that
that got in the word of God,

1307
01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:02,120
that read the Bible, that that
had some boldness in our culture

1308
01:14:02,120 --> 01:14:04,440
that said, no, I'm good for me,
my house.

1309
01:14:04,480 --> 01:14:07,720
I follow the Lord.
Help us to be that generation

1310
01:14:07,720 --> 01:14:09,560
and I pray for one more group of
people.

1311
01:14:09,560 --> 01:14:12,440
That's those of you that walked
in a day and you recognize that

1312
01:14:12,440 --> 01:14:13,720
you still need your story
written.

1313
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:18,360
You recognize that there's a God
full of grace that loves you,

1314
01:14:18,840 --> 01:14:21,600
that cares for you, that every
person that you saw on the stage

1315
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:24,240
is a broken vessel and every
story heard another story of a

1316
01:14:24,240 --> 01:14:26,360
broken person.
And you recognize that in your

1317
01:14:26,360 --> 01:14:30,080
brokenness you need rescued, you
need Jesus.

1318
01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:32,920
It all says that Jesus Son, the
sinless Son of God that downed

1319
01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:35,160
the cross for our sins 2000
years ago.

1320
01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:38,040
If you believe in him, you have
eternal life.

1321
01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:40,400
It's a free gift.
Nobody can boast.

1322
01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:42,480
There's nothing to do to earn
it, nothing to do to keep it,

1323
01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:46,520
nothing to deserve it.
That we're stranded in sin, but

1324
01:14:46,560 --> 01:14:50,720
Jesus, our Savior of the world
died for us.

1325
01:14:51,160 --> 01:14:53,960
You can call on him today.
He'll give you a new name, a new

1326
01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:57,120
purpose, a New Hope, a new
passion, and he'll write a

1327
01:14:57,120 --> 01:14:58,760
chapter in your life.
You look back and say I'm

1328
01:14:58,760 --> 01:15:02,040
unashamed of my past because
he's unforgiven, but I'm going

1329
01:15:02,040 --> 01:15:04,160
to use it to reach people in the
future.

1330
01:15:04,520 --> 01:15:05,920
Today you're not here on
accident.

1331
01:15:06,560 --> 01:15:11,960
You may recognize that somebody
else and their story is actually

1332
01:15:11,960 --> 01:15:16,080
writing your forever today.
And so today if you need Jesus,

1333
01:15:16,480 --> 01:15:18,240
thought I'd be looking around,
not making it weird.

1334
01:15:18,320 --> 01:15:20,640
Maybe it's came for your family
and the child dedication.

1335
01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:22,600
But if you need Jesus, God's
getting a hold of you speaking

1336
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:25,280
today for the very first time.
We should raise your hand high

1337
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:26,920
in this place and say I need
Jesus today.

1338
01:15:27,560 --> 01:15:31,920
Come on, I got hands all across
the room, I knew Jesus and then

1339
01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:35,640
walk in here right with God.
I know he's working in my life.

1340
01:15:35,640 --> 01:15:37,280
That's the Spirit of God that's
drawn to you.

1341
01:15:37,280 --> 01:15:40,880
If this is you, I'm not going to
believe through a prayer, but

1342
01:15:40,880 --> 01:15:42,840
the prayer didn't save you.
It's just your heart.

1343
01:15:42,840 --> 01:15:44,400
It's that humility you've seen
all day.

1344
01:15:44,960 --> 01:15:47,880
Just cry to God, say God, thank
you so much for loving enough to

1345
01:15:47,880 --> 01:15:50,200
send your son Jesus to down a
cross.

1346
01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:56,280
God, I am so unworthy of your
son, but God, I know you love

1347
01:15:56,280 --> 01:15:59,200
me.
God thank you all the things you

1348
01:15:59,200 --> 01:16:00,520
could think about, all the
things you do.

1349
01:16:00,520 --> 01:16:04,400
God you would choose to love me
and down across my sin.

1350
01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:06,640
God, you have my life, you have
my tomorrow's.

1351
01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:08,400
I surrendered you.
God, I believe in you.

1352
01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:11,240
I pray this in Jesus name.
The church said Amen.

1353
01:16:11,240 --> 01:16:12,960
Give it up big for those who
came to Christ today.

1354
01:16:13,800 --> 01:16:17,080
Stories heard today.
I would encourage you if you

1355
01:16:17,080 --> 01:16:20,200
made that decision to follow
Christ, let us know we we don't

1356
01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:21,200
want to just leave you on your
own.

1357
01:16:21,200 --> 01:16:23,720
Want to help you grow.
Take that connection card and

1358
01:16:23,720 --> 01:16:25,920
check the box.
I committed life to Jesus and

1359
01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:28,280
we'll do some very special we're
going to mail you a book called

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01:16:28,280 --> 01:16:29,720
begin.
We're going to follow up with

1361
01:16:29,720 --> 01:16:30,760
you.
We're going to connect you If

1362
01:16:30,760 --> 01:16:33,920
you want to get connected with a
believer in our church to help

1363
01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:35,920
you grow with your first steps
with Christ.

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01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,400
And so I'd encourage you guys to
do that.

1365
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:40,040
There's a Bible on the way out
the door as well.

1366
01:16:40,480 --> 01:16:43,600
If you came to Christ, take that
Bible as a free gift and

1367
01:16:43,720 --> 01:16:44,840
encourage you guys to read it.
Amen.

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01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:46,680
We got a lot of new people in
the house.

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01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:47,880
We'd love you to introduce
yourself.

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01:16:47,880 --> 01:16:50,360
We have a free gift for you at
our New Year booth on the way

1371
01:16:50,360 --> 01:16:51,760
out.
Just drop your card off there or

1372
01:16:51,760 --> 01:16:53,480
drop in a giving bucket.
Can you guys give up for

1373
01:16:53,480 --> 01:16:55,120
everybody's new one more time?
By the way, let them know we

1374
01:16:55,120 --> 01:17:00,760
love them today.
I'd encourage you real quick

1375
01:17:00,760 --> 01:17:02,400
next week.
We're doing some very special.

1376
01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:06,800
We are having commitment Sunday.
So we have our cards and I'll

1377
01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:09,680
encourage you guys to pray.
Continue to fast if you've been

1378
01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:11,920
fasting over what the Lord would
have you to do.

1379
01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:15,440
If if you're new, you don't know
about the card, maybe you have

1380
01:17:15,440 --> 01:17:17,200
the card you hadn't looked at
yet and prayed over it.

1381
01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:19,800
I'll just encourage you real
quick on the back, it's just a

1382
01:17:20,280 --> 01:17:23,560
type of chart with the different
type of gifts we think, believe

1383
01:17:23,560 --> 01:17:26,840
that God's asked us to have to
reach our goal of 1.9 million /

1384
01:17:26,840 --> 01:17:29,080
2 years.
No shame, whatever you pick,

1385
01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:31,120
Amen.
Just between you and the Lord.

1386
01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:32,840
But I will encourage you when
you look at it.

1387
01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:35,120
And if you're like me and Diane,
like we've struggled, like man,

1388
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:38,600
I could be here, but Lord would
look like to be here, like to

1389
01:17:38,600 --> 01:17:40,160
challenge ourselves to step of
faith.

1390
01:17:40,160 --> 01:17:41,240
And that's that's what we've
done.

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01:17:41,720 --> 01:17:44,040
We'll talk about that next week.
Inside the card, you'll see

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01:17:44,040 --> 01:17:47,320
different boxes.
The top box is what you anly

1393
01:17:47,320 --> 01:17:48,720
give.
If you're giving, you just put

1394
01:17:48,720 --> 01:17:51,200
that in.
The next one's expanded giving.

1395
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:53,400
So if you look at that, you'll
say what when we step into in

1396
01:17:53,400 --> 01:17:56,520
the season to come to our first
permit space and that's the

1397
01:17:56,520 --> 01:17:59,000
expansion.
You take it times 2 and there's

1398
01:17:59,000 --> 01:18:00,920
a special spot.
And this is a spot that really

1399
01:18:00,920 --> 01:18:04,240
gets me excited as I look at for
myself, it's stored resources.

1400
01:18:04,920 --> 01:18:07,240
It's like, what can I give you,
Lord, beyond my earned income?

1401
01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:09,600
What what?
Maybe there's is a savings

1402
01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:11,840
account, maybe there's some
inheritance that's sitting

1403
01:18:11,840 --> 01:18:13,480
there.
Maybe there's this leftover

1404
01:18:13,480 --> 01:18:17,000
item, maybe some stuff.
Maybe there's a a motorcycle or

1405
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:20,200
a car, an RV, maybe a second
house and whatever, right?

1406
01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:22,120
Like, Lord, is there something I
can leverage?

1407
01:18:22,120 --> 01:18:25,600
You called me this season to
play a part of what real life is

1408
01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:27,240
doing.
And there's so many different

1409
01:18:27,240 --> 01:18:31,000
resources for many of us that we
could look into.

1410
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:35,600
Even stocks or investments don't
revise funds requirement

1411
01:18:35,600 --> 01:18:37,680
distributions.
There's so many ways to think

1412
01:18:37,680 --> 01:18:38,760
about it.
And that's why you get excited

1413
01:18:38,760 --> 01:18:41,800
because I'm like, Lord, there
are some things in my life that

1414
01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:44,960
I could give and leverage more.
And you add that up and that's

1415
01:18:45,040 --> 01:18:47,120
your to your commitment.
And so I encourage you guys,

1416
01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:49,240
this isn't really about money.
It's about souls.

1417
01:18:49,240 --> 01:18:51,400
Amen.
It's a step of faith.

1418
01:18:51,400 --> 01:18:53,720
I've pastored or separate more
people through financial

1419
01:18:53,720 --> 01:18:56,960
conversations in the last six
months and has been the greatest

1420
01:18:56,960 --> 01:18:59,200
conversations.
I would encourage you with one

1421
01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:01,440
more thing too.
You may be in a situation where

1422
01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:04,600
you're like, hey, I I want to be
generous, but I can't.

1423
01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:07,760
And you may be in a situation
where I would like to do more,

1424
01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:09,560
but I can't.
And I would do something very

1425
01:19:09,560 --> 01:19:11,200
special for you.
I'm going to lead a life group

1426
01:19:11,200 --> 01:19:13,120
this next semester that next
spring because I've had so many

1427
01:19:13,120 --> 01:19:15,520
conversations with people that
are really struggling.

1428
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:18,080
So I'm going to live group
called Financial Freedom and

1429
01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:21,240
it's going to be very basic, but
very powerful.

1430
01:19:21,720 --> 01:19:23,920
And if you don't get these steps
right, you're probably not going

1431
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:25,640
to get the rest of it right
because we're not going to go

1432
01:19:25,640 --> 01:19:27,840
into like second level stuff.
But it's like, what's the

1433
01:19:27,840 --> 01:19:32,080
purpose of money?
How to master your money, like

1434
01:19:32,080 --> 01:19:37,040
strategies of getting out of
debt, knowing your, your net

1435
01:19:37,040 --> 01:19:39,880
worth, what's your assets,
what's your liabilities walking

1436
01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:41,680
through?
And what I'm going to do, I'm

1437
01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:43,960
going to actually give you, I
have a sell spreadsheet with all

1438
01:19:43,960 --> 01:19:47,240
my stuff and I'm just going to
give you what I have with my

1439
01:19:47,240 --> 01:19:50,120
real numbers.
No shame, OK?

1440
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:52,360
I'm not embarrassed by them.
And if you don't like it, that's

1441
01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:55,640
OK Amen.
I'm going to give it to you and

1442
01:19:55,640 --> 01:19:58,360
you can tweak it for yourself.
And I want to give you some

1443
01:19:58,360 --> 01:20:00,960
tools, Amen.
Something very practical to help

1444
01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:03,200
you those next steps.
And I'm very passionate about

1445
01:20:03,200 --> 01:20:06,960
this because so many people are
doing it wrong and they're

1446
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:09,320
missing out on the opportunities
that God has.

1447
01:20:09,840 --> 01:20:13,360
And I see families that have a
lot of resource but don't have a

1448
01:20:13,360 --> 01:20:16,000
lot of the ability to be
generous.

1449
01:20:16,640 --> 01:20:19,720
Because of credit card debt or
they're not aligned together.

1450
01:20:19,880 --> 01:20:21,560
We're going to walk through what
looks like to do finances

1451
01:20:21,560 --> 01:20:22,600
together.
I'm going to give you a no

1452
01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:25,280
tracking budget, Amen.
Praise God, Hallelujah.

1453
01:20:25,280 --> 01:20:27,320
I'm going to give you some
principles to follow to pay

1454
01:20:27,320 --> 01:20:30,520
yourself 1st and to honor God.
And I'm going to walk through

1455
01:20:30,520 --> 01:20:31,920
this every week.
I'm very passionate about it.

1456
01:20:31,920 --> 01:20:33,400
But if you're in a spot where
like you want to increase

1457
01:20:33,400 --> 01:20:35,960
generosity or you're just
struggling in debt and like,

1458
01:20:35,960 --> 01:20:39,160
man, I wish I could do more.
I just want to get my stuff

1459
01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:40,680
right.
I'm here to help.

1460
01:20:40,680 --> 01:20:42,480
Amen.
Does that sound good?

1461
01:20:43,360 --> 01:20:45,360
Because you may look at this
card and go, man, this want

1462
01:20:45,360 --> 01:20:46,480
money?
I'm like, no, we want you to be

1463
01:20:46,480 --> 01:20:48,440
better.
And so I want you to have that

1464
01:20:48,440 --> 01:20:50,880
opportunity today.
I'll encourage you guys to be

1465
01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:52,320
generous as always, like you
always are.

1466
01:20:52,320 --> 01:20:54,040
We have so many new givers this
last season.

1467
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:55,720
We're going to pass some buckets
in a second.

1468
01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:58,680
I would encourage you as you
pass if you need money for any

1469
01:20:58,680 --> 01:21:01,080
food, clothing or shelter.
I know it's a tough season.

1470
01:21:01,240 --> 01:21:03,760
Just take out a loose cash.
You see, I will encourage you as

1471
01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:05,400
well.
If you really need some help.

1472
01:21:05,480 --> 01:21:07,680
The the been a lot people always
give cash in the buckets.

1473
01:21:07,960 --> 01:21:10,720
Come talk to me or one of our
team and say I'm really, I need

1474
01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:13,680
some help in this season.
I will note this if you need

1475
01:21:13,680 --> 01:21:15,680
this can be weird.
I got a guy in our church.

1476
01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:18,960
He's got a freezer full of of
roasts and all sorts of

1477
01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:21,000
different meats.
And you're like, hey, you know

1478
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:22,320
what?
I'm struggling financially.

1479
01:21:22,400 --> 01:21:23,800
Well, guess what?
We got some meat here.

1480
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:26,000
Amen.
And we'd love to donate it.

1481
01:21:26,120 --> 01:21:29,000
So if you need help, just come
let us know and we'll do it.

1482
01:21:29,080 --> 01:21:30,800
We're glad to do that.
So I'm a turn to the Berry to

1483
01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:32,320
get us out here.
But God, God bless you guys.

1484
01:21:32,320 --> 01:21:35,120
Thank you.
Man, what awesome did you guys

1485
01:21:35,120 --> 01:21:38,920
enjoy those stories today man,
praise Jesus, Praise Jesus.

1486
01:21:39,280 --> 01:21:41,080
Hey, before we get you out of
here, I want to give you guys

1487
01:21:41,080 --> 01:21:42,800
one awesome announcement this
Saturday.

1488
01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:46,360
REAL Life Men is meeting at the
Hope Center 6:30 to 8:00.

1489
01:21:46,640 --> 01:21:48,880
Here's my cursement for you men,
man.

1490
01:21:48,880 --> 01:21:51,440
God has called us to be on the
front line of our families, to

1491
01:21:51,440 --> 01:21:53,440
lead well.
And this is a, this is a

1492
01:21:53,440 --> 01:21:54,920
breakfast you do not want to
miss.

1493
01:21:55,120 --> 01:21:57,160
And so we're going to lean into
what it looks like to be the

1494
01:21:57,160 --> 01:21:58,560
church and not just go to
church.

1495
01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:01,400
And Jesus did some radical
things in his day because he

1496
01:22:01,400 --> 01:22:03,920
pushed back against the Jews
traditions and going to temple

1497
01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:06,320
and sacrifice and he instituted
the church.

1498
01:22:06,640 --> 01:22:09,240
So it's been, we get to take
that opportunity to lead our

1499
01:22:09,240 --> 01:22:10,840
families well, lead this church
well.

1500
01:22:10,960 --> 01:22:13,000
So I'm invite you guys out for
some biscuits and gravy.

1501
01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:14,280
Who loves biscuits and gravy,
guys?

1502
01:22:14,280 --> 01:22:16,800
You guys love it.
Yeah, so come out, come hang out

1503
01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:18,280
with us.
We want to see you guys there.

1504
01:22:18,280 --> 01:22:20,040
Hey, if you need pray for any
reason, we would love to pray

1505
01:22:20,040 --> 01:22:22,520
with you up here.
Can't wait to see you guys again

1506
01:22:22,520 --> 01:22:25,560
next week, either 9:00 or 10:45.
And as always, remember, whoever

1507
01:22:25,560 --> 01:22:27,800
finds Jesus discovers real life
and purpose.

1508
01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:34,840
This is the end of this podcast.
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1509
01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:37,720
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1510
01:22:37,720 --> 01:22:39,560
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1512
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