This is Our Moment - Difference Maker

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Hey, good morning, Real life
Church.

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Awesome to see you this morning.
I just want to invite you to

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stand to your feet today.
We're going to kick things off

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with just singing to our great,
great God.

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We're going to sing to him.
And yeah, we could get those

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hands going today.
I just want this to be an

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atmosphere of praise this
morning.

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All right?
It's all about him.

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This is our testimony.
Come on.

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I saw Satan fall like lightning.
I saw darkness run for cover.

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But the miracle that I just
can't get over my name is

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registered in heaven I believe.
I believe in signs and wonders.

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I have resurrection power.
Yes I do.

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Still the miracle that I just
can't get over my name is

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registered in heaven.
My praise belongs to you

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forever.
Let's sing it.

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This is my testimony.
From death to life.

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Because grace rewrote my story,
I'll testify.

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By Jesus Christ the righteous,
I'm justified.

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This is my testimony.
This is my testimony.

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Amen.
Join us in singing.

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Come together, sons and
daughters, bought with blood and

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washed in water.
Sing the praises of the Spirit,

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Son and Father.
Our God, we'll finish what he

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started.
Yes, our God, we'll finish what

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he started.
Oh, this is my testimony from.

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Death to life.
Because Grace rewrote my story,

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I'm testified by Jesus Christ
the righteous.

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I'm justified.
This is my testimony.

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This is my testimony.
All right, Kai, just tell you

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this morning, if there's air in
those lungs and he's not done

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with you yet, let's sing it out.
If I'm not dead, then you're not

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done.
Greater things are still to

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come.
Oh, I believe if I'm not dead,

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then you're not done.
Greater things are still to

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come.
Oh, I believe.

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Come on, Sing.
If I'm not dead, then you're not

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done.
Greater things are still to

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come.
Oh, I believe.

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If I'm not dead, then you're not
done.

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Greater things are still to
come.

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Oh, I believe.
Come on.

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Real life Church.
I want you to to declare this.

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Come on, this is my testimony
from death to life.

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Because grace rewrote my story,
I'll testify.

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By Jesus Christ the righteous,
I'm justified.

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This is my testimony now.
I'm alive.

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This is my testimony from.
Death to life.

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Because grace rewrote my story,
I testify that Jesus Christ the

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righteous, I'm justified.
This is my testimony.

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This is my testimony from death
to life.

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I've got a reason to sing today.
Come on, real life Church, was

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this your testimony today?
We let it here.

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Come on, let's praise him.
Come.

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On, come on, give Him a shout of
praise in the house today.

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Hey, that is our story.
We are living proof of His

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goodness and His faithfulness.
And because of that, let's build

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our life on Him today.
Declare this song.

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Worthy of every song we could
ever see.

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Worthy of all praise we could
ever breathe.

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Worthy of every prayers we could
ever breathe.

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We.
Live for you.

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Jesus, the name above every
other knee.

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Jesus, the only one who could
ever say, worthy of every breath

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we could ever greet every year.
Holy, there is no one like you.

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There is none beside you.
Opening up my eyes in water and

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show me who you.
Are and.

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Fill me.
With your.

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Heart and leave me in your love
to those around me.

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Worthy of every song we could
ever sing.

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Worthy of all praise we could
ever breathe.

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Worthy of every breath we could
ever breathe.

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We live free.
Jesus, the name above every

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other name.
Jesus, the only one who could

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ever say, worthy of every
brethren could ever breed.

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With every room all we live free
room holy.

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There is no one like you.
There is none beside you.

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Open up my eyes in wonder and
show me who you are and fill me

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with your heart and leave me
then you love to those around

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me.
Holy, there is no one like you,

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there is none beside you.
Open up my eyes and wonder and

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show me who you are and fill me
with your heart and leave me.

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And you love to close around
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Montrose different this time
today on my

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own upon your hope it is of the
foundation.

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I will win my trust he will not
reach a game.

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I will win.
My I upon you is of the

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foundation.
I will avoid my trust.

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In you.
And I will not be shaping only.

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There is no one lie, there is
none beside you.

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Open up my eyes and wonder and
show me who you are.

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To clear me with your heart and
knee.

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Being in love to those around
me.

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Holy, there is no one like you.
There is no.

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The world is all the foundation
I will put.

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My trust in.
You and I will never be.

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I'll never be changing.
You.

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Were.
The word at the beginning, the

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one with God, that the Lord Most
High, your hidden glory and

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creation is now revealed in.
You.

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Our Christ, what a beautiful
name it is.

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What a beautiful name it is, the
name of Jesus Christ my King.

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What a beautiful name it is, and
nothing compares to this.

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What a beautiful name it is.
The name of Jesus you didn't

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want without us.
So Jesus humor.

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On heaven your sin was.
Great, your love was greater and

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what could I say, boring us.
Now.

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What a wonderful day.
And it is.

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What a wonderful.
The name.

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Of Jesus Christ, what a.
Wonderful.

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Name it is.
There's nothing.

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Compressed to this, what a
wonderful.

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Name.
It is the name of Jesus.

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What a.
Wonderful.

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Name it is the.
Name.

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Of Jesus.
How could you love to sing love?

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To sing who you are, death could
not hurt you.

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The heavens.
Are worrying the praise of the

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world rain for you?
Are rose to life to have.

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What a powerful.
Name it is what a powerful name

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it is.
The name of Jesus.

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What a powerful.
Name it is nothing.

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Can't stand against what a
powerful.

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Name.
It is the name all sitting out

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today.
You have no rival.

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You have no rival.
You have no rival.

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Yours is the Kingdom.
Yours is the glory.

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Yours is the name of the Lord.
What a powerful name it is.

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What a powerful.
Name it.

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Is the name of Jesus Christ my?
What a.

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Powerful name it is nothing can.
Stand against what a powerful.

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Name.
It is the name of Jesus.

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What?
A powerful.

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Name.
It is the name of Jesus.

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What a powerful the name of
Jesus sing.

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Worthy is your name.
Jesus lives that you deserve to

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praise, and worthy is your name,
worthy is your name.

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You deserve the praise, say
Worthy is your name.

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Again Worthy is your name,
Jesus, You deserve the praise.

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Worthy is your name.
Worthy is your name.

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Crazy world is your name is
worthy Lord, Because what?

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A beautiful name it is.
What a beautiful.

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Name it is.
It's just the voices.

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Name.
Of Jesus Christ.

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What a beautiful name it is.
Nothing compares to this.

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What a beautiful name it is.
The name of Jesus.

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What a beautiful name it is.
The name of Jesus and.

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Amen.
Let's give it up for God.

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And what a beautiful name.
I want an opportunity just to

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give worship back to God this
morning and recognize the power

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in his worthiness.
And man, just the beautiful name

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of Jesus.
But when you call to him,

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there's nothing more beautiful
than knowing that you can rest

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in the power of God.
So can we give it for God one

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more time this morning, man
Amen.

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Amen.
Hey, I want to welcome you guys

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here today.
I want you guys to know that we

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have a ton of new people with us
again today online and in

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person.
Let's show those guys some love.

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Give them a round of applause,
and thank you so much for

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choosing to gather worship with
today.

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Hey, take 30 seconds to greet
somebody around you.

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You guys can go ahead and catch
a seat as you catch a seat,

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you're getting ready to sit on
something awesome.

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It is our connection card.
If you call Real Life home, We

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love it when you fill this card
out.

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Let's know what's going on in
your life.

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We see what you guys right week
in week out, we pray over them.

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So whether it's a praise or a
prayer request called Real Life

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home, please send those in.
We'd love to get it from you if

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you call, if you're new or newer
with us here at Real life, this

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is this is for you as well.
And I'm going to make this

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promise to you.
We're not going to ask anything

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else from you today except this
one simple thing if you're new

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with us to introduce yourself.
And we would just love to send

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you us more information about
real life, who we are, why we

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exist, why we're here every
Sunday and throughout the week

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throughout the city.
So again, thank you so much for

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being with us.
And we're here through through

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on Sunday and throughout the
week because we believe that

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we're a church on a mission.
And that mission is to see

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people far from God discover
their real life and purpose in

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Jesus.
And simply, all that means is

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this is we know that it's easy
to go through this world and get

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screwed up, get messed up, get
beat down.

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And really, that's not what
we're meant to stay.

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We're not meant to be laying on
the ground on our knees.

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We're meant to come before God
and have purpose, be on mission.

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And that's what God's got for
you today if you don't know

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that.
So we're off.

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We exist just to get people
connected back to God and we get

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to see these awesome stories of
people receive Christ week in

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and week out.
So we're so excited that you're

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with us today and on mission.
So that leads us in.

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We're kicking off a new series
called Difference Maker.

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So for the last eight years,
we've had the opportunity, the

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joy of being on mission with
God.

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And what that mission has done
is we've seen hope and

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transformation brought to so
many people's lives.

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And that happens week in, week
out.

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And over these last eight years,
it's been so cool just to see

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God do that.
But today we're stepping into a

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new season, something we feel
like God's called us to do.

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And, and, and in this season, we
are going to lead into our next

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step, our next step of faith.
And it's not about a facility,

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it's not about a building, it's
about a movement.

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And so today I want you guys to
buckle in and open your hearts,

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open your minds to what God has
for you in this season.

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For the next six weeks, we're
going to allow God just to to

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clear obstacles out of our way.
We're going to ask God to do the

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impossible.
And like every beautiful story,

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whether it was the Exodus and in
the Old Testament, God calling

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his people to a mission and a
purpose or whether it was the

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early church in Acts, a coming
together with 1 accord for a

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purpose.
Today we are going to take that

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next step as real life, as a
gathering to do what God's

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called us to do here.
And we're all going to be called

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to be difference makers and to
reach that next generation and

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to see the stories that are
coming in the next, in the next

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year years coming forward to see
each souls transformed.

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So once you guys take this
opportunity, look up Pastor Sean

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with the broken arm as we kick
off Difference Maker.

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Good morning.
Good morning, good morning.

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Have I failed you already?
Check 121020.

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Oh, no.
Oh, there you guys are tricking

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me out today.
You see how they did that?

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They said broken arm.
Man, we see you put them in the

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hotspot.
So well, good morning, guys.

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You might be, you might not
know, like, man, what happened

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to Pastor Sean?
I'd like to say it was something

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really cool like a bicycle kick
or some kind of like, you know,

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Roundhouse kick.
And I save somebody's life.

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I've been joking with people
that I've just may offend the

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mature generation, but I keep
joking.

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I turned 40 and my rotator cuff
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Come on somebody right.
And if you're older, you're

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like, no, that's, that's not
works, man.

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But I tore some along the way.
And I finally said, Hey, it's

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time to get surgery.
I couldn't lay in a bed.

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I could not pull the blanket up.
I said, that's probably an

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issue.
And I'm 40, so let's get that

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taken care of.
But I want to say thank you guys

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for the prayers for the support.
Some of you guys have reached

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out and sent gifts or food or
gift cards but I can feel your

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guys prayers and honestly I'm
doing really well.

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Probably exceeded expectation.
I was dreading like all sorts of

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stuff and I've been feeling
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Haven't had pain meds and it's a
couple days past surgery 2 weeks

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ago.
You probably just slowed me down

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a little bit and the team is
trying to slow me down.

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I love you all.
I know you care for me but I'm

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feeling good.
So thank you guys for the

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prayers and support.
Just keep praying.

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It's going to be a little bit of
journey so kind of hanging with

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it but I'm excited.
Can I celebrate a few things

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before we jump in the day?
Can we do that?

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Couple things.
One, thank you guys for those

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who are going out and sharing
the gospel with people are far

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from God.
Not just biting people here, but

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going out on mission.
I feel like the world's a little

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chaotic with all the politics,
the assassination, Charlie Kirk

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to so many things and we have
just an opportunity to be hope

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and to be lights to be salt in
our city, in our families, in

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our community and to share the
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So say thank you guys doing that
because people are coming to

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Christ because of you guys.
Your people are showing up to

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youth group to kids to here on
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People last week we had two
people come to Christ because

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someone went out and shared the
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So give up for that.
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So not just not just God working
people coming, but God working

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through you to share.
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That's that's a secret sauce.
And so be be cognizant of those

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conversations and relationships
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I would be a miss not to thank
two people in particular this

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last few weeks that have held
down the Fort have done a

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fantastic job sharing God's
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Can you guys give it up for
Barry and Logie Logie Logan.

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That's for not viewing me,
buddy.

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Logan Hardy.
Give it up big for them.

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Next time he'll mute me faster.
So anyway, I thought last week

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was was just excellence upon
excellence.

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If you were here last week
talking about fasting, that

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message was 10 out of 10 for
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Being a second time ever up here
preaching from a platform like

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this in a stage like this, I
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It wasn't just like here's some
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It was something that he lives
out something that he believes

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in deeply.
It is full of passion and the

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Spirit of God was moving.
You guys feel the spirit of God

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last week.
You feel a conviction last week.

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You feel like man, I I can do
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And so to keep Logan's words
true from last week, he says he

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can hold you guys accountable,
right and someone holds you

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accountable.
I mean, how many guys be real

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honest.
You say, hey man, last week I

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actually fasted show of hands.
Keep him up dude, that's

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awesome.
Go God, Amen.

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Oh God, come on, give it up.
For those guys who fasted, don't

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be like shy about that.
And if you didn't, guess what,

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you can start, Amen.
It's not too late to start.

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I would encourage you guys to
continue to fast if you did it

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last week And you know, for some
of you, it's like maybe really

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unimpressive, like I fasted and
life got hard or I fasted and I

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was really hungry, but nothing
really changed.

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But I would encourage you guys.
There's something significant

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that happens when you fast.
It's basically saying my eyes

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are on Jesus, I'm trusting God,
I'm depend on him.

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It's not made to be easy, Amen.
And it's it's this lost

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spiritual art.
And so I want to encourage you

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guys to continue to do it.
And I talked to some of you guys

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that reached out and were like,
hey, I've never fasted, what

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should I do?
I'm like, hey, take that 12

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hours.
Just pick a day a week and some

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sun up to sundown.
Refrain yourself from food and

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just twitch your eyes on the
Lord.

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And some of you guys have, I
know numerous people did that.

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How many guys are first time
fasted ever?

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Last week, Show of hands 123.
OK, three or four people.

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That's awesome.
Give it for those guys, Amen.

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That's a huge step, a huge step.
And some of you guys been

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fasting.
It has been a long time.

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I know some people came there
new last week and there was just

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a word for them and had been a
long time say faster.

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They said, Lord, I really get
back to I need your presence.

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And so they fasted and some of
you guys are routine of fasting.

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You just like that's part of my
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It's my habit, that's my my
spiritual habit, It's my

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practice.
And you guys just encouraged

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like in big ways last week.
And so I was going to share a

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little bit just as a way of kind
of wrapping up that thought on

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fasting about the power of
fasting, really how it leads in

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the spiritual moments.
And you find us all throughout

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the Bible.
Matter of fact, I encourage you

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maybe get on ChatGPT or Google
and just say, give me the times

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for people fast in the Bible.
You're going to find there's 70

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instances in the Bible or people
fasted and they're just life

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changing, just amazing stories,
these holy moments.

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And so if you need God's
presence, you've got people like

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Moses who fasted on Mount Sinai
before they had the

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commandments.
That's a pretty significant

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moment right to receive the the
the law of God or Paul and

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Barnabas.
They fasted before they point

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leaders in the church.
That'd be a great practice.

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By the way, as we bring up
leadership, as we send out

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missionaries, as we grow
disciples is to fast for those

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people.
Amen.

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We want God's will and want
God's a sermon as we send people

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out.
Logan talked this last week

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about repentance and renewal.
It's about the people of

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Nineveh.
There's a Gentile nation of

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people that are going to be
judged by God, wiped the face of

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the earth and they tore their
clothes and they repented and

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God withheld his judgment.
Amen.

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And for some of us, getting
right with God, we need to fast.

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Samuel did this and with Israel
in First Samuel 7, there's a

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verse and it's not necessarily
tied directly to fasting, but

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it's a great verse for our
country and what it looks like

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as a response to all things
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But Second Chronicles 714, it
says if my people are called by

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my name, will humble themselves
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That's what fasting is all
about, seeking the face of God

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and turn from the wicked ways.
Then we'll hear from heaven and

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I'll forgive their sin.
Now what their land some of you

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guys are looking for healing in
your soul, healing in your

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family, maybe healing some
relationships in our country.

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It happens through prayer and
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Amen.
It doesn't happen somewhere

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else.
It happens right on our knees

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and this one just stuck out to
me as a story of victory and

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breakthrough.
This fasting proceeded one of

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these one of the greatest
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There's a man named Jehoshaphat
somebody say Jehoshaphat.

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If you never heard of
Jehoshaphat, you're going to

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learn about today real quickly.
I'm not going to go.

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I don't have time to preach the
whole piece of it, but Second

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Chronicles chapter 20, if you
get a chance to read it through

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21 it it's on fire.
Matter of fact, this king of

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Judah, he's kind of backed in
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There's three armies that are
coming after him to besiege him.

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They're coming down this rule of
this, we call it like a Canyon

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or a gorge.
And there's massive armies and

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they're outnumbered, their backs
against the wall.

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And so he asked all of Israel to
come to the temple.

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He says we're going to have a
fast and it began to fast.

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In the middle of the fast, he
stands up, He declares there's

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three paragraphs.
You find the Bible of this

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amazing truth of God.
And he says, we don't just serve

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the God that is in heaven, we
show the God that is here, that

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rules the nation's, is in charge
of every single person and every

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nation in the world.
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something we all can relate to.
He says, we don't know what to

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do, Lord, but our eyes are on
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Amen.
If you're wondering what to say

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when you fast and you pray, I
would encourage that would be a

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really good thing to say.
Lord, I don't know what

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direction to go, but Lord, I'm
trusting you.

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There's a man named Zachariah.
The word comes to him, he's a

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prophet, and he says of this to
the people of Judah.

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He says the battle is not yours,
The battle is actually Gods.

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Amen.
It's a spiritual battle and the

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most significant thing happens
in Scripture.

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And if you've never seen this,
this is going to break your

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heart for the power of God
because these men, they said

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you're none of you are going to
die.

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Matter of fact, none of you have
to fight in the battle.

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All of you are going to go out,
but no one's going to fight.

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And the Lord's going to fight
your battle.

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And so you're going to go up the
next morning, you're going to go

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to this edge of the gourd,
you're going to meet the enemy

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and God's power is going to come
unleashed.

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And so as they go, that next
morning, they do something just

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so unorthodox in war.
They start to sing and they seen

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God's praise and they seen God's
worship.

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And they say, give thanks to
Lord our God, whose love endures

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forever.
And it says the men raise their

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voices loud.
Amen.

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I mean, that's a different type
of warfare.

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And the Bible says this, and
it's so significant.

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It says as they worshipped, God
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Think about that.
Their worship was fighting the

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battle, and what God did is he
had those enemies.

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There's three enemies, and they
begin to ambush each other and

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to lose trust in each other and
to fight each other.

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And the time the Israelites
worship their way to victory,

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they showed up to the edge of
the gourd.

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There's not a single person left
alive in the enemy, a single.

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And there's hundreds of
thousands of enemy soldiers

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dead.
It took four days for the

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Israelites to pick up all the
plunder, all the weapons and the

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food and the horses and the
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That's the power of God, Amen.
Some of you guys didn't know

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today when you sang those 3 1/2
songs that we call it last part

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there, right?
The tags and everything that

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you're waging war in a battle.
So we had no idea that God was

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battling for you when you
worshiped, Amen.

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And often times you look out and
say we can't do it.

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It's not possible.
But the Lord's in the battle,

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the Lord's already, the battle
is already won, Amen.

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And that's just what we're
leaning into.

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There's just something special
about fasting.

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Remember that was all about
fasting.

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They fasted and the Lord won the
battle.

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Like there's, there's just some
things only come through

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fasting.
You see this with Esther.

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She, she fast with the Jews and
for three days just for the

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divine favor of a king to save
the nation.

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David fasted when his child was
sick.

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Ezra fasted the morning of the
unfaithful's of God.

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He brought the word of God back
to the nation of Israel.

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We had a season of that in our
church.

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I felt like we just brought the
word of God back right to the

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forefront of our church.
Jesus fasted for 40 days as he

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began his ministry and Satan
tried to tempt them and twist

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the word of God.
They were the church fasted and

456
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:22,680
prayed before sending out
missionaries.

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00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,240
Nehemiah fasted and confession
before God for rebuilding the

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00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,480
walls of Jerusalem.
The Church of Antioch fasted

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00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,240
before they sent out
missionaries had breakthroughs

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00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,320
in their church.
And there's something special

461
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,840
Jesus says about fasting in
Matthew 928 and it says this.

462
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It says when he being Jesus had
come into the House of disciples

463
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,720
asking probably why could we not
cast it out?

464
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,200
Why couldn't they cast out this
demon?

465
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,560
They were trying to and they
couldn't cast out the demon

466
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,720
there.
Sometimes they couldn't heal

467
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,880
people.
He said to them, he said, this

468
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,200
kind can come out by nothing but
prayer.

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00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:56,760
And what's it say fasting?
What this verse means to me is

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that there's just certain places
that you will never go to and

471
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,800
you'll never unlock without
fasting.

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00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,760
There are certain levels, there
are certain places in your heart

473
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,960
that will never be turned over
to God without fasting, that

474
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,800
there are certain keys that will
not be used to unlock different

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00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,600
areas in breakthroughs in your
family.

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00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,840
Some areas of repentance, some
areas of restoration from areas

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00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,040
of healing, some areas of hope.
There'll be some areas in our

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00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,760
church that won't be changed.
There may be revivals that are

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00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,480
stopped.
Their souls aren't saved.

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00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,200
There's repentance that needs to
happen.

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00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,520
The glory of God can can come
into our house with pure hearts,

482
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,800
just like David and these people
that fought after God.

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There's just certain things that
only happen through fasting.

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00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,080
Amen.
And so ultimately we are selling

485
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,200
ourselves short of what God has
for life if we're not on our

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00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:52,280
knees in prayer and fasting.
I think for us in this season of

487
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,440
our church, there's something
special that we're asking God to

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00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,000
do.
This whole difference maker.

489
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,320
You guys got the booklets right
and you maybe heard about this.

490
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,480
Some of you guys, we've been
planting seeds for quite a while

491
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,600
now, maybe 6 to 8 months.
Our Difference Maker initiative

492
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,760
is about finding our first
permanent space.

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00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,199
It's about creating the
opportunity to say yes to our

494
00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:13,840
first permanent home.
But when you hear this, the

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00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,800
temptation is this is about a
building.

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00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,639
This is about money.
And I want to encourage you from

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00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:22,440
day one, sentence one, this is
about faith.

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00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,800
It's about faith.
This is not just about

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00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,440
generosity or building.
It's about faith.

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00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,719
It's about all the stepping out
together in faith of what God is

501
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:35,440
asking us to do, Amen.
You know, some of you are like,

502
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,480
man, I don't have a lot of means
to to give to this and I don't

503
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:39,639
know how we're going to get
there.

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00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,159
Kind of encourage you.
It doesn't take a lot to be

505
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:44,159
generous.
You don't have to have a lot to

506
00:34:44,159 --> 00:34:46,320
be generous, Amen.
You know, sometimes a man's

507
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:47,880
don't have a lot.
It's like, what do you have in

508
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,600
your hands God can use?
Amen.

509
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,880
You don't mind asking to give
something you don't have?

510
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,520
I know so many people, man.
If I won the lottery, man, I'd

511
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,720
give to the church.
Come on, somebody, right?

512
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,520
And if you do, praise God, Amen,
we'll use it, right?

513
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,720
But if you don't, don't sell
yourself short because you may

514
00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:06,000
not have what this person has or
what that person's has.

515
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,600
But you can't have faith, Amen.
You can't give with faith.

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00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,400
We all can do that.
We all can fast, Amen.

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00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,600
It takes zero money to fast,
Amen.

518
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,800
Like if anything, prayer and
fast when we're fasting in this

519
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:23,120
season, lean in and ask God for
divine favor for, for a

520
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,800
breakthrough.
We, we need those people to have

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00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,600
the ability to fund the mission.
Sometimes in the Bible, it's

522
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,160
pretty cool that God even uses
enemies.

523
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,480
He even uses the things of Satan
to pay for the things of God,

524
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,280
Amen.
Sometimes he makes the world pay

525
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,280
for it.
Sometimes it's divine favor from

526
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,240
somebody who doesn't even love
Jesus, but they just love us.

527
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,480
I mean, I'm just telling you,
God can do what he wants to do,

528
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,800
Amen.
The question is, do we believe

529
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,400
he can?
Do we trust He can?

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00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,400
And so by faith, I don't want
anybody to say, oh, I'm excluded

531
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,360
or like, well, that's cool.
I'm excited to see what they do.

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00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,960
No, I think all of us play a
part of this story, all of us by

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00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:01,760
faith.
And we activate our faith.

534
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,480
I believe God activates his
power.

535
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,240
Amen.
And so this is the season we're

536
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:08,320
leading into.
Some things only happen through

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00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,760
fasting, through faith.
And so you guys get the

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00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,240
booklets.
Everybody holds your booklet up

539
00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:13,640
real quick.
Yeah, booklet.

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00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,880
Perfect.
OK, encourage you.

541
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:17,440
There's a space for your name.
Come on.

542
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,800
Somebody reminds you of high
school, right?

543
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,280
Put your name on there.
All right, because I know we

544
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:24,320
have some of these.
Get left behind.

545
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,600
We'll hold on.
Hold on to hold on to them for

546
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:27,960
you.
But put your name on the top of

547
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,440
there.
I'd encourage you to read

548
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,720
through this booklet.
This gives you all the details

549
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:35,520
of what this is about, why we're
doing it, why now, What's at

550
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,600
stake?
What's this one?

551
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,880
Fund all the different details.
There's a lot of great answers

552
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,560
in the FAQ, but bring it with
you every week.

553
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,400
Put it in your Bible.
Take it, take it next six weeks,

554
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,160
bring it back.
There's a place where sermon

555
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,760
notes we're actually going to be
on page 17 today doing our first

556
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,480
week of difference maker.
It's called this is our moment.

557
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:55,880
And there's a place to take
notes.

558
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,080
Amen.
Who knows?

559
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,560
You get closer to see than
having you take notes, Amen.

560
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,400
So just take some notes, write
them down, bring it back next

561
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,200
week at the bottom of every
section of notes you'll see AQR

562
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,280
for our you version and you can
follow along with with the

563
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,520
outline for the message today
and just bring with you.

564
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,440
OK.
And so I'm excited for what God

565
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,760
is going to do.
You have a committed car.

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00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,120
Just hold on that.
We'll talk about that later on.

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00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:18,120
We're not going to collect it
today.

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00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,960
By the way, if you're freaking
out, you see that thing, OK,

569
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,240
that's not going to happen.
I want share my heart and

570
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,720
passion for this actually got a
great chance.

571
00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:25,080
We shot a video.
Amen.

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00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,960
You can scan that QR on the
front of the booklet.

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00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,360
It'll take you to our website.
You can watch the videos.

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00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,280
We're going to be updating all
sorts of stuff on there, but

575
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,800
it's a lot on already and you
can learn all about this.

576
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,640
But I'm going to just share with
our video of our heart and

577
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,640
passion for difference Maker,
kind of get your head around it,

578
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:39,960
what we're doing while we're
doing it.

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00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,000
And so we're going to play the
video.

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00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,280
Hopefully it goes good because
another restart purpose in a

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00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,760
little to go thumbs up maybe.
OK, cool.

582
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:50,280
All right, let's check it out.
Real life family and friends.

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00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,520
Today we stand in a unique
moment in our story.

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00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:57,040
Eight years ago, we stepped out
in faith to launch real life

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00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,720
church.
And God has shut up in

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00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:01,640
extraordinary ways.
Real life, you already are

587
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,280
living proof what God can do
through ordinary people and his

588
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,520
surrender to his plan.
We've seen marriages changed,

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00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,120
families changed, and eternity
changed and countless people.

590
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,800
And I believe with all my heart
that God is not done yet.

591
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:21,680
There are prodigals in our city
and around the world that God is

592
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,240
calling home, and this is an
incredible harvest on the

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00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:27,280
horizon that we can play a part
of.

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00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,760
And today, just like 8 years
ago, we once again are in a

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00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,360
place we have to write the next
chapter in our story.

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00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,160
But here's the problem.
Prodigals lost.

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00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:41,040
People need somewhere to come
home to need somewhere to

598
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,000
belong, somewhere to grow and
people to believe in them.

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00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,920
And listen, we've been portable
for eight years, and being

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00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,000
portable has been huge.
Blessing Willis Be Real has his

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00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,880
limits.
And for instance, in our kids

602
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,280
ministry, it's tough to turn an
elementary school into a sacred

603
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,680
life, giving space for children
to encounter God.

604
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,160
The distractions are literally
around every corner.

605
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,960
We also can't host things like
kids camp or summer VBS because

606
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:09,280
we simply don't have the space.
In addition to our youth group,

607
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,720
it's on the verge of outgrowing
our Hope Center.

608
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,920
There's a space where teens are
playing Nightscore in the air

609
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,360
and there's a worship team
rehearsing at the same time.

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00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,520
It's amazing, it's beautiful,
but it is absolutely chaotic.

611
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,480
And for adults, we would love to
host marriage conferences.

612
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,680
We'd love to have weddings and
dream team celebrations.

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00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,960
And the love, love, love to have
a life giving, state-of-the-art

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00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,480
worship center to invite your
family and your friends to

615
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,040
experience Jesus and share the
gospel around the world.

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00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,600
As much as we love being
portable, the truth is every

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00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,120
purple situation has a shelf
life.

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00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,680
It has a time frame.
And that's why after much

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00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:52,280
prayer, planning, discerning and
leadership, I believe God is

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00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:56,560
calling us to secure our first
permanent home.

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00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,360
Our vision is to purchase a
facility somewhere between 15

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00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:03,320
and 20,000 square feet.
Places like the OfficeMax, the

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00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:07,160
Walgreens will allow us to
double our capacity and give us

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00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,800
room to grow.
A place where ministry happens

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00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,160
24/7.
A place where we have.

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00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,800
Long term presence in our city
and it tells our neighbors and

627
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,800
tells the world that we are here
to stay.

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00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:20,800
It's a place for inviting
culture.

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The designated kids space where
the kids eyes light up and they

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00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,760
walk in and everything points
them to Jesus.

631
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,160
It's a space for youth, for
conferences, for weddings,

632
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:33,880
camps, worship, rehearsal, and
most importantly, disciple

633
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,560
making.
And yes, no more set up and tear

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00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,280
down.
I heard everybody say Amen.

635
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,040
Even our mail could finally be
delivered to our church home.

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00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,800
This isn't about building a
monument.

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00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,160
It's about building a movement.
It's not about a facility.

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00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,280
It's about creating a launchpad
for the gospel, a hospital for

639
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,880
the hurting, and a home for
prodigals.

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00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,640
Psalm 78 says it best.
It says we will tell the next

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00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,360
generation the praiseworthy
deeds of the Lord, His power,

642
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,520
and the wonders He has done.
That's what the space

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00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,400
represents.
It's a place where the next

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00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,360
generation hears about and
learns to follow Jesus.

645
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000
So here's the vision of the next
two years.

646
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:19,880
Our Difference Maker Initiative
aims to raise $1.9 million, now

647
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:24,320
900,000 that is simply
continuing to fund our ministry

648
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,240
fund already.
It funds everything you already

649
00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:29,520
like and love about real life.
It's not going anywhere.

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00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:34,040
But the additional 1,000,000
position us to say yes to an

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00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:37,720
opportunity when God opens the
door for a first permanent

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00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,000
space.
But here's the most important

653
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,680
part.
Our primary goal is not a

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00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,760
financial number.
It's asking for 100%

655
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,720
participation.
We want every person, every

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00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:52,120
family who calls real life home
to help write the next chapter

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00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,200
as a difference maker.
So what does that mean for you?

658
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,600
I'm simply asking you to do
three things.

659
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,480
One, let's celebrate the moment.
Right now.

660
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:04,120
We're on the verge of something
amazing with the lead the way of

661
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,600
making a difference in thousands
and thousands of lives,

662
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:12,640
including your own family, your
friends, and your neighbors. 2

663
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,240
Commit to hear from God.
Ask him, What does faith look

664
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:20,640
like in me in this season?
How May God be calling you to

665
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:25,400
grow in generosity and trust?
And three, consider becoming a

666
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,920
difference maker with us.
Take time to pray.

667
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:32,600
Ask God what would he have you
to do to help reach this goal?

668
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,560
Friends, family, the ability to
say yes to our first parent

669
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,600
space.
Be the true difference maker for

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00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,040
us, not just for us, but for
you, for your kids, for our

671
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,000
city, and for generations and
generations to come.

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00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:49,640
So I'm simply inviting you to
pray, to dream, and to consider

673
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,680
how you can be a part of writing
the story because your faith,

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00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:57,520
because your generosity.
We can change people's forever,

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00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,400
and that's the bottom line.
That's what it's all about.

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00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:04,080
There's no other place I'd
rather be than with you leading

677
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:07,600
on mission in this season.
Will you join together with me?

678
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:12,440
I invite you to take time to
pray and to see God and join us

679
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:16,280
together as a difference maker
in pursuit of our first

680
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,480
permanent home.
God bless, guys.

681
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:28,720
Come on, let's work, Barry.
I like I get used to this.

682
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:33,440
Get to work, Barry.
Man, what a special moment.

683
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,080
Our church.
Amen.

684
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,640
It's kind of like that watershed
moment, like God's ask us do

685
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,520
something so big and so, so
audacious.

686
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,360
Like it goes against every piece
of human nature.

687
00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:44,960
Like the fruit is out on the
limb.

688
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:46,560
Amen.
Like what's this?

689
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:50,760
What is the fortune favors the
bold like, like that we step out

690
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:54,520
on faith and just do something
together that's just audacious.

691
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,600
And this will be the biggest
step of faith outside of

692
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,080
launching this church.
So I keep saying it's the most

693
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,360
important series I've ever
preached because we're leaning

694
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,840
into a season where we're just
stepping out.

695
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:05,920
Like there's one of the seasons,
Lord, I don't know how we're

696
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,560
going to get there, but Lord,
we're trusting you like your

697
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:10,560
eyes are on you want to follow
you.

698
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,160
And I believe in every
generation.

699
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,840
There is a there's just a moment
where like God just asked us to

700
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,400
go all in.
There's there's a maybe once in

701
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,200
a generation type of moment.
You think about the first eight

702
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,360
years of our church, it's been
amazing, Amen.

703
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,720
I mean, we have almost 500
people commit their life to

704
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:30,120
Jesus that we know about, have
indicated to us and the first

705
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,720
eight years of our church,
that's amazing, Amen.

706
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:36,280
That's eternal difference.
That's like it's being attorney

707
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,000
with 500 more people that we
know about.

708
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,560
That's not generational or
people have gone out or anything

709
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:41,920
else.
I get the impact of ripples,

710
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:43,520
right?
But what is the next eight

711
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:44,960
years?
We saw 5000 people come to

712
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,720
Christ.
We saw 10,000 people impacted.

713
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,000
Like what if we left something
behind for our kids in the next

714
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,360
generation to stand on, to stand
on our shoulders and take the

715
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:57,440
gospel further, farther and
faster than we did?

716
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:00,280
You know, in the Bible, you see
these generational moments and

717
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:03,360
there's a moment found in
Numbers 13 and 14 and you're

718
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,480
going to see this, this
situation where the Israelites

719
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,280
are, are liberated from slavery.
They've come through the 10

720
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,760
plagues that Pharaoh is
basically bowed his knee, let

721
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,640
him go, then changed the mind.
He chased him down through the

722
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,800
Red Sea.
God parts the sea, crushes the

723
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,680
armies and they're wandering in
the wilderness and they say they

724
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:24,920
would take about 6 days, which
is really sad.

725
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,920
We know the whole story to go
from the edge of the Red Sea to

726
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,080
the promised land.
And they're, they're standing in

727
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:33,640
this like this moment of
precipice, like looking into the

728
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:37,720
promise that God has given them
and the Moses and Aaron, they

729
00:45:37,720 --> 00:45:40,880
begin to contemplate a plan like
what should we do?

730
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:44,240
And they decide to take one
person from every tribe and do

731
00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:47,920
some recombinants, right, like
reconnaissance, like going in

732
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,760
and saying, what's this about?
And is the food good?

733
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,880
Like is there, it does a fields
ripe with harvest.

734
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,480
Like where's the cities at?
How how many people are there?

735
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,640
Are they big?
Like they have numbers, they

736
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,560
have weapons.
What's the situation?

737
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,200
Draw us a map.
I don't know if that was a good

738
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,960
idea, but I look back at the
story, right?

739
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:10,560
Because for some of them, there
was 10 of them that saw all the

740
00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:13,400
obstacles and their vision
stopped.

741
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:17,560
They saw the problems, that they
saw the giants, they saw

742
00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:20,800
opposition, and they came back
and they got everybody together.

743
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:25,680
And this is what it says in
Numbers 13, verse 26, it says

744
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,880
they came back to Moses and
Aaron, these spies, all 12 of

745
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,920
them, and the whole Israelite
community at Kadesh in the

746
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,520
desert of Proran.
And there they reported them and

747
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:37,040
the whole assembly showed them
the fruit of the land.

748
00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:39,440
They gave Moses this account.
We went to the land which you

749
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,200
sent us.
And it does flow with milk and

750
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:43,320
honey.
They were stoked about that.

751
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,280
Here's the fruit.
It says there the Grapevine was

752
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,880
so large they put it between two
people on a big stick and it

753
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,600
could barely carry it, it was so
big.

754
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,640
They were excited about what the
promise of land looked like.

755
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:58,000
Verse 28 it says but somebody
say but, but there's always a

756
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,120
but in there.
But the people who live there

757
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:03,760
are what?
Oh, they're powerful, man.

758
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,920
They're strong.
And their cities are what?

759
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,920
Yeah, they're fortified.
There's they're strongholds.

760
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,240
It's going to be hard to get in.
And they're very large, these

761
00:47:11,240 --> 00:47:13,400
cities.
And we saw even the descendants

762
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:17,120
of Anoch there.
And Anoch is like a it's like

763
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:18,360
the Nephilim.
These are giants.

764
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:20,400
These are like people, angels
that mix with mankind.

765
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,080
If you don't know about it's
it's amazing story.

766
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:23,360
I encourage you to to look it
up.

767
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:25,560
But this is like Goliath.
You guys heard of Goliath?

768
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:28,640
OK, He would have been one of
these giants that we talked

769
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,320
about.
So it's a city full of these

770
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:32,480
people and the Malachites living
to give.

771
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:34,760
They drew a map and the you can
see them on the ground, maybe

772
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,520
drawn on a sand or drew it up on
paper.

773
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:38,560
Wherever they had, they said the
Hittites and the Jebusites,

774
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:41,000
Embrites, they live over here in
the Hill Country, is Canites

775
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,040
that live right here near the
sea along the Jordan.

776
00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:47,360
And they gave this bad report
and 10 out of 12 were paralyzed

777
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:50,440
by fear, that their fear stopped
the vision.

778
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:54,000
And for so many people, their
vision exceeds to the point of

779
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:58,760
which it's extinguished by the
1st obstacle or opposition.

780
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:01,280
You know, they say if you want
to kill a vision, give it to a

781
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:03,680
small mind.
They say if you want to kill a

782
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,560
vision, just give us somebody
that faith.

783
00:48:06,240 --> 00:48:09,640
And for so many people, like
you're so scared to share their

784
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:13,320
vision because somebody else
will step on it and this would

785
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,640
happen.
These 10 begin to step on the

786
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,800
vision and they didn't see God's
promised land.

787
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,720
They just saw land.
They didn't see this was God's

788
00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:24,640
area to go into anymore because
the the obstacles were too big.

789
00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:28,000
It's almost like they're talking
Moses out of God's plan.

790
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,160
But listen, there was two guys
that actually saw God's plan.

791
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:33,560
One name was Caleb.
You guys remember the name of

792
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:37,600
the next guy, Joshua.
How many guys know Joshua had

793
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:39,080
another name before it's called
Joshua.

794
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:44,960
I learned this it was crazy.
His name is Heshua believe that

795
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:49,080
and Moses changed his name to
Joshua and Joshua and Caleb went

796
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:50,840
in the land and they had a
different vision.

797
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,160
They saw beyond the obstacles.
And so in the middle of this

798
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,200
meeting, which I love these type
of people that stand up for

799
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:58,160
what's right and Numbers 1330.
This is what it says and then

800
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:00,680
Caleb would be on the screen.
Then Caleb said what?

801
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,440
Caleb, what do you do?
He, he silenced them.

802
00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:05,480
They're all complaining.
You guys been in these meetings,

803
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:06,600
right?
We're just going off the rails.

804
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:08,520
They're chasing carrots and it's
faithless.

805
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,240
It's godless.
It's whatever it kills like

806
00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:12,160
enough.
Be quiet, listen up.

807
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:14,800
Probably maybe the other words.
I don't know.

808
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:18,520
And he got their attention and
he said before Moses and he said

809
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:24,000
we should go up, take possession
of the land for we can what?

810
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,600
Certainly do it.
And he was right.

811
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:29,400
Amen.
He was right.

812
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:33,000
It wasn't blind faith like he's
not dumb faith.

813
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:34,600
He believes the living God,
Amen.

814
00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:37,120
He believes the same God we
talked about earlier.

815
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,480
They were, they worship that
wars were being fought on their

816
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:42,760
behalf.
The same God that David stepped

817
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,880
on the battlefield and said, I
serve the living God where no

818
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,880
man in the entire country would
stand up for anything.

819
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,920
This little untrained shepherd
boy said, well, God's in it,

820
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:54,240
Amen.
And this is what Caleb and

821
00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:57,160
Joshua, they stood up and said,
no, no, no, this, this is God's.

822
00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:00,240
He already declared we're going
in and we need to go.

823
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:02,000
That's the thing about Caleb and
Joshua.

824
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:05,120
I see him as difference makers.
I see him as difference makers

825
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:07,320
in our generation because this
is something very unique.

826
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:10,560
They saw what everyone else saw,
but they're willing to do what

827
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:13,200
no one else is willing to do.
And you think about difference

828
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:16,320
maker, they see the same thing.
They see what everybody sees,

829
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:22,160
but they do what no one else
does in faith, by faith, by

830
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:24,480
faith.
See, some people just saw a

831
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,440
land, and these people saw
future.

832
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:29,800
They, they, they.
Saw beyond like, oh, there's

833
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,200
giants, oh, these thieves are
fortified.

834
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,480
Oh this, it's this, this can be
really hard to do.

835
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:37,120
And for Joshua and Caleb, they
went back and said, well, we

836
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:40,520
just saw God destroy the
Pharaoh's army literally 6 days

837
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,560
ago.
By the way, technically, if

838
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:46,240
that's what it would have taken
6 days ago, we saw the miracle

839
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:49,520
of God and now we stand there
and say, well, God can't do

840
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:53,600
this. 10 people saw giants and
two people saw God's promise.

841
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,760
It's amazing to me that so many
people can stand at the same

842
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,600
thing and see things completely
differently, Amen.

843
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,280
Bone by faith and won by fear.
And a difference maker is

844
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,880
somebody that doesn't let fear
have the final word, Amen.

845
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:11,680
If you ever make a decision by
fear, that is not from God.

846
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:14,120
God has given us the power over
fear.

847
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:17,520
He's the power of sound mind and
strength, and the same power of

848
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:18,960
the race used in the dead lives
in US.

849
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:22,040
And so if you're doing something
out of fear, that is not from

850
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:25,040
God, Amen.
And for so many of us, we're

851
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:26,960
operating in the under the radar
of fear.

852
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,480
And this is what happened is 10
people spread this news numbers

853
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:32,400
13.
It went on in verse 32, just

854
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,800
after the last verse we said it
says they spread among the

855
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,040
Israelites.
A what, what's it say?

856
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:40,440
A bad report.
You know, if you want, if you

857
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:43,080
want to kill a church, give it a
bad report.

858
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:45,560
If you want to kill a church,
have a meeting.

859
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:47,920
After the meeting, stand in the
hallway, cross your arms and

860
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,280
talk about how terrible it's
going to be If you want to kill

861
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:52,840
a church.
I've been to churches like

862
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:56,800
that's I, I try to kill the
meetings, by the way, Amen.

863
00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,600
Like you say, what needs to be
said when it should be said.

864
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,400
And if not, you're done with it,
Amen.

865
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,760
Because there's so many bad
reports, because so many people

866
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:07,080
like, man, I have the faith to
do this.

867
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:10,200
And these people gave a bad
report and it created fear among

868
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,600
the people.
They said this is the, the land

869
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:14,320
we explored.
They said the land that we

870
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,440
explored devours those, then now
it devours them like it's just

871
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:20,000
going to crush you.
All people we saw there are

872
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:24,400
great size and we saw the
Nephilim like these descendants

873
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,720
of Annex like these.
These people are mixed with

874
00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:28,440
angels.
They're they're massive.

875
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:30,560
And we've seen like grasshoppers
in their own eyes.

876
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:35,440
And we looked the same to them.
We're powerless, we're finite.

877
00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:38,880
This is impossible.
There's no way.

878
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:41,560
And this is where their faith
stopped.

879
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:43,760
And this is what I love about
Joshua and Caleb.

880
00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:45,800
And you know, you have to ask
yourself often times when you

881
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:48,480
read the Bible, like what have
you been with the 10 or the two

882
00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:51,760
right?
Like, to be honest with you,

883
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:54,440
probably more likely to 10
because it's human nature.

884
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,720
Like these people, Joshua and
Caleb, they do not have their

885
00:52:57,720 --> 00:53:00,520
name mentioned, the Hall of Fame
of Faith, but Jericho's

886
00:53:00,520 --> 00:53:01,640
mentioned the Hall of Fame of
Faith.

887
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:05,960
And who led that battle?
Caleb and Joshua, Amen.

888
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:10,040
Like these are men of great
faith to simply believe God has

889
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:13,120
called us to this moment, like
he didn't lead it, lead us this

890
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:18,000
far to let us die, Amen.
He wants us to step into the

891
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:19,640
promise.
And they saw beyond the

892
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:21,040
obstacles.
They saw something that was

893
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:23,000
amazing.
You think about the promised

894
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,720
land and for them to look out
and maybe Joshua and kill, but

895
00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:28,360
they saw new homes.
Maybe they saw their kids

896
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:32,600
running around in the pastures.
Maybe they saw a field just full

897
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:34,320
of food.
And they thought to themselves,

898
00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:36,640
you know, it's four or five
cities that make some great

899
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:38,840
cities for us to live in.
Those are great.

900
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:40,280
Four or five cities for us to
have.

901
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:43,520
So when the enemies come after
us and gods on our side, they

902
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:44,400
can't come in.
Amen.

903
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:47,480
Like this be a great place to
have generations grow up.

904
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:50,520
This is a great pace of peace
after you've been slaves for 400

905
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:53,320
years, that we can step into
this land and have a future

906
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:54,840
here.
Amen.

907
00:53:55,720 --> 00:53:58,880
That's faith, Amen.
And I think about for us As for

908
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:01,800
me as a pastor, especially like
what this next season looks

909
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:03,680
like.
And for me, what keeps me up at

910
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:07,520
night is not the anxiety of
stepping into a building

911
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:09,680
initiative.
It's not the anxiety of like,

912
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,120
let's raise a lot of money,
right?

913
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:14,320
Let's work with architects and
engineers and let's work with

914
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:15,800
cities.
Come on, somebody, right?

915
00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:19,320
Let's do all the stuff and let's
lose some hair on the stress.

916
00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:20,640
Like I've done buildings before,
right?

917
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:22,120
But that's not what keeps me up
at night.

918
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:26,720
What keeps me up at night is the
excitement of the future of our

919
00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:28,480
church.
Amen.

920
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:31,520
Like I was sitting with my my
boys back here and I got a

921
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:33,200
chance to pray with them before
I came up here.

922
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:37,800
And it's just like, man, it'll
be so amazing for my kids not to

923
00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:42,840
have to go to church and grow up
with the burden of being

924
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,240
portable.
Amen.

925
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,320
It would be great not to pass
that on.

926
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:54,560
I don't want to pass on debt or
struggle to my kids and for them

927
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:59,200
to be able to show up and just
plug a guitar in and lead

928
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:03,080
worship with Jesus and not to
worry about if COVID or whatever

929
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:05,440
whim of something, the
government's going to say you

930
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:08,840
can't meet and we could be in a
space and say, no thanks, we're

931
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:12,440
going to keep meeting, Amen.
We're going to keep doing the

932
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:15,640
things of God like not to be
worried, like, well, maybe we're

933
00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:18,120
not going to be in the space.
If the dynamics change or

934
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:22,000
politics change, the freedom for
my kids to boldly book in the

935
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:26,120
gospel and the word of God will
continually go forward and our

936
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:30,600
community and that we wouldn't
have to take activity and energy

937
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:35,320
as staff members and leaders in
our church to be portable and to

938
00:55:35,320 --> 00:55:37,600
meet.
There is so much energy and

939
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:39,160
effort.
I bet half of our energy and

940
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:42,120
effort for any event goes into
making something portable.

941
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,080
Like we're probably going to run
out jokingly about run out of

942
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:48,480
difference maker mugs a day.
If you run out, there's more

943
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:49,920
coming next week.
Amen.

944
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:53,520
But we couldn't get enough here.
Like, the car is full, right?

945
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:57,760
Like we just strap on the top of
the Ford Explorer to get more

946
00:55:57,760 --> 00:55:58,400
here.
Amen.

947
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:03,080
Like there's just a wait and a
burden.

948
00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:05,000
Then thank God for it.
Amen.

949
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:06,480
We're not.
We're willing to do it.

950
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:08,120
Some of you guys were trying to
shut me down this morning.

951
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:09,640
Like, your arm's broken.
You can't move.

952
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:12,800
You know, you're I'm, I'm not
like frail, OK?

953
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:16,760
But it is a burden to do it.
But I dream of the future.

954
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:18,280
Like we could have a marriage
conference.

955
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:19,480
Do we need a marriage
conference?

956
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:21,440
Amen.
Come on, somebody.

957
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:23,720
Some of y'all are not here to
admit that because the marriage

958
00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:26,640
is going crazy.
I'm just telling you, like, we

959
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:28,120
need a space for our kids to
show up.

960
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,400
And it's like, oh, look at the
awesome scuba wall.

961
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:34,480
Whoa, yellow.
You know, like, we need to have

962
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,720
something where the kids walk in
and they're excited to come on

963
00:56:37,720 --> 00:56:41,320
Sundays, be awesome to up the
ante and have some fun.

964
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,040
Right.
Like, it's just, yeah, just this

965
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:46,760
is just so repetitive and it's
the status quo.

966
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:50,120
It's eight years, man.
Like, we have to have the faith

967
00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:51,920
and the boldness to say we're
not doing it for the eight

968
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:53,600
years.
We're not going to keep doing

969
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:54,080
it.
Amen.

970
00:56:54,560 --> 00:56:56,480
Now, the trick about the
Israelites, which is really

971
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:58,560
interesting to me, is they're in
a desert.

972
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:04,800
It's anything but exciting.
It's anything but comfortable.

973
00:57:05,240 --> 00:57:08,680
And they're still like, I don't
know if I can go into the

974
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:12,560
promised land.
And for us, we're portable.

975
00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:14,920
And to be honest with you,
unless you're like carrying some

976
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:17,440
major weight or something, you
might be really comfortable with

977
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:19,880
this.
Like it's, it's nice.

978
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:22,120
Got a lot of cool people, man,
It's fun.

979
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,240
I'm your worship pastor.
I love everything.

980
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:28,440
And it may be more difficult for
us to step out on faith than

981
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:32,120
even these Israelites, but we
should Amen.

982
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:35,440
It's this guy be like kind of a
oh, oh moment today.

983
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:38,680
Like we just can't keep doing
this.

984
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:42,840
Like we've got to be ready to
say yes to an opportunity and

985
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:46,600
there is opportunity and God can
open doors and give divine

986
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:48,080
favor.
If you're praying and fasting,

987
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:50,200
man, you pray for divine favor,
Amen.

988
00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:53,640
You pray for divine favor that
people can resource this vision,

989
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:57,080
pay for divine favor.
People own these properties for

990
00:57:57,080 --> 00:58:00,360
developers that have lands.
We have these connections and

991
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,160
conversations a lot, and we just
need one.

992
00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:05,680
Yes, I'll ask 100 people and
I'll take 99 years.

993
00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:06,760
I'll get one.
Yes.

994
00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:08,400
Amen.
Hi, Tom.

995
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:10,840
We raise $1,000,000, we get
close to raising $1,000,000.

996
00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:14,200
I will call every person who
owns commercial property down 58

997
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:16,160
Highway and around this town and
I will, I don't care if it's for

998
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,920
sale or not.
I will call them and I ask them,

999
00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:21,480
is the Lord put in your heart to
let us use your space?

1000
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:23,640
Amen.
Why not?

1001
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:26,360
Why not?
I'm not ashamed.

1002
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:27,960
The Lord's in it.
He's calling us.

1003
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,920
There's something here for us
and somebody's going to say yes

1004
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:33,440
by the grace of God, Amen.
So pray for that.

1005
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,440
Pray for God to move.
The question is that can we do

1006
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:37,800
this?
Because that's what these 10

1007
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:39,840
spies ask themselves.
Can we do this?

1008
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:44,480
They said, no, no, no, no, no.
The question is, can God do

1009
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:46,080
this?
Amen.

1010
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:48,560
And this is what Joshua and
Caleb asked a different

1011
00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:50,080
question.
Can God do that?

1012
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:51,240
That's what makes him a
difference maker.

1013
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:52,720
That's why it's all past the
obstacles.

1014
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:55,280
So it's all a different future
because they knew God could do

1015
00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:57,760
it.
But the tragedy of the story of

1016
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:01,360
#13 is they missed their moment.
It's it's one of those moments

1017
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:03,120
like, Lord help me not to be
this generation.

1018
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,240
They missed it.
They didn't go on the promised

1019
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:07,720
land.
And what's really crazy about

1020
00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:10,440
the story you may not know is
that they actually tried.

1021
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:15,440
They tried to go in after
they're builded by fear.

1022
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:17,160
They couldn't.
And then God said, you're going

1023
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:20,880
to wander for 40 years, one year
for every day, yet spies in

1024
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:24,280
that, in that promised land,
you're going to spend one year

1025
00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:28,080
in the wilderness and every
person over the age of 20 that

1026
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:31,760
said no, that was faithless is
going to die in the wilderness

1027
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:34,400
except for my 2 boys of faith
over here, these difference

1028
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:38,440
makers, Joshua and Caleb,
they're going in and they did go

1029
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:40,600
in.
And this verse like Joshua 17

1030
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:41,800
has been sticking on my mind and
heart.

1031
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:43,360
I saw it four times this
weekend.

1032
00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:45,240
I was praying.
I was taking this long walk.

1033
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:47,760
I took my brace off.
Don't tell anybody, right?

1034
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:51,360
I took this long walk and I just
kept getting Joshua 17.

1035
00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:55,160
Just be strong and be courageous
just back in my mind over and

1036
00:59:55,160 --> 00:59:57,480
over and over again.
And that's what these guys were.

1037
00:59:57,720 --> 00:59:59,000
They eventually win the promised
land.

1038
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:02,320
But every single person.
They didn't have faith.

1039
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:05,880
They tried to have faith, but it
was, it was really fear.

1040
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:08,920
They feared the giants and then
God gave them judgement and they

1041
01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:13,000
feared God and they tried to go
in on their own without God's

1042
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:16,680
power and they were ran out and
into the wilderness.

1043
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:19,760
It was too late for them.
It was too late.

1044
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:22,440
And I also encourage you, it's
going to take all of us to play

1045
01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:24,720
part of the story, all of us in
faith.

1046
01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:26,840
Amen.
None of y'all are going to write

1047
01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:30,000
the same gift, right?
And we shouldn't, but we can

1048
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:32,520
have the same level of
generosity, but we all can have

1049
01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:35,280
bold faith, Amen.
We all can have bold faith.

1050
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:38,760
We all say Lord's in this, God's
in this, we can do this, we can

1051
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:40,400
step out.
We should be a light to our

1052
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:42,080
city.
I'm excited.

1053
01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:45,040
Then we put down roots in our
city where people go, Oh, hey,

1054
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:46,200
they're they're like a real
church.

1055
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:47,480
And then we know we know we're
real, right?

1056
01:00:48,120 --> 01:00:49,800
But people don't believe in us
yet, right?

1057
01:00:50,200 --> 01:00:51,320
They're like, Oh, you're
portable.

1058
01:00:51,320 --> 01:00:54,240
Are you that I see some signs,
you know, you feel how many guys

1059
01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:57,520
came because you saw a sign by
the way, saw like a a a there's

1060
01:00:57,520 --> 01:00:59,160
a put your hand up real high,
just real high.

1061
01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:03,920
If you came here with a sign 123
some awesome, awesome people.

1062
01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:08,720
Y'all saw a sign and our signs
are up for five hours a week

1063
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:13,000
here and we start putting out
the street our our signs and

1064
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:14,560
yards.
By the way, if you don't have a

1065
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:17,920
yard sign, there's eight people
that said, thank you, Jesus,

1066
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:21,520
there's a yard sign Amen.
But wouldn't be cool.

1067
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:24,600
Like if you put up a building
and he had a sign.

1068
01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:26,560
Everybody drove by.
There's a space.

1069
01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:28,320
It's like, what's that?
Oh, that's real life Church.

1070
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:29,400
Ohio.
I had a real life church.

1071
01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:30,400
Is that where you at?
Kentucky.

1072
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:32,360
Where's Kentucky Trail again?
Oh, yeah.

1073
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:34,120
I remember it was used to be go
down by.

1074
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:38,000
What's the Chinese place?
What is it?

1075
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:39,400
No.
Yeah.

1076
01:01:39,400 --> 01:01:41,080
China Star.
But I didn't like the men that

1077
01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:45,280
mentioned them a lot.
Ryan's was the Ryan's.

1078
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:47,320
That's right.
Ryan's go by Ryan's.

1079
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:48,440
It's down the street from
Ryan's.

1080
01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:50,120
That's how we knew by ourselves,
right?

1081
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:51,880
And now we're like, hey, there's
that Chick-fil-A.

1082
01:01:52,520 --> 01:01:56,000
Come on.
Jesus Chicken pass the Jesus

1083
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:58,120
chicken.
You know, I mean, it'd be nice.

1084
01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:01,640
Just like you have you have
visibility to a lost and dying

1085
01:02:01,640 --> 01:02:03,720
world, Amen.
And there's just something to

1086
01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:04,960
say about it.
And there's late adopters and

1087
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:06,920
there's people that are like,
I'm not in for a portable church

1088
01:02:06,920 --> 01:02:08,680
because I'm not really going to.
Is it really going to be there?

1089
01:02:08,680 --> 01:02:09,880
Is it really going to be that
good?

1090
01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:13,040
And people wait and they need
hope, Amen.

1091
01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:15,480
And we could be those guys.
Like somebody's got to put the

1092
01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:19,400
foundation dying down.
Nobody looks at a house and go,

1093
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:23,840
man, what a sexy foundation,
man, I love this foundation,

1094
01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:25,160
right?
The only time you know about

1095
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:28,560
foundation has problems, right?
And we get to be the people that

1096
01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:32,280
can lay the foundation, Amen.
Like that people can build on.

1097
01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:34,920
I love it.
That's why I come and serve and

1098
01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:36,640
set up and tear down like you
all don't know.

1099
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:38,280
I come every week, 8 years, I'll
be coming every week.

1100
01:02:38,280 --> 01:02:40,760
I'll sweat and set up and I'll
do it every single week.

1101
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:43,720
And you're probably not going to
stop me from doing it because

1102
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:46,560
it's, it's just nobody sees it.
But that's what we do Amen.

1103
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:49,640
And so somebody's got to go
first, and that's us.

1104
01:02:49,640 --> 01:02:52,480
That's our generation.
This is our time to step in, to

1105
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:55,120
see past the obstacles, to
refuse, to let fear have the

1106
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:58,480
final word, to trust God's
promises more than the fear of

1107
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:02,480
the cost, to step out with power
to enter the promised land, Not

1108
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:06,040
someday, but today, not 40 years
from now.

1109
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:08,320
So I encourage you to church,
let's not settle for the

1110
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:11,160
wilderness, Amen.
Let's not settle for eight more

1111
01:03:11,160 --> 01:03:14,760
years of portable.
Let's not settle and say, well,

1112
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:17,320
this is great.
Well, let's not settle and say

1113
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:18,760
I'm really excited for what
God's going to do.

1114
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:22,040
I can't wait to see how it goes.
Let's not settle for that.

1115
01:03:22,560 --> 01:03:24,400
Let's not settle for the status
quo.

1116
01:03:25,360 --> 01:03:27,400
Like, wow, we can keep, we can
do this.

1117
01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:29,120
I mean, there's got to be
somewhere we can keep written

1118
01:03:29,120 --> 01:03:31,920
for eternity, but it's not where
God's calling us to go.

1119
01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:34,360
Amen.
It's not being idle or

1120
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:36,720
apathetic.
It's stepping out with power

1121
01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:39,120
because of bold faith.
I would encourage you.

1122
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:40,880
Faith isn't just believing God
can.

1123
01:03:40,880 --> 01:03:43,960
I think that's where it starts.
But faith is actually an action

1124
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:45,960
word.
If you said I have faith in that

1125
01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:48,120
chair and you never sat in it, I
wouldn't believe you.

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01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:51,880
Faith is taking a step.
I want to encourage you.

1127
01:03:52,080 --> 01:03:54,480
There's a moment in time where
you have to start marching to

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01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:56,240
war.
Even though you are heard from

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01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:57,440
God, that enemy's going to be
defeated.

1130
01:03:57,840 --> 01:04:00,080
There's a time you have to step
foot in the promised land.

1131
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:03,760
They didn't have to send spies
in, by the way, probably cost

1132
01:04:03,760 --> 01:04:05,360
them.
They probably said, well,

1133
01:04:05,360 --> 01:04:06,920
tomorrow we go, what's over
there?

1134
01:04:06,920 --> 01:04:09,320
I have no idea.
They probably should have done

1135
01:04:09,320 --> 01:04:13,160
it without counting the costs
because you start counting the

1136
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:15,280
costs and numbers don't math and
your power doesn't work.

1137
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:17,800
It's like this sin census, like
David took a census of his

1138
01:04:17,800 --> 01:04:19,960
people.
He's measuring his power versus

1139
01:04:20,080 --> 01:04:23,720
God's ability versus his enemy.
And today we just step out on

1140
01:04:23,720 --> 01:04:26,680
faith, Amen.
Like we just ask God, we trust

1141
01:04:26,680 --> 01:04:29,200
you in this season.
That takes a step of faith and

1142
01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:32,080
that's the commitment card you
guys have in your in your hands.

1143
01:04:32,640 --> 01:04:35,720
That's that step of faith.
That's the actionable piece.

1144
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:37,960
And no one asked you to turn the
end of the day, but I encourage

1145
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:41,760
you read through it, pray
through it, look through and

1146
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:46,400
say, Lord, what would you have
me to give to do to play part of

1147
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,800
the story so we can get in the
first permanent space?

1148
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,760
Like what would you have me do?
I just pray and just listen.

1149
01:04:52,160 --> 01:04:54,240
Like I don't want you to give a
number that I tell you to give.

1150
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:56,360
I want you to give the number
the Lord tells you to give.

1151
01:04:56,880 --> 01:04:59,680
I would encourage you don't sell
yourself short too, because it's

1152
01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:01,720
easy to look at the math and
say, well, I can really fit this

1153
01:05:01,720 --> 01:05:03,400
in.
And that like for us, me and

1154
01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:05,120
Diane, this is the largest
checker and write every month.

1155
01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:08,160
Like we don't for us personally,
we don't know how we're going to

1156
01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:12,760
actually hit our number, Amen.
That's us.

1157
01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:14,440
That's the faith that we have in
this.

1158
01:05:15,040 --> 01:05:17,280
But I encourage you, this is
going to take bold steps.

1159
01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:20,400
This isn't like a like, oh, wow,
this is going to be comfortable.

1160
01:05:20,560 --> 01:05:22,360
This is going to be easy.
It's going to take us to look at

1161
01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:24,200
that page and say, Lord, what
would you have me really to do?

1162
01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:27,040
Because the reality is, I don't
want you to give a penny less.

1163
01:05:27,040 --> 01:05:29,760
The Lord asks you to give, don't
you give a penny less?

1164
01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:32,000
But it all comes through prayer
and fasting and playing a part

1165
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,600
of the story.
It will be honored and excited

1166
01:05:34,760 --> 01:05:37,840
whatever God does Amen.
Like we set a goal like we're

1167
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:40,920
one point 9,900,000 is what
we're going to bring in for

1168
01:05:40,920 --> 01:05:43,880
operations ministry funds.
So $1,000,000 goes a difference

1169
01:05:43,880 --> 01:05:48,000
maker you know, and maybe if you
raise 700, hey, thank you Jesus

1170
01:05:48,160 --> 01:05:50,760
raise 1.2 million, thank you
Jesus, Amen.

1171
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,680
But here's what I do ask is that
all of us play part of the

1172
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:55,920
story.
All of us write that legacy.

1173
01:05:56,360 --> 01:06:00,360
There's a verse I mentioned the
video, but Psalm 78 four and it

1174
01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:02,040
says this, it says we will not
hide them.

1175
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:05,360
So about God's word, we're not
hide God's word from their

1176
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:08,960
descendants or from our
descendants, but we will tell

1177
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:13,120
somebody say tell we will tell
the next generation the

1178
01:06:13,120 --> 01:06:18,200
praiseworthy deeds and the power
and the wonders that he has

1179
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:20,680
done.
This is what I've been praying

1180
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:25,360
and fasting for is that that we
have a place where we can tell

1181
01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:29,680
the word of God to the next
generation and share of his

1182
01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:32,400
praise with the deeds and his
power and the wonders that he

1183
01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:34,800
did.
And that we can look back as

1184
01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:38,440
leaders, as difference makers
and say to the next generation.

1185
01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:43,880
I played a part of the story.
I sowed seeds in that season.

1186
01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:45,960
I was a part of the miracle that
God did.

1187
01:06:45,960 --> 01:06:48,400
I didn't want to miss out on
God's miracle.

1188
01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:52,120
Don't you think about this as we
kind of wrap up today in that

1189
01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:55,080
generation.
I don't know how many people are

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01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:59,240
outside of Caleb and Joshua.
Hundreds of thousands of people

1191
01:06:59,240 --> 01:07:02,440
we know for sure could not say
this about their story.

1192
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:06,880
There's only two people in the
entire generation for 40 years

1193
01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:11,080
that could say, hey, I saw the
promised land and by faith God

1194
01:07:11,080 --> 01:07:14,280
calls to go in.
And I was ready and willing to

1195
01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:20,720
go by God's power because I knew
he could and that God honored.

1196
01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:23,480
But for the other generation,
think about those 40 years.

1197
01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:24,800
What would they have to say
themselves?

1198
01:07:25,880 --> 01:07:28,080
Because they knew immediately
they tried.

1199
01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:32,920
I wish I would have.
I missed the mark.

1200
01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:35,760
I missed it.
I operate on my own strength, my

1201
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:37,440
own power.
I started looking at all the

1202
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:38,920
obstacles.
I forgot about God.

1203
01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:42,200
I'm really sorry, guys.
And for 40 years it's my fault.

1204
01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:45,840
Then we're going to wander.
We have a chance to be those

1205
01:07:45,840 --> 01:07:46,320
two.
Amen.

1206
01:07:47,240 --> 01:07:49,080
We have the chance.
We do have the chance right now

1207
01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:50,760
in this series that we can say,
you know what?

1208
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:52,360
I'm going to be the difference
maker, our generation.

1209
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:54,680
I'm be the guy by faith that
says, you know, I'm not going to

1210
01:07:54,680 --> 01:07:57,400
stay in the status quo.
I'm going to step out by faith.

1211
01:07:58,280 --> 01:07:59,280
The news is all about faith,
Amen.

1212
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:02,920
You guys believe God can do it.
It's going to be exciting.

1213
01:08:02,920 --> 01:08:05,240
I'm encourage you guys play a
part of the story, be praying,

1214
01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:08,160
be fasting, and don't worry
about like how we're going to

1215
01:08:08,160 --> 01:08:10,200
get there.
Let's just worry that it's God's

1216
01:08:10,200 --> 01:08:13,040
power that gets us there, Amen.
Let's do what the Lord has to

1217
01:08:13,040 --> 01:08:15,360
do.
Let's humble ourselves and God

1218
01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:18,399
exalts the humble, Amen.
It takes a little boy that's a

1219
01:08:18,399 --> 01:08:20,000
shepherd and is awesome to a
king.

1220
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:23,080
Why humility?
Joshua and Caleb, are they the

1221
01:08:23,080 --> 01:08:24,439
strongest, craziest words in
history?

1222
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:28,080
No humility, Jehoshaphat,
nowhere to go, pinned against

1223
01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:28,960
the wall.
What happens?

1224
01:08:29,279 --> 01:08:30,960
He worships his way to win a
war.

1225
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:34,680
That's what we can do Amen.
So Father would come before you.

1226
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:37,399
God be asked.
God, you make all of us

1227
01:08:37,399 --> 01:08:38,800
difference makers in this
season.

1228
01:08:38,800 --> 01:08:42,160
God, give us faith.
God give us wisdom, give us

1229
01:08:42,160 --> 01:08:44,520
boldness.
Maybe today you're a Jesus

1230
01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:45,880
follower.
Maybe call real life home.

1231
01:08:45,920 --> 01:08:47,880
You're like, you know what?
God is calling me to increase my

1232
01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:50,040
faith.
God is calling me to be a

1233
01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:52,880
difference maker.
God is stretching me like I want

1234
01:08:52,880 --> 01:08:55,359
to be part of the two.
Like I don't be the person that

1235
01:08:55,359 --> 01:08:57,080
says, you know, no, I was a part
of that season.

1236
01:08:57,720 --> 01:08:59,720
Like I had bold faith that God
can.

1237
01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:02,040
I believed he could.
If that's you and God speaking

1238
01:09:02,040 --> 01:09:05,040
to you to increase your faith,
just lean into his power.

1239
01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:07,200
Just raise your hand high.
Just declare it to God.

1240
01:09:07,200 --> 01:09:10,479
I'm going to be bold faith what
God can do in this next season.

1241
01:09:11,399 --> 01:09:12,840
God, you see the hands and the
hearts.

1242
01:09:13,399 --> 01:09:15,840
God help us to be people.
God that desperately needs you,

1243
01:09:16,359 --> 01:09:18,920
that'll be marked by prayer and
fasting, especially this season

1244
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:21,160
and beyond.
God that you'd make a way.

1245
01:09:21,160 --> 01:09:24,080
God be here for divine favor.
God for maybe people in this

1246
01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:28,359
house today that can move the
needle, that we could be able to

1247
01:09:28,359 --> 01:09:31,800
say yes to an opportunity for
our first permanent space.

1248
01:09:32,439 --> 01:09:35,000
God that we can see the future.
God, we see the obstacles, but

1249
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:37,520
God, we see the future.
God we see your Kingdom coming.

1250
01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:40,359
God, we see place full of
worship and excellence.

1251
01:09:41,200 --> 01:09:43,359
You know, we see souls getting
saved, missionaries sent out,

1252
01:09:43,560 --> 01:09:46,960
prodigals coming home, people
being discipled, people growing,

1253
01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:49,800
kids being changed for the
furtherance of the gospel.

1254
01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:51,680
You know, we see each bold
transformation.

1255
01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:53,720
You always see your light shine
in your community.

1256
01:09:53,880 --> 01:09:56,760
God, we declare God that there
was a promise and you call us

1257
01:09:56,760 --> 01:09:58,360
into God.
There's a first permanent space

1258
01:09:58,360 --> 01:10:01,080
you bring to bring us to.
So God, give us that faith

1259
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:03,240
together.
In this season, I'll pray for

1260
01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:04,920
one group of people in the
house, and that's those of you

1261
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:06,840
that recognize today that we're
all passionate about this.

1262
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:08,840
So we're real passionate about
souls.

1263
01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:10,240
We're real passionate about
things of God.

1264
01:10:10,480 --> 01:10:12,480
And he may be the first time in
your life you show up to a

1265
01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:14,160
church that has this type of
passion.

1266
01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:18,360
And the reason we do is because
of Jesus, because Jesus changed

1267
01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:20,720
his lives.
He rescued souls.

1268
01:10:20,920 --> 01:10:24,120
And maybe today you recognize
that this is this bold faith is

1269
01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:28,320
something you need and it all
comes from Christ, that Jesus

1270
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:31,560
died on the cross for our sins
and he's changed all of our

1271
01:10:31,560 --> 01:10:35,440
wrongs for all of his rights.
And by that we have bold faith.

1272
01:10:35,440 --> 01:10:38,360
And we are unashamedly
Christians living for Christ,

1273
01:10:38,520 --> 01:10:40,120
sharing the good news of the
gospel.

1274
01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:41,800
And that gospel maybe came to
you today.

1275
01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:45,240
Maybe you saw a sign, maybe
somebody encouraged you with the

1276
01:10:45,240 --> 01:10:47,880
gospel this week and you're here
today for the first time ever,

1277
01:10:48,160 --> 01:10:49,920
and you're recognizing there's
something special about these

1278
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:51,240
people.
I'm just telling you today, all

1279
01:10:51,240 --> 01:10:54,120
this is Jesus, that we've
humbled ourselves before the

1280
01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:55,680
cross and said, Lord, we need
you.

1281
01:10:55,880 --> 01:10:58,240
God save us.
And that's what separates us.

1282
01:10:58,240 --> 01:10:59,600
We're not perfect, but we're
forgiven.

1283
01:11:00,360 --> 01:11:02,240
And if you need Christ today and
you need forgiveness today, the

1284
01:11:02,240 --> 01:11:03,840
Bible says that, Amen, because
the name of the Lord shall be

1285
01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:06,760
saved, forgiven and made noon
change and inside out.

1286
01:11:07,040 --> 01:11:09,640
And so if you needed Christ
today, I'd encourage you just to

1287
01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:11,440
humble yourself before him.
If that's you, you need Christ,

1288
01:11:11,440 --> 01:11:13,000
you just raise your hand high.
This place, nobody looking

1289
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:14,960
around to make it weird.
I'm going to call you out.

1290
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:16,760
You can see your guys's hands,
see your hand.

1291
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:19,600
If you need Christ today, would
you just pray this prayer?

1292
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:23,360
The prayer does not save you,
but it's that belief we talked

1293
01:11:23,360 --> 01:11:28,080
about that faith by faith.
I saw Abraham was saved by

1294
01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:29,160
faith.
We're saved by faith.

1295
01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:31,440
That faith in God just called
him by faith and say thank you

1296
01:11:31,440 --> 01:11:34,000
Jesus, that you died across from
my sins.

1297
01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:36,440
I believe you're the sinless son
of God that died for me.

1298
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:39,600
I recognize your power.
I see your might all through

1299
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:42,360
this sermon and through the
Bible and God, I need your power

1300
01:11:42,360 --> 01:11:45,480
in my life to forgive my sins,
come in life and save me and

1301
01:11:45,480 --> 01:11:47,600
make me new that close in Jesus
name.

1302
01:11:47,600 --> 01:11:50,880
The church said, Amen.
You guys have people raise your

1303
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:52,280
hand on a building message,
Amen.

1304
01:11:53,040 --> 01:11:55,880
That's the power of God, Amen.
Give it up for Christ.

1305
01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:05,040
I gotcha, there we go.
I mean, what an encouragement

1306
01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:06,760
today.
I know for me as well, just

1307
01:12:07,040 --> 01:12:10,200
calling us to bold faith and
even the title of this message

1308
01:12:10,200 --> 01:12:14,160
that this is our moment.
And some of you recognize today

1309
01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:16,680
that this was your moment to
meet Jesus today and you

1310
01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:19,520
recognize that you need him.
You raised your hand, you prayed

1311
01:12:19,520 --> 01:12:22,080
that prayer and committed your
life to Jesus today.

1312
01:12:22,320 --> 01:12:25,240
We are so excited for you.
Let's give them all a hand

1313
01:12:25,240 --> 01:12:30,680
again, if that's you, come on.
Hey, we would love to walk

1314
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:33,240
alongside you to resource you
today with a few things.

1315
01:12:33,240 --> 01:12:35,200
If you would just grab that
connection card that's on your

1316
01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:36,840
seat.
Go ahead and fill out that top

1317
01:12:36,840 --> 01:12:38,960
portion there, but make sure and
check that box that says I

1318
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:41,720
committed my life to Jesus.
You can drop those in the giving

1319
01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:44,080
buckets as they pass here in
just a few minutes.

1320
01:12:44,080 --> 01:12:46,600
But by doing so just allows us
to get you a few things.

1321
01:12:46,600 --> 01:12:48,120
The first one is this.
It's a free book.

1322
01:12:48,120 --> 01:12:50,840
We'll drop it in the mail
tomorrow, but it's a short read

1323
01:12:50,840 --> 01:12:53,760
called begin.
It really will be a blessing to

1324
01:12:53,760 --> 01:12:55,120
you.
It's got a ton of resources, a

1325
01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:57,440
lot of information as you're
kind of taking that first step

1326
01:12:57,440 --> 01:13:00,120
with Jesus this week.
Also, if you prayed that prayer

1327
01:13:00,120 --> 01:13:02,840
and you are right here at
Kentucky Trail, as you exit the

1328
01:13:02,840 --> 01:13:05,520
worship center, there is a table
to your left there that has some

1329
01:13:05,520 --> 01:13:08,040
red bags.
Please grab a red bag as well

1330
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:11,240
inside as a Bible just for you.
A letter from Sean with a few

1331
01:13:11,240 --> 01:13:14,160
other resources that we know
will just be an awesome next

1332
01:13:14,160 --> 01:13:18,440
step for you this week.
Hey, if you are newer with us in

1333
01:13:18,440 --> 01:13:21,040
the house today, thanks so much
for being here today.

1334
01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:23,800
We love that you chose to spend
your morning right here with us.

1335
01:13:23,800 --> 01:13:26,560
We really don't want anything
from you except for this.

1336
01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:28,600
It's just to introduce yourself
to us.

1337
01:13:28,600 --> 01:13:30,880
You can do that by grabbing that
connection card, filling out

1338
01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:33,160
your information.
You can check that first time

1339
01:13:33,160 --> 01:13:34,600
here box.
You can actually take it out to

1340
01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:37,360
the new here booth as you exit
just to your right there,

1341
01:13:37,640 --> 01:13:39,640
there's a new here booth.
Have a free gift that we would

1342
01:13:39,640 --> 01:13:41,840
love to get to you.
Just our way of saying thanks

1343
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very much for being here and we
would love to see you back right

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here next week.
Wait, I'm going to take a minute

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and just talk about something
that I believe truly will define

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the next chapter, a real life
church.

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And that's our difference and
Maker initiative.

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I mean, over the last eight
years, we have just seen God

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move in so many incredible ways.
We have seen 500, almost 500

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people commit their lives to
Jesus, 500 people whose eternity

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is changed forever.
Can we just celebrate that for a

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minute?
So good.

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We truly believe that we are
just getting started.

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And as we take this step into a
permanent space and opportunity

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to say yes to a permanent home
for real Life Church, I mean,

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that allows us to minister full
time to students, to teens, to

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families, and ultimately to our
city because we're believing to

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see 5000 lives changed for Jesus
in the next chapter of Real Life

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church.
That's why we're asking every

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one of us to start praying.
Continue praying, in fact,

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asking and asking God what is
bold faith look like for me in

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this season?
You can scan the QR code there

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on the screen.
Also in your book there is AQR

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code as well that will take you
to our difference Maker website

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just to catch the vision to
learn more about what this is

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and start asking God, what do
you have for me in this season

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at Real Life church?
And I want to you to hear my

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heart on this.
It is not about a dollar amount.

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01:15:10,800 --> 01:15:15,280
It is not about a number truly,
it's about 100% participation.

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All of us who call real life
church home stepping in and

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01:15:19,440 --> 01:15:22,760
saying yes, God, how can we do
this together?

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And I also want you to hear this
sincerely that we don't want you

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to give a penny more than what
God asks you to give.

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But this is a bold faith
journey.

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01:15:32,200 --> 01:15:34,800
So we also don't want you to
give a penny less than what God

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is asking you to give.
And so you got a commitment card

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when you walked in the door.
We're not turning those in

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today.
We do that later in the series.

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So you don't have to worry about
filling that out.

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But really, now is the time to
pray, to seek to believe and

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01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:53,880
dream together that through our
faith, through our generosity,

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we'll see thousands of lives
impacted and changed for Jesus.

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01:15:58,360 --> 01:16:00,440
And so if you call real life
home, there are a lot of ways

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that you can take part in
generosity today.

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01:16:02,560 --> 01:16:05,040
You can scan the QR code that's
there on the screen.

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01:16:05,040 --> 01:16:07,840
You can text any amount to that
number there as well.

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01:16:07,840 --> 01:16:09,760
You can drive cash or checking
the giving buckets.

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01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:13,000
There's a box in the back as
well if that is more convenient

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for you.
And if you or your family find

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yourself in any kind of
immediate need this week, maybe

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01:16:18,280 --> 01:16:20,480
it's food or clothing or
shelter.

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01:16:20,480 --> 01:16:22,560
Would you please reach into the
buckets that they pass here in

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01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:25,200
just a couple minutes and just
grab out any loose cash that you

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01:16:25,200 --> 01:16:27,480
see?
We really do want to bless you

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01:16:27,480 --> 01:16:32,720
and your family.
Man, what an awesome day.

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01:16:32,720 --> 01:16:35,400
Can we get it for God just to
call in our lives to be the best

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01:16:35,400 --> 01:16:36,920
of difference makers in this
generation?

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01:16:37,440 --> 01:16:38,920
And I'm so excited for this next
six weeks.

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01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:41,360
Hey, I want to let you guys know
about a couple awesome things

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coming up.
So on Sunday, September or

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01:16:43,600 --> 01:16:45,520
September, they were the year
ago.

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01:16:45,520 --> 01:16:48,280
Man, I'm getting old.
October the 26th, we're going to

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have a super Kids Sunday.
So your kids are going to have a

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01:16:51,320 --> 01:16:54,560
great time at 9:00 or 10:45,
whichever gathering they come to

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01:16:54,880 --> 01:16:58,160
with wearing their favorite
costume, candy, and just a

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01:16:58,160 --> 01:17:01,640
message of faith about the real
hero, Jesus in our lives.

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01:17:01,640 --> 01:17:04,880
And then on Wednesday of October
as well.

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01:17:04,880 --> 01:17:08,760
So real life youth Halloween
party, costumes, talent show, I

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01:17:08,760 --> 01:17:10,920
guess, or meet.
Hey, Drew, can we do that?

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01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:13,360
Can we get in the talent show?
We told no.

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01:17:13,360 --> 01:17:15,800
It's gonna be awesome.
So check out, check it out

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01:17:16,200 --> 01:17:18,160
details online or hit the QR
code.

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01:17:18,360 --> 01:17:19,680
And you guys don't want to miss
out on that.

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Hey, if you need prayer for any
reason, we'll have somebody up

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01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:24,720
here to pray with you either as
individuals or family.

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01:17:24,880 --> 01:17:27,160
Can't wait to see you guys again
next week at 9:00 or 10:45.

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01:17:27,160 --> 01:17:30,120
And as always, remember, whoever
finds Jesus discovers real life

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and purpose.