Come on, man. If you believe it in your
celebrated Easter with me today, let me hear an Easter Roar all
across all of our locations. Come on.
Yeah, man. We serve a Victorious and
resurrected Lord. I am so glad that you guys are
here today. My desire is to bring a message
today that will bring hope and Clarity into each and every
single one of your Times I wrote this message, for those of you
who have tried and tried to fill yourself up with all that.
Life has to offer, only to find yourself, still running on
empty. I wrote this message for those
of you who ran after profits and pleasure and platforms, but have
never been fully satisfied. I wrote this message.
For those of you who've worked yourself to the Bone gone, from
relationship to relationship to those of you who, no matter how
much you get, It's never enough. I wrote it for those that hope
that the next relationship would be the one, the last one.
It's for those of you who thought that the last raise at
work would be enough. I wrote this message for those
of you who saved and saved and thought The next purchase would
bring happiness. It's for those of you who
believe you've tried God on, and it didn't seem to fit, just
right. It's for those of you who are
wondering, if this is it. If this is all there is, I wrote
this message for those of you who are tired of running tired
of waiting tired of the inescapable feeling that it
might never get better. I wrote this message for those
of you who would class pacify yourselves, as spiritually,
confused religiously upset, biblically underwhelmed.
I wrote this message for people who are tired of chasing Shades.
I want to welcome those of you joining at 48th Street.
To those of you joining in Macomb and 929 in Kirksville,
Pike County, Hannibal Lima Mount Sterling Keokuk.
Monmouth Jacksonville. I want to welcome our for
crossing inside locations. Western Illinois.
Correctional center, Pike County.
Dale, the Adams County Jail in the vein Delia women's prison
and the thousands of you joining online, I also want to welcome
those of you who are joining us for the first time or are
joining us for the first time in a long time.
We are so glad that you are here and we are thankful that you
took time out of your business. Busy schedules to spend a little
bit of your day with us. We want you to know that there
are campus pastors and staff and difference makers at all of our
locations. Ins who love you and are for you
because we serve a God who is for you.
And for your family, the title of my message today is chasing
shapes turned, your neighbor say, chasing Shades.
Would you do that real quick? The problem with chasing Shades
is it robs you of at least two things, it robs you of your
Clarity and it steals your hope. That's exactly what Satan does.
It's also what the world, does it robs.
And it steals your hope and your Clarity.
It gives you enough light to see but not enough light to
understand. You can end up chasing Shades.
Let me explain it to you. Your eyes are not deceiving you.
I'm standing in front of you, a six foot six 300-pound man in a
pink shirt and blue bottoms. Yeah, I'm like cotton candy,
Clayton, that's what this is. This is bubblegum.
And if you if you call the crossing home you know that my
wife is the one who dresses. Me.
What I'm supposed to go out in public places, but I had it set
apart in my heart that this was the outfit.
I was going to wear this weekend because I'm a sucker for a
pastel, so what happens and but in the right light, I'm okay.
Have you ever noticed that? Sometimes you chase shades, That
you miss out on all the brilliant colors that life has
to offer. You just get sucked into chasing
Shades. Let me explain in a different
way to all the all the ladies that are listening at all of our
different locations, give me an H, okay.
I just want to make sure there were girls here.
Have you noticed that the guy you married?
He went to Walmart or shopped online and he wanted some camo
colored Crocs just to kind of have something nice to put in
his feet in after a long hard day at work and he wanted the
camel colored Crocs to go. This camo colored cargo pants
that match his camo colored boat.
And from time to time he goes out and buys new rods new reels
and new lures. So he can go out and fish and
hopefully catch more fish and then he was like, you know,
sweetie, I feel like, maybe I shouldn't just fish.
I feel like I should maybe Into hunting and so, you know, he may
be, he's like, me deep down inside.
He has a desire to have a Browning Satori lightning over
under. He wants the matching set, the
12 gauge, and the 20 gauge and he justifies the purchase that
one day, he'll give him off to his kids.
And then he's like, you know what?
I feel if I'm gonna do, honey, I probably need to get myself a
four-wheeler because in case I do shoot one, I don't want to
have to drag it up on myself and throw my back out and not be
able to work and provide for you sweetie.
So I feel like I do need the four-wheeler and the garage
keeps getting more. And more full of things but he
doesn't get any happier. He's made all the purchases.
He's wanted, but it's not changed.
In fact, he's still pretty stinking grumpy and your kind of
glad he has all those things in your kind of, like, don't you
want to go away for the weekend just with your friends or maybe
by yourself take a week? If you need to write some of you
guys are, like, hold on, a second Clayton.
I thought we were friends, okay. I came here on Easter weekend
and this is what you're gonna do to me.
It's alright fellows. If you're with, if you're with
me, give me a Who Okay, I got some I got a home team.
Um, guys, maybe you can understand, maybe, you know,
somebody, let's call them spouse and your life was doing actually
pretty good for all of it. And one of the things you got
really good at was sleeping. You go in.
You lay down on your bed, you pull up the covers, put your
head on the pillow, go to sleep, not a problem and you've been
married to spouse for a while and you come home from work one
day and you go into your bedroom and there are new pillows on
your bed. Like, that's weird, but okay,
and they're, they're different but, you know, their pillows.
Well, after you finish, you know, cooking dinner and doing
the dishes, like, you normally do you.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, settle down. We don't know who I'm talking
about. It might be somebody else's
husband. I'm referring to sheesh, ladies,
okay. And you get ready to go, lay
down and go to bed and you. Pull up the covers and you lay
your head on the pillows and spouse comes in and she goes.
What are you doing? And you go.
What do you mean? What am I doing?
She was. What are you doing?
I'm going to sleep. What are you doing with your
head there? We're on the pillow.
Oh, I had my head on the pillow because it's It's a pillow.
She said, oh no those pillars are not for sleeping.
Those are accent pillows there for decoration.
And you think who are we decorating for?
It's literally just us all the time in here.
If your if your house is like my house as soon as you invite
people over soon as they come in the front door, your wife pulls.
The bedroom door and says do not let anybody go in there.
So why whoo-wee? Okay.
All right, but this psychic spouse that you are with, she
trains. You you take the the accent
pillows. Right off the bed and you put
them on the floor, you're thrown down there and then in the
morning you make the bed. You put them back every day.
This is your life. She wonders why you want to go
fishing? Okay and then just when she's
got you trained you come home from work one day and you go to
sit in your favorite chair or your favorite couch. and you
notice, Thera pillows there, too.
But you've been trained, you know exactly what to do.
You pick up these pillows and you throw them on the ground?
And she goes, what are you doing?
You go on doing what you've trained me to do.
She says no these are not accent pillows.
These are throw pillows and they're called throw pillows
because you don't get to throw these on the floor.
And she keeps going to Target with her friends and buying more
pillows and where you used to be able to set your drink on the
end table and you used to have an armrest.
Now, it's just you on a couch meant for six, sitting, by
yourself in a whole bunch of pillows. and the think, That
woman that you fell in love with.
Gets up every day and goes to a job that she doesn't like with
people. She doesn't like for a boss that
she doesn't like to earn money to go out and buy pillows to
destroy your marriage. Have you ever felt like you were
chasing shades? Let me show to you spiritually.
Jesus says this and John chapter 10 I am the gate whoever enters
through me, he will be saved. They will come in and go out and
find pasture whoever's in a relationship with Jesus will
have their needs met and everything will go well for
them. But the thief comes Only to
steal kill and destroy. Jesus says, I have come that
they may have life and have it to the full.
I am the Good Shepherd and the Good Shepherd.
Lays down his life for the Sheep.
The Hired Hand, Is that the shepherd and does not own the
Sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming,
he abandons the sheep and runs away, then the wolf attacks, the
flock, and scatters it. I wonder if there's somebody
joining from our different locations, who feels a little
scattered The man runs away because he is a Hired Hand.
And cares. Nothing for the Sheep.
I am the Good Shepherd and I know my sheep and my sheep know
me just as the father knows me. And I know the father and I lay
down my life for the Sheep. That's Good Friday, that's Jesus
on the cross. I have other sheep that are not
of this sheep pen. I must bring them.
Also, they too will. Listen to my voice and there
shall be one flock and one Shepherd, the reason, my father
loves me is that I lay down my life.
That's the cross. Again only to take it up again.
That is Easter Sunday. No one takes it from me, but I
lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down
and authority to take it up again.
But the thief comes only to steal kill and destroy.
Make no mistake about it. You have an enemy.
He attacks your past, your present, your relationships,
your identity, your future. There's some of you listening my
voice right now and you've had people placed in your life who
are to provide and protect and instead, they used you and
abandoned you There's some of you here today, watching online
or joining us from the crossing inside. and you're looking at
the Christian Life and the promise of a fulfilled and
Abundant Life in you're going, there's no way if you could pick
a couple of words to describe the Christian Life, the two you
would not pick for sure, would be full and abundant Is it
possible that were simply chasing Shades that were not
actually living the life that God intended for us to live the
problem with Shades? The problem with the lack of
clarity is that you don't know what to Chase.
You've seen that, I am surrounded by Colour, but you
can't see it anymore. It's there nothing's moved.
Do you remember where the green one?
Was the blue one. The red one.
You could see it when you sought it made sense. but then, The
harder you look you just feel like you're chasing Shades.
This happens in all kinds of ways.
The good gifts that God has given us the things that he has
given us for our enjoyment and to glorify him, we can end up
worshipping those things instead of The Giver of those good
things, where you can find yourself, placing those things
in the place of God, make no mistake about it, we were made
to worship all of us will worship.
One or something. Some of you, you may worship
your job, some of you your money, some of you, your kids,
some of you, your spouse others, your platform, but what happens
when they don't fulfill you, What happens when you lose them?
We see it happen all the time. We know this to be true, we
watch it in the news and we see people who seem to have it all.
All the money that you could ever want their famous across
the globe, access to all the pleasure that the world has to
offer. Yet their lives are shambles
held together by drugs, rehabs and relapse has, how many of us
have watched childhood stars in Hollywood Elites live spiral out
of control or painfully cut short.
That's why Easter is so special and so significant because Jesus
death on the cross and three days later.
Coming back to life, brings the light.
We desperately need, we see things differently because of
the light I believe we see at least three things differently
because of the light of Jesus Christ.
The first thing that I think we all see differently is we would
see our situation differently, we would recognize that the
things that God has given us. They are gifts from God, but
they are not a replacement for God.
Maybe the reason why you are not living life to the full.
As you are, worshiping the gift, God gave you and not God
himself. They should cause us to worship
God, but he cannot be the object of our worship gifts are to be
given, not stored. That's the path to an abundant
life. That the things that God gives
us are meant to be a benefit to others.
Not just to benefit ourselves that let me show it to you.
For instance, our money is not for Sumption but it is for
giving and the stats on this are in the world, happiness report
just came out and it says that the more generous you are the
more happy you become. Which makes what Jesus said in
Scripture. It is more blessed to give than
to receive make a whole lot more sense that the power you and I
have is not for us to control things but to help people
there's a Chinese proverb that says, if you want happiness for
an hour, take a nap. Some of your like praise God.
Right there. That's my message.
That was my Easter message. The K.
So you're like I actually want, like that's can we just play the
song and leave? As I want to go home and take a
nap. And so, if you just woke up.
Hi. My name is Clayton.
I'm glad you're here. Okay, if you want happiness for
an hour, take a nap if you want it for a day, go fishing.
If you want it for a year inherit a fortune, if you want
it for a lifetime help. Somebody That happiness comes
the stats are in on this that the more you help other people,
the more happy and fulfilled you become.
You'll have a greater sense of purpose and well-being, that
when you help other people, it releases endorphins
psychologists call it, you getting a helpers, hi.
Maybe the path to an Abundant Life is In Loving and serving
other people instead of just serving and loving ourselves.
We would realize that in our situation that our platform
isn't up for personal elevation, but for lifting other people up
and lifting other people out. If you to see your life through
the lens of Jesus, through the light that he brings, we would
stop chasing Shades. We would see things differently
in our situation. We realize that our time is not
running out. Our time is actually running up.
So many of us are trying to get everything we can out of this
life, as if this life is all there is.
But when you come into an intimate, personal relationship
with Jesus Christ, your clock doesn't run down.
It begins running up that are death is not the end, it is not
our destination, but is an invitation to Eternity with God
himself. Look what it says in Romans 6:23
for the wages of sin is death. But the gift of God is eternal
life in Christ. Jesus, our lord, all of us, have
sinned, all of us will eventually die, but for those of
us who are in an intimate personal relationship with Jesus
Christ. When we die, we will be with him
forever. We won't just see our situation
differently, through the light of Jesus.
We would see a god differently and I talked to a lot of people
and I'm amazed at how How so many people see God differently
than I do. Maybe you've had that same
situation, you'll be talking to somebody and the god that
they're talking about doesn't sound anything like the god
that, you know, but it's only through the lens of Jesus,
through the light of Jesus, that were able to stop chasing Shades
and actually see God. The way he actually desires to
be seen. For instance, if you through the
light of Jesus, you would realize that God is not
controlling but caring. He's not trying to limit you.
He is trying to protect you as the creator of life, he knows
best how to live that life. What will bring you ultimate
happiness will bring you ultimate fulfillment.
What will give you abundance? He knows what we'll do those
things and he also knows what will steal them and robbed them.
He knows what will destroy and he knows what will bring you
life and life to the full. If you look at God, through the
light of Jesus, you would see that.
He's not angry, he's loving that, the wrath of God that you
and I racked up. What is satisfied through Jesus?
On the cross that he loves us. That's why it says in John 3:16,
you guys know this, when you've got it on a cup of coffee mugs
at home, couple of you got a tattoo on a spring break when
you were talking to other people, you got John 3:16
somewhere on your body. You guys all know this for God's
soap, what's the next word? Yeah, the world that he gave his
one and only son that whoever believes Believes in him, shall
not perish but have eternal life.
You would realize that God's not against you, but God is for you.
P is for your good. He is for your family.
He was for a full and Abundant Life.
God is for you. I'll prove it to.
You look what he says in Romans 8:31.
What then shall we say in response to these things?
If God is for us, who can be against us?
God is for you. That's why he sent his son to
die for you. Through the lens of Jesus,
through the light of Jesus. We would also realize that God
is Not distant, but God is closed.
I know sometimes people feel like because God is a cosmic
God, he's so far away that, even if you screamed and shouted and
waved Flags, he wouldn't even notice you.
But all too often in scripture, the way to get God's attention
is not screaming and shouting, its Whispering.
Because he's that close. In fact, when he sent his son,
Jesus to Earth, he said and call him Emmanuel, which means god
with us. And when Jesus left Earth, he
said I'm going to leave behind my Holy Spirit, which is God in
us. You don't have to scream and
shout. He is close.
Close enough to whisper. Look what it says in Psalm 34
Verse 18. The Lord is close to the
Brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
If there are some of you listening to me right now and
you would classify yourself as crushed and spirit.
I want you to know, maybe God has never been closer. we would
see our situation differently, we would see God differently,
but the last thing I want to tell you through the light of
Jesus, I think we would see ourselves differently.
It was a couple years back, my oldest son was just barely
walking and we were it was a it was a warm day and we were
outside and I was just looking at him and some of you you've
been there were you are just overcome with emotion as you
stare at your kid like your heart is completely full and you
can't really articulate it and it was just one of those special
moments and I immediately called my dad And when he picked up the
phone, I said, Dad. I'm standing here looking at my
son and I am overwhelmed by how much I love him and it's in this
moment that I fully understand what you mean.
When you say you love me. It was only until I could see
myself to the eyes of a father. That I understood how much my
father loved me. It was as I looked at Zane, I
realized how my father looked at me.
Some of you, you're getting ready in the morning and your
spouse is in the bathroom. And you, maybe you're like me.
And sometimes I'll write Post-it notes and sometimes I'll have a
little rap poems, which they don't go over well, but I do
them anyway. Sometimes I'll sing her song.
And you know we got the mirror in the bathroom and I'll say
things like oh my goodness. Whoo you are looking good today
she's just will you quit And she'll put on a certain outfit
and spec. How does this look?
And I'll be like, whoo. I don't know if I'll even that.
That you look way too good. No one's going to be able to
work today, will you stop? Sometimes I'll just be a decent
human being and I know you look beautiful.
And she go. Yeah, right. because women are
not complicated and Fellas. Have you ever have you ever
wished that you could pull your eyes out of your head and shove
them in her head? And then turn her head towards
the mirror and go. Now look at you Look at you
through my eyes. Because then she'd know,
wouldn't she? She would know how she can take
your breath away. She would know how radiant she
looks to you. She would know because if just
for a little bit she could see herself through your eyes.
It would be a game-changer Your kids are getting frustrated at
you, by the way, your parenting in the way you're coaching them
in the way you're saying, yes to certain things and know that
other things in your kids are like how could you do this to
me? You don't even love me and you
just wish you could book. Look at yourself.
I am for you. I am good to you.
I am trying to protect you and equip you and Empower you and
help you say yes to good things and no too bad things.
If you could just see yourself through my eyes but you tracking
with me, if I could wish anything today, all across this
region, it would be that you could see yourself Through The
Eyes of Jesus. That's what I want for you.
And whether we know each other or not, would you just let me be
your pastor for just a few moments?
But I want to tell you what, I think you would see what I know
you would see if you could see yourself Through The Eyes Of
Jesus. If you could see yourself to the
eyes of Jesus, this is what you'd see that you are not an
accident, your parents may not have planned you, but God did
you are put together by God himself.
You were knit together in your mother's womb, you were made in
His image. You were made to Proclaim good
news to the lonely. The sick, the hurting and the
poor. You have Heavenly water for the
Thirsty. You have Godly food for the
hungry. You have freedom for the
captives and Liberation for those in bondage, your life has
purpose and value. You bring light into the
darkness. You exchange Beauty for Ashes
morning for dancing and despair. You bring joy.
If you could see yourself Through The Eyes Of Jesus, you
would realize that is that your past has been redeemed.
Your sins have been forgiven, they have been covered by the
blood of Jesus. They've been nailed to the
cross. They've been cast, as far as
from the East is from the west by his stripes.
You've been healed, your sins are no longer your shame, but
the introduction to the story of how God has made you knew
therefore, you can claim what it says in second Corinthians 5:17.
Therefore, if anyone Point to an anyone, you can point to your
neighbor, you can point to yourself.
You could point to me and I could point to you, everybody
say, anyone, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has gone and the new has come, if you could see yourself
Through The Eyes Of Jesus, this is what you'd see that because
of his spirit that he placed in you, when you got baptized that,
you have everything you need for an abundant life.
You can be loving even when it's difficult, you can.
A joyful. Even in painful circumstances,
you can have peace in the midst of uncertainty.
You can be patient in a world that is rushed.
You have the power to be kind and good and faithful, and
gentle to the power at work in the holy spirit that is in your
life. You have the ability of self
control, the ability to say, no to the things that seek to
destroy your relationships, your purpose, and your calling.
If you can see yourself Through The Eyes of Jesus, you'd realize
that you no longer have to live in fear because the Bible
teaches that perfect love casts out fear but perfect love is not
something you possess or something you know it is a
person you know perfect love has a name and it is the matchless
precious life-altering name of you know it helped me out all
yes you do that that name the name that is above every name
can be Own and can be trusted that, even though you walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, you will fear no evil.
Because he's with you you're not alone if you could see yourself
Through The Eyes Of Jesus, you wouldn't be as worried or as
anxious because you would have access to him.
Jesus says come to me all of you who are weary and heavy laden
and I will give you rest, you would know in your heart, the
truth of the song you sang, when you were young.
He's got the whole world. oh, you know, it That's who I'm
talking about. If you could see yourself
Through The Eyes Of Jesus, you would realize that you were the
object of his affection that he lavishes.
His love on you. And that even when you are weak,
you are strong because he is your strength.
If you could see yourself Through The Eyes Of Jesus, you
realize that your future is bright and secured.
You have a place in heaven. He is preparing a place for you.
The reservation has been made, your name is on the list.
This world is not your home. There is something better coming
your way. So would you please stop chasing
Shades and step into the abundance that God has to offer?
I want you to think about that as we move into a time of
decision, I want to talk to just three groups of people real
quick. There's some of you in here that
you've never started an intimate, personal relationship
with Jesus Christ, for one reason, or another, it's just
never been your turn. Never been your moment, and I
get it. You've seen other people do it.
You've had questions about what it would look like for you to do
it, or maybe you're hearing all of this for the very first time
and I just got to tell you where I'm at.
But, when I think about an intimate personal relationship
with Jesus Christ, and those of you who call The Crossing home,
you've heard this before, and you're gonna have to back me up
in just a second. But if you were to ask me about
my relationship with Jesus Christ, I would just tell you
two things one, it is the single greatest decision that I have
ever made. And my biggest regret is that I
didn't do it sooner and I know what you're tempted to think.
Yeah, that's great, but Clayton, you know you're a professional
Christian. You're paid to be here.
This is part of your thing here me you don't have you don't have
to trust me. In fact I wouldn't But I'm not
the only testimony in this room. I'm not the only life that's
been repurposed and redeemed in this room.
I'm willing to wager that I'm not the only person in this room
who would agree with those two statements?
That it's the best decision they've ever made and their
biggest regret is they didn't do it sooner.
Let me prove it to you, if you would agree with those two
statements, would you put your hand up?
You are standing or sitting right now in a room full of
testimonies. And it could be your testimony
too. So there's some of your going
but Clayton, I don't know enough.
I hear you. I hear you.
I get you don't know enough but that hasn't stopped you from
making all kinds of decisions in your life.
Some of you you put toothpaste in your in your, in your gas
tank if there were instructions. You bought cars and You Don't
Know Jack about cars, you do what I do, does it have cooled
seats? Because I'm a big boy.
It's all I need to know sir, right.
Did you know everything about women before you got married?
Probably. Not Did you know everything
about your job before you took it?
Did you know everything about your house, before you bought it
with she had, but you bought it anyway.
You just have to know enough. Well, you know, more along the
way, you better believe it, but sometimes you just got to go, do
I know enough and for me, I knew enough.
I knew that I was not living the life.
I was designed for, I knew it in my soul, I knew that there was
something wrong that needed to be fixed.
There was a hole that needed to be filled.
I knew that whatever it was, it wasn't in me. and then someone
told me about Jesus, that was all I needed.
That he would take all the broken in me and he would put it
back together that he would redeem and repurpose my life.
I knew enough. And there might be some of you
in here today that you're going you know what it's been a long
enough and there might be some of you here today saying I know
enough and just a few moments we're going to give you an
opportunity can walk over by the baptistry you can talk to
somebody here about how to start that relationship with Jesus
right now. You're going.
But I don't have clothes to get wet and change, just so, you
know, we've already got all the stuff you need.
So that would that that's not an excuse.
And I can just tell you, there is no better way to celebrate
Easter than to live it. Because that's what happens when
you get baptized, you are buried and you die to yourself.
And then you are brought back to life in the newness of Christ
and that could be your story today.
The second group of people I want to talk to are those of you
who you have, you followed Jesus for a while at some point but
you haven't been following him lately. if you're to be honest,
you're kind of surprised that you're here, you know, you used
to be super committed or super involved.
You used to have a whole lot of used to about you and your faith
but not a whole lot of present tense and I don't know what's
driving that and maybe you don't either, but I just have one
question for you. Why does God have you here
today? Why did he put you in this
place? To hear this message today?
If not for the purpose of calling you to recommit
re-engage Maybe God is wanting to use this moment in your life.
To get you to stop chasing Shades in to chase after him
again. In fact, she also encourage you
at some point time. Maybe you need to talk to
somebody. Maybe you want to come up here
and just get down on your knees and praying to God, I just need
to recommit to you. I need to re-engage, I need to
reorient my life towards you. Third group of you, those of you
call yourself, you know, Christians, totally sold out,
love the Lord, things are going great.
I just don't ever want to be a church, that takes the love of
Jesus and his sacrifice for granted that because of what
he's done for us. We should be the most excited.
Most joyful, most amped people on planet Earth are smile,
should be the hardest smile to wipe off our face because we
just can't get over how good he is.
And so would you at some point time with her you come up here
and get down on your knees and just pray, a prayer of
Thanksgiving over everything that God has saved you from over
everything that he's redeemed, you from, or maybe as it says,
you're staying in. You're lifting both hands up and
your singing as loud as you can't letting God know you
recognize and you are forever. Thankful forever grateful for
his work on your behalf. I want to give you an
opportunity to do that. What you guys stand with me?
God used this moment right now. Here and all across this region.
To bring about lasting change in every heart not just for the
hearts that are have been running from you or have never
known you. But God also bring it about in
the hearts of people who've been following after you for a while.
Got to remove the calluses, bring a fresh love and a fresh
commitment out of each and every single one of us selfishly got I
ask that for every person in this room that they would
recognize that you're in here and that you're moving and the
guy that they would trust you with the next step that they
need to take and your name. I pray.
Amen.