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

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Very thankful last week. 
Although it was a bummer not 

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

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heaven with the world. 
Amen. 

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

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

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

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Heaven. 
It was really cool. 

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

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

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Come on, somebody. 
Right? 

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And I had numerous people, man, 
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minutes. 
It was so good. 

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

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

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Amen. 
It's worth it. 

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So a little bit about heaven. 
Thankful for that. 

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Secondly, thankful for our 10 
days of heavenly vision. 

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

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

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

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

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liked it and they were 
commenting just all about these 

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little tidbits of having about 
family and and friends and 

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relationships. 
And I encourage you guys to get 

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a chance to share that kind of 
stuff. 

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And the world does not know what
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Most people think it's really 
boring or it's irrelevant and it

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

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know about. 
But to tell people about the 

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

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true heaven. 
I think people are hungry for 

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heaven. 
Amen. 

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

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shared, like commented all the 
things. 

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It makes a difference. 
Just planting seeds. 

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I have people, my family, I have
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distant relatives that are 
liking and commenting and 

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sharing. 
That's the word living. 

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Amen. 
Y'all scrolling for hours a day.

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Come on somebody, you're on the 
toilet. 

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

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

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

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

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just talk about community kind 
of flow for the day. 

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I'm going to just share a little
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together and some things maybe 
you you've seen in scripture, 

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maybe we're looked in Acts 
chapter 2. 

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I'll have a life group leaders 
come up. 

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They're going to share a little 
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they're believing for, what 
they're praying for, and then a 

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wrap up, just like a little 
taste of heaven. 

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

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fun. 
We're going to flip this room. 

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I encourage you guys to stay a 
day. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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this morning, our events that 
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possible. 
Can you guys let them know? 

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

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

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in Acts Chapter 2, we're going 
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Sunday. 
OK, we're all back to the 

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beginning. 
I want you to see how the church

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started and it's really cool. 
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Sabbath, Sunday after Jesus 
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So the Sabbath and the following
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50 days, you have Pentecost and 
Peter brings a message and he 

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

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that's called good preaching. 
Amen. 

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Just keep the words coming, 
right? 

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And Peter had words to say, 
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message. 
It looks like he warned them and

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he pleaded with them. 
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preaching. 
It's persuasion. 

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

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and he is warning and he is 
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He says, save yourselves from 
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That might be a good message 
topic for 2026, Amen. 

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

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

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answers and Peter, he is just 
boldly proclaiming Jesus. 

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Verse 41, it says those who 
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action to me that they were 
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helped me out added to their 
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Who knows? 
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the church, Amen. 
A Merrill Lynch day did not 

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quite pull off 3000 people, 
Amen. 

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But Peter, man just just spoken 
to that culture. 

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They're all coming in for this 
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Jesus has just showed them his 
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And I always encourage you guys.
We're all being discipled by 

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someone or something. 
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that we all once followed the 
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We're either as discipled by the
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And for some of you guys who 
came in today, you're like, man,

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church is not my thing. 
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Amen. 
Because it is not church, then 

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

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that is the world. 
If you're not intentionally 

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following Jesus, the world will 
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And this is something we have to
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our children, our friends and 
family that we have to be 

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intentional followers of Jesus. 
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This is the first day the book 
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The first acts of the church was
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world and into a life giving 
relationship with Jesus through 

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list of this each other through 
each other. 

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It wasn't just hey, good luck 
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Grab a Bible on the way out. 
Come on somebody right and good 

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luck catch and release that This
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standard. 
It's not the New Testament of 

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church. 
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OK, so 3000 are added by the way
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add those people wasn't Peter it
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Look at this, it says they want 
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that word devotion or devoted, 
This is really where you start 

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seeing the first followers of 
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That means they became disciples
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They say I'm no longer going to 
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I'm devoted to the things of 
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And so look, look what they 
devoted themselves to the 

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apostles teaching. 
So they learned together to 

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fellowship. 
So they knew each other to the 

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breaking of bread. 
So they ate together into 

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prayer. 
So they talked to God together. 

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That sounds good to me. 
Amen. 

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That sounds like a great New 
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church that we just show up on a
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thing, some people pray for us 
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No, they live together. 
They ate together, they served 

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here, they prayed together and 
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verses 43. 
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the many wonders and signs 
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apostles. 
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All the believers were what 
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They were what they were 
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They came on Sunday only they 
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there. 
Pray for your brother, right? 

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They were together and had 
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Think about everything in 
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Like let this mind be a new 
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Use their mindsets the same, 
their faith levels the same, the

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goals all of us come into the 
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The maturity as a believer in 
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their values the same and the 
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share physical things in common.
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They sold property in 
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another who had need. 
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church. 
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You see somebody is hungry, you 
see somebody who's homeless, you

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see somebody that knows Christ 
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We just meet the needs, Amen. 
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And verse 46, every day, look, 
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twice a week, not even 4 times a
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meet. 
How together this amazing theme 

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

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witnessed, they would have shown
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way. 
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called the way we call ourselves
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The words Christians actually 
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towards people that follow Jesus
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It's like those are those 
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labeled us like little Jesus, 
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the original church was actually
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lived such a different life than
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People could knew there was 
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way of Jesus. 
But they met together every day 

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and there it says this. 
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That sounds good and they ate 
how let's just say ate together 

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

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joyless frozen chosen. 
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praising God and enjoying the 
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These people are blessed by each
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These people had great communion
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with each other and says this 
and the Lord what happened added

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

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There is so much power in being 
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You you think about you saw all 
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church. 
It it was so much more than I 

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show up. 
I go home. 

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Hey, that's a great message, 
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It's very little to do about 
what happens on the stage ask 

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you about what you guys do in 
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Look at they said they learned 
together that they they knew 

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each other deeply. 
They got fed together. 

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Come on somebody we love that 
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Amen. 
We're participating in the Nacho

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bar today. 
Blessing to Jarrett who cooked 

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up, I don't know how many pounds
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You'd probably know maybe 60 lbs
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He sent me a picture yesterday 
and he said, dude, I hope 

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

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He's outside on his big, you 
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and I was like, there is for 
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there's some, there's some meats
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Maybe we'll see. 
They talked, they talked to God 

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together. 
So they pray together. 

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They shared resources together, 
they praised God together and 

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they met together and enjoyed 
those blessings. 

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

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just inputs. 
The imagine the outputs of these

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

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

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marriages are healed, the 
friendships that came together, 

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the person that was lacking a 
resource and somebody just met 

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the resource. 
Somebody was homeless, but 

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

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their heart and people prayed 
for them. 

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

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people, delivering people, 
giving people boldness and 

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courage. 
How bold would you be if you had

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

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

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life together, they shared meals
together, they communion 

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together. 
There's so many outputs. 

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It doesn't even mention any of 
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But this is like the reps that 
go into the gym, right? 

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

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right? 
It's just amazing. 

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I want you to think about this 
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Basic question. 
Show of hands. 

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Help me out. 
How do you guys think that these

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

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I mean, how how many people 
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Well, hands really high. 
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If your hand isn't up right now,
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of people in the church. 
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did right there. 
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people are shepherded well. 
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something. 
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between the, the depth and the 
ability to shepherd and care and

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

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not praying for you. 
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clear. 
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that can do this, Amen. 
Like we don't have enough meal 

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

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But you, you have connections, 
you have relationships. 

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I would encourage a church is no
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You got to go deep with people 
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together and we're cared for and
we're loved on and we're prayed 

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

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There's a direct correlation 
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capacity, our care capacity, 
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getting connected and what the 
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He he's not going to give us 
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We can't have people show up and
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world. 
Let the world discipline you. 

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

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

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Because y'all done that before, 
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Now I think I think I'll get a 
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Amen. 
You got to get a big picture of 

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heaven because the people you 
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in these life groups that know 
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Your relationship with friends 
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forever. 
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we can't know about that guy, 
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know these people forever. 
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And, and the, the, the way we 
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grace we show it, it changes 
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And I encourage you guys don't 
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Like we have an amazing group of
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huge heart to shepherd and care.
They're going to lead some 

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amazing groups. 
They're going to talk about some

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amazing things, but their number
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shepherd you. 
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That's pretty cool opportunity. 
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opportunities for people I can 
be invested in, and not just the

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

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direction. 
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together. 
They met together in person the 

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first Sunday, and they never 
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It's interesting that the best 
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always will be the people. 
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Yeah, it's exactly how it is 
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building. 
It is not a Sunday morning 

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facility. 
It's not a gathering like we 

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call. 
It's a gathering on purpose 

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because we scattered out. 
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body of believers, us together 
are together in a gathering, but

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we are the church, Amen. 
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come together in community and 
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We pray for each other, we care 
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So it's not about a production 
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awesome praise team moments. 
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At our church, we hope that 
shepherding is the best thing to

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get at our church, Amen. 
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we don't have the best 
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It just isn't. 
I'm just you can go listen to 

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the podcast. 
I know my place, brother. 

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

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

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

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better podcast. 
Amen. 

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

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great podcast. 
You get better worship too. 

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Amen. 
You can buy the CDs, the old 

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school, right? 
You get your stuff. 

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

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shepherding. 
Ain't nobody on your podcast 

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

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

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

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online, do a thing. 
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You have to be in relationships,
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That's what we strive towards. 
We felt that, Amen. 

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

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about these groups. 
Maybe the Holy Spirit moves on 

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

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

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could be divine appointment that
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can actually grow together. 
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American Christianity is 
American independence that we 

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are have such an independent 
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together because we've been 
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We have church hurt. 
We got a wound, we got a 

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problem. 
We just do you right? 

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

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really good this. 
So my goal today is every single

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

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be a part of and how can I play 
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cared for, but to care for 
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Amen. 
So I'm looking for you all to be

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like, Hey, I'm jumping in today.
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They last forever, right? 
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invite our our life group 
leaders to come up. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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group. 
We got Barry Christie and Rick 

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Lily. 
So come on up. 

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Give it up for them. 
Are you talking Christie? 

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She said no. 
You said we only. 

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Had two minutes. 
If you've been. 

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

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There's some. 
Tomatoes with those nachos 

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

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

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two people that are really 
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made me talk because they have 
so much wisdom. 

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They'd be up here for a long 
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But see, I'm trying to dig my 
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best, so. 
One of the first. 

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Groups we've ever had here is a 
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And if you've never been a part 
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encouragement to jump in a 
freedom group. 

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And these groups are all great, 
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you what it is then it's not 
because I've had a lot of 

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

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program? 
Is this a self help program? 

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

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

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experiences here. 
But here's really what Freedom 

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

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

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

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

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

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spiritually shepherd, like Sean 
was talking about, turned into 

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

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

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to be. 
So freedom Group, the purpose 

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

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scripture. 
And so the best thing I can tell

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

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

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

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

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that people get worried about 
and you start looking ahead in 

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the book is forgiveness. 
Because forgiveness is something

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that so many people struggle 
with. 

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And for most people, they 
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They either struggle to forgive 
others because if something's 

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been done to them. 
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They've struggled to forgive 
themselves because of a choice 

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they've made right. 
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that when freedom group's done, 
our goal is this isn't this 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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as we start freedom group. 
What happens to freedom group 

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

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very vulnerable. 
And don't let that be a 

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hindrance. 
Let this be an opportunity for 

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

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

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

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parents and people just pour out
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And so maybe you're, you're, 
you're, you're here today and 

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

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here. 
And I would encourage you. 

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

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

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cry. 
So can't wait to see how life 

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

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

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Nice. 
How many guys have been to a 

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freedom group before? 
Show of hands? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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that group. 
So I will say you can use the 

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

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

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

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Morlock. 
Where's Rochelle? 

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There she is. 
Nice work, give it up. 

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

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

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

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time leading talk it over and 
what is that? 

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

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Bible app. 
You can go and click real life 

456
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church and it says live and it 
brings up the sermon that Sean 

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

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

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

460
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stuff and then you go home and 
you're like, wow, that was a lot

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

481
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Saturdays. 
You can also download the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1021
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,000
come into true community, it's 
only through Jesus. 

1022
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,520
And so Jesus says he's the way, 
the truth and life. 

1023
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,240
No man comes, the Father, but 
through him, when you call on 

1024
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:38,120
Jesus, you actually become part 
of God's family, the church 

1025
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:41,560
itself, the Saints together. 
And we get to be part of this 

1026
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:44,080
together for eternity. 
We have to love each other, 

1027
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:46,920
forgive each other to show the 
grace and mercy and gentleness 

1028
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,520
and kindness and forbearance all
through the Spirit happens 

1029
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,480
because of Jesus. 
And so if you need a part of our

1030
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,960
church, not just the sense of 
like shelter, real life, but the

1031
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,560
church, the spiritual church 
that those that are forgiven the

1032
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:00,840
way of God. 
It's only through Jesus. 

1033
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,760
The Bible says you call on Jesus
to be saved, forgiven and made 

1034
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,160
new and so they only give an 
opportunity for those of you who

1035
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:10,400
don't know Jesus to say yes to 
Jesus to yes, it forgives the 

1036
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,760
sins that you're no longer a 
disciple of the world, but you 

1037
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,360
are devoting yourself to Jesus 
and be a disciple of Jesus. 

1038
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:21,360
If that's you today and you'll 
put Jesus and on the Lord of 

1039
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,560
your life, you'll surrender your
sins. 

1040
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:27,800
You're calling this a savior to 
ask for forgiveness to be in 

1041
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:31,120
community with him for the first
time to walk out here with a 

1042
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,480
true relationship that you're a 
son or daughter of the king. 

1043
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:35,520
If that's you, we just raise 
your hand high then looking 

1044
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:36,760
around and say I need Jesus 
today. 

1045
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:38,520
Your relationship with Christ 
today. 

1046
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,880
See your hands, real son need 
Jesus today. 

1047
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,600
Well, I'm gonna give you an 
opportunity to pray. 

1048
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,280
The prayer does not save you, 
but it's just your heart towards

1049
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:47,840
him. 
Just Christ say, Father God, 

1050
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,360
thanks so much for sending Jesus
to love me. 

1051
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:54,760
God, when I was stranded in sin,
God, you still loved me and you 

1052
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,040
gave your son for me. 
God, I surrender my life. 

1053
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:01,160
God, it's not me. 
That's not my ability, God, it's

1054
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:02,880
my inability. 
But it's your ability on the 

1055
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,640
cross that is your finished work
that you died for me. 

1056
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:08,600
God, thank you for loving me. 
God, thank you for a new life. 

1057
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,960
God thank you for the Holy 
Spirit we sang about and all 

1058
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,520
three songs today. 
God to come to my life and 

1059
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:16,000
forgiving my sins. 
God and change me from the 

1060
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,800
inside out. 
Got to pray that being a 

1061
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:21,440
community that be rich in 
relationships and I wouldn't do 

1062
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,160
life alone. 
So you got to thank you for this

1063
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,680
amazing body that's pointing me 
to you and today I give my life 

1064
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:27,440
to you. 
I surrender you. 

1065
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:29,680
God use me how you will. 
I praise in Jesus name. 

1066
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,200
The church said Amen. 
Come on give it up big for the 

1067
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,840
Lord's doing today. 
God bless you guys. 

1068
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:41,280
Got it, Got it. 
Man, what an amazing day today, 

1069
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:44,000
man, it is so good. 
Just a reminder even that one 

1070
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,880
does not meant to do life alone,
but the God created us to do 

1071
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:51,320
life together and in community. 
And man, I hope that was maybe a

1072
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:53,600
light bulb for some of you this 
morning and recognizing your 

1073
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,640
need for community and to get 
into a group today, man, some of

1074
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,440
you for the first time today 
recognize your need for Jesus 

1075
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,800
and he's been pursuing you and 
wants a personal relationship 

1076
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:04,240
with you. 
And if that's you and you raised

1077
00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:07,640
your hand and you prayed that 
prayer, man, we are so excited 

1078
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,320
for you as you we know the 
journey you're about to take 

1079
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,120
with Jesus. 
And so we would love to be able 

1080
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,200
to resource you, get you a free 
book in the mail this week. 

1081
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,200
So if you would grab that 
connection card that is on your 

1082
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,800
seat, fill out the information 
there on that top, and then just

1083
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,320
make sure and check the box that
says I committed my life to 

1084
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:24,920
Jesus. 
And you can drop that in the 

1085
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,160
giving buckets as they pass here
in just a few minutes. 

1086
00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:29,560
We'll get that free book in the 
mail to you as well. 

1087
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,080
Also, when you leave the worship
center, there is a table with 

1088
00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:33,920
some red bags. 
There's a free Bible and a few 

1089
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,000
other things that we would love 
to get in your hands today too, 

1090
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,840
if that is you. 
And hey, if you are newer in the

1091
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:42,120
house with us today or maybe 
today is your first time here at

1092
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,280
Real Life Church. 
Man, we are so excited you are 

1093
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,440
here with us this morning. 
What a great day to come. 

1094
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:47,960
It's going to be an amazing 
morning. 

1095
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,520
We're gonna have a tailgate 
party and some yummy food and 

1096
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,280
hang out and connect. 
So thank you so much for being 

1097
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:54,320
here with us today. 
Maybe we don't want anything 

1098
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,760
from you this morning except 
just to introduce yourself to 

1099
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,680
us. 
And you can do that simply by 

1100
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,080
grabbing that same card. 
Just fill out information there 

1101
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:03,320
on that top and then check first
time here. 

1102
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,000
You can drop that in the giving 
buckets as well or out in the 

1103
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,080
new here. 
Somebody will be there as well. 

1104
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:10,920
Would love to take the card, get
you a free gift and just say 

1105
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:12,480
thank you so much for being 
here. 

1106
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:16,280
And then we would love to see 
you back next week right here as

1107
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:17,640
well. 
We would love for you to join us

1108
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:20,040
again. 
Well, hey, Sean mentioned the 

1109
00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:22,320
relationships that we make now, 
the godly friendships and 

1110
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:26,520
relationships don't just start 
now and, and, and now they last 

1111
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,640
for forever. 
And that's not just in a life 

1112
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:31,760
group, but think about your 
church family as well in that. 

1113
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:34,240
And so I want to invite, if you 
have been attending real life, 

1114
00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:36,000
maybe you're newer in the last 
few months. 

1115
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,560
I mean, this next opportunity is
for you. 

1116
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:42,080
And that is our welcome party. 
It is next Sunday. 

1117
00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:45,000
It is in between the gatherings.
We just meet right past the 

1118
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:46,920
restrooms in a room there. 
But this is for you. 

1119
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,560
It's a casual environment, about
30 minute gathering. 

1120
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:53,000
You'll just meet some other 
people maybe that are new or you

1121
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,880
get to hear from our leadership,
kind of hear who real life 

1122
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,120
church is, why we exist. 
And we would love just to help 

1123
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:00,600
you get connected and maybe take
the next step in that as well. 

1124
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,080
So that is an opportunity for 
you. 

1125
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,800
We would love to see you there. 
You don't need to sign up or any

1126
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of that. 
You can scan the QR just for 

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some more details. 
But man, next week that would be

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the place for you in between the
gatherings. 

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We would love just to hang out 
with you there and I get to 

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celebrate some cool stats. 
And that is that this year so 

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00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:20,440
far we've had 15 people plus 
some more people that raise 

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00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:22,560
their hand in this gathering, 
accept Jesus and start a 

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00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:25,200
relationship with him. 
Come on, you got to give it up. 

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00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:31,080
It is so cool to see God moving 
in such amazing ways in people's

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00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,800
lives. 
And man, when you give here it 

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00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:38,040
is so that other people can find
Jesus, so that other people can 

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00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:40,000
find him. 
And we would love for you to 

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00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,600
partner with us and that man. 
We have a bold prayer and goal 

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00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:47,760
for 2026, and that's to see 100 
people baptized this year. 

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00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,280
And together we can partner 
together to see more souls saved

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00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:54,320
and people sent out to move that
mission forward. 

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00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,280
And so if you call real life 
church home, there are a lot of 

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00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:57,560
ways that you can take part in 
that. 

1144
00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:01,200
You can scan the QR, you can 
text to give, you can give cash 

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00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,400
or check in the giving buckets. 
They're going to pass in just a 

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00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:06,000
couple of minutes. 
There's also a giving box in the

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00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,360
back as well if that is more 
convenient for you. 

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And as always, if you find 
yourself in any kind of 

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00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:14,080
immediate need this week, it's 
food, clothing, shelter, 

1150
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,080
whatever resources it is that 
you need. 

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00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:18,200
Would you please reach into the 
buckets as they pass here in 

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00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,600
just a minute? 
Just grab any loose cash that 

1153
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:22,520
you see there. 
We really do want to bless you 

1154
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,320
and your family this week. 
Let's pray. 

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God, thank you so much for this 
gathering. 

1156
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:30,280
Father, thank you for just the 
people of God coming together 

1157
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:32,800
and the reminder, God, that you 
didn't create us to do life 

1158
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:34,200
alone. 
You called us to do life 

1159
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:36,960
together and so God, I just pray
that you would bless our time 

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00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:39,800
the rest of this day. 
God that we connect and just 

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00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,320
make some good godly friendships
today. 

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Father, I pray that you would 
just bless what we give to you 

1163
00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:46,640
this morning. 
God that you would use it to 

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00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:48,800
move the mission forward here in
our city and beyond. 

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God, we love you, we praise you 
in Jesus name, Amen. 

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00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:55,120
Amen. 
What a blessed day, right? 

1167
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:56,160
You guys have a good time so 
far. 

1168
00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:58,920
Yeah, well, I've give you the 
encouragement. 

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00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,840
Let's keep the fun rolling. 
I really could not emphasize 

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00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:03,720
this enough. 
Please don't rush out. 

1171
00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:05,320
Please don't Sprint to the 
parking lot. 

1172
00:55:05,720 --> 00:55:08,400
Please stay with us and please 
get in community in just a 

1173
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:09,720
minute. 
I'm going to dismiss you all. 

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00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,720
If you have kids, go out to real
life kids, go get your kids. 

1175
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,080
And for everybody else, go ahead
and go hang out in the Hub for a

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00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:17,680
second because while you do 
that, our events team is going 

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00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:20,840
to be hard at work in here 
getting the whole room flipped 

1178
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:22,720
for everything that we're going 
to have going on. 

1179
00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:25,240
We're going to have a Nacho bar.
We're going to have inflatables 

1180
00:55:25,240 --> 00:55:26,880
for your kids. 
We're going to have 9 square in 

1181
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:28,560
the air. 
This is going to be a great 

1182
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:29,760
time. 
We'll have fun together. 

1183
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,120
We'll relax together, we'll 
laugh together, we'll laugh 

1184
00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:35,320
together, but most importantly, 
we're just going to be together,

1185
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:36,800
right? 
We're going to spend some time. 

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00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:39,480
If you're an introvert like me, 
I'm going to encourage you to do

1187
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:41,720
something hard. 
Find somebody you don't know, 

1188
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,840
talk to somebody new, make a 
friend, start a conversation. 

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00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:47,000
The heart behind that is like 
we're talking about with this 

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00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,360
whole series. 
Heaven starts now and it lasts 

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00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,160
forever. 
The person next to you, the 

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00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:53,280
person behind you, the person in
front of you you're going to be 

1193
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,600
worshipping with forever and 
ever and ever into eternity. 

1194
00:55:56,600 --> 00:55:58,320
It's probably a good idea to get
to know them. 

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00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:00,080
Getting community here at 
church. 

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00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,440
It is going to be a blast. 
Like I said, I'm going to 

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00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:03,800
dismiss you guys here in a 
second. 

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00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,840
If you need somebody to talk to 
or pray over, I'll have somebody

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00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:09,080
down here for you. 
Remember, I'll see you guys next

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00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:12,600
week, 9 or 10:45 when you 
discover Jesus cover real life 

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00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,760
and purpose. 
Go ahead, jump out to the hub 

1202
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:15,960
and we're going to get this room
flipped. 

1203
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:19,440
See you guys. 
This is the end of this podcast.

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00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,120
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1205
00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:24,560
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