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Welcome to another inspirational
podcast at Real Life, Church. 

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For more great content and 
updates. 

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Visit Real Life, Church kc.com. 
Hey, thanks so much for joining 

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with us on Church online this 
morning. 

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We're so glad you're with us 
today. 

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Hey, if you're looking for some 
Joy. 

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Look for some excitement, some 
energy. 

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Maybe we're excited. 
Today. 

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We have a very special time. 
We have this thing called, six 

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and six, we got six of the 
voices, some of the leaders here

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at real life. 
They're going to speak a word of

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encouragement. 
Hope into your life in this 

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season. 
So if you look for some joy and 

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encouragement to ride on 
somebody's faith, I believe. 

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God, Roger on purpose today. 
Come on. 

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Let's just be excited for God's.
Going to do, get some praise to 

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him. 
There's some ways to connect. 

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We have six little message of 
Hope in six minutes today. 

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You're not going to forget this.
Just going to buff your seat 

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belt because God is going to 
bring some truth can be 

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Encouraging Muslims worship 
Jesus this morning while some 

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praise to him. 
Come all this looks at every 

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life. 
Make the doctors run and hide. 

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You bring the broken back to 
life. 

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Only you only you, you set me 
free from Every Chain, you fill 

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my heart with songs of praise, 
only you only you, you're the 

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only reason that I'm evil. 
I'm breathing. 

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I am wide awake. 
Every Beat is calling. 

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Every beat is calling out to 
you. 

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Glory of your throne to bring 
this round a way back home. 

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Only, if you give me all of you,
give me life. 

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You can be dancing through the 
night. 

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For Your Glory. 
My mom 

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is calling. 
My sing. 

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Jesus, Jesus, you're the only 
reason that I'm even breathing. 

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I am wide awake. 
Your freedom is cancer. 

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I feel it. 
Rushing through me beat. 

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Lori. 
Come on, every beat is calling. 

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Every beat is calling out to me.
So we lean into this moment 

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today. 
We are not alone. 

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God is with us and he's standing
with us through whatever trial. 

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We are going to focus in on 
these words, close your eyes and

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vision and God who is standing 
next to you. 

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No matter what you are under 
today. 

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When the heart asunder flies. 
Another way when the walls are 

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closed. when I look at the space
between where I used to be and 

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this Reckoning, I know I will 
never be It was another in the 

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fire. 
Next to me. 

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There was another should I ever 
need been set free. 

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There is a cross. 
The barriers of a die for me. 

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Another 
my teleporter beneath the water.

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I'm no longer safe to my sin and
Should I fall in the space 

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between what we meant to me in 
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Either way, I won't bow to the 
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sitting next. 
To me. 

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There is another in the waters. 
Holding back the Seas. 

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We should I / need reminding. 
Willpower 703. 

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There is a grave of votes. 
No bodies. 

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Now the power lives in me. 
There is another the fire. 

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There is another in the fire is 
another in the fire. 

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I can see, I can see the light 
in the darkness. 

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There's the darkness bow soon. 
I can even in the heavens as the

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spirit. 
Between where same. 

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I can feel the ground shake 
beneath us. 

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The prison was gave me nothing. 
Seems you two never? 

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Seems you two. 
Palmer seem to Jesus. 

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Sift it up. 
There is no other name, but the 

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name that is Jesus you was and 
still is and will be through it.

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Come on, man, the space between 
all the things and see and this 

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Reckoning. 
I know I will never be I know I 

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will never be alone. 
If we another the fire sitting 

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next to me, the be another in 
the waters holding back, the 

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seems shit over need reminding, 
I could you be until I can't the

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joy? 
I could never. 

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Godot. 
Because I knew that's where 

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you'll be. 
I can see I can see the light in

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the darkness as the darkness 
guys who I can. 

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I can feel the ground shake 
beneath the us as the Prison 

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Walls King never since you too. 
Nothing seems her too. 

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I want you guys to know that God
is with you today. 

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Let's go before. 
God prayer. 

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God. 
We come before you, we just want

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to lift you up. 
We want magnify your name. 

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We give you praise. 
We give you honor God. 

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You were a good God. 
You were a great God. 

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We recognize that you sacrifice 
everything just to release us 

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from the pain and suffering that
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And you've called us to a 
newness of life. 

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You called us to just just /, 
take with you just in a life and

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a purpose that only we can have 
through you. 

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Got us. 
Want to stab somebody today. 

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Somebody that just needs you 
know, somebody maybe this never 

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met you. 
Somebody that's struggling with 

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an addiction or a pain. 
May be a loss of a family 

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member. 
Maybe they're struggling with 

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disease. 
God. 

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I just want them after today 
just to realize that you were a 

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powerful God that has their best
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And I got I prayed that they 
meet with you today and they 

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realize that you have a love and
care for them. 

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That just can't be found 
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So God just think you for who 
you are. 

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I pray that somebody that has 
feared a comes out of this 

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gathering with hope and nose. 
That they have something great 

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through you and we lift up all 
these things in your name. 

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Amen, guys. 
Let's go. 

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Let's give God some honors 
Gibson. 

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Praise. 
Give us some high fives Taipei 

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men out there. 
Just let him know how much you 

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care about him. 
He was worshipping really big 

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this morning. 
And so we are so excited that 

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you're with us today. 
I don't know if you're on the 

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couch, if you're on a walk 
today, but we are so excited 

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that you've joined us in this 
online Gathering. 

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And if you're new with this, 
that goes double for you. 

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We just want you to know that we
believe that you belong here and

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I want you to know that I want 
you to feel welcome home, the 

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fact real life, wherever you 
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Can we let everybody this new 
just feel, welcome. 

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Give them some hard. 
Give them some loves. 

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You can see somebody you don't 
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Just say, hey, we love having 
you guys here and just thank you

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so much for following along with
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We believe for those that are 
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Really have something special 
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And I want to invite you as a 
team member of real life to fill

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out something, we call a digital
communication card. 

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You can do that in two different
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The first one is, you can text. 
Just RL new to 97,000 or there's

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going to be a link that pops up 
in the comments and you can fill

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that out out as well. 
This is a safe form for you to 

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fill out. 
All we're going to do is have 

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one of our team members call you
on the phone, and their whole 

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job is just to make you feel 
welcome and resource you in any 

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possible. 
That way that we can. 

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We, we know that God cares about
you and we care about you and we

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want to help you and connect 
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Our whole mission here. 
Real life is to see people far 

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from God, discover their real 
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Jesus say in another way. 
We are a church for the Church, 

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we are a community for those 
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And so we want you to be part of
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And one of the ways that we're 
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everybody out. 
That just has any interest, all 

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the real life to something. 
We're calling a welcome party. 

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And so tonight at six o'clock on
a zoom meeting, you can hang out

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with bachelor, Sean and Diane 
and just hear some of our story.

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Maybe you've got some questions.
Maybe, maybe you're in the midst

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of a struggle. 
You have questions and you have 

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anxiety, you have fear. 
You have anger. 

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Maybe just hang out with us, and
they'll We'll have a great time,

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just sharing the hope of Jesus 
with you today. 

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Maybe you're looking for a new 
church home for whatever reason.

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Maybe you just have questions 
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and what we've done or where 
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What a great opportunity for you
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If this welcome party was Pastor
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It's a really organic meeting. 
You can just hang outs, like 

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hanging around the campfire, 
around the kitchen table and to 

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do that. 
I want you guys to do this. 

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I want you to text are, oh, 
welcome tonight, 7000 or again. 

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There's going to be another 
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That pops up in the comment 
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We would love to see you tonight
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So, let's pray for God's 
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And we're going to have a great 
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Just worshiping God, y'all. 
We come before you and we just 

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lift you up, and we just, we 
just want your presence to be on

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this Gathering. 
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We don't want any of the glory 
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We give it all to you. 
And God, we lift up your name 

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and your son's name. 
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I just again, I just pray for 
all the Gatherings across this 

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community across this nation 
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God. 
I pray that that as people are 

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Still Gathering online. 
I pray that as a as they worship

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you that just we grow stronger 
as a kingdom and just, for a for

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a strong witness to the world 
that we are for you and we are 

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for them. 
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I just pray that you use us in a
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serving you and serving those 
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you. 
And God, we lift up all these 

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things in your name. 
Amen. 

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Well, this is your opportunity. 
I want you to find somebody 

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that's hanging out in the 
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Just you'll find somebody that 
you know, find somebody. 

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You don't know, tell them that 
you're glad to see. 

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I am that you're happy to see 
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See that. 
They're here. 

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I'm alive. 
We can't wait to hang out with 

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you guys the rest of the day. 
Well nice job Barry. 

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Come on, find somebody above the
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Say hi to him. 
Find some people know to show 

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some love man. 
Say hi. 

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Somebody love know. 
You recognize them here. 

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Don't let anybody walk through 
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without saying, hi them today. 
Hey, thanks so much for being 

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with us again. 
If you park real-life man, thank

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you for being here. 
For new with us. 

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I would say it's very special. 
Welcome to you. 

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So glad you've been with us, 
could be either in the world 

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right now, but you're watching 
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God brought here on purpose 
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Hello. 
To give you guys a shot of 

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encouragement. 
You guys had an awesome job this

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last week. 
Seriously, a record number of 

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people watched our stuff last 
Sunday and it's because you guys

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had the courage to hit the share
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We had 38 shares. 
Absolute incredible. 

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You guys are reaching out to 
your family, your friends. 

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I know I've had family members 
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I'm close to, people are close 
to me, but far from God. 

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It's absolutely encouraging 
incredible. 

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See, what God's doing. 
We followed up with 40, new 

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people, that watch our stuff 
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Means over a hundred sixty 
people that were following up 

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with over the last Few weeks all
because you guys hit the share 

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button. 
Absolutely incredible. 

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So if you have the courage to 
hit it, I encourage you to do it

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because today is going to be 
off. 

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The chains can be absolutely 
amazing. 

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We have a lineup of the voices 
of real life, some leaders 

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people have a heart for God 
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Now people we call friends and 
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You're going to want to re-watch
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You want to share this. 
It's gonna be absolutely 

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incredible. 
So what we're doing, we have six

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different speakers and we're 
given six minutes to give you 

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the best encouragement, the best
word in the season and they're 

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going to answer the crud. 
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statement coronavirus, you won't
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dot, they're going to fill it in
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Some that's on their heart, some
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telling you when you got six 
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all of the fluff. 
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today is going to absolutely 
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So I'll do is I'll take a few 
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I'm going to introduce all the 
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come up and tell you about who 
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back to back to back and they're
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of peace. 
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start out with our first 
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This is Carrie. 
They carry is on staff. 

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She's got this awesome picture 
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Look at this. 
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but she's on staff. 
She has a heart for young 

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people. 
She is in charge of our youth 

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ministry. 
Does an incredible job. 

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She's like my right hand. 
She puts everything together and

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she is, didn't just bring it. 
She has a passion for people. 

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She's a passion for you. 
I'm excited to see what God is 

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going to do through her today. 
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to be Drew Holcomb, you know, 
this guy, come on, you see him 

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in the kids live, he acts like a
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You see him on the videos, but 
Drew man, his real passion. 

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In is people. 
His passion is, you he's in 

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charge of her connection team. 
He's a coach on our team and he 

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has just a good word to bring 
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Man. 
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As Scott Jermaine. 
You might know Scott as coach 

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Jermaine. 
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at REI Peg, high school. 
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incredible year. 
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incredible job with that team 
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is innovative. 
He is a leader. 

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He always has a challenging 
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you Scott is going to get you 
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encouraged that he's On our team
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to us. 
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Taylor, Rose, and Jerry - no 
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for a year, and they gave their 
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And you're going to see that 
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a little word of encouragement 
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Global impact. 
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speak. 
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Children's Mercy Hospital. 
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our community and excited to 
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chai errant, man. 
He's a leader among leaders. 

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Is he his way of thinking is 
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So we're so blessed. 
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He's a coach on our team. 
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helping us set up and tear down.
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But now he's out serving, they 
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I'm just so blessed. 
You're on our team and is here 

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to speak and make a difference. 
He has a heart of gold and 

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you're going to recognize what 
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this message after him. 
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not least is Victor gocha. 
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him, when he says he's praying 
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mountains to move. 
He's one of Guys that he is just

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in love with Jesus. 
He's a man of God. 

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I know the spiritual father. 
So many people in our church. 

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I know his spiritual father to 
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There's some people look up to 
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I promise you, he's going to 
bring a word of encouragement 

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today. 
You're going to leave change. 

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Come on, get your seat belts. 
Fastened. 

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There's going to be some gold 
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lives or things. 
You want to hold on to to invest

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of Hope and encouragement today.
So let's give it up for all the 

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speakers. 
Come on. 

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Let's give him some love. 
Let's prime the pump, love know,

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you love them and our first perk
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start out with Carrie Kelly. 
Come on everybody. 

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Coronavirus you won't steal my 
joy. 

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The season has brought a lot of 
struggles, a lot of unknowns and

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a lot of waiting and I find 
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back two times that were simpler
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just like taking family 
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A couple years ago. 
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as a family. 
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You guys, we are outnumbered on 
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Let alone, we're in a vehicle on
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state. 
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trip, we pack up the car, the 
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the road, really. 
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a.m. 
Get in the car leave and I kid 

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you not 15 minutes into this 
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It is already chaos in my 
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I've got one kid who's trying to
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ratio on his seat belt is going 
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I have another kid who just 
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Idol and is going to sing at the
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else can actually hear the 
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I have another kid who just is 
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her General vicinity and the 
snacks that I've given them that

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we're supposed to last a good 
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Have you? 
They're all are already? 

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Neaten or they've been thrown 
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It is a hot mess. 
Express you guys. 

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And as a side note, how many of 
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to drive just so they don't have
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The one who has to play referee 
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throw up your hearts because I 
we're onto you dad's. 

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I think that's really the plan, 
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It was chaos in my car and what 
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daughter. 
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saying, the phrase at all of us 
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Well, are we there yet? 
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that moment and I see I am 
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And he says the phrase that we 
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dads which is we're going to get
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When we get there. 
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My daughter wasn't so concerned 
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she was concerned about this 
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meantime, it's the space in 
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destination that we can all feel
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And I think that we all need to 
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we can actually have a lot of 
joy in the meantime, the 

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meantime can actually be the 
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sometimes we focus so much on 
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that we forget that there's 
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meantime, and I think that's 
what God wants for us is the joy

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in the meantime. 
And what if that Joy is found in

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relationships. 
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I have struggled over these last
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and just like you guys, my life 
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and I'd like to take a minute, 
just sit right there. 

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I'm just kidding. 
I'll spare you guys my rapping 

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skills for today, but maybe if 
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maybe Sean. 
Let's have an epic rap rap. 

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Battle one day. 
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But anyway, so it's hard to find
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Right? 
I think some of us are focusing 

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so hard on that destination to 
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And in the meantime, we're still
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We're still frustrated. 
We're still upset. 

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We're still down. 
We're still struggling with all 

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of these things and I want to 
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Is there someone in your life 
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That's helping you to find joy. 
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Do you have relationships around
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Who is that in your life right 
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Are you focusing on that 
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Are you focusing on the End. 
Are you really focusing in on 

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that joy that God wants for us 
to have right. 

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Now. 
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that the word Joy is found in 
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Galatians. 5 verses 22 through 
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But the fruit of the spirit is 
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long-suffering, kindness 
goodness, faithfulness, 

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gentleness and self-control. 
I control you see, Joy isn't a 

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feeling that we get from things 
or circumstances is a feeling 

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that we get from relationship 
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It's also a feeling that we get 
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and I think, Really what God 
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There are so many times in the 
Bible that God brings up the 

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word joy. 
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Book of James, I think about how
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We can have this Joy even in the
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our trials. 
Are you feeling that sense of 

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Joy? 
Are you leaning into the anxious

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feeling? 
So in that moment that my 

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daughter said, are we there yet?
We were able as a family to 

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really enjoy each other. 
To have that moment. 

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To play some games. 
We're able to play the look out 

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the window game to see what's 
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And you guys know, we're in 
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There's a whole lot of nothing 
happening, but we were able to 

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have joy in the meantime, you 
guys Guys, and I think about 

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like, marriage. 
What is marriage? 

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It's a lot of meantime, right, 
we say, I do and then till death

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do us part and then what's in 
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A lot of meantime, I don't know 
about you guys, but I want to 

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have some joy in the meantime, 
Shameless life group plug. 

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I every single week on 
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Now during this pandemic. 
I look forward to my life group.

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We're just a bunch of women who 
get together and we get to have 

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conversations with each other. 
We get to be vulnerable and real

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pray for each other, just 
honestly go through life and 

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those moments. 
Together. 

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And what I find in these times 
is that that's what people want.

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We want to be able to do life 
with people, right? 

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And at Real Life Church. 
I can tell you. 

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That's what we want for you. 
If you are not in a life group, 

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I don't know what you're waiting
for because there's so many 

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blessings, waiting for you in 
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We want to go through the hard 
stuff with you. 

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We want to go through the tough 
stuff with you for the scary 

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stuff. 
Even the normal parts. 

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We want to be there through all 
of it with you because I'm 

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telling you guys. 
There's so much joy in the 

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meantime waiting for you. 
So what does this mean for us 

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Church? 
What does this mean? 

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You can we decide today that 
we're going to have some joy in 

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the meantime. 
We're not going to give in to 

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the voice of the enemy. 
We're not going to give in to 

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Temptations, like, being 
depressed, or sad or 

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complaining. 
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What we're going to do is we're 
going to lean in to those Godly 

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relationships. 
We're going to give in to those 

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moments with our kids. 
We're going to enjoy them a 

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little bit. 
We're going to focus on the joy 

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that God wants for us to have. 
In the meantime, you know, what 

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we're going to do. 
We're going to share that Joy 

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with other people because the 
meantime matters and I'm telling

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you guys the meantime can Be the
best time if we really let it 

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be. 
So I I can't wait till this 

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pandemic is over. 
I'm ready for the and I'm ready 

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for that conclusion. 
But I am so excited about the 

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joy that God wants for us to 
have in this. 

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Meantime. 
So coronavirus, you will not 

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steal, our joy. 
Will you lean into that truth 

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with me today. 
Church coronavirus, you won't 

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create division Among Us, you 
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Why? 
Because our enemy prospers when 

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we are divided, that's like his 
main thing right there. 

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When he can get us off Mission 
off, focus off task for finding 

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people and just pouring into 
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With the love of Jesus and 
getting us out into the Weeds on

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these things, that don't matter.
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I'm not saying that coronavirus 
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It does. 
It's huge, right? 

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So it's like the number one 
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We're all talking about and we 
can have opinions on how we're 

457
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,500
going to react to it and how we 
feel. 

458
00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:19,900
Countries reacting to an all 
that stuff, but guys, I'm 

459
00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:21,800
telling you, man. 
It's on my heart. 

460
00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:26,600
This has been causing divisions,
not just with everybody but 

461
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,300
especially in the church. 
And so we're not going to let 

462
00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:34,000
that happen here at Real Life 
Church, you know, divisions 

463
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,500
among Believers have been going 
on since the day they found the 

464
00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:40,200
empty tomb, right? 
We all interpret things our own 

465
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,300
way. 
We all see the world through our

466
00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:44,600
own experiences, and that's 
cool. 

467
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:49,000
But when we let those things 
cause Us to look down on other 

468
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,200
believers or hey, even worse. 
Look down on people who need 

469
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,700
Jesus and need to hear that from
us, man. 

470
00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:57,600
Our enemies win and every time, 
right? 

471
00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:00,800
So I think back this is probably
my favorite example from of 

472
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,900
division in the church from when
I was a kid, I grew up Southern 

473
00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:07,400
Baptist, really traditional, 
loved my upbringing, right? 

474
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,800
It's why I'm here today. 
I learned the good word and I 

475
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,000
always joke with Sean, you know,
when he talks about those 

476
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,400
recovering Southern Baptists. 
I'm like man, I feel like you're

477
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,000
speaking right to me each time, 
but Okay, I'm glad where I am. 

478
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,700
Right? 
So, you know, that cliche about 

479
00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:25,200
those churches that like argue 
about the color of the carpet, 

480
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:26,200
man. 
That was real. 

481
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,700
That was my church. 
I saw like my Sunday school 

482
00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:32,500
teacher and like the ushers and 
the deacons and the sweet little

483
00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:35,100
old ladies getting like red or 
in the face. 

484
00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:39,000
And like even more mad is that 
meeting went on over the color 

485
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000
of the carpet. 
They were going to go with 

486
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:45,000
hunter green because it was the 
90s or like that deep like 

487
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,400
maroonish red because it was the
90s. 

488
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,500
Yes, and like they were arguing 
about. 

489
00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:53,500
It had nothing to do with 
getting people to find their 

490
00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:56,400
real life and purpose. 
So nowadays. 

491
00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,500
We're dealing with the whole 
nother Beast, right? 

492
00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:02,700
We can debate and argue all day,
over religion, and politics 

493
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,000
through social media. 
And we're not just debating with

494
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,600
people, we know, and love, and 
have that trust with weird 

495
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,200
having these conversations and 
these fights online with like, 

496
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,000
Gus and Albuquerque. 
I mean what the hey, man, and so

497
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:22,600
My next point is distractions, 
duplicate division. 

498
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,400
So that's where the social media
piece comes in it. 

499
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,600
How easy is it for that phone to
just zip there in your pocket 

500
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,400
and you're open it up? 
And there's all Gus man, and 

501
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,700
he's on the wrong side of the 
political aisle, and he wants to

502
00:27:35,708 --> 00:27:39,400
wear a mask and I don't want to 
or vice versa and I got to tell 

503
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:44,000
him why he's dumb. 
Hello, and I'm you know, I can 

504
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,600
say that because that was my 
life. 

505
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,400
You can ask Holly, right? 
She'll tell you. 

506
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,100
That that was our nightly 
routine. 

507
00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:52,200
Was her looking at me over like 
this. 

508
00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:58,700
Can you believe this guy is 
crazy so that all changed for me

509
00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:02,400
at Kentucky Trail, listening to 
Sean on stage is awesome, 

510
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,500
message about distractions. 
And I remember at the very end. 

511
00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:08,700
He said get your phones out. 
Now, go in your settings and 

512
00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:12,800
turn off the notifications to 
all your social media and you, 

513
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,100
you get into those apps on your 
terms and I'm telling you, I did

514
00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:20,100
it right there. 
The message and it's changed my 

515
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,300
life. 
So are we as members of 

516
00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:26,300
real-life? 
Are we turning people off to 

517
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,000
Real Life Church? 
Are we turning people away from 

518
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,100
their real life and purpose. 
By the things we are putting out

519
00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:38,500
there into social media, your 
voice speaks, louder than you 

520
00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:40,700
think. 
You know, Jesus says this in 

521
00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:46,000
Luke 11 17, every Kingdom 
divided against itself is laid 

522
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:50,000
waste and a It household Falls. 
I don't know about you guys. 

523
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,600
But real life has been built up 
into something pretty special 

524
00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:56,700
here, in Cass County, and I 
don't want to see this household

525
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:58,400
fall, and I know you don't 
either. 

526
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,100
So, I want to end with this, use
your voice to be a witness. 

527
00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:04,400
Now. 
I feel like I've been doing a 

528
00:29:04,408 --> 00:29:07,200
lot of finger-pointing, you 
know, during this little six and

529
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,900
six and I've learned, you know, 
when one fingers pointing this 

530
00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:11,300
way, you got three pointing 
back. 

531
00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:13,300
So, from here on out, I'm going 
to start doing this. 

532
00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:15,000
So, I have to hold myself 
accountable. 

533
00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:16,200
Just kidding. 
Just kidding. 

534
00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:19,000
I'm talking to myself. 
Self just as much as I have you 

535
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,500
here. 
Like I said, this has been me 

536
00:29:20,900 --> 00:29:24,700
our online cells, guys. 
That's our main witness during 

537
00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:26,100
the shutdown. 
Okay. 

538
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,700
Our online witness. 
I see people in our community 

539
00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:33,100
groups all the time asking. 
Hey, I'm new to the area. 

540
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,900
What's a good church to go to 
and you know what? 

541
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:38,300
Every time we put up their 
real-life, come check us out. 

542
00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:39,800
We'd love to meet with you and 
stuff. 

543
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,600
People, click on those names. 
They look at the profiles. 

544
00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:47,300
They're looking at our post 
history and they're seeing all 

545
00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:49,200
that. 
That stuff that we may or may 

546
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,400
not be saying. 
And when my wife looked at me 

547
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,400
and said, hey, you gotta quit 
arguing with people online. 

548
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,500
Your opinion, doesn't matter as 
much as you think it does. 

549
00:29:57,700 --> 00:29:59,300
And at that point, I was calling
will. 

550
00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:02,900
You also does when she said, hey
people that want to come to real

551
00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:05,800
life church and you're 
recommending it in those groups 

552
00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:08,600
and they're seeing the stuff 
you're putting out there that's 

553
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:13,100
going to cause them not to man 
slap in the face. 

554
00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:16,000
So keep your beliefs and 
opinions being. 

555
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,600
That's great. 
It is it It's what makes you who

556
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,600
you are, but never lose sight of
that, real life. 

557
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,600
And purpose that we only get 
through Jesus. 

558
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,900
Jesus brings us together, man. 
He's what's going to heal this 

559
00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:31,600
country and heal our souls. 
So let's show the people of Cass

560
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:36,300
County are love coronavirus. 
You won't cause division among 

561
00:30:36,300 --> 00:30:39,600
us because we are united in our 
real life and purpose. 

562
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:49,000
I love you guys, Kelvin. 
You won't keep me from climbing 

563
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,700
when I was a kid. 
I loved to climb trees. 

564
00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,300
Let's be honest. 
I'm just a shade over 20 and I 

565
00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:57,900
still like to climb trees, like 
to climb trees for the 

566
00:30:57,900 --> 00:30:59,900
adventure. 
The first thing you have to 

567
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:02,100
start. 
You just have to reach up and 

568
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,300
the lowest branch and grab hold 
of it and pull yourself up. 

569
00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:09,600
And then the best part is just 
at that plan your path. 

570
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,300
There's only so many trees you 
can and limbs, you can grab 

571
00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:14,000
ahold of. 
You have to weave your way up 

572
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,300
through and plan your path. 
The last thing you have to do is

573
00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:19,300
learn. 
The limbs and limbs can be 

574
00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:21,800
tricky, you know, you got to 
find the perfect lamb to one 

575
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,200
that you can grab, and put your 
hand around, and really pull 

576
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,300
yourself up because some of them
are just so big. 

577
00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:29,700
Can't get your hands on and then
sometimes sometimes you put your

578
00:31:29,700 --> 00:31:32,900
foot on the limb that you think 
looks like a good limb, and it's

579
00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:35,300
actually a rotten one and you'll
fall. 

580
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,500
And you know, the biggest rule 
of climbing, don't ever look 

581
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:41,800
down. 
Don't ever look down because 

582
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:47,100
you'll freeze in fear. 
And so as you climb these trees,

583
00:31:47,900 --> 00:31:50,600
that's when you gets real, when 
you get to the top. 

584
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:54,800
That's when it gets real. 
It's safe to say that a top, the

585
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,000
tree. 
It's brighter up there. 

586
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,700
There's less leaves to the block
out the sunlight, just brighter,

587
00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:04,800
the top, the top of the tree. 
You can see farther than anybody

588
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,800
else in the ground can see. 
Just the view is a magnificent 

589
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:12,100
at the top of the tree. 
It's quiet and peaceful. 

590
00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:16,400
I love love just to be there and
just sit and just think about 

591
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,700
what God created. 
I believe we can learn a lot 

592
00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:22,000
from climbing trees. 
And if you want to hear that be 

593
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,800
willing to tear that give me 
some like likes or hearts or 

594
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,900
something like that. 
So yeah. 

595
00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:28,700
All right. 
Let's go. 

596
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,300
Here we go. 
If climbing is tree is like a 

597
00:32:31,300 --> 00:32:34,500
journey in life. 
And that's where we're trying to

598
00:32:34,508 --> 00:32:36,800
get to the top and that's where 
success is at. 

599
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,700
That's where our heavenly father
is at. 

600
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,000
Let me try to explain some of 
you are at the base of the tree.

601
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,100
And all you have to do. 
You haven't even started 

602
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,000
Journey, but we just need you to
reach up. 

603
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,200
It's fair to say that with your 
feet on the ground. 

604
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,500
You don't know what the view at 
the top is like. 

605
00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:59,100
This is you, but you have to put
trust in the Lord. 

606
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:02,300
You have to reach your hand up, 
grab that low limb, and pull 

607
00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:04,700
yourself up. 
Begin your climb, trust. 

608
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:09,600
God, trust each other, trust is 
mentioned, 281 times in the 

609
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,300
Bible 281 times. 
I'm pretty sure it's an 

610
00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:16,700
important word and so, like in 
Proverbs 3:5 and 6, is says, 

611
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,600
trust the Lord, your God, with 
all your heart and don't lean on

612
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,200
your own understanding, and he 
will direct your paths to help 

613
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:28,600
you climb your tree to the top. 
Maybe that's you. 

614
00:33:28,700 --> 00:33:31,200
But but maybe just a short time 
ago. 

615
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,000
Things were good. 
You were climb your tree from 

616
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,400
Branch to Branch. 
Kind of shimmy. 

617
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,600
Nip, through people like man. 
You're doing great. 

618
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,500
And then one day you hit that 
limb that you thought was a 

619
00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:47,700
sturdy lamp and it stops you in 
your tracks hit paralyze you and

620
00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:51,300
fear and much. 
The same way in March, many of 

621
00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:55,800
us were enjoying our first world
amenities, you know, going to 

622
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,400
church going to our life groups,
going out and eat afterwards 

623
00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:02,700
movie. 
Theaters, going just where we 

624
00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:04,500
wanted. 
You name it and we were enjoying

625
00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:07,100
it. 
And then March hit and covid. 

626
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:10,800
Covid comes along. 
And just like, when we hit that 

627
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,000
brand, so we didn't know those 
going to hold us. 

628
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,900
We were frozen. 
Our schools think about it. 

629
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:21,000
Kids were losing proms spring 
Sports. 

630
00:34:21,699 --> 00:34:23,699
We don't have the Royals. 
We do have the NBA. 

631
00:34:24,699 --> 00:34:26,000
Yeah. 
Now I have to resort to the 

632
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,500
Michael Jordan at the last damp.
It dense episodes. 

633
00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:34,600
Those are kind of a good thing 
but seriously are climb we hit 

634
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,199
that bad Limb and we just froze 
in fear. 

635
00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:41,600
So this is what I'm saying. 
Don't freeze up. 

636
00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:43,800
What? 
God doesn't want us to do? 

637
00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:46,600
His don't freeze up. 
Don't freeze up, but look up. 

638
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:53,400
Don't have faith in fear, but 
have faith in our father said, 

639
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:58,400
again, don't have faith in fear 
that have faith in our father. 

640
00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:03,200
And even in times of uncertainty
and and fear, we have to press 

641
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,400
on, you know, Paul writes in the
letter to the Philippi. 

642
00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:10,200
He says in Philippians, 3:14. 
I press on toward the goal to 

643
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,600
win the prize for which God has 
called me heavenward in Jesus 

644
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,700
Christ. 
He's calling us to keep climate.

645
00:35:16,900 --> 00:35:19,000
It's might be dark times. 
We may not know the future. 

646
00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:23,000
We have to press on. 
Ask God for wisdom in your 

647
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,500
climb. 
Proverbs. 3:18 says, wisdom is a

648
00:35:26,508 --> 00:35:29,400
tree of life. 
For those who Embrace her, happy

649
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,200
are those who are called? 
Hold on to her type. 

650
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,500
Ask God for wisdom in your 
claim. 

651
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,800
We need to know which branch to 
grab the path to reach the top. 

652
00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:46,000
We need that wisdom from God. 
Some of your Sam is cut my 

653
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,500
current situation. 
My tree is not a good way to 

654
00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:49,600
climb. 
I don't have a job. 

655
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:53,400
My finances are a mess. 
You know, it's my, I think the 

656
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,800
tree that I was on is actually 
supposed to client is actually 

657
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,800
falling and I would say, trust, 
trust the tree that you thought 

658
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,500
you were supposed to climb. 
Trust God. 

659
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,200
So, maybe, just maybe the tree 
that you were supposed to climb.

660
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:11,200
You're actually supposed to 
cross cross. 

661
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,200
The tree that you were thought. 
You were supposed to climb. 

662
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,500
And on the other side, God has 
bigger trees for you. 

663
00:36:15,900 --> 00:36:20,000
God has taller trees for you. 
God has stronger trees for you. 

664
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:23,800
Cross the tree. 
That God, thought you thought 

665
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:27,000
you were supposed to climb and 
good, things are ahead of you. 

666
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,200
I know covid. 
Given me a new perspective on 

667
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,100
life. 
We need to be there for each 

668
00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:33,700
other. 
If you haven't begun your climb,

669
00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:38,500
your Journey with God, climb, 
climb be there for the people 

670
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,300
and real life church are there 
for you. 

671
00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:43,400
Don't do life alone. 
If you're if you're climbing 

672
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,400
that tree, you need people 
around you rally around each 

673
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,700
other. 
We have a church in which we can

674
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:50,900
rally around. 
Okay, whatever. 

675
00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:52,000
Wherever you are in your 
journey. 

676
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:56,400
God is right there with you. 
Trust God reach for him. 

677
00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:59,000
Climb your tree. 
Let's be there for each other 

678
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:01,500
covid. 
You won't keep me from climate. 

679
00:37:03,900 --> 00:37:08,700
Coronavirus you won't make me a 
spiritual slacker. 

680
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:10,900
Now. 
My definition of a spiritual 

681
00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:14,500
slacker is someone who is not 
spiritually engaged, someone 

682
00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:17,200
who's disconnected and someone 
who waits around to be told what

683
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,600
to do with their spiritual life.
And today, real life. 

684
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,700
We're not going to be spiritual 
Slackers. 

685
00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:25,700
We're going to be spiritual 
leaders, our world, and our 

686
00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:28,900
community need relief and 
restoration more than ever now. 

687
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:32,700
And now is not the time to be 
slacking relief. 

688
00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:36,200
Is that temporary It helped to 
reduce suffering during and 

689
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,300
after a crisis. 
Wow, restoration happens through

690
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,700
long-term relationships, which 
rebuilds people families and 

691
00:37:42,700 --> 00:37:45,800
communities back to their God 
designed purpose. 

692
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:50,200
And wholeness in the Bible, the 
story of Esther is about a young

693
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,800
Jewish girl who becomes queen of
Persia and with her uncle's help

694
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,000
needs to win the affection in 
the favor of the king, in order 

695
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,200
to stop a plot to kill. 
The Jews. 

696
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,800
Now, esther is the Jews only. 
Hope she is the only person. 

697
00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:07,000
One who can get close enough to 
the king to stand before him to 

698
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,200
make such a request. 
And even though she's Queen, she

699
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,500
can risk her life in doing so 
but she pushes past her fear and

700
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:18,100
does what God calls her to do 
and in doing so she saves her 

701
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:22,300
entire nation. 
And Esther 413 Mordecai tells 

702
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,800
her, don't think for a moment 
that because you were in the 

703
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,600
palace, you will escape. 
While the Jews will be killed, 

704
00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:33,200
if you keep quiet at a time like
this, deliverance and relief, 

705
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,600
will arise. 
From another part for the Jews. 

706
00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:38,400
But you and your family will 
die. 

707
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,800
Perhaps, maybe that you were 
made Queen for this moment for 

708
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:48,300
such a time as this such a time 
as this. 

709
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,800
Maybe we're in the middle of a 
pandemic, for such a time as 

710
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,000
this. 
Maybe you're stuck at home in 

711
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,600
your workplace, in your 
neighborhood or whatever 

712
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,900
position. 
God has you in for such a time 

713
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:06,400
as this God is opening up. 
Teas to optimize his purpose and

714
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,400
use us as spiritual leaders to 
help those around us. 

715
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:14,000
God took the time to make a 
special all with unique talents.

716
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:21,300
He has prepared individual plans
and He has he tried again. 

717
00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:25,700
He has prepared individual plans
and projects for our lives. 

718
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:29,000
He may feel absent. 
Like he's not working in the 

719
00:39:29,008 --> 00:39:32,900
details of her lives, but he is.
He did it for Esther and he'll 

720
00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:36,100
do it for you too. 
He will accomplish his will 

721
00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:39,200
through our good are. 
Bad are happy. 

722
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:43,400
And even our most painful days 
reminds me of our friends and 

723
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,400
use year that God is using for 
such a time as this. 

724
00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:49,100
They had to make that difficult 
decision. 

725
00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:52,400
Should they stay in Asia are, or
should they go back to Romania? 

726
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:55,100
There's a lot of pressure to 
leave since all the other 

727
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,800
missionaries were leaving too, 
and there's great risk in 

728
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,000
staying for if they were to get 
sick. 

729
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,200
There is no proper medical 
treatment or care in the area. 

730
00:40:04,300 --> 00:40:07,000
Now, Nisha is one of the poorest
countries in the world and they 

731
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,000
already struggle with food 
insecurities, but because of 

732
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,500
this current situation, it's 
even worse. 

733
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,200
People are getting so desperate 
that they're climbing, these 

734
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,800
tall trees with these large 
Thorns just to pick the bitter 

735
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,500
leaves. 
To feed to their family, so they

736
00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:22,300
don't feel as hungry. 
Now. 

737
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:25,600
Our friends were heartbroken by 
this, but they also saw an 

738
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,700
opportunity to use your 
blessings, their connections, 

739
00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:32,800
their talents, and their 
resources to give relief and 

740
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,400
restoration to those around them
who are in need. 

741
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,200
There are partnering with the 
Nigerian friend and they are 

742
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,700
passing out. 55 pound bags of 
rice to these families. 

743
00:40:42,900 --> 00:40:45,100
Some of the biggest tragedies 
are being blessed and not 

744
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:47,800
knowing the purpose of her 
blessings and also missing that 

745
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,900
opportunity to give relief and 
restoration to those in need 

746
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:55,200
around us because we are so 
focused on ourselves or so 

747
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,400
focused on our own problems and 
our own lives, but Esther she 

748
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:01,000
stepped up as a spiritual 
leader. 

749
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:05,300
She wasn't a spiritual slacker. 
She put aside her needs her 

750
00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:07,300
fears, and her Ambitions and in 
doing. 

751
00:41:07,300 --> 00:41:11,400
So she said that entire nation. 
How many people could find 

752
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,400
relief? 
And restoration, how many people

753
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,000
could find Hope? 
How many people could find 

754
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,400
Jesus? 
If we step up to the call to 

755
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,800
serve, even if it involves risk 
and sacrifice? 

756
00:41:23,700 --> 00:41:26,700
We are just like my friend and 
he's year and we are just like 

757
00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:31,500
Esther we two were made for such
a time as this we're not going 

758
00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:33,700
to miss the blessings. 
We're not going to miss those 

759
00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:36,500
opportunities and we're not 
going to miss the call to serve.

760
00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:39,900
There are so many ways. 
You can serve especially here at

761
00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:42,600
real life. 
You can donate to the covid 

762
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,600
relief fund, you can so masks, 
you can do the Hope boxes. 

763
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,900
You can serve at Heart and Hand,
you can donate blood, you could 

764
00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:52,200
donate to our friends in. 
As year, you could do something 

765
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,800
as simple as Talking to your 
neighbors that you've lived next

766
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,100
to for years. 
And never said one word to 

767
00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:04,700
before in Romans 12 11 13. 
It says, never be lazy. 

768
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:09,600
But work hard and serve the Lord
enthusiastically rejoice in our 

769
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:13,300
confident. 
Hope be patient in trouble and 

770
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:16,900
keep praying. 
When God's people are in need be

771
00:42:16,900 --> 00:42:19,600
ready to help them. 
Always be eager to practice 

772
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,700
Hospitality. 
We have no excuses to be 

773
00:42:22,700 --> 00:42:23,700
slacking off. 
Off. 

774
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,100
Let's not be spiritual Slackers.
What is it? 

775
00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:30,100
That may be keeping you from 
serving and keeping your focus 

776
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:33,300
off of serving. 
Is it watching too much to 

777
00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:35,400
Netflix? 
Binge watching. 

778
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,300
Tiger King anyone is it video 
games? 

779
00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:40,600
Is it wasting too much time on 
Tick-Tock? 

780
00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:43,100
Is it fear? 
What is it for you? 

781
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:48,700
Let's step up as Leaders. 
Let's give generously, let's be 

782
00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:52,100
on fire for the church. 
Let's pray, fervently, and let's

783
00:42:52,100 --> 00:42:54,200
serve at every opportunity. 
The offered. 

784
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,500
If you need some ideas, I just 
gave you eight and don't wait 

785
00:42:58,500 --> 00:43:00,400
for someone else to step up and 
do this. 

786
00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:03,100
This is your time. 
And this is our time. 

787
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,400
Let us be the spiritual leaders 
that you were made for such a 

788
00:43:06,408 --> 00:43:08,000
time. 
As this coronavirus. 

789
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,500
You won't make us spiritual 
Slackers in this season. 

790
00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:19,200
Coronavirus. 
You won't defeat us with fear. 

791
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:26,200
It was 2017. 
So only a few years ago, when a 

792
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,000
therapist would later. 
Tell me that. 

793
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:33,400
One of the one of any number of 
the things that were about to 

794
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:37,000
happen, to me, would could 
impact somebody for the rest of 

795
00:43:37,008 --> 00:43:40,100
their life. 
It started off in the spring, 

796
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,300
with a separation of my wife for
18 years. 

797
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:49,000
By the time that it was over 
everything that I owned was 

798
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:57,300
gone, including my house, my 
401k, all my savings and even my

799
00:43:57,300 --> 00:44:01,000
job that I ended up leaving and 
had been there for 20 years. 

800
00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:06,200
On top of the changes with my 
family and the losses. 

801
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:10,000
There, my 16 year old daughter 
also passed away. 

802
00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:18,500
So there was moments during that
time where Not only was It 

803
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,600
difficult and hard to get 
through, but I wondered why 

804
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:28,100
things weren't fair and what I 
could do to to fix it, 

805
00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:34,700
nightmares constantly. 
There was just uncertainty and 

806
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,700
just lots of security that went 
with everything. 

807
00:44:39,900 --> 00:44:41,500
For the first time in my adult 
life. 

808
00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:46,000
I actually felt that I couldn't 
control anything happening to me

809
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:50,300
kind of like what's going on 
today, which is the the world is

810
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,500
putting a lot of craziness out 
there. 

811
00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:57,900
And a lot of things that we 
don't we just can't control and 

812
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,700
your stuff just trying to do the
best that you can. 

813
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:06,100
Everything, pretty much sucked. 
I remember low points or what I 

814
00:45:06,107 --> 00:45:08,600
thought were the lowest points 
became high points and things. 

815
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:15,400
Even got worse after that. 
I remember sitting at my work. 

816
00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:21,000
And getting another bill from 
the lawyer knowing that I 

817
00:45:21,008 --> 00:45:28,100
couldn't even pay. 
For a headstone from my kid. 

818
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,500
And I thought, why am I even 
trying? 

819
00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:39,000
Not fair. 
I mean, what are you gonna do? 

820
00:45:39,900 --> 00:45:42,400
What's the point? 
I thought everything that I did 

821
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,000
was right and pretty good and my
friends would say. 

822
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,500
Oh, it's okay, have faith, you 
know, you'll get through it. 

823
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,700
I was sitting in a Pew on a 
Sunday and listening to the 

824
00:45:52,707 --> 00:45:55,600
Gathering message. 
And there was a verse that came 

825
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:59,000
to my mind that I had heard 
first, when I was a kid in 

826
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,000
Sunday School that said, when he
calls out to me, I will answer 

827
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:05,100
him. 
I will be with him in trouble. 

828
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:12,100
I will rescue and honor him. 
Somewhere along the line. 

829
00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:19,400
I had forgot that through all 
the trouble and the Anxiousness 

830
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,800
and anxiety I was going through 
but later that your god did 

831
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:28,000
deliver a amazing incredible and
God-fearing woman into my life. 

832
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:32,700
That helped me become strong and
she turned my prayers. 

833
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:37,000
Actually. 
She turned my questions about 

834
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,500
why me and what did I do to 
deserve it? 

835
00:46:39,500 --> 00:46:41,000
And how am I going to get 
through this? 

836
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:44,000
And to thankfulness for what I 
did have and what I did 

837
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,200
experience. 
A lifetime of church, our 

838
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:50,300
lifetime going to church and 
still. 

839
00:46:50,300 --> 00:46:55,100
I needed to be reminded that God
was with me and that it would be

840
00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:57,100
okay. 
I needed to lean and Trust on 

841
00:46:57,100 --> 00:47:00,300
him today. 
I have, I can sense those same 

842
00:47:00,300 --> 00:47:02,300
feelings of anxiety and fear 
that I went through. 

843
00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:05,000
And some of those that I talked 
to whether it be in our life 

844
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:09,200
groups, or just those that I 
interact with the Kaiser Family 

845
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:13,700
Foundation actually said the 
report recently that 45 percent 

846
00:47:13,700 --> 00:47:20,300
of adults. 
Our have mentally are recognized

847
00:47:20,300 --> 00:47:24,100
that they are negatively 
impacted mentally by what's 

848
00:47:24,100 --> 00:47:26,500
going on right now and 75% of 
them. 

849
00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:31,000
Think the worst is yet to come, 
anxiety, depression, suicide, 

850
00:47:31,100 --> 00:47:34,900
marriage, Strife, all those, 
those things reportedly On The 

851
00:47:34,900 --> 00:47:37,700
Rise that impact, our 
well-being, and our health. 

852
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,800
And I'm sure that somewhere the 
devil's dancing over this just 

853
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:47,400
like we was during my time. 
Fear is not more powerful than 

854
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:51,100
God. 
The Bible remind us this as 

855
00:47:51,100 --> 00:47:53,300
well. 
And act 17:27. 

856
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,400
When it says he is not far from 
any one of us and I think about 

857
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,400
that with Believers and 
non-believers alike. 

858
00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:03,400
He's not far from any one of us 
being smart, safe and 

859
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,300
responsible. 
As time goes on, doesn't mean we

860
00:48:05,308 --> 00:48:08,700
have to be paralyzed with fear 
and there was a song that I 

861
00:48:08,700 --> 00:48:12,800
listen to a lot in 2017. 
That said, fear is a liar and 

862
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:16,100
there's some lines from it that 
I think are very relevant. 

863
00:48:16,700 --> 00:48:18,900
He say when you told you, you're
not strong enough. 

864
00:48:19,100 --> 00:48:21,900
To put up a good fight. 
When you told you you're not 

865
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:25,500
worthy when he told you. 
You're not loved when he told 

866
00:48:25,500 --> 00:48:26,600
you. 
You're not beautiful that you'll

867
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:29,500
never be enough. 
When you told you, you could be 

868
00:48:29,500 --> 00:48:31,400
the one that Grace could never 
change. 

869
00:48:32,300 --> 00:48:35,600
He will rob your rest, steal 
your happiness, cast your fear 

870
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:38,100
in the fire because fear he is a
liar. 

871
00:48:39,900 --> 00:48:42,600
Everyday you persevere carry on 
and determine how you'll face. 

872
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,400
Your fears will shape your 
future. 

873
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:49,400
I think it's important for us to
remember you're not alone. 

874
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:51,800
You're not unloved and you're 
not defeated. 

875
00:48:53,700 --> 00:48:56,100
God's with you and fear. 
It's a liar. 

876
00:48:58,100 --> 00:49:01,500
One final verses phone Psalms 41
through three. 

877
00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:04,300
I waited patiently for the Lord.
He turned to me and heard me 

878
00:49:04,300 --> 00:49:06,200
cry. 
He Lifted Me Out of the slimy 

879
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:09,300
pit out of the mud and mire. 
He set my feet on a rock and 

880
00:49:09,300 --> 00:49:12,800
gave me a firm place to stand. 
He put a new song in my mouth. 

881
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,900
A hymn of praise tour. 
A hymn of praise to our God. 

882
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,600
Many will see and fear the lord 
and put their trust in him. 

883
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:22,900
Do the same coronavirus. 
You're not going to defeat us 

884
00:49:22,900 --> 00:49:31,000
with fear. 
Coronavirus, you won't take away

885
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:34,400
my focus on God and His 
goodness. 

886
00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:41,700
I'm reading from John 16 Verse 
33, where Jesus was talking to 

887
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:45,000
his disciples and he said I've 
told you these things. 

888
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:50,000
So that in me you may have peace
in this world. 

889
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:55,300
You will have trouble, but take 
heart, I have overcome the 

890
00:49:55,300 --> 00:49:58,900
world. 
Jesus warned his disciples of 

891
00:49:58,900 --> 00:50:03,400
things to come and he did that 
so that they could have peace 

892
00:50:03,500 --> 00:50:06,000
and be forewarned. 
You know, the old expression 

893
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:11,100
says forewarned is forearmed 
trouble, will come friends, but 

894
00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:18,300
we, they could take heart 
because he overcame the world 

895
00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:21,400
for us. 
In the world, you're going to 

896
00:50:21,408 --> 00:50:25,300
have, you're going to get cut 
off in traffic in the world. 

897
00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:27,400
People are going to be mean in 
the world. 

898
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,400
People are going to say things 
that might discourage you, 

899
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:34,300
especially if you're young 
person trying to figure out your

900
00:50:34,300 --> 00:50:36,300
life going to college that you 
have a dream. 

901
00:50:36,900 --> 00:50:39,700
Some people will say some mean 
things that might hurt you. 

902
00:50:39,700 --> 00:50:43,100
In fact, those people may be 
very close to you even in the 

903
00:50:43,100 --> 00:50:45,300
world. 
You're going to have people who 

904
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:49,300
they say that hurt. 
People hurt other people, and 

905
00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:51,200
you're going to have Folks who 
are going to do some things, you

906
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:54,100
can have children, that there 
are go astray. 

907
00:50:54,100 --> 00:50:58,100
They don't respect their parents
and parents are worried about 

908
00:50:58,100 --> 00:50:59,700
them. 
You're going to have loved ones,

909
00:50:59,700 --> 00:51:03,100
who do some you know, strange 
things of walk away and you 

910
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:04,700
can't talk to them no matter 
what you say. 

911
00:51:04,700 --> 00:51:09,000
They don't listen nothing seems 
to help but you know, we can 

912
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,800
take heart in the fact that we 
have God. 

913
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,200
We have God in Our Lives who 
comes and helps us and guides us

914
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:19,800
and leads us and we can come to 
him, you know, friends, if God. 

915
00:51:19,900 --> 00:51:23,900
Was a Fairytale yours, truly my 
wife, and I we'd be history 

916
00:51:24,700 --> 00:51:27,500
because I'm here to tell you 
that he was real in our lives, 

917
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:33,400
you know, our journey started 
back in 1979 and by then we were

918
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:35,400
already. 
We were raised in the Catholic 

919
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,900
church. 
We were raised in what they call

920
00:51:37,900 --> 00:51:41,200
Boston, catechism in the east 
coast and that was different. 

921
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:45,300
This is very different. 
We didn't understand about 

922
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:48,300
reading the Bible for ourselves.
We didn't know a lot about what 

923
00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:51,400
was available to us, when we On 
time and reading the Bible 

924
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:52,900
walking. 
And talking with God though. 

925
00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:56,200
There were people that they 
tried to do a good job and 

926
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:59,000
teaching us some things, but it 
was very regimental in our lives

927
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,900
very regimented. 
And it wasn't until later on in 

928
00:52:01,900 --> 00:52:05,200
our in our walk that we started 
to see that there was a God who 

929
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:09,200
heard us that talked to us in 
many different ways. 

930
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:13,300
He talked to us in situations. 
He opened doors where you know, 

931
00:52:13,300 --> 00:52:14,900
it seems like things weren't 
going to happen. 

932
00:52:14,900 --> 00:52:18,600
All of a sudden seems like 
things did you know and little 

933
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:21,900
by little God was Being us 
through a path and I thank God, 

934
00:52:21,900 --> 00:52:23,700
you know, we my wife and I were 
talking about that the other 

935
00:52:23,700 --> 00:52:25,400
day. 
I thank God that together. 

936
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,800
We heard from God. 
We saw God's word and 

937
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,200
individually, we started growing
in our Christian walk. 

938
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:35,500
My wife started going to Bible 
study with a lady friend of 

939
00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:36,600
hers. 
One of our neighbors. 

940
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:41,600
I started hearing the word from 
different sources or radio TV. 

941
00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:44,900
Again, this is back, you know, 
late 70s, early 80s when some of

942
00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:47,200
these radio Ministries were 
starting to explode. 

943
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,600
And so we heard a lot of God's 
word. 

944
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,400
And we started going forward, 
and some of the things of God. 

945
00:52:53,900 --> 00:52:57,500
I remember my daughter was all 
about six years old. 

946
00:52:57,500 --> 00:53:01,400
I was a young dad, and I 
remember when she came to me, 

947
00:53:01,900 --> 00:53:04,800
and she was crying big tears in 
her eyes. 

948
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:06,500
And I was, you know, it struck 
me. 

949
00:53:06,500 --> 00:53:08,400
And I was like, honey, what's 
wrong? 

950
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:11,100
What's the matter? 
She came to me with her broken 

951
00:53:11,100 --> 00:53:14,200
and she came to me with her 
broken Barbie doll, you know, 

952
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:16,300
for me, Dad. 
It was no big deal. 

953
00:53:16,300 --> 00:53:19,700
I just snap that head back on 
and there's nothing to it, but 

954
00:53:19,700 --> 00:53:22,800
you It's one of those, what they
call, aha moments. 

955
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:25,400
My daughter came to me with her 
Brokenness. 

956
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:30,000
She came to dad with her broken 
and she trusted me that I would 

957
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:34,000
help her with her problems. 
And the enormity of that moment 

958
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:37,200
just hit me like a ton of bricks
and I got to tell you, I started

959
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,800
crying and my wife came to me. 
She goes, what's wrong? 

960
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:41,100
Everything? 
Okay, and I told her, I said 

961
00:53:41,100 --> 00:53:43,700
well. 
You know, I just had a God 

962
00:53:43,700 --> 00:53:45,600
moment. 
I just had an aha Revelation 

963
00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:50,100
about God's daddys love, you 
know, 2007. 

964
00:53:50,700 --> 00:53:53,500
The doctors came with the 
prognosis by then. 

965
00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:55,700
We have been Christians for a 
few years by then. 

966
00:53:55,700 --> 00:53:58,700
We saw a lot of wonderful things
happen in a lot of lives 

967
00:53:58,700 --> 00:54:00,900
including our own. 
We saw God do Miracles. 

968
00:54:00,900 --> 00:54:04,100
We had seen Miracle healings. 
We didn't need a radio TV 

969
00:54:04,100 --> 00:54:06,600
minister to tell us about God's 
goodness and Miracle working 

970
00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:08,700
power. 
We seen it for ourselves. 

971
00:54:08,700 --> 00:54:11,400
We had experienced a lot of 
things, and I was kind of 

972
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:14,600
frankly, when the Came and told 
me, he said, you know, you've 

973
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:18,600
got prostate cancer and I got 
angry. 

974
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:22,100
I actually got angry and I was 
yeah, I was scared, we were 

975
00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:26,300
scared, but I got to tell you 
that, you know, it came to a 

976
00:54:26,300 --> 00:54:29,200
point after a little bit of 
thinking and praying through 

977
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:31,600
that. 
I realize I'm going to live 

978
00:54:32,100 --> 00:54:33,900
until I die. 
I made a decision. 

979
00:54:34,100 --> 00:54:37,400
I'm going to live until I die. 
And I've decided that I'm going 

980
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:40,800
to make life work and gods going
to help me or if I have to go 

981
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,900
with God. 
If it's time, so So be it, I 

982
00:54:43,900 --> 00:54:48,400
realized that I and I understood
its he's the author and the 

983
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:50,500
finisher of our faith when he 
starts something. 

984
00:54:50,500 --> 00:54:53,700
He finishes it when Jesus hung 
on the cross and said it is 

985
00:54:53,700 --> 00:54:57,600
finished. 
His work was done hours began. 

986
00:54:58,900 --> 00:55:00,900
He's not looking for Our advice 
friends. 

987
00:55:00,900 --> 00:55:02,400
He's not looking for our 
Council. 

988
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:06,500
He's looking for our cooperation
when he says it's up to us. 

989
00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:07,600
Now. 
It's our move. 

990
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,200
It's our move. 
And I got to tell you that, you 

991
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:15,100
know, we need to not let 
coronavirus or anything else. 

992
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:19,000
Be the focus of Our Lives. 
We need not let fear be the 

993
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,000
focus of Our Lives. 
Coronavirus. 

994
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:25,500
You won't take away. 
My you won't take away our focus

995
00:55:25,500 --> 00:55:27,500
on God and His goodness. 
God bless. 

996
00:55:28,900 --> 00:55:30,100
Everybody give it up for 
everybody. 

997
00:55:30,100 --> 00:55:32,100
Just spoke man. 
What an incredible word. 

998
00:55:32,100 --> 00:55:35,500
There's so much leadership 
behind that made covid-19, man. 

999
00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:38,900
You won't stop us. 
Incredible message of Hope and 

1000
00:55:38,900 --> 00:55:40,700
encouragement. 
And we do this on a prayer for 

1001
00:55:40,700 --> 00:55:43,900
you guys and just ask God to 
bless this time and just lead 

1002
00:55:43,900 --> 00:55:46,700
you into a God's constitute 
father come before you got. 

1003
00:55:46,700 --> 00:55:49,000
Thank you so much God that this 
coronavirus is going to stop. 

1004
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,000
Our joy. 
Guy's not going to turn our 

1005
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,800
courage as I take our Focus away
from your goodness and your 

1006
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:55,600
passion. 
So I can keep us from climbing. 

1007
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:58,600
The thanks in front of us here 
and push towards you. 

1008
00:55:58,700 --> 00:56:01,200
You got one, I can be spiritual 
Slackers and be leaders in this 

1009
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:02,300
season. 
And Governor. 

1010
00:56:02,300 --> 00:56:04,800
I can Paralyzed by fear of going
to be full of Hope in this 

1011
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:06,600
season and want to talk to 
somebody right now is they're 

1012
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:09,600
praying, man. 
That is let the coronavirus stop

1013
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,200
them in their tracks. 
Maybe you today been Paralyzed 

1014
00:56:12,200 --> 00:56:15,700
by fear. 
Maybe you've let Satan take this

1015
00:56:15,700 --> 00:56:18,200
season little bit. 
Maybe you've been discouraged. 

1016
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,600
Maybe you just been living in 
fear of the future. 

1017
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:22,500
Maybe. 
Just forgot about the goodness 

1018
00:56:22,500 --> 00:56:24,300
of God, in the season. 
But today, you know what? 

1019
00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:26,600
I want to start of the things of
God. 

1020
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:28,600
I'm not gonna stop me. 
I'm going to start the things. 

1021
00:56:28,700 --> 00:56:31,600
God, if that's you down and pray
for you today, right now, 

1022
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:34,400
father, come before you got to 
ask that, you just strengthen us

1023
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:37,100
as the church gathered. 
Be the body of Christ be unified

1024
00:56:37,100 --> 00:56:39,100
together. 
Govern a cast-off, every weight 

1025
00:56:39,100 --> 00:56:42,200
around us that slows us down for
pursuing your mission. 

1026
00:56:42,300 --> 00:56:44,300
Got are made for a season just 
like this. 

1027
00:56:44,300 --> 00:56:46,800
You put us in this moment in 
time on purpose. 

1028
00:56:46,900 --> 00:56:49,200
So God, we're thankful. 
We're full of joy. 

1029
00:56:49,300 --> 00:56:50,900
Got thank you for the words of 
faith. 

1030
00:56:50,900 --> 00:56:52,100
God. 
We're going to be moving 

1031
00:56:52,100 --> 00:56:54,100
forward, on the faith of other 
people. 

1032
00:56:54,100 --> 00:56:56,700
Got just encouraged today. 
Got that you're with us in this 

1033
00:56:56,700 --> 00:56:58,100
season, and we're not going to 
slow down. 

1034
00:56:58,100 --> 00:56:59,500
We're not. 
To shut up or not. 

1035
00:56:59,500 --> 00:57:02,400
Going to stop doing the things 
for you because of the 

1036
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:05,500
coronavirus, got going to pursue
you full on educating and 

1037
00:57:05,500 --> 00:57:06,800
praying. 
I want to, I want to ask you 

1038
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:08,700
guys a question. 
Have you had an aha moment? 

1039
00:57:08,700 --> 00:57:11,200
Like Victor talk about with 
Jesus? 

1040
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:14,400
The aha moment, you realize that
God's grace is good, that he 

1041
00:57:14,408 --> 00:57:16,900
loves you. 
That he's pursued you, maybe 

1042
00:57:16,900 --> 00:57:18,400
today. 
You need the aha moment with 

1043
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:21,100
Jesus where he will. 
You have to relationship with 

1044
00:57:21,100 --> 00:57:22,800
him. 
They know he's brought you and 

1045
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:24,800
he's formed you. 
He's purpose to you and he's 

1046
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:27,900
gifted you and today, maybe that
moment is your day that you're 

1047
00:57:27,900 --> 00:57:30,400
gonna have to Aha. 
Moment today with Jesus, who is 

1048
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:32,500
Jesus? 
Jesus is God's perfect son. 

1049
00:57:32,500 --> 00:57:35,700
He sent here. 
He came to our world into our 

1050
00:57:35,700 --> 00:57:39,600
coronavirus into this place, and
he took upon all of our sin on 

1051
00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:41,500
that cross. 
Bala says, he became sin for us 

1052
00:57:41,500 --> 00:57:44,200
and is nailed to the cross. 
He became everything wrong in 

1053
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:46,100
our life. 
In exchange, all of his 

1054
00:57:46,100 --> 00:57:49,200
goodness, for all of our wrongs.
And now we have relationship 

1055
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:51,000
with him. 
The Bible says anybody calls on 

1056
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:53,100
name of Jesus will be saved and 
made new. 

1057
00:57:53,100 --> 00:57:57,000
Maybe today is your aha moment. 
The Bible says today is the day 

1058
00:57:57,000 --> 00:57:59,500
of salvation and so on. 
Encourage you, if you need 

1059
00:57:59,500 --> 00:58:02,300
Jesus, if you need forgiveness, 
if you need faith, if you need a

1060
00:58:02,308 --> 00:58:05,900
joy, if you need strength, if 
you need to overcome this 

1061
00:58:05,900 --> 00:58:09,500
season, you have best friend, 
your daddy that loves you today.

1062
00:58:09,500 --> 00:58:12,000
You can call them at Jesus and 
be saved and made new. 

1063
00:58:12,100 --> 00:58:14,500
And so, if that's you today, 
you'll say yes to Jesus. 

1064
00:58:14,700 --> 00:58:17,900
Then I would encourage you to 
pray this prayer with me today. 

1065
00:58:17,900 --> 00:58:20,500
So father God, thank you so much
for sending Jesus to die on the 

1066
00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:21,500
cross. 
For me. 

1067
00:58:21,500 --> 00:58:23,000
God. 
This is my aha moment. 

1068
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:25,000
I realized that made life on 
myself. 

1069
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:27,000
I've been stopped in my tracks 
and I'm focusing on all these 

1070
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:28,500
things arise with guys, Senior 
Week. 

1071
00:58:28,700 --> 00:58:31,600
Story together and you sent your
son Jesus died for me. 

1072
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:33,900
So God put my faith in you. 
Y'all want to follow? 

1073
00:58:33,900 --> 00:58:35,900
You gotta leave me. 
I'll do this. 

1074
00:58:35,900 --> 00:58:39,100
If you commit to go wherever you
go and got, you can have my life

1075
00:58:39,100 --> 00:58:40,400
to take it and use it how you 
want to. 

1076
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:42,300
And I praise in Jesus name. 
Amen. 

1077
00:58:42,300 --> 00:58:43,800
Come on, get it for every came 
to Christ Day. 

1078
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:46,300
Come on, show us some love. 
Give some hearts man, God's 

1079
00:58:46,300 --> 00:58:49,700
using you guys six and six. 
Thank you so much for that word 

1080
00:58:49,900 --> 00:58:52,000
of encouragement. 
And what an amazing day today, 

1081
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:53,800
man. 
That's a powerful morning and a 

1082
00:58:53,808 --> 00:58:56,300
powerful word and prayer and 
that prayer that you just prayed

1083
00:58:56,300 --> 00:58:58,400
is not the end of a journey, but
it is beginning. 

1084
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:02,100
Of a journey of your steps with 
Jesus and I want to encourage 

1085
00:59:02,100 --> 00:59:03,900
you. 
If you've taken that step today 

1086
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,600
or in the recent future and the 
recent past, you can text me, 

1087
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:10,000
the recent future. 
I've got to stop, you're about 

1088
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:13,000
to pray that prayer the reason 
future upcoming but know you can

1089
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:16,800
text RL next 297 000. 
That's going to connect you to 

1090
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,300
some amazing resources. 
Get you connected to the Bible 

1091
00:59:19,300 --> 00:59:21,300
app. 
Get you started on that Journey 

1092
00:59:21,300 --> 00:59:23,500
with Jesus. 
It's just an incredible way to 

1093
00:59:23,500 --> 00:59:26,800
really dive in to that Journey 
with Jesus and I want to 

1094
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:28,500
encourage you. 
If you are. 

1095
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:30,700
New, or if you've been coming 
for a while and you haven't 

1096
00:59:30,700 --> 00:59:32,000
gotten connecting our life 
groups. 

1097
00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:35,000
This is your chance today is 
your day get online on our 

1098
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,600
website Real Life Church kc.com.
Click on a group check it out. 

1099
00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:40,700
You're not gonna want to miss 
out and you want to know why the

1100
00:59:40,700 --> 00:59:42,500
main thing about our life groups
there. 

1101
00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:46,500
So many reasons but our life 
groups are fun here at real 

1102
00:59:46,500 --> 00:59:48,000
life. 
One of our core values is to 

1103
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:51,100
have fun and our groups do an 
incredible job doing that. 

1104
00:59:51,100 --> 00:59:53,100
I was thinking back, like, in 
our group, we always start with 

1105
00:59:53,100 --> 00:59:55,900
an icebreaker and it's come down
to like random times where we 

1106
00:59:55,900 --> 00:59:58,400
had to, you know, seeing Drops 
of Jupiter with Sean. 

1107
00:59:58,600 --> 01:00:00,200
Sean. 
And, you know, rap battles, I 

1108
01:00:00,207 --> 01:00:02,100
mean it's all about my size by 
group decreased. 

1109
01:00:02,100 --> 01:00:06,000
After that. 
It was we just have fun laugh 

1110
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:07,800
together. 
I was talking with the leaders 

1111
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:11,000
of our empty nester group and 
they actually went out to eat at

1112
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:13,400
the Jiggy Pig and everybody 
brought their lawn chairs, so 

1113
01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:15,600
they could all sit six feet 
apart in a field and just 

1114
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:18,200
connect with each other eat 
dinner together from afar and 

1115
01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:22,100
have fun, you know, our trivia 
night group always has a crazy 

1116
01:00:22,100 --> 01:00:24,800
time of you know, whether or not
I Mike is going to have a shirt 

1117
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:26,000
on or not. 
And what background? 

1118
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,400
He's gonna be at that day. 
They have so much fun. 

1119
01:00:29,300 --> 01:00:31,700
Sounds crazy, but good thing 
Mike's a good looking guy, I 

1120
01:00:31,700 --> 01:00:33,600
guess. 
So, it's a lot of fun though. 

1121
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:35,500
Me and every time I talk to some
of our life group leaders. 

1122
01:00:35,500 --> 01:00:37,800
They're just laughing their 
loving staying connected with 

1123
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:40,100
each other. 
Are, you know, parenting group 

1124
01:00:40,100 --> 01:00:43,000
is like every time they let all 
those kids get on there on to 

1125
01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:44,700
the zoo meeting. 
You never know what is going to 

1126
01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:46,000
happen. 
They just crack up. 

1127
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,200
They have a great time getting 
together. 

1128
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:50,600
So I want to encourage you and 
this season that can be lonely, 

1129
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:52,300
can be distant. 
You want to take this 

1130
01:00:52,300 --> 01:00:54,100
opportunity to connect to have 
fun. 

1131
01:00:54,100 --> 01:00:56,100
I promise you, you're going to 
have a great time and you're not

1132
01:00:56,100 --> 01:00:58,300
going to regret getting 
connected to one of our groups. 

1133
01:00:58,500 --> 01:01:01,300
Yeah, you saw theme today six 
and six over and over again. 

1134
01:01:01,300 --> 01:01:04,800
I mean Carriere and Victor true.
I mean everybody was pushing in 

1135
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:07,700
the same direction man who are 
doing life with a man. 

1136
01:01:07,700 --> 01:01:09,600
Who's that voice? 
That brings you back to God. 

1137
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:12,000
Like Aaron talked about that 
your life group. 

1138
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:14,100
These are people who are doing 
life with, doesn't have your 

1139
01:01:14,100 --> 01:01:16,100
spouse. 
I mean, mostly can be, but in 

1140
01:01:16,107 --> 01:01:18,900
this season manage your life. 
Group is the voice of wisdom. 

1141
01:01:18,900 --> 01:01:20,000
When a marriage is falling 
apart. 

1142
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:23,100
All these things around you and 
you have this pressure to pursue

1143
01:01:23,100 --> 01:01:24,300
God. 
Now, I think it's amazing. 

1144
01:01:24,300 --> 01:01:26,400
So get in a group. 
It's incredible and you know 

1145
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:29,800
your car that actually I don't 
oh, Those people that you just 

1146
01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:31,800
mentioned this talk to they are 
all life group leaders. 

1147
01:01:31,900 --> 01:01:34,600
And so life, great leader. 
You really latched onto it. 

1148
01:01:34,607 --> 01:01:37,000
One of them said, find their 
group online, enjoying it. 

1149
01:01:37,100 --> 01:01:38,300
That's a good point. 
I like that. 

1150
01:01:38,300 --> 01:01:39,700
She's tearing up. 
He'll encourage. 

1151
01:01:39,700 --> 01:01:41,500
You guys also to be generous in 
the season. 

1152
01:01:41,500 --> 01:01:44,200
I can't thank you enough. 
Your generosity is absolutely 

1153
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:46,300
mind-blowing in the season that 
we were kind of like, man, 

1154
01:01:46,300 --> 01:01:48,900
what's going to happen and you 
guys have just done exceedingly 

1155
01:01:48,900 --> 01:01:50,800
more than we ever thought or 
imagined in the season. 

1156
01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:52,500
So thank you so much for your 
generosity. 

1157
01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:54,100
O, say, thank you for the first 
time donors. 

1158
01:01:54,100 --> 01:01:56,600
Thank you guys for faithful in 
the season even things are 

1159
01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:59,300
unsure or they're not stable. 
Well, but you're like, hey, 

1160
01:01:59,300 --> 01:02:01,700
look, I'm gonna give the thing 
that's given back to me. 

1161
01:02:01,700 --> 01:02:03,800
I'm going to give the thing. 
This honoring God, and making a 

1162
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,700
difference in this season. 
This week. 

1163
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:08,500
We got to go out and do food 
distribution with heart and 

1164
01:02:08,500 --> 01:02:10,400
hands. 
We have a blood drive. 

1165
01:02:10,500 --> 01:02:12,500
We're doing in the near future 
on May 12th. 

1166
01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:15,300
You guys be a part of that. 
We've got about 20 more slots to

1167
01:02:15,300 --> 01:02:20,200
fill and share this post, it and
sign up and it makes a huge 

1168
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:21,700
difference. 
You can save three lives just by

1169
01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:25,100
donating blood we've got so much
that's going on behind the 

1170
01:02:25,100 --> 01:02:26,600
scenes. 
So many different things that 

1171
01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:28,200
you guys are part of making a 
difference. 

1172
01:02:28,200 --> 01:02:31,300
Every Single day in our 
community, people are being 

1173
01:02:31,300 --> 01:02:32,500
changed. 
Only say, thank you for your, 

1174
01:02:32,500 --> 01:02:34,500
thank you for generosity. 
I would encourage you guys are 

1175
01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:36,400
three ways. 
You can give, you can give 

1176
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:39,400
online and reflectors kc.com. 
You can text any mouth, eight, 

1177
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:42,100
four, three, two, one, or you 
can send it by mail in this 

1178
01:02:42,100 --> 01:02:43,900
season, man. 
Thank you guys so much for your 

1179
01:02:43,900 --> 01:02:45,100
faithfulness. 
And your asset e-mail. 

1180
01:02:45,300 --> 01:02:47,800
Let's worship God, one more time
with the song. 

1181
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:49,200
Come on. 
Let's give him our best, man. 

1182
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:52,000
God gave us some gold today and 
we're going to get back to him. 

1183
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:53,200
Come on. 
Let's lift your hands and 

1184
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,300
praise. 
Let's give Jesus our best. 

1185
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:24,900
The the mound the fountain I 
drink from oh, he is my king of 

1186
01:03:24,900 --> 01:03:34,000
my heart, be the shadow. 
The ransom for my light. 

1187
01:03:34,500 --> 01:03:39,800
Oh, he is my son. 
You are good. 

1188
01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:46,400
You are good. 
You are good. 

1189
01:03:47,900 --> 01:03:55,900
You are good. 
You're good. 

1190
01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:15,300
You are you're gonna be the wind
inside my cells. 

1191
01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:28,400
The air tanker in the way of my 
heart, be the far inside. 

1192
01:04:28,700 --> 01:04:37,000
My veins, the end of my days, 
all he is my son. 

1193
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:45,200
Let the king of my heart be the 
wind inside my cells. 

1194
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:51,400
The a finger in the waves. 
All he is my son. 

1195
01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:59,100
Let the king of my heart be the 
Fire Inside My Bed. 

1196
01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:48,000
You do? 
You never gonna 

1197
01:06:07,800 --> 01:06:12,800
You're never gonna learn. 
You Never Gonna Let Me Down, 

1198
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:20,300
You're Never Gonna Let You, 
Never Gonna Let Me Down. 

1199
01:06:22,300 --> 01:06:27,400
You're never gonna learn. 
You're never gonna let me down. 

1200
01:06:33,500 --> 01:07:25,100
Let me down with you. 
You know, me, don't let me down.

1201
01:07:27,500 --> 01:07:44,700
You're gonna, you know. 
I love that song. 

1202
01:07:44,700 --> 01:07:47,500
It's a great reminder that God 
is never going to let us down, 

1203
01:07:47,500 --> 01:07:50,700
no matter how we feel or what 
we're experiencing in a moment. 

1204
01:07:51,100 --> 01:07:53,700
And just the, the messages today
that the stories were just a 

1205
01:07:53,707 --> 01:07:55,000
great reminder. 
We can't always choose our 

1206
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:57,800
circumstances, but we can choose
our reaction to, and God has 

1207
01:07:57,800 --> 01:08:00,400
called us to fight from Faith 
because we have a hope and that 

1208
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:02,200
hope has a name. 
That name is Jesus. 

1209
01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:05,200
So if you find your spot your 
place and you need some help 

1210
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:08,700
today, I encourage you to text 
are all hope to 97,000. 

1211
01:08:08,900 --> 01:08:11,100
We would love to extend some 
hope to you today. 

1212
01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:14,000
So I want to encourage you don't
turn the channel and Few short 

1213
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,000
moments. 
We're going to have a great real

1214
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:18,300
life kids worship service and 
this isn't anything 

1215
01:08:18,300 --> 01:08:20,500
second-class. 
This is something that kids can 

1216
01:08:20,500 --> 01:08:23,800
worship Jesus and we love just 
to see your kids on social media

1217
01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:26,000
every week. 
So, everybody's invited hang 

1218
01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:27,500
out. 
They have a message activities 

1219
01:08:27,500 --> 01:08:30,300
that the kids will love. 
We would love to see you guys 

1220
01:08:30,300 --> 01:08:33,200
there in a short moment, hang 
out with you guys in my group 

1221
01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:34,700
this week. 
We can't wait to see you there. 

1222
01:08:34,700 --> 01:08:38,399
And remember whoever finds Jesus
discovers real life on purpose.