1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,040 Well, good morning real life. We are so excited to worship 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,360 together with you this morning as we celebrate our mission 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,480 Sunday to go global here in. Real life church. 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,280 So whether you're with us in person or joining us online, get 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,280 up on your feet. And we are going to worship God 6 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,960 this morning in a big way for all he's doing. 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,280 I'm so. Thankful like that, man. 8 00:00:29,130 --> 00:00:37,010 I saw dark, miserable cover, but the miracle that actors can't 9 00:00:37,090 --> 00:00:45,050 get over my name is registered in heaven, and I believe in 10 00:00:45,050 --> 00:00:50,850 signs and wonders. I have resurrection power. 11 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,960 Yes, I do. And still the miracle that I 12 00:00:55,960 --> 00:01:03,080 just can't get over My name is registered in heaven and my 13 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:12,470 praise belongs to you forever. This is my testimony from day to 14 00:01:12,470 --> 00:01:16,310 life. His Grace rewrote my story. 15 00:01:16,750 --> 00:01:20,910 I'll testify by Jesus Christ the righteous. 16 00:01:21,670 --> 00:01:26,110 I'm justified. This is my testimony. 17 00:01:26,310 --> 00:01:34,310 This is my testimony. Oh, oh, yeah. 18 00:01:38,310 --> 00:01:44,550 Come together, sons and daughters, Bob with love and 19 00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:50,350 washed in water. Sing the praises of the Spirit, 20 00:01:50,950 --> 00:01:54,950 Son and Father. Our God will finish what He 21 00:01:54,990 --> 00:01:59,350 started. We believe our God will finish 22 00:01:59,550 --> 00:02:02,990 what He started. Oh. 23 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:11,210 S s me testimonial des albassio sue more calmly on historia may 24 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:14,970 pay No no Who made your de la Cruz? 25 00:02:15,290 --> 00:02:19,850 Me Who's stupid Call s s me testimonial. 26 00:02:20,890 --> 00:02:28,810 S s me testimonial. Oh yeah. 27 00:02:32,590 --> 00:02:39,350 No, I'm not taking. You're not done. 28 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:48,070 The greater things are still become, oh, I believe if I'm not 29 00:02:48,150 --> 00:02:54,110 taking, you're not done. No, the greater things are still 30 00:02:54,310 --> 00:02:59,150 come, oh, I believe to be the worst store and always be 31 00:02:59,310 --> 00:03:04,270 enough. My God is close to sign the 32 00:03:04,270 --> 00:03:06,270 drawing though. Crazy. 33 00:03:06,750 --> 00:03:14,310 It's a Vivo show, little Espina. My God is close to sign the 34 00:03:14,750 --> 00:03:15,870 drawing though. Crazy. 35 00:03:22,860 --> 00:03:30,380 Testes me testimonial des Alvassio sumo como mistorial May 36 00:03:30,380 --> 00:03:34,460 pay no No Who made your de la Cruz? 37 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:38,820 Me Who's Steve? Nicole Testes ME testimonial 38 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:50,180 Estessmi testimonial des Alvassio sumo como mistorial may 39 00:03:50,180 --> 00:03:54,270 pay no no. Who made OJ La Cruz? 40 00:03:54,270 --> 00:03:55,190 Me. Who's Dave? 41 00:03:55,670 --> 00:04:01,070 Because s s me testimonial. S s me testimonial. 42 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:23,980 Amen. Give God some praise this 43 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:26,500 morning. You may have noticed a few 44 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:29,740 different things this morning as we celebrate what God is doing. 45 00:04:29,820 --> 00:04:32,740 And God, He's really a God of all people. 46 00:04:32,740 --> 00:04:34,540 And we celebrate what He's doing today. 47 00:04:34,820 --> 00:04:37,900 Not only what He's done in our hearts through salvation, but 48 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:41,100 what He's calling us to do to go out wherever He'll call us and 49 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:43,100 says we continue and worship. Let's lift him. 50 00:04:43,260 --> 00:04:58,540 Up you call me out upon. On the waters the great unknown. 51 00:04:59,980 --> 00:05:07,380 With. Feed may fail, and there I find 52 00:05:07,460 --> 00:05:16,080 you in the mystery. In Oceans Deep, my faith will 53 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:28,720 stand upon your name and keep my eyes above the waves. 54 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:35,800 When oceans rise, my soul will rest in your embrace. 55 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:41,800 For I am yours. And you are my 56 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,320 Your grace abounds in deepest waters. 57 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:09,920 Your sovereignty will be my guide. 58 00:06:12,850 --> 00:06:16,850 Your feet may fail and tears surrounds me. 59 00:06:19,050 --> 00:06:36,650 You've never failed and you won't start now in Timmy Souls. 60 00:06:36,690 --> 00:06:45,320 We are in Tampa. On Sunday and two for there. 61 00:06:46,320 --> 00:07:06,920 We're still your sorry, I stopping. 62 00:07:37,350 --> 00:07:43,150 Spirit, leave me where my trust is Without Borders. 63 00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:52,710 Let me walk up on the waters wherever you would call me, and 64 00:07:52,710 --> 00:07:57,270 take me deep. Deeper than my feet could ever 65 00:07:57,310 --> 00:08:01,110 wander. And my faith will be made 66 00:08:01,110 --> 00:08:08,550 stronger in the presence of my Savior spirit. 67 00:08:08,870 --> 00:08:13,470 Leave me where my trust is Without Borders. 68 00:08:14,150 --> 00:08:22,630 Let me walk upon the waters wherever you would call me. 69 00:08:23,330 --> 00:08:30,690 And take me deeper than my feet could ever wander, and my faith 70 00:08:30,850 --> 00:08:36,890 will be made stronger in the presence of my Savior. 71 00:08:38,809 --> 00:08:46,770 It's to aspire to many a sin. Frontiers my say a The last 72 00:08:46,770 --> 00:08:56,700 father is a dawn day to mayor. Yes, it's to me this Marseille 73 00:08:57,260 --> 00:09:05,580 de Los Soniado don't de bueno star con viado Alice, and to 74 00:09:06,140 --> 00:09:17,460 presentia to espirit to make es in frontiers Marseille de Los 75 00:09:17,740 --> 00:09:25,150 fibers. Don't they too may ya this to 76 00:09:25,190 --> 00:09:30,590 Maya, this my say ya the lo soniado. 77 00:09:30,990 --> 00:09:33,510 Don't they play no star con viado? 78 00:09:35,270 --> 00:09:44,310 I'm a star and to present ya. It too espirit too many years in 79 00:09:44,590 --> 00:09:59,830 frontiers Marseille de la spa. Theres I don't de to me ya les 80 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:07,990 and to me this Marseille de lo soniado don't de play nu. 81 00:10:10,780 --> 00:10:19,220 He too aspire to make he as in frontier as my senedos spotters. 82 00:10:20,180 --> 00:10:31,580 I don't de tu me, ya miss tu me, ya miss my son yay no son ya. 83 00:10:32,410 --> 00:10:38,650 Don't they play a soccer piano? I started to present to you. 84 00:10:38,650 --> 00:10:57,860 Oh Jesus said not to. 85 00:10:58,060 --> 00:11:17,440 No break high high and team is. It's too loaded for it's too 86 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:23,160 low. So how Stefina? 87 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,200 When I think about being available and got calling me 88 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,800 out, it's never about my ability. 89 00:11:34,310 --> 00:11:36,950 Or my inability. But it's about my availability, 90 00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:41,830 just being willing, open handed, open hearts to God to say use 91 00:11:41,830 --> 00:11:43,190 me. God will go. 92 00:11:43,190 --> 00:11:45,550 Where you call. Me, I'm available for you to 93 00:11:45,590 --> 00:11:46,230 use. My life 94 00:11:56,390 --> 00:12:04,190 new is the lonely thing falling of Speedy. 95 00:12:08,710 --> 00:12:26,350 Looking as my life, I will give you as. 96 00:12:26,350 --> 00:12:26,910 Many people. Love you. 97 00:12:27,070 --> 00:12:38,390 You call how you. Hey, the bull, I say. 98 00:12:38,550 --> 00:12:57,590 Yes, the Lord I am available. Here I am with opens counting on 99 00:12:57,910 --> 00:13:09,660 your face again. List of me and boy, I just want 100 00:13:09,780 --> 00:13:20,900 to see you loop. Boy go to Bob's Parky. 101 00:13:22,940 --> 00:13:36,570 It's so sunny. Diego senors aqui estoy senor 102 00:13:38,010 --> 00:13:55,330 Hoy go to those aqui estoy senor dego senor. 103 00:13:56,620 --> 00:14:00,100 My key is so silly. My 104 00:14:12,860 --> 00:14:18,580 hands are open eye too. My heart is open eye. 105 00:14:19,180 --> 00:14:27,600 Come, do whatever you want to. Here I am. 106 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:34,080 Here I am. You can have it all. 107 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,680 You can have it all. Here I am. 108 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:46,520 Here I am. You can have it all. 109 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,920 You can have it all. I can store. 110 00:14:52,640 --> 00:15:00,350 I can store. Todo lo que soy Taylor and trigo 111 00:15:00,830 --> 00:15:13,070 Hoy a kid story a kid story todo lo que soy Taylor and trigo Hoy 112 00:15:15,550 --> 00:15:45,010 a kid story a kid story soy. Let the sound and surrender fill 113 00:15:45,290 --> 00:15:55,010 this room, guy we say is to yes to Jesus. 114 00:15:56,510 --> 00:16:16,220 Use our lives for the woman who gave me nothing is a sacrifice. 115 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:35,280 Use me how you want to. Have you thrown me in my heart? 116 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:40,280 No. I go to bones. 117 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:47,760 I keep it. So I send you Dingo seniors. 118 00:16:53,740 --> 00:17:04,180 A key Yes, Joyce, and you go to the most. 119 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,720 Come on, are you available today? 120 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,520 That is right. Man, we serve the God of the 121 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,080 world. And what an awesome reminder 122 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,840 today as we got to worship and sing praise to Jesus in some 123 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,920 Spanish lyrics today, Man, how awesome is that man? 124 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,040 Who's excited? Who's looking forward to what 125 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:47,560 God has in store for you today? That's right, That's right. 126 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,280 I'm excited to see another group of people joining us today, and 127 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,120 that's a real life church online. 128 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,840 Let's give him a big welcome this morning. 129 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:59,050 Let him know we see them. Hey, before you take a seat, 130 00:17:59,050 --> 00:18:02,290 take about 30 seconds. Say hey to somebody beside you. 131 00:18:02,610 --> 00:18:04,130 Maybe. If you're feeling up to it, say 132 00:18:04,130 --> 00:18:05,010 little. Hola. 133 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:29,640 Buenos Dias. All right, You can find your 134 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,000 seats, man. Hey, if you are new with us 135 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,240 today, man, you are honored guests and we're just so 136 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,520 excited, so thankful that you chose to spend your day with us. 137 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,320 I don't want to ask you to grab that connection card that's on 138 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:43,800 your seat. Maybe the seat next to you. 139 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,680 Go ahead and pick that up fell out as much as you feel 140 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,320 comfortable with. And then check that box that 141 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,600 says first time here, man, Doing that just allows us to be able 142 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,840 to help you feel welcome and at home here at real Life Church. 143 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,520 Nothing weird. We just want to send you. 144 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,280 Letters shoot you a text and say, hey, hey, if you do call 145 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,360 real life Church home, go ahead and grab that card as well. 146 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,080 Fill out your name and then mark regularly attend on that card as 147 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,000 well. Go ahead and throw in a prayer 148 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,040 or a praise report on the bottom of that card as well. 149 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:14,840 Man, we just want to celebrate with you. 150 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:16,440 We want to care for you this week. 151 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,280 Also we don't want anybody to turn those cards in a loan. 152 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,360 So we're going to, we're going to all turn those in, in the 153 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,040 giving buckets later in the Gathering. 154 00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:27,940 And hey, real life church. We are a church on a mission. 155 00:19:28,260 --> 00:19:31,740 And that mission is to see people far from God discover 156 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:34,740 their real life and purpose in Jesus and man. 157 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:38,660 Today we get to see that that mission extends beyond Belton, 158 00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:41,980 Raymore, Cass County, Missouri, the USA man that mission 159 00:19:42,220 --> 00:19:44,060 extends. Globally. 160 00:19:44,610 --> 00:19:47,650 And today we're going to press pause on our Asking for a Friend 161 00:19:47,650 --> 00:19:49,850 series. Pastor Sean will be bringing us 162 00:19:49,850 --> 00:19:53,850 a word next week. And that's because we get to 163 00:19:53,850 --> 00:19:56,610 experience and see and hear all that God did through our 164 00:19:56,610 --> 00:20:00,610 Columbia Missions team. And then not only that, man, we 165 00:20:00,650 --> 00:20:03,170 get to experience that as well because they really are just an 166 00:20:03,170 --> 00:20:07,530 extension of our church. So come on, get excited. 167 00:20:07,530 --> 00:20:09,690 We're going to kick this off with the Mission strip video. 168 00:23:51,730 --> 00:24:01,670 It. Was, I think his first real life 169 00:24:01,670 --> 00:24:03,630 video. So nice work, Coleman. 170 00:24:03,630 --> 00:24:05,110 Yeah, let's give it up for Coleman. 171 00:24:06,050 --> 00:24:07,730 Love to see people jumping in and using their gifts. 172 00:24:07,730 --> 00:24:09,170 Hola. Buenos Dias. 173 00:24:09,170 --> 00:24:11,570 See, you may have noticed a few different things. 174 00:24:11,570 --> 00:24:14,890 I've got my friends over here nodding gracious graciously. 175 00:24:14,890 --> 00:24:18,530 I can't say English words now, but man, today is a really 176 00:24:18,530 --> 00:24:21,930 special day in our house as we are getting to share and 177 00:24:21,930 --> 00:24:25,250 celebrate about all that God did through our team in Bogota, 178 00:24:25,250 --> 00:24:27,930 Colombia. A lot of people ask us why 179 00:24:27,930 --> 00:24:29,890 missions. You know why global missions. 180 00:24:29,890 --> 00:24:33,010 And I can say today without a doubt that missions is God's 181 00:24:33,010 --> 00:24:35,610 idea. It wasn't real life's idea and 182 00:24:35,610 --> 00:24:38,090 as. Believers, we are charged with 183 00:24:38,090 --> 00:24:43,090 following God's command to go. It actually says in Mark 1615. 184 00:24:43,690 --> 00:24:46,730 Gee, he said to them that's Jesus is telling them what to 185 00:24:46,730 --> 00:24:50,850 do, go into all the world and preach the gospel to all 186 00:24:50,930 --> 00:24:53,010 creation. So that doesn't leave us a lot 187 00:24:53,010 --> 00:24:56,170 of other options, right? Go everywhere, tell everyone 188 00:24:56,170 --> 00:24:58,330 about Jesus. And so that's why the heart 189 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:00,210 behind why go? Why do missions? 190 00:25:00,650 --> 00:25:02,850 Because God asked us to, because we have the hope of the world 191 00:25:02,850 --> 00:25:04,770 and we get to share that wherever we go. 192 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:08,490 And so our team was actually sent out as an extension of real 193 00:25:08,490 --> 00:25:10,610 life church. You guys prayed over us as we 194 00:25:10,610 --> 00:25:12,090 went. So many of you prayed for us 195 00:25:12,090 --> 00:25:14,410 while we were there. Some of you have given, you've 196 00:25:14,530 --> 00:25:17,210 prayed for, you've encouraged, you've sent us notes and all 197 00:25:17,210 --> 00:25:20,130 those things. So we went as real life across 198 00:25:20,450 --> 00:25:23,290 not the whole world, but across this part of the world down to 199 00:25:23,410 --> 00:25:25,610 Bogota. And so while we were there, we 200 00:25:25,610 --> 00:25:28,130 were able to encourage, we were able to support. 201 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,840 We invited, we cleaned, we painted, we taught, we 202 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,240 connected, we served. And I can tell you that our team 203 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,160 truly made a difference in the lives of those partners that we 204 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,680 have there. But it's significant, and you 205 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,160 will see today that God also set out to do a work not just 206 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,480 through each of us, but inside of each of us as we went on this 207 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,040 trip. And so it was very early on 208 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,960 August 5th, very early, that our team of nine from real life 209 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,320 embarked on a journey to Bogota, Colombia, which is in South 210 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,280 America to connect to the heart of God and going to all the 211 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,160 world. So while we were there, we 212 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,080 connected with Hugo and Uliana at the Discipleship Training 213 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,800 School for young adults. We encouraged Frank and Andrea 214 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:17,400 new Church planters in the Normandy region of Bogota. 215 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,800 We jumped in and worked alongside with Rodrigo and Olga 216 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,160 at the man. On a soccer project and served 217 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,760 with Viviana and Juan at the Mana School Project in Verbenal 218 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,080 on the north side of Bogota. So today you're going to hear 219 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,040 stories about all of those ministries that we experienced 220 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:34,640 that you just saw a little sneak peek of. 221 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,680 You're going to hear about how they touch the heart of each of 222 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,360 the members of our team today, because today there's not a 223 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:43,680 message. Today they are the message what 224 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,840 God did through them and what they're going to share with you 225 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,290 because of that. But you're also going to hear 226 00:26:48,290 --> 00:26:52,050 stories of each person on our team answering this question. 227 00:26:52,170 --> 00:26:56,530 God, in light of what I've seen and experienced, what are you 228 00:26:56,570 --> 00:27:00,570 asking me to do? And I do know that today many of 229 00:27:00,570 --> 00:27:03,850 you are going to be challenged to ask that same question. 230 00:27:03,930 --> 00:27:07,490 God, what will you have me do today because of what I've seen 231 00:27:07,490 --> 00:27:10,860 and I've heard? And so in my story, for me, one 232 00:27:10,860 --> 00:27:15,380 of the most powerful things that I saw God do was to unite a room 233 00:27:15,380 --> 00:27:19,220 of Christian leaders and pastors from Bogota, from real life, 234 00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:23,300 from manna worldwide together through their common bond of 235 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:26,020 ministry, a call of God on their life and their heart to reach 236 00:27:26,020 --> 00:27:29,180 their city, their country, their area, whatever God's called them 237 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:32,340 to with the gospel. And so on Wednesday afternoon of 238 00:27:32,340 --> 00:27:34,980 our trip, while we were sitting at the training and discipleship 239 00:27:34,980 --> 00:27:36,900 school, we were actually sitting in a room. 240 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:40,820 It was very powerful where so many young people make decisions 241 00:27:40,820 --> 00:27:43,100 about their life. Are they going to follow God? 242 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:45,980 What is God calling them to do, to give up, to lean into? 243 00:27:46,020 --> 00:27:49,700 And so it was a special place to sit and connect with these area 244 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:52,500 pastors and leaders. And we're sitting in that room 245 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:55,140 where they have made huge decisions for Christ. 246 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:58,220 And together we dove into God's Word. 247 00:27:58,460 --> 00:28:00,660 And then we connected in small groups and courage. 248 00:28:00,740 --> 00:28:04,140 Reaching one another, realizing that the struggles that we have 249 00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:07,660 in ministry and in the Christian life, they kind of transcend 250 00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:10,220 language, they transcend culture, they transcend 251 00:28:10,220 --> 00:28:12,980 location. And that we're all as believers 252 00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:15,900 united in one front. And so we see a picture here of 253 00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:18,380 some of those leaders. This is a couple. 254 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:20,780 This is Scott Hudgens in the middle who led our trip. 255 00:28:20,780 --> 00:28:24,740 This is Harold and Deanita who are two of the leaders at the 256 00:28:24,740 --> 00:28:27,060 discipleship school that are just awesome people. 257 00:28:27,060 --> 00:28:29,380 Sean has actually Sean met Harold. 258 00:28:29,810 --> 00:28:32,650 In 2013, when he first went to Colombia. 259 00:28:32,650 --> 00:28:34,770 So he has been a part of this ministry and pouring in the 260 00:28:34,770 --> 00:28:36,210 lives of people for so many years. 261 00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:39,690 So to sit down and hear his heart, he's actually in seminary 262 00:28:39,690 --> 00:28:42,770 now and getting to share with what God is doing in him through 263 00:28:42,770 --> 00:28:44,890 this ministry is just really powerful. 264 00:28:45,710 --> 00:28:48,230 But one of the most powerful moments for me was that Hugo and 265 00:28:48,230 --> 00:28:51,590 Uliana are in a little bit of a transition with what God has for 266 00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:55,110 the school. And so I was able to share my 267 00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:58,190 story about the ministry losses, the battles that Sean and I have 268 00:28:58,190 --> 00:29:02,030 faced in our past to let them be encouraged that God's not done 269 00:29:02,030 --> 00:29:04,390 with them and he has something big for them to not be 270 00:29:04,390 --> 00:29:06,870 discouraged. And it was so powerful to get to 271 00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:09,510 encourage their hearts in that way. 272 00:29:09,550 --> 00:29:11,270 And so today I'll share with you. 273 00:29:11,270 --> 00:29:14,990 As a result of what I saw and experienced, I will. 274 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,680 And you'll see these in we call them I Will statements, and 275 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,200 we've encouraged our team to share them, to have them and to 276 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,600 live by them Now says I will create daily space to listen to 277 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,960 the spirits leading being still, being quiet and being 278 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:32,330 intentional in personal worship. I will cut weight from my life 279 00:29:32,490 --> 00:29:36,290 like frivolous spending, eating out, buying fancy coffee, 280 00:29:36,610 --> 00:29:39,770 etcetera, to be able to give not just generously but 281 00:29:39,770 --> 00:29:42,050 extravagantly and to live simply. 282 00:29:42,050 --> 00:29:45,490 Should God call me to give up American comforts for His glory, 283 00:29:46,170 --> 00:29:49,930 I will be frugal and save so I can lead more teams and be 284 00:29:49,930 --> 00:29:52,530 prepared to go whenever the opportunity arises. 285 00:29:52,890 --> 00:29:56,970 I will cut weight from my time to more intentionally share the 286 00:29:56,970 --> 00:29:59,490 gospel and make disciples wherever I am. 287 00:30:00,150 --> 00:30:03,350 I will be available. That song hits different that we 288 00:30:03,350 --> 00:30:05,310 just sang when you're saying that to God. 289 00:30:05,310 --> 00:30:08,590 I will be available and regularly evaluate my 290 00:30:08,590 --> 00:30:11,990 willingness to go wherever God calls and be used for ministry 291 00:30:11,990 --> 00:30:13,750 both internationally and at home. 292 00:30:14,030 --> 00:30:16,470 I will train and prepare my children to be ready to be on 293 00:30:16,470 --> 00:30:19,710 mission across the world. And I will learn basic Spanish 294 00:30:19,710 --> 00:30:22,710 to be able to converse with our mission partners, to share the 295 00:30:22,710 --> 00:30:25,230 gospel, but also to be able to connect with and encourage their 296 00:30:25,230 --> 00:30:28,120 hearts. And so now you are going to get 297 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,280 to hear from all of our team. They are going to share what God 298 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,080 did in their lives, what parts of the ministries we experience 299 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,680 touch them and what they will do as a result of what they seen. 300 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,120 And so first up is Christy Hardy. 301 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:50,640 We're in trouble. I have the mic now. 302 00:30:53,750 --> 00:30:57,870 So our first day, like our first full day when we were in Bogota, 303 00:30:57,870 --> 00:31:03,150 we were at Iglesia Viva and that was we were had the privilege of 304 00:31:03,150 --> 00:31:04,990 spending time there at this church. 305 00:31:05,390 --> 00:31:08,910 So we met Pastor Frank and his wife Andrea. 306 00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:13,150 So Andrea has been doing the children's ministry and it 307 00:31:13,150 --> 00:31:15,710 wasn't something that she feels equipped to do. 308 00:31:15,710 --> 00:31:18,790 It wasn't something that she feels prepared for at all. 309 00:31:19,150 --> 00:31:21,670 It was just a need and she said yes, so. 310 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,600 When we went, we were told ahead of time to please bring a craft 311 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,000 to share with the kids. So I took two different ideas 312 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,520 and the supplies for it. But the day before we left, I 313 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,960 just felt God urging me to do take one more thing, do 314 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:43,440 something else just in case. So I went and I purchased the 315 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,440 things to make these bracelets, and they are. 316 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,320 I don't know if you've heard of A Wordless Book before. 317 00:31:49,130 --> 00:31:52,410 There's also they getting soccer balls there, but these bracelets 318 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:57,010 and so we I presented that idea to Andrea and I said what would 319 00:31:57,010 --> 00:31:58,490 you like? I have Noah's Ark, I have 320 00:31:58,490 --> 00:32:00,770 bookmarks or I have this word list book. 321 00:32:00,770 --> 00:32:03,970 It's a bracelet where kids can wear it and easily be able to 322 00:32:03,970 --> 00:32:07,010 share Jesus with others. And she got tears in her eyes 323 00:32:07,050 --> 00:32:09,200 and she said. The bracelet, she said. 324 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,360 I do not know what I'm doing. I don't know how to teach these 325 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,160 kids Jesus. She started in Genesis and she 326 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,080 was just going to teach straight through the Bible. 327 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:22,360 If you've ever been in kids ministry, might get lost in 328 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:28,440 Exodus. So, so, so when she saw you she 329 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,240 just had tears in her eyes and she said. 330 00:32:30,580 --> 00:32:32,380 That's it. That's what God wants you to do. 331 00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:36,460 So we did these bracelets, and if you have not seen them 332 00:32:36,460 --> 00:32:40,460 before, the black bead represents how our heart is 333 00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:44,260 black with sin before Jesus. The orange bead is supposed to 334 00:32:44,260 --> 00:32:46,180 be red. The kit did not have red. 335 00:32:47,220 --> 00:32:50,540 That is Jesus's blood, which is oxidized a little bit in this 336 00:32:50,540 --> 00:32:53,390 bracelet. So then the red one was for 337 00:32:53,390 --> 00:32:56,430 Jesus's bloodshed for us. The white one is after we 338 00:32:56,430 --> 00:32:59,550 received Jesus our hearts that we are made clean through his 339 00:32:59,550 --> 00:33:02,430 blood. The blue one, which was a super 340 00:33:02,430 --> 00:33:05,670 huge step for them is representing baptism. 341 00:33:05,670 --> 00:33:08,390 And I talked about how baptism has nothing to do with your 342 00:33:08,390 --> 00:33:11,190 salvation, but it is the first act of obedience. 343 00:33:11,630 --> 00:33:14,510 And then the green one, I always say green like the grass. 344 00:33:14,510 --> 00:33:17,430 It's after we have Jesus in our heart and we've taken that step 345 00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:20,830 and we are living for him and our lives are like we are made 346 00:33:20,830 --> 00:33:23,310 new and. The yellow one is because we are 347 00:33:23,310 --> 00:33:25,390 promised streets of gold in heaven. 348 00:33:25,390 --> 00:33:28,150 So we made these bracelets you saw in the video. 349 00:33:28,830 --> 00:33:33,270 Actually Alyssa and Audrey were doing that with the kids. 350 00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:39,110 It was a huge hit, so much fun. So we did that and through that 351 00:33:39,110 --> 00:33:42,950 I just the verse that we did devotions every morning together 352 00:33:42,950 --> 00:33:46,950 as a as a team and the verse that verses that really stuck 353 00:33:46,950 --> 00:33:52,790 out to me is Philippians 127. Through 29, like the second-half 354 00:33:52,790 --> 00:33:58,510 of 27. It's not the same on there as it 355 00:33:58,510 --> 00:34:00,390 is in my Bible. That's what it is. 356 00:34:00,670 --> 00:34:04,750 So you will be saved in that by God, for it has been granted to 357 00:34:04,750 --> 00:34:09,070 you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also 358 00:34:09,070 --> 00:34:14,830 to suffer for Him. OK, so sorry. 359 00:34:14,949 --> 00:34:17,150 It just looks a little different than what I had done. 360 00:34:17,510 --> 00:34:19,130 So. I know. 361 00:34:19,210 --> 00:34:22,810 So that was a huge punch in the gut for me. 362 00:34:22,810 --> 00:34:26,370 We talked about how the where it's talking about suffering for 363 00:34:26,370 --> 00:34:31,650 Christ, how as Americans we can very easily make up our own. 364 00:34:31,650 --> 00:34:34,770 It's like an imagined suffering. It's so easy. 365 00:34:34,770 --> 00:34:38,010 I work for the school district so it's so easy to think I can't 366 00:34:38,010 --> 00:34:40,650 share Jesus or I can't do that because I might lose my job 367 00:34:40,810 --> 00:34:42,370 because we're we're not allowed to do that. 368 00:34:42,810 --> 00:34:45,969 I do not know one person that has ever lost their job from 369 00:34:45,969 --> 00:34:50,540 sharing Jesus so. That was just a huge, huge thing 370 00:34:50,540 --> 00:34:52,300 for me. And with that, you know, 371 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:54,620 sometimes I'll go home and I'll think that was a missed 372 00:34:54,620 --> 00:34:56,580 opportunity. I really missed that opportunity 373 00:34:56,580 --> 00:34:59,180 today. And Scott encouraged me that 374 00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:02,660 it's so much more than a missed opportunity that in those 375 00:35:02,660 --> 00:35:06,620 moments where I do not share what God is urging me to share 376 00:35:07,060 --> 00:35:09,540 in that moment, the gospel isn't real to me. 377 00:35:10,180 --> 00:35:12,780 And that was huge. I thought all those times where 378 00:35:12,780 --> 00:35:15,460 I was like, oh, bummer, you know, I kind of missed that so 379 00:35:15,460 --> 00:35:17,940 much more than I missed that, so. 380 00:35:18,380 --> 00:35:23,380 With all of that said, my I will statements reflect that, so I 381 00:35:23,380 --> 00:35:26,820 will be more bold with the gospel and not create this 382 00:35:26,820 --> 00:35:31,500 imagined persecution. Or I'm really good at inviting 383 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:34,980 people to church. But I will take that a step 384 00:35:34,980 --> 00:35:38,740 further and I will share the gospel, not just an invitation. 385 00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:41,550 I will grow leaders to grow the kids department. 386 00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:44,070 Those kids are going to lead their friends and their families 387 00:35:44,070 --> 00:35:46,670 to Jesus and we are just going to see our church. 388 00:35:46,870 --> 00:35:50,150 We're going to be busting at the seams and then I will be 389 00:35:50,150 --> 00:35:51,990 available for what God has for me. 390 00:35:52,470 --> 00:35:57,110 And that first step was being able to go on this trip and 391 00:35:57,390 --> 00:36:01,150 listening to his urging and having these bracelets. 392 00:36:01,150 --> 00:36:03,550 So that was pretty amazing to see him in action. 393 00:36:09,860 --> 00:36:13,140 Hey, Jews, making your way up nice. 394 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:26,540 Come on, give it for Judy one more time. 395 00:36:26,540 --> 00:36:37,930 Come on. This was an this was an awesome 396 00:36:37,930 --> 00:36:42,930 experience for me, and on the very first day that we did a 397 00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:47,250 family visit, something miraculous happened to me and 398 00:36:47,250 --> 00:36:51,700 for me through the Holy Spirit. And I'm going to read it to you, 399 00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:55,460 because otherwise I'm going to end up in tears to tell you 400 00:36:55,460 --> 00:37:00,860 about it. In prep work for the mission 401 00:37:00,860 --> 00:37:06,260 trip, we were asked why we thought God was leading each to 402 00:37:06,260 --> 00:37:09,180 go. My response was I don't have a 403 00:37:09,180 --> 00:37:14,420 clue other than an overwhelming desire to go and I was sure God 404 00:37:14,420 --> 00:37:16,980 would show me why before the trip was over. 405 00:37:18,310 --> 00:37:23,150 On our first family visit, a 38 year old mother who was not a 406 00:37:23,150 --> 00:37:27,670 follower of Jesus told her story of having a life threatening 407 00:37:27,670 --> 00:37:30,870 disease and needing treatment appointments. 408 00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:34,870 She had two small children and she was concerned about them. 409 00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:38,750 In her country, medical treatment appointments were 410 00:37:38,750 --> 00:37:45,590 difficult to get and not always granted in full measure as she 411 00:37:45,590 --> 00:37:49,640 told her story. The Holy Spirit clearly spoke to 412 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,000 me and said she needs to hear your story. 413 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,000 She will come to Christ through her children. 414 00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:01,760 When others had spoken to her, Scott asked if anyone else had a 415 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:06,000 testimony for her. I took a deep breath and offered 416 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:10,080 her my personal testimony that I had not told anyone for 50 417 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,520 years. In a nutshell, I told her we 418 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:17,530 would all pray for her. But she needed to pray for her 419 00:38:17,530 --> 00:38:21,930 children, and I said to her, I will tell you why. 420 00:38:22,930 --> 00:38:27,250 I explained that my mother had died at the age of 36, when I 421 00:38:27,250 --> 00:38:30,850 was 14 years old. I had six younger brothers and 422 00:38:30,850 --> 00:38:34,930 sisters. I went on to explain something 423 00:38:34,930 --> 00:38:39,570 more to her, that at the age of five, my mother had given me a 424 00:38:39,570 --> 00:38:42,050 children's book with pictures and a scripture. 425 00:38:43,330 --> 00:38:47,530 I described the pictures. And the Scripture and the 426 00:38:47,530 --> 00:38:51,770 purpose of that book with a very clear memory. 427 00:38:58,410 --> 00:39:02,330 It was my first real introduction to who God and 428 00:39:02,330 --> 00:39:05,290 Jesus were and how prayers were answered. 429 00:39:05,890 --> 00:39:10,210 I shared with her that it was my mother's childhood teachings 430 00:39:11,170 --> 00:39:15,210 that had sustained me in faith and prayer all of these years. 431 00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:20,500 And that next year I would be 80 years old, that this legacy my 432 00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:23,140 mother left me was still with me. 433 00:39:24,180 --> 00:39:30,060 The Holy Spirit had instructed me that she needed to hear my 434 00:39:30,060 --> 00:39:32,820 childhood story for multiple reasons. 435 00:39:32,940 --> 00:39:36,980 One, because her children would come to Christ through her. 436 00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:43,060 Then we heard of the miracle. Two days later, we heard our 437 00:39:43,060 --> 00:39:45,360 prayers. Her August treatments were 438 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,440 answered. She had been given all 12 439 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:53,880 appointments that she needed both very timely and Scott told 440 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:58,040 us this was a very rare occurrence in Bogota, Colombia. 441 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:07,920 Pastor Sean also explained to us at our debriefing that a calling 442 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:12,640 to go on a mission trip like this and and with all the things 443 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,810 that had happened. In the way that they happened to 444 00:40:15,810 --> 00:40:21,250 me to be sat next to her and to be able to tell her my story for 445 00:40:21,250 --> 00:40:27,090 the sake of her, her personal salvation and her children's was 446 00:40:27,090 --> 00:40:34,370 called a divine appointment. The best scripture that fits 447 00:40:34,370 --> 00:40:39,450 this calling is John 20, verse 21 and 22. 448 00:40:40,130 --> 00:40:42,610 Again, Jesus said, peace be with you. 449 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,120 As the Father has sent me, I am sending you. 450 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:52,600 And with that he breathed on them and said, receive the Holy 451 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,720 Spirit. Given this experience, there's 452 00:40:55,720 --> 00:41:01,040 only four wills that I will be telling you I promise to do. 453 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,760 I will continue to walk where God leads me through the voice 454 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:09,720 of the gift of the Holy Spirit. I will continue to be grateful 455 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:14,480 for the hands Christ Jesus sends me to travel life's journey, 456 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,760 both spiritually and physically. I will continue to support and 457 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:22,480 encourage the younger generation and their journey to follow the 458 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:27,520 way Christ Jesus taught in both spiritual and physical endeavors 459 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,920 and challenges. And I will strive to hear more 460 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:35,120 clearly and submit to God's will as I am led. 461 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:41,340 The amazing thing for me is that 74 years after a seed was 462 00:41:41,340 --> 00:41:46,300 planted by my mother at the age of five years old, that it set 463 00:41:46,300 --> 00:41:50,140 my path for the rest of my life to seek God in Christ. 464 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:09,440 Yeah, Come on. Come on up, buddy. 465 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:11,280 Yeah. So you see this picture real 466 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,080 quick, Judy, Go back to the last one. 467 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,120 So Judy is actually in the back of the room. 468 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:19,720 And it was just crazy how God, like, just moved her over before 469 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:21,760 they got in. And she ended up holding her 470 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:25,080 hand over there and and praying with her and sharing the story 471 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,240 and probably one of those powerful parts of the trip. 472 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:28,920 And so get it for Judy one more time. 473 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:30,320 This is incredible what God did through. 474 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:41,880 All right, now get up for Coleman Bogota. 475 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:43,960 Colombia is a city of 12 million. 476 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:48,880 A massive city by all standards as large as New York City and 477 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,680 Los Angeles combined. A mega city full of people who 478 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,680 need Jesus and to hear the word of God everywhere we went other 479 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,720 than the church. And like parts, you can see 480 00:42:57,720 --> 00:43:02,100 people who need Jesus. The church we went to was doing 481 00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:05,220 great things, bring people off the streets into the light of 482 00:43:05,260 --> 00:43:06,940 Jesus. They have their square mile 483 00:43:06,940 --> 00:43:09,340 covered. But there are 600 other square 484 00:43:09,340 --> 00:43:13,260 miles inside Colombia, inside Bogota, that need to hear Jesus. 485 00:43:13,980 --> 00:43:17,060 You might wonder why Bogota? Why not here in the States? 486 00:43:17,980 --> 00:43:21,140 And I think that national missions are just as important 487 00:43:21,180 --> 00:43:24,740 as international missions. But because of this ongoing 488 00:43:24,740 --> 00:43:27,980 opportunity we have with Hugo, Frank and Andrea and others, 489 00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:30,060 down in Bogota is a perfect place to go. 490 00:43:31,690 --> 00:43:35,210 John, the verse I'm going to share with you that ties to the 491 00:43:35,210 --> 00:43:39,290 whole trip we went to is John 2021. 492 00:43:40,050 --> 00:43:43,410 So Jesus said to them again, peace be with you as the Father 493 00:43:43,410 --> 00:43:46,770 has sent me. I also sent you as Scott did. 494 00:43:46,770 --> 00:43:49,410 I want to make an an emphasis on the last part. 495 00:43:49,570 --> 00:43:53,250 I also sent you this is the one. This is one of two main points 496 00:43:53,250 --> 00:43:55,250 that Scott really drove home throughout the trip. 497 00:43:55,810 --> 00:44:00,480 Jesus calls us to do missions, not This isn't just the getaway. 498 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:02,800 Far from if you're doing it correctly. 499 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:05,160 We didn't go there for the scenery. 500 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,600 Although it was beautiful, we didn't go there to buy things 501 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,320 for the markets. We went there to share Jesus, to 502 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:14,480 bring who we can to Him. I will share the in the I will 503 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,120 statements I have, I will share the gospel, and I will devote 504 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,720 myself to His word. Before this trip, I didn't share 505 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:24,600 the gospel that much and I and irregularly read my Bible. 506 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,600 Now I will continue what I was doing through the mission strip. 507 00:44:28,290 --> 00:44:31,450 It's kind of weird what Mission strip can do in your life if you 508 00:44:31,450 --> 00:44:34,490 go into it with the right attitude and intentions. 509 00:44:34,890 --> 00:44:37,090 You can't just go into it thinking I'm going to help these 510 00:44:37,090 --> 00:44:39,370 people as part of the reason we do missions. 511 00:44:39,370 --> 00:44:42,970 But it's not the main reason We do missions to spread the word 512 00:44:42,970 --> 00:44:44,970 of God, to bring people to Jesus. 513 00:44:45,570 --> 00:44:48,010 If you go into missions solely with the intention of help 514 00:44:48,010 --> 00:44:49,930 people, you won't see much change in your faith. 515 00:44:50,290 --> 00:44:52,490 You have to do it. You have to do missions with 516 00:44:52,530 --> 00:45:00,950 Jesus on your heart and mind. Come on. 517 00:45:01,910 --> 00:45:03,590 He's like, I'm going to go change Columbia and Columbia 518 00:45:03,590 --> 00:45:06,110 changed me. And it's always works that way. 519 00:45:06,230 --> 00:45:08,390 Great jump on the video too. Coleman Alyssa, come on. 520 00:45:08,390 --> 00:45:10,830 Look at you jumping up here. You're ready to go. 521 00:45:10,830 --> 00:45:16,030 Thank. You So on Friday morning we were 522 00:45:16,030 --> 00:45:19,590 able to visit Scott's church, Combibo Norte, two people from 523 00:45:19,590 --> 00:45:22,750 their church, Viviana and Juan. They run a before and after 524 00:45:22,750 --> 00:45:25,270 school program for the kids in the neighborhood. 525 00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,120 They play educational games, They have a Bible story, and 526 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,280 then they eat lunch on the bus ride there. 527 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,440 Scott encouraged us to really get involved with the kids and 528 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,840 to not just stand to the side during the first part, the 529 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,200 learning game. It definitely would have been 530 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,440 easy to stand it in the corner and watch because we had no idea 531 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:47,640 what was going on. And Audrey and I oh, sorry, but 532 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,600 jumping in was and doing it with them was really fun. 533 00:45:51,720 --> 00:45:53,960 Audrey and I also had the opportunity to lead them in a 534 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:55,880 craft. We built Noah's Ark with 535 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,720 construction paper and pipe cleaners. 536 00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:00,080 You can see one little girl holding hers there. 537 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:06,920 So sorry. The first time around was 538 00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:10,280 definitely a little rough, but by the second time we and the 539 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:13,240 kids got the hang of it, it was really cool to connect to them 540 00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:15,720 without ever really even having a conversation. 541 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,800 Me and a couple kids actually went back and forth and telling, 542 00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:20,600 telling each other the names of the animals. 543 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,040 We were able to play a very confusing games of Pato, Pato 544 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:28,520 Gonzo or ducked out goose with the second group and it was 545 00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:31,600 really cool to see how rewarding just jumping in can be. 546 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,120 I saw this in a kids ministry in Colombia, but it was a good 547 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,080 reminder of how I should see it everywhere. 548 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:40,680 I just have to look. Philippians 127th through 30 549 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,240 says whatever happens, conduct yourself in a manner worthy of 550 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:48,800 the gospel of the Christ. This then, whenever I come and 551 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,080 see you, or only hear about you in my absence. 552 00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:54,340 I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, striving together 553 00:46:54,340 --> 00:46:57,780 for the faith of the gospel, without being frightened in any 554 00:46:57,780 --> 00:47:01,180 way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they 555 00:47:01,180 --> 00:47:04,300 will be destroyed, but you will be saved, and that by God. 556 00:47:04,980 --> 00:47:07,860 For it has been granted to you on behalf of the Christ of 557 00:47:07,860 --> 00:47:11,420 Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, 558 00:47:11,420 --> 00:47:14,620 since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and 559 00:47:14,620 --> 00:47:17,970 now hear that I still have. We use this verse to remind 560 00:47:17,970 --> 00:47:20,490 ourselves that suffering for Christ is a privilege that we 561 00:47:20,490 --> 00:47:23,890 should be open to. Scott connected this verse to 562 00:47:23,890 --> 00:47:26,890 show us that many times in our life we create fictitious 563 00:47:26,890 --> 00:47:29,370 persecution. We choose not to share the 564 00:47:29,370 --> 00:47:31,490 gospel because of what may happen. 565 00:47:32,250 --> 00:47:35,050 But this verse shows us that if we are led to share the gospel, 566 00:47:35,330 --> 00:47:38,410 he has already taken care of it. God is ahead of us and is taking 567 00:47:38,410 --> 00:47:41,050 care of us. And if we do face persecution, 568 00:47:41,050 --> 00:47:43,850 we can trust that it brings glory to his name and 569 00:47:43,850 --> 00:47:46,250 combivenorte with the kids. I could have not joined in the 570 00:47:46,250 --> 00:47:48,060 game. Or not in the craft because I 571 00:47:48,060 --> 00:47:50,500 didn't want to get looked at funny, or I didn't want them to 572 00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:53,300 dislike me. But I did join and nothing but 573 00:47:53,300 --> 00:47:56,140 good happened. How many times here at home have 574 00:47:56,140 --> 00:47:59,060 I passed up an opportunity to share the gospel because of what 575 00:47:59,060 --> 00:48:01,060 others thought? Because I didn't want to offend 576 00:48:01,060 --> 00:48:03,260 somebody? How many times have we all 577 00:48:03,260 --> 00:48:06,580 passed out these opportunities? How many people did not hear the 578 00:48:06,580 --> 00:48:08,700 gospel because of our worldly fears? 579 00:48:09,540 --> 00:48:11,740 We can use this verse to remember that God is with us and 580 00:48:11,740 --> 00:48:14,970 has a plan. Columbia has changed me, so 581 00:48:14,970 --> 00:48:16,890 these are the changes I will make in my life. 582 00:48:17,530 --> 00:48:20,530 I will learn and know the Bible. I will share the gospel. 583 00:48:21,250 --> 00:48:23,810 I will devote more time to learning and worshiping God. 584 00:48:24,610 --> 00:48:28,090 I will be more flexible and gain perspective. 585 00:48:28,610 --> 00:48:32,690 I will be unashamed of my faith. I will stop caring what others 586 00:48:32,690 --> 00:48:35,330 think and remind myself that God's opinion is the only one 587 00:48:35,330 --> 00:48:37,930 that matters. I will give my life to what God 588 00:48:37,930 --> 00:48:39,970 wants me to do and leave my own agenda behind. 589 00:48:40,850 --> 00:48:43,090 I will get outside of my comfort zone to bring others to God. 590 00:48:43,770 --> 00:48:46,010 I will be willing to suffer for God, and I will grow my 591 00:48:46,010 --> 00:48:49,610 relationship with God. Come on. 592 00:48:53,490 --> 00:48:56,290 I felt like she just preached the message right of the holy 593 00:48:56,290 --> 00:48:57,890 smokes. That's a young person with God 594 00:48:57,890 --> 00:48:59,850 in her heart. I mean, absolutely incredible. 595 00:49:00,410 --> 00:49:02,730 And so I think, God, you're up next. 596 00:49:03,370 --> 00:49:05,050 Give it up for her. Come on. 597 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:14,080 So the thing that impacted me the most for the home visits, 598 00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:18,760 which were we went to families and brought them groceries when 599 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,840 they were nonbelievers and they were going through some 600 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:24,720 difficult times. So many people played impact on 601 00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:29,200 that and impact on the family and everyone who was on the trip 602 00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:32,680 and who are there, and being able to see the connections 603 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,920 recreated through those home visits were awe inspiring at our 604 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:40,140 first home visit we were with. Olga, a single mother who was 605 00:49:40,140 --> 00:49:43,900 just out of the hospital for a very bad intestinal cancer. 606 00:49:44,940 --> 00:49:48,620 Why we were there. Judy was sat down right next to 607 00:49:48,620 --> 00:49:50,980 Olga and it was God. Leading Judy to share her 608 00:49:50,980 --> 00:49:54,580 testimony, testimony she hasn't shared in 50 years, which is I 609 00:49:54,580 --> 00:49:57,940 think is incredible. And at the beginning of the day, 610 00:49:57,940 --> 00:50:00,860 Judy wasn't expecting to share her story, but it was through. 611 00:50:02,180 --> 00:50:05,340 But it's through God who allowed her to tell her testimony to a 612 00:50:05,540 --> 00:50:08,140 family that needed it. There was also there that 613 00:50:08,140 --> 00:50:11,260 Coleman used his incredible speaking Spanish speaking 614 00:50:11,260 --> 00:50:16,500 skills, which I do not have, and he's in Spanish. 615 00:50:16,940 --> 00:50:20,780 God wants nothing more than to have a relationship with you and 616 00:50:20,780 --> 00:50:23,220 you can find it with Jesus. Even though I didn't understand 617 00:50:23,220 --> 00:50:26,300 him at the time, I could see and feel the change and connection 618 00:50:27,140 --> 00:50:28,820 growing in the family at the moment. 619 00:50:29,460 --> 00:50:32,780 We traveled to a country where we where they don't expect us to 620 00:50:32,780 --> 00:50:37,020 speak Spanish and for Coleman to say something so hot felt in 621 00:50:37,020 --> 00:50:41,380 their language created a very personal connection with the 622 00:50:41,380 --> 00:50:45,980 people in that room and the next home visit we were we were there 623 00:50:45,980 --> 00:50:52,100 for a man who was having kidney problems and it was there. 624 00:50:52,380 --> 00:50:54,740 Oh yeah, it was there that I heard. 625 00:50:54,740 --> 00:50:57,240 Diane. Say something very powerful it 626 00:50:57,240 --> 00:50:59,960 was. Doctors treat people, but it's 627 00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:03,720 God that heals people. And from the silence that 628 00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:06,400 followed, you could tell the power that God had in that 629 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,040 moment and never forget what she said. 630 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:12,800 Even though I did not say much during those home visits, I 631 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,400 witnessed the start of new relationships and the 632 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,160 strengthening of current relationships with God. 633 00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:22,120 It was incredible to witness what God did in those moments. 634 00:51:22,530 --> 00:51:26,970 And in Philippians 225 to 27 it says. 635 00:51:27,810 --> 00:51:32,970 But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epheditis. 636 00:51:33,810 --> 00:51:37,810 Yeah, my brother, coworker and fellow soldierer who is also 637 00:51:37,810 --> 00:51:41,970 your messenger whom you sent to take care of my needs, where he 638 00:51:41,970 --> 00:51:46,010 longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he 639 00:51:46,010 --> 00:51:49,720 was ill. Indeed, he was ill and almost 640 00:51:49,720 --> 00:51:51,560 died. But God had mercy on him, and 641 00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:56,160 not on him only, but also on me. To spare me sorrow upon sorrow. 642 00:51:57,240 --> 00:52:02,200 We were sent from real life as coworkers as from God, and where 643 00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,200 his messengers connect with these people who are far from 644 00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:07,920 God. A city full of 12 million 645 00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:11,240 people. We were able to share the gospel 646 00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:13,720 with only a few. But numbers don't matter. 647 00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:16,400 I mean, Jesus only had 12 disciples. 648 00:52:17,140 --> 00:52:19,740 Is the connection you make with people that matter? 649 00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:24,180 The people we connected with learned more about the gospel 650 00:52:24,180 --> 00:52:27,220 and now have the knowledge to go out and share that gospel with 651 00:52:27,220 --> 00:52:30,220 people even though we didn't speak the language? 652 00:52:30,220 --> 00:52:32,540 This connection that only happened through God's loved, 653 00:52:33,020 --> 00:52:36,700 and if you weren't sent by real life or by God, we wouldn't have 654 00:52:36,700 --> 00:52:38,700 been able to make those relationships with people who 655 00:52:38,700 --> 00:52:41,940 are going through a very difficult time in life and as a 656 00:52:41,940 --> 00:52:44,270 family. That week in Columbia is 657 00:52:44,270 --> 00:52:47,230 something I'll never forget. A week spending with new people 658 00:52:47,470 --> 00:52:50,790 and being able to experience how God can impact the lives of many 659 00:52:52,310 --> 00:52:53,830 after what I've learned on the mission ship. 660 00:52:54,630 --> 00:52:56,830 I will not be silent in the gospel. 661 00:52:57,470 --> 00:52:59,150 I will read and learn more of the Bible. 662 00:52:59,590 --> 00:53:03,030 I will would use what I've seen on this trip to create 663 00:53:03,030 --> 00:53:04,830 relationships with others in the gospel. 664 00:53:05,190 --> 00:53:10,670 And I remember that God is with me through suffering and whoa, 665 00:53:11,030 --> 00:53:12,910 anxiety. And overthinking. 666 00:53:12,910 --> 00:53:15,590 And I will submit to God's bill. So thank you. 667 00:53:18,270 --> 00:53:19,470 That was awesome. Thanks for sharing. 668 00:53:22,270 --> 00:53:24,630 Yeah, you don't learn this on a typical Sunday morning, right? 669 00:53:25,510 --> 00:53:26,350 This is cool. The spirit. 670 00:53:26,350 --> 00:53:28,110 God, we went through our team and what these guys are 671 00:53:28,110 --> 00:53:31,630 learning. Dennis the Dennis the Menace. 672 00:53:31,630 --> 00:53:35,030 As we started calming the trip. The man that we give it all give 673 00:53:35,030 --> 00:53:36,310 it up for Dennis. Come on. 674 00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:41,720 Everybody's been patiently waiting for you to explain your 675 00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:47,680 pants. These are from Ecuador, not from 676 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:51,400 Colombia. Well, that's a long story. 677 00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:54,160 I'll tell it to the outside because they only give me 4 678 00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:58,000 minutes and it's going to take me 4 minutes. 679 00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:02,160 OK. First of all, I'd like to go to 680 00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:08,040 Philippians 2 versus 3 and four and it says. 681 00:54:08,540 --> 00:54:11,780 In your relationship with one another, that's not the what I 682 00:54:11,780 --> 00:54:13,980 got. Here we go. 683 00:54:15,940 --> 00:54:18,900 We'll start it down here. Do nothing out of selfish 684 00:54:18,900 --> 00:54:23,780 ambition or vain conceit, but in humility, consider others better 685 00:54:23,780 --> 00:54:27,780 than yourselves. Each of you should look not only 686 00:54:28,540 --> 00:54:32,660 to your own self-interest, but also to the interests of others. 687 00:54:33,420 --> 00:54:36,740 Well, when I went down there, I got to admit I didn't even want 688 00:54:36,740 --> 00:54:42,110 to go. Somehow or another, my wife kind 689 00:54:42,110 --> 00:54:47,030 of convinced me to go and it was all about me when we started in 690 00:54:47,030 --> 00:54:48,150 order. It says that you're about 691 00:54:48,150 --> 00:54:51,310 conceit and you know, thinking about you got to do something 692 00:54:51,310 --> 00:54:53,950 for other people. Well, the first day we were 693 00:54:53,950 --> 00:54:56,710 real, they are there for the first whole day. 694 00:54:56,710 --> 00:55:02,190 We went to church and all I'm sitting there thinking is, oh 695 00:55:02,270 --> 00:55:05,750 boy, church is going to get over and we got to go out and pound 696 00:55:05,750 --> 00:55:07,860 on doors. Is they were going to have a 697 00:55:07,860 --> 00:55:11,300 reception at 4:30 in the afternoon and we're going to 698 00:55:11,300 --> 00:55:13,740 have lunch and we're going to go out and fall on down doors. 699 00:55:13,740 --> 00:55:16,660 This just didn't sound like something I really wanted to do. 700 00:55:17,780 --> 00:55:23,420 But anyway, we got a team together and we started walking 701 00:55:23,420 --> 00:55:26,900 down the stairs and I don't know what hit me, but I said, well, 702 00:55:26,900 --> 00:55:29,460 this doesn't look like it could be that bad. 703 00:55:29,460 --> 00:55:33,340 So we started knocking on doors. I don't speak much Spanish, I 704 00:55:33,340 --> 00:55:34,920 mean. What was it? 705 00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:40,160 Con, which is bread, and lychee, which is milk, and Manzano, 706 00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:42,600 which is apples. It didn't really come into the 707 00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:48,600 conversation very much, but anyhow, they gave us 708 00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:53,320 invitations, which was cool because I I had the privilege of 709 00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:56,120 working with Coleman and he had a little bit of Spanish, so I've 710 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,160 got a little bit there. But they also sent a couple of 711 00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:02,480 people that could speak Spanish. So we went to a few doors and 712 00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:05,680 knocked on, you know, and. Gave out these invitations and I 713 00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:10,200 was good at doing it, giving the invitation, but you know, it 714 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:13,280 still was kind of out of place. But something was coming over 715 00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:14,560 me. All of a sudden I felt like, 716 00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:17,760 wow, this is pretty cool. Well, we started seeing people 717 00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:21,080 walk down the street. Well, I didn't wait for us to 718 00:56:21,080 --> 00:56:22,760 knock on doors if they were walking. 719 00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:27,680 I was talking and I started handing out these different 720 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:31,470 invitations. Notice this is at 3:00. 721 00:56:31,470 --> 00:56:34,710 Between 3:00 and 4:00, we have to we have the thing at 4:30. 722 00:56:35,670 --> 00:56:39,830 Well, by 4:00 we are done. Just about done. 723 00:56:39,830 --> 00:56:43,750 It was about 3:45. Well, Pastor Frank and Scott, 724 00:56:43,750 --> 00:56:45,870 they grabbed me and they said, hey, you're doing pretty good at 725 00:56:45,870 --> 00:56:47,790 this. And so we started hitting 726 00:56:47,790 --> 00:56:49,990 everybody that was walking up and down the sidewalks. 727 00:56:51,150 --> 00:56:54,790 It really changed me because all of a sudden it wasn't about me. 728 00:56:54,790 --> 00:56:58,430 It was about getting people to come to this, to the church. 729 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:02,960 It it was just one of the most fantastic things. 730 00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:06,160 Realizing that, hey, it is not about me, it's about this 731 00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,040 church. We want to grow this church, and 732 00:57:08,040 --> 00:57:10,200 the only way is to get the word out. 733 00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:19,440 The nice thing about being me is being tall and not, you know, 734 00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,880 having a little bit of humor along with it. 735 00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:24,880 And so they grabbed me because they figured they could do a lot 736 00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:27,870 with me is. So we were handing it out and 737 00:57:27,870 --> 00:57:30,670 they he, they introduced, you know, after I handed it out and 738 00:57:30,910 --> 00:57:34,990 said, you know, hey, you know, happy pan or happy Manzano or 739 00:57:34,990 --> 00:57:38,430 whatever. Anyway, what do you call it? 740 00:57:39,230 --> 00:57:44,430 You know, because I was so big, it was easy to start a 741 00:57:44,430 --> 00:57:50,030 conversation and once I got the the invitation in their hand, 742 00:57:50,710 --> 00:57:54,030 the other two could talk in their their language and we got 743 00:57:54,030 --> 00:57:58,670 to go get it together. Well, in in that hour we ended 744 00:57:58,670 --> 00:58:03,270 up having eight people attend this, this little get together 745 00:58:03,630 --> 00:58:09,230 at 4:30, which that's probably more than 5% of all the people 746 00:58:09,230 --> 00:58:11,750 that we handed out invitations, which was great. 747 00:58:14,190 --> 00:58:19,670 It taught me a lot about humility, you know, You know, 748 00:58:19,670 --> 00:58:24,150 it's being that way. It's, you know, just. 749 00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:28,240 Serving other people is a lot different than I ever thought it 750 00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:31,360 would be. But anyway, they used to call me 751 00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:37,520 the Grande loco Viejo gringo, which meant the giant crazy old 752 00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:41,880 man. And that's and that's what Scott 753 00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:46,440 and and and Frank they they kind of did that and I lived with it 754 00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:52,040 but after that it was so much easier to. 755 00:58:52,550 --> 00:58:54,870 All of a sudden it wasn't about me anymore. 756 00:58:55,350 --> 00:58:58,550 And every place we went, I tried to serve the best I could. 757 00:58:59,230 --> 00:59:01,270 And I think that was one of the big things. 758 00:59:01,270 --> 00:59:06,310 So on the I wills, the things that I will try to do is I'll 759 00:59:06,310 --> 00:59:11,470 try to play more fervently and for other people, mainly because 760 00:59:11,510 --> 00:59:15,230 I saw a miracle, Judy's miracle down there. 761 00:59:16,230 --> 00:59:19,910 I will not try to judge people. Even though I don't like you, I 762 00:59:19,910 --> 00:59:25,310 won't try to judge you. Because I I met a lot of people 763 00:59:25,310 --> 00:59:27,590 down there that I didn't know if I liked or not. 764 00:59:27,590 --> 00:59:29,150 But what do you call? I didn't judge them. 765 00:59:32,590 --> 00:59:37,510 I will also not be afraid to show my emotions, which I I 766 00:59:37,510 --> 00:59:45,590 laughed a lot, I cried a lot, and I will be more generous to 767 00:59:45,590 --> 00:59:48,270 the Church, but also to these missions. 768 00:59:49,010 --> 00:59:51,130 I mean, it costs money to run these things. 769 00:59:51,170 --> 00:59:53,290 And I'll tell you what, I'm going to do what I can. 770 00:59:53,290 --> 00:59:58,450 I saw what it's doing, you know, what a few $100, a few $1000 can 771 00:59:58,450 --> 01:00:02,170 do for these people down there. It's really important. 772 01:00:02,210 --> 01:00:06,890 And so I'm going to try doing something crazy this next within 773 01:00:06,890 --> 01:00:09,490 the next year about whether I do drive sales or what. 774 01:00:09,490 --> 01:00:11,530 But we're going to raise some money for these people. 775 01:00:12,370 --> 01:00:15,010 I want to say thank you for everybody that took and prayed 776 01:00:15,010 --> 01:00:19,430 for us and I want to thank. That team that we really got 777 01:00:19,430 --> 01:00:22,590 together, we really have a special bond and I thank 778 01:00:22,590 --> 01:00:25,070 everybody for it and the opportunity. 779 01:00:25,070 --> 01:00:36,510 Thank you, Sean. Well Dennis was a life blow the 780 01:00:36,510 --> 01:00:41,110 trip and honestly that means a true servant of God. 781 01:00:41,110 --> 01:00:44,710 And it was it was fun watching him because God was working all 782 01:00:44,710 --> 01:00:46,390 over him. And that guy shed more tears. 783 01:00:46,390 --> 01:00:50,470 I'm telling you, we actually had a day no tear Thursday and. 784 01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:53,840 But I mean, you can't even encapsulate in words what God 785 01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:55,680 did in through Dennis. So thank you, Dennis. 786 01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:57,160 You're for Logan. Come on. 787 01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:03,800 If Dennis wrote a book about paint drying, I'd probably 788 01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:09,000 preorder it. Segue I'm going to talk to you 789 01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:12,160 guys about the process of painting the discipleship 790 01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:15,120 school, and I'll contextualize it a little bit and actually 791 01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:18,420 explain what it was. So Hugo, the man that runs it, 792 01:01:18,420 --> 01:01:21,940 he used to be a part of a few evangelistic projects, but he 793 01:01:21,940 --> 01:01:24,220 didn't really like the culture of the catch and release that 794 01:01:24,220 --> 01:01:26,940 was going on. So he opened a school, and the 795 01:01:26,940 --> 01:01:30,980 whole point of his school was to build up disciples into the next 796 01:01:30,980 --> 01:01:33,660 generation so that they would do the same thing, and on and on 797 01:01:33,660 --> 01:01:36,540 and on. But right now, they're in a 798 01:01:36,540 --> 01:01:39,060 transition period where they didn't have enough students to 799 01:01:39,060 --> 01:01:44,020 open a semester justifiably. So Hugo being the person he is, 800 01:01:44,020 --> 01:01:47,700 he isn't taking it as a step back, but as an opportunity to 801 01:01:47,700 --> 01:01:49,940 expand networks. He's going across the country 802 01:01:49,940 --> 01:01:53,060 with his team to meet new churches and find a steady, 803 01:01:53,740 --> 01:01:56,020 steady flow of students for his deception of school. 804 01:01:56,660 --> 01:01:59,220 And the other thing he's doing is where we came in, he's 805 01:01:59,220 --> 01:02:03,820 updating the building itself. So we came in being told we were 806 01:02:03,820 --> 01:02:07,380 going to paint and I was under the impression it was maybe 2-3 807 01:02:07,380 --> 01:02:10,160 rooms at the most. I'd never painted before and I 808 01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:12,360 could have imagined I wasn't going to like it very much. 809 01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:16,280 So a little bit in it turned into about half the building, 810 01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:19,720 and when I realized that I was like, ooh, I'm not very good at 811 01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:22,160 this, I don't quite enjoy it, and I don't know how much I'm 812 01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:27,960 going to have fun doing this. So for the next few hours I was 813 01:02:29,120 --> 01:02:31,480 fumbling with my paintbrush. I was messing up everything I 814 01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:33,880 was painting and I was wiping off a lot of mistakes. 815 01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:37,040 But slowly and surely, I was actually beginning to enjoy it. 816 01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:40,240 And what sort of hit me? Was that my passion for what we 817 01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:43,360 were doing was inconsequential to my passion for why we were 818 01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:47,760 doing what we were doing. We were there to be a very small 819 01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:50,000 part of the foundation of future disciples. 820 01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:53,200 We were there to make ourselves nothing and to serve not on our 821 01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:56,200 pretenses or on our schedule, but how we were called to by the 822 01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:59,520 people we were helping. And I'm going to contextualize 823 01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:03,520 that with First Corinthians 919 through 23. 824 01:03:04,100 --> 01:03:07,060 Though I am free and belong to no one, I've made myself a slave 825 01:03:07,060 --> 01:03:09,940 to everyone to win as many as possible to the Jews. 826 01:03:09,940 --> 01:03:14,060 I became like a do, a Jew to win the Jews to those under the law. 827 01:03:14,460 --> 01:03:17,380 I became like one under the law, though I myself am not under the 828 01:03:17,380 --> 01:03:19,340 law, so as to win those under the law. 829 01:03:19,780 --> 01:03:21,620 To those not having the law, I became like 1. 830 01:03:21,620 --> 01:03:24,300 Not having the law, though I am not free from God's law, but I'm 831 01:03:24,300 --> 01:03:26,940 under Christ's law so as to win those Not having the law. 832 01:03:27,060 --> 01:03:30,140 To the weak I became weak. To win the weak, I have become 833 01:03:30,140 --> 01:03:32,780 all things to all people, so that by all possible means I 834 01:03:32,780 --> 01:03:35,130 might save some. I do all this for the sake of 835 01:03:35,130 --> 01:03:37,410 the gospel that I may share in its blessings. 836 01:03:38,210 --> 01:03:40,850 Jesus came from the most High point and he made himself 837 01:03:40,850 --> 01:03:43,770 nothing and he calls us to do the same, which where we are 838 01:03:43,770 --> 01:03:47,290 shouldn't be very difficult. But to contextualize that even 839 01:03:47,290 --> 01:03:54,170 further, John 20/21 He calls us to do it in partnership with 840 01:03:54,170 --> 01:03:55,930 him. As Jesus said, peace be with 841 01:03:55,930 --> 01:03:57,690 you. As the Father has sent me, I am 842 01:03:57,690 --> 01:04:00,070 sending you. He calls us to serve in 843 01:04:00,070 --> 01:04:03,270 partnership as he did to walk the same beaten path he and many 844 01:04:03,270 --> 01:04:05,430 more righteous than us have walked a long boat ago. 845 01:04:05,950 --> 01:04:08,870 And the cool thing I think is he gave us the largest shoulders to 846 01:04:08,870 --> 01:04:11,430 stand on and the greatest example to follow as we work in 847 01:04:11,430 --> 01:04:14,590 partnership with him, even at something as simple as painting. 848 01:04:15,150 --> 01:04:17,910 I was showing a lot of great people on this trip and I'm 849 01:04:17,990 --> 01:04:20,390 learned a lot of things, but the two most important things I'm 850 01:04:20,390 --> 01:04:23,430 going to carry back into the States is a heart of servitude 851 01:04:23,430 --> 01:04:25,430 and a heart of submission as I was shown on the trip. 852 01:04:25,710 --> 01:04:29,150 Thank you. Come on. 853 01:04:29,150 --> 01:04:32,470 Thanks, Logan, man, it's in power. 854 01:04:33,310 --> 01:04:35,230 I kept telling Logan it's not send the drift of paint. 855 01:04:35,230 --> 01:04:36,310 It's just send not to wipe it up. 856 01:04:36,310 --> 01:04:40,830 It's like, come on, Logan. Oh man, I can see God has moved 857 01:04:40,830 --> 01:04:42,030 to every single person on this trip. 858 01:04:42,030 --> 01:04:43,870 And there's a couple of thoughts I just want to share with you. 859 01:04:44,230 --> 01:04:47,870 I'm really just there's so much I could say and I'm not going to 860 01:04:47,870 --> 01:04:50,190 have the time to say it. I'm just not. 861 01:04:50,430 --> 01:04:52,950 And it's it's almost one of the things you got experience. 862 01:04:53,380 --> 01:04:55,580 And so God just put my heart to say just a few quick things. 863 01:04:55,580 --> 01:05:00,180 One is thank you Jesus, that he chose us to make a difference on 864 01:05:00,180 --> 01:05:02,580 this trip. Thank you Jesus for divine 865 01:05:02,580 --> 01:05:03,580 appointments. Amen. 866 01:05:04,180 --> 01:05:06,700 Thank you Jesus that we got to go over there and play a small 867 01:05:06,700 --> 01:05:10,620 part of the story of encouraging these people that there is so 868 01:05:10,620 --> 01:05:13,580 much that happened on that trip that was just gospel centered 869 01:05:13,860 --> 01:05:16,620 and to strengthen those leaders for Christ. 870 01:05:16,620 --> 01:05:18,140 So thank you, Jesus. Amen. 871 01:05:18,700 --> 01:05:20,220 And that that's to your account as well. 872 01:05:20,220 --> 01:05:22,120 Amen. You guys play a part of this 873 01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:25,560 story so we just give it up for Jesus today, what he's doing. 874 01:05:28,840 --> 01:05:32,040 There's a it's reminded of verses in the Philippians but 875 01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:34,600 that he began a good work and you would continue today 876 01:05:34,600 --> 01:05:36,840 completion. It's Philippians chapter one and 877 01:05:36,840 --> 01:05:38,600 Paul says it's why he's in prison about the Church of 878 01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:40,280 Phillip I. And you guys know why. 879 01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:43,440 He said, well what is the good work that he's referring to? 880 01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:46,800 They continue the good work. It's the gospel going out. 881 01:05:47,590 --> 01:05:50,070 Literally says it very clearly. The gospel starred, they were 882 01:05:50,070 --> 01:05:51,870 new believers. They begin to spread it and even 883 01:05:51,870 --> 01:05:54,830 know persecution and suffering. And he's in prison. 884 01:05:54,950 --> 01:05:56,630 They continue to preach the gospel. 885 01:05:56,630 --> 01:05:58,790 Amen. And I'm just telling you in 886 01:05:58,790 --> 01:06:02,670 Colombia, I've been around there about 10 years and the ministry 887 01:06:02,670 --> 01:06:05,510 that started work coupled with has been going on almost 50 888 01:06:05,510 --> 01:06:08,630 years and the God has continued to work in Colombia. 889 01:06:08,630 --> 01:06:10,510 Amen. And we get to play a part of 890 01:06:10,510 --> 01:06:11,670 that. I kind of feel like we're like, 891 01:06:11,830 --> 01:06:14,830 I don't know, like spiritual gold diggers. 892 01:06:14,830 --> 01:06:17,210 Almost right. Because what God is doing down 893 01:06:17,210 --> 01:06:19,970 there, it is so impressive and it's so cool to see part of 894 01:06:19,970 --> 01:06:21,810 their story. And so thank you, Jesus, that we 895 01:06:21,810 --> 01:06:25,210 could even partner with them and not just for financially, but 896 01:06:25,450 --> 01:06:26,930 just just soul to soul. Amen. 897 01:06:27,450 --> 01:06:29,490 I mean, we learn more than than we ever taught. 898 01:06:29,810 --> 01:06:31,170 And you saw that with these guys. 899 01:06:31,410 --> 01:06:33,530 Which kind of brings me the second point that the power of 900 01:06:33,530 --> 01:06:37,570 just going on on a trip and and the power, what did what God did 901 01:06:37,570 --> 01:06:40,090 in us, You know, we always say, well, we go to Africa and change 902 01:06:40,090 --> 01:06:41,730 Africa. I mean, across the world, God's 903 01:06:41,730 --> 01:06:43,650 going to change us through this trip as well. 904 01:06:43,650 --> 01:06:46,010 Amen. And those I will statements we 905 01:06:46,010 --> 01:06:48,250 get to sit down last Sunday night and at this time of 906 01:06:48,250 --> 01:06:51,170 debriefing and we call a spec. You kind of look through some 907 01:06:51,170 --> 01:06:54,370 scripture and we ask you what's what's a sin to avoid right. 908 01:06:54,890 --> 01:06:58,050 What's a promise of God, what's an example to follow, what's a 909 01:06:58,050 --> 01:07:00,250 command to obey. What's a knowledge to obtain. 910 01:07:00,410 --> 01:07:02,370 And we looked across the whole trip and everything God taught 911 01:07:02,370 --> 01:07:04,970 us and all the teaching all these pieces and they they wrote 912 01:07:04,970 --> 01:07:08,210 these I will statements And so I I put these into a little slide 913 01:07:08,530 --> 01:07:10,050 and this is actually missing to kill people. 914 01:07:10,050 --> 01:07:12,210 But these are statements from our crew. 915 01:07:12,790 --> 01:07:14,910 Of what God has asked them to do. 916 01:07:15,230 --> 01:07:17,670 Is that incredible? I feel like I can preach for six 917 01:07:17,670 --> 01:07:19,750 years and not get that list. Come on, somebody, right. 918 01:07:20,230 --> 01:07:22,310 I mean, I don't know that's worth the price of admission. 919 01:07:22,670 --> 01:07:24,590 This. This trip is about 1800 bucks. 920 01:07:25,310 --> 01:07:26,110 That that's dirt. Treat. 921 01:07:26,350 --> 01:07:29,190 The food is fantastic. It is really good. 922 01:07:29,430 --> 01:07:31,470 The people are amazing. But more than that, God is 923 01:07:31,470 --> 01:07:32,830 moving down there. Amen. 924 01:07:33,270 --> 01:07:36,180 And he moves in us. And this is a result of just 925 01:07:36,180 --> 01:07:38,740 showing up and being available. It was interesting because we 926 01:07:38,740 --> 01:07:41,940 read this book called Before We Go and it's just a devo and kind 927 01:07:41,940 --> 01:07:44,300 of prepping your expectations and your heart and all these 928 01:07:44,300 --> 01:07:45,820 things. And there's a story in about 929 01:07:45,940 --> 01:07:48,380 serving lemonade and that I'm not going to do, but made the 930 01:07:48,380 --> 01:07:50,460 opportunity to serve lemonade as laid serves lemonade. 931 01:07:50,460 --> 01:07:52,620 So it's kind of the running joke being Dennis had like I was 932 01:07:52,620 --> 01:07:54,900 going to serve lemonade, you know, and I'm telling you over 933 01:07:54,900 --> 01:07:56,900 and over again through trip. I just looked at Dennis and 934 01:07:56,900 --> 01:07:59,300 said, well, looks like God's got bigger plans of serving lemonade 935 01:07:59,300 --> 01:08:02,910 on this trip. Over and over and over. 936 01:08:03,310 --> 01:08:05,190 How many guys have been on an international mission trip 937 01:08:05,190 --> 01:08:06,950 global missions trip cross culturally. 938 01:08:07,390 --> 01:08:09,190 Some of you guys live that right? 939 01:08:10,310 --> 01:08:12,710 It's amazing what God has done. How many have not been on an 940 01:08:12,830 --> 01:08:15,910 international trip. All right, all right. 941 01:08:16,189 --> 01:08:18,990 I'm just telling you like they're just a blessing if you 942 01:08:18,990 --> 01:08:21,470 get a chance to do that. But God did something in us. 943 01:08:21,670 --> 01:08:24,790 Also, the power of going away doesn't other people Ugo, 944 01:08:24,790 --> 01:08:26,790 there's a there's a picture coming up and I got a chance to 945 01:08:26,790 --> 01:08:28,670 do an equipping huddle. If you're on our team, you're 946 01:08:28,670 --> 01:08:30,700 familiar with. Sit down and kind of sharpen the 947 01:08:30,700 --> 01:08:33,420 acts and just like just get heart to heart, soul to soul 948 01:08:33,420 --> 01:08:36,660 conversation on some stuff and I get a chance to to talk to you. 949 01:08:36,660 --> 01:08:38,460 Go if you don't know who is, he's the one that's wearing the 950 01:08:38,460 --> 01:08:39,899 Chiefs hat. Come all somebody. 951 01:08:40,310 --> 01:08:42,470 He's the only Chiefs fan in Columbia, right? 952 01:08:42,870 --> 01:08:45,069 He's rocking it. You guys got connections with 953 01:08:45,069 --> 01:08:47,029 some chief stuff. He would love to have it. 954 01:08:47,510 --> 01:08:50,109 Dude's fantastic. He actually came up here for 955 01:08:50,109 --> 01:08:53,310 heart and soul last year and he shared his story and he talked 956 01:08:53,310 --> 01:08:55,590 about the the pain that God had kind of pruned his life and 957 01:08:55,590 --> 01:08:57,550 taking some things and he shared that here. 958 01:08:57,750 --> 01:08:59,790 He touched our hearts. Remember you guys remember Hugo? 959 01:08:59,910 --> 01:09:01,350 Who knows Hugo? You guys remember Hugo. 960 01:09:01,630 --> 01:09:03,430 A lot of you guys know who go, all right, so let me just tell 961 01:09:03,430 --> 01:09:05,870 you a quick story. And we we were down there. 962 01:09:05,870 --> 01:09:08,149 I got a chance to this quipping huddle and he's in the season 963 01:09:08,149 --> 01:09:10,859 where they don't have the funds. They lost a huge ministry. 964 01:09:10,859 --> 01:09:13,260 You used to be 20,000 kids going to camp and the Rollins 965 01:09:13,260 --> 01:09:16,020 Foundation pulled out millions of dollars and so they lost 966 01:09:16,020 --> 01:09:17,899 their network. But he has a passion for this 967 01:09:17,899 --> 01:09:21,899 Apple ship and had the school. There's a lot of things that got 968 01:09:21,899 --> 01:09:23,740 set up on this. But during the season of like 969 01:09:23,740 --> 01:09:26,260 having to build a network and get more funds and reach more 970 01:09:26,260 --> 01:09:28,380 people. And I went down there and 971 01:09:28,380 --> 01:09:30,979 knowing that and I shared a story out of John 15 about how 972 01:09:31,180 --> 01:09:33,100 he got the fathers of the the gardener. 973 01:09:33,420 --> 01:09:35,180 He prunes the things. And if you don't think about 974 01:09:35,380 --> 01:09:38,620 pruning, like if you just grow and the fruit is small and it's 975 01:09:38,620 --> 01:09:40,850 bitter. But if you prune it, you create 976 01:09:40,850 --> 01:09:43,970 more fruit and healthier fruit. And I was just talking to to 977 01:09:43,970 --> 01:09:46,930 Hugo and the guys, Albero, all these other pastors and just 978 01:09:46,930 --> 01:09:48,290 pulling into the things of Christ. 979 01:09:48,490 --> 01:09:49,970 And he came to me. He said this the last year I 980 01:09:49,970 --> 01:09:52,810 went to your church in Kansas City and God spoke through me to 981 01:09:52,810 --> 01:09:55,330 your people and encouraged them. And this is tears rolled down 982 01:09:55,330 --> 01:09:58,370 space and said this year you guys come here and spoke to me 983 01:09:58,730 --> 01:10:00,930 and he he just bawling and he's put his arms around me. 984 01:10:00,930 --> 01:10:03,290 And I'm just telling you we had a we had a chance to make a 985 01:10:03,290 --> 01:10:06,610 difference in people's lives. Amen to sharpen the leaders down 986 01:10:06,610 --> 01:10:08,410 there that really need the encouragement. 987 01:10:08,780 --> 01:10:10,620 Well, the coolest things that I want to see happen, this is 988 01:10:10,620 --> 01:10:13,980 really vision on my heart is that he gets to open a a a 989 01:10:13,980 --> 01:10:18,340 check, a statement, I should say that says, hey, real life, 990 01:10:18,340 --> 01:10:21,820 church is funding you with a good amount of money. 991 01:10:21,820 --> 01:10:24,140 Amen. Because that guy's making a 992 01:10:24,140 --> 01:10:26,940 difference for souls. I I feel like I'm on the 993 01:10:26,940 --> 01:10:29,060 coattails of some of these guys. You know, I'm looking up to 994 01:10:29,060 --> 01:10:30,300 them. I'm trying to chase down the 995 01:10:30,300 --> 01:10:31,820 things that God's doing in your life. 996 01:10:32,340 --> 01:10:34,260 And so I would encourage you guys to play a part of the store 997 01:10:34,260 --> 01:10:36,870 that God's riding. We talked about Philippians 4. 998 01:10:37,030 --> 01:10:38,830 We would be a lot of Philippians today, right? 999 01:10:39,230 --> 01:10:42,150 But Philippians 4:15, and it's just very powerful passage and 1000 01:10:42,150 --> 01:10:43,950 I'll just repart of it. It says, Moreover, as the 1001 01:10:44,150 --> 01:10:46,630 Philippians know, this is Paul talk in the church there in the 1002 01:10:46,630 --> 01:10:48,550 early days of your acquaintance of the gospel when you were 1003 01:10:48,550 --> 01:10:51,430 first Christians, when you were new believers, When I set out 1004 01:10:51,430 --> 01:10:54,230 from Macedonia, not one church share with me in the matter of 1005 01:10:54,230 --> 01:10:59,390 giving and receiving, except for you, the Philippian Church was 1006 01:10:59,390 --> 01:11:01,910 the one church. Just think about that. 1007 01:11:02,390 --> 01:11:04,150 Wouldn't you would like to be the one church? 1008 01:11:05,020 --> 01:11:07,500 Here's the only church that support give and received to 1009 01:11:07,500 --> 01:11:09,420 Paul, he said. For even when I was in 1010 01:11:09,420 --> 01:11:12,780 Thessalonica you sent me even more and more than once when I 1011 01:11:12,780 --> 01:11:14,500 was in need. If you know the book of Acts, 1012 01:11:14,540 --> 01:11:15,820 man. He was chased out Thessanica in 1013 01:11:15,820 --> 01:11:19,460 a hard way. He was chased being persecuted 1014 01:11:19,460 --> 01:11:22,940 for the gospel And this church, the Philippian Church was the 1015 01:11:22,940 --> 01:11:25,580 one church, he says. I don't really desire a gift for 1016 01:11:25,580 --> 01:11:26,620 me. This is Philippians for he's 1017 01:11:26,620 --> 01:11:28,540 he's wrapping this up. He says I'm not asking for 1018 01:11:28,540 --> 01:11:30,340 something, but I want you to. I want you to receive something. 1019 01:11:30,700 --> 01:11:33,260 I desire that. That it more be credit to your 1020 01:11:33,260 --> 01:11:35,300 account. I I want you to get the glory. 1021 01:11:35,580 --> 01:11:38,780 And I think they did because this is forever like in stone 1022 01:11:38,780 --> 01:11:42,900 and engraved in the Bible for all eternity that the Philippian 1023 01:11:42,900 --> 01:11:45,300 church was the one church that gave Amen. 1024 01:11:45,940 --> 01:11:48,900 And so they get some credit. He wants to them to get the gift 1025 01:11:48,900 --> 01:11:51,620 and the blessing and the reward and the diligence, the things 1026 01:11:51,620 --> 01:11:53,900 all God has for him by thanking them. 1027 01:11:53,900 --> 01:11:55,820 He said that you supplied everything for me. 1028 01:11:56,260 --> 01:11:57,780 He goes I'm I've received full payment. 1029 01:11:57,780 --> 01:12:00,170 I I have. More than enough I've able 1030 01:12:00,170 --> 01:12:04,770 supply now received from a paphroditis the gifts you sent 1031 01:12:04,770 --> 01:12:06,250 me. Not only paphroditis was sent to 1032 01:12:06,250 --> 01:12:08,410 him, but they came with a gift to Paul. 1033 01:12:09,050 --> 01:12:11,250 They say it was a this how you describe that gift and this is 1034 01:12:11,250 --> 01:12:12,970 what happens when you give to these guys. 1035 01:12:13,650 --> 01:12:17,630 It's a fragrant offering, right? It's acceptable sacrifice. 1036 01:12:17,630 --> 01:12:19,950 It's pleasing to God. There's a promise that maybe 1037 01:12:19,950 --> 01:12:21,870 you've heard preached before, but here's the context of the 1038 01:12:21,870 --> 01:12:24,150 promise. This context, this next verse 1039 01:12:24,390 --> 01:12:27,510 comes to the fact that this church had given to him, had 1040 01:12:27,510 --> 01:12:29,990 blessed him, had said the best to him. 1041 01:12:30,150 --> 01:12:33,270 And he says this is Flippian church in verse 19 and said, and 1042 01:12:33,270 --> 01:12:36,430 my God will meet all your deeds according to the richest of his 1043 01:12:36,430 --> 01:12:40,390 glory in Christ Jesus. We preach that verse like come 1044 01:12:40,390 --> 01:12:43,630 on God, give me something, but this isn't the context of 1045 01:12:43,630 --> 01:12:45,310 because you gave and supported me. 1046 01:12:45,700 --> 01:12:48,940 God's promise is he'll give and support you and you'll be 1047 01:12:48,940 --> 01:12:51,420 blessed in all ways maybe not financially but he will take 1048 01:12:51,420 --> 01:12:52,300 care of you. Amen. 1049 01:12:52,860 --> 01:12:54,740 And so I just think about this and I think man, I want to be 1050 01:12:54,740 --> 01:12:56,180 that church. Amen. 1051 01:12:56,980 --> 01:13:01,740 I'll be the one church you guys feel me today be the one church 1052 01:13:02,140 --> 01:13:04,860 that that that gets behind and serves and goes and makes a 1053 01:13:04,860 --> 01:13:08,420 difference has in Kingdom impact for the cause of Christ. 1054 01:13:08,820 --> 01:13:10,740 And so today I know what God's asking you to do. 1055 01:13:10,740 --> 01:13:12,900 I can't imagine that you sat through listening to these 1056 01:13:12,900 --> 01:13:15,960 stories and. Assault these people that had no 1057 01:13:15,960 --> 01:13:18,960 idea they're getting into some of them and said yes to Jesus 1058 01:13:18,960 --> 01:13:21,680 and served him and followed him. That God isn't speaking to you 1059 01:13:21,680 --> 01:13:23,440 today. Maybe walked in, had no idea 1060 01:13:23,440 --> 01:13:25,800 what you're walking into. And you just know, man, God must 1061 01:13:25,800 --> 01:13:28,360 be real because look what he's doing across the world and even 1062 01:13:28,360 --> 01:13:31,720 here today through these people. And so I know what God's asking 1063 01:13:31,720 --> 01:13:35,080 you to do, but I know God's asking you to follow him, to be 1064 01:13:35,080 --> 01:13:38,200 submissive to him being to him and say yes to whatever he has 1065 01:13:38,200 --> 01:13:40,080 for you today. It's always going to have you 1066 01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:41,640 guys close your eyes and bow your heads. 1067 01:13:42,800 --> 01:13:44,520 I'll also talk to you guys that are Jesus followers in the 1068 01:13:44,520 --> 01:13:46,800 house. Those that you know Jesus may 1069 01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:48,320 know Jews for a long time. Maybe the starless. 1070 01:13:48,360 --> 01:13:50,920 But Jesus last week and how do you say you know what God just 1071 01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:54,840 stern in me a little passion to be part of this thing called 1072 01:13:54,840 --> 01:13:57,880 global missions. God stirred me a passion to to 1073 01:13:57,880 --> 01:13:59,760 pray fervently for the things of Christ. 1074 01:13:59,960 --> 01:14:02,880 The church in Phillip High was held together by prayer and the 1075 01:14:02,880 --> 01:14:05,400 Holy Spirit working through those people. 1076 01:14:05,600 --> 01:14:06,840 This kept in ground in their faith. 1077 01:14:06,840 --> 01:14:09,120 We could pray for these people overseas. 1078 01:14:09,640 --> 01:14:12,280 Maybe God stern in you the ability to to give. 1079 01:14:12,970 --> 01:14:14,010 Maybe you're saying, you know what? 1080 01:14:14,010 --> 01:14:15,810 I can see myself going one of these trips down the road. 1081 01:14:15,810 --> 01:14:18,010 I don't know what God has for me, but I'm willing to do what 1082 01:14:18,010 --> 01:14:19,010 it is. How many days? 1083 01:14:19,010 --> 01:14:19,570 Say it today? God. 1084 01:14:19,570 --> 01:14:21,170 Just stirring something hard about global missions. 1085 01:14:21,170 --> 01:14:22,010 You guys put your hands in there. 1086 01:14:22,010 --> 01:14:24,010 If that's you, come all across this room. 1087 01:14:24,410 --> 01:14:25,810 Nobody's looking around. I'm going to call you out. 1088 01:14:25,810 --> 01:14:27,170 Say, come put those hands high. If that's you. 1089 01:14:27,170 --> 01:14:28,970 Don't be bold today. Be bold. 1090 01:14:28,970 --> 01:14:31,130 The things of Christ. And I see your hands all across 1091 01:14:31,130 --> 01:14:32,170 the room. Father. 1092 01:14:32,170 --> 01:14:34,290 You see the hands, man. Bless God. 1093 01:14:34,290 --> 01:14:37,410 Let's get perspective. Let's get gospel truth on this 1094 01:14:37,410 --> 01:14:39,850 thing of missions. Let's be a light. 1095 01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:42,080 That shines bright across the world. 1096 01:14:42,400 --> 01:14:44,360 Let us be able to send our best Jesus. 1097 01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:46,160 We just call people out of here to go. 1098 01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:49,240 Call people to encourage and strengthen and stand up and 1099 01:14:49,440 --> 01:14:50,600 maybe don't know where they're going to go. 1100 01:14:50,600 --> 01:14:52,520 They don't know how they get there, but God, they have you. 1101 01:14:53,280 --> 01:14:55,360 And that's enough. Today, I pray for one group of 1102 01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:56,760 people, and that's those of you who say, you know what, that 1103 01:14:56,760 --> 01:14:57,920 mission is tripping around the world. 1104 01:14:58,200 --> 01:14:59,880 But guess what? That gospel came to me today. 1105 01:15:00,720 --> 01:15:05,280 I'm the mission today. I'm the reason for Jesus today. 1106 01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:06,960 I'm the reason for this meeting today. 1107 01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:08,840 The gospel is making good sense to you now. 1108 01:15:08,880 --> 01:15:11,760 You've seen the power of Christ, just talked about why we serve 1109 01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:13,280 others and Philippians chapter 2. 1110 01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:16,200 And it goes on the talk about Jesus, how he humbled himself 1111 01:15:16,200 --> 01:15:19,120 and took upon reputation and wrapped himself in your man. 1112 01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:23,160 He lowered his characters of of who he is and and all the 1113 01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:25,560 divinity and he lowered him, becoming human and he became 1114 01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:27,560 obedient, even the death of the cross. 1115 01:15:27,560 --> 01:15:30,360 And he died for our sins. That's the good news of the 1116 01:15:30,360 --> 01:15:33,640 gospel, that you were helpless. Jesus died for us. 1117 01:15:33,640 --> 01:15:36,400 There's nothing we could do on our own apart from what God has 1118 01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:38,420 done. So they may recognize you need 1119 01:15:38,420 --> 01:15:40,780 Jesus. You need that good news that 1120 01:15:40,780 --> 01:15:43,900 Christie shared that we all walk through, we all talked about 1121 01:15:43,900 --> 01:15:45,860 today. You need forgiveness. 1122 01:15:45,980 --> 01:15:48,420 There's one moment in your life make that decision where Holy 1123 01:15:48,420 --> 01:15:51,500 Spirit comes in you that you're changed forever in the power 1124 01:15:51,500 --> 01:15:54,220 Christ is put into your life. The Holy Spirit. 1125 01:15:54,420 --> 01:15:57,020 And today me recognize man. I need what what? 1126 01:15:57,020 --> 01:15:58,660 What I'm hearing today. I need the gospel. 1127 01:15:59,180 --> 01:16:01,060 So battle says today's your dad's a day of salvation. 1128 01:16:01,060 --> 01:16:02,620 And because they more shall be saved. 1129 01:16:03,110 --> 01:16:04,390 So I just want to give this invitation to you. 1130 01:16:04,390 --> 01:16:06,590 God be looking around. I can call you out if you say 1131 01:16:06,590 --> 01:16:08,750 you know what I need Jesus. I need forgiveness. 1132 01:16:09,070 --> 01:16:12,390 I am the mission today. I recognize this trip around the 1133 01:16:12,390 --> 01:16:13,910 world. But this trip was for me. 1134 01:16:14,070 --> 01:16:16,230 This trip isn't over yet. We just raise your hands. 1135 01:16:16,230 --> 01:16:17,990 I need Jesus. So that's you today and nobody 1136 01:16:17,990 --> 01:16:19,150 looking around. Put your hand high. 1137 01:16:19,590 --> 01:16:21,230 Maybe you're online. So I need Jesus. 1138 01:16:21,670 --> 01:16:24,430 Come on and be like that today. What spiritual is moving through 1139 01:16:24,430 --> 01:16:26,510 you? Well that's you that's asking 1140 01:16:26,510 --> 01:16:29,910 you to pray as per and say Father God thanks so much for 1141 01:16:29,910 --> 01:16:32,070 bringing Jesus. Rushed around the world but to 1142 01:16:32,070 --> 01:16:33,910 me today. God forgive me. 1143 01:16:33,910 --> 01:16:35,870 God make me new. God change me from the inside 1144 01:16:35,870 --> 01:16:38,150 out that you could have my life. I want to serve you. 1145 01:16:38,830 --> 01:16:41,710 God call me. I'm willing to go and pray this 1146 01:16:41,710 --> 01:16:43,510 in Jesus name. Amen. 1147 01:16:43,510 --> 01:16:45,270 Come on, give it up for crisis during the day. 1148 01:16:45,270 --> 01:16:52,270 Come on, we're going to be late today. 1149 01:16:53,680 --> 01:16:54,760 It's just going to be what it is. 1150 01:16:54,800 --> 01:16:58,520 So, but I I would encourage you guys to play play part of the 1151 01:16:58,520 --> 01:17:00,080 story. If we came to Jesus today on 1152 01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:01,560 your connection card, just let us know. 1153 01:17:01,560 --> 01:17:04,280 Give me life to Jesus. Make part of the family God and 1154 01:17:04,720 --> 01:17:05,880 encourage you in your first steps. 1155 01:17:05,880 --> 01:17:08,240 Don't you just do this alone? Don't you feel like you're on 1156 01:17:08,240 --> 01:17:09,760 your own, isolated? We have a book we're going to 1157 01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:12,160 mail you, so if you just turn that card in, it'll help you the 1158 01:17:12,160 --> 01:17:14,400 first step with Jesus. We also have something very 1159 01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:16,720 special coming up. We have baptism. 1160 01:17:16,720 --> 01:17:18,600 We're turning 6 years old next month. 1161 01:17:18,600 --> 01:17:21,000 Do you guys believe that your life is 6? 1162 01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:23,750 Come on. It would have thought that we'd 1163 01:17:23,750 --> 01:17:26,310 be 6 years old. But baptism, If you never 1164 01:17:26,310 --> 01:17:28,670 baptized, you know Jesus is Lord and Savior. 1165 01:17:28,670 --> 01:17:30,310 I would encourage you to get signed up online. 1166 01:17:30,750 --> 01:17:33,470 It's just gonna be incredible time of what God's gonna do. 1167 01:17:34,310 --> 01:17:36,150 In your life. And it's just basically saying 1168 01:17:36,150 --> 01:17:38,390 I'm all in for Jesus. It's a really picture of what 1169 01:17:38,390 --> 01:17:39,670 Jesus did in you and he came to him. 1170 01:17:39,910 --> 01:17:41,550 You're actually baptized the Holy Spirit. 1171 01:17:42,030 --> 01:17:44,830 You're baptized through Jesus. And so when you baptize the 1172 01:17:44,830 --> 01:17:46,270 water, she's a picture of Christ in your life. 1173 01:17:46,270 --> 01:17:47,990 And so we got four people signed up already. 1174 01:17:48,310 --> 01:17:50,230 And so I would encourage you to be apart what God's doing. 1175 01:17:50,950 --> 01:17:52,950 I'd also say this today if you're interested in going on a 1176 01:17:52,950 --> 01:17:57,150 trip in the future. We have a trip coming in next 1177 01:17:57,150 --> 01:17:59,150 year, next summer. We're still lying out, dates to 1178 01:17:59,150 --> 01:18:01,790 go to Columbia, but I encourage you let us know. 1179 01:18:02,110 --> 01:18:04,190 We'll start praying for you. We'll give some ideas how to 1180 01:18:04,190 --> 01:18:06,550 raise funds, but you're basically looking at 1800 bucks, 1181 01:18:06,550 --> 01:18:09,750 $2000 Max. It is absolutely incredible what 1182 01:18:09,750 --> 01:18:11,870 God can do. And so man started saving them 1183 01:18:11,870 --> 01:18:12,990 money. Pray about coming if you've 1184 01:18:12,990 --> 01:18:14,750 never been. We love taking new people on the 1185 01:18:14,750 --> 01:18:16,190 trip. I know we've had about 20 of us 1186 01:18:16,190 --> 01:18:18,230 have gone to Columbia in the past, but I encourage you to 1187 01:18:18,270 --> 01:18:21,030 play a part of the story. I also encourage you this. 1188 01:18:21,470 --> 01:18:24,070 We didn't move from day to week when it comes to missions, you 1189 01:18:24,070 --> 01:18:25,310 know. How did you guys say they went 1190 01:18:25,310 --> 01:18:27,390 to Colombia? They prayed, they went, they did 1191 01:18:27,390 --> 01:18:29,550 this stuff, They preached. But I encourage it. 1192 01:18:29,790 --> 01:18:31,590 We need maybe switched up to say we did that. 1193 01:18:31,590 --> 01:18:33,470 Amen. Like I played a part of the 1194 01:18:33,470 --> 01:18:35,950 story. Like I gave to this. 1195 01:18:36,310 --> 01:18:39,950 Like I served in this. Or like I sent somebody on this. 1196 01:18:39,950 --> 01:18:42,110 I was really into it. I gave towards the thanks of 1197 01:18:42,110 --> 01:18:44,350 Christ. So I would encourage you to to 1198 01:18:44,350 --> 01:18:46,470 shift that mentality. There's two ways to do it. 1199 01:18:46,470 --> 01:18:50,430 One is crash course that's going down today at 2:00 over the Hope 1200 01:18:50,430 --> 01:18:53,310 center is me Diane's Mercru. It really just connects to 1201 01:18:53,310 --> 01:18:55,030 connect but plug you into the mission. 1202 01:18:55,030 --> 01:18:57,470 God's purpose to you. He's giving you gifts and 1203 01:18:57,470 --> 01:18:59,750 talents and we just going to help you plug it into the things 1204 01:18:59,750 --> 01:19:03,150 of Christ here locally in our city and our church. 1205 01:19:03,790 --> 01:19:05,670 But also what you do this and this is something we've really 1206 01:19:05,670 --> 01:19:09,150 never asked our church but we've never really put this this kind 1207 01:19:09,150 --> 01:19:11,230 of burden or wait or call on your shoulders. 1208 01:19:11,230 --> 01:19:12,870 But I'm going to ask you guys this today this is. 1209 01:19:13,190 --> 01:19:15,870 Had the biggest take away today. I'm going to invite you guys to 1210 01:19:15,870 --> 01:19:19,270 go global with us, to partner with us together for the things 1211 01:19:19,270 --> 01:19:21,150 of Christ. Who knows prayer makes a 1212 01:19:21,150 --> 01:19:23,190 difference. You guys believe that today? 1213 01:19:24,030 --> 01:19:25,190 Who? Who knows going makes a 1214 01:19:25,190 --> 01:19:26,390 difference. You guys believe that today? 1215 01:19:27,350 --> 01:19:29,070 Well, yeah, I love that you can keep it up. 1216 01:19:29,590 --> 01:19:32,630 But I'll also say this giving makes a difference. 1217 01:19:32,630 --> 01:19:36,230 You guys believe that we get excited about that. 1218 01:19:36,830 --> 01:19:39,630 We need we need be like a mission sending church. 1219 01:19:40,110 --> 01:19:41,230 Like it's not about how many sit here. 1220 01:19:41,230 --> 01:19:43,800 It's something we send. So I would invite you to be part 1221 01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:46,080 of the vision that really God's put on my heart and our heart 1222 01:19:46,600 --> 01:19:49,560 for missions. We we love to fund what God's 1223 01:19:49,560 --> 01:19:52,560 doing in Columbia. We have a vision to give $2500 a 1224 01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:56,040 month to Columbia. We want to support Hugo in his 1225 01:19:56,040 --> 01:19:58,680 ministry 1500 a month. We want to give this stops with 1226 01:19:58,680 --> 01:20:00,600 school. We want to see more kids or 1227 01:20:00,600 --> 01:20:04,480 young people be trained for the gospel God for Christ that that 1228 01:20:04,480 --> 01:20:07,040 allows that to happen. Matter fact I was I was leaving 1229 01:20:07,040 --> 01:20:08,970 there. And Scott told me this. 1230 01:20:08,970 --> 01:20:10,690 He's the missionary that's connected to all those pieces. 1231 01:20:10,930 --> 01:20:15,250 He said they have the people, they don't have the money and 1232 01:20:15,250 --> 01:20:18,290 they want to do this and this. I mean, I don't know about you. 1233 01:20:18,290 --> 01:20:19,850 I love Hugo. You guys love Hugo. 1234 01:20:20,090 --> 01:20:23,130 We can get behind this. There's a Man of School project 1235 01:20:23,130 --> 01:20:24,770 that's before and after school. It meets one day a week. 1236 01:20:24,770 --> 01:20:27,450 We can make it two days a week, $250 a month. 1237 01:20:28,320 --> 01:20:31,960 What's incredible when you give to Columbia, and it it may be a 1238 01:20:31,960 --> 01:20:35,040 little selfish reason, but every dollar is worth four times more 1239 01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:37,040 at Columbia. So if we give $30,000 at 1240 01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:40,320 Columbia this year just saves 120,000, that incredible. 1241 01:20:41,200 --> 01:20:43,720 I mean I'm just telling you, but that just the souls that we're 1242 01:20:43,720 --> 01:20:46,480 reaching down for the cause of Christ, like we can play a part 1243 01:20:46,480 --> 01:20:48,080 of that. And so I'm asking to do is go 1244 01:20:48,080 --> 01:20:49,720 above and beyond what you normally give. 1245 01:20:49,960 --> 01:20:53,570 There's a cue on your screen and be generous to the things of 1246 01:20:53,570 --> 01:20:55,170 Christ. Some of you guys can write a 1247 01:20:55,170 --> 01:20:57,090 check and say, man, you're not going to miss this. 1248 01:20:57,250 --> 01:21:00,010 And then next year we come back as we give updates on Columbia. 1249 01:21:00,010 --> 01:21:01,730 You can be like, I sowed seed in that. 1250 01:21:01,730 --> 01:21:04,570 Amen. I played a part of that story 1251 01:21:04,570 --> 01:21:06,850 and I'm telling you, it's a good investment for the Kingdom of 1252 01:21:06,850 --> 01:21:08,770 Christ. And things got to do. 1253 01:21:09,010 --> 01:21:11,010 And so we need to learn how to be generous. 1254 01:21:11,450 --> 01:21:14,330 That's one of the I ams, right? Like, I didn't get out all week. 1255 01:21:14,330 --> 01:21:15,850 I had nothing. I didn't cook at home all week. 1256 01:21:15,850 --> 01:21:17,770 Come on, somebody. Because I'm like dude, I can 1257 01:21:17,770 --> 01:21:20,950 give more towards missions. So for us like we're multiplying 1258 01:21:20,950 --> 01:21:23,270 things in Christ and willing to give towards this. 1259 01:21:23,270 --> 01:21:26,470 I'm going to invite you to play part of the story, invite you to 1260 01:21:26,470 --> 01:21:28,590 play a part of the story what God's writing internationally. 1261 01:21:28,950 --> 01:21:30,190 And so this is kind of an all skate. 1262 01:21:30,390 --> 01:21:32,270 If you're new to church, I would say church is free. 1263 01:21:32,270 --> 01:21:34,030 Amen. And we're talking about money. 1264 01:21:34,390 --> 01:21:36,110 But if you're new to church, church is free. 1265 01:21:36,310 --> 01:21:38,750 But if you are calling to life home today, there was four ways 1266 01:21:38,750 --> 01:21:41,230 to give. Come on, somebody, not three. 1267 01:21:41,630 --> 01:21:45,000 There was four ways online text buckets pass. 1268 01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:46,440 That's where connection cards as well. 1269 01:21:46,920 --> 01:21:48,520 But you can give through this QR. 1270 01:21:48,520 --> 01:21:50,040 There's also a drop down for missions. 1271 01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:52,040 Now how challenge you guys give to missions. 1272 01:21:52,040 --> 01:21:54,080 Amen. Don't hold back. 1273 01:21:54,080 --> 01:21:56,640 It doesn't matter the amount it's your heart to give it. 1274 01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:58,720 God will bless it. God will use it. 1275 01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:00,840 And some of you guys just need to open your heart's neurosity 1276 01:22:00,840 --> 01:22:02,800 and say man, I can see God moving here. 1277 01:22:03,080 --> 01:22:06,910 And if you don't know exactly what to give and pray and ask 1278 01:22:06,910 --> 01:22:09,030 God. And when he tells you, just be 1279 01:22:09,030 --> 01:22:10,190 faithful what God asks you to do. 1280 01:22:10,230 --> 01:22:12,150 That's all. That's all we ask him in and 1281 01:22:12,150 --> 01:22:14,430 we'll move with the vision of what you guys move. 1282 01:22:14,670 --> 01:22:17,910 Our vision is 30,000 a year. Right now we don't have 30,000 1283 01:22:17,950 --> 01:22:20,270 Okay. But we'll give as God lead you 1284 01:22:20,270 --> 01:22:22,270 to give. And we'll multiply that and give 1285 01:22:22,270 --> 01:22:24,390 it to those people to make a difference. 1286 01:22:24,390 --> 01:22:26,030 And I really want to make a huge impact. 1287 01:22:26,030 --> 01:22:28,990 I want Hugo and those guys to be like you're thanking Jesus for 1288 01:22:28,990 --> 01:22:30,030 real life. I've known these guys for a 1289 01:22:30,030 --> 01:22:32,110 decade. I will stand behind them. 1290 01:22:32,150 --> 01:22:34,350 I'd put them as the next pastor if they spoke English. 1291 01:22:34,350 --> 01:22:36,720 Come on, somebody believe what they're doing. 1292 01:22:36,720 --> 01:22:39,120 And so let's get behind that for the cause of Christ. 1293 01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:42,000 And so today, if you got the catch start, drop it in. 1294 01:22:42,040 --> 01:22:43,840 As always. If you need food, clothing, 1295 01:22:43,840 --> 01:22:45,520 shelter for your family, your friend need. 1296 01:22:45,520 --> 01:22:47,000 Reach in and take it for you guys. 1297 01:22:47,240 --> 01:22:48,400 And I'll pray and we'll be out of here. 1298 01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:51,040 Father God, thanks so much for what you're doing today. 1299 01:22:51,040 --> 01:22:53,640 God, we love you. God, we thank you for who you 1300 01:22:53,640 --> 01:22:55,800 are and just bless us giving God. 1301 01:22:55,800 --> 01:22:58,840 If you have a heart for you, God bless this time as we continue 1302 01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:01,640 to to worship you and follow you with our generosity and praise 1303 01:23:01,640 --> 01:23:02,280 Jesus. Name. 1304 01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:04,520 Amen. Leave us out here, Drew. 1305 01:23:04,520 --> 01:23:06,080 Amen. All right, real life. 1306 01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:08,280 Let's get Bulls for mission starting today. 1307 01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:09,880 There we go. Coming in, hot, man. 1308 01:23:09,880 --> 01:23:12,360 I am excited to see what God does through our church for 1309 01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:14,920 missions next year. I'm excited to invite you to 1310 01:23:14,920 --> 01:23:18,200 come back next week as we continue that series, asking for 1311 01:23:18,200 --> 01:23:21,000 a friend diving into a really tough question. 1312 01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:24,800 This idea of, you know, why does God ask us to forgive people 1313 01:23:24,800 --> 01:23:27,600 who've taken advantage of us, even if they don't even care 1314 01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:28,960 that they did it in the 1st place? 1315 01:23:29,440 --> 01:23:31,440 Tell you what, there's a lot of pain in that question. 1316 01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:33,680 But even more important than that, there's a lot of healing 1317 01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:36,160 that can go through that. So I want you to come back and 1318 01:23:36,160 --> 01:23:38,640 find out more about that as Sean leads us through an awesome 1319 01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:41,880 message of asking for a friend. If you need prayer this morning, 1320 01:23:42,080 --> 01:23:43,400 we'd love to pray with you upfront. 1321 01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:45,200 So come on down here. We'd love to pray over you and 1322 01:23:45,200 --> 01:23:48,600 your situation this week, and we'll see you next week at 9:30 1323 01:23:48,600 --> 01:23:51,240 or 11. Remember, whoever finds Jesus 1324 01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:55,240 discovers real life and purpose. Have a great week, 1325 01:24:05,800 --> 01:24:08,600 This is the end of this podcast. We hope you've enjoyed it. 1326 01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:11,480 If you have, be sure to hit the subscribe button so you don't 1327 01:24:11,480 --> 01:24:13,360 miss another inspirational podcast. 1328 01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:16,440 For more great content and updates, visit reallifechurchkc 1329 01:24:16,840 --> 01:24:17,160 dot.