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Welcome to another inspirational
podcast at Real Life. 

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a man, there's never been a king
like this. 

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He is the king of all Kings, the
name above all names and That 

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name is Jesus. 
Awesome. 

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Welcome to Real Life Church. 
Everyone. 

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How we doing this morning? 
Whoo. 

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All right. 
Love it. 

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I love it. 
Do you guys know today is a very

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big Sunday. 
We've had a lot of big Sunday's 

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the past few weeks but today is 
time change Sunday, how about 

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daylight savings time? 
We happy about that. 

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Alright, I hope you guys had all
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Got a donut out in the Gathering
space before we came in today. 

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And if you haven't get one 
afterwards, welcome to Real Life

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Church here at Kentucky Trail. 
Elementary. 

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My name is Brandon, if you have 
not met me before, but I'm just 

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so happy to see your smiling 
faces out here this morning, but

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there is another group I want to
recognize and I do not see their

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smiling faces but I know they're
smiling at home or you're 

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watching from another place. 
Wherever it might be, we give a 

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big welcome to Real Life Church 
online. 

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Make them feel welcome here this
morning and he go Head and then 

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say hi to a neighbor, give him a
waiver a handshake and then find

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your seat. 
All right, all right. 

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Well if you are new here, this 
morning, first off, welcome. 

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So glad you decided to join us 
for Real Life Church here this 

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Sunday and we would love to see 
you back here as well. 

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So I hope that you get plugged 
in helping able to talk to 

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someone maybe someone with an 
ask me badge, just like this 

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just to help you feel a little 
more connected here but we do 

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have a couple next steps for 
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Go ahead and pull out your phone
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whether it's going to do, it's 
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our digital communication card. 
Just A few short questions that 

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help us get to know you a little
bit better and I'll be me will 

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feel more connected here. 
Every Life Church you can do the

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exact same thing by scanning, 
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front of you, which will take 
you to that same link, we'd 

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invite you to fill that out now.
And if you are joining us in 

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person, I would advise you to 
the new here, Booth immediately 

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following the Gathering where we
do have a small gift for you. 

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Just for being here this 
morning, Well, Real Life Church 

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is a church on Mission and that 
mission is to see people far 

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from God, discover their real 
life and purpose in Jesus 

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because we truly believe that 
every soul in this room and 

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outside this room matters to God
and was designed for a specific 

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purpose to serve him. 
And so we just want to help 

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people connect to that to lean 
into that. 

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And we're finishing up, a series
that has really helped us. 

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You know, think about our 
relationships, you know, in 

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person, but Also spiritually. 
And so as we conclude our A ship

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Gold Series this morning. 
We're actually going to invite 

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our first lady. 
I realized Church up to the 

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stage and she kind of concludes 
the series about how we can 

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further lean into our 
relationships with each other, 

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professional personal romantic 
marriage, whatever might be. 

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And so, let's give it up for 
Diane and she makes her way to 

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the stage. 
Thanks Brandon will hey. hey, I 

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did about what God damn it, man.
I love that new song and I'm 

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really excited that we get to 
sing in. 

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I'm excited to see that. 
Maybe there's some faces out 

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here that I haven't met. 
There's some faces, I haven't 

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seen in awhile and so just 
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Like, if you're new with us, if 
you're returning, if you're our 

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guest today, we are so excited 
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And so if you hadn't had a 
chance to jump into our 

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relationship Series, this is 
kind of the final week the 

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ending of this and I'm very 
excited to be able to speak to 

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you today. 
So I don't know about you but 

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man, God has been moving like 
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Relationships through this 
series and I know about you, but

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there is no better time than 
time change Sunday to let God 

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change your relationships, 
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So I'm just, you know, pumped 
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So this last week God's been 
challenging me through the last 

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few weeks to be strengthening my
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Strengthened, my relationship 
with Sean, and I know many of 

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you have shared that you've 
started, you know, like, putting

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God back into the center of your
marriage adding in time to pray 

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with each other, maybe adding in
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each other that Sean's like, 
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You know, in about nine months 
here real life church because 

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this relationship serious when I
said he's like, please say that 

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joke. 
That's so funny in the sun like 

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okay, I did Seth it's for you 
babe but you know, but it 

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honestly some of you maybe have 
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may be brutally. 
Honest and come clean about some

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things that need to be stripped 
away, some habits and need to 

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change for your marriage to 
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Maybe some of you are doing the 
hard work of forgiveness, that 

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is not an easy Road. 
Letting go of that, bitterness 

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and the things that are holding 
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And I've even Talk to some 
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this is really open some 
conversations that we can kind 

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of manage our expectations about
how we can best serve each other

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in our relationships. 
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to me to see and just hear 
feedback about how God is moving

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in relationships through this. 
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relationships are hard, aren't 
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It's it doesn't just magically 
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this, you know, beautiful 
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Like it takes work and maybe 
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what, I've never been in a 
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I don't What that looks like? 
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relationship or you're just 
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Or mrs. 
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And you haven't found them yet, 
or maybe you did find mr. 

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Or mrs. 
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And now you find yourself in the
middle of an ugly divorce. 

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It's just not going the way that
you thought it was going to, you

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know, I see a lot of people who 
spend a lot of time looking at 

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other people's grass too much 
time, letting comparison steal 

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their joy and letting what 
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what they have themselves. 
Maybe you've been in or you're 

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in an abusive or controlling. 
This is a painful Topic in time,

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maybe you're married, but you've
just given up altogether that. 

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It's even going to work out or 
that God can use your marriage. 

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We know globally that like 50% 
almost 50% of marriages end in 

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divorce and that doesn't matter 
if your Christians are not, 

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doesn't matter if you go to 
church or not, there's no 

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difference in those statistics 
at all which gives us a clue 

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about, just how hard it is. 
You can't just apply a sticker 

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on top of something and oh 
that's magically going to make 

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it easy or better. 
But I think for so, so many of 

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us, the key that has to kind of 
flip and especially, you know, 

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some of us been married a longer
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marriage from something into 
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You just do and remember back to
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the first place. 
Why did God bring you together? 

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Why are you together and how can
you use that to find the purpose

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of God in that? 
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your marriage, your 
relationship, you to exist, all 

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for the glory of God. 
We've been talking about that 

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over the last few weeks. 
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Adam and Eve and how God really 
wants us United together, for 

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the things of God in our 
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Shawn shared through a fusions 5
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and that picture of Christ in 
the church and how we have that 

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together to be with God, this 
the reality is this. 

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And today we're going to talk 
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Marriages are hard but 
marriages, that are based on 

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ourselves are even harder. 
So how do you build a 

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relationship that lasts that's 
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And so we're going to dive in 
today to the story of A new 

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testament. 
Power couple, I'm calling them 

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for the glory of God to see how 
we can build our marriage, not 

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only on ourselves but for God's 
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So we're going to jump into 
acts. 18 is where we see a lot 

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of the story of this couple and 
we're going to start in verse 1 

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and it says this, then Paul left
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there, he became acquainted with
a Jew named Aquila born in 

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pontus who had recently arrived 
from Italy with his wife 

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Priscilla. 
They had left Italy, when 

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Claudius, Caesar deported all 
Use from Rome, it says Paul 

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lived and worked with them for. 
They were tentmakers, just like 

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he was and every Sabbath found 
Paul at the synagogue, trying to

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convince Jews and Greeks alike. 
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here, this is Priscilla and 
Aquila or Aquila and Priscilla, 

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they are always named together 
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The order changes all the time 
which I think is just really 

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fascinating. 
But first, it says that they met

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Paul in the marketplace, they 
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then he lived with them and 
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Now, I don't know what that 
might have been like, If you can

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imagine living with Paul, it's 
probably a pretty Rowdy time 

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between by this point in Acts 
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Stone and imprison all this kind
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So like, hey Paul, come stay 
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So during the day, there in the 
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they're doing this trade of work
together and they were probably 

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making like linen type tense. 
It had to be woven for like 

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awnings or sales or something 
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And then like all the rest of 
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ministering together. 
Like I don't think Paul probably

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had pretty clear divisions of 
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Now, we're going to go into 
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I guess, just like it's who he 
was and by Nature, if Paul was 

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with them doing this, that's who
they were two, they were 

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together United in that. 
So they're ministering together.

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They were growing together in 
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They were challenging each other
and they were on Mission 

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together. 
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the duo of Aquila, and Priscilla
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had to be building a 
relationship that lasted on the 

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glory of God, to be able to let 
Paul come and live with them in 

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that moment. 
Like and so, it's just really 

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incredible to see. 
So the first thing that we see 

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here is that to build a 
relationship that lasts, you 

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have to be matched together for 
the glory of God. 

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So Aquila and Priscilla were 
together, some use this term 

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equally yoked. 
You may have heard of or like 

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match together for the things of
God and they were together they 

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were in Ministry together doing 
work together, all those things.

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So if we think about their 
timeline, they were persecuted 

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and deported from Rome for their
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So essentially they were 
refugees for God move to a 

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different part. 
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And so they're refugees. 
They have nothing there hanging 

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out here in Corinth and they 
meet Paul. 

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And the first thing there is 
like, yeah, let this guy come 

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and move in with us, right? 
Homeless guy missionary Paul, 

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who has nothing but the shirt on
his back and Jesus, it's like, 

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okay, yeah, come live with us, 
come stay with us. 

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And it's just this simple Act of
taking him in and then all of a 

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sudden they become co-workers 
and co-laborers, together to the

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call in the mission of what God 
is doing in the world at that 

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time. 
And who knows sometimes the will

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of God in our life is just that 
simple. 

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It's like you know what hey 
we're Going to take this guy in 

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because something cool is 
happening here. 

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It wasn't just what I want or 
what's comfortable. 

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It might not be the best idea to
have, you know, missionary Paul,

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staying in the dinner, you know,
whatever that looked like at 

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that time, period. 
But Aquila and Priscilla were on

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Mission together saying not just
you and me, let our will be done

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but the third person in the 
relationship wasn't Paul. 

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It was Jesus. 
They had already invited him 

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into say whatever you want. 
Jesus. 

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We want to be obedient to that. 
We want to be matched Together 

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For Your Glory, in our marriage,
but it Begs the question. 

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What do you do when you and your
spouse aren't equally yoked or 

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matched up in that way? 
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God's calling you to together in
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And so I want you to look at 
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lawlessness or what Fellowship 
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to say, hey you don't want to 
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you, with what God is calling 
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believer in there and then they 
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figure that out, but it's not 
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and what God wants you to do. 
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who's not entered into the call 
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to be equally matched in yoked 
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can tell you what this looks 
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going to look like. 
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that I made that decision, God 
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I want to be obedient to your 
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I'm going to go where you lead. 
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like, okay, and so, then he 
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I started dating Shaun, there's 
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determining like, is this guy? 
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normal dating stuff, you think 
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criteria. 
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know, he knows God, he's going 
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question I really have to 
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you're in that period of dating 
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Match? 
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person follows God is that going
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a passion to move forward? 
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encourage me to follow the call 
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Are they going to hold me back 
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God is calling me to do? 
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me closer to God? 
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of God in my life, then it 
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nicest most church-going 
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persons not for you because 
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together with what God is 
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our character. 
Does our passion, does our heart

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is our humility to those things 
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us to do. 
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then we can say, okay, great. 
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God, but if not, there has to be
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What are we? 
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different ways and different 
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were dating and as we entered 
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lot of personal goals. 
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heart, to follow God, to do Big 
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and passions, he's giving me 
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because your together he's 
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certain things. 
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entered into this Covenant of 
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towards those goals, but what 
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can't just move myself forward 
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calling. 
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that together, I can't just be 
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live and hunt in Africa, to be a
missionary, sorry about your bad

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luck. 
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called us together to reach 
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What does that look like with us
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Covenant, with Sean, it's this, 
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bring glory to God in my 
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myself in a position to help him
putting myself in a position to 

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yield to his leadership in our 
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Hey, I don't necessarily always 
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I'm trusting that you were 
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way. 
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submitted part of me that yields
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God has given us. 
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than just like a legal contract 
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It is a covenant to be together 
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On mission for the glory of God.
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his leadership, and that doesn't
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circumstances or things. 
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different seasons make that 
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So we are not just, you know, 
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following him and serving him 
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things. 
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as God, speaks to us, to do 
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to in whatever. 
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that guy, then my life and my 
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glory of God and decision that 
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So we're going to continue with 
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here, it says, in chapter 18, 
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missionary journey before he 
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at Centre a because of a vow, he
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Ephesus which is modern-day 
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Sometimes, it'll be called the 
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So he left Priscilla and Aquila.
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Went into the synagogue and 
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asked him to spend more time 
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They had questions, they wanted 
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and he declined. 
Find. 

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If it's God's Will, and then he 
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Cool, is it, that Paul found so 
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Priscilla and they're passionate
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say? 
You know what, we're going to 

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sail together to go on this 
missionary journey and I'm going

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to leave you here with these 
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about God, who have these 
questions? 

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You know, they were begging Paul
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synagogue. 
Tell us more about this. 

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Jesus, we want to know and he's 
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leaving you this United couple 
who is excited? 

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I'm passionate about the things 
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because they were willing to 
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They had to come here just to 
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there on that missionary journey
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would go on to plant more 
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There's a whole cluster of 
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Ephesus. 
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back to them, it's cool because 
it wasn't just that they were in

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the synagogue, talking to the 
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Their synagogue was no longer 
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Is Aquila and Priscilla has 
living room who they once again,

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opened up their house to be used
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And really, the pattern that you
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were simply willing to be used. 
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that lasts that's open to 
whatever God has for you, you 

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have to be matched for the glory
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And so, the second thing that we
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doing is that you have to be 
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God. 
So let's take a look at how 

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passionate Priscilla and Aquila 
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we continue. 
Acts 18 24 through 26 is here 

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says, meanwhile a Jew named a 
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Who knew the scriptures? 
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from Alexandria in Egypt. 
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the Lord and he taught others 
about Jesus with an enthusiastic

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spirit. 
And with accuracy, man. 

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Wouldn't that be a good one? 
Like who? 

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She's got this going today? 
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John's baptism, he says. 
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Priscilla and Aquila heard him 
boldly preaching. 

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In the synagogue, only the 
baptism of John. 

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They took him aside and what's 
it say they do. 

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They took him aside and Explain 
the way of God more accurately. 

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This couple was so passionate 
about the word of God, that they

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saw this young bright preacher 
in the synagogue and they 

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recognized that he had so much 
potential but he was missing a 

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few things. 
So what they did is they pulled 

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the preacher aside, right? 
Can you imagine next week? 

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Sean's up here preaching and 
your over like that's not what 

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it says you know. 
Come on. 

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Give me a mean. 
That's pretty bold to go up into

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the synagogue and these people 
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But they're like, hey, good 
news. 

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They pull him aside and they're 
like, we know the whole story 

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like we've been hanging out with
Paul for the last year and a 

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half and he hung out with Jesus 
for three years before that in 

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the wilderness. 
Like, we know the whole story of

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God is this and the baptism was 
John was just leading the way 

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into this incredible work, that 
Jesus was going to do and now he

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rose again like so excited, like
they had. 

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But what I love about this is 
they weren't just like, oh man, 

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I got he just, you know, only 
John what an idiot. 

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He doesn't even know the whole 
story of Jesus and he's 

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preaching the synagogue. 
Ugh. 

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Like they pulled him aside, they
saw that and you know that I 

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can't even think of words right 
now, they saw the potential that

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he had and said we want to take 
this young man and we want to 

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make him better and as a couple 
they poured into him to say you 

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have great potential for the 
power and the ministry of god, 

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let's make this even better. 
So hey, you know, go back up 

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there and get him and tell him 
the whole story. 

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Now, but as a couple's, as 
relationships as people who 

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follow God, we have to know the 
word of God. 

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Well, enough to encourage people
when we hear it, you know, not 

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being spell. 
I've been thinking about going 

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to a cafe. 
And so the brothers and sisters 

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in Ephesus, his church was like,
Hey, if God's calling you to go,

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let's go. 
Send you out to do this, to 

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preach the word of God and so 
they encouraged him to go. 

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They actually wrote a letter to 
the Believers there in aquella 

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asking them to welcome him, like
Hey we're sending our guy 

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appalled as he's coming and so 
when he arrived there it says he

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proved to be of great benefit to
those who by God's grace had 

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believed he this is a palace. 
He refuted the Jews with 

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powerful arguments in Like 
debate using. 

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What does it say? 
He used, he used the scriptures,

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he explained to them. 
That Jesus was the Messiah. 

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How cool is it? 
That just a little bit later in 

448
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the story? 
We see that them pouring in the 

449
00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:51,600
word of God, into this young 
man. 

450
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Now he is going out and because 
of the fruit of their marriage 

451
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,900
and their Ministry together is 
now reaching people across the 

452
00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:01,000
world for the gospel because 
they cared enough to step in and

453
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,500
show somebody the word of God, 
the effective and fruitful 

454
00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:07,700
Ministry that Apollo's was able 
to have, was because they poured

455
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:12,400
into Him and so there's people 
in your life that God has called

456
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,200
you to pour into in some 
Seasons. 

457
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,200
It is your kids. 
It's your life group. 

458
00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,000
It's people that God has put in 
your path at work. 

459
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,800
God has put people in the path 
of your marriage to reach with 

460
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,500
the word of God. 
And so we have to be passionate 

461
00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:27,200
about that word of God. 
I want you to see one more 

462
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person is even really cooler. 
Eventually God would raise a 

463
00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:33,100
policy up as a great leader over
all of the church. 

464
00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:37,500
So in First Corinthians 1:12 it 
says this, it says, what I mean 

465
00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:42,200
is this One of you says I follow
Paul another, I follow a policy 

466
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,700
another, I follow cephas or 
Peter and still another I follow

467
00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:47,100
Christ. 
So what's happening in this 

468
00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:48,600
verse here? 
Is it Paul's writing a letter to

469
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the Corinthians and he's kind of
calling them out because they're

470
00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:53,900
getting really tribal and 
they're arguing with each other 

471
00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:55,700
about which great leader of the 
church. 

472
00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:57,900
You know, that they follow like,
which Mega pastors your 

473
00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:00,400
favorite, you know, kind of 
thing that they're doing and 

474
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,500
they're arguing about it. 
But look at the company that a 

475
00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:05,800
policy is keeping in this list. 
He comes from as this young guy 

476
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,100
who doesn't even know the word 
of God and now it's like Paul. 

477
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,300
Apollo's, Peter. 
Jesus, like that's some pretty 

478
00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:12,900
significant company to show you 
that. 

479
00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:15,600
He's been a great leader in the 
early church. 

480
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,400
There that Paul is writing that 
letter and so it's just cool to 

481
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,900
see how God is using Aquila and 
Priscilla to make a difference 

482
00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:25,600
in the whole Church of God and 
the Believers of Corinth have 

483
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,000
that pretty impressive list 
there. 

484
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,500
What's truly remarkable also 
about Aquila and Priscilla is 

485
00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:33,100
passionate about the word of God
is that says that they were 

486
00:23:33,100 --> 00:23:35,500
actually willing to die for it 
to move forward. 

487
00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:40,100
So if we move to Romans 16, 3 
through 5, It says this is Paul 

488
00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:42,600
again writing to a different 
Church in Rome, give my 

489
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,300
greetings to Priscilla and 
Aquila my co-workers in the 

490
00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:49,100
ministry of Jesus Christ. 
In fact, they once risked their 

491
00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:52,700
lives for me. 
Now I know that they were good 

492
00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:56,200
friends and close to Paul but 
risking their lives so that he 

493
00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:58,800
could live risking their lives 
so that the gospel could go 

494
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,500
forth. 
He says, I'm thankful for them 

495
00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:02,900
and so were all the Gentile 
churches also. 

496
00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:05,600
Give my greetings to the church 
that meets in their home again, 

497
00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:09,800
how far are you willing to risk?
Your life risk yourself risk, 

498
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,800
your comfort even so that the 
word of God can go out to others

499
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,300
really of everything. 
Our marriages our positions, our

500
00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:20,400
professions our families, our 
possessions, everything, that we

501
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:25,900
have Really for the glory of 
God, God's given it to us, to 

502
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,100
further the gospel. 
And so Priscilla, and Aquila are

503
00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:31,400
an awesome example of saying, 
how can we use what God has 

504
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,000
given us to let the word of God?
Go out in that way, when we're 

505
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,400
together, equally pulling for 
the things of God in our 

506
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,500
marriage. 
It starts with a passion, for 

507
00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:43,900
God's word. 
And so, excuse me, in the last 

508
00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:46,800
thing we see for healthy lasting
relationships. 

509
00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:51,000
Is this, is that the mission of 
God Is Bigger Than yourself? 

510
00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:55,700
So let's see again what Paul 
wrote back in his letter to the 

511
00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:57,800
Corinthian Church? 
Which is the church where he 

512
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,500
first met Aquila and Priscilla 
it says in 1619 in First 

513
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,700
Corinthians the churches in the 
province of Asia so that is the 

514
00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:07,900
church at Ephesus. 
Send you greetings Aquila and 

515
00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:10,900
Priscilla greet you warmly in 
the Lord and so does the church 

516
00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:14,500
that meets at their house? 
When we first met this couple in

517
00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:17,000
Corinth they were working in 
living with Paul, he was living 

518
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,200
in their home. 
We follow that timeline again, 

519
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,900
they were kicked out of Rome 
moved to Corinth and they Paul 

520
00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:25,300
there, he took them to Ephesus 
and left them there to plant 

521
00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:27,900
churches many churches. 
And then eventually they ended 

522
00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:30,500
up back in Rome. 
What had kicked them out of Rome

523
00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:33,700
had, you know, that a died and 
they were able to come back to 

524
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,500
Rome. 
And again in that place they had

525
00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,100
a church meeting in their home 
everywhere. 

526
00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:40,300
They went along the way they had
opened up a God gave them for 

527
00:25:40,300 --> 00:25:43,400
the gospel. 
We see this passage in Romans 16

528
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,300
3 through 5, again to highlight 
a different part of it says, 

529
00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:48,800
give my greetings to Priscilla 
and Aquila my co-workers in the 

530
00:25:48,808 --> 00:25:52,000
ministry of Jesus. 
In fact, they once Risked their 

531
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,900
lives for me, I'm thankful for 
them and so were all the Gentile

532
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,200
churches. 
Give my greetings to the church 

533
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,500
that meets in their house living
on Mission together in this way 

534
00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:04,400
for them looked like opening 
their home to the word of God in

535
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,000
multiple cities, opening their 
home for the Church of God 

536
00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:10,800
across the area and just being 
in tune and being obedient to 

537
00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:14,200
the call of God. 
It's so much so that I love this

538
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,800
line in there that all the 
Gentile churches were thankful 

539
00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:20,800
for this couple. 
There are some like theologians 

540
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,800
and historians. 
Ian's that actually proposed 

541
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,600
that outside of you know like 
the work of Paul and Peter and a

542
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,200
few other key people that their 
willingness to be open and 

543
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,600
obedient to God multiplied. 
The early church far beyond what

544
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,500
it could have been because they 
were willing to go and willing 

545
00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:38,300
to be used for the glory of God.
It's incredible. 

546
00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:41,300
How God blessed that obedience 
and their commitment to follow 

547
00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:42,500
him. 
No matter what. 

548
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,500
Because, you know, it's really 
one thing to have that common 

549
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,300
denominator of faith. 
We both believe we both love 

550
00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:50,000
God, we go to church, we serve 
God. 

551
00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:54,200
But the reason that God brings 
us together in marriage is 

552
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,400
because he wants us to know him.
Sean and I knew and that season 

553
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,300
of determining and coming 
together that we can do more 

554
00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:05,400
together for the gospel than we 
can do a part. 

555
00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:08,200
We know that together we can 
accomplish more for the kingdom 

556
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,200
together. 
We can be a force to fight back 

557
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,000
against Darkness together. 
We could be a power couple for 

558
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,200
Jesus one day, right? 
Like, how cool it would be to 

559
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,300
look back and be like, because 
of your obedience, God has done 

560
00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:21,300
great things, that's the heart, 
and what It doesn't mean is that

561
00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:22,900
you have to have to be on 
Mission together. 

562
00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:26,400
You don't have to have the same 
gifts, we do not have the same 

563
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,600
gifts, we do not have the same 
personality. 

564
00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:31,900
As a matter of fact, even within
the mission of God, we have 

565
00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:34,900
different passions and things 
that God has put on our heart 

566
00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:38,100
that we can move in the same 
direction towards does it mean 

567
00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:40,200
that we look identical in that 
way? 

568
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,800
And honestly in a lot of ways we
couldn't be more opposite in the

569
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,200
way that we communicate, the way
that we see things, the way that

570
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,600
we look at the world and really 
kind of You know, in a side note

571
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,900
I don't need God to give me 
somebody, that's just like me. 

572
00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:56,500
Because what I need is God to 
give me somebody who's going to 

573
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,800
sharpen me in the process of 
sanctification that God gives us

574
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:01,300
through a marriage. 
If you say there's nothing, 

575
00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:03,500
that's not painful about 
sanctification in the Bible, 

576
00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:06,300
it's, you know, it's sandpaper 
rubbing off rough edges, its 

577
00:28:06,300 --> 00:28:08,100
iron sharpening iron, it's 
burning away. 

578
00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:09,300
The things that don't need to be
there. 

579
00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:11,200
It's not for me to be 
comfortable. 

580
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,700
God has given me Shawn so that I
can be closer to God and God has

581
00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:17,600
brought us together so that we 
can be on mission for his glory 

582
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,300
in the world. 
He didn't give me a spouse. 

583
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,500
Oh, so I would always feel good,
always feel happy or get to the 

584
00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:25,800
end of my life and be like, what
a fun time we had, you know, 

585
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,800
like there's just there's such a
bigger picture of what God is 

586
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,000
doing behind the scenes in his 
glory, is more important than my

587
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,300
happiness. 
That doesn't mean that I'm not 

588
00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:38,100
happy doesn't mean that we don't
have a lot of fun together and 

589
00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:39,600
they God has given us so many 
blessings. 

590
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,300
And we enjoy our life, our 
they're not fulfilled because we

591
00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:47,300
are but what it means is that 
the priority of our marriage has

592
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:50,400
never been on happiness. 
I don't get to come to the end 

593
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,400
of the 15 years from now and 
say, oh well I'm just not really

594
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,000
happy with you. 
Because that's not why we're 

595
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,100
together. 
If I'm unhappy with you today, 

596
00:28:57,100 --> 00:28:58,600
then I get to talk to you about 
it. 

597
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,900
I don't get to say like, well, 
I'm unhappy and that's a deal 

598
00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:03,200
breaker. 
Today, the glory of God and the 

599
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,700
call of God, on our life is the 
most important priority of our 

600
00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:07,900
marriage. 
And when that is at the 

601
00:29:07,908 --> 00:29:12,200
foundation, then we can be on 
Mission together a couple of 

602
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,000
weeks ago. 
Shawn walked us through a 

603
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,200
fusions 5 is a model of Christ, 
in church in the marriage, the 

604
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,500
foundation. 
And it starts with verse 21. 

605
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,800
It says this in 521, it says in 
submitting to one Another out of

606
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,200
reverence for Christ and who 
knows? 

607
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,600
Maybe Paul was reflecting back 
of that wonderful, couple Aquila

608
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,800
and Priscilla that this church 
would have known to say. 

609
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,800
Remember how well they modeled 
that for us submitting to each 

610
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,100
other out of reverence for 
Christ. 

611
00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,400
You know, you guys remember when
you met and their home and you 

612
00:29:38,408 --> 00:29:41,200
saw that because Paul wasn't 
married, so maybe God gave him a

613
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,800
special couple to be able to 
instruct about marriage. 

614
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,800
But it's interesting that the 
original Greek word here used 

615
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,700
for submitting actually would 
have been understood as a 

616
00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:52,200
military term and it means to 
put oneself in rank. 

617
00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:57,400
Somebody else submitting to one 
another, but if you're 

618
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,500
constantly submitting on one 
another, in the military, 

619
00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:02,800
there's always a head, right? 
There's always a boss and in 

620
00:30:02,808 --> 00:30:06,000
this case it would be Christ. 
So Sean and I are constantly 

621
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,900
trying to under rank each other 
under the submission of Christ 

622
00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:11,300
in that way. 
And I can be honest with you 

623
00:30:11,308 --> 00:30:14,300
today, our culture doesn't like 
that word submit very much 

624
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,700
because I have far too many 
preferences and my own selfish 

625
00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:22,000
ambition. 
And my own rights that I have to

626
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,200
keep right. 
Right? 

627
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,000
I got to keep up with all that 
stuff because that's important. 

628
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,700
But you don't find that modeled 
in scripture anywhere that my 

629
00:30:28,700 --> 00:30:32,200
rights and my happiness, and my 
comfort is more important than 

630
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,800
what God has called me to do. 
Because the meaning of the word 

631
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,500
submit here, really implied to 
these Believers, that it was 

632
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:40,500
taking on the mindset of a 
servant where instead of 

633
00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,500
expecting others to cater to you
and your needs, you get to look 

634
00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,400
out for and seek to meet their 
needs. 

635
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,500
We've talked about, it's not a 
50-50 kind of relationship where

636
00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:51,100
Shawn does his 50%. 
I do my 50%, this is like a 

637
00:30:51,108 --> 00:30:52,900
hundred hundred kind of 
relationship. 

638
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,200
We're 100% of the time. 
I seek to meet his needs. 

639
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,900
I seek to serve him 100% of the 
time. 

640
00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:02,000
I am trying to raise up and 
Champion the call of God in his 

641
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,900
life. 
One hundred percent of the time,

642
00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:06,900
I'm his cheerleader and greatest
Defender when somebody else 

643
00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:10,400
isn't 100% of the time, I'm 
trying to serve him. 

644
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,600
Because when I'm really 100% of 
the time, submitted and yielded 

645
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,900
to Jesus, that's just an 
outpouring and outflowing of my 

646
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:20,200
already submitted self to 
Christ, and I can model that 

647
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,400
submission to shine because he's
put him there in my Life. 

648
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,000
And it's pretty powerful because
we don't see our own rights in 

649
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,000
the Bible very much. 
But we see a really clear model 

650
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,100
of how to serve others with the 
mindset of a servant. 

651
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,100
I want you to look in 
Philippians 2, 1 through 8 

652
00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:37,400
because I think that the life of
Jesus has given us a pretty 

653
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,700
clear recipe for how to follow 
God in our marriage. 

654
00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:43,900
That says, therefore, if you 
have any encouragement from 

655
00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:47,900
being united with Christ that 
already sounds pretty familiar, 

656
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,900
doesn't it? 
If any comfort from his love? 

657
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:54,300
If any common sharing in the 
spirit If any tenderness and 

658
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:58,100
compassion than make my joy 
complete by being like-minded, 

659
00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:04,000
having the same love being in 
one spirit and one mind that 

660
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,800
already sounds like a pretty 
clear recipe for a marriage 

661
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,700
relationship, founded on the 
glory of God, right? 

662
00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:12,800
But of course, Jesus goes on, 
and Paul goes on about Jesus 

663
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:17,400
says do nothing out of selfish 
ambition, or vain conceit, 

664
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:22,300
rather in humility value, others
above yourselves, not looking to

665
00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,900
your own Interest. 
But each of you to the interests

666
00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:26,900
of the others in your, what's it
say? 

667
00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:31,000
Help me out in your 
relationships, with one another.

668
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,100
Have the same mindset as Christ 
Jesus. 

669
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:36,100
That's it. 
That sentence right there. 

670
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,400
How do you build a marriage that
lasts for the glory of God in 

671
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,700
your relationship? 
You have the same mindset of 

672
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:42,800
Jesus. 
What does it say that he did? 

673
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,500
Who being in the very nature? 
God did not consider equality 

674
00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:50,800
with God, something to be used 
to his own advantage and I'll 

675
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,400
stop and pause right there 
because that's where we The hard

676
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,300
time with the word submit 
because maybe there's a leader 

677
00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:58,200
in Authority, that's taken 
advantage of that. 

678
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,400
And they are in a position Over 
You for their own selfish, 

679
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,300
ambition, and vain conceit. 
But in my world and the world 

680
00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:07,000
got intended for us that 
leadership, the headship of our 

681
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,200
family is Sean who is not 
leading me out of his own 

682
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,700
selfish ambition or vain 
conceit. 

683
00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:14,200
He's leading with the 
responsibility of Loving Me Like

684
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,900
Jesus and just like he is the 
head of our family. 

685
00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:19,900
Then Christ is the head of our 
relationship. 

686
00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:21,800
We have this headship here in 
this lordship. 

687
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,600
God has created this Order for 
our good to have this. 

688
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:29,400
And so, can I submit to 
leadership in my life? 

689
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:34,600
That is seeking for my best good
and needs, guess I can in that 

690
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,300
way, then we get to seek to 
serve each other so didn't use 

691
00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:41,500
that to his own Advantage. 
It says, rather he made himself 

692
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:45,300
Nothing by taking the very 
nature of a servant being made 

693
00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:47,500
in human likeness and being 
found in appearance. 

694
00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:51,400
As a man, he humbled himself 
being obedient by becoming 

695
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,900
obedient to death, even In the 
death on a cross. 

696
00:33:56,900 --> 00:34:00,500
Me. 
And if we started with that at 

697
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:04,700
the foundation of our marriages,
I think we would be a lot closer

698
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,400
to everything being centered on.
The glory of God Jesus gave us 

699
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,900
the perfect picture of 
submission showed us exactly in 

700
00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:16,000
modeled how to love each other 
to the fullest. 

701
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,900
And we're called to submit to 
each other, to be equally 

702
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,000
matched in purpose and calling 
to serve over any personal 

703
00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:24,800
ambition. 
And I can tell you that this 

704
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,600
recipe E4 relationships is not 
easy. 

705
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,500
This takes work, it can be hard,
it can be challenging. 

706
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,100
And if it's screwed up, that's 
okay. 

707
00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,199
God can fix anything. 
He can restore anything that he 

708
00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,500
wants to, and I believe that he 
can provide healing that today 

709
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:44,800
if that's not where you're at. 
But the reward for this recipe 

710
00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:48,199
is a life well-lived that when 
you get to the end of your life 

711
00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:51,199
or even beyond that into the 
next life to look back and say 

712
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:54,900
because we were matched and 
because we were passionate about

713
00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:56,500
the word of God. 
Because we were on a mission 

714
00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:59,200
together. 
People can say because of the 

715
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,500
faithfulness of Sean and Diane 
man we came to Jesus because you

716
00:35:03,500 --> 00:35:06,100
were obedient to the call of 
God, we came to your church and 

717
00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:10,300
we got saved because of The 
Obedience of you, your children,

718
00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:13,000
grew up in the Lord and they 
helped lead me to Christ like 

719
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,300
because you were faithful to 
share the word of God at your 

720
00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:19,400
work together. 
I came to know Jesus that reward

721
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,400
at the end for the life focused 
on. 

722
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,100
Jesus is so much more than 
what's happening in the here and

723
00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:26,000
right. 
Right now. 

724
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,400
The last time that we see the 
mention of Aquila and Priscilla 

725
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,500
in the scripture, is at the end 
of 2nd Timothy. 

726
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,300
This book would have been 
written about 15 years after 

727
00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:37,400
Paul first methane, and Paul 
knows that the end of his life 

728
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,100
is really near. 
This is kind of his last goodbye

729
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,600
letter and it's small. 
It's simple. 

730
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,400
And second Timothy 4:19 says, 
greet, Priscilla and Aquila, and

731
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:51,000
the household of one of citrus. 
He wanted to say goodbye to the 

732
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,800
people. 
He loved and cared for so much. 

733
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,100
What's interesting here though, 
it actually doesn't me to 

734
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:56,600
mention a church meeting in 
their home. 

735
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,200
This time period and that is 
probably because after they had 

736
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,700
moved back to Rome and how the 
church in their house, their 

737
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:07,000
there was a great fire in Rome 
in ad 64. 

738
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,200
They actually think that the 
emperor Nero who was a terrible 

739
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,000
and ruthless ruler actually 
started the fire burned down his

740
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,900
City, just so he could blame the
Christians. 

741
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:18,400
So at this point Aquila and 
Priscilla had probably, again, 

742
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,900
lost everything their home, 
their possessions, the church 

743
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:23,100
meeting in their home. 
And not only that, they probably

744
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:26,100
face pretty regular fear and 
persecution, just being in Rome 

745
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,100
under this kind. 
Of terrible leadership. 

746
00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:29,800
But who knows? 
It does it takes more than 

747
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,300
Burning Down the city of Rome. 
The stop the work and the 

748
00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:35,900
ministry of God, because the 
influence that they had in the 

749
00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:38,200
lives of those young preachers 
in the life of Paul. 

750
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,800
In the way that these letters 
and this influence of the church

751
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,200
was going across that area. 
It lived on far beyond anything 

752
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,900
that they had that they could 
physically intangibly hold the 

753
00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:52,500
fruitfulness of their Ministry 
lasted through all of that. 

754
00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:54,800
And so I can say that I even in 
the hardest season of your 

755
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,800
marriage, maybe your health, 
Feeling, maybe you have a lot of

756
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,200
unknowns right now, your kids 
are going off the deep end. 

757
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,500
You don't know what to do. 
You're facing some of the 

758
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:06,400
biggest challenges that you've 
been in the house is on fire. 

759
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,900
Maybe you're being forced to 
flee for persecution of your 

760
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:11,700
faith, leaving a job, whatever 
that looks like in the hardest 

761
00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:16,400
season, what we get to hold onto
is that Jesus is the Cornerstone

762
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,800
of our marriage, whatever 
circumstances changed he is. 

763
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,800
There he is our Rock, he's our 
foundation, he's the 

764
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,500
Cornerstone, he holds it all 
together. 

765
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:28,900
It says by he binds everything 
together in Love no weapon that 

766
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:32,600
is held against us can stand 
because Christ is in us and 

767
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,100
Christ is for us. 
There's nothing we can that can 

768
00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:37,500
stop him and so we hold tightly 
to the Cross. 

769
00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:40,400
So today, I just want to leave 
you with a challenge to have 

770
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,100
that imagine that Vision, put 
your mind forward into the 

771
00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:47,400
future to say what if what if 
our relationship was all for the

772
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,300
glory of God? 
What if we were matched together

773
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:53,100
in God's purpose? 
What if we were so passionate 

774
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:56,000
about the word of God and we're 
on Mission together so that in 

775
00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,200
the future people We'll look 
back and say I'm thankful that 

776
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,200
you were together for God 
because my life was changed. 

777
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,100
I know for Sean and I like, what
could be, that's the desire. 

778
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,600
Why do you come do this every 
week? 

779
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,800
Why do you know, why do you give
these things at forgot? 

780
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,900
It's like, it doesn't even feel 
like, giving up for God, it's 

781
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:15,700
not a surrender when the reward 
is, so great of seeing people 

782
00:38:15,700 --> 00:38:18,900
come to know Jesus. 
I hope that one day to be like 

783
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:21,500
me and what a picture that you 
guys were matched to the Church 

784
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:24,600
of Christ. 
You modeled that so well like 

785
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,200
people were sent out, churches 
were built. 

786
00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:30,000
Has were made like our heart is 
to see that happen that even the

787
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,500
world tries to smoke you out and
it can't be done. 

788
00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:36,700
You can't burn down the house of
God because it exists in us. 

789
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:39,900
His glory is to go out for all 
people. 

790
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:43,900
And our job is to be a 
reflection of that light for the

791
00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:49,700
glory of God. 
Let's pray God, I pray that you 

792
00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:54,000
would start a fire in our 
hearts, a Revival in our homes, 

793
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:59,700
through our marriages that, we 
Stand up today and say, God, 

794
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:04,800
it's not me, it's not myself but
it's your glory is a desire of 

795
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,300
our hearts today. 
God and so we just submit 

796
00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:10,900
ourselves to you to say that we 
are all in for the glory of God.

797
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,500
I'd like to talk to a first 
group of you today. 

798
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:17,800
Maybe that you're struggling for
you're hurting our you're 

799
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,200
looking into your marriage or 
into yourself today and saying, 

800
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,800
you know what, my marriage is 
not centered on the glory of 

801
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:29,100
God, I've been about Myself, 
I've been stressed, I haven't 

802
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:33,800
been focused on you know, who 
God is or how I can use my life 

803
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,600
to mean more for him. 
If that's you today and you're 

804
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,100
struggling, you're hurting that 
you you raise your hand, I would

805
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:42,100
just love to pray for you today.
To say, God, I need you at the 

806
00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:46,700
center of my marriage. 
God, I need you to be all in 

807
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:49,500
God. 
I want my life to be all for 

808
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:52,100
your glory. 
God, I pray for these people 

809
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:54,400
raising their hands today to 
say, I want to be all in for the

810
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,900
glory of God today. 
I to set a Revival in my heart 

811
00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:02,000
on fire for you. 
God help me to see past myself 

812
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,200
to see to a bigger vision of who
you've called me to be. 

813
00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:08,600
Help me to have the mindset of 
Jesus, in my marriage, the mind 

814
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,600
of Christ. 
And I want to pray for a second 

815
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,100
group of people today as we just
continue in prayer, maybe you're

816
00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:18,100
saying today, you know what, my 
foundation for my life isn't 

817
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:21,100
Christ. 
It's just me it's my anxiety. 

818
00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:23,900
It's my fear, it's my pride, 
it's my worry. 

819
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,700
And today, I don't have Jesus in
the center of my relationship 

820
00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:28,800
because I don't have Jesus in 
the center of my life. 

821
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:32,900
He's not a part of me. 
So, maybe today you'd say, you 

822
00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:36,100
know what I need Jesus, my 
marriage is not going to be 

823
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:39,600
healed until I am healed until 
I'm saved me before. 

824
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,100
So maybe today, if that's you, I
need Jesus. 

825
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:44,600
If you'd raise your hand, I 
would love to pray with you. 

826
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,800
Today is how you can start that 
formation. 

827
00:40:49,700 --> 00:40:51,700
So, if that's you, I need Jesus 
today. 

828
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,600
Just lift up your hand. 
I would love to pray with you. 

829
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,800
I won't call you. 
You out. 

830
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,100
Just want to pray along with 
you. 

831
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,900
You need Jesus today. 
Raise your hand and then pray. 

832
00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:01,600
This prayer with me in the 
prayer. 

833
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,200
Doesn't save you, but it opens 
up your heart to God and pray 

834
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,500
something like this to say Jesus
today. 

835
00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:09,400
I wasn't here by accident. 
I know I've messed up. 

836
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,700
I can't do this on my own. 
I believe you died on the cross 

837
00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:15,600
for my sins. 
God, and I trust you today to 

838
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,800
Save Me From Myself, save me 
from my sins. 

839
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,500
So I can walk forward a new life
in newness and you God, I trust 

840
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,900
in you, trust in your healing. 
And I just thank you for giving 

841
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:28,100
me life, take my life and use 
it. 

842
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:30,700
However, you see fit in Jesus 
name. 

843
00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:33,200
Amen. 
Hey, let's give it up to 

844
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,800
everybody who has trusted in 
Jesus today. 

845
00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:42,800
Come on. 
What a word huh? 

846
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,400
That's what I say for you get 
out here, really? 

847
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,300
Really? 
I don't know. 

848
00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:51,600
We don't God. 
Did this outside relationship 

849
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,000
with Jesus? 
This is the greatest gift I got 

850
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,600
right and I encourage you guys 
in your marriage has to go all 

851
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,300
in for Jesus for the glory of 
God. 

852
00:41:59,300 --> 00:42:01,300
Right. 
I know a lot of you're like oh 

853
00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:03,100
man I wish I had that. 
What they got, whatever. 

854
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:06,700
Hey the grass ain't Greener. 
Come on somebody, right it is. 

855
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:08,400
Look at what God has given to 
you, right? 

856
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:09,600
It will be faithful what's in 
front of you. 

857
00:42:09,607 --> 00:42:11,200
So, thank you for sharing the 
word today. 

858
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,100
Come on somebody, give for Diane
again. 

859
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:21,100
And That's problem right there. 
So I would encourage you guys 

860
00:42:21,100 --> 00:42:23,300
for the glory of Jesus few today
made that decision. 

861
00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:25,000
So they mean I'm all in for 
Christ today. 

862
00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:27,800
I'm following him. 
I would encourage you guys still

863
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,100
us know, we'd love to help you 
on your journey. 

864
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:32,800
I'm your next steps to follow 
him and we got a gift for in a 

865
00:42:32,808 --> 00:42:34,800
way out. 
There's a red bat bags, got a 

866
00:42:34,808 --> 00:42:36,800
Bible in it, it's got some next 
steps. 

867
00:42:36,900 --> 00:42:39,700
Some resources, most important 
thing to do though is let us 

868
00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:42,000
know. 
We have the privilege and honor 

869
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,800
of partner with you and just 
pulling the Jesus and we have 

870
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,600
all the answers. 
But if you let us know, let us 

871
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,400
celebrate with you and encourage
you on your journey of Jesus and

872
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,500
invite you in and say welcome 
home really to the family of 

873
00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:53,200
God. 
Amen. 

874
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,000
And so I would encourage is less
know, you can text them on the 

875
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,700
screen to RL next. 
Another thing, that'd be just 

876
00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:01,700
amazing this season a couple 
access for everybody to go into 

877
00:43:01,700 --> 00:43:05,100
the Gulf of the glory of Jesus. 
We got a lot of come by things 

878
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:07,800
coming up, but the first thing 
is we got baptism coming up on 

879
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,100
April 9th, on Easter Sunday and 
know some of you guys have made 

880
00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:14,000
a decision for Jesus. 
God, just blessed our church. 

881
00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:17,200
We reached a lot of new people. 
People we traditionally baptized

882
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,100
about 10% of her church every 
year and assume you guys missed 

883
00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:21,300
their last opportunity to do 
this. 

884
00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:23,600
We're portable. 
So we don't do that often. 

885
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,900
We do it twice a year and so if 
you made a decision for Jesus, 

886
00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:31,000
you put Jesus in your life. 
Maybe you have not been baptized

887
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,500
into Jesus. 
Be baptized before he knew Jesus

888
00:43:33,700 --> 00:43:36,600
were baptized outside the faith.
I would encourage you to 

889
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,800
consider to get baptized on 
Easter Sunday. 

890
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,800
Now, Easter Sunday is probably 
the greatest Sunday you can ever

891
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,200
get baptized, come on somebody, 
right? 

892
00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:48,100
It's a picture, which Just did 
for us on Easter, Jesus had died

893
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,200
and then rose again. 
And so, when you're baptized the

894
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,400
picture of you dying, your sin 
of your dead to Yourself Dead to

895
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:57,100
sin, in your raised to New Life 
in Christ, Jesus resurrected 

896
00:43:57,100 --> 00:43:58,800
from the dead. 
And so it's just a simple 

897
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,600
picture. 
It's called a Believers baptism 

898
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,200
and I would encourage you to let
us know maybe of questions. 

899
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:06,900
What baptisms about? 
Maybe you're not sure it's for 

900
00:44:06,900 --> 00:44:08,900
you. 
Maybe really want to do it as 

901
00:44:08,900 --> 00:44:11,400
some of you guys want to last 
time and missed it and some of 

902
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,000
you guys here today, so, just 
get signed up and we're going to

903
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,200
connect with you, okay? 
So We step of the way you're not

904
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,500
on your own, you'll just sign up
and then just show up that 

905
00:44:18,500 --> 00:44:20,200
Sunday. 
And it's like, what am I doing? 

906
00:44:20,500 --> 00:44:22,100
Sorry. 
Walk through all the process and

907
00:44:22,100 --> 00:44:25,400
cellular big and so for the 
glory god, we're having a big 

908
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:29,700
celebration of Easter last year.
We had about 450 plus people 

909
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,700
than Mother's, Day was about 100
more. 

910
00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:33,500
So it's just packed. 
And so we're doing something 

911
00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:36,300
very special this Easter. 
We're going to just take a step 

912
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:38,300
of Faith. 
We're going to make some extra 

913
00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:40,600
room, really for the glory of 
God to move. 

914
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,900
And so we're going to add a 
third Gathering Especial. 

915
00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:44,700
Third gathering on Easter and 
Mother's Day. 

916
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:48,300
Come also Body because they all 
know about that you're nervous. 

917
00:44:48,300 --> 00:44:50,200
Ha ha ha. 
I love it. 

918
00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:53,300
And here's the realities are 
space is pretty limited. 

919
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:58,100
We had 57 kids in one of our 
programs last year in one class 

920
00:44:58,200 --> 00:44:59,800
on Easter Sunday now in about 
you. 

921
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,600
But that sounds a little crazy, 
right? 

922
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,500
And so we're doing is making 
more space for more people and 

923
00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:06,500
if you serve on the Dream Team, 
I would encourage you. 

924
00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:08,700
We're not going to ask you to 
get overloaded. 

925
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,000
We're asking those either call 
real life, home to kind of step 

926
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,400
up to the plate on this one. 
Maybe you call real life home 

927
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,800
you come on Sunday. 
As you're not on the serving 

928
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:21,000
team on our Dream Team, I would 
encourage you to step in for the

929
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:24,300
glory of God and to serve on 
Easter and make a way for more 

930
00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:26,800
people to come to our church. 
And so we're going to have three

931
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,500
identical, Gatherings, we have 
an amazing Easter egg hunt. 

932
00:45:29,500 --> 00:45:31,600
That's going to happen. 
All three Gatherings, you can 

933
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:34,500
see the thing on the screen with
goodie bags and toys and prizes 

934
00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:36,200
for people. 
Invite people and new guests and

935
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,100
stuff like that. 
But the reality is this, we do 

936
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:40,900
all this because we know it's a 
great time of year to advise 

937
00:45:40,900 --> 00:45:43,700
somebody out who wouldn't 
normally go to church if you 

938
00:45:43,700 --> 00:45:46,200
invite somebody Easter there. 
Likely to come. 

939
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:47,600
A lot of people don't go to 
church. 

940
00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:48,900
I've got tons of neighbors, 
don't go to church. 

941
00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:51,400
So he talked about coming and so
on your seat, I would grab those

942
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,200
cards. 
You got a pack of five on there 

943
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:55,800
and out invite somebody. 
I would just invite them, I'll 

944
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:57,500
bring them. 
There's a big difference because

945
00:45:57,500 --> 00:45:59,700
you bring somebody you're like, 
hey, I'm saving a seat for you. 

946
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,200
Hey, you want to sit with me? 
Hey, I love to meet you in the 

947
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,500
parking lot or, you know, 
hangout comes with new good 

948
00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:06,900
lunch afterwards. 
I mean, be a part of their life 

949
00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:08,700
and their story is start playing
those seeds. 

950
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,400
We got just under a month and I 
just know God's do something 

951
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,300
really big in our house. 
The screw you guys weren't even 

952
00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:16,000
every single week and what Sons 
very special this year we 

953
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,900
haven't done this really since 
launch to this tal is rescind 

954
00:46:18,900 --> 00:46:21,900
out 20,000 piece mailer across 
our community. 

955
00:46:22,100 --> 00:46:24,800
And so it's going to go from 150
all the way through South to 

956
00:46:24,900 --> 00:46:26,700
through all of bailed Oliver a 
Moroso. 

957
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:29,700
The word of God is going out 
people to know where existing 

958
00:46:29,700 --> 00:46:32,400
and we're here for them and our 
doors are open to welcome people

959
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:34,600
and my prayer is that God just 
brings us people. 

960
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:36,100
That will know Jesus that 
Sunday. 

961
00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:38,000
Amen. 
And we get to play a part of 

962
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,000
that story. 
And so I would encourage this 

963
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,600
next month, we launched into a 
series that's really going to 

964
00:46:42,700 --> 00:46:45,100
lead into some evangelism. 
And I would encourage this guy, 

965
00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:48,400
Leads me and play a part of the 
story of what God is going to do

966
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,700
and just say all for God's 
glory. 

967
00:46:49,700 --> 00:46:51,900
Amen. 
Maybe invite somebody over the 

968
00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:54,900
next few weeks that needs Jesus 
and just invited me Easter, 

969
00:46:54,900 --> 00:46:56,100
we're going to preach the 
gospel. 

970
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,800
We do that here in this church. 
We love people knowing Jesus and

971
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,800
so I would encourage you guys 
last thing. 

972
00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:05,000
Really about Easter is to 
reserve your spot. 

973
00:47:05,300 --> 00:47:07,700
We're do a little different this
year, we're actually giving out 

974
00:47:07,700 --> 00:47:10,100
tickets through Eventbrite and 
the reason we're doing that is 

975
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,800
because we're trying to figure 
out if we're people are going to

976
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,900
land. 
Now, our staffing, we're trying 

977
00:47:14,900 --> 00:47:17,600
to go. 03 obviously. 
So how many people may come to 

978
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,700
the 8:30 or the ten eleven 
thirty? 

979
00:47:19,900 --> 00:47:22,900
And so it's a free event 
obviously but it's great for us 

980
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:24,200
to just kind of where people 
stand. 

981
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,200
So I would encourage you get on 
there, you can use a QR go 

982
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,300
online, it's awesome landing 
page and just let us know. 

983
00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:32,500
We're going to go on that. 
If God leads you to serve, let 

984
00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:34,400
us know. 
Let your team know or like a 

985
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:35,800
person or church or just let us 
know. 

986
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,300
There's lots of emails on it and
we're excited. 

987
00:47:38,300 --> 00:47:40,800
If you hear from her team and 
they call you just say, yes, 

988
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,300
come on somebody, you say yes 
blue glory god. 

989
00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:45,100
You can do it. 
I will say this. 

990
00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:48,200
Say, thank you for you guys to 
generosity really to be able to 

991
00:47:48,207 --> 00:47:50,500
give a mailer out at that 
magnitude is because you guys 

992
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:52,300
have given and I don't know 
about you. 

993
00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:55,300
But who is the result of a 
seeing or maybe a flag in the 

994
00:47:55,300 --> 00:47:58,100
community, a sign out, or a 
mailer and made say they come to

995
00:47:58,100 --> 00:48:00,100
her church because they've had 
that kind of promotion. 

996
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,700
There's a few guys have done so 
long but so many people come to 

997
00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:07,000
our church because they see a 
flag likely just dry by Sunday 

998
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,600
morning. 
I had a guy that showed up, it 

999
00:48:08,607 --> 00:48:11,200
was three years into our launch 
and he had showed up and said, 

1000
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,800
hey, I got this mailer from 
three years ago and I've kept it

1001
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,200
on my fridge and it show up to 
her church. 

1002
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,200
And so I would encourage you if 
that played a part of your 

1003
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,200
story, if you seen Us online or 
some kind of promotion, when you

1004
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,000
give here, that's giving back to
those things. 

1005
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,100
Because so many people don't 
know, churches exist and they 

1006
00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:28,200
kind of cut that off. 
And we're just really praying 

1007
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,200
for God to have a movement or 
church and to really see the 

1008
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,200
glory of God go out. 
And so when you guys give this 

1009
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,500
is what you're giving to in this
season to make a difference. 

1010
00:48:35,700 --> 00:48:37,700
So encourage you guys to be 
faithful their stories to give 

1011
00:48:37,700 --> 00:48:40,300
as our Usher's come forward, you
can give online. 

1012
00:48:40,300 --> 00:48:43,000
Anytime, you can give any amount
to eight four, three, two, one 

1013
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,300
text in or through the giving 
boxes, The back or the buckets. 

1014
00:48:46,300 --> 00:48:48,800
They come to the aisles so I'm 
going to pray and invite dirty 

1015
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:50,600
come up here in a second. 
He's got a few more things for 

1016
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,700
you guys to hang tight. 
We're going to pray for God to 

1017
00:48:52,700 --> 00:48:54,600
use this. 
This offering probably come 

1018
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,200
before you gotta pray. 
You just use this offering For 

1019
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,900
Your Glory God, that you just 
change lives through it. 

1020
00:48:59,900 --> 00:49:03,400
You gotta pray, you multiply or 
generosity guy that we give not 

1021
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:07,300
out of really out of just the 
excess guy, but we give out of 

1022
00:49:07,300 --> 00:49:10,600
want you'll be, we give out of 
need the weed sacrificially. 

1023
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,100
Give for the glory of God, that 
we know that we have to lay our 

1024
00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:14,600
lives down for the mission to go
forward. 

1025
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:18,000
And I pray that Be kind of 
church that the world had to set

1026
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,700
the set, the city on fire to try
to stop us. 

1027
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,400
We kind of church. 
That was so passionate for you. 

1028
00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:25,900
That people would thank God for 
us. 

1029
00:49:26,100 --> 00:49:28,300
Don't people look back to say 
thank God, that this church was 

1030
00:49:28,300 --> 00:49:31,300
in this community that lives are
changed as cities were changed 

1031
00:49:31,300 --> 00:49:34,800
because of these people's Faith.
So God call us out into The 

1032
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:36,400
Fray. 
Call us into the uncomfortable, 

1033
00:49:36,500 --> 00:49:39,100
got push us into the future on 
mission for you. 

1034
00:49:39,100 --> 00:49:41,500
God, we give the glory for a 
chicken, do all the glory to 

1035
00:49:41,500 --> 00:49:43,300
Jesus. 
And I pray in his name and 

1036
00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:45,300
everybody said, amen. 
N. 

1037
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:51,200
Man, what an awesome day. 
Hey, I'm the bearer of good news

1038
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:52,300
and bad news. 
You guys ready for the good 

1039
00:49:52,300 --> 00:49:55,200
news? 
Real life is going on a missions

1040
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:57,500
trip this summer. 
Back to Bogota Colombia you guys

1041
00:49:57,500 --> 00:49:59,500
excited. 
That's right. 

1042
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,500
You guys don't know what the bad
news is. 

1043
00:50:01,700 --> 00:50:03,200
There's only a couple spots 
left. 

1044
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:06,300
You guys better hustle up and 
jump on because we are getting 

1045
00:50:06,300 --> 00:50:09,400
ready to fill this team up. 
So immediately after the second 

1046
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:13,400
Gathering, if you're interested 
in any level doll, come hang out

1047
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,000
with Diana, she gives you the 
information on what's going on. 

1048
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:18,300
If you can't make the meeting, 
Eating for some reason, please 

1049
00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:20,700
call her this week as soon as 
possible. 

1050
00:50:20,700 --> 00:50:22,700
So we can get your spot 
reserved, you do not want to 

1051
00:50:22,700 --> 00:50:24,600
miss out. 
If you never been to another 

1052
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:27,700
culture to see how God Moves In 
Another Part Of The World, it 

1053
00:50:27,700 --> 00:50:29,900
will drastically and radically 
change your life. 

1054
00:50:29,900 --> 00:50:33,100
So take this opportunity, the 
price doesn't get better than 

1055
00:50:33,100 --> 00:50:35,100
what you're going to get on 
something like this, in your 

1056
00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:36,600
hearts and your lives will be 
changed. 

1057
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,700
So check out the meeting. 
Get a hold of Diane. 

1058
00:50:38,700 --> 00:50:41,200
You guys do not want to miss it.
Last thing is this next week. 

1059
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,800
You're kicking off a new 
message, series called bring 

1060
00:50:43,900 --> 00:50:45,600
Pastor. 
Sean is going to bring the house

1061
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:46,700
down. 
It really what? 

1062
00:50:46,700 --> 00:50:49,600
We're Do is we're going to talk 
about what it's like to tear off

1063
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:52,600
this roof to bring people to the
feet of Jesus. 

1064
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,900
There's people around you every 
day, whether it's at work school

1065
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,200
just throughout life that are 
hurting their broken and they 

1066
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,700
need something, they don't know 
what it is, and God's put you in

1067
00:51:01,707 --> 00:51:05,000
their path to deliver the hope 
of the gospel and their life. 

1068
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:06,400
Sean's gonna bring this 
awesomeness. 

1069
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,500
The series just to help us be 
equipped to bring people to the 

1070
00:51:09,500 --> 00:51:11,200
feet of Jesus. 
So, don't miss that either. 

1071
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,900
Next week at 9:30 to 11:00. 
Hey, as always, there's somebody

1072
00:51:13,900 --> 00:51:16,300
up here, if you need to pray, we
would love to pray with you for 

1073
00:51:16,300 --> 00:51:18,300
any reason. 
And lastly is always remember 

1074
00:51:18,300 --> 00:51:21,600
whoever finds Jesus discovers 
real life and purpose. 

1075
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:22,600
See you guys next week.