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 Today I want to talk to you about being a family of missionary servant disciples.

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! Family of missionary servant disciples.

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 This is our church.

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 We say, what do you guys do as a church?

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 What kind of constitutes the life of your church?

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 And we organize the life of our church into what we call missional communities.

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 Missional communities are a small family of believers

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 on a mission to specific people and places.

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 Okay?

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 And those missional communities are trying to do all four of these things.

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 Be a family that's on mission, that serves one another,

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 and that really becomes disciples and helps each other become disciples.

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 So, family of missionary servant disciples.

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 These four identities are the things we're trying to identify with as a missional community.

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 And the reason this is important is because our mission flows out of our gospel identity.

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 Okay?

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 And if we forget this, we're in danger of finding both positive and negative identity

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 in what we do, falling into a religious performance trap.

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 Okay?

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 Which we don't want to do, obviously.

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 Christ's work has given us identity that we work from, not for.

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 You hear me on that?

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 Christ's work has given us identity that we work from, not for.

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 We are not saved by good works.

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 We're saved for good works.

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 Do you follow me on that?

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 Okay?

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 Our doing flows out of our being.

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 All right?

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 Ephesians 2, 8 to 10 kind of articulates this.

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 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing.

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 It is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

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 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand

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 that we should walk in them.

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 So our salvation is not a result of works, but the result of that is good works once we

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 know who we are, who Christ has made us.

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 And this is really important because we can seek to strive to be a bunch of things that

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 we can do to our own strength and we can do to our own energy.

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 And eventually we're going to fall flat or we're going to get burnt out.

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 We're going to be like, forget this.

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 This doesn't sound like life.

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 This doesn't sound like peace.

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 This doesn't sound like the fruit of the Spirit.

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 And you know why?

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 Because it's not.

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 The fruit of the Spirit is fruit of the Spirit, not of the flesh.

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 Okay?

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 And so if we are not seeing first what our identity is and living out of that identity,

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 we're going to end up falling into this religious performance trap.

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 And I don't know about you.

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 I've done that before.

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 Don't ever want to do it again.

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 And if you've done that before, I'm sure you never want to do it again.

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 It's a racket.

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 It's a rat race.

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 It's a hamster wheel.

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 It's not what Jesus Christ died and resurrected for.

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 He didn't do that so that we could just try harder and we could just be better people.

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 He's not a humanist.

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 Okay?

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 Christ lives for the glory of God, believes that we function best when we live for the glory

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 of God by the identity that is given to us and imparted to us through the gospel.

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 When Jesus died and was buried and rose again and we put our faith in him, our identity changed.

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 Who we are changes.

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 There's implications to his death, burial, and resurrection.

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 There's implications to the gospel.

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 And we live out of those identities.

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 Okay?

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 We don't have to strive to be those things.

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 God has already made us those things.

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 The question is, do you believe that?

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 What is your motivation?

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 Is it the gospel?

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 Is it, or is it man-pleasing?

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 Is it insecurity?

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 Am I insecure?

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 Therefore, I'm trying to fill that void of insecurity with performance.

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 All right?

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 Do I care a lot about what people think?

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 And so I'm doing things so that those people will be pleased.

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 Which eventually I can maybe do for a little while, but it's not going to last.

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 Okay?

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 Romans 12 verse 1 in the CSB says,

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 Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God,

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 I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.

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 This is your true worship.

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 Okay?

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 And I want to read that before we jump into these,

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 because I don't want any of us hearing this message and think,

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 you rah rah, try harder.

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 Okay?

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 I want you to hear this message and say,

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 God has been merciful to me, therefore.

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 Right?

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 God has been merciful to me, therefore.

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 In view of God's, it says, therefore, in view of God's mercies.

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 His mercy to us causes us,

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 out of the overflow of who he has made us in him,

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 redeemed, washed, cleansed, forgiven, saved.

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 When those things come upon us and transform us,

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 in view of that mercy, we offer our bodies as living sacrifices.

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 If you offer your bodies a living sacrifice to get something,

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 you have not understood the gospel and you're missing Christianity altogether.

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 And we don't want to have a church that functions that way.

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 Okay?

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 So, these are four things that we're always trying to do

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 in the context of our missional communities.

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 These are four things, four cylinders.

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 You know, someone says, hey, now we're firing on all four cylinders.

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 Here you go.

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 Here's the four cylinders.

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 Okay?

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 These are the four cylinders we want to be firing on.

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 And there's going to be different seasons where we emphasize one over the other,

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 because that's the season we're in.

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 Kind of think of it when you're riding a bike.

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 You never push both pedals when you're riding a bike.

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 You only push the pedal that's up.

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 And there's going to be seasons of time, and it's like, you know what?

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 Now's the time to focus more on family.

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 Now's the time to focus more on discipleship.

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 Now's the time to really focus on serving one another.

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 Now's the time to focus more on mission.

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 Okay?

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 And recognizing those things and not getting caught in some weird performance trap.

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 Again, when you're hearing this and saying,

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 we've got to do all four of these, and we've got to do them all at the same time.

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 And we're doing this, but we're not doing this.

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 And we're a failure, and we're not doing church well.

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 And it's just like, whoa, chill out.

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 Just like, what's the season we're in?

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 What are we focused on right now?

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 We can do a couple of these things at the same time, maybe.

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 All right?

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 But there's freedom and rest in the gospel to be able to say,

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 as a church, let's just cultivate these things.

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 Let's learn and grow and see how we can cultivate these things better

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 in the context of our missional communities.

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 Before I jump in, I want to say one thing.

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 The difference between addition and multiplication.

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 Okay?

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 Most churches would say they want to grow.

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 Any healthy thing grows, so you should say that.

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 Okay?

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 A church should want to grow.

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 I don't think that's selfishly ambitious, although it could be.

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 But it's good to grow.

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 All right?

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 But there's two ways of growth the Bible talks about.

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 It talks about addition and multiplication.

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 All right?

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 In concept, maybe not in specificity.

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 And addition happens a lot of times in churches in the sense that a really slick Sunday morning

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 presentation, the charismatic preacher, the amazing worship team, and the killer kids

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 ministry, kind of the holy trinity of church planting, right?

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 You know, preaching, worship, and child care.

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 You nail all those things.

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 Those things themselves will add people to the church.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 Well, you ask someone, why do you go to that church?

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 Oh, man.

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 Killer preaching.

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 Just love the preaching.

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 It's awesome.

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 That guy.

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 He's great.

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 All right?

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 Or you say, you know, why do you go to the church?

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 Oh, the child care is amazing.

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 Why do you go to the church?

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 Oh, I just love times of worship.

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 It's so awesome.

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 And those things add people to the church.

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 But they're limited.

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 It's just three things.

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 Those three things, we're not adding.

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 Well, I really, and then now we also do, I don't know.

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 I don't know what else you'd add.

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 But it's just those three things, right?

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 And they're constantly adding people to the church.

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 That's not a bad thing in one sense.

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 As long as Christ is preached, like, and people come and they hear the gospel, that's great.

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 We rejoice that Christ is preached.

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 But I don't think it's what God intends for church.

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 I think he's wanting multiplication.

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 Okay?

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 And if you have addition, you have this maybe just kind of growth all the time.

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 The way we're trying to build is through multiplication.

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 And what that looks like, it's going to be really slow on the front end.

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 But over time, it's exponential.

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 What do I mean by multiplication?

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 What I mean is the attraction is not the show we put on.

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 It's not the things we do necessarily on Sunday morning, although that can be part of it.

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 It's the people.

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 It's the people.

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 It's a quality people that function together as family, that function together as servants,

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 that function together as disciples, that function together on mission.

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 And it's in the everyday stuff of life.

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 It's all the time.

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 And when that group of people is solid and they are representing Christ, living like Christ,

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 when that group of people becomes a people on mission that is filled with the Holy Spirit

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 and they're functioning the way that God has called us to function,

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 then the church multiplies because any given one of those people is going to interact with other people

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 and be on mission to them and reach them and love them, see them get saved.

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 And then you have exponential multiplication.

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 Do you understand what I'm saying?

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 As more and more people come to the church, you have more and more touch points for impact

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 and gospel impact especially.

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 And so that's what we're going for.

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 We're not just looking for, you know, let's get some really good paid professionals.

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 We can get in here to do all the work of ministry.

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 The work of those guys is to equip the saints for the work of ministry.

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 God wanted the church to be saints who are doing the ministry,

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 not a few paid professionals that everybody else consumes from and is a spectator of.

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 Church is meant to be all of us participating, using our gifts,

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 recognizing no one person is the whole enchilada.

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 We all have a certain part that we play.

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 And as we all do that together, the church builds itself up in love and grows and grows.

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 That's the multiplication we're seeking.

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 It's slow on the front end because we don't have that many people, right?

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 But more and more as we just interact with people and we're faithful and we're not in a rush,

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 we're not in a hurry, we're just faithfully conducting our lives, glorifying Christ,

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 building relationships with people, preaching the gospel, growing in discipleship,

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 challenging one another, confronting one another, loving one another, praying for one another,

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 being there for one another, comforting for one another, all these things.

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 People start, we start interacting with people and they're exposed to the family of believers.

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 They're experiencing Christ in a myriad of ways from a myriad of people.

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 That's multiplication.

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 You follow me on that?

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 Some of you do, maybe some of you don't.

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 Okay, good.

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 We can talk more about it.

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 So let's jump into it, all right?

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 First one, family.

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 We're family.

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 In Christ, we are children of God, which makes us family.

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 Okay, John 1 verse 12.

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 Great verse.

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 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to be called children of God.

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 A lot of times, especially as Americans, we like to talk about our rights.

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 My favorite right as a human being in Christ is the right to be called a child of God.

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 That's a good right.

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 That's a right I will stand up for and boast in, right?

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 I've been given the right to be called a child of God.

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 And together, we have been given the right to be called children of God.

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 And what does that do?

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 That identity makes us family.

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 That identity means we function together as brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers.

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 Verse Timothy 5, 1 to 2 says,

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 Do not rebuke an older man, but encourage him as he would a father.

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 Younger men as brothers.

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 Older women as mothers.

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 Younger women as sisters in all purity.

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 Seeing the language here?

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 Again, this speaks of our identity as a church.

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 We're family.

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 This is the same that's true when it speaks of overseers or elders or pastors.

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 Verse Timothy 3, 4 to 5 says,

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 He, speaking of an overseer, must manage his own household well,

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 with all dignity, keeping his children submissive.

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 For if someone does not know how to manage his own household,

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 how will he care for God's church?

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 Again, basically saying, if you can't take care of your own family,

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 how will you take care of what is also called the family, the family of God?

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 The training ground is your own family because this larger entity is a family.

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 And the skills transfer.

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 You being able to manage your own household, your own family,

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 carries over to the household of God, which is also a family.

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 1 Corinthians 4, 15.

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 Paul said to the Corinthians, he said,

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 Though you have countless guides in Christ,

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 another version says 10,000 instructors in Christ,

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 you do not have many fathers.

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 For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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 See this familial language.

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 1 Thessalonians 2, 11 to 12.

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 For you know how like a father with his children,

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 we exhorted each of you and encouraged you and charged you.

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 Okay?

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 Like a father with his children.

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 1 Thessalonians 2, 7 to 8 says,

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 We were gentle among you like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

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 Okay?

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 Does this mean Paul was trans?

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 No.

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 It means that Paul was able to...

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 You didn't see that question coming, did you?

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 Okay?

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 Well, what's the deal here though?

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 Paul says, he just said in the same book,

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 that like a father with his children.

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 Just making sure you guys are awake.

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 And then he says like a nursing mother.

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 Okay?

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 This again flies in the face of macho Christianity,

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 where men think that they can't have any kind of tenderness to them.

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 All right?

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 They must be tender.

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 Paul unabashedly says like a nursing mother taking care of her children.

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 And he says,

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 I was so affectionately desirous of you that we were ready to share with you

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 not only the gospel of God, but also our own selves,

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 because you had become very dear to us.

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 This is the language of family.

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 This is the language of fathering, mothering,

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 becoming dear to one another, affectionately desirous of one another.

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 You ever been a part of church where you'd say,

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 I'm affectionately desirous of the other person?

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 I hope you have.

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 If you haven't, we can be.

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 Okay?

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 And again, it's not about,

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 well, I just have to try really hard to make sure we're a family.

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 No.

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 God has given us the right to be called children of God.

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 We just need to act out who God already says we are.

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 We need to believe, and our belief will inform our behavior.

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 Okay?

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 Our belief will inform our expression of church.

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 Do you believe?

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 Do you believe that we are children of God in a family together?

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 Lastly, Philippians 2.22.

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 Paul said,

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 You know Timothy's proven worth how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

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 Okay?

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 So how do we live out our identity as family?

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 Okay?

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 Two main ways, before we get into more specifics,

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 is just, number one, time together.

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 Any healthy family spends good time together.

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 Quality time together.

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 All right?

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 And a lot of people love to say,

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 Well, I want the church to be a family.

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 Or the church is a family.

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 But, or,

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 Are you willing?

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 Is your desire consistent with your level of time you're willing to invest?

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 Someone once said,

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 Time equals relationship.

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 Okay?

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 You really can't have a relationship much deeper than the time you spend.

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 Time is what builds relationship.

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 Time is what builds a sense of family together with people who aren't your blood.

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 But it can be stronger because you have that bond of the Spirit,

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 or what the Bible calls the fellowship of the Spirit.

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 And so it's important for us to be able to say,

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 Hey, I am not only just willing,

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 I am prioritizing and setting aside time to cultivate family with the people around me.

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 Okay?

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 And that doesn't mean being really awkward and weird and contrived.

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 Because again, that doesn't build family.

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 That just builds divisive weirdness.

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 All right?

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 We don't want that.

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 You don't want that.

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 It's just being normal with each other.

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 It's doing the things you'd like to do with people and enjoying one another,

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 enjoying life together.

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 Okay?

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 So that's one aspect of family.

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 It's just cultivating time.

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 Just making time for one another.

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 The other side, though, which I say is almost as important,

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 and the longer I'm at this, I'm starting to think maybe it's even more important.

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 Jury's still out on that.

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 But is growing as a family together through mission.

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 You know, you hear the term even band of brothers.

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 What caused that band to become brothers?

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 Mission.

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 War.

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 You know?

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 And when you get in the trenches together,

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 when you fight for other people together,

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 when you're preaching the gospel together,

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 when you're on mission to specific people and places,

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 when you're ministering to people and in the trenches with people and crying with people

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 and burdened with people and losing sleep over people together,

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 you know what I'm saying?

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 Where, I mean, have you ever been so burdened by someone or a situation or their sin

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 that you can't even eat,

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 and there's other people who can't eat because they're so burdened by it?

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 I've experienced that before.

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 When you go through the trenches like that,

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 and then you come out on your side,

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 and you see God's faithfulness,

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 and you see the victory,

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 and you see God redeem broken things,

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 and people repent of their sin,

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 what does that do with those other people?

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 You might have nothing in common with them,

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 but you know what you have in common with them?

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 You've been in the trenches together.

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 You've been at war together.

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 You've grieved together.

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 You've cried together.

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 You've pleaded together.

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 You've prayed and fasted together.

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 You've been on mission together,

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 and what happens is it forms deep familial bonds

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 that in some ways time together can't really touch.

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 This is why, you know,

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 the people who come back from war have a bond

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 that they didn't have when they started,

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 even though when they went out there together,

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 they had really nothing in common.

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 What drove them together?

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 The mission, okay?

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 And so think of those two things.

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 I think those are primary in cultivating family together,

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 but just trying to be brothers and sisters to one another.

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 What does it mean to be a brother?

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 What does it mean to be a sister?

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 If we're older,

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 thinking about what it looks like

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 to be fathering or mothering people.

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 You might say,

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 well, I don't want to be a father or mother.

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 I don't know how to be a father or mother.

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 No one fathered and mothered me.

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 Well, you can find out.

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 Ask someone you do know who is.

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 Get into the scriptures and learn how,

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 because if you're older,

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 invariably someone is looking to you in that way,

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 and you might not even be realizing it.

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 They're looking at you and they're thinking,

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 oh, you're a father figure.

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 You're a mother figure.

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 And you're thinking,

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 I don't want to be a father figure or mother figure.

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 Why not?

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 A family screwed us up.

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 It's going to be a family that puts us back together.

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 It's part of the reason why we have the family of God.

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 The church is that entity

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 that can come and redeem those broken places

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 where our own natural families have screwed up.

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 We can still experience the father with skin on it.

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 The father fleshed out in a group of people

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 where you understand who God is

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 and what he does through people,

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 the way they love you,

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 the way they listen to you,

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 the way they're there for you,

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 the way they're consistent with you

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 and faithful with you.

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 You get to be able to see the faithfulness of God.

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 Okay?

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 This means meeting regularly with people

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 in your missional community.

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 It means eating meals together

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 with your entire missional community

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 or just certain people in your missional community.

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 All right?

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 Meal sharing is all throughout the scriptures.

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 Don't negate that as not a big deal.

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 You may say, well, that's just life.

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 No, that's actually intentional.

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 Jesus would see someone when he saw Nicodemus.

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 What did he say?

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 Hey, I want to go over to your house.

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 We're going to eat.

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 We're going to eat together.

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 That's a form of ministry.

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 Get to know each other

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 and get familiar with one another's stories

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 and their testimonies.

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 If you know that a person knows what hurts you,

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 there's a deeper bond there, right?

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 If you know that they know you

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 and they know what's been hard for you,

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 they know what you've been through.

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 Party and celebrate together.

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 Their birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers,

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 wedding receptions, holidays.

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 Do we do this stuff together?

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 That's what families do.

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 Families do that together.

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 Okay?

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 Families should be, if they're healthy,

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 they're good communicators.

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 You think, well,

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 my family isn't very good communicators

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 and there's pain because of that, right?

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 What is the key to communication?

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 Or, I'm sorry,

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 what is the key to community?

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 Just gave away the punchline, sorry.

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 What is the key to community?

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 Communication, right?

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 Same root word, right?

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 Community, communication.

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 It's communing.

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 People say,

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 well, I want community,

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 but I don't want to communicate.

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 Tell me how that works.

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 Tell me how that works.

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 It doesn't.

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 It doesn't.

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 I want community,

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 but I never want to return people's phone calls,

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 texts, boxes,

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 whatever it may be,

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 or I just want to do it on my own time.

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 How's that working for you?

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 It doesn't.

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 Okay?

00:20:04.959 --> 00:20:06.059
 You can't have community

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 or what's even deeper than community,

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 family,

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 if we don't,

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 if we aren't good communicators.

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 Okay?

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 This looks like,

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 family looks like being voluntarily open

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 with one another.

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 Family doesn't wait to be asked.

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 Family just opens up.

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 Okay?

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 Makes that really open.

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 Whenever someone asks me,

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 I answer their questions.

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 What about being voluntarily open?

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 Where you don't wait

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 till they ask your questions.

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 You know people like that.

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 They're the ones you feel you know the best

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 because they're an open book.

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 And being an open book,

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 having the windows open,

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 is one thing,

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 but is the door locked

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 and bolted

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 and chained shut?

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 Do you let people in

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 after you're open?

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 Are you vulnerable?

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 This is what family is.

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 Family lets people in.

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 They say,

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 well, my family doesn't let me in.

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 Right,

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 but that's not healthy family.

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 Healthy family lets you in.

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 Okay?

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 Family helps each other.

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 They share stuff with each other.

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 Intentionally blessing one another.

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 They share hobbies

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 or interests together.

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 And you don't just share

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 your own interests,

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 you share the other people's interests.

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 Okay?

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 Getting into other people's worlds.

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 We have fun and relaxed together.

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 Okay?

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 Maybe even get,

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 you know,

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 a missional community

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 going away together

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 on a trip together.

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 Just growing together,

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 having fun together,

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 and then looking for the seasonal rhythms

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 of when that makes the most sense.

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 Family can be cultivated

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 all year round

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 very easily.

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 Okay?

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 Secondly,

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 we're servants.

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 In Christ,

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 we belong to God,

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 which makes us servants.

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 Okay?

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 1 Corinthians 6,

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 19 to 20

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 says,

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 you're not your own.

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 You were bought with a price.

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 So glorify God in your body.

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 Okay?

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:41.220
 Because we're not our own,

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:43.080
 we glorify God with ourselves.

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 Like,

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 we're no longer

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:47.060
 at the disposal of ourselves.

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.279
 We can't just do what we want,

00:21:48.340 --> 00:21:48.820
 when we want,

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.500
 how we want,

00:21:49.560 --> 00:21:50.160
 the way we want.

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.019
 We've been bought.

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.980
 Jesus bought us

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.920
 with the blood of Christ,

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 and now we're his servants.

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:55.840
 Okay?

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:57.259
 That's the identity we have.

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 But it flows out of his purchasing of us

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 by his blood.

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 When we take the Lord's table,

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 we remember

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:03.900
 not just that he died for us

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.519
 to be forgiven,

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.940
 we remember that he died

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 for us to be bought,

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 that we were purchased,

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 that our life is no longer our own.

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 And so we glorify God with our body,

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 not out of obligation,

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 but out of response

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 to the death of Jesus on the cross

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 when his blood was shed,

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 so that ours wouldn't have to be.

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 He died in our places,

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:24.599
 as Sean shared this morning,

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:24.980
 right?

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 The substitutionary sacrifice

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 of the Savior.

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.740
 Galatians 5.24 said,

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 those who belong to Christ Jesus

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 have crucified the flesh

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 with its passions and desires.

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 So when you know

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 that it's our identity,

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.660
 that we belong to him,

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 that he's purchased us,

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 the implications of that

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 are that we crucify the flesh

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 with its passions and desires.

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 That's the fruit of someone

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 who knows they belong.

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 That's the fruit of someone

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 who knows I'm a servant of Christ.

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 Because I belong to him,

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 I've put to death the flesh

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 with its passions and desires.

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 Mark 10.43-45 said,

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 whoever be great among you

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 must be your servant.

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 Whoever be first among you

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 must be slave of all.

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 For even the Son of Man

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 came not to be served,

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 but to serve,

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 and to give his life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 What is your heart

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 when it comes to service?

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 Galatians 5.13 says,

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 through love,

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 serve one another.

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 1 Peter 4.10-11 says,

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 as each has received a gift,

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 use it to serve one another

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 as good stewards

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 of God's very grace.

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 Whoever speaks

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 is the one who speaks

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 oracles of God.

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 Whoever serves

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 is one who serves

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.940
 by the strength

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 that God supplies.

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.180
 In order that in everything

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.299
 God may be glorified

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.440
 through Jesus Christ.

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.380
 Okay?

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.740
 You each have gifts.

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.500
 We all have gifts.

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 Are we using them

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 to serve one another?

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 Yeah, knowing that

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 my gifts don't belong to me.

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 I don't belong to me.

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.039
 I've been purchased

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.179
 by the blood of Jesus.

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 Therefore,

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 everything that's given to me

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 is for the body.

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.240
 It's for others.

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.199
 I've been given a gift.

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 It's used to serve one another.

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.619
 I've been given things.

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 It's used to bless one another.

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 That's the heart of a servant.

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 And I think there's two ways,

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 I think,

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 that this service fleshes out.

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:04.639
 One,

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.359
 just the service

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.399
 of the family of God.

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.439
 We serve one another.

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.199
 We look for ways

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:09.159
 that we can help one another,

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.519
 do things for one another,

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:12.319
 but also missional service.

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.180
 Where we can,

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.000
 there's sometimes

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.599
 when you're trying

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.460
 to reach out to someone,

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 I remember

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 even one of my neighbors

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:19.440
 many years ago

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.660
 when I moved into the house

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:22.279
 we lived in before this one,

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.980
 I was trying to reach out

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.379
 to a neighbor

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 and there was no

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 getting through to them.

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 And I remember just,

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.940
 they were out

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:31.200
 sealing their front deck.

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 Kind of an innocuous little thing,

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.980
 not a big deal, right?

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.799
 I just said,

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.980
 hey, we'll help you.

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.639
 They're like,

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.420
 oh, you don't have to help me.

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.200
 No, no, no, we'll help you.

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.500
 Went back in the house,

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.660
 put on some paint clothes,

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.220
 came out there.

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 We just sat there,

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.819
 talked to them.

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 I mean, it wasn't hard work at all.

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 But you would have thought

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:48.000
 we gave my firstborn kid

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.720
 to them or something.

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:50.839
 They were like super overjoyed

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:52.200
 that we would help them.

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.980
 And you know why?

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.700
 Because they probably

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.460
 don't have any friends

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 who do that.

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.579
 And you might think,

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.559
 well, that's normal for us.

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.339
 We do that for each other

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.879
 all the time.

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 It's not for them.

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.660
 They don't have friends

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.180
 that do that.

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.500
 They were so taken aback

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.940
 that we would help them

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.720
 seal their deck.

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.940
 It was a very tiny deck.

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.019
 It wasn't that big of a deal.

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:11.420
 You know, so easy, easy win.

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.400
 But in their world,

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.059
 that was big.

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:13.799
 Okay?

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.220
 Serving the lost

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.980
 is a huge way

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.940
 to break down walls.

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 Doing different things.

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.279
 It's not hard.

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.839
 And it's fun.

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.879
 It's fun when you do it

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:22.099
 because you belong to Christ.

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.759
 It's not out of

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.700
 religious obligation.

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.680
 It's not out of striving.

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.119
 It's that,

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.579
 hey, I've been bought

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.240
 with a price.

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:29.000
 Seal a deck?

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.839
 Yeah, I can do that.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.920
 I can do that.

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.500
 Jesus purchased me.

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.400
 This is no big deal.

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.019
 And if this is an inroad

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.820
 for these people

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.380
 to be open,

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.180
 to be talking to them

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.900
 about the gospel,

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.180
 let's do it.

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.680
 That conversation

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.620
 on that deck

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.400
 led to me

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.180
 going on a trip

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.380
 down to Haiti

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:47.000
 with them

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.259
 and their parents

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.340
 where I preached

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:50.220
 the gospel to them,

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.100
 their parents,

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.259
 to all the workers

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.840
 down in Haiti

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.380
 that I met,

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.660
 and a bunch of other people

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.100
 that I met

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.980
 throughout that whole trip.

00:25:56.060 --> 00:25:56.740
 It was like a paid

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.460
 missions trip

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.120
 through them

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:59.259
 that they didn't know

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.919
 that I was on.

00:26:00.979 --> 00:26:02.039
 And it all started

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.919
 with me just going

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.359
 over there

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.339
 and doing their deck.

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.339
 So,

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.119
 look at that.

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.739
 That worked out

00:26:07.739 --> 00:26:08.299
 pretty awesome.

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.439
 What are some ways

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.419
 we can serve one another?

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.839
 Help each other

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.379
 when in need.

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:14.079
 Okay?

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.559
 And here's a key one.

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.759
 And not letting people

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.519
 do things alone.

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.139
 You know the thing

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:20.019
 that you have to do

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.979
 that you don't want to do

00:26:20.979 --> 00:26:22.000
 but you have to do it

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.000
 and you hate to do it alone?

00:26:23.479 --> 00:26:24.399
 The best thing to do

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:25.259
 is to help the person

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.939
 with that thing

00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.379
 so they don't have

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:26.879
 to do it alone.

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.660
 I remember one time

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.820
 I was working on my house

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.440
 when I first moved

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:32.020
 to Kansas City in 2008.

00:26:32.780 --> 00:26:33.380
 Bought a house

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.880
 in the Northeast

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.560
 and I was

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:36.340
 flew down here by myself

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:37.260
 and was working on it.

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:38.900
 And another guy

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.720
 I had known here,

00:26:40.260 --> 00:26:41.560
 a spiritual father of mine,

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.400
 showed up

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.540
 on a date night

00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:44.160
 with his wife

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.240
 in their nice clothes,

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.780
 saw me there alone

00:26:46.780 --> 00:26:48.200
 and had compassion for me

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.900
 because they had known

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.500
 what it's like

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.560
 to be working on a house

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:51.780
 late at night

00:26:51.780 --> 00:26:52.500
 all alone.

00:26:53.020 --> 00:26:54.000
 And they started

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.580
 going to work.

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:54.840
 I'm like,

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.200
 no, no, no.

00:26:55.340 --> 00:26:56.200
 Do not do this.

00:26:56.260 --> 00:26:56.540
 And they're like,

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.940
 no, no, no.

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.859
 We are doing this.

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.480
 We're not letting you

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.079
 do this alone.

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.099
 And I'm like,

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:01.039
 no, you guys are all

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.859
 in your nice clothes.

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.240
 And they're like,

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.680
 we have been in many nights

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.099
 like this

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.139
 where we've done stuff alone.

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.440
 We're not letting you do this.

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:09.279
 And it just meant so much.

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:09.680
 I mean,

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.180
 in one sense,

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.180
 I didn't want them to do it

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.539
 because I'm like,

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.980
 you guys just want to date.

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.779
 You're in your nice clothes.

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:15.660
 But it really meant a lot to me

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:17.480
 because when someone says,

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:19.160
 I won't let you do this alone,

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:21.000
 there's something really bonding

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.940
 in that moment.

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:23.059
 So that's how we can serve

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.960
 when I look for opportunities.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.839
 When someone's doing something

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.480
 by their self

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.740
 and that you can tell

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.859
 they're really burdened by it,

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.619
 just like,

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:28.819
 hey,

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.559
 I'm not going to let you

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.039
 do this alone.

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.839
 Let me come help you.

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.879
 Let me come over there.

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.720
 I'm coming over right now.

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.619
 And they say,

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.079
 no, no, no, no.

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.319
 Come over.

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.639
 No, no, no.

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.480
 I'm coming over right now.

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.759
 Okay.

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:37.099
 And then you just go help them out.

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.639
 So that could look like home repair.

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.419
 It can look like working

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:41.599
 on each other's houses,

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.919
 babysitting each other's kids,

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.659
 serving.

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.000
 You know,

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.159
 some people just never get a date

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.599
 because they don't know

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.379
 when to watch their kids.

00:27:48.459 --> 00:27:49.279
 That can be huge.

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:52.959
 Making or paying for meals

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.679
 for each other,

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.819
 praying for one another,

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.179
 helping each other move.

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.039
 Okay.

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:59.139
 We've been able to bless

00:27:59.139 --> 00:28:00.439
 a lot of people through moves,

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.159
 making one of the missions

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:04.159
 of my life is to make

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:05.559
 moving suck less for people.

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.619
 So I'm just trying to,

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:08.819
 create like a lot more people

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.379
 to help move.

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.079
 So let's just go short and quick.

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:13.699
 And it's not as a horrible experience.

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.359
 Helping each other budget.

00:28:15.679 --> 00:28:15.919
 All right.

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.139
 Listening to each other,

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:19.299
 showing hospitality without grumbling

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.359
 by opening your homes

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.879
 to one another

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:22.939
 for gatherings or meals or parties.

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:26.059
 Barring your stuff to each other,

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.980
 borrowing vehicles,

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.539
 tools, clothes,

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.000
 and then just looking

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.919
 for those seasonal

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:32.279
 kind of rhythms of service.

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.379
 Maybe there's certain seasons

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.379
 where it makes more sense

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.779
 than others,

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.319
 but service is pretty much,

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.619
 I think,

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.419
 a year round thing

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.159
 that we can be doing

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.720
 here and there.

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.159
 Okay.

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.980
 Next thing.

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.500
 Number three,

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.279
 we're disciples.

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.059
 Okay.

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.679
 We're disciples.

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.700
 In Christ,

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.740
 we abide in his word

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.720
 and bear much fruit,

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.839
 which makes us disciples.

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.659
 John 8 31 says,

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.859
 so Jesus said to the Jews

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.559
 who had believed them,

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.460
 if you abide in my word,

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:56.059
 you are truly my disciples.

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.779
 And then John 15,

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.240
 eight says,

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.639
 by this,

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.759
 my father is glorified

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.079
 that you bear much fruit

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.199
 and so proved

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:03.099
 to be my disciples.

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.079
 Okay.

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:06.019
 So because of what God

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.679
 has done for us,

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.839
 we abide in his word.

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.259
 And in that abiding,

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.139
 what ends up happening

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:11.099
 is we bear much fruit,

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.779
 which proves

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.559
 that we're disciples.

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.539
 Okay.

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:15.139
 You don't strive

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:16.039
 to be a disciple.

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.879
 Discipleship

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.379
 and the fruit

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.099
 of discipleship

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:20.199
 comes out of abiding

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:21.399
 in who Jesus is

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:23.059
 and what he's done

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.559
 for us.

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:23.939
 Okay.

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.900
 It's a fruit

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.080
 that comes out of us.

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.840
 It should be coming out.

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.120
 It should be coming out

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:31.620
 of us in some ways,

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:33.640
 some ways effortlessly,

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.759
 not always,

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.440
 but there's just,

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.220
 it's just,

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.779
 it's growing inside of us.

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:39.420
 There's a seed inside of us

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.340
 that grows.

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.059
 The word of God

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.120
 grows inside of us,

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.360
 our abiding in him.

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.440
 And it's Christ

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.080
 who lives in us.

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.420
 It's no longer I who live,

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.660
 but Christ who lives in us.

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:49.640
 When Christ lives through us,

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:51.200
 does Christ have a hard time

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.420
 living the Christian life?

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.779
 No.

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.580
 Does Christ have a hard time

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.759
 bearing the fruit of discipleship?

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.519
 No.

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.539
 Has he ever?

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.900
 No, he doesn't.

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:01.539
 And when you are in Christ,

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.600
 it's no longer I who live,

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.720
 but Christ who lives in you.

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:05.200
 And when Christ lives in you,

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.580
 the fruit of Christ,

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.860
 the fruit of the Spirit,

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.700
 the fruit of discipleship

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.660
 comes out of you.

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.299
 Okay.

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.140
 And it proves

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.860
 that you're a disciple.

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:14.259
 If you abide in my word,

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:15.259
 you are truly my disciples.

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:16.440
 If you bear much fruit,

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.720
 you so prove

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.519
 to be a disciple.

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.840
 Fruit is the proof

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.759
 of discipleship.

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.500
 Okay.

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:23.200
 This is why we look for fruit.

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.519
 This is why we confront fruit.

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.279
 This is why we have conversations

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.200
 about fruit.

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.640
 And this is why we don't judge

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.259
 people's hearts

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.860
 because we don't know

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.580
 each other's hearts.

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:32.240
 But we do know each other's fruit

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.500
 and we can speak to the fruit.

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.620
 Okay.

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:37.299
 Luke 14, 26 to 27 says,

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.339
 If anyone comes to me,

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:40.159
 it's not hate his own father

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:40.539
 and mother

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.519
 and wife and children

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.700
 and brothers and sisters.

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.639
 Yes, even his own life.

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.539
 He cannot be my disciple.

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.180
 Whoever does not bear his own cross

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.359
 and come after me

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:52.019
 cannot be my disciple.

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.960
 And verse 33 says,

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.539
 Any one of you

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:56.079
 who does not renounce

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:57.139
 all that he has

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:58.899
 cannot be my disciple.

00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:00.220
 So discipleship

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.500
 has it with a great cost.

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:03.159
 And for us to be disciples together

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:04.119
 means we're going to have

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.879
 to challenge one another.

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:06.360
 We have to hold each other accountable

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.840
 to walk in divine order

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:09.060
 to make sure we're not exalting

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:10.480
 good things like family

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.740
 above Christ.

00:31:12.260 --> 00:31:14.100
 We're not exalting good things

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:15.940
 that we're supposed to do

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.520
 without not doing the right things

00:31:17.520 --> 00:31:18.280
 in the wrong order.

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.660
 All right.

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.580
 But we're doing the right

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.360
 and they're not just doing

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.860
 the top things

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:24.360
 and neglecting the lesser things.

00:31:24.520 --> 00:31:26.200
 We're doing all the things

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.180
 in the right order.

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:27.880
 Okay.

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:29.260
 That's discipleship.

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.940
 That's the kingdom of God.

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:32.140
 We're seeking the kingdom.

00:31:32.280 --> 00:31:33.240
 We're teaching one another.

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.599
 Okay.

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.440
 Acts 11 26

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.539
 says that in Antioch

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.039
 the disciples

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:39.339
 were first called Christians.

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:41.140
 Some people teach

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.680
 that disciple

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.700
 is different from Christian.

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.660
 The Bible doesn't.

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.019
 Disciple and Christian

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.680
 are synonymous.

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.680
 When it says disciple

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.480
 it means Christian.

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.500
 When it says Christian

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.359
 it means disciple.

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.819
 So when we make disciples

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.660
 we make Christians.

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.480
 Okay.

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.279
 When we encourage people

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.880
 to be disciples

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.640
 we encourage people

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.319
 to be Christians.

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.759
 In 2 Timothy 2 verse 2

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.620
 says what you have heard

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.140
 from me

00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:00.180
 in the presence

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.099
 of many witnesses

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:03.419
 entrust to faithful men

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:04.319
 who will be able

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.839
 to teach others also.

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.459
 Okay.

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.439
 And is this not

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:08.819
 the essence of discipleship?

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:10.000
 You hear things

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.240
 you grow in things

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.399
 you learn things

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.480
 and then you entrust

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.099
 them to others.

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.059
 You teach them

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.699
 to other people.

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.839
 This is what we do

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.639
 as parents right?

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.779
 We've learned things

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.459
 and we hope to bring

00:32:19.459 --> 00:32:20.079
 our kids up

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.059
 in those same things.

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.199
 It's not just

00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:23.639
 in these set times

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.439
 of discipleship

00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:25.719
 it's in their coming

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:26.159
 they're going

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:26.819
 when they're rising

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:28.599
 when they're going to bed.

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:30.059
 We are speaking truth

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.359
 to them

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.839
 and it should be

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.299
 the same way

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.879
 in the church.

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.819
 It's not just

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:34.019
 relegated to Sunday mornings

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.879
 and Wednesday nights

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.940
 it's in the everyday

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.720
 step of life

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.440
 where we're learning

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.399
 and teaching

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:39.659
 and imparting things

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.440
 to other people

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.700
 that we have received

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.299
 from others.

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:42.700
 Okay.

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.039
 What is the

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:46.440
 two kind of ways

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.440
 to look at discipleship?

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.799
 One is in seasons.

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.240
 There are seasons

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.960
 we're always doing

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.240
 discipleship in one sense

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.759
 but then there's

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.740
 a seasonal aspect

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.220
 of it.

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.299
 I think in

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.759
 especially in Kansas City

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:58.500
 the deep winter time

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.179
 and the deep center

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.720
 summer time

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.840
 is the best time

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.360
 to hunker down

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.100
 for discipleship

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:04.600
 because when it's

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.080
 really cold

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:05.799
 people don't really

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.759
 want to go out

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.240
 and hang out

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.299
 and do all kinds of stuff

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.400
 and in the middle

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.820
 of the summer

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.680
 when it's super hot

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.700
 people aren't getting out

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.799
 those are good times

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.700
 to kind of hunker down

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.259
 and say alright

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.980
 let's do some discipleship

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.940
 let's get in the word together

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.700
 let's study something together

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.580
 let's talk about

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:21.100
 some discipleship needs

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:22.140
 in our missional community

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.640
 let's use this season

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:25.200
 for that particular time.

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:25.820
 Okay.

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.320
 But then there's also

00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:28.779
 the life on life discipleship

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.420
 there's going to be

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.299
 strategic times

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.920
 much like we're doing

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.480
 what is a man

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.160
 on Monday nights

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:34.079
 that's a specific thing

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:35.599
 nine weeks talking about

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.180
 what is a man

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.920
 that's great

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:38.000
 it's good stuff right

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.879
 it's helpful

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.960
 isn't it

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:41.099
 I know it's helpful for me

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:43.500
 but in a Sunday morning sermon

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.940
 helpful

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.599
 okay

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:46.639
 hopefully what I'm preaching

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.099
 is helpful

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:48.460
 I know I listen to the other sermons

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.160
 those are helpful

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.940
 okay

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:51.240
 but what about

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.259
 is it just that

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.180
 is that all we do

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.539
 no

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.539
 when Jesus

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.839
 ended his life

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.940
 did he have 12 disciples

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.700
 when he was

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.519
 crucified

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.000
 and then

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.960
 left this earth

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.460
 did he have 12 disciples

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.460
 when it was all said and done

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:03.920
 no

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:05.339
 he had 120

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.299
 okay

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.559
 well

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.579
 where did the rest

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.139
 come from

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.800
 if disciples

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.320
 are only made

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.880
 in the context

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.699
 of small groups

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.800
 well

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.840
 he spoke to them

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.440
 in larger groups

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.559
 so it's in all things

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.519
 it's the large

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.139
 it's the small

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.900
 it's in the public

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.099
 it's from house to house

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.739
 okay

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.320
 that's why we're not

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.019
 one or the other

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.739
 it's both

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.619
 all right

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.319
 the bible says

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:24.039
 in public

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:25.239
 and from house to house

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:26.599
 do we believe in public

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.119
 yes

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.159
 I'm preaching right now

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.599
 in public

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.119
 do we believe in house

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.859
 absolutely

00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:32.819
 we open up our homes

00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:34.000
 you guys open up your homes

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.259
 this is intentional

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:36.339
 and this is where

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:37.299
 discipleship happens

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:38.739
 in the life on life

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.419
 in the context

00:34:39.419 --> 00:34:40.219
 of life on life

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:41.439
 you're with each other

00:34:41.439 --> 00:34:42.139
 and you're talking

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:43.159
 with each other

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.619
 and these things happen

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.819
 and you can be led

00:34:45.819 --> 00:34:46.359
 by the spirit

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:47.379
 it was really awesome

00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:48.019
 last night

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:49.539
 we had a family over

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.819
 before they came over

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:52.380
 my wife

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:53.559
 I believe prophetically

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.960
 brought up something

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:56.500
 to me that she thought

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.720
 I should talk to them about

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:59.820
 and when she brought it up to me

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.900
 I had already been thinking

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.700
 about those things

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:02.320
 so I was like

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.420
 yes I like this

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.580
 tell that to me again

00:35:04.580 --> 00:35:05.360
 I want to make sure

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.039
 I got it right

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.660
 so she told it to me again

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:09.080
 then we sit down

00:35:09.080 --> 00:35:09.800
 and I'm just praying

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:11.019
 and looking for a way

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.380
 to bring this into the conversation

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.760
 not in a weird awkward way

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.740
 because it's kind of

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.860
 a confrontation right

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:17.380
 but I really care

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:18.059
 for these people

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.480
 and the guy

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.039
 starts sharing

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.400
 he's like

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.400
 hey I have this dream

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.000
 the other night

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:23.059
 and you were in it

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.679
 I was like

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.380
 oh you tell

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:26.619
 and he had this dream

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.920
 it was insane

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:29.759
 the dream was exactly

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.440
 what we were going to

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.219
 talk to them about

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:32.860
 and it painted it all

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.579
 perfect

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.440
 and I was just kind of like

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.119
 wow this is the biggest

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.219
 softball I've ever received

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:38.360
 it was

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.860
 but it was

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.759
 Gene and I

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.579
 were so encouraged

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.279
 it's just like

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:42.039
 this is how

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:43.119
 discipleship happens

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:44.420
 it happens supernaturally

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.800
 too

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.900
 like you can trust

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.800
 for prophetic words

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.460
 you can see God

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.480
 give prophetic dreams

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.840
 and I think it probably

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.539
 made him so much

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.119
 more receptive

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.179
 to even what I had to say

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:53.240
 because he had this dream

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:55.139
 like God actually

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:56.159
 put me in a dream

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.780
 to talk to him

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.320
 ahead of time

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.139
 so that when I talk

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.800
 to him in real life

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.440
 it would go better

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.780
 thank you Lord

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.340
 that was great

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:03.059
 but so encouraging

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.119
 I mean it just made

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.880
 Gene and I both say

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.380
 we need to pray

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.240
 for more of this stuff

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.960
 this is awesome

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.980
 did you tell them

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.440
 that Gene and I

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.780
 said something

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.460
 yes we did

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.760
 we told them afterwards

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.960
 she's like

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.539
 can I tell them

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.880
 I'm like yeah

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.240
 tell them

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:16.659
 but it's so encouraging

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:19.159
 and but sometimes

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.799
 we forget about

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.319
 stuff like that

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:21.199
 we think oh

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:22.500
 we're just striving

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.079
 in the flesh

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.859
 like oh here's

00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:24.459
 some people here

00:36:24.459 --> 00:36:25.239
 they're at my house

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:26.239
 should probably

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:27.039
 encourage them

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.699
 or challenge them

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.279
 or teach them

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:29.479
 instead of thinking

00:36:29.479 --> 00:36:31.019
 hey the God

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.839
 of the universe

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.639
 is present

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:34.219
 he's with me

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:35.739
 he saved me

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.919
 I don't have to strive

00:36:36.919 --> 00:36:38.039
 I don't have to

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.919
 make something

00:36:38.919 --> 00:36:39.579
 happen here

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.619
 that's not my job

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.419
 I have my job

00:36:41.419 --> 00:36:42.199
 just to be faithful

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:43.559
 and so it's like

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.139
 alright here we are

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.359
 Lord

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:45.339
 let's do this

00:36:45.339 --> 00:36:46.539
 what do you have

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:48.079
 and then look what

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.500
 he does

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.259
 and we need to

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:50.000
 expect more of that

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.039
 that's discipleship

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.980
 yes we'll have

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.579
 formal stuff

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.460
 we'll do man camp

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.480
 you know what is a man

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.119
 on Monday nights

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.059
 we'll do teachings

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.539
 like this

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.019
 and we'll do

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.919
 marriage stuff

00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:58.779
 and parenting stuff

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.339
 and other kinds

00:36:59.339 --> 00:36:59.779
 of training

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.679
 those are all good

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.099
 things

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.899
 what about the

00:37:01.899 --> 00:37:02.619
 life on life

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.939
 we speak boldly

00:37:03.939 --> 00:37:04.339
 to one another

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:05.059
 but in love

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.059
 in each other's

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.599
 living rooms

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.539
 and kitchen tables

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.579
 that's important

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.159
 okay

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:11.139
 so what are some

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.519
 other ways

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.899
 that we do

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:13.960
 identity as disciples

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:15.980
 studying and being

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.559
 prepared

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.940
 to teach others

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.639
 the gospel

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.920
 or practicing

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.019
 preaching the gospel

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.820
 to each other

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:23.200
 sometimes even

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:23.860
 taking the Lord's

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.519
 table together

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.840
 or being fluent

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.519
 in the gospel

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.079
 okay

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.760
 where we can just

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.519
 speak the gospel

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.180
 to one another

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:30.360
 so that we get good

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.860
 and so we know

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.420
 how to speak it

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.260
 to the lost people

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.440
 this looks like

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:34.460
 confessing your sins

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.079
 to one another

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.240
 okay

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:37.599
 and just saying

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.579
 and not exalting

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.119
 the sin

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.740
 but exalting

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.200
 the Savior

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:41.119
 there's a way

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.500
 to confess

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.039
 sins

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.539
 that makes

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.000
 your sin

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.460
 exalted

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.199
 and there's

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.399
 a way

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:44.759
 to confess

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.179
 sins

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.739
 that exalts

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.259
 the Savior

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:47.000
 of your sins

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.739
 know the difference

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.519
 we don't want

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.059
 to have a church

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.480
 where everybody

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.299
 leaves the

00:37:51.299 --> 00:37:52.579
 accountability time

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.460
 and feels

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.759
 morbidly

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.179
 discouraged

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:56.500
 just like

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.859
 oh

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:58.279
 that

00:37:58.279 --> 00:38:00.539
 that was rough

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.559
 everybody

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.439
 shared their sin

00:38:02.439 --> 00:38:02.819
 and

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:04.319
 now

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:05.000
 we're going to

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.359
 do it again

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.899
 next week

00:38:05.899 --> 00:38:06.259
 you know

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.480
 like

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.579
 there's nothing

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.779
 I don't want

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:09.219
 to do this

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:09.699
 next week

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.500
 this is horrible

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.340
 you know

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.940
 instead of

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.400
 hey

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.000
 this is what

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.519
 Christ is

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.340
 saving me from

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.360
 yes

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.840
 this is

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.699
 this is a struggle

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.679
 but I want you

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.019
 to know

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.199
 how I'm accessing

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:20.599
 Christ through faith

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.299
 or you say

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:21.739
 hey

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:23.199
 I want to confess

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.779
 to you some sin

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.139
 and I'm having

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:25.000
 a hard time

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:26.840
 believing that

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.719
 Christ is saving me

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:28.500
 I'm having a hard time

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.360
 accessing the

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.199
 saving power of Jesus

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:31.259
 would you help me

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:31.759
 would you speak

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.559
 the gospel to you

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.799
 would you expose

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:34.779
 my blind spots here

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.799
 I'm missing something

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.819
 right

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.780
 and then someone

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.400
 helps you

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.660
 and say

00:38:38.660 --> 00:38:39.059
 okay

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:40.700
 now I can testify

00:38:40.700 --> 00:38:41.600
 God's saving me

00:38:41.600 --> 00:38:42.240
 because I see it

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:43.160
 the Bible talks about

00:38:43.160 --> 00:38:43.820
 you've been saved

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.500
 you're being saved

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.220
 and you will be saved

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:46.019
 it's three tenses

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:47.180
 and so often

00:38:47.180 --> 00:38:47.539
 in the church

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.280
 we talk about

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:48.720
 hey man

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.220
 hey brother

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:50.100
 I've been saved

00:38:50.100 --> 00:38:51.460
 I've been saved

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.519
 or we talk about

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.140
 the Lord returning

00:38:53.140 --> 00:38:54.100
 and we will be saved

00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:55.420
 and then what is it

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:56.300
 we just grit our teeth

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:57.120
 and try to stay free

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:57.559
 from sin

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.340
 and our own strength

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:59.180
 all through this life

00:38:59.180 --> 00:39:00.019
 no

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.640
 the same power

00:39:01.640 --> 00:39:02.200
 that saved us

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:03.200
 from the penalty of sin

00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:04.580
 is available to save us

00:39:04.580 --> 00:39:05.559
 from the power of sin

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:08.199
 and so we can be being saved

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:09.059
 that's sanctification

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.460
 right

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.460
 well that happens

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.840
 in the context of body life

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:13.039
 that's discipleship

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.699
 that's our identity

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.340
 as disciples

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:15.759
 we teach each other

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.779
 to rejoice

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.799
 and magnify

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:19.079
 the saving power of Jesus

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.139
 even in the midst

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.679
 of our sin

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:22.279
 even in our sin

00:39:22.279 --> 00:39:22.980
 and I say

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.539
 even in the midst

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.940
 of our sin

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.460
 where else are we

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.920
 going to do it

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.139
 right

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.519
 I mean

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:27.000
 that's where we need it

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.619
 okay

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.320
 this is studying

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:29.179
 and obeying the Bible

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.659
 together

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.940
 notice I didn't just say

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.719
 studying the Bible

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.719
 you know

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.519
 a lot of people

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.639
 want to have a Bible study

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.920
 how about a Bible obeying

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.420
 right

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.779
 like

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:39.119
 you can study the Bible

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.259
 but are we doing it

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:40.539
 right

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:42.299
 it's easy to study it

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.920
 in one sense

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.420
 like wow

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.039
 that's really good

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.940
 I studied the Bible

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.179
 okay now do it

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:48.079
 can we just study it some more

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.299
 I mean

00:39:48.299 --> 00:39:49.319
 that's a lot more fun

00:39:49.319 --> 00:39:50.420
 no

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.879
 we have to obey it as well

00:39:51.879 --> 00:39:52.339
 right

00:39:52.339 --> 00:39:53.859
 we speak the truth

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.639
 and love to one another

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:55.739
 we determine

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.839
 discipleship needs

00:39:56.839 --> 00:39:57.960
 in the missional community

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:59.619
 and then teach on those needs

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:01.119
 and don't think

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:02.339
 that only the lead partner

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:03.259
 is the one who can do that

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:04.320
 you might be seeing something

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.160
 that they're not seeing

00:40:05.160 --> 00:40:06.680
 had someone come up to me

00:40:06.680 --> 00:40:07.260
 the other day

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:08.920
 and just said

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.180
 hey

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:10.740
 this is just something

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.400
 I've noticed

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:12.200
 I think would be good

00:40:12.200 --> 00:40:12.740
 to teach on

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.160
 I was like

00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:14.740
 I did not think of that

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:15.900
 but I think you're right

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:17.160
 like that's really helpful

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:18.540
 thank you for bringing that up

00:40:18.540 --> 00:40:19.160
 so

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:20.180
 those kind of things

00:40:20.180 --> 00:40:20.560
 are helpful

00:40:20.560 --> 00:40:21.500
 sometimes you're seeing

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.440
 a need that someone else

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.020
 isn't seeing

00:40:23.020 --> 00:40:24.360
 and maybe you're even

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:25.280
 the one who's going to teach it

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.540
 you know

00:40:25.540 --> 00:40:25.920
 like hey

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.820
 could I teach on this

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.440
 do you think I could

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:28.140
 take some time

00:40:28.140 --> 00:40:29.220
 and just share this

00:40:29.220 --> 00:40:29.920
 maybe it's briefly

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.700
 maybe it's a little bit

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:32.140
 more longer form teaching

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:33.639
 but that's helpful

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.339
 for us to become

00:40:34.339 --> 00:40:35.259
 disciples together

00:40:35.259 --> 00:40:37.239
 growing and understanding

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:38.139
 what gifts you have

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:40.039
 and then how you can use

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:41.279
 the gifts you have

00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:42.139
 to serve one another

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:43.739
 and disciple one another

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.759
 build one another's up

00:40:44.759 --> 00:40:45.819
 could look like

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.859
 praying and prophesying

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:47.480
 over each other

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:47.699
 right

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:48.679
 just praying over each other

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:49.599
 asking the Lord

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.739
 Lord would you speak to us

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:51.619
 for this person

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.579
 this person

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.299
 that's being discouraged

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:53.799
 Lord just

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:54.940
 it'd be awesome

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.739
 if you gave us a word

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.099
 for them

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.839
 and you're just waiting

00:40:56.839 --> 00:40:57.299
 on the Lord

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:58.259
 maybe he does

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.859
 maybe he doesn't

00:40:58.859 --> 00:40:59.819
 but you're making room

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.340
 for him

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.539
 to speak to you

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.080
 you're listening

00:41:02.080 --> 00:41:02.640
 you're waiting

00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:03.480
 okay

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:05.960
 maybe it's a

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.920
 specific person

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.920
 maybe it's a whole family

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:09.019
 maybe it's just a couple

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:10.700
 it could be any of those three

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:12.460
 or teach on being

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.400
 filled with the Holy Spirit

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.220
 and praying for people

00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:15.180
 to be filled with the Spirit

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.539
 okay

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:17.000
 valuing the filling

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.800
 of the Holy Spirit

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:19.039
 and the power of the Holy Spirit

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.880
 realizing again

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:21.420
 we're not doing church

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.160
 in our own strength

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:22.980
 we want to be

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.880
 a church

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:25.620
 that is charismatic

00:41:25.620 --> 00:41:26.420
 in the sense

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:26.940
 that we believe

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.900
 in the power of the Spirit

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.620
 not we believe

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.599
 in all this weird excess

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.619
 we believe

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.559
 that God's Spirit

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.359
 empowers us

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:33.000
 to do the thing

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:34.380
 God has called us to do

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.739
 that can only be done

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.440
 by God's Spirit

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:38.059
 and so we're not going

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:39.279
 to substitute

00:41:39.279 --> 00:41:39.960
 the Spirit

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.659
 with the flesh

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:40.980
 and say

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.719
 this is church

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:42.839
 that's not church

00:41:42.839 --> 00:41:43.839
 and it does not exalt

00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:45.099
 the third person

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.659
 of the Godhead

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.739
 which is the Holy Spirit

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.960
 okay

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:49.759
 lastly

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.719
 how we can become

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.519
 disciples together

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.119
 is we can pray

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:53.739
 even for freedom

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:54.619
 with each other

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.119
 sometimes

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.819
 the Bible says

00:41:55.819 --> 00:41:57.219
 in Ephesians 4

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.779
 that when you let

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.740
 the sun go down

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.080
 and you're angry

00:41:59.080 --> 00:41:59.760
 you give the devil

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.320
 a foothold

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.019
 okay

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.900
 if we believe lies

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:04.100
 about God

00:42:04.100 --> 00:42:05.560
 or about the Bible

00:42:05.560 --> 00:42:06.340
 and you know

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:07.120
 it says the devil

00:42:07.120 --> 00:42:08.140
 is a father of lies

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:09.460
 you can get a strong

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:10.140
 hold on us

00:42:10.140 --> 00:42:11.320
 or a foothold on us

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.080
 and we need to pray

00:42:12.080 --> 00:42:12.860
 sometimes for freedom

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.340
 there needs to be

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.800
 confession

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.280
 repentance

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:15.019
 and bringing things

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.620
 into the light

00:42:15.620 --> 00:42:17.060
 darkness is the domain

00:42:17.060 --> 00:42:17.560
 of darkness

00:42:17.560 --> 00:42:18.480
 and sometimes people

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.600
 walk in secret sin

00:42:19.600 --> 00:42:20.840
 and we get those things

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.340
 in the light

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:21.940
 and then we see

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:23.060
 people be set free

00:42:23.060 --> 00:42:24.160
 there are some people

00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.820
 who are stuck

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.660
 in certain things

00:42:25.660 --> 00:42:26.300
 you know

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.880
 the Bible says

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.800
 resist the devil

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.840
 I mean

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:29.079
 it says

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:29.400
 submit

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.980
 James 4 verse 7

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:32.099
 people love to quote

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:33.059
 James 4 verse 7

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.640
 and just say

00:42:33.640 --> 00:42:34.760
 submit to God

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:35.619
 and the devil will flee

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.880
 and they skip the middle part

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.940
 it says

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.599
 submit to God

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:39.700
 resist the devil

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.500
 and he will flee

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.980
 and a lot of people

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:43.200
 skip the resisting part

00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:44.519
 you have to resist the devil

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.340
 and you know

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:46.140
 what's best done

00:42:46.140 --> 00:42:47.380
 with the brothers and sisters

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:48.740
 where they can just

00:42:48.740 --> 00:42:49.920
 resist the devil with you

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:51.800
 and of course

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.019
 though

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:53.280
 at the backdrop

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:54.480
 of submission to God

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:55.800
 we're not just

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:56.300
 willy-nilly

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:57.840
 resisting the devil

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.340
 when there's not

00:42:58.340 --> 00:42:59.199
 submission of God

00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:00.300
 we're taking the whole

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:01.119
 verse in context

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:01.579
 we're saying

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.679
 you must submit to God

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.780
 and when you submit to God

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:04.900
 we resist the devil

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.539
 and then what does he

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:05.960
 got to do

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:07.099
 he has to flee

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:08.679
 he has to flee

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:09.900
 lastly

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.900
 we're missionaries

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.320
 okay

00:43:11.320 --> 00:43:11.820
 in Christ

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.940
 we are sent by God

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.920
 which makes us

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.480
 missionaries

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.380
 or people on mission

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.920
 John 20 21

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.280
 says

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.940
 Jesus said to them

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.719
 peace be with you

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:19.300
 as the Father

00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:20.119
 has sent me

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:21.280
 even so

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:22.380
 I'm sending you

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.900
 I'm sending you

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:25.539
 Matthew 28 19

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:26.400
 the Great Commission

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:26.639
 right

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:27.139
 go therefore

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.860
 and make disciples

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:29.639
 of all nations

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:30.400
 baptizing them

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:31.019
 in the Father

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.559
 and the Son

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:32.300
 and the Holy Spirit

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:33.559
 go

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.820
 I'm sending you

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.539
 this involves

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.220
 getting out of our

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.820
 comfort zone

00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:38.059
 have you ever met

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.619
 any person

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:39.680
 who drifted into mission

00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:40.400
 just kind of

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:41.119
 accidentally found

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.800
 themselves there

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:42.460
 you know

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:42.920
 D.A. Carson

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.579
 says nobody

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.460
 drifts into holiness

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.480
 I would add

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:46.059
 nobody drifts

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.639
 into mission

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:47.760
 no church drifts

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.340
 into mission

00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:49.280
 it's like wow

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:50.000
 we have this church

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.780
 nobody was even

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:51.440
 thinking about mission

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:51.940
 we weren't aiming

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.400
 at mission

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:54.160
 and then we just did

00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:55.180
 we just got on mission

00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:55.720
 and all these people

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:56.220
 got saved

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:57.599
 said by nobody ever

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:58.920
 that just does not happen

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.740
 okay

00:43:59.740 --> 00:44:00.440
 mission is

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.340
 the uncomfortable

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:02.000
 thing to do

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.880
 mission is the thing

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:04.019
 you have to believe

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:05.039
 that God is sending you

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.980
 and then you have to

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.840
 go

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.980
 okay

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.619
 you have to

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:10.000
 leave your spot

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.480
 you're in

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.740
 and go to another spot

00:44:11.740 --> 00:44:12.720
 you have to go

00:44:12.720 --> 00:44:14.300
 nobody drifts into that

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:15.579
 that doesn't just happen

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:17.519
 that's an intentional action

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.880
 and it flows out

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.380
 of our identity

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:20.099
 when you know

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:21.079
 that's just not something

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.539
 I do

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.480
 it's something I am

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:24.059
 that I have been sent

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.619
 by God

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:25.799
 God didn't want me

00:44:25.799 --> 00:44:26.480
 to be stationary

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:27.259
 God didn't want me

00:44:27.259 --> 00:44:28.119
 to just be comfortable

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:29.079
 God didn't want me

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:29.759
 to just be in my

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.819
 us four no more

00:44:30.819 --> 00:44:31.579
 bless me club

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.380
 where I just listen

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:33.079
 to good sermons

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:34.159
 hear good music

00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:35.279
 and have my kids watch

00:44:35.279 --> 00:44:35.719
 no

00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:38.860
 God has died on the cross

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.360
 and then says

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:40.159
 if you want to be my disciple

00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:41.179
 you pick up yours too

00:44:41.179 --> 00:44:42.699
 now go seek and save

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:43.339
 those who are lost

00:44:43.339 --> 00:44:44.139
 just like I did

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:45.420
 follow my example

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:46.319
 follow me

00:44:46.319 --> 00:44:47.579
 follow me to where

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:48.239
 the lost are

00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:49.299
 don't ask them

00:44:49.299 --> 00:44:50.319
 to put the uncomfortability

00:44:50.319 --> 00:44:50.759
 on them

00:44:50.759 --> 00:44:51.599
 and to come to you

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:53.059
 you put the uncomfortability

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.419
 on you

00:44:53.419 --> 00:44:54.259
 and you go to them

00:44:54.259 --> 00:44:56.519
 that's what true mission is

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.139
 right

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:59.779
 Acts 20 24

00:44:59.779 --> 00:45:00.319
 Paul

00:45:00.319 --> 00:45:01.500
 the quintessential

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.779
 I love this verse so much

00:45:02.779 --> 00:45:04.339
 I do not account my life

00:45:04.339 --> 00:45:05.299
 of any value

00:45:05.299 --> 00:45:07.299
 nor is precious to myself

00:45:07.299 --> 00:45:09.039
 if only I may finish

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.699
 my course

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:10.279
 in the ministry

00:45:10.279 --> 00:45:10.959
 that I received

00:45:10.959 --> 00:45:11.799
 from the Lord Jesus

00:45:11.799 --> 00:45:12.879
 to testify

00:45:12.879 --> 00:45:13.479
 of the gospel

00:45:13.479 --> 00:45:14.500
 of the grace of God

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:15.539
 you know why

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:16.419
 you don't drift into it

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:17.639
 because the only way

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.860
 you can finish the course

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:20.480
 of testifying to the gospel

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:21.559
 is if you don't

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.320
 account your life

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.960
 of any value

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:23.539
 you know precious

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:24.180
 to yourself

00:45:24.180 --> 00:45:25.539
 and so that takes

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:26.280
 some high level

00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:27.159
 intentionality

00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:28.000
 okay

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.840
 this is why

00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:29.700
 St. Corinthians 5

00:45:29.700 --> 00:45:30.639
 talks about us being

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.500
 verse 20

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.260
 talks about us being

00:45:32.260 --> 00:45:33.599
 ambassadors for Christ

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:35.180
 God making his appeal

00:45:35.180 --> 00:45:35.860
 through us

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:36.860
 if you know you're

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:37.440
 an ambassador

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:40.340
 you know that's an

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:41.340
 identity of us

00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:41.920
 as a church

00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:43.260
 we make appeals

00:45:43.260 --> 00:45:44.840
 we appeal to people

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.579
 I implore you

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.980
 on behalf of Christ

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:48.400
 be reconciled to God

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:49.099
 right

00:45:49.099 --> 00:45:49.759
 that's what we do

00:45:49.759 --> 00:45:50.440
 if we're ambassadors

00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:51.079
 of Christ

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:53.239
 it's what Philippians 1

00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:54.159
 verse 5

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:55.099
 calls partnership

00:45:55.099 --> 00:45:55.880
 in the gospel

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:57.679
 partnership in the gospel

00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:59.699
 okay so how do we do that

00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:00.559
 what does that look like

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:02.000
 it looks like

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:03.299
 figuring out the

00:46:03.299 --> 00:46:04.000
 who what and where

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.719
 people are going to be

00:46:04.719 --> 00:46:05.259
 on mission to

00:46:05.259 --> 00:46:06.159
 like we have to answer

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.900
 those questions

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:08.219
 who is the who what

00:46:08.219 --> 00:46:08.519
 and where

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.519
 now it's ideal

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.219
 if the whole group

00:46:10.219 --> 00:46:10.980
 can get on mission

00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:12.099
 together to somebody

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:13.039
 but sometimes

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:13.960
 there's not a natural

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.960
 connection to a who

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.539
 what or where

00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:16.900
 and so what do we do

00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:18.519
 start at least with two

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.820
 you got at least

00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:20.599
 minimum two

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:21.320
 and you're like

00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:21.980
 we're going to some

00:46:21.980 --> 00:46:22.800
 specific people

00:46:22.800 --> 00:46:23.320
 and places

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:25.000
 and when you do that

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:26.199
 then you report back

00:46:26.199 --> 00:46:26.800
 to the rest of the

00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:27.420
 missional community

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:28.000
 and then the rest

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:28.759
 of the missional community

00:46:28.759 --> 00:46:30.179
 praise and strategize

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:31.000
 what's the next step

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:31.579
 how do we get more

00:46:31.579 --> 00:46:32.320
 people involved

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:33.559
 what do we do next

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:34.239
 again

00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:35.239
 I don't cut my life

00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:36.320
 as precious or valuable

00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:38.400
 I want to see my work

00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:38.759
 fulfilled

00:46:38.759 --> 00:46:39.820
 which is to testify

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:40.559
 to the gospel

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:41.539
 of the grace of God

00:46:41.539 --> 00:46:42.579
 and you go

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.960
 and then you're looking

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:44.220
 for

00:46:44.220 --> 00:46:45.360
 sometimes it's just

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:46.059
 looking at what you

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:46.639
 already have going on

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:46.980
 in your life

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:47.420
 and just saying

00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:48.059
 how can I do it

00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:48.699
 with more gospel

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:49.480
 intentionality

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:50.679
 sometimes you're looking

00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:51.340
 for new people

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:52.000
 in places

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.760
 okay

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:54.639
 and you're developing

00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:55.500
 strategic

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:56.480
 kind of ways

00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:57.179
 of doing that

00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:57.599
 alright

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:58.559
 and that's the

00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:59.280
 how and the when

00:46:59.280 --> 00:47:00.079
 what's the how

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.500
 and the when

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:02.360
 it's eating together

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:03.300
 it's events

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:04.000
 it's serving

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:05.420
 it's being a regular

00:47:05.420 --> 00:47:06.240
 and it's just

00:47:06.240 --> 00:47:07.480
 cold call evangelism

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:08.699
 you know so often

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:09.260
 it's just easy

00:47:09.260 --> 00:47:09.800
 to get on mission

00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:10.780
 by eating with people

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:11.600
 right

00:47:11.600 --> 00:47:12.240
 and again

00:47:12.240 --> 00:47:12.960
 this is biblical

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:14.140
 barbecues

00:47:14.140 --> 00:47:14.560
 parties

00:47:14.560 --> 00:47:15.060
 meals

00:47:15.060 --> 00:47:15.420
 maybe

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:16.519
 you know

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:17.280
 having meals

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:17.640
 with someone

00:47:17.640 --> 00:47:18.460
 after church

00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:19.460
 giving meals away

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:20.600
 having an open

00:47:20.600 --> 00:47:21.320
 night at your home

00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:21.780
 that you just

00:47:21.780 --> 00:47:22.760
 invite people over

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:23.240
 and it's like

00:47:23.240 --> 00:47:24.000
 that's just an open

00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:24.519
 night that we

00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:25.320
 invite people over

00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:25.860
 for meals

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:27.700
 might be just a

00:47:27.700 --> 00:47:28.440
 coffee or dessert

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.800
 night

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:29.800
 might even be

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.240
 doing something

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:30.740
 more fun

00:47:30.740 --> 00:47:31.680
 like a food contest

00:47:31.680 --> 00:47:32.860
 like everybody

00:47:32.860 --> 00:47:33.540
 bring a pizza

00:47:33.540 --> 00:47:34.280
 homemade pizza

00:47:34.280 --> 00:47:34.800
 who will vote

00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:35.519
 on the best one

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:36.300
 everybody bring a

00:47:36.300 --> 00:47:36.600
 dip

00:47:36.600 --> 00:47:37.060
 and we'll vote

00:47:37.060 --> 00:47:37.900
 on the best dip

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:38.200
 you know

00:47:38.200 --> 00:47:39.140
 everybody bring a

00:47:39.140 --> 00:47:39.440
 dessert

00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:39.940
 and we'll vote

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.380
 on the best

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:40.760
 dessert

00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:41.360
 whatever it may

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:41.660
 be

00:47:41.660 --> 00:47:42.760
 and just make

00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:43.120
 it something

00:47:43.120 --> 00:47:43.660
 more fun

00:47:43.660 --> 00:47:44.680
 and then that's

00:47:44.680 --> 00:47:45.500
 very natural

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:46.380
 to invite somebody

00:47:46.380 --> 00:47:46.680
 to

00:47:46.680 --> 00:47:47.040
 it's like

00:47:47.040 --> 00:47:47.400
 hey you want

00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:47.700
 to come to

00:47:47.700 --> 00:47:47.940
 this we're

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:48.240
 doing this

00:47:48.240 --> 00:47:49.220
 little food

00:47:49.220 --> 00:47:49.540
 party

00:47:49.540 --> 00:47:49.760
 and we're

00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:50.280
 doing a

00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:50.820
 contest

00:47:50.820 --> 00:47:51.740
 sweet let's

00:47:51.740 --> 00:47:52.240
 do it

00:47:52.240 --> 00:47:52.540
 right

00:47:52.540 --> 00:47:53.740
 it can look

00:47:53.740 --> 00:47:54.400
 like events

00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:54.760
 right

00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:56.560
 utilizing sports

00:47:56.560 --> 00:47:57.480
 playing coaching

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:58.100
 or watching

00:47:58.100 --> 00:47:58.740
 could be a

00:47:58.740 --> 00:47:59.420
 block party

00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:02.100
 done block

00:48:02.100 --> 00:48:02.680
 parties at our

00:48:02.680 --> 00:48:03.780
 house before

00:48:03.780 --> 00:48:04.220
 when we lived

00:48:04.220 --> 00:48:04.780
 downtown

00:48:04.780 --> 00:48:06.140
 bonfires

00:48:06.140 --> 00:48:07.060
 game nights

00:48:07.060 --> 00:48:08.080
 okay

00:48:08.080 --> 00:48:09.060
 which many of

00:48:09.060 --> 00:48:09.440
 you guys have

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:10.020
 utilized those

00:48:10.020 --> 00:48:10.540
 kind of things

00:48:10.539 --> 00:48:11.079
 even poker

00:48:11.079 --> 00:48:11.860
 nights together

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.699
 holiday

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:13.440
 celebrations

00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:14.739
 we did

00:48:14.739 --> 00:48:15.400
 for eight

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:15.960
 years in our

00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:16.460
 old neighborhood

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:17.119
 we did a

00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:17.719
 christmas party

00:48:17.719 --> 00:48:18.340
 every year for

00:48:18.340 --> 00:48:18.820
 eight years

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:19.579
 and every year

00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:20.259
 we met somebody

00:48:20.259 --> 00:48:20.619
 new

00:48:20.619 --> 00:48:22.259
 every year we got

00:48:22.259 --> 00:48:22.779
 in relationship

00:48:22.779 --> 00:48:24.519
 to either unchurched

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:25.239
 believers or

00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:25.960
 unbelievers that

00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:26.579
 we didn't know

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:27.940
 and had more access

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.659
 in their life

00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:29.579
 to preach the gospel

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:30.440
 and to build

00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:31.239
 relationships with

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:31.800
 other believers

00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:33.360
 it's easy

00:48:33.360 --> 00:48:34.679
 a holiday party

00:48:34.679 --> 00:48:35.480
 I mean who

00:48:35.480 --> 00:48:35.900
 doesn't want to do

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:36.559
 that right

00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:38.019
 common interest

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:38.500
 things

00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:40.079
 might even be a

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.659
 bible study

00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:41.400
 inviting people to

00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:42.039
 a bible study

00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:42.639
 or even like what

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:43.199
 we did with what

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:43.679
 is a man

00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:44.920
 or we've done it

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:45.500
 before we've done

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:46.139
 even a marriage

00:48:46.139 --> 00:48:46.920
 seminar to get

00:48:46.920 --> 00:48:47.619
 people we had a

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:48.079
 bunch of people in

00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:48.579
 our life who are

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:49.099
 having a rough

00:48:49.099 --> 00:48:49.719
 time in marriage

00:48:49.719 --> 00:48:50.279
 so it's like

00:48:50.279 --> 00:48:50.980
 let's do a

00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:51.440
 marriage seminar

00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:52.019
 and let's invite

00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:52.820
 people to that

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:54.119
 okay look like

00:48:54.119 --> 00:48:54.920
 serving a blessing

00:48:54.920 --> 00:48:55.519
 like I was saying

00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:56.420
 before housework

00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:57.360
 yard projects

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:58.119
 neighborhood

00:48:58.119 --> 00:48:58.840
 cleanups

00:48:58.840 --> 00:49:00.400
 or identifying at

00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:01.259
 least one way

00:49:01.259 --> 00:49:01.799
 that you want to

00:49:01.799 --> 00:49:02.759
 express the gospel

00:49:02.759 --> 00:49:03.719
 on a regular basis

00:49:03.719 --> 00:49:04.419
 through serving

00:49:04.419 --> 00:49:05.359
 and then sticking

00:49:05.359 --> 00:49:06.039
 to it with a

00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:06.619
 group of people

00:49:06.619 --> 00:49:08.019
 or it can look

00:49:08.019 --> 00:49:08.519
 like being a

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:09.299
 regular right

00:49:09.299 --> 00:49:09.959
 like regular

00:49:09.959 --> 00:49:10.459
 going to the

00:49:10.459 --> 00:49:11.159
 same restaurant

00:49:11.159 --> 00:49:11.500
 you're going

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:11.839
 to the same

00:49:11.839 --> 00:49:12.399
 store

00:49:12.399 --> 00:49:13.219
 going to the

00:49:13.219 --> 00:49:13.779
 same grocery

00:49:13.779 --> 00:49:14.119
 store

00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:14.819
 same coffee

00:49:14.819 --> 00:49:15.239
 shop

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:16.119
 same barber

00:49:16.119 --> 00:49:16.879
 hairdresser

00:49:16.879 --> 00:49:18.039
 same mechanic

00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:19.059
 same chiropractor

00:49:19.059 --> 00:49:19.759
 I mean

00:49:19.759 --> 00:49:21.299
 pick them

00:49:21.299 --> 00:49:21.719
 right

00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:22.779
 and you just

00:49:22.779 --> 00:49:23.539
 consistently go

00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:23.899
 to that people

00:49:23.899 --> 00:49:24.239
 and then you

00:49:24.239 --> 00:49:24.739
 say okay

00:49:24.739 --> 00:49:25.619
 our missional

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:25.819
 community

00:49:25.819 --> 00:49:26.299
 let's go to

00:49:26.299 --> 00:49:26.719
 that person

00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:27.039
 together

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:27.459
 let's all

00:49:27.459 --> 00:49:27.919
 go to the

00:49:27.919 --> 00:49:29.739
 we had one

00:49:29.739 --> 00:49:30.439
 time a friend

00:49:30.439 --> 00:49:30.779
 of ours

00:49:30.779 --> 00:49:31.699
 was a barber

00:49:31.699 --> 00:49:32.679
 and like

00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:33.159
 everybody go to

00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:33.439
 the barber

00:49:33.440 --> 00:49:33.980
 I didn't

00:49:33.980 --> 00:49:34.320
 I don't have

00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:34.619
 any hair

00:49:34.619 --> 00:49:35.179
 to get cut

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:36.159
 but the rest

00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:36.539
 of the guys

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:36.840
 did

00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:37.300
 you know

00:49:37.300 --> 00:49:37.860
 the guys

00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:38.240
 who had

00:49:38.240 --> 00:49:38.420
 hair

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:38.700
 would go

00:49:38.700 --> 00:49:39.000
 to this

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:39.320
 barber

00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:41.099
 and it was

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:41.400
 great

00:49:41.400 --> 00:49:42.220
 because then

00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:42.619
 he started

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:43.039
 hanging around

00:49:43.039 --> 00:49:43.360
 us

00:49:43.360 --> 00:49:43.880
 why

00:49:43.880 --> 00:49:44.840
 because we

00:49:44.840 --> 00:49:45.320
 all went

00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:45.679
 to him

00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:46.079
 they all

00:49:46.079 --> 00:49:46.539
 went to him

00:49:46.539 --> 00:49:47.380
 as his

00:49:47.380 --> 00:49:47.700
 barber

00:49:47.700 --> 00:49:48.500
 so it made

00:49:48.500 --> 00:49:48.940
 sense now

00:49:48.940 --> 00:49:49.260
 if we hung

00:49:49.260 --> 00:49:49.780
 out outside

00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:50.179
 of that

00:49:50.179 --> 00:49:50.900
 he knew

00:49:50.900 --> 00:49:51.360
 everybody

00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:52.200
 you know

00:49:52.200 --> 00:49:52.519
 those are

00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:53.059
 just easy

00:49:53.059 --> 00:49:53.740
 wins like

00:49:53.740 --> 00:49:54.039
 that

00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:54.720
 or just

00:49:54.720 --> 00:49:55.179
 cold call

00:49:55.179 --> 00:49:55.920
 evangelism

00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:56.740
 where you

00:49:56.740 --> 00:49:57.119
 just go

00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:57.380
 into a

00:49:57.380 --> 00:49:58.179
 specific place

00:49:58.179 --> 00:49:59.000
 where people

00:49:59.000 --> 00:49:59.579
 are and we're

00:49:59.579 --> 00:49:59.820
 just going

00:49:59.820 --> 00:50:00.099
 to preach

00:50:00.099 --> 00:50:00.599
 the gospel

00:50:00.599 --> 00:50:01.300
 maybe it's

00:50:01.300 --> 00:50:01.619
 a college

00:50:01.619 --> 00:50:02.039
 campus

00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:02.420
 maybe it's

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:02.779
 a coffee

00:50:02.779 --> 00:50:03.039
 shop

00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:03.400
 maybe it's

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:03.880
 a park

00:50:03.880 --> 00:50:04.739
 you're just

00:50:04.739 --> 00:50:05.219
 meeting people

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:05.440
 and you're

00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:05.819
 just preaching

00:50:05.819 --> 00:50:06.380
 the gospel

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:07.339
 these are the

00:50:07.339 --> 00:50:07.719
 ways we can

00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:08.019
 do that

00:50:08.019 --> 00:50:08.679
 and seasonal

00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:09.219
 rhythms of

00:50:09.219 --> 00:50:09.960
 that it

00:50:09.960 --> 00:50:10.460
 makes sense

00:50:10.460 --> 00:50:10.839
 a lot of

00:50:10.839 --> 00:50:11.519
 times in

00:50:11.519 --> 00:50:12.059
 spring and

00:50:12.059 --> 00:50:12.460
 fall to

00:50:12.460 --> 00:50:12.799
 really get

00:50:12.799 --> 00:50:13.159
 on mission

00:50:13.159 --> 00:50:13.480
 those are

00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:14.619
 good seasons

00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:15.880
 for mission

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.699
 springtime

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 fall time

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 are great

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 for that

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 but family

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 missionary

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 servant

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 disciples

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 these are

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 the identities

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 we're trying

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 to flesh

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 out and

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 if we all

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 work on these

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 things and

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 say hey

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 I want to

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 believe that

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 this is who

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 I am and

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 I'm going to

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 live out of

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 this identity

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 what's going

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 to end up

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 happening is

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 health sprouts

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 out in all

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 kinds of

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 areas as a

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 church and

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 that's what

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 happens and

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 do we have

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 to do a

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 whole bunch

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 of other

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 stuff not

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 really like

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 when we're

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 just focusing

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 on those

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 four things

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 and doing

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 those things

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 well so

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 many other

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 things get

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 taken care

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 of we're

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 being a

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 family to

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 one another

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 we're serving

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 one another

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 we're doing

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 discipleship with

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 one another

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 and we get

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 on mission

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 with one

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 another think

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 of how many

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 things get

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 taken care of

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 when we do

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 that amen

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