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 I want to talk to you this morning about missional discipline.

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 Missional discipline.

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 Because this is a church plant, you don't get the luxury of not thinking like a missionary.

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 In a church plant, everyone must act and think like a missionary.

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 Because kind of like what Seth was talking about a couple weeks ago,

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 where maybe when you're a part of a bigger church,

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 you can rely on part of the healthier, more established parts of the church

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 and not realize whether or not you're actually doing those things

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 or pulling from the right sources.

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 You can't do that anymore when you're in a smaller church.

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 The props are pulled out from underneath you.

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 There's no one else who's going to do it if you don't.

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 And for a church to be established and for a church to grow,

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 there's no one to farm it out, no one you can farm out mission to.

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 Like, well, if I don't do it, they'll do it.

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 Who?

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 Who's going to do that?

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 You know, look around.

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 You're looking at it.

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 You can't say, oh, somebody else will do that.

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 That is a church that will not get off the ground.

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 That is a church that will not really reach people.

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 And I know that you all have a sincere desire to reach people for the gospel.

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 But your sincere desire to reach people for the gospel,

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 although admirable, is not going to cut it.

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 Desire isn't going to get you anywhere alone.

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 Desire alone will not get you anywhere.

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 It must be accompanied with missional action,

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 and I would say even more specifically missional discipline.

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 And I'll explain that in a second.

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 But let's just ask the question.

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 And don't laugh.

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 If Raytown were a foreign city,

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 it may feel that way sometimes,

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 but if Raytown were a foreign city,

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 and you just got sent here as a missionary,

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 what would you do?

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 Okay?

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 Like if this was like a foreign country,

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 and you got plopped into this foreign country in America,

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 and this wasn't your home country,

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 and Raytown was the city you got plopped into,

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 okay?

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 But you speak the same language, okay?

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 What would you do to establish a church?

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 How would you spend your time?

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 Where would your focus be?

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 How would you plan?

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 What would you prioritize?

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 This isn't hypothetical.

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 Do you understand what I'm saying?

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 Like that sounds like a hypothetical question,

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 because in one sense you didn't get plopped here,

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 but in another sense,

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 by God's sovereign will,

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 you are plopped here for a purpose,

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 to establish his kingdom on the earth,

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 through the church,

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 by making disciples of those who don't know Jesus, okay?

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 And so you must think that way.

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 And that's not just for the apostolic leader

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 to think that way,

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 although he should be the tip of the arrow.

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 We all have to think that way.

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 And you'd say,

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 well, I don't know if I want to think that way.

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 Sorry, if you're a part of the church,

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 you have to.

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 You have to.

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 That's not an option.

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 You're a part of a church plant?

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 Not an option.

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 You have to think that way.

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 You have to be someone

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 who is willing to embrace

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 building something from nothing.

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 This is your task.

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 Should you accept it?

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 Okay?

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 It is a mission that seems impossible, right?

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 Right?

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 That you are building something that doesn't exist.

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 You can't see it.

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 Okay?

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 You're building,

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 you're not taking materials that exist

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 and then building something from those materials.

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 The apostolic task

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 is to build something

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 from nothing.

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 And that's what you signed up for.

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 Here you are.

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 Here we are.

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 Okay?

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 My main text is from 1 Corinthians 9,

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 19 to 27.

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 1 Corinthians 9, 19 to 27.

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 Paul says,

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 For though I am free from all,

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 I have made myself a servant to all,

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 that I might win more of them.

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 To the Jews I became a Jew

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 in order to win the Jews.

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 To those under the law,

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 I became as one under the law,

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 though not being myself under the law,

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 that I might win those under the law.

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 To those outside the law,

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 I became as one outside the law,

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 not being outside the law of God,

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 but under the law of Christ,

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 that I might win those outside the law.

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 To the weak,

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 I became weak,

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 that I might win the weak.

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 I have become all things

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 to all people,

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 that by all means,

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 I might save some.

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 I do it all for the sake of the gospel,

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 that I may share with them

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 in its blessings.

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 Do you not know that in a race

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 all the runners run,

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 but only one receives the prize?

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 So run that you may obtain it.

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 Every athlete exercises self-control

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 in all things.

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 They do it to receive a perishable wreath,

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 but we an imperishable.

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 So I do not run aimlessly.

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 I do not box as one beating the air,

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 but I discipline my body

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 and keep it under control,

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 lest after preaching to others,

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 I myself should be disqualified.

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 So the title of my sermon,

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 Missional Discipline,

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 comes from that last verse.

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 I discipline my body

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 is his conclusion

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 from all the stuff he said before.

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 Let's look at this a little bit.

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 Okay?

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 He said,

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 though he's free from all,

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 he made himself a servant to all.

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 All right?

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 So he,

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 though he doesn't have to be restricted,

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 he voluntarily restricts himself

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 for a specific purpose

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 that is higher.

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 What is it?

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 That he might win more.

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 That he might win more souls.

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 Okay?

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 If you want to win souls,

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 there's a sense of restricting

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 missional discipline

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 that must take place.

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 Okay?

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 Where we restrict ourselves

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 from legitimate pleasures

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 of this world,

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 legitimate ways of using our time,

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 legitimate things

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 for the greater things

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 of seeing people come into the kingdom.

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 This task of mission

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 requires us to give up

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 things that aren't bad

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 in and of themselves.

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 Clearly,

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 you should give up sin.

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 Clearly,

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 you should give up

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 the deeds of the flesh,

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 this kind of thing.

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 Okay?

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 But Paul's talking about

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 something altogether different here.

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 Paul is saying,

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 though I'm free from all,

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 I've made myself a servant to all.

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 Voluntary restriction.

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 Voluntary servitude

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 that I might win more of them.

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 And then he goes on to say,

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 I become like all these

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 different groups of people.

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 Jews,

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 Gentiles,

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 under the law,

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 not under the law.

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 He's the weak.

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 He's becoming like all these people

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 in order to win them.

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 Okay?

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 And then he makes that

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 amazing statement

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 in verse 22

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 that I just,

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 is like the quintessential

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 mission statement.

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 You don't get any more

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 quintessential than this.

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 I have become

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 all things

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 to all people.

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 It's the first thing he says.

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 Okay?

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 What are you becoming?

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 Since joining this church plant,

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 we're almost three,

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 after the end of this week,

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 we'll be three months in

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 from when we launched

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 those two missional communities

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 that we deem to be

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 the official launch

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 of our church on May 1st.

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 Okay?

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 So we're three months in.

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 Let me ask you the question.

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 What are you becoming

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 to reach people?

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 Now,

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 Paul had specific people.

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 He's like,

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 okay,

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 I got Jews I'm on mission to.

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 I got Gentiles I'm on mission to.

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 I got those under the law.

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 I got those outside the law.

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 I got the weak.

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 He had specific people groups

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 that he was reaching out to.

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 What's yours?

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 Where's your mission at?

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 Who are you targeting?

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 Who are you specifically

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 praying for,

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 reaching out?

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 And then what are you doing?

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 What are you becoming

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 to reach them?

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 He said,

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 I've become all things

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 for some people.

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 No,

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 he says to all people.

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 That's why he lists

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 all these groups.

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 He's like,

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 whatever it takes,

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 whatever group of people

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 that God has put before me,

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 I'll become all things

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 to all people.

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 That by all means,

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 okay,

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 whatever means

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 that needs to be deployed,

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 he's saying,

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 I'm in.

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 I'm in.

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 If there's a means

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 that needs to be deployed,

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 I will deploy it

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 that I might save some.

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 That's the goal,

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 that I might save some.

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 And then he says,

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 I do it all for the sake

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 of the gospel,

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 that I may share with them

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 in its blessings.

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 Wouldn't you like to share

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 with lost people

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 in the blessings

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 of going from darkness

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 to light,

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 from being lost

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 to being found?

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 That's your goal,

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 that's your vision

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 for the sake of the gospel,

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 that Jesus would be glorified

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 through the saving of souls.

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 That's the vision

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 that we have.

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 If that doesn't captivate you,

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 you won't become

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 all things to all men

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 that you might win as many.

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 If you're not captivated,

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 if you're not energized,

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 if you're not smitten

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 by what Judah was just saying

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 as we took of the Lord's table together,

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 if that isn't real to you,

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 if that's not a present enjoyment to you,

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 if singing songs to Jesus

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 is kind of like a downer to you,

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 it's kind of like,

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 let's just get this over with.

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 If you're not enjoying the Lord

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 on a regular basis

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 and enjoying who he is

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 and what he's done for you,

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 if you're not enjoying

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 the person of Jesus

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 and the work of Jesus,

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 then why in the world

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 would you become all things

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 to all men

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 that by all means

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 you could win some?

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 Why would you do that?

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 You wouldn't.

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 He's doing it

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 because he wants to save people

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 and he's doing it

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 for the sake of the gospel.

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 For the sake of the gospel.

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 I think that the first message

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 I preached at this church

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 was doing it

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 for the sake of the gospel.

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 Are we in on that?

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 And if you are,

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 then it looks a certain way

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 with your actions.

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 And he brings up,

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 it just happens to be

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 that the Olympics have started.

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 Not necessarily advocating

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 you watch it.

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 Maybe if you watch the races

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 and avoid the opening ceremonies.

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 But typically we might watch

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 a race or two

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 from the Olympics, right?

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 And they all run.

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 But all these people

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 are the greatest runners

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 in the entire planet.

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 And they're coming to race.

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 And they have gone

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 into strict training

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 for years preceding the Olympics.

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 For years.

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 Years of training.

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 Full-time.

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 Full-time training for years.

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 All to get a prize

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 that won't last.

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 All to get a medal

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 that people will forget about.

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 All to get accolades

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 and notoriety

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 that will soon fade away.

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 And most certainly fade away

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 once they're gone.

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 And they do all that.

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 And we applaud them for it.

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 We watch them for it.

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 Advertising dollars

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 come into the commercials

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 because people watch it.

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 Okay?

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 People watch this.

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 They're excited by it.

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 Because we love to see people

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 giving their all for something.

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 This is for a race.

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 This is for, you know,

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 30 seconds sometimes, you know.

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 These shorter races.

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 And that's it.

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 And that's what they're

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 giving themselves to.

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 He's basically saying,

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 you know,

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 every athlete exercises

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 self-control in all things.

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 They do it to receive

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 a perishable wreath,

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 but we an imperishable.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 since we're running

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 for something way greater,

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 we should do it differently.

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 We should have

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 a more extreme commitment.

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 We should,

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 and we shouldn't just run.

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 He's saying,

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 those people don't just run.

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 It's not like the people

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 in the Olympics,

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 they just run and like,

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 man, I'm just happy

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 that I got to run.

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 This is great.

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 They're running to get the prize.

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 They're running for the gold medal.

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 Right?

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 No one gets on that microphone

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 and just says,

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 yeah, you know,

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 I didn't make it,

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 but I'm just happy to run.

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 You know?

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 No,

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 even some people

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 will get the silver.

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 You can just see it

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 and they're just like,

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 I'm the first loser.

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 You know,

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 like,

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 I came for gold.

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 I didn't come for silver.

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 And you can see

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 the disappointment

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 in their eyes

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 when they're even

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 interviewing them sometime.

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 You know,

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 they're trying to,

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 you know,

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 have a good attitude

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 for the camera,

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 but they wanted gold.

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 They're running

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 to get the prize.

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 How are you running

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 when it comes to mission?

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 You just showing up

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 on a Sunday morning,

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 doing your part

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 during the week?

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 Are you focused on mission?

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 Who are you focused?

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 What's their names?

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 What are the group of people?

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 Have you set aside

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 time to pray for the lost?

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 We inadvertently set aside

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 sometimes

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 time to complain about,

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 man,

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 I wish there was more people here.

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 I wish there was people

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 getting saved.

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 Well,

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 where's the time being put in

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 to connect

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 with the one who saves?

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 Where's the time being put aside

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 to get on mission,

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 literally,

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 to actually preach

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 the gospel to people,

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 to build relationships

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 with people?

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 If we're not putting,

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 if we're not running

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 to obtain the prize,

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 we're not going to.

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 That's why he says,

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 I don't run aimlessly.

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 I don't box as one

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 beating the air,

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 but I discipline myself.

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 There is a discipline

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 that comes with mission.

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 And listen,

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 if you're looking

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 for some quick fix

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 where all of a sudden

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 God sends thousands

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 of people to us

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 or hundreds

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 or I don't know,

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 whatever,

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 whatever it is,

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 the number that you're

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 looking for,

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 maybe it's just 20.

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 Whatever it may be,

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 listen,

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 that's just,

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 that can happen,

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 it has happened in church,

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 but we're not living

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 for revival,

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 okay?

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 We're living for Jesus.

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 We don't get up and down

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 whether there's revival

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 or not.

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 We're looking for

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 the steady state

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 discipleship,

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 day in and day out,

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 consistency.

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 Where are the

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 consistent missionaries?

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 Where are the

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 consistent prayer warriors?

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 Where are the

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 consistent gospel preachers?

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 Where is the consistency?

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 We got to have consistency.

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 There has to be discipline.

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 You know that none

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 of those runners

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 who lack,

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 the ones who lack

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 discipline,

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 they don't win.

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 They don't,

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 they don't win.

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 You know,

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 when they interviewed

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 Tom Brady now

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 that his career's over,

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 more Super Bowls

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 than any quarterback,

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 they interview him,

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 you know,

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 he talks about

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 these young guys

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 and he just kind of

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 scoffs at them.

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 He's just like,

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 they'll be good.

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 They'll be good football players,

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 but they're never

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 going to be champions.

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 You know,

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 it's like,

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 why?

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 Because they don't

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 put in the work

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 when nobody else

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 is doing it.

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 If you want to win

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 like nobody wins,

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 you've got to train

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 like nobody trains.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 he kind of just looks at it

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 and just says,

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 yeah,

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 you know,

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 it's not like

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 I was gifted

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 with all this amazing

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 ability.

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 I had to work for it.

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 And there is a certain

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 level of work

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 that comes into

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 anything that God

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 gives us to do.

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 Yes,

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 we're trusting in God,

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 we're believing in God,

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 we're trusting in the

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 work of Christ,

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 but that doesn't mean

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 we don't work with him,

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 that we don't co-labor

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 with him.

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 And there needs to be

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 a consistent

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 missional discipline

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 for us to see

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 a harvest.

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 Just like a farmer

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 can't just say,

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 well,

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 I don't feel like

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 going out there today.

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 He could lose

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 the whole crop with that.

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 He's got to go in

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 day and day.

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 He can't just say,

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 man,

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 it's early.

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 I'm sick of getting up early.

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 Why do I got to keep

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 getting up early

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 and getting in these fields?

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 Because that's what a farmer

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 has to do in order

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 to reap a harvest.

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 And no farmer

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 reaps a harvest

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 by just randomly

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 going out

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 when he feels like it.

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 He doesn't reap a harvest

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 if he does what he wants,

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 when he wants,

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 how he wants,

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 the way he wants.

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 There's many times

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 he has to do things

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 he doesn't want.

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 He has to do it

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 when he doesn't want.

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 He has to do it

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 when other people

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 are doing things

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 he'd rather do.

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 And yet he has to put

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 his nose to the grindstone

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 and say,

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 I've got to keep plowing.

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 I've got to keep

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 planting seed.

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 I've got to keep weeding.

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 I've got to keep

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 removing rocks.

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 I've got to keep watering.

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 I've got to keep doing

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 the things I'm going to do

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 or there will be

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 no harvest and fall.

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 And Jesus calls

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 the bringing in of the lost,

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 he calls it a harvest.

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 And his question is,

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 where are the labors?

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 He says the harvest

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 is plentiful,

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 but that's not the problem.

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 The problem isn't that

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 if the work is done,

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 there won't be any result.

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 He makes that clear.

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 Do you hear me on that?

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 Like, I think sometimes

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 in our mind we think,

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 oh, it's not worth it

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 to do the work

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 because I'll do it

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 and there won't be a harvest.

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 No, that's not the problem

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 that Jesus is describing.

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 He's not saying,

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 you know,

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 there's so many workers,

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 but you know,

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 sometimes it's just

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 not a harvest.

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 He's saying the harvest

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 is plentiful.

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 The issue is the workers.

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 The workers are few.

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 Harvest is plentiful,

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 but the workers are few.

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 There has to be

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 missional discipline.

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 Do you have

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 missional discipline?

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 And I know some of you

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 have discipline

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 in other areas.

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 I've seen it.

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 Do you have discipline

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 when it comes to mission?

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 Do you have discipline

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 when it comes to

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 the steady state,

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 praying,

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 gospel preaching,

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 planning,

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 strategizing

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 to win the lost?

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 Just like if you were

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 plopped in here

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 as a missionary,

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 you wouldn't just,

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 you know,

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 land in here

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 as a missionary

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 and get comfortable

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 with the culture

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 and just think,

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 well,

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 I hope God brings souls

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 and I hope he establishes

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 a church.

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 Now you'd get to work

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 doing what needs

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 to get done

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 to see people get saved.

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 And you'd realize

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 it's going to take time,

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 but I can't let up.

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 I've got to run

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 as someone who gets

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 the prize.

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 I've got to discipline

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 my body

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 and make it my slave

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 so that I'm not

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 disqualified for the prize.

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 Let's look at some

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 Bible verses,

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 some more Bible verses.

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 Luke 19.10,

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 the Son of Man

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 came to seek

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 and to save the lost.

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 Who are you seeking?

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 Who are the specific

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 people you're seeking?

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 Has God given you

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 a burden for specific people?

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 Has God opened the door

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 for you to reach out

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 to specific people?

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 Who are the specific

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 lost people

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 you're seeking?

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 You already have an area.

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 How are we reaching

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 this area?

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 How are we making inroads?

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 What are we doing?

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 How are we getting there?

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 Jesus came to seek

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 and to save.

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 He was seeking it out.

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 He was looking

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 for opportunities.

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 Matthew 4.19,

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 he said,

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 follow me

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 and I will make you

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 fishers of men.

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 Do you trust God

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 that he'll make you

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 into that?

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 He says,

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 if you follow me,

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 I will make you

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 a fisher of men.

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 I'll make you

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 a fisher of men.

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 I'll make you someone

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 who goes fishing

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 for men.

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 Someone who's

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 seeking out

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 how to catch men

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 into the net

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 of the kingdom.

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 Do you believe that?

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 Those of you

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 who lack confidence,

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 those of you

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 who maybe lack power

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 in this area,

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 do you believe that

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 if you follow Christ,

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 he will lead you

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 right into the place

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 of being a fisher of men?

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 That's what happens.

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 Matthew 28,

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 Great Commission,

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 18 to 20,

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 Jesus came and said to them,

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 all authority in heaven

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 and on earth

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 has been given to me.

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 Go therefore

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 and make disciples

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 of all nations,

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 baptizing them

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 in the name of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe

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 all that I've commanded you

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 and behold,

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 I'm with you always

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 to the end of the age.

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 Okay?

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 He came to them

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 and said,

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 go.

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 Go.

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 You have to go.

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 The church has been

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 converted into this weird,

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 we've changed

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 the Great Commission

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 to come.

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 Established buildings

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 and services

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 and programs

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 that revolve around

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 come.

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 Get them to come to you.

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 That was never

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 the Great Commission.

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 We've turned Christianity

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 into some attractional mode

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 and I know some people

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 feel better about it

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 because they say,

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 oh, we don't do that

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 on Sunday mornings.

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 We don't invite a bunch

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 of people on Sunday mornings

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 to try and have them

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 hear the gospel

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 and get saved.

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 We're better than that.

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 But then we do

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 the same thing

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 in a smaller setting

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 called a missional community

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 and instead of doing

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 the hard work

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 of getting in people's life,

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 reaching out to people,

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 plowing and plowing

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 and plowing

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 in prayer

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 and in the gospel,

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 we just trade that

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 for a meeting invite

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 to a missional community gathering.

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 Instead of going

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 to where they are,

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 instead of going

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 into the world

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 to preach the gospel,

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 instead of going

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 to lost people

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 and building relationships,

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 instead of going

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 to the place of prayer

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 and saying,

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 God, open up the doors.

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 Who are the men

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 and women of peace?

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 God, bring them to me.

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 We have to go.

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 You have to go.

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 You can't stay

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 where you're at.

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 You can't stay comfortable.

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 You can't stay

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 in doing what you were doing

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 when you weren't winning souls.

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 If you've been

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 in a place

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 where you're not winning souls,

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 do something else.

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 Go somewhere,

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 like change it up.

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 Get into a different action.

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 God, give me

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 a different strategy.

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 I want to see it.

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 Romans 10, 13 to 15,

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 everyone who calls

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 on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 How then will they call

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 on him whom they've not believed?

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 And how are they

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 to believe on him

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 in whom they have not heard?

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 And how are they

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 to hear without someone preaching?

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 And how are they

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 to preach unless they are sent?

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 As it is written,

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 how beautiful are the feet

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.540
 of those who preach good news.

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 How are they to hear

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 without someone preaching?

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 We've got to preach.

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 We've got to preach.

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 You might say,

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 I don't know who to preach to.

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 Do you believe

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:28.060
 that God wants you

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.840
 to preach to someone?

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 Do you believe

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.779
 that God wants

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.980
 to give you those people?

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 Are you confident

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.740
 in that prayer?

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 Are you praying

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.059
 that with unbelief?

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 Are you a double-minded man

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.259
 when it comes

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.259
 to praying for the lost?

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 You shouldn't think

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.559
 you receive anything

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.059
 from the Lord.

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.299
 When you pray,

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.339
 do you believe

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:45.079
 that God wants you

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.500
 to preach,

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.460
 that he has people

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:47.839
 preordained

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.039
 to hear the gospel,

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:52.119
 people who are ready

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.879
 for harvest,

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 that he's just waiting

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:56.720
 for laborers to go to?

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 Do you believe

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:58.839
 that that's you and me,

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 that we are those laborers

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.299
 that God wants

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.139
 to bring forth

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:03.939
 so that they can hear

00:22:03.939 --> 00:22:04.419
 the gospel?

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.939
 Do you pray like that?

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 Do you pray that

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:08.799
 there's literally nothing

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.059
 that can stop that?

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.619
 That if I'm preaching

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.079
 to someone

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:13.399
 that God is calling,

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.839
 that God is drawing,

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.379
 that God is saving,

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:18.559
 they can't resist that?

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.919
 Are you kidding me?

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 The power of that?

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 Just like,

00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:23.579
 you know,

00:22:23.739 --> 00:22:24.559
 think of all the things

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.200
 we did to try

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.919
 to resist God.

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:27.059
 Think of all the ways

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.559
 that we stiff-armed him

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.379
 and pushed him away

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.679
 and said,

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.480
 I don't need you

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.619
 and our arrogance

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:33.379
 and pride kept pushing

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.859
 and said,

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:35.279
 I got it on my own.

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.279
 This religion stuff,

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.339
 it's not for me.

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.879
 I'm fine on my own

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:40.619
 when deep inside

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.379
 knowing we didn't

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:41.960
 have it on our own.

00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:43.019
 Think of how many times

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.480
 we did that

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.079
 and God never gave up on us.

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 God pursued us.

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.539
 He broke down our walls.

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.720
 He broke down our resistance.

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:50.119
 He broke down our pride.

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.619
 And then sometimes

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.500
 when we get in prayer,

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.599
 we don't believe

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.779
 that God will do the same thing

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.640
 to other lost people.

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.019
 We think,

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.220
 oh, they're too prideful.

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.420
 They're too independent.

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.819
 They're too resistant

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.720
 of the gospel.

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 Wasn't that us?

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.539
 Have we forgotten

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.599
 where we came from?

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.640
 Have we forgotten

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.640
 that we were the ones

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.759
 who rejected the gospel?

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.839
 Have we forgotten

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.859
 all the times

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:13.819
 that we pushed God away

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:15.220
 and God just kept

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.019
 breaking us down

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.880
 and breaking us down

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.740
 and breaking us down

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.759
 until finally

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.799
 we received it

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 with so much eagerness

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:22.059
 we actually thought

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.559
 it was us

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.059
 who bid it

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.879
 in the first place?

00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:25.740
 That we were so eager

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.079
 to do it,

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.799
 we just almost,

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.799
 now at this point

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.419
 we kind of think,

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.379
 oh, yeah,

00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:30.399
 I kind of did that.

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.199
 No.

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.559
 Nobody comes to the Father

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.819
 unless the Father

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.439
 draws them.

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:36.899
 Right?

00:23:36.979 --> 00:23:38.339
 The Father draws people.

00:23:38.699 --> 00:23:39.779
 He's drawing people

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.339
 right now.

00:23:40.419 --> 00:23:41.339
 He's drawing people

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.899
 in Raytown.

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:43.319
 He's drawing people

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.039
 around us

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.819
 and in our life,

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.099
 even right in front

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.019
 of our eyes.

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:49.460
 But,

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.240
 they have to believe

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.180
 and how can they believe

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.819
 unless they hear

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.900
 and how can they hear

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:55.539
 unless someone preaches?

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.720
 We've got to preach to them.

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.319
 We've got to preach.

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.579
 So,

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.799
 we've got to be confident

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.160
 in prayer.

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.980
 We've got to be confident

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.539
 in the gospel.

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.519
 If we're not,

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.259
 we need to be filled

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.379
 with the Spirit of God.

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.180
 We need the Holy Spirit

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.279
 to be poured on us

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.559
 so we can speak

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.639
 the Word of God boldly,

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.680
 so we can be

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.339
 as witnesses

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:15.440
 in Raytown,

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.099
 Kansas City,

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.000
 in the ends of the earth,

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:19.480
 wherever He may take us.

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.559
 Right?

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:22.599
 But someone's got to preach.

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.959
 We need some beautiful feet.

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:26.059
 Are your feet beautiful?

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.659
 You know how your feet

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.099
 are beautiful?

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.459
 Not because you manicure them

00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:29.740
 and you,

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.399
 you know,

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.379
 stick them in a pond

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.039
 with those fish,

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.339
 whatever,

00:24:32.459 --> 00:24:33.439
 that eat all the bacteria.

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.699
 Your feet are beautiful

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:36.779
 when you preach good news.

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.519
 Those are the feet

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.099
 that are beautiful.

00:24:38.959 --> 00:24:39.959
 Do you have beautiful feet?

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.099
 Do you have feet

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:42.099
 that come from

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.159
 a body

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:44.480
 that is preaching good news?

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:46.099
 Okay?

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.700
 So what are we going to do?

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.460
 We got to get specific

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.120
 on this.

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.039
 What are the people

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.579
 and places

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.259
 you're targeting?

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.779
 Like,

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.700
 if you can't answer

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.380
 the question,

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.400
 the who,

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.240
 like,

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.259
 who are you targeting?

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.680
 What places

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.420
 are you targeting?

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.519
 Or,

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.360
 where are you already

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.360
 spending your time?

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.420
 And you don't have

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.099
 any kind of

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:10.799
 strategic focus

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.339
 on that

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.400
 as a missional

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.380
 community together

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.880
 and most certainly

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.440
 individually

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.120
 at a minimum,

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.100
 you have a,

00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:18.380
 and the difference

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.100
 between the two,

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.360
 right?

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.180
 They're not the same.

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.259
 You're always going

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.680
 to be called

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.320
 to be on mission

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:23.180
 wherever you're at.

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.960
 The people

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.580
 you're on mission

00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:26.560
 won't always be

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:27.280
 the same people

00:25:27.280 --> 00:25:27.860
 that your missional

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.660
 community will be

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:30.120
 on mission together with.

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.840
 Now,

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.080
 as much as possible

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:33.100
 you want to do that,

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:34.200
 but don't have

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.240
 this weird expectation

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.360
 that every single person

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.200
 you're on mission to,

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.280
 your missional community

00:25:38.280 --> 00:25:38.780
 is going to.

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:40.019
 You start with

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.720
 getting on mission

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:42.180
 yourself with people

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.359
 and then as much

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.899
 as possible

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.460
 as you can bring

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.200
 people together

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.940
 that you do that.

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.980
 But,

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.599
 we always have to be

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.000
 on mission

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.460
 to the people

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.240
 we're working with,

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.940
 the people that are

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.480
 around us,

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.559
 the people that

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.539
 we're interacting with

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.940
 and then as much

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.619
 as possible

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.240
 as we can see,

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:57.480
 okay,

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.899
 where there's

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.559
 intersections

00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:00.160
 between who,

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.259
 we're all,

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.299
 people that have

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.899
 already been placed

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.379
 in our life,

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.940
 the places

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.599
 we're already

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.519
 frequenting

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.339
 and,

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.960
 you know,

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.779
 where we spend

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.359
 our time,

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.339
 where do we,

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.059
 can we intersect

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.019
 with other people?

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.359
 Are we looking about that?

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.740
 Are we having

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:15.160
 conversations about that?

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:17.019
 How many conversations

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.920
 have you had with people

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.180
 like,

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.519
 okay,

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.319
 where's the

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:21.000
 missional

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.200
 intersections

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.099
 of our lives

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:24.819
 where we know

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.859
 some of the same people

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.579
 and we're reaching out

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:26.940
 to them,

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.960
 we visit

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.539
 or frequent

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.460
 the same places

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.099
 or businesses

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:32.000
 or small business owners,

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:32.759
 you know,

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.859
 whether it's the same place

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.779
 we get our hair cut

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.960
 or get our car fixed

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.140
 or grocery store

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.680
 we go to

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.579
 or coffee shop

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.000
 we frequent,

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.779
 whatever it may be,

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.640
 what are those

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.340
 same places

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:43.120
 and then what are we

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:44.940
 doing to specifically

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.559
 reach them

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:47.000
 or what are the

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.059
 new people in places

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.940
 and just getting

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.120
 specific about that,

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.380
 like,

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.920
 who are these new

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.400
 people we want

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.120
 to reach out to?

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.400
 Praying for God,

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.200
 like constantly

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.380
 just crying out to God,

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.360
 are you doing this

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:58.700
 daily?

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.600
 Are you doing this

00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.279
 before the Lord

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.059
 as a church plan?

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.420
 I'm saying,

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.759
 I know I want

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.460
 to do this more.

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.759
 I need to do this more.

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:06.920
 I'm convicted myself

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.660
 of not praying

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.440
 enough for this.

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.940
 I want to press in

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.700
 more in prayer

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.440
 for this church

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.940
 and just say,

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.339
 God,

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.879
 give us souls.

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.099
 Give us new people.

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.960
 Give us people.

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.420
 Give us young people.

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:19.079
 We should specifically

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.099
 be praying for young people.

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.819
 This morning I prayed

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.420
 for young people.

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.039
 Why did I pray

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.200
 specifically for young people?

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.259
 What about old people?

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.200
 We don't like old people?

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.359
 We do like old people.

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:26.940
 Okay?

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.240
 I'm a middle-aged person

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.319
 so I like both people,

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:29.559
 right?

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.099
 But no,

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.519
 we need both people

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:34.139
 but as older,

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.199
 we should always be

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:35.799
 turning our hearts

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.439
 towards youth

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:37.439
 and if we're a new church,

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.339
 there's no future

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.199
 without young people.

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.659
 You want a future church?

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.419
 We got to reach out

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.039
 to young people.

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.919
 We have to.

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.359
 Always,

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:44.259
 always to the end.

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.599
 Always reaching out

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.719
 to young people.

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.439
 If you're an older person

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:49.500
 and you get too entrenched

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.039
 in your ways

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.859
 and you can't reach out

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.539
 to young people,

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.579
 you're not being

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.240
 a good Christian

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.480
 because you have

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.539
 no vision for the future.

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.740
 If all you care about

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.480
 is your generation,

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:59.000
 you have to be turned

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.099
 towards young people.

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:01.159
 Turn towards people

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.439
 and say,

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.980
 this is the future generation.

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.480
 I'm not going to just say,

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.019
 well,

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.159
 I'm older.

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.980
 I don't need to do that.

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.799
 I paid my dues.

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.719
 I did my time.

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.379
 No way.

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:11.119
 No way.

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.379
 Always turning our hearts.

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.419
 Looking for double portion

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.259
 sons and daughters.

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.839
 Never giving up on that.

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.219
 Okay?

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.879
 So praying for specifically

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.839
 for young people

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:22.539
 to come into this church,

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.819
 that should always be

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.919
 a prayer focus for us.

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.959
 That's the future.

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.240
 And when older people come,

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.759
 we love them

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.419
 and we welcome them.

00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:29.159
 That's great.

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.240
 But then we get

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.980
 those older people

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.759
 to pray with us

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.440
 in the same way

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.100
 for young people.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.440
 You know what I'm saying?

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.300
 For sure.

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.880
 We have to.

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.120
 That's the future.

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.440
 That's the future.

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:38.840
 Okay?

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.620
 Who are those specific people?

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.800
 If I were to ask

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.460
 the individual

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.160
 missional communities

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.480
 and say,

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:44.440
 who are you on mission to?

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:46.279
 Do you have a specific answer?

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.240
 I'm not talking

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.279
 about a generic answer.

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:50.080
 And it may be specifically

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:51.700
 that we don't have specific,

00:28:52.060 --> 00:28:52.640
 but we're praying

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.480
 for specifics

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.400
 and we're intentional.

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.759
 We're making time for this.

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:57.879
 Just as much as we're making time

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.900
 to be a family together,

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.779
 we are spending

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.960
 just as much time

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.400
 focusing on being

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.240
 on mission together.

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:06.180
 Don't relegate that

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.940
 to the side.

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.859
 Don't relegate that

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.900
 to a small portion

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:10.039
 of your missional community life.

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.299
 That has to be

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.160
 just as valuable.

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.000
 They're not just communities.

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.259
 They're missional communities.

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.839
 Do you hear me?

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.599
 You're just cultivating community

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:20.420
 and not cultivating mission.

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.379
 We're missing it.

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.200
 Not to mention,

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.720
 the best way to cultivate

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.940
 community and sense of family

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:27.260
 is getting on mission together.

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:28.480
 Ask anybody

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.360
 who was in the military

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.060
 for a long,

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.360
 protracted period of time

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.640
 what they miss most

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.320
 and they will say

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:35.540
 they miss the camaraderie,

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:39.720
 the sense of vision,

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:41.860
 vision-focused community.

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.540
 That like being together

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:44.480
 on the same mission,

00:29:44.560 --> 00:29:45.240
 that mission

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:47.080
 brought them closer together.

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.060
 I'll never forget

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.660
 an interview I watched

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.540
 with Stanley McChrystal

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:51.000
 saying that.

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.400
 He said,

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.019
 I asked him,

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.779
 what do you miss the most?

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:54.519
 A career military guy.

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.299
 He said,

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.119
 I miss the mission

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.400
 and I miss the camaraderie

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.839
 of the men.

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.339
 And they go right,

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.519
 they go hand in hand.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.619
 And we're not in the military

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:04.079
 but you are in the Lord's army

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.579
 in a sense.

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.819
 You're soldiers for Christ.

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.039
 You're not serving,

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.500
 you're serving

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.660
 your commanding officer.

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.519
 And so our mission

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.539
 should bring us together.

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:14.339
 Sometimes we have a hard time

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.119
 being brought together

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.160
 by other means

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:17.519
 because we have

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.380
 too many differences

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:20.019
 and lack of similarity.

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.619
 But we always have

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:23.039
 the fellowship of the spirit

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.819
 and we always have

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.200
 the mission

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.160
 that can bring us together.

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:27.379
 We always have those things.

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.879
 And if we don't have

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.559
 that specific

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.639
 in our missional communities,

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.400
 there's going to be

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.059
 something lacking

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:34.819
 in our familial community

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:36.599
 because we don't have

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.119
 something bigger

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.819
 than ourselves.

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.980
 If we're aiming

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.319
 at something so small

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.980
 as ourselves

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.839
 and being in community

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.440
 with ourselves,

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.799
 we're missing it.

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:45.099
 It has to always be bigger

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:46.660
 and that's what brings us together.

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:48.380
 That's what brings us together.

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.740
 So we've got to figure out,

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.300
 we've got to be praying,

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.519
 Lord,

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:52.820
 what are the friends and family

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:54.560
 that I can be focused on?

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.700
 What are the neighbors

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.460
 and neighborhoods?

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.779
 What are the co-workers

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.680
 or workplaces?

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.900
 Like I said before,

00:31:02.040 --> 00:31:02.440
 whether they go

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.360
 into the same restaurant,

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.200
 the same store,

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:05.259
 same grocery store,

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.560
 same coffee shop,

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.920
 same barber.

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.880
 I remember years ago,

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.000
 one of the guys

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.080
 in our missional community

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.460
 is like,

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.660
 I got this guy,

00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.840
 he cuts hair,

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:16.000
 he's not a believer.

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.159
 What do you guys think

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:18.000
 about us all going

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.579
 to this guy?

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.259
 Yeah,

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.220
 that makes total sense.

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.220
 You're going to sit there

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.899
 for a half hour,

00:31:21.959 --> 00:31:23.119
 hour and you're going to,

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.659
 you know,

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.819
 not going anywhere,

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.079
 right?

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.740
 And you're going to talk.

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.720
 And what if all these people

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.720
 all go in there

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.759
 strategically,

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:32.220
 praying for the same guy,

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.559
 going to the same barber

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.359
 on purpose,

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.799
 same thing with a hair,

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.919
 you could do with a hairdresser,

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.159
 right?

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.099
 For the women,

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.319
 same mechanic,

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.539
 same chiropractor,

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.359
 right?

00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.379
 Done that before,

00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:44.779
 going to the same chiropractor,

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.679
 as other people.

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.439
 And it's like multiple people

00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:48.599
 are preaching the gospel

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.720
 to the same person.

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.899
 That's awesome

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.939
 when you do stuff like that,

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.079
 going to the same park,

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:55.159
 frequenting the same places

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:56.279
 over and over again.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.139
 I was just reading

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:59.720
 a book on evangelism

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.899
 by Mark Dever.

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.299
 And he says

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.980
 he always goes

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.759
 to the subway

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:05.659
 by the church building

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.259
 where he's at.

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:08.019
 And it's not because

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.919
 he has this particular

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.959
 love for subway.

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.319
 It's because he has

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.159
 a particular love

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.859
 for the employees

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.519
 at subway

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.899
 and he's got to eat.

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.379
 And so he goes

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.319
 to the same place.

00:32:17.719 --> 00:32:18.619
 And when he meets people,

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.259
 he says,

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.119
 let's go to subway.

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.019
 He's like,

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.419
 why do you want

00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:21.919
 to go to subway?

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.279
 He's like,

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.519
 because I have people there

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.579
 that I want to frequently

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:26.079
 be in interaction with

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.139
 because I'm preaching

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:28.079
 the gospel to them.

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.559
 I love that.

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.599
 That's great.

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:31.679
 Okay?

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.759
 Who are those people?

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.000
 What are these ways

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.740
 we can get in?

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.459
 I remember in the early days

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:38.159
 of Bellicose,

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.539
 there was so many times

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.079
 you're just like,

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.720
 who are we going

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.259
 to reach out to?

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.919
 How are we going to,

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.980
 how is this going to happen?

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.899
 How is this church

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:45.319
 going to get on its feet?

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.639
 How,

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.419
 who are we going

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.179
 to be the people?

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.679
 And in those early days,

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.579
 it was hard to believe.

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.539
 You're building something

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.039
 out of nothing.

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:52.019
 You can't see it.

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:53.079
 But we,

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.740
 there was this,

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.720
 there's an excitement

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.220
 in prayer

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.019
 when you realize

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.220
 God wants to give

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.339
 those people to you

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.879
 and that he will.

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.399
 He will.

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:03.199
 Do you believe that?

00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:04.220
 Can you pray

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.559
 and get excited

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.379
 while you're praying

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:07.779
 even though the answer

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.759
 hasn't come yet

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:10.200
 because you're anticipating

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.819
 the inevitability

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.940
 of the answer.

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.259
 Do you understand

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.759
 what I'm saying?

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:16.000
 Where your excitement

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.480
 comes from the inevitability

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:19.240
 of the not yet answered prayer

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:21.779
 and it gives you excitement

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:23.519
 and fuel to keep praying for it

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:26.119
 and you begin to see things

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:27.420
 in the spirit

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.519
 that are coming

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.660
 and it makes it,

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:31.019
 it makes it less,

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:33.779
 it's not invisible anymore,

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:35.039
 it makes it easier to build.

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.079
 The hardest thing to build

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.420
 is what you can't see.

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.480
 So,

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.720
 you need to see it.

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.200
 Well,

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.980
 the only way you're going

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.740
 to see the invisible

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.519
 is through prayer

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:45.779
 and the only way

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.720
 that's going to happen

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:48.019
 is when we come into unity

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.759
 around these things

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.599
 and pray together

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:51.160
 and we begin to start

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.259
 seeing things in prayer,

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.259
 we begin to start

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.500
 seeing things prophetically

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.900
 and we begin to pray

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.900
 into them with excitement

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:58.900
 and a sense of an inevitability

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.779
 that causes us to be

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:03.619
 just joyful

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:05.619
 in what's going to happen

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:07.019
 and then we just wait

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.420
 in the Lord

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.300
 and just see it happen.

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.739
 We do it in rest.

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.739
 We're not striving.

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.320
 We're not having to muster

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.539
 some church thing up.

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:15.019
 We're not feeling this pressure

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.800
 to make the church cool.

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.360
 We're not feeling this pressure

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.719
 to make it enjoyable

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.820
 and to get good friendships.

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.880
 No, we are resting

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:24.599
 in God's desire

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:27.059
 to do for us

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:28.139
 what we couldn't do

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.860
 for ourselves

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:30.320
 in ways that are way greater

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.219
 than we could ever do

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.800
 because He cares for us

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.720
 and He loves us

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.580
 and He wants us

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.780
 to have friendships

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.840
 and He wants us

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.660
 to have new people

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:39.180
 and He wants to save people.

00:34:41.560 --> 00:34:41.740
 Okay?

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.460
 But we have to have

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.180
 missional discipline.

00:34:45.060 --> 00:34:45.580
 We got to get,

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:47.080
 we have to have specific

00:34:47.080 --> 00:34:48.980
 people and groups

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.720
 and places.

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:51.220
 It has to happen.

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.620
 Do you hear me on that?

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.680
 I know I've said that

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.560
 a million times

00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:57.740
 but I don't know

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:59.220
 if it's totally sunk in yet.

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:01.079
 I think we have kind of this,

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:03.559
 we have desire for it,

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.919
 we have value for it.

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:06.239
 Maybe we're lacking

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.619
 the discipline in it though.

00:35:08.399 --> 00:35:09.579
 Do you hear me on that?

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.000
 Have desire,

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:13.339
 have a little bit of strategy

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:14.539
 but do we have the discipline

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.419
 to see it through?

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:17.259
 Do we have the focus

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:18.099
 that is required

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:21.099
 to literally see a church established

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.399
 beyond just the team

00:35:22.399 --> 00:35:23.199
 that got sent

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:24.599
 and a few people

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.639
 coming in here and there

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.759
 who are already believers?

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:28.539
 Like do we have the discipline

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.900
 to see it through?

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:33.340
 You got to ask yourself

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.059
 that question.

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.679
 Okay?

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.639
 And then we got to figure out

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.460
 ways that we're going to

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.860
 engage these people.

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.719
 Once you have

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.900
 those specific people,

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.179
 what are the ways

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.239
 we're going to engage people?

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.119
 Okay?

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.579
 Three really easy ones

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.119
 are eating,

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.539
 planning events,

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.259
 and serving and blessing people.

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:51.759
 Okay?

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:53.300
 Just eating together

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.940
 with people.

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:57.500
 Doing barbecues,

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.400
 parties,

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:58.960
 meals.

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.599
 Okay?

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.800
 Not inviting people

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:02.159
 to your missional community gathering

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:03.420
 unless you've set apart

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.800
 a specific gathering

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.900
 for lost people.

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.039
 But just saying,

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.300
 hey,

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:08.219
 come over to have a meal

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:09.159
 or let's go out to eat

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:10.219
 or let's go grab something

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:11.179
 to drink.

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:11.800
 Okay?

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:13.199
 Giving meals away.

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.860
 Maybe having like a regular thing,

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.659
 like a night of the week

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.219
 where this night

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:17.320
 is always open

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.980
 to have people over.

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.780
 Like I've set that aside

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:22.119
 or Sunday afternoons

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:23.079
 to invite new people

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:24.159
 who've come to the church.

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:25.079
 which,

00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:25.639
 you know,

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:27.079
 that's a little sparse now

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.759
 but maybe down the road

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.799
 that'll become more and more.

00:36:28.899 --> 00:36:29.019
 I mean,

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.839
 at Bellacook now

00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.960
 you could do that

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:32.179
 until the cows come home

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.539
 and you'd never run out of people

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.199
 because there's just

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:35.519
 influx of people.

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.679
 Didn't used to be that way.

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:39.819
 Didn't used to be that way at all.

00:36:40.359 --> 00:36:40.619
 Okay?

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:42.519
 It's got to start somewhere.

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.759
 All right?

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:46.139
 Maybe doing like a night

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:47.500
 of just having coffee together

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:49.079
 or desserts together,

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.519
 you know?

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:50.980
 Especially as it gets cooler.

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:53.599
 making it fun,

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.000
 you know,

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.920
 doing some kind of

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:56.440
 food contest together.

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.199
 Best dessert,

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.880
 best dip,

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.699
 best barbecue,

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.599
 best pizza.

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.599
 I don't care.

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.619
 Anything like that.

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.900
 Just doing stuff

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:05.539
 that you can get around people

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.460
 and build relationships.

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.219
 Or events,

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.740
 sports.

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:10.119
 In one month,

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.500
 football season starts.

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.920
 I know that

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:14.099
 whether you're

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:15.559
 a Chiefs fan or not,

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:15.860
 whether you're

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.920
 a football fan or not,

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:18.079
 a lot of people are.

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.480
 And we just happen

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.019
 to have a team

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.880
 that's won the Super Bowl

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.780
 two years in a row.

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.759
 They're going to be trying

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.539
 to win a third one.

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.639
 You think people are going

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.480
 to be interested in that?

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.780
 You better believe it.

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.320
 Okay?

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.659
 You might say,

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:28.780
 well,

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.639
 I'm not interested in that.

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.000
 Well,

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.699
 other people are.

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.539
 So,

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.500
 will you become all things?

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.940
 Maybe you become a Chiefs fan

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:36.739
 to win as many for Christ.

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.920
 You know what I'm saying?

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.360
 It happens every week.

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:41.039
 It's like a weekly rhythm.

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:43.059
 You could literally have a plan

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:44.000
 in place like,

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.340
 okay,

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.539
 we're going to watch

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.360
 the Chiefs game

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.380
 every week

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.639
 and we're going to invite

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.480
 people in

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.539
 that we're on mission to.

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:52.259
 Talk about a natural,

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.739
 normal,

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:53.519
 neutral setting

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.579
 that's not going to wig people

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:56.019
 out as some religious weirdos.

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.000
 Right?

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.019
 Just wait,

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.579
 you're going to go,

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.039
 you're going to,

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.779
 you want to watch

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:01.239
 a football game together?

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.579
 Oh yeah,

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.039
 I could do that.

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.179
 You know,

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.139
 no one's going to be like,

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.679
 weird.

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:07.819
 Okay,

00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:08.659
 but that's what I'm saying.

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:08.960
 Like,

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:11.019
 but planning stuff like that,

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.739
 just say,

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.659
 it's coming up.

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.759
 I'm not saying you have to,

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.859
 have to do that.

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.400
 I'm just saying,

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.559
 ideas like that,

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.139
 looking at the season you're in,

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:19.599
 football season's coming up,

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.160
 using that for that purpose.

00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:22.920
 Right?

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.260
 We're going to literally

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:25.619
 regularly open up our home

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.860
 for Chiefs games

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:28.639
 and then bring lost people

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.579
 and bring neighbors in.

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.500
 Most of your neighbors

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.599
 are already doing that.

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:33.079
 Just do it with them.

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:33.940
 Hey,

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.860
 are you watching the Chiefs game?

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.079
 Yeah,

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.320
 I am.

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:36.260
 You want to watch it at my place?

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.200
 Like,

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.099
 we'll provide all the food.

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.860
 You don't need to bring anything.

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:39.880
 Yeah,

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.420
 I'll be there.

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:41.920
 You know what I'm saying?

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.119
 Like,

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.840
 that's easy.

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:44.539
 That's low-hanging fruit.

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.679
 And then when you're there,

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:47.579
 don't just watch the Chiefs game.

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:48.639
 Talk about their life.

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.059
 You know,

00:38:50.279 --> 00:38:50.579
 get it,

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.759
 lay the groundwork

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:54.279
 and as soon as you see

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:55.440
 that open door,

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:57.179
 you preach the gospel.

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.199
 And if you don't see

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.739
 the open door,

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.360
 make one.

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.599
 Make one.

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:02.179
 Make the most

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.079
 of every opportunity.

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.320
 Make an opportunity.

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.460
 Do you know what I'm saying?

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.739
 You know,

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.360
 we've talked about

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.119
 block parties,

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:08.980
 bonfires,

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.380
 game nights,

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.039
 holiday celebrations.

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:13.259
 I think that's

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:14.099
 always a good time.

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.599
 And that's why I think

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.679
 fall is such a great time

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.199
 for mission.

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.239
 Right?

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:18.599
 It's always a time

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.960
 to launch things,

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.839
 to do things.

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:22.360
 But Halloween comes

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.940
 and all your neighbors

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.699
 come to your door.

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:26.400
 They come to you.

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:26.819
 Right?

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.299
 Do it up better

00:39:29.299 --> 00:39:30.239
 than anybody else.

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.119
 Okay?

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:33.360
 Thanksgiving is a great time

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.179
 to just have people

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.900
 over for dinner.

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:35.839
 Christmas.

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.699
 Christmas parties

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.539
 are so easy.

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.219
 Right?

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.699
 Another American holiday,

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.319
 Super Bowl.

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:40.819
 Right?

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.199
 Okay?

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.400
 Easy to do that.

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.960
 You have this holiday time

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:46.500
 and you have all these

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.480
 easy things

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.880
 to just invite people into.

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:51.000
 Are we being intentional

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.599
 with those things?

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.420
 Do we have a plan

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.300
 for those things?

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.260
 Movie nights,

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:57.900
 you know,

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.720
 dancing,

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.619
 cigar pipe nights,

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.559
 Bible studies,

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.160
 where you just say,

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.340
 hey,

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.400
 we're going to do a Bible study

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.180
 for this amount of nights

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:04.599
 and we're going to invite

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.440
 people to come to it.

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:07.320
 One-time events,

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:08.139
 weekly events,

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.820
 monthly events,

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:09.400
 whatever they may be.

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:12.079
 Or serving people,

00:40:12.180 --> 00:40:12.880
 like how can we do

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.619
 house projects,

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.559
 yard projects,

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.400
 helping someone financially,

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:18.500
 neighborhood cleanups.

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:20.119
 Just identify at least

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:21.660
 one way to tangibly

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:22.960
 express the gospel

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:24.420
 on a regular basis

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.380
 through serving

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:27.340
 and then sticking with it

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.059
 long enough

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:29.380
 to move beyond

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:30.500
 just tasks

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.500
 to relationships.

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.680
 Opening the door

00:40:33.680 --> 00:40:34.340
 for the gospel.

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:35.320
 Right?

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.079
 Opening the door

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.680
 for the gospel.

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:38.860
 What are these things?

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:40.240
 Listen,

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.140
 if you don't have an answer,

00:40:41.240 --> 00:40:41.760
 that's okay.

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.940
 But don't be okay

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:44.260
 with not having an answer

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:45.660
 much longer.

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:47.539
 Because God wants

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.340
 to give you an answer.

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.900
 He wants to give you people.

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.539
 And like,

00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:52.680
 what did Paul do?

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.559
 Did Paul just say like,

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:53.760
 well,

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.480
 I just hope God

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.180
 gives us something.

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.120
 He said,

00:40:56.180 --> 00:40:56.360
 no,

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.900
 I'm aiming

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:59.280
 at specific people.

00:41:00.180 --> 00:41:00.800
 He said,

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.920
 Peter's called to these people,

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.980
 I'm called to these people.

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.360
 He's like,

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.480
 I'm reaching these people

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.860
 this way,

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.599
 I'm reaching these people

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.019
 this way.

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:07.519
 Do you have multiple people

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.559
 that you're on mission to

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:09.199
 that you're reaching

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.980
 in different ways

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.659
 and you're becoming

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.739
 different things

00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:12.420
 that you might mean

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.579
 as many people

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:14.940
 through as many means

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.699
 as possible?

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:18.139
 That's what church

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:19.039
 should look like.

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.840
 Not just creating

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:22.079
 some weird gathering,

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:22.900
 religious gathering

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:24.139
 that majority of people

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:25.199
 will never come to

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:26.759
 and hoping that some come to.

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.279
 That's what church

00:41:28.279 --> 00:41:28.799
 has become.

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.619
 Why?

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:33.059
 It should be us

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:34.599
 strategically getting

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:35.739
 on mission to people.

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:37.380
 Never ceasing,

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.159
 never stopping,

00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:39.739
 always on the offensive.

00:41:40.299 --> 00:41:41.259
 When the Bible says,

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:41.859
 Jesus says,

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.799
 I will build my church

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.599
 and the gates of hell

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.920
 shall not prevail against it.

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.279
 Have you ever walked

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.880
 by a gate

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:48.199
 and a gate just attacked you

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:49.059
 and knocked you to the ground

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:50.079
 and started beating you up?

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:54.500
 Gates don't do anything to you.

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.799
 When he says that,

00:41:55.859 --> 00:41:57.299
 when he says that the gates

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:58.279
 of hell shall not prevail,

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:59.360
 he's talking about

00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:01.380
 an offensive attack

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:02.140
 at the gates.

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.140
 He's talking about

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:04.240
 an infiltration

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:05.740
 of enemy territory

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:07.700
 that was protected by gates.

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.840
 You are pressing

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:10.040
 through the gates.

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.800
 He's not talking about

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.800
 some gates that are,

00:42:13.100 --> 00:42:13.240
 you know,

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:13.760
 you're just doing

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:15.000
 your comfortable church thing

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.640
 and these gates

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:16.580
 come attack you.

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.560
 That's bizarre.

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:18.519
 That never happens.

00:42:18.640 --> 00:42:19.680
 That's not what gates do.

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.280
 He's talking about

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.160
 an offensive

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:24.640
 into hell territory

00:42:24.640 --> 00:42:26.300
 and depopulating hell

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.980
 with the gospel.

00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:28.740
 Gates of hell

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.640
 shall not prevail

00:42:29.640 --> 00:42:31.280
 against the onslaught

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:32.440
 of the offensive weapon

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.120
 of the church.

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:35.360
 Is that church?

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.280
 Is that your experience

00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:36.760
 of church?

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:38.000
 Is that Christ church

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.500
 right now?

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.800
 Is Christ church

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:41.040
 on the offensive?

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:42.500
 Is Christ church

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:44.160
 pressing in and through

00:42:44.160 --> 00:42:45.060
 the gates of hell

00:42:45.060 --> 00:42:46.500
 to depopulate hell

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.160
 through the gospel?

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:49.100
 To literally say,

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:49.680
 no, no, no.

00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:51.080
 Snatching people

00:42:51.080 --> 00:42:51.700
 from the fire

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:53.000
 is the language of Jude, right?

00:42:53.220 --> 00:42:54.220
 Hating even the clothing

00:42:54.220 --> 00:42:55.600
 corrupted by sinful flesh.

00:42:56.040 --> 00:42:57.060
 You see that language?

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:58.420
 That's not an

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.480
 attractional language.

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.019
 That's not,

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:01.059
 let's just get,

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.500
 you know,

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.360
 the right worship team,

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.159
 the right child care

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:04.059
 and the right aesthetics

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:05.219
 and the, you know,

00:43:05.259 --> 00:43:06.699
 the charismatic preacher

00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:07.940
 so that we can

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:09.139
 just invite people

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:10.320
 and have them do the work.

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:12.079
 No, that's the language

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:13.400
 of a missional church

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:15.420
 that is on an offensive onslaught

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:16.179
 to break through

00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:16.980
 the gates of hell

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:18.320
 and to win lost people.

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:19.759
 Can you get excited

00:43:19.759 --> 00:43:20.360
 about that?

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.980
 Anybody can get excited

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.480
 about that,

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.119
 but can you be

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 consistent in that?

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 Can you be disciplined

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 in that?

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 Can you be excited

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 about it

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 and be disciplined

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 in it

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 and keep doing it

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 when no one else

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 is doing it

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 or other people

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:33.180
 don't want to do it

00:43:33.180 --> 00:43:33.860
 or other people

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 are burnt out in it,

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 tired on it,

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 weary on it

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 or in unbelief about it?

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 Can you stay in faith

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:40.660
 because you're a church plant

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 and you have to?

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.280
 You have to.

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:44.260
 You got to stay in faith

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 because who else

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 is going to do it

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 if you don't?

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 Who's going to lift you up

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 if you don't?

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 You got to keep

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:52.360
 crying out to God,

00:43:52.540 --> 00:43:53.620
 keep me faithful,

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.640
 keep me full of faith.

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.819
 God, I need you.

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 If what I'm saying

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 doesn't drive you

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 into Christ,

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 then what does?

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:00.859
 I'm not,

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 this isn't,

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 you need to just figure

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 this out on your own

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 and become

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 some self-dependent,

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 muster it up

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 kind of people.

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 I hope you're overwhelmed

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 by the task

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 I'm giving to you

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 and it drives you

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 into Christ.

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 And you say,

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 God,

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 I can't do this

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 without you.

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 I'm prone to unbelief.

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 I'm prone to inconsistency.

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 I am missionally

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 undisciplined.

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 I do it

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 when I feel like it

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 and not when I don't.

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 I do it

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 when everyone else

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 is doing it

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 and not when no one

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 else is doing it.

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 I do it

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 when there's a strategy

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 but not when there's

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 a strategy.

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 I do it

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 when everyone else

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 is praying

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 but not alone

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 in my prayer closet.

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 This is not,

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 this is not,

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 that doesn't work.

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 That's not going to work

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 for a church plant.

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 We have to be

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 missionally disciplined.

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 If I want to win

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 the prize,

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 I have to discipline

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 my body.

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.899
 This body

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 right here

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 needs to be disciplined

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 missionally.

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 Are you?

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 Are you doing your part?

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 Are you doing your part?

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 And real practically

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 ask yourself

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 two questions.

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 What will I stop doing

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 and what will I start doing?

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:04.980
 What will I stop doing

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 and what will I start doing?

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 It might mean

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 we have to

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 stop doing some things

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 and start doing other things.

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 Answer those questions.

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 Answer those questions.

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 And then we get on,

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 we get on mission to people

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 and become missionally disciplined.

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:23.420
 I,

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.240
 I,

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 I brag about

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 Christ's church

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 to other people

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 and say

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 it's a great group of people.

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:29.940
 I,

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 I was preaching

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 to Velikos the other day

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 and saying how

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 I see elements

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 of the five-fold ministry

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.980
 in this church.

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 I think it's a great team

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 of people

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 but a great team

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 of people

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 just like a great athlete

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 is wasted

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 if there's no discipline.

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 So,

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 I commend you

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 for the greatness

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 of this team

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 that God has put together

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 but if we aren't disciplined

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 and consistent

00:45:52.220 --> 00:45:53.159
 for the long haul,

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:54.619
 I'm sorry.

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.679
 It's not going to happen.

00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.740
 But if we are,

00:45:59.380 --> 00:46:00.380
 if we throw ourselves

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 on Christ

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:01.200
 and say,

00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:01.519
 God,

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.440
 we need you.

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:04.059
 We need you, Jesus.

00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:05.240
 We,

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:06.559
 we can't make a church

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:07.480
 appear out of nowhere

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:08.639
 and we've pulled out

00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:09.099
 the props

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:10.420
 that would draw people otherwise.

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:11.920
 You think they're going

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:12.840
 to come into a warehouse

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:13.360
 like this

00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:14.320
 because it's so cool?

00:46:15.600 --> 00:46:16.100
 You know?

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:17.100
 You think that when they see

00:46:17.100 --> 00:46:17.860
 our carpet squares

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:18.519
 at the new building,

00:46:18.600 --> 00:46:19.019
 they're going to be like,

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.160
 man,

00:46:19.180 --> 00:46:19.960
 this place is awesome.

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:22.539
 Chris is like,

00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:22.820
 yeah.

00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:26.380
 You know?

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:27.400
 Maybe not.

00:46:28.620 --> 00:46:29.640
 But what will they see

00:46:29.640 --> 00:46:30.059
 as awesome?

00:46:30.160 --> 00:46:30.260
 Well,

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:30.660
 these guys

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 love one another.

00:46:32.660 --> 00:46:33.720
 These guys are passionate

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 about what they believe.

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 They're serious

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 about the gospel

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:38.019
 and I heard the gospel here

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 and it cut me to the heart.

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 It cut me to the heart.

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 I heard it from these people.

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 They weren't limited

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 to a building

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:46.239
 and a service.

00:46:46.739 --> 00:46:47.799
 They were only limited

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 to

00:46:48.759 --> 00:46:52.259
 the Holy Spirit in them,

00:46:52.299 --> 00:46:52.839
 which is not,

00:46:52.839 --> 00:46:53.939
 not a limitation.

00:46:54.299 --> 00:46:54.459
 Right?

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:56.439
 Amen?

00:46:57.659 --> 00:46:58.099
 Amen.

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