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 Welcome to Ontario Community Church. I'm Pastor Patrick Daly, and you're listening to a special Ask Away episode.

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 Today is a little different from a normal sermon. This is a question-and-answer format. Real questions, real answers.

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 And during the recording, you'll even hear my wife, Amber, join me as we respond to questions together.

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 Some of the questions are theological, some are practical, and some are personal.

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 But our goal is simple, to keep Christ at the center, to pursue clarity, and to grow together.

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 All right, let's begin together.

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 Well, good morning, everyone. We are doing things a little bit different today, as we have been just going through our mission and vision.

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 We've been going through just all sorts of things with the new year.

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 Our annual theme being Blessed Are the Peacemakers.

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 And we've been...

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 And we've just been really going through a process of just identifying who we are as a church.

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 And it's just, there's been a lot of questions that's been going on, and it's just been really, really rewarding.

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 It's, I'm really grateful for you guys to submit the questions that you have.

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 And some of the other questions we put on are questions that we have commonly gotten in the two and a half years that we've been here.

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 Some that we get are a little more, some are pastoral, some are more about children's ministry, some are about family.

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 And so we just wanted to take some time to really just respond to some of the questions here that we have.

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 And so what I'd just like to do is, I'd like for us to open in prayer, and then we'll just go ahead and get started in our time together.

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 And so, Father God, we thank you for this time, this opportunity for us to gather together.

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 We recognize that this is not a typical sermon.

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 This is more of us responding to questions that have been submitted by the congregation and the community as well.

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 And we just pray that this will be a good opportunity for us to respond, for us to respond in wisdom and clarity.

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 And we just pray for everyone who is here in person and those who are tuned in online, that this message will just, these answers, these responses will be made clear and on ears that can hear and understand.

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 And we're just grateful for this church body.

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 We're grateful for this congregation.

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 And you have given us just a wonderful task to be able to preach the word and to be present with this congregation and to be salt and light to the community.

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 So bless this time together, and we just love you so much.

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 And thank you so much.

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 It is in the name of Jesus that we pray and we all say together, amen, church.

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 All right.

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 So, again, today is we're just doing a Q&A session.

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 We did this two years ago.

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 It was actually in 2023 or 24 when we did that.

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 And it was more biblical-based questions, which naturally, you know, when a pastor comes on, you want to ask questions regarding scripture and whatnot.

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 And it's still, it's a time for us to, as leadership for me as a pastor, and then I have Amber up here.

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 There are some questions regarding children's ministry and regarding just us as a family unit.

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 We'll answer as clearly as possible, and we will just with grace and truth.

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 And if you guys have any other questions, feel free to just write them down and give them to us.

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 If we have time, we'll get to any additional questions.

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 We do have, I think, 15, 16 questions to go through.

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 So, we're just, again, this is not a typical service that we do.

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 So, if this is your first time, we typically open the Word, we observe it, right?

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 We learn the lessons, and we learn what we need to do as Christians.

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 And so, we're going to go ahead and go into, I've titled this on here.

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 It's the same title as we had back in 2024.

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 It's Ask Away, and it is real questions and real answers.

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 If it wants to...

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 All right, just give it a second in here.

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 Real questions and real answers, and this is basically the 2026 or part two of Ask Away.

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 We're not going to have this every Sunday, but will be situations for us to go over things.

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 So, the first question that comes up, then, is...

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 Let's start to the next slide, then, is...

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 Does God help those that don't know Him?

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 This is a common question that you get when regarding...

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 What if they're not a Christian, right?

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 How does God help at all, or what does that look like?

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 And what I put on this next slide here is that God shows kindness and help to all people.

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 Now, what type of help that looks like is going to be different.

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 And you think of the creation of the earth, right?

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 You think of the rain and the sun, right?

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 And every day that you have life, that is a gift from God that is for everybody.

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 Now, when we're thinking of salvation and transformation, becoming more like the Lord, that is more exclusive for Christians.

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 And there's a verse that's in Matthew 5, verse 45, where it says,

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 He makes His sun rise on evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

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 So you think about the creation of the earth, like I'm saying, the sun, the rain, every day that we have is a gift from God.

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 And that is going to be for the unbeliever.

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 That's going to be for the believer as well.

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 But when we're thinking of what God gives to us, that's going to be...

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 Us as Christians, that is going to be very different.

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 And so it's important for us to know that with every gift that God gives the unbeliever or soon-to-be-a-Christian,

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 it's an opportunity to see God's provision, to see that God does provide even for those that don't know Him.

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 So you think of how God is the God of abundance.

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 He gives so many gifts and opportunities for us to know Him.

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 And what an amazing God that we have that gives gifts even to those that don't believe Him.

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 It's an opportunity for them to believe.

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 Right?

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 You observe the earth.

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 You observe the universe.

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 You look at the sun, the sunrise and the sunset.

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 You look at the mountains and the birds that are chirping in the air.

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 And it's supposed to be evidence of something that is much greater than that which is created kind of thing.

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 And so there's a lot into that.

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 Amber, did you want to...

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 Yeah.

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 And so as some of you might know, I have a background in biological and part of my classes was going through cultural and religious and that was one of the questions that would get asked quite frequently from a lot of my classes.

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 And so they were quite frankly, they would say, well, isn't that not fair that people in remote places may never hear the gospel message?

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 And so that was one of the things that I would hear frequently.

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 But as Pastor said, there's kind of this divine revelation that God does send through beauty of the earth, through instances where people do come into contact with us that really displays God's power.

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 And quite frankly, a lot of people may not have heard the message yet.

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 But they do...

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 They say there's something that's just special.

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 There's something that is great about this place or how there's miracles happening.

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 We don't know where they come from.

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 And...

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 And I would also preface that with that is why we are called to go out into all the nations as well.

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 So we are called to go out and to share the gospel, share the news, get it translated for even the most remote places so that they can really have that deep relationship with God.

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 But they could very well come across God and an understanding of God in their own circumstance.

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 And we can't put God in a box to say that he cannot speak divinely to those people in some way, shape, or form as well.

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 You have to think, not only is it nature that is speaking, right?

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 You think of the heavens declare the glory of God, right?

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 Or all of creation sings out to glorify God, right?

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 You have all of these verses throughout Psalms, Proverbs, just throughout Scripture that is testifying to the awesome power of God.

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 Not only do you have it within the creation, but also through people, right?

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 Part of us is to share in the gospel message, right?

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 The ministry of presence, speaking truth in love, all of these different ways to get people to see that there's something more than this earth, right?

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 There's something more to this life.

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 And it's just such a wonderful thing.

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 It's a great question.

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 Absolutely.

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 Let's go to that next one.

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 Question two, then, is does one have to be baptized and born again to be saved?

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 Now, this is a question I get all the time.

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 I don't know about you, Amber, but I get that all the time.

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 Because in Scripture, there are some verses where, for example, where it says, repent and be baptized, for example, right?

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 And then you have other verses that talk about, well, believe and be saved, and it can cause some confusion that happens, right?

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 So I want to put the answer that we have on here, which says that we are—what's that next slide?

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 Is that we're saved by grace through faith.

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 And baptism is obedience that follows that.

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 Now, sometimes when you read certain verses where it says, well, repent and be baptized, it's kind of talking about, right, repentance.

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 We understand that as metanoia, the changing of mind, right?

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 Our minds to be changed on who the Lord is.

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 And through that repentance, through that metanoia, we come to believe in the Lord, right?

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 And from belief comes the obedience, which is baptism.

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 There are so many verses that talk about faith in God and believing in the Lord.

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 That is the core.

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 That is the first—that is the most important thing.

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 Now, does it mean you should never get baptized?

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 Well, no, you should absolutely get baptized.

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 And it's important for us to know that if we create baptism to be a requirement for salvation, it then becomes part of a workspace salvation, right?

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 What happens to those—and there are case studies of this where there are people who may be more allergic to water or they may not have access to water.

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 And it creates just this kind of strange situation that happens.

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 And so, as Christians, in so many verses, it talks about believe in the Lord and be saved.

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 And I understand there are some people who have a different theological understanding where it may be more of their conviction to be baptized than by all means be baptized.

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 But when we're talking about salvation, it talks about belief, right?

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 Salvation is the gift of God, right?

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 And it is received by faith in Jesus Christ.

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 And so, being born again, if you go in the Gospel of John, where there's that conversation with Nicodemus, how can somebody be born again, right?

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 And Jesus answers by saying, that which is born of the flesh is born of the flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is born of the Spirit.

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 And you have to look—I think it's John chapter 3 where it's talking about that.

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 It's important for us to realize that we are born in the physical realm, and there's also the spiritual realm, right?

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 Being born again.

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 And that occurs when we believe in the Lord, right?

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 Believing the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.

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 And so, again, baptism, it is important.

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 It is something that we should do after salvation.

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 And what you see commonly in the book of Acts is they'll believe, and then they'll then get baptized.

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 And that's fine.

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 I actually think that's wonderful.

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 And a lot of churches that do that, they make a decision for Christ, and they're ready to get baptized.

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 That's a beautiful thing to see.

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 Many different churches have timing.

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 Sometimes they might have baptism classes and things.

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 But we must not make it where baptism becomes the requirement.

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 It is belief in God.

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 Having faith in Him is so important.

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 Yeah, and I just like to add a piece.

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 Because I work with the children, they often ask me a way to get baptized.

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 And so, we don't typically baptized infants.

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 But we do believe that when you have made that choice, you have professed your mouth and believe in your heart.

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 And then you can be baptized.

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 So, I mean, really, as early as children can do that, they might find it more significant, especially when they're a little bit comforted.

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 And can really take to heart that.

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 But I'm of the belief that when they're at five, and we're professing that Jesus is there, so we're at that.

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 But we just don't typically do it.

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 But if we're baptized, we think that's okay.

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 Yeah, there's a lot of times where some churches will talk about, well, re-baptism and legitimate baptism.

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 And we don't want to go so much into that.

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 But it's just important to get baptized.

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 One way or not.

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 And it's one final thing before we go to that next question.

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 It's important for us to know that believing in Christ, receiving salvation, right, making that decision for Christ, that's a very personal thing.

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 Right, that's something between you and the Lord.

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 That's very personal.

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 And when you're ready to get baptized, that's something that you want to tell everybody.

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 Share with your friends that now you're ready to make that public confirmation.

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 And so that's something that's...

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 Yeah, exactly.

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 It's a part of our way to think that if we are baptized in front of our friends, our family, they may not be at the meeting yet.

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 And so it opens up that conversation.

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 What's going on?

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 Where are you going in the water?

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 Why are you doing that?

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 So it's also a piece of that that is a beautiful...

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 All right, let's go to that next question.

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 So the question is, what do you say to a Christian who's concerned for their non-Christian loved ones who have passed away?

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 And this is a very, very good question.

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 And I wanted to take a moment to pull up in Scripture.

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 It's from Genesis 18, 25.

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 It's actually a very, very good verse.

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 If you want to turn your Bible there, that's fine.

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 If not, you don't have to.

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 But what's very interesting is you have the scene of Sodom and Gomorrah, right?

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 And it says in verse 22, men turned from there and went towards Sodom.

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 Abraham stood before the Lord.

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 Abraham drew near.

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 Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

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 Suppose there are 50 righteous within the city.

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 Will you then sweep away the place of non-spirit or the 50 righteous who are in it?

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 And then verse 25, far be it from you to do such a thing.

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 To put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked.

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 Far be that from you.

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 Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just?

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 And it's this question that's being asked here where we don't always know the heart of someone.

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 Now, we can see the outward expression, right?

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 We can see the actions of people, right?

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 Someone who has a heart of bitterness.

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 We can see that.

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 We can see the anger and the animosity that people have towards other people.

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 But what's so important is that towards, in the course of someone's life, how God may have revealed himself to a person, we don't know that.

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 And so we have this hope.

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 That question that gets asked, it comes from a place of love.

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 Love for someone who, you may not have seen the evidence, right?

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 You may not have known them as a Christian.

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 You may have known them as someone with a heart of a stone, right?

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 Or a really cold heart, as it were.

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 And we honor that.

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 But it's important for us to know that we place our loved ones into the hands.

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 Right?

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 And God knows the heart.

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 We trust in the character of God.

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 Especially when we don't have all of the information, right?

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 How many of us know every thought in our own minds, right?

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 Sometimes we wrestle with our own thoughts.

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 And so when we think of someone that has lived a life that is a non-Christian, we don't know their heart.

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 It is only God that knows that.

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 And so I want to give these words to you.

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 We grieve with hope.

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 And that's so important for us, right?

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 We grieve honestly.

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 And we are not hopeless, though.

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 Because it is God who will.

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 He knows.

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 He knows you better than you may know yourself, right?

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 He knows you better than a family member would.

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 And so we trust in God.

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 And we give our loved ones into the hands of God.

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 And this is not...

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 We have to know that from those verses in Genesis that God is just and God is merciful.

00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:05.480
 So part of it is we can't even fathom the mercy of God on one end or God's justice.

00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:09.860
 And at the same time, we may not understand a person's heart.

00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:17.439
 How many of you have may known somebody who has a hard shell but a soft inside, right?

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:21.119
 I mean, I'm sure we could all raise our hands and know someone who's like that.

00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:22.559
 Maybe you yourself are like that.

00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:25.179
 We just don't always know the heart.

00:18:25.399 --> 00:18:26.759
 And that's so important for us.

00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:31.920
 So when there is a loved one, we have to offer that to the Lord.

00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:33.160
 And so that's very important.

00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:40.539
 And if you have had a loved one who has passed away, I mean, I'm here for you as your pastor.

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:43.480
 You can always talk to Amber or anyone from the board.

00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.559
 We can pray with you.

00:18:44.660 --> 00:18:46.480
 And this is not an easy question.

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:49.279
 You know, we're in our third question.

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.539
 And that's a heavy one.

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:55.240
 Yeah, and I think we have to be mindful of how we interact with people who are greedy.

00:18:55.980 --> 00:19:04.039
 And it's something that sometimes our words are meant to try to help someone get through that.

00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:06.599
 But they actually become a lot more harmful.

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:10.819
 That might work, well, they're not going to heaven.

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.539
 You know, they were such a wicked person.

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:14.379
 It's really not our place.

00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:16.279
 God is the ultimate judge.

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:19.200
 And he knows our hearts.

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.160
 He knows their hearts.

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:26.639
 And so we have to check ourselves in how we respond to someone who's grieving.

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:31.220
 Because all of us are around people who might be going through those.

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:33.500
 And sometimes we do it as a way to relate.

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:35.960
 Or, oh, yeah, my grandfather just died.

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:37.779
 And he was a wicked man.

00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:39.420
 Or, you know, we try to relate.

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:41.379
 But we be mindful.

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:45.460
 The scripture says to us to be mindful.

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:48.200
 It's slow to speak, right?

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.240
 To listen.

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:51.660
 To hear where they're coming from.

00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:59.240
 And comfort them without necessarily pushing on what we believe to be about their problems.

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:02.660
 And certainly with the loss of any family member.

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:05.879
 I mean, the last thing you want to do is be like, well, they're in hell.

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:07.980
 You don't want to do that.

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:10.920
 You want to comfort them and be present with them.

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:14.259
 Because at the end of the day, you don't know.

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:17.460
 You really don't know their heart and what they have been through.

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.420
 The people that have interacted.

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:21.519
 Every single person that interacted with their life.

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:25.879
 It's certainly possible that someone planted a seed that was there.

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:26.839
 So.

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.039
 And you're speaking as the person.

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.579
 Yeah.

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.619
 To the living.

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:35.900
 And you have a profound effect on how their faith developed as well.

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:38.299
 Let's go to the next question then.

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:43.400
 So it's why do you partner with the secular community?

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.900
 Now this is one.

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:47.799
 This is a question we've gotten a few times.

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:50.019
 Where it's so.

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:55.640
 It's important for us to recognize that.

00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:00.940
 Jesus calls for us to love God and to love us.

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.759
 To love our neighbors.

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:06.759
 There's a verse in Jeremiah 29.7.

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:10.519
 Where it talks about seeking the welfare of the city.

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:13.420
 And pray to the Lord on its behalf.

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:16.140
 And it's so important for us.

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.420
 You know.

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:19.160
 The church is a safe place.

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.759
 For us to come together.

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.500
 Encourage one another.

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:24.000
 To grieve together.

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:25.420
 To be present with one another.

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:30.660
 But it's also important for us to be salt and light for the community.

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:34.259
 That doesn't mean we are compromising our beliefs.

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:39.039
 It means that we are representing Christ when we go out in the community.

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:40.960
 Because let's be honest here.

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:45.079
 Is anyone 100% never interact with anybody?

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:47.420
 I mean maybe if you're alone on an island I suppose.

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:47.779
 Right?

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:51.039
 But more often than not you're going to interact with somebody.

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:51.980
 Right?

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:56.579
 And how are you representing Christ with every interaction?

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:59.240
 Whether that's at Dutch Brothers.

00:21:59.599 --> 00:21:59.799
 Right?

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:02.579
 Whether that's at Walmart or Albertsons.

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:02.920
 Right?

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:04.200
 Or you're going to Walmart.

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.700
 How are you representing Christ?

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:08.980
 And that's so important in that.

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.240
 Right?

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:14.200
 And we partner with these secular organizations.

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:16.440
 Because it's the common good.

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:19.220
 So I think of building healthy families.

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.920
 I think of FACE.

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:23.299
 I think of the Treasure Valley Relief Nursery.

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:27.859
 A lot of them they are focused on having strong and healthy families.

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:30.319
 That's something that is very important.

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:32.200
 That we as the church we value.

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:36.140
 Now how they help families might be a little bit different.

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:39.040
 We have the spiritual side.

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.280
 Right?

00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:42.020
 We have the biblical and scriptural side.

00:22:42.540 --> 00:22:42.700
 Right?

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.900
 The ministry of presence.

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:49.200
 For them they may have evidence based or science fact or different ways.

00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:50.080
 Different techniques.

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:53.900
 But it's so important that when we are out in the community.

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.940
 We can build relationships.

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.480
 We can.

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.540
 It's really.

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:01.000
 We're focusing on.

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:04.940
 You think of how Jesus dined with sinners.

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.320
 Right?

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:10.259
 How he was present with all of these different people who are worldly.

00:23:10.520 --> 00:23:11.920
 Or secular as it were.

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.160
 Right?

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:14.720
 Well he was there to be present.

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:18.020
 And as we go further on in these questions.

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:21.860
 We believe in this idea of friendship evangelism.

00:23:22.020 --> 00:23:23.160
 And the ministry of presence.

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:25.300
 Where it is about building relationships.

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:27.320
 And when the proper time is right.

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.460
 You don't force it.

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:30.700
 When the time is right.

00:23:31.040 --> 00:23:31.940
 Then you share.

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.780
 In who Christ is.

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:35.839
 It's not force.

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:38.539
 It's by waiting upon the Lord.

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:41.200
 Waiting on the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:42.819
 And you have to think families.

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.319
 They need support.

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.539
 They need presence.

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:47.619
 And so we partner with them to.

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:50.079
 Because we value families.

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.720
 But also.

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:54.039
 That's part of our mission.

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.200
 Yeah.

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:57.360
 When we first moved here.

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:59.960
 We've been doing ministry for many years.

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.660
 So I thought.

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:00.920
 Oh.

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:03.019
 Just do the same things that I've always done.

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.480
 You know.

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:05.059
 I have some events.

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.759
 And different things.

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:07.440
 And very quickly.

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.099
 I was humbled.

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:12.740
 By the amount of resources.

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.779
 Organizations.

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.420
 That are in our community.

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.660
 There is a lot going on.

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.920
 And actually.

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.799
 We were talking about it.

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.920
 In our class this morning.

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:23.259
 That we live in a post-Christian world.

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:25.119
 That might seem very strange.

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.859
 For some of these.

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.680
 Because we were raised.

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:28.420
 In the Christian era.

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:30.039
 In the Christian church era.

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.660
 Where the church really dominated.

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.140
 A lot of life.

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.240
 Social life.

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.240
 A political life.

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.180
 Just everyday interactions.

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:40.059
 We're really centric.

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.819
 Around church.

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:43.460
 But our world has changed.

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:46.740
 And our world has progressed through.

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:49.259
 And a lot of things in our community.

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.579
 Are going to happen.

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.380
 Whether or not.

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.160
 We show up.

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.220
 Or not.

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:55.380
 And so I quickly learned.

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:57.339
 That you've got to be where the people are.

00:24:57.980 --> 00:25:00.339
 Because they're not going to step through these doors.

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:03.680
 Unless something drastic happens in their life.

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.820
 Or.

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.320
 Or.

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.960
 By friendship with the people.

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:11.600
 By just being there with one another.

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:13.440
 Seeing how you live your life.

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.100
 And so.

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.920
 I put.

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.640
 My.

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:17.160
 My children and myself.

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.360
 We went to.

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.720
 Building healthy families.

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.779
 We went to.

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.000
 A lot of these activities.

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.360
 And I met other moms.

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.960
 I met other families.

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.480
 And.

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.980
 Very.

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.460
 Seldom.

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.440
 Did I.

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.299
 Reveal.

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.640
 I'm a pastor's wife.

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.559
 I've got a church.

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:32.920
 You know.

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.259
 I thought.

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.880
 I was a selder.

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.299
 But.

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.799
 When the questions.

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.160
 Hey.

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.200
 I can't lie.

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.039
 So.

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.399
 I tell the truth.

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.980
 And I tell.

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.519
 Yeah.

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.440
 I'm a pastor's wife.

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.619
 I do children's ministry.

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.619
 And it just.

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.740
 Opens up doors.

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:46.299
 That are more authentic.

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.859
 That are more.

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.879
 Real.

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.980
 That says.

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.740
 Yeah.

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.359
 My kids.

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.920
 Run around.

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.440
 And just like.

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.119
 You are not.

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.819
 Perfect.

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.420
 And you're welcome.

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.019
 You're not perfect.

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.559
 With me.

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.480
 And know that Jesus loves you.

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.759
 And so.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.819
 That was really.

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.680
 What kind of.

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.180
 Shifted that.

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:06.600
 And the church already had these relationships.

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.600
 Built in.

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.299
 When we came.

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:10.180
 You guys were already supporting.

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.500
 CDCRN.

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.420
 Not at the time.

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.380
 You guys weren't supporting.

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.320
 Building House and Families.

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.220
 But now we are.

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:19.120
 But there's a lot of other organizations.

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:21.080
 That you guys were already supporting.

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.240
 And you guys have.

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.519
 Joined in partnership.

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.539
 With each other.

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.820
 At the food pantry.

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:29.240
 You get to know people.

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:32.019
 You serve alongside them.

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.480
 People love.

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:35.400
 To be in community.

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.220
 With one another.

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:38.140
 They love to serve together.

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.700
 And when those.

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.700
 Moments happen.

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.519
 It's the most organic thing.

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.059
 That really.

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.039
 That really.

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.240
 Shows the love of Christ.

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.740
 Before we go to question five.

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.039
 I think.

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.839
 Just as people ask.

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.440
 Why do you partner.

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.559
 With the secular community.

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.720
 How often.

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:54.000
 The secular community.

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.420
 Will ask.

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.740
 What are you guys doing?

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.920
 You're from a church.

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.240
 What do you.

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.740
 What do you want from us?

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.099
 And it's.

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.380
 It's.

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.779
 Very standoffish.

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.299
 But.

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.259
 It's.

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:05.880
 I'm here to serve.

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.960
 I'm here because I value families.

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:11.039
 And I'm no different.

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.440
 I'm.

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.380
 No better than you.

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.720
 And I just want to.

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.720
 Be here to help.

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:18.180
 And the amount of conversations.

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.740
 That you get from people like.

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.420
 Oh.

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.460
 Churches don't do that.

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:25.200
 I don't want to judge other churches here.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.460
 But.

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.500
 It's.

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:28.240
 This is a real conversation.

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.460
 That Amber and I have.

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.200
 All the time.

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.640
 We're going into.

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.819
 Question five.

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:35.099
 Why is Ontario Community Church.

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.759
 Nonpolitical?

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:37.259
 Now this is a very interesting one.

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.079
 We'll go into the answer.

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.180
 Directly.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.400
 Right.

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.900
 We are.

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.900
 Nonpartisan.

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.900
 We're not going to.

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:45.440
 Going to endorse the candidate.

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.759
 That's not appropriate.

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.380
 We.

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.519
 Come to church.

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.140
 To gather.

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.600
 To worship the living God.

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:51.860
 Right.

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.120
 To.

00:27:52.780 --> 00:27:53.500
 Celebrate the.

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.540
 Who Jesus Christ is.

00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:56.180
 Being the way.

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.600
 The truth.

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.140
 And the life.

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:57.900
 And.

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.500
 It's important to know.

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.140
 That Christ.

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.080
 Is above.

00:28:01.280 --> 00:28:02.040
 Political parties.

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.140
 Now I know.

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.620
 In the culture.

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.519
 In which we live in.

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.240
 Well.

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:06.100
 What seems to happen.

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:08.160
 Does the news media.

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:09.000
 Or social media.

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:10.660
 That try to bring everybody together.

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:12.360
 I wish.

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.680
 Right.

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.519
 But they tend to divide.

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:14.800
 Right.

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.519
 They tend to divide.

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.780
 On.

00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:16.300
 You know.

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:17.940
 How taxes should be paid.

00:28:18.040 --> 00:28:18.360
 And you know.

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.880
 Who has so much authority.

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.700
 Or you should endorse this candidate.

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.580
 Or that candidate.

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.680
 And it goes on and on.

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.840
 But the reality is.

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:27.580
 Just because we are nonpartisan.

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.279
 Does not mean.

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.299
 That we are non-moral.

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:31.000
 We turn to the pages.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.899
 Of the word of God.

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.019
 To guide us.

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.799
 In how we live.

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.059
 In our everyday lives.

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.240
 And it's important.

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.159
 To make that distinction.

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.240
 Because some people may say.

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.819
 Well.

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:41.119
 Why aren't you picking a side?

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:43.139
 Are you watering down the gospel.

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:44.259
 Or compromising things?

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:45.119
 Absolutely not.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.619
 In fact.

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.939
 It's a call for us.

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.119
 To double down.

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.839
 On scripture.

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.019
 And what it says.

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.019
 And what it means.

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.460
 And how we can apply it.

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.699
 Let the word of God.

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.639
 Mold you.

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.500
 And how you vote.

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.519
 And how you.

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.500
 View politics.

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.879
 Not the other way around.

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.339
 It's very tragic.

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.500
 When you see politics.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.480
 Trying to force.

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.240
 Itself.

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.659
 Into the pages of scripture.

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:07.339
 For some sort of agenda.

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.099
 Or narrative.

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.500
 And so.

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.179
 That's something.

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.559
 That we've got to be.

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.319
 Very careful.

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.659
 Just as Christ said.

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.179
 In the.

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.460
 Gospel of John.

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.359
 That my kingdom.

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.980
 Is not of this world.

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:20.299
 That's very powerful.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.939
 And very strong language.

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.199
 Because how often.

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.960
 Do people want to.

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:25.440
 Make their own kingdom.

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:25.779
 Right.

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:27.400
 Or weaponize Christ.

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.039
 As it were.

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.799
 And there's also a verse.

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.559
 In first Timothy.

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 Where it says.

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.440
 I urge that prayers.

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 Be made for people.

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.580
 For kings.

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 And for all those.

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:37.180
 In high authority.

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:37.720
 Right.

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.920
 Important for us.

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.539
 To pray.

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.759
 For those.

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:42.140
 Who are in political office.

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.620
 Pray for those candidates.

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.500
 Pray for those.

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.620
 Who are currently serving.

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:48.360
 Ask the Holy Spirit.

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.880
 To move.

00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:50.620
 In their life.

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.500
 Let there be change.

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:53.240
 Because if you remember.

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.360
 When we went over Ezra.

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.860
 We had those three.

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.560
 Pagan kings.

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.680
 That the spirit of God.

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.039
 Changed their hearts.

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.220
 And through the Holy Spirit.

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.660
 God's purpose.

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.519
 Was fulfilled.

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.380
 The very.

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:04.779
 I mean.

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.980
 That's why we went over Ezra.

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.300
 To see.

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:06.580
 Wow.

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.779
 The spirit of God.

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.900
 Can work through pagan kings.

00:30:09.780 --> 00:30:10.540
 I pray that.

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.100
 He'll work through.

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.460
 A lot of.

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.400
 Some of our leaders.

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.880
 In political office.

00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:15.040
 And I'm not saying that.

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:16.660
 To take so much of a job.

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.940
 At politics currently.

00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:18.780
 But I guess I am.

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.480
 But.

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.860
 It's just important for that.

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.140
 So.

00:30:21.540 --> 00:30:22.900
 Just understand the difference.

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.480
 Between that.

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:23.680
 Right.

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.640
 That Christ is above.

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.100
 Political parties.

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:26.640
 And that.

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.519
 Our unity.

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.240
 Is in Christ.

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.259
 We're seeking the things.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.900
 That are higher.

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:30.759
 Seeking the things.

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.680
 That bring us together.

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:33.259
 And we pray for our leaders.

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.640
 And we just.

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.640
 We refuse to be divided.

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.680
 By.

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:37.680


00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:37.820
 By.

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.700
 Our.

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:39.940
 Yeah.

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.720
 And I was just.

00:30:40.780 --> 00:30:41.660
 I was that with.

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.840
 Don't be afraid.

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.380
 To ask.

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.100
 A question.

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.519
 That is.

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:45.780
 For.

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00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.660
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00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:52.039
 pulpit, but you can certainly

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:54.059
 have meetings of pastor,

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:56.119
 myself, or, you know, us

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:58.179
 together, where we go through that.

00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:00.099
 Where in Scripture can we find some

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:01.759
 wisdom? Where can we find direction?

00:31:02.439 --> 00:31:03.819
 But yeah, you're not going to hear

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:06.139
 the, what's

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.959
 on the news headlines.

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.240
 Let's keep going.

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:12.079
 I know we're already taking a lot

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:14.179
 of time. So question six, how does OCC

00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:15.980
 hold grace and truth when

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:18.139
 either I or someone I love is

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:20.340
 worldly, a sinner, or non-Christian,

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:22.060
 et cetera, right? That's a pretty

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:24.200
 big list in here, right? And I actually think

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.840
 that covers the questions submitted, right?

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:28.140
 It's important for us to

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:29.820
 know that we stand

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:31.820
 on the truth of God's Word, right?

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:34.200
 We stand on the truth that is found in Christ

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.640
 and we love others

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:37.400
 like Christ has loved us.

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:39.920
 And we are to be a light for others

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.860
 to come to Christ, right?

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.980
 It's important

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.620
 for us to know that

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:48.120
 the Lord

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:50.059
 invites all of us,

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:52.519
 no matter what our background is,

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:54.399
 no matter how sinful

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:56.239
 we are, no matter how

00:31:56.239 --> 00:31:57.859
 much in darkness we are,

00:31:57.939 --> 00:32:00.139
 there's still the call to come to the light.

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.579
 And so,

00:32:01.739 --> 00:32:03.279
 as far as I'm concerned,

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:04.159
 you are welcome to,

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:06.279
 no matter what kind of sinner

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.779
 you are.

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:09.399
 There's a joke that

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:12.239
 I hear every so often where it's

00:32:12.239 --> 00:32:14.319
 name a place that's full

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.359
 of sinners, right?

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.539
 I think a family feud.

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:20.179
 And when the number one answer

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:21.079
 was the bar.

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.459
 I'm like,

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.759
 a bar in the church?

00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:24.899
 Like, why is the church?

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.740
 I think the church was like

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:27.139
 the third one in the list here.

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.139
 I'm like,

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.119
 what in the world?

00:32:29.939 --> 00:32:31.479
 The church is full of sinners.

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:33.279
 Sinners that are in need

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.919
 of a Savior.

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:36.339
 Sinners that are in need

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:38.319
 of direction in their life

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.779
 and divine transformation.

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.879
 That's so important.

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.639
 And this is just a place

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.799
 for us to come together

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.899
 no matter what your backstory is.

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.220
 And that's the beauty

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.960
 of this place.

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.660
 We'll just go ahead

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:50.160
 and just keep going.

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:53.619
 Going to question seven,

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:56.259
 I have to thank certain people.

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.399
 I'm looking at you, Matt.

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.940
 As I hear you're speaking

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.859
 at Baylor University on AI.

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.299
 Is this for the church?

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.500
 And the answer is yes.

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:06.240
 I am presenting

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.779
 at Baylor University

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:08.420
 at the end of the month

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.940
 on artificial intelligence.

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:12.240
 And I'm just going to go

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.980
 over this real quick.

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:14.200
 AI is a tool

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:15.599
 like any technology

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:17.139
 that we steward.

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.399
 And I'm speaking

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.660
 on behalf of Ontario

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.420
 Community Church

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.000
 for others,

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.920
 leaders to learn from.

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:23.399
 We have used AI

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.559
 to see what it can

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.379
 and cannot do.

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.240
 In fact,

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.920
 that's why I have

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.759
 this next slide.

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:28.619
 This is kind of

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.960
 our congregational.

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.039
 This is part of

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.079
 what I'm presenting here.

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.639
 And that it's that

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.720
 scripture remains

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.319
 the source

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.460
 and the authority, right?

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.940
 And we turn to

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.539
 the word of God.

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:37.740
 Amen?

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.220
 Right?

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.799
 That's important

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.440
 for us to know.

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.880
 And number two

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:42.480
 is that AI may help us

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.120
 but it may never

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:44.819
 replace the word, right?

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.680
 With all these prompts

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:48.620
 and these generations

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:50.340
 that happen from AI,

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.519
 it can be overwhelming

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.480
 but it must never

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.759
 replace the word of God.

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.279
 The third thing is

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.600
 the church must discern

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:57.579
 and steward AI.

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.880
 Just be mindful

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.620
 of what it is

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.380
 and what it generates.

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.680
 What kind of images?

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.740
 What kind of videos?

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.140
 What kind of answers?

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:05.340
 It's no different

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.580
 than how you discern

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.600
 conversations

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.280
 that you have

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.840
 with people.

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.320
 And then finally,

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.559
 ministry requires

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:13.019
 human and spiritual presence.

00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:14.059
 I put that on there

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:15.180
 because I kid you not,

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.180
 there are churches

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:17.400
 that have AI ministers

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:20.000
 and they don't forget.

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.260
 And I don't know

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.660
 about you,

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:25.360
 a computer that doesn't forget

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.440
 doesn't sound good to me,

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.720
 right?

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:28.480
 Especially if I'm

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.300
 pouring out a lot

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.380
 of personal information

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.980
 kind of thing.

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:32.719
 So when we think

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.280
 of ministry,

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.559
 right,

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:35.039
 it requires human presence

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.980
 but also spiritual presence,

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.260
 right?

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:39.019
 We have the Holy Spirit

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.780
 that is with us

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:41.119
 and we also have people,

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.480
 humans that minister.

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.260
 So that's very,

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.500
 that's the gist of that.

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.079
 I don't want to go

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.440
 too far into that

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:48.119
 but this is for

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:49.400
 the church,

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.579
 for Ontario community

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.480
 but also for

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.420
 the collective church

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.780
 to have a framework

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.880
 in how they use AI.

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.820
 Let's go to the next one then.

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.840
 Question eight.

00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:00.700
 How do you handle

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.579
 recent events?

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.360
 Now this is one

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.480
 that I really,

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.260
 I wasn't sure

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.140
 about putting on here

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:08.079
 because let's be honest here,

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:09.039
 there's a lot of recent events

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.760
 that are going on.

00:35:10.140 --> 00:35:11.579
 There's a lot of violence,

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.559
 a lot of confusion,

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.280
 misinformation,

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.200
 and debates

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:15.460
 and then it goes on and on,

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.820
 right?

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:17.320
 And I put on here

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.200
 as the response

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:19.620
 is that we respond

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:20.820
 through prayer,

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.240
 discernment,

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.539
 and scripture.

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:25.460
 We could spend

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:27.019
 days if not weeks

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.480
 going on

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.559
 and all the current events

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.119
 that are happening

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.059
 in our world

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:31.340
 but it's important

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:32.079
 for us to know

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:33.960
 that we pursue

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.780
 peace,

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.679
 truth,

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.219
 and doing good

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:38.280
 in the name of Christ.

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.679
 Just as it says

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:40.300
 in Romans

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.500
 chapter 12

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.119
 verse 18,

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.539
 if possible,

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.539
 so far as it depends

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.980
 on you,

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.940
 live peaceably

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.519
 with all.

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.179
 Or in Romans 12

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.599
 21,

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:51.519
 do not be overcome

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.099
 by evil

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:53.179
 but overcome evil

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.880
 with good.

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.199
 It's very important

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.880
 for us to know,

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.160
 right?

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.099
 And I know

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.780
 whenever I have

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.760
 any sort of

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.619
 news thing

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.240
 that goes on,

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.940
 I have to really

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:03.000
 pray about it

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.440
 and think

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:05.039
 very often

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.740
 the media

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.380
 will try to,

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.880
 you might have

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.280
 heard the word

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.039
 rage baiting,

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.280
 right?

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.440
 Just trying to

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.380
 get you built,

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:11.599
 right?

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:12.340
 Get you angry,

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.640
 right?

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:13.640
 Get you warped up.

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.260
 And then there's also

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:16.140
 the truth of things

00:36:16.140 --> 00:36:16.720
 that are happening.

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:18.099
 But it's important

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.480
 for us,

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.280
 we see that

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:21.280
 a lot of evil people

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:22.019
 and a lot of evil

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.860
 things that are happening,

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.880
 that's why we trust

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.680
 in the living God.

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:26.319
 we trust in him

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:28.339
 and not to be afraid

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:31.659
 but just double down

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.059
 on him.

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.039
 Now,

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.799
 question nine.

00:36:37.919 --> 00:36:39.799
 So this is a classic

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.819
 if I have a dollar

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.519
 for everybody

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.719
 that asks this question,

00:36:42.839 --> 00:36:43.039
 right?

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.659
 So,

00:36:44.899 --> 00:36:45.339
 real quick,

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.579
 God has provided us

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.599
 five beautiful children,

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:47.899
 right?

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:49.179
 And we're focused

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.899
 at this time,

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.699
 we're focused on

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.599
 faithfully raising

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.460
 our children

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.840
 in a Christian home.

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:55.639
 God has blessed us

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.980
 with those five children

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.179
 and some of you

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.539
 may know,

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:58.940
 some of you

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.579
 may not know,

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.800
 it took us

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.599
 four years.

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.539
 Amber was actually

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.760
 told that she

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.720
 could not have children

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.900
 and it is by

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.760
 the grace of God

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:08.179
 that she

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:09.579
 was able to get

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.940
 pregnant

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:11.500
 and have lots

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.920
 of children

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.679
 and we are blessed

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.099
 by that.

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.019
 God has provided

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.159
 in such wonderful ways

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:18.019
 and yeah,

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.579
 that's something

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.779
 that we get

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.319
 all the time

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.139
 but you know,

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.839
 it's okay,

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.759
 that's all right.

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:26.079
 So the next question

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.539
 then is,

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.299
 how do you

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:28.359
 personally share

00:37:28.359 --> 00:37:28.899
 the gospel?

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.759
 This is an interesting

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:29.980
 one.

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.199
 I get this every so often

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.000
 and I know for Amber

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.159
 she gets this every so often

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:34.079
 as well.

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.239
 We'll go to that

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.779
 next slide

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.599
 in answering this.

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.119
 It's known as

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.759
 the ministry

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.480
 of presence,

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:40.859
 right?

00:37:41.339 --> 00:37:42.500
 It's being present

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:44.319
 with people

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.100
 in the community,

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.039
 people within

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.660
 the church,

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:46.980
 right?

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.600
 You think of how

00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:50.720
 Christ in his ministry

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.940
 he was present

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.820
 with the disciples.

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.380
 Yeah,

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.260
 I'm out with everybody,

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.680
 right?

00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:56.440
 All walks of life.

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:58.340
 He spoke the truth.

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.600
 He dealt in love,

00:38:00.180 --> 00:38:00.440
 right?

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.740
 He was present

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.380
 with people

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.920
 and so

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:04.300
 it's nothing

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.280
 to really overthink.

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.920
 It just means

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:07.059
 be present with people.

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.400
 It's not about

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:10.240
 force or coercion

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.780
 or aggression.

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.120
 It's about

00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:13.420
 building relationships

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.059
 with people.

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.579
 That's something

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.599
 that is incredibly

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.480
 important for us

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.759
 to know.

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.159
 And there's another

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:19.380
 one that is known

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.799
 as friendship evangelism.

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.719
 It's very similar.

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.259
 It's again

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:24.860
 building relationships

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:26.320
 and at the proper time.

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.420
 It's not to say

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.219
 you're never going to

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.199
 share in the word of God.

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:31.139
 It's when the time

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.779
 is right.

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.960
 For some people

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.940
 it may be years.

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.500
 For others

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.139
 it may be a few weeks.

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.460
 It just depends

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:39.000
 on the person

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.699
 and it's important

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:41.139
 for you to ask

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:42.379
 the spirit.

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:44.179
 When is the right time?

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.759
 More often than not

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.139
 you'll know.

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.279
 You'll know

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:47.960
 when they're not ready.

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.539
 More often than not

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.219
 you will know

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:51.159
 when the time is ready.

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:53.019
 And what I have found

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.900
 in my own experience

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.799
 is when people

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:56.219
 begin asking questions.

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:57.799
 Hey, I thought

00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:58.960
 is Jesus

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.579
 just this

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.599
 cool surfer guy?

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:02.259
 He's got long hair,

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:03.000
 he's got a robe,

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:04.199
 he walks in sandals.

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.379
 Is he like

00:39:05.379 --> 00:39:06.399
 a Laguna Beach guy

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:06.799
 or what?

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.799
 You know?

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:10.159
 Or I heard

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:11.819
 Jesus was this.

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.519
 Or

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:15.219
 why do you do that?

00:39:15.339 --> 00:39:16.000
 Just like we're talking

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.759
 about our presence

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:17.460
 in the community.

00:39:18.379 --> 00:39:18.819
 Yeah,

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.759
 I would just like

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.619
 to say to do it

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.339
 with gentleness,

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.639
 respect,

00:39:22.899 --> 00:39:23.500
 and authenticity.

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.539
 You're not going

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.379
 to be everybody's

00:39:25.379 --> 00:39:25.839
 best friend.

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.339
 And

00:39:27.339 --> 00:39:29.239
 not every

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.460
 seed is meant

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.939
 for yourself.

00:39:31.899 --> 00:39:32.960
 And for some

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:34.480
 you may go to

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.420
 community events

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.099
 and different things

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:36.400
 and think,

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.440
 oh, I'm going to

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.639
 tell people about Jesus.

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.519
 There might be people

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.260
 there that already

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:41.800
 have a home church.

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.599
 I would

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.340
 implore you not

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.159
 to try to take them

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:46.280
 away from the home church.

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.340
 God has them

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:48.099
 with it.

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:49.079
 He has them.

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.380
 And

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.400
 it's just

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:52.019
 being real.

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.780
 Don't be safe.

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.440
 The world

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.240
 has

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:58.480
 very big

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:58.980
 radars

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.460
 of knowledge.

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.940
 Just be real.

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.720
 And a lot

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.360
 of our culture

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.019
 is actually

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.860
 very against

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.480
 the idea

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.179
 of forcing

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:07.039
 scripture down

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.740
 or forcing

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.539
 faith down

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.360
 people's throats.

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.700
 You find this

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.400
 a lot in

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:12.659
 the global

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.340
 Christianity,

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.240
 global stage.

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.840
 There's all these

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.619
 articles that are

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.220
 written on it.

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.099
 But what's

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:18.019
 important is

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:19.440
 building those

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.139
 relationships

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:21.360
 is far more

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.960
 powerful

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.940
 than forcing.

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:25.000
 And as I said

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.579
 last week,

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.119
 and I'll say it

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:26.380
 again,

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.619
 God does not

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.220
 force us

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:29.039
 to choose him.

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.340
 So what are we

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:31.000
 doing forcing

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.900
 people to choose

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.079
 him?

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:32.780
 Right?

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:34.079
 It's the same

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:35.400
 intentionality,

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.539
 focus,

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.840
 building that

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.320
 friendship,

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:39.900
 being present,

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:40.880
 right?

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.719
 Letting your

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.119
 life,

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.860
 the words that

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.460
 you speak,

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.599
 exhibit the

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:46.139
 life-loving

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.699
 truth of

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.059
 Christ.

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.079
 We're going

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.460
 to go on

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.059
 to that next

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:49.840
 question then.

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.739
 This one is

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:51.360
 geared towards

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.619
 Amber.

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.339
 Yeah,

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.500
 you guys are

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.859
 all,

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.920
 you guys

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:57.819
 are worried

00:40:57.819 --> 00:40:58.279
 on the

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.699
 burnout,

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:01.099
 but mostly

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:02.059
 as part of

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.559
 the choice

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.019
 of serving

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.799
 God for

00:41:03.799 --> 00:41:04.219
 us,

00:41:04.339 --> 00:41:04.940
 it allows

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.440
 us to be

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.739
 in the

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.159
 community,

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.380
 it allows

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.739
 for our

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:08.299
 children to

00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:08.539
 have

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.380
 experiences

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:10.839
 outside of

00:41:10.839 --> 00:41:11.299
 school,

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.980
 and to see

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.739
 the amount

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.400
 of people,

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.159
 my children

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:15.819
 are no

00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:16.900
 stranger to

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:18.440
 all kinds

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.000
 of people,

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.700
 all kinds

00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:20.240
 of kids,

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:22.440
 it's something

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.019
 that allows

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.400
 us to

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.579
 actually balance

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.320
 our family,

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.300
 our church

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.639
 life,

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:26.980
 and our

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.480
 community,

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:28.960
 let them

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.840
 feed off

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:30.220
 of each

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:30.500
 other.

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.700
 So it

00:41:31.700 --> 00:41:32.039
 might look

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.820
 like sometimes

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:33.360
 we're doing

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.059
 a lot of

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.519
 things,

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:35.360
 but we're

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.880
 cultivating

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.579
 relationships,

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:38.260
 we're allowing

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:38.740
 our children

00:41:38.740 --> 00:41:39.280
 to learn

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:40.000
 and experience

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.619
 it well

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:41.099
 in different

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.500
 ways,

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:43.960
 and sometimes

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.500
 we get the

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:45.059
 opportunity

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.519
 to share

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:45.960
 to people,

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.900
 and that's

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.400
 usually the

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.960
 most beautiful

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.280
 thing.

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:49.639
 And it

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:49.960
 definitely

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.500
 allows for

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:50.740
 us to

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:50.880
 have

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.440
 balance.

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.900
 Because Amber

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.380
 and I are

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:55.780
 so active

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:56.059
 in the

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.619
 community and

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.039
 active in

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.460
 the church,

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.599
 we have a

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.039
 flexibility

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.920
 that just

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.599
 allows for

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:02.179
 us to go

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.519
 where the

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.460
 Lord leads

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.740
 us,

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.059
 and then

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.699
 also have

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:06.360
 spontaneous

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:07.039
 trips to

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.480
 be able to

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.880
 teach the

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.740
 kids different

00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:10.320
 opportunities,

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.199
 going to the

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:11.400
 zoo,

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:12.019
 going to all

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.380
 different.

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.400
 I think

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.699
 I have

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:13.920
 some

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.240
 opportunities.

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:19.199
 somebody in

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.439
 our

00:42:19.439 --> 00:42:20.659
 congregation

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.479
 invited us

00:42:21.479 --> 00:42:22.000
 to that,

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:23.259
 and so

00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:23.579
 that was

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.079
 something that

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.319
 you were

00:42:24.319 --> 00:42:24.899
 able to

00:42:24.899 --> 00:42:25.259
 enjoy,

00:42:25.379 --> 00:42:25.539
 and the

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.859
 kids were

00:42:25.859 --> 00:42:26.259
 able to

00:42:26.259 --> 00:42:27.000
 hear different

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:28.059
 instruments.

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:28.919
 Then we

00:42:28.919 --> 00:42:29.259
 have the

00:42:29.259 --> 00:42:29.799
 last one day

00:42:29.799 --> 00:42:30.139
 of prayer.

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:30.879
 If you

00:42:30.879 --> 00:42:31.359
 look at the

00:42:31.359 --> 00:42:31.719
 crowd,

00:42:32.379 --> 00:42:32.939
 there's not a lot

00:42:32.939 --> 00:42:33.479
 of kids there,

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.139
 because most of

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.539
 you are in

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.619
 school, but

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.239
 our kids get

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:37.139
 to experience

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.979
 that, and we

00:42:37.979 --> 00:42:39.500
 do pray, and

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.400
 we get

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:41.480
 together, and

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.599
 we're kind

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.019
 of one of

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.619
 the only

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:45.599
 couples that's

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.300
 actually ever

00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:46.739
 at that

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.300
 national day

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:47.659
 of prayer,

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.719
 because other

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:49.380
 couples might

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:49.860
 have to

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:51.780
 work somewhere

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:52.619
 else at the

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.019
 school, or

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.280
 different.

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.539
 So we have

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.019
 a presence

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:56.260
 together, and

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:56.940
 as a family,

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:58.599
 which so many

00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:59.960
 times I have

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:00.500
 people say,

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:02.059
 it's awesome

00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:02.880
 to see your

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:04.340
 family function

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:05.539
 together, and

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.860
 to see what

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:07.559
 a family can

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.340
 do together.

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:08.860
 it's not

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.400
 something that

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.000
 they see.

00:43:10.600 --> 00:43:11.500
 So it's

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.000
 these kind

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.600
 of opportunities

00:43:12.600 --> 00:43:13.800
 that allow

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.380
 us to have

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:14.620
 that.

00:43:15.140 --> 00:43:15.820
 In community

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.579
 service, we've

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.120
 got to go to

00:43:17.120 --> 00:43:17.460
 home to

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.900
 families.

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:18.900
 We've got to

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:19.640
 actually remember

00:43:19.640 --> 00:43:20.440
 in the spring,

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:21.079
 in the winter,

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:21.860
 they've got to

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.460
 go to the

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:23.740
 for the

00:43:23.740 --> 00:43:25.100
 residents, and

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:25.720
 in the winter,

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.300
 they sang

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:27.579
 Christmas carols

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.320
 to them.

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:29.059
 So they were

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:29.740
 able to go

00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:30.740
 there into

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:31.620
 shining flight.

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:33.680
 And we

00:43:33.680 --> 00:43:34.220
 did a

00:43:34.220 --> 00:43:34.680
 community

00:43:34.680 --> 00:43:35.019
 research

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:36.340
 at

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:36.940
 Four Rivers

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.780
 Cultural Center

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:39.240
 and also

00:43:39.240 --> 00:43:39.940
 we get to

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.620
 this was a

00:43:40.620 --> 00:43:41.200
 dual purpose.

00:43:41.580 --> 00:43:41.820
 We were

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:42.800
 promoting our

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:44.040
 VDS, we

00:43:44.040 --> 00:43:44.600
 were promoting

00:43:44.600 --> 00:43:45.660
 faith, and

00:43:45.660 --> 00:43:47.300
 we were also

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:48.780
 to have fun

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.320
 in the park,

00:43:49.600 --> 00:43:49.920
 and it was

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.780
 amazing as

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:51.019
 well.

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:51.980
 So if you

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.680
 can see that,

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:53.260
 it kind of

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:54.820
 all is

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.280
 together.

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:56.680
 So we get

00:43:56.680 --> 00:43:57.300
 to do things

00:43:57.300 --> 00:43:57.960
 as a family,

00:43:58.160 --> 00:43:58.660
 but we also

00:43:58.660 --> 00:43:59.260
 get to serve

00:43:59.260 --> 00:43:59.880
 our community

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:01.400
 and share

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:02.040
 the church

00:44:02.040 --> 00:44:03.060
 presence in

00:44:03.060 --> 00:44:04.019
 these spaces.

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:04.800
 We're most

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:05.400
 oftentimes

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:05.940
 we're the

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.400
 only

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:07.560
 presence

00:44:07.560 --> 00:44:08.560
 in these

00:44:08.560 --> 00:44:08.860
 spaces.

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:11.000
 Also, if

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.440
 you don't

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:12.760
 know, Amber's

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:13.560
 previous job

00:44:13.560 --> 00:44:14.019
 when we were

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.580
 in Hawaii,

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:15.420
 she was the

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:15.740
 head of

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:16.380
 school of a

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:16.900
 Montessori

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:17.500
 school, so

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.019
 she's got

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:19.700
 credentials in

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:19.940
 this.

00:44:20.580 --> 00:44:21.400
 Not only is

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.660
 it gifting to

00:44:22.660 --> 00:44:23.120
 be able to

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:24.820
 teach our

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:26.160
 own children,

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:27.060
 but also the

00:44:27.060 --> 00:44:27.780
 children here,

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.380
 so it's just

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:29.400
 been a

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:30.500
 wonderful blessing

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:30.880
 with that.

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:32.320
 Let's move

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:32.700
 on to that

00:44:32.700 --> 00:44:34.079
 next question

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.539
 12.

00:44:35.780 --> 00:44:36.360
 Go ahead,

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:37.619
 if you want

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:38.019
 to talk to

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:38.340
 it or not.

00:44:39.680 --> 00:44:40.380
 How come

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:40.920
 we don't get

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:41.680
 anyone to

00:44:41.680 --> 00:44:42.160
 ask you

00:44:42.160 --> 00:44:43.000
 those questions?

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.680
 And that

00:44:44.680 --> 00:44:45.320
 actually breaks

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.760
 my heart.

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:47.039
 Oh my goodness,

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.640
 who has been

00:44:47.640 --> 00:44:48.420
 angry to you

00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:48.720
 when you've

00:44:48.720 --> 00:44:49.380
 asked questions?

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.160
 Questions are

00:44:50.160 --> 00:44:50.619
 beautiful.

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:52.320
 Questions reflect

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:52.780
 the heart.

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:54.760
 Questions reflect

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.519
 that you want

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:56.200
 to go deeper.

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.320
 It shows us

00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:57.860
 you want to go

00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:58.140
 deeper.

00:44:58.340 --> 00:44:58.539
 When you're

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:59.300
 asking those

00:44:59.300 --> 00:44:59.720
 questions,

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:00.160
 it's like,

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:00.800
 okay,

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:01.079
 yeah,

00:45:01.140 --> 00:45:01.420
 I don't

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:01.820
 think your

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.420
 question is

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:02.780
 so like,

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.200
 you're in

00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:03.660
 trouble,

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:04.820
 like,

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.079
 oh,

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:05.619
 let's get

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:05.900
 you,

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.280
 like,

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.539
 we're going

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.019
 to jam

00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:07.420
 all these

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:08.099
 scriptures down.

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:08.440
 No.

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.500
 It just

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:10.099
 means that

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:10.900
 you might

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.400
 be hurt.

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:12.420
 It might

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:12.820
 mean that

00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:13.660
 you're confused

00:45:13.660 --> 00:45:14.340
 about something.

00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:14.860
 You might

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:15.619
 be hearing a

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:16.680
 lot of what's

00:45:16.680 --> 00:45:17.119
 going on in

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:17.460
 the media,

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:17.820
 and you're

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:17.980
 going,

00:45:18.180 --> 00:45:18.960
 I'm just

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.579
 confused.

00:45:19.740 --> 00:45:20.000
 But I'll

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.500
 tell you that

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.119
 God is not

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.640
 a God of

00:45:21.640 --> 00:45:22.119
 confusion.

00:45:22.660 --> 00:45:22.940
 He's a

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.240
 God of

00:45:23.240 --> 00:45:23.599
 clarity.

00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:24.900
 And so

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:27.340
 clarifying is

00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:28.420
 by asking

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:29.660
 questions and

00:45:29.660 --> 00:45:30.740
 being open to

00:45:30.739 --> 00:45:31.679
 you talking

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:32.159
 about it.

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:33.139
 I might have

00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:33.559
 a slightly

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:34.039
 different

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:35.500
 perspective than

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:35.779
 you.

00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:36.919
 And we might

00:45:36.919 --> 00:45:37.459
 be able to

00:45:37.459 --> 00:45:38.000
 work that

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.579
 through and

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:38.939
 go through

00:45:38.939 --> 00:45:39.439
 the scripture

00:45:39.439 --> 00:45:40.079
 and see what

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:40.500
 that looks

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:40.699
 like.

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.479
 But I'm

00:45:41.479 --> 00:45:42.079
 sorry if

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:43.019
 anyone has

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:44.919
 ever told

00:45:44.919 --> 00:45:45.579
 you to stop

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.479
 asking questions.

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:49.360
 I personally

00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:49.860
 notice that

00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:50.719
 they go to

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:51.400
 Amber with

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:51.960
 the questions.

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:52.820
 And so

00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:53.139
 she'll bring

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.440
 it to me.

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:53.619
 Hey,

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:54.300
 somebody asked.

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:54.539
 I'm like,

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.519
 who asked?

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:55.860
 She's like,

00:45:56.740 --> 00:45:57.619
 that's the

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:57.900
 kind of

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.179
 question.

00:45:58.179 --> 00:45:58.519
 And I

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:58.940
 might not

00:45:58.940 --> 00:45:59.500
 always have to

00:45:59.500 --> 00:45:59.960
 answer them.

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:00.519
 I might say we

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:00.880
 have to

00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:03.119
 research this.

00:46:03.240 --> 00:46:03.500
 I'm not

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:03.760
 sure.

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.539
 I'm only

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:05.639
 34 years old.

00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:08.099
 It's important

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.920
 to know that

00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:10.599
 there are

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:11.960
 many things

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:12.440
 that we are

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.219
 certain about

00:46:13.219 --> 00:46:13.799
 when it comes

00:46:13.799 --> 00:46:14.319
 to scripture.

00:46:14.319 --> 00:46:16.259
 We think of

00:46:16.259 --> 00:46:16.759
 the gospel

00:46:16.759 --> 00:46:17.239
 story,

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:18.480
 the significance

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:19.299
 of Christ,

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:20.059
 being the

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.679
 savior of the

00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:20.920
 world,

00:46:21.139 --> 00:46:21.739
 being the

00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:22.539
 Messiah,

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:23.679
 the atoning

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:24.299
 sacrifice,

00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:24.900
 all of these

00:46:24.900 --> 00:46:25.299
 different things.

00:46:25.379 --> 00:46:25.960
 We know for

00:46:25.960 --> 00:46:26.219
 sure.

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:27.400
 There's other

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:27.839
 things.

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:28.980
 Oh, gosh,

00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:29.659
 you scratch

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:30.039
 your head.

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:32.639
 In one of my

00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:33.279
 classes, I was

00:46:33.279 --> 00:46:33.819
 going over the

00:46:33.819 --> 00:46:34.339
 book of Job

00:46:34.339 --> 00:46:35.500
 and the

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:37.000
 three friends,

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:37.659
 Eliphaz,

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.500
 Bildad,

00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:39.380
 and Zophar.

00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:40.599
 Oh, my

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:40.960
 goodness.

00:46:42.219 --> 00:46:42.599
 You want a

00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:43.079
 heavy book of

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:43.400
 the Bible,

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:43.900
 read Job

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:44.380
 sometime,

00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:44.820
 right?

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:46.860
 But sometimes

00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:48.739
 we have

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:49.699
 questions that

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:50.920
 we may not

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.320
 have the

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:51.860
 answer in

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.320
 this life,

00:46:53.179 --> 00:46:53.800
 or there's

00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:54.420
 sometimes we

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:55.300
 find passages

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:55.940
 in scripture

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:56.559
 that we're

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.099
 not meant

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:57.800
 to understand

00:46:57.800 --> 00:46:58.900
 at this time.

00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:00.400
 Sometimes it's

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:00.800
 the proper

00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:01.440
 time, right?

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:02.099
 There's a

00:47:02.099 --> 00:47:03.239
 section in

00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:03.619
 Daniel.

00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:04.219
 It's towards

00:47:04.219 --> 00:47:04.599
 the end of

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:04.800
 Daniel.

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.179
 I don't know

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:05.559
 the exact

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:06.159
 verse where

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:07.839
 Daniel's

00:47:07.839 --> 00:47:08.179
 having all

00:47:08.179 --> 00:47:08.699
 these visions

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:09.259
 of what's

00:47:09.259 --> 00:47:09.619
 to come,

00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:10.799
 and he's

00:47:10.799 --> 00:47:11.159
 basically

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:11.579
 saying,

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:12.719
 God, I

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:13.219
 have no

00:47:13.219 --> 00:47:13.799
 idea what

00:47:13.799 --> 00:47:14.259
 you're saying

00:47:14.259 --> 00:47:14.559
 here, but

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:14.940
 you're telling

00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:15.399
 me to write

00:47:15.399 --> 00:47:15.779
 it down,

00:47:15.919 --> 00:47:16.319
 and God's

00:47:16.319 --> 00:47:16.799
 like, yeah,

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:17.779
 so shut

00:47:17.779 --> 00:47:18.239
 your mouth

00:47:18.239 --> 00:47:18.500
 and you're

00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:18.659
 going to

00:47:18.659 --> 00:47:19.000
 write it

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:19.199
 in.

00:47:19.419 --> 00:47:19.839
 It's not

00:47:19.839 --> 00:47:20.259
 your time

00:47:20.259 --> 00:47:20.519
 for you

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:20.859
 to know.

00:47:21.319 --> 00:47:21.919
 And that

00:47:21.919 --> 00:47:22.519
 seal goes

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:23.199
 in and is

00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:23.719
 revealed in

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:24.159
 Revelation,

00:47:24.319 --> 00:47:24.579
 which is

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:25.219
 wild, but

00:47:25.219 --> 00:47:25.559
 that's a

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:26.099
 whole different

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:26.519
 thing, but

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:26.879
 that's an

00:47:26.879 --> 00:47:28.399
 example of

00:47:28.399 --> 00:47:29.460
 knowing at

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:30.039
 the proper

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:30.480
 time,

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.159
 right?

00:47:31.219 --> 00:47:32.139
 It may not

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:32.559
 be in your

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:32.940
 lifetime.

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:33.539
 It may be

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:36.440
 it's okay

00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:37.079
 for us to

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:37.559
 not know

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:38.379
 certain things,

00:47:38.839 --> 00:47:39.719
 and sometimes

00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:40.559
 that's intentional.

00:47:41.219 --> 00:47:41.559
 Sometimes

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:41.980
 that's God

00:47:41.980 --> 00:47:42.619
 saying, not

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:42.839
 yet.

00:47:43.359 --> 00:47:43.759
 You'll know

00:47:43.759 --> 00:47:44.299
 sooner or

00:47:44.299 --> 00:47:44.500
 later.

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:45.719
 It makes

00:47:45.719 --> 00:47:46.819
 us very, it

00:47:46.819 --> 00:47:47.519
 actually humbles

00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:48.619
 us in things

00:47:48.619 --> 00:47:49.079
 that we don't

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.299
 know.

00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:50.739
 That shouldn't

00:47:50.739 --> 00:47:53.519
 uproot our

00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:53.779
 faith.

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:54.139
 In fact,

00:47:54.239 --> 00:47:54.559
 it shouldn't

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:55.099
 even.

00:47:57.059 --> 00:47:57.919
 So the next

00:47:57.919 --> 00:47:58.519
 question then,

00:47:58.599 --> 00:47:58.980
 what are

00:47:58.980 --> 00:47:59.719
 sea nights

00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:00.879
 and how are

00:48:00.879 --> 00:48:01.299
 they different

00:48:01.299 --> 00:48:01.839
 from parent

00:48:01.839 --> 00:48:02.339
 cafe and

00:48:02.339 --> 00:48:02.859
 dad cafe?

00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:03.379
 Ooh, we

00:48:03.379 --> 00:48:04.000
 get this one

00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:04.599
 one night.

00:48:05.179 --> 00:48:05.460
 Want to

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:05.799
 take this

00:48:05.799 --> 00:48:06.119
 one, Amber?

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:07.159
 Yeah, so

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:08.139
 parent cafe and

00:48:08.139 --> 00:48:08.960
 dad cafe is

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.759
 something that

00:48:09.759 --> 00:48:10.699
 building healthy

00:48:10.699 --> 00:48:11.799
 families offers,

00:48:12.219 --> 00:48:13.079
 and so we

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:13.859
 extend our

00:48:13.859 --> 00:48:14.699
 facility to

00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:15.659
 them, and

00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:16.179
 we also

00:48:16.179 --> 00:48:17.359
 serve through

00:48:17.359 --> 00:48:17.980
 that by

00:48:17.980 --> 00:48:18.440
 providing

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.000
 childcare,

00:48:19.699 --> 00:48:20.299
 providing

00:48:20.299 --> 00:48:21.940
 presence, and

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:22.579
 just being

00:48:22.579 --> 00:48:23.759
 there with

00:48:23.759 --> 00:48:24.079
 them.

00:48:24.759 --> 00:48:25.359
 And for

00:48:25.359 --> 00:48:26.000
 dad cafe,

00:48:26.299 --> 00:48:26.739
 it's kind

00:48:26.739 --> 00:48:27.940
 of more led

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.500
 by Patrick

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:28.859
 and I,

00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:29.399
 like we

00:48:29.399 --> 00:48:30.339
 designed that

00:48:30.339 --> 00:48:31.079
 whole thing,

00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:32.839
 but we

00:48:32.839 --> 00:48:33.299
 are trying

00:48:33.299 --> 00:48:33.619
 to help

00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:34.339
 people to

00:48:34.339 --> 00:48:34.639
 come to

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:34.839
 that

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:35.120
 care.

00:48:35.120 --> 00:48:35.559
 So the

00:48:35.559 --> 00:48:35.980
 word that

00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:36.380
 dad is

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:36.660
 good.

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:38.120
 But it's

00:48:38.120 --> 00:48:38.420
 just a

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:38.960
 time for

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.559
 parents,

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:40.140
 grandparents

00:48:40.140 --> 00:48:41.240
 to come

00:48:41.240 --> 00:48:42.440
 together to

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:43.500
 be able to

00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:44.160
 talk about

00:48:44.160 --> 00:48:45.240
 their stories,

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:45.840
 they go

00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:46.019
 through

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:46.700
 questions,

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:47.000
 they're

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:47.180
 called

00:48:47.180 --> 00:48:47.880
 protective

00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:48.700
 factors and

00:48:48.700 --> 00:48:49.579
 different

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:50.059
 things that

00:48:50.059 --> 00:48:50.300
 Building

00:48:50.300 --> 00:48:50.640
 Health with

00:48:50.640 --> 00:48:51.120
 Families

00:48:51.120 --> 00:48:52.360
 has, and

00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:52.600
 they've

00:48:52.600 --> 00:48:53.000
 got a

00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:53.280
 set of

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:53.760
 questions,

00:48:54.200 --> 00:48:54.620
 and it

00:48:54.620 --> 00:48:55.200
 builds that

00:48:55.200 --> 00:48:55.640
 community,

00:48:56.120 --> 00:48:56.620
 it gives

00:48:56.620 --> 00:48:57.240
 them knowledge,

00:48:57.500 --> 00:48:57.920
 it gives

00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:58.780
 them resources,

00:48:58.780 --> 00:48:58.920
 resources,

00:48:59.500 --> 00:49:00.500
 and we

00:49:00.500 --> 00:49:00.840
 get to

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:01.400
 be there

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:01.960
 with them,

00:49:02.100 --> 00:49:02.340
 and we

00:49:02.340 --> 00:49:02.640
 get to

00:49:02.640 --> 00:49:03.040
 care for

00:49:03.040 --> 00:49:03.300
 them,

00:49:03.780 --> 00:49:04.360
 whether that

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:04.800
 be child

00:49:04.800 --> 00:49:05.940
 care or

00:49:05.940 --> 00:49:06.860
 being part

00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:07.080
 of the

00:49:07.080 --> 00:49:07.600
 discussion,

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:08.760
 and allowing,

00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:10.180
 we are not

00:49:10.180 --> 00:49:11.100
 hired by

00:49:11.100 --> 00:49:11.840
 them, so we

00:49:11.840 --> 00:49:12.240
 can say

00:49:12.240 --> 00:49:12.880
 whatever we'd

00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:13.480
 like to say,

00:49:14.060 --> 00:49:14.920
 we are just

00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:15.720
 another person

00:49:15.720 --> 00:49:16.480
 in that room,

00:49:16.740 --> 00:49:17.540
 and so that's

00:49:17.540 --> 00:49:18.320
 another way

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:19.200
 that our

00:49:19.200 --> 00:49:19.920
 light shines

00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:22.340
 into people

00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:22.680
 that we

00:49:22.680 --> 00:49:23.220
 may never

00:49:23.220 --> 00:49:24.260
 have ever

00:49:24.260 --> 00:49:24.800
 come into

00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:25.599
 contact with,

00:49:25.900 --> 00:49:26.539
 so it's

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:27.119
 different than

00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:27.400
 the sea

00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:28.039
 night, because

00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:28.680
 sea nights

00:49:28.680 --> 00:49:29.260
 are something

00:49:29.260 --> 00:49:29.900
 that our

00:49:29.900 --> 00:49:30.380
 church is

00:49:30.380 --> 00:49:31.740
 doing, from

00:49:31.740 --> 00:49:32.780
 inside it

00:49:32.780 --> 00:49:33.460
 is completely

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.880
 ours, so

00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:35.320
 we can

00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:36.680
 share Jesus

00:49:36.680 --> 00:49:37.280
 a little more

00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:38.860
 blatantly, but

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:40.079
 we do that

00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:41.139
 by a take

00:49:41.139 --> 00:49:42.480
 home, we

00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:43.019
 do a take

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:43.659
 home piece

00:49:43.659 --> 00:49:44.159
 where we

00:49:44.159 --> 00:49:45.280
 give the

00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:45.740
 kids the

00:49:45.740 --> 00:49:46.099
 science

00:49:46.099 --> 00:49:46.800
 projects we

00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:47.159
 take home,

00:49:47.240 --> 00:49:47.700
 and I put a

00:49:47.700 --> 00:49:48.360
 scripture on

00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:49.000
 there, I

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.380
 put a little

00:49:49.380 --> 00:49:49.800
 bit about

00:49:49.800 --> 00:49:50.500
 Jesus on

00:49:50.500 --> 00:49:51.460
 there, but

00:49:51.460 --> 00:49:51.860
 we do

00:49:51.860 --> 00:49:52.760
 prayer before

00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:53.600
 we have a

00:49:53.600 --> 00:49:54.539
 meal, so

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:55.000
 that's an

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:55.560
 introduction

00:49:55.560 --> 00:49:56.460
 into what

00:49:56.460 --> 00:49:57.039
 does prayer

00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.640
 even look

00:49:57.640 --> 00:49:58.600
 like, what

00:49:58.600 --> 00:49:59.100
 does having

00:49:59.100 --> 00:49:59.580
 a meal

00:49:59.580 --> 00:50:00.560
 together as

00:50:00.560 --> 00:50:01.160
 a family

00:50:01.160 --> 00:50:02.180
 look like,

00:50:02.240 --> 00:50:02.480
 and we

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:03.180
 look through

00:50:03.180 --> 00:50:03.740
 some of the

00:50:03.740 --> 00:50:04.280
 flavors and

00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:04.760
 then another

00:50:04.760 --> 00:50:06.800
 slide, we've

00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:07.460
 got people

00:50:07.460 --> 00:50:08.320
 come together,

00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:09.120
 they do some

00:50:09.120 --> 00:50:09.780
 writing meals,

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:10.640
 they do science

00:50:10.640 --> 00:50:11.260
 experience,

00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:12.060
 technology,

00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:13.380
 there's I

00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:13.940
 think one

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:15.160
 more, or

00:50:15.160 --> 00:50:15.680
 two more,

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:16.220
 but yeah,

00:50:16.300 --> 00:50:16.940
 we get together

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:17.980
 at a table

00:50:17.980 --> 00:50:18.580
 and dinner

00:50:18.580 --> 00:50:19.039
 together,

00:50:19.039 --> 00:50:20.239
 and have

00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:20.940
 conversations,

00:50:21.619 --> 00:50:22.279
 and it

00:50:22.279 --> 00:50:22.960
 gets to

00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:24.380
 do hands-on

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:25.179
 activities,

00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:26.820
 and so it's

00:50:26.820 --> 00:50:27.619
 really, it's

00:50:27.619 --> 00:50:28.860
 our ministry

00:50:28.860 --> 00:50:30.019
 to families,

00:50:30.759 --> 00:50:31.380
 it's our

00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:31.940
 ministry to

00:50:31.940 --> 00:50:32.880
 children, and

00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:34.000
 particularly trying

00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:34.639
 to reach the

00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:35.079
 middle school

00:50:35.079 --> 00:50:35.699
 age children,

00:50:36.259 --> 00:50:37.360
 because we do

00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:37.900
 a lot with

00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:38.239
 the young

00:50:38.239 --> 00:50:39.000
 kids through

00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:39.559
 building healthy

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:40.360
 families, but

00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:41.719
 we would like

00:50:41.719 --> 00:50:42.199
 to try to

00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:43.039
 help the

00:50:43.039 --> 00:50:43.659
 middle school,

00:50:43.659 --> 00:50:45.859
 future coming

00:50:45.859 --> 00:50:46.539
 in March, we're

00:50:46.539 --> 00:50:46.839
 going to be

00:50:46.839 --> 00:50:47.399
 working on

00:50:47.399 --> 00:50:48.139
 youth group,

00:50:48.519 --> 00:50:48.839
 and we

00:50:48.839 --> 00:50:50.179
 started with

00:50:50.179 --> 00:50:50.920
 Melinda and

00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:51.359
 I, and we

00:50:51.359 --> 00:50:52.199
 were having

00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:52.739
 an Olympic

00:50:52.739 --> 00:50:53.500
 pizza night,

00:50:53.960 --> 00:50:54.719
 so those are

00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:55.399
 all something

00:50:55.399 --> 00:50:55.940
 that the

00:50:55.940 --> 00:50:56.579
 church is

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:57.500
 doing from

00:50:57.500 --> 00:50:58.079
 inside,

00:50:58.299 --> 00:50:58.859
 reaching out

00:50:58.859 --> 00:50:59.079
 to the

00:50:59.079 --> 00:50:59.339
 community.

00:51:00.139 --> 00:51:00.559
 Let's go to

00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:00.920
 the next

00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:01.599
 question then.

00:51:03.179 --> 00:51:03.519
 Oh yeah,

00:51:03.779 --> 00:51:04.920
 yeah, this is

00:51:04.920 --> 00:51:05.420
 the other one

00:51:05.420 --> 00:51:05.920
 that I get a

00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:06.319
 lot, is

00:51:06.319 --> 00:51:07.440
 TPCRN and

00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:08.000
 building healthy

00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:08.859
 families the same,

00:51:08.860 --> 00:51:09.800
 no they are

00:51:09.800 --> 00:51:10.800
 not, building

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:11.539
 healthy families

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:12.260
 does rent a

00:51:12.260 --> 00:51:13.280
 space from

00:51:13.280 --> 00:51:14.460
 TPCRN and

00:51:14.460 --> 00:51:15.960
 they do support

00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:17.099
 one another in

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:18.539
 different activities,

00:51:18.760 --> 00:51:20.140
 so if TPCRN has

00:51:20.140 --> 00:51:20.800
 an activity,

00:51:21.220 --> 00:51:21.720
 building healthy

00:51:21.720 --> 00:51:22.380
 families will

00:51:22.380 --> 00:51:23.320
 usually be there

00:51:23.320 --> 00:51:24.900
 alongside, they

00:51:24.900 --> 00:51:25.480
 do offer

00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:26.519
 child care for

00:51:26.519 --> 00:51:27.120
 some of their

00:51:27.120 --> 00:51:27.599
 events and

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.180
 different things,

00:51:28.519 --> 00:51:29.039
 but they are

00:51:29.039 --> 00:51:29.579
 two different

00:51:29.579 --> 00:51:30.820
 entities, that

00:51:30.820 --> 00:51:31.340
 is why we

00:51:31.340 --> 00:51:32.079
 support them

00:51:32.079 --> 00:51:33.099
 financially

00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:33.940
 differently,

00:51:34.180 --> 00:51:34.599
 because they're

00:51:34.599 --> 00:51:35.079
 two different

00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:35.680
 organizations,

00:51:36.200 --> 00:51:37.079
 they do two

00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:37.960
 different things,

00:51:38.120 --> 00:51:38.599
 one, the

00:51:38.860 --> 00:51:40.300
 TPCRN provides

00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:41.300
 common for

00:51:41.300 --> 00:51:42.500
 early education

00:51:42.500 --> 00:51:43.260
 and support,

00:51:43.820 --> 00:51:44.700
 so when a

00:51:44.700 --> 00:51:45.380
 family is going

00:51:45.380 --> 00:51:46.039
 through a crisis,

00:51:46.280 --> 00:51:46.840
 maybe there was

00:51:46.840 --> 00:51:48.660
 a brain surgery

00:51:48.660 --> 00:51:49.320
 that needs to

00:51:49.320 --> 00:51:50.280
 go on, there's

00:51:50.280 --> 00:51:51.099
 something big

00:51:51.099 --> 00:51:51.680
 that's happening

00:51:51.680 --> 00:51:52.579
 that was

00:51:52.579 --> 00:51:53.800
 unexpected, they

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:54.680
 can go to the

00:51:54.680 --> 00:51:55.420
 relief nursery

00:51:55.420 --> 00:51:56.400
 to have their

00:51:56.400 --> 00:51:57.180
 child care for

00:51:57.180 --> 00:51:57.760
 while they can

00:51:57.760 --> 00:51:58.559
 go into those

00:51:58.559 --> 00:51:59.340
 kinds of things,

00:51:59.800 --> 00:52:00.340
 and building

00:52:00.340 --> 00:52:01.200
 healthy families

00:52:01.200 --> 00:52:02.700
 they have

00:52:02.700 --> 00:52:03.559
 parent updates,

00:52:03.800 --> 00:52:04.400
 they support

00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:06.099
 the crisis

00:52:06.099 --> 00:52:06.599
 of child

00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:06.900
 care,

00:52:07.340 --> 00:52:07.820
 they need

00:52:07.820 --> 00:52:08.940
 parent education

00:52:08.940 --> 00:52:09.620
 and dad

00:52:09.620 --> 00:52:10.180
 families,

00:52:10.740 --> 00:52:11.460
 and so some

00:52:11.460 --> 00:52:12.059
 of our guys

00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:12.720
 have gone out

00:52:12.720 --> 00:52:13.420
 to the dad

00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:13.900
 families,

00:52:14.580 --> 00:52:15.400
 and we've

00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:16.260
 had some

00:52:16.260 --> 00:52:16.920
 visitors to

00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:17.800
 check from

00:52:17.800 --> 00:52:18.340
 those kinds

00:52:18.340 --> 00:52:18.700
 of things,

00:52:19.120 --> 00:52:19.760
 all of these

00:52:19.760 --> 00:52:20.340
 events we

00:52:20.340 --> 00:52:21.160
 have had

00:52:21.160 --> 00:52:21.559
 visitors,

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:22.559
 not because

00:52:22.559 --> 00:52:23.180
 we explicitly

00:52:23.180 --> 00:52:23.880
 asked them,

00:52:24.240 --> 00:52:24.780
 hey, come to

00:52:24.780 --> 00:52:25.980
 church, but

00:52:25.980 --> 00:52:27.180
 just because they

00:52:27.180 --> 00:52:28.019
 wanted to know

00:52:28.019 --> 00:52:28.800
 more, they had

00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:29.460
 more questions,

00:52:29.760 --> 00:52:30.400
 and they liked

00:52:30.400 --> 00:52:32.200
 how they knew

00:52:32.200 --> 00:52:33.160
 somebody, they

00:52:33.160 --> 00:52:33.480
 knew the

00:52:33.480 --> 00:52:34.280
 pastor and his

00:52:34.280 --> 00:52:35.539
 wife, you

00:52:35.539 --> 00:52:36.080
 know, and so

00:52:36.080 --> 00:52:36.440
 it's really

00:52:36.440 --> 00:52:37.380
 important for you

00:52:37.380 --> 00:52:38.360
 guys, if you

00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:39.539
 can, come to

00:52:39.539 --> 00:52:40.000
 these things,

00:52:40.119 --> 00:52:40.760
 because it's

00:52:40.760 --> 00:52:41.740
 another familiar

00:52:41.740 --> 00:52:42.640
 space for them

00:52:42.640 --> 00:52:43.480
 if they decide

00:52:43.480 --> 00:52:44.140
 to walk through

00:52:44.140 --> 00:52:44.599
 these doors.

00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:45.960
 And usually

00:52:45.960 --> 00:52:47.140
 the people that

00:52:47.140 --> 00:52:47.680
 visit are

00:52:47.680 --> 00:52:48.200
 usually the

00:52:48.200 --> 00:52:49.019
 ones that say,

00:52:49.180 --> 00:52:49.980
 why would a

00:52:49.980 --> 00:52:50.400
 church do

00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:51.240
 something, why

00:52:51.240 --> 00:52:51.900
 are you here?

00:52:52.579 --> 00:52:53.140
 Churches don't

00:52:53.140 --> 00:52:53.599
 go to these

00:52:53.599 --> 00:52:53.900
 kinds of

00:52:53.900 --> 00:52:55.019
 things, and

00:52:55.019 --> 00:52:56.059
 it's kind of,

00:52:56.380 --> 00:52:56.640
 it's like,

00:52:56.720 --> 00:52:56.880
 really?

00:52:57.640 --> 00:52:58.140
 Well, we're

00:52:58.140 --> 00:52:58.940
 here, and we're

00:52:58.940 --> 00:52:59.680
 not like other

00:52:59.680 --> 00:53:00.260
 churches, so

00:53:00.260 --> 00:53:00.840
 that's, you

00:53:00.840 --> 00:53:01.619
 know, it is

00:53:01.619 --> 00:53:02.079
 what it is.

00:53:02.660 --> 00:53:03.380
 So finally,

00:53:03.760 --> 00:53:04.720
 last question

00:53:04.719 --> 00:53:05.859
 here is, how

00:53:05.859 --> 00:53:06.439
 can I help

00:53:06.439 --> 00:53:07.739
 children's

00:53:07.739 --> 00:53:08.500
 ministry, steam

00:53:08.500 --> 00:53:09.299
 nights, all

00:53:09.299 --> 00:53:09.719
 the things?

00:53:10.219 --> 00:53:12.939
 Yeah, so I

00:53:12.939 --> 00:53:13.739
 need lots of

00:53:13.739 --> 00:53:14.359
 help in both

00:53:14.359 --> 00:53:14.859
 these ministries.

00:53:15.819 --> 00:53:17.379
 We have, God

00:53:17.379 --> 00:53:18.399
 has provided us

00:53:18.399 --> 00:53:19.419
 so many children,

00:53:20.039 --> 00:53:21.799
 and we kind of

00:53:21.799 --> 00:53:22.759
 attract families.

00:53:23.839 --> 00:53:24.699
 It's something

00:53:24.699 --> 00:53:25.259
 that God is

00:53:25.259 --> 00:53:25.899
 doing here.

00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:27.399
 So if you

00:53:27.399 --> 00:53:28.459
 can just help

00:53:28.459 --> 00:53:29.179
 me once a

00:53:29.179 --> 00:53:30.519
 month, helping

00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:31.259
 the kids go,

00:53:31.399 --> 00:53:31.939
 that's what

00:53:31.939 --> 00:53:32.699
 they've got to

00:53:32.699 --> 00:53:33.339
 like teaching

00:53:33.339 --> 00:53:34.319
 class, or

00:53:34.319 --> 00:53:34.859
 maybe you

00:53:34.859 --> 00:53:35.359
 want to be

00:53:35.359 --> 00:53:35.739
 able to

00:53:35.739 --> 00:53:36.960
 teach the

00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:37.359
 class.

00:53:37.460 --> 00:53:37.759
 Maybe you

00:53:37.759 --> 00:53:38.019
 want to

00:53:38.019 --> 00:53:38.899
 support by

00:53:38.899 --> 00:53:39.899
 helping hand

00:53:39.899 --> 00:53:40.439
 out papers

00:53:40.439 --> 00:53:41.079
 to the kids,

00:53:41.559 --> 00:53:41.919
 doing the

00:53:41.919 --> 00:53:42.799
 class, different

00:53:42.799 --> 00:53:43.179
 things.

00:53:44.139 --> 00:53:44.960
 Even one

00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:46.279
 would be such

00:53:46.279 --> 00:53:46.799
 a tremendous

00:53:46.799 --> 00:53:47.919
 blessing to our

00:53:47.919 --> 00:53:48.399
 children in

00:53:48.399 --> 00:53:48.719
 ministry.

00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:50.419
 And like

00:53:50.419 --> 00:53:51.119
 on days like

00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:51.779
 this where

00:53:51.779 --> 00:53:53.239
 maybe our

00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:54.059
 support isn't

00:53:54.059 --> 00:53:54.819
 able to, they

00:53:54.819 --> 00:53:57.079
 got sick, I

00:53:57.079 --> 00:53:58.039
 can call upon

00:53:58.039 --> 00:53:59.339
 some of those

00:53:59.339 --> 00:54:00.379
 in our church

00:54:00.379 --> 00:54:01.779
 body who we

00:54:01.779 --> 00:54:02.439
 know and trust

00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:03.000
 and who know

00:54:03.000 --> 00:54:03.500
 these kids.

00:54:03.679 --> 00:54:04.179
 Because if you

00:54:04.179 --> 00:54:04.800
 saw my kids,

00:54:04.880 --> 00:54:05.340
 they were looking

00:54:05.340 --> 00:54:05.920
 for Miss Mary

00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:06.539
 this morning.

00:54:07.460 --> 00:54:08.480
 They know you

00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:09.340
 guys, and

00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:09.920
 they're comfortable

00:54:09.920 --> 00:54:10.659
 with you guys.

00:54:11.200 --> 00:54:12.280
 And that's what

00:54:12.280 --> 00:54:13.139
 we want to have.

00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:14.099
 So if that's

00:54:14.099 --> 00:54:14.900
 something that you

00:54:14.900 --> 00:54:15.820
 would like to do,

00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:16.920
 that'd be great.

00:54:17.900 --> 00:54:19.240
 BDS, there's

00:54:19.240 --> 00:54:19.980
 always lots of

00:54:19.980 --> 00:54:20.639
 things to do.

00:54:21.240 --> 00:54:21.880
 Either running

00:54:21.880 --> 00:54:22.679
 a station or

00:54:22.679 --> 00:54:23.200
 helping with

00:54:23.200 --> 00:54:23.800
 decorations,

00:54:24.420 --> 00:54:25.000
 helping with

00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:25.400
 snacks.

00:54:26.519 --> 00:54:27.780
 And then events

00:54:27.780 --> 00:54:28.720
 I have for like

00:54:28.720 --> 00:54:29.360
 steam night.

00:54:29.920 --> 00:54:30.760
 This month,

00:54:30.980 --> 00:54:31.480
 Patrick's going

00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:32.119
 to be in Texas.

00:54:32.440 --> 00:54:34.059
 And so I'm

00:54:34.059 --> 00:54:34.539
 going to be,

00:54:34.700 --> 00:54:35.440
 I've got five

00:54:35.440 --> 00:54:36.300
 kids and I've

00:54:36.300 --> 00:54:37.340
 got to set up

00:54:37.340 --> 00:54:38.139
 this event for

00:54:38.139 --> 00:54:38.840
 sea night at

00:54:38.840 --> 00:54:39.400
 the end of the

00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:39.679
 month.

00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:41.039
 And I need

00:54:41.039 --> 00:54:41.320
 help.

00:54:41.679 --> 00:54:43.599
 I can't do it

00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:44.039
 all alone.

00:54:44.500 --> 00:54:45.280
 So those would

00:54:45.280 --> 00:54:46.019
 be some practical

00:54:46.019 --> 00:54:46.380
 ways.

00:54:46.500 --> 00:54:47.039
 You can come

00:54:47.039 --> 00:54:48.300
 help set up

00:54:48.300 --> 00:54:48.780
 the food.

00:54:49.059 --> 00:54:49.619
 Or if you

00:54:49.619 --> 00:54:50.240
 wanted to come

00:54:50.240 --> 00:54:51.380
 maybe an hour

00:54:51.380 --> 00:54:52.400
 into and start

00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:53.420
 helping clean up

00:54:53.420 --> 00:54:54.079
 the food and

00:54:54.079 --> 00:54:54.780
 put it away

00:54:54.780 --> 00:54:55.559
 into the kitchen

00:54:55.559 --> 00:54:57.280
 or just do

00:54:57.280 --> 00:54:58.059
 some dishes,

00:54:58.340 --> 00:54:59.039
 something like

00:54:59.039 --> 00:54:59.659
 that it

00:54:59.659 --> 00:55:01.000
 can be just

00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:02.239
 any capacity

00:55:02.239 --> 00:55:03.719
 would really

00:55:03.719 --> 00:55:04.639
 be appreciated.

00:55:05.199 --> 00:55:05.980
 And then it's

00:55:05.980 --> 00:55:06.500
 just another

00:55:06.500 --> 00:55:07.420
 space that people

00:55:07.420 --> 00:55:07.880
 are familiar

00:55:07.880 --> 00:55:08.739
 with as well.

00:55:09.279 --> 00:55:09.679
 Absolutely.

00:55:10.559 --> 00:55:11.500
 We're going to

00:55:11.500 --> 00:55:12.179
 go ahead and

00:55:12.179 --> 00:55:12.880
 close in prayer

00:55:12.880 --> 00:55:13.660
 and we'll do

00:55:13.660 --> 00:55:14.559
 a closing

00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:14.920
 song.

00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:15.680
 And then

00:55:15.680 --> 00:55:18.400
 real quick,

00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:18.900
 I wanted to

00:55:18.900 --> 00:55:19.420
 answer this.

00:55:20.420 --> 00:55:21.500
 What cultural

00:55:21.500 --> 00:55:22.440
 changes occurred

00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:23.440
 between BC

00:55:23.440 --> 00:55:24.059
 and AD

00:55:24.059 --> 00:55:24.640
 to cause

00:55:24.640 --> 00:55:25.059
 the most

00:55:25.059 --> 00:55:27.059
 complication

00:55:27.059 --> 00:55:27.700
 in the New

00:55:27.700 --> 00:55:28.079
 Testament?

00:55:28.300 --> 00:55:28.940
 So I think

00:55:28.940 --> 00:55:30.640
 that is something

00:55:30.640 --> 00:55:31.340
 that would be

00:55:31.340 --> 00:55:31.900
 covered in our

00:55:31.900 --> 00:55:32.519
 class that we

00:55:32.519 --> 00:55:33.099
 have in the

00:55:33.099 --> 00:55:33.500
 morning,

00:55:34.119 --> 00:55:34.640
 which goes

00:55:34.640 --> 00:55:34.920
 through the

00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:35.340
 history of

00:55:35.340 --> 00:55:35.840
 Christianity.

00:55:36.260 --> 00:55:36.820
 But really,

00:55:37.420 --> 00:55:39.820
 there was a

00:55:39.820 --> 00:55:40.180
 gentleman

00:55:40.180 --> 00:55:42.559
 named Gregory

00:55:42.559 --> 00:55:43.519
 and he

00:55:43.519 --> 00:55:45.279
 basically made

00:55:45.279 --> 00:55:45.980
 it to where

00:55:45.980 --> 00:55:47.880
 time was going

00:55:47.880 --> 00:55:48.860
 to exist before

00:55:48.860 --> 00:55:49.340
 Christ and

00:55:49.340 --> 00:55:49.920
 after Christ.

00:55:50.079 --> 00:55:51.539
 And the

00:55:51.539 --> 00:55:52.320
 world actually

00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:53.000
 didn't all

00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:53.840
 agree on it.

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:55.079
 Germany didn't

00:55:55.079 --> 00:55:55.840
 embrace it until

00:55:55.840 --> 00:55:57.000
 many years later.

00:55:57.639 --> 00:55:58.659
 But there

00:55:58.659 --> 00:56:01.440
 is a huge

00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:02.199
 cultural shift.

00:56:02.400 --> 00:56:02.880
 It went from

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 oration,

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 storytelling,

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 to being

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 firm doctrine

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 and creeds.

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 And right

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 now we're in

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 the medieval

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 time period.

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 We're going

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 through that

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 history.

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 So there

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 was a

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 tremendous

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 shift between

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 being persecuted

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 as the church

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 and then as it

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 went on and

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 became a

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 dominant player

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 of power and

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 influence in

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 our society.

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 So I think

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 that I answered

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 that.

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 If not,

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 we can have

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 another talk

00:56:33.079 --> 00:56:33.860
 of that.

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 Thank you.

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 Let's bow our

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 heads together.

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 Father God,

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 we thank you

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 for this time

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 together as

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 we've just

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 gone over

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 these questions,

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 these many

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 questions that

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 have been

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 asked, not

00:56:47.699 --> 00:56:48.299
 only myself,

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 but my

00:56:49.860 --> 00:56:50.519
 wife, Amber,

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 questions about

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 the church.

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 And we just

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 pray that this

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 time has been

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 really good for

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 us to have a

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 better understanding

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 of answering

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 those questions.

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 And so we

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 are grateful

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 that we can

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 have this

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 opportunity to

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 speak the

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 truth and to

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 speak in love.

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 I pray for

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 everyone who

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 is here in

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 the room,

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 that they may

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 understand the

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 answers to

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 their questions

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 and may they

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 never be afraid

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 to ask

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 questions.

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 And may we

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 be a church

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 body that is

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 sharing in the

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 light, love, and

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 truth of your

00:57:22.579 --> 00:57:23.059
 son, Jesus

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 Christ.

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 And we're so

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 grateful for

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 this congregation,

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 for this church

00:57:27.179 --> 00:57:28.320
 body, and we're

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 so grateful for

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 your son, Jesus

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 Christ, being the

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 way, and the

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 life.

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 And all of

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 these things, we

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 pray in the name

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 of Jesus, the

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 cornerstone of our

00:57:38.220 --> 00:57:38.740
 faith, and we

00:57:38.740 --> 00:57:39.380
 all say together,

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 Amen, church.

00:57:40.480 --> 00:57:40.780
 Amen.

00:57:46.120 --> 00:57:46.940
 Thank you for

00:57:46.940 --> 00:57:47.640
 joining us for

00:57:47.640 --> 00:57:48.559
 this Ask Away

00:57:48.559 --> 00:57:49.700
 episode from

00:57:49.700 --> 00:57:50.660
 Ontario Community

00:57:50.660 --> 00:57:51.079
 Church.

00:57:51.720 --> 00:57:52.780
 If you listened

00:57:52.780 --> 00:57:53.579
 today and you

00:57:53.579 --> 00:57:54.420
 heard Amber and

00:57:54.420 --> 00:57:55.280
 I working through

00:57:55.280 --> 00:57:56.200
 questions together,

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 I hope that it

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 encouraged you to

00:57:58.559 --> 00:57:59.900
 remember, questions

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 are not a

00:58:00.800 --> 00:58:01.519
 threat to faith.

00:58:01.920 --> 00:58:02.620
 When we bring

00:58:02.620 --> 00:58:03.600
 questions to the

00:58:03.600 --> 00:58:04.500
 Lord with humility,

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 they can become a

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 pathway to growth.

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 If you'd like to

00:58:08.940 --> 00:58:10.039
 follow up, need

00:58:10.039 --> 00:58:10.980
 prayer, or want to

00:58:10.980 --> 00:58:12.360
 get connected, visit

00:58:12.360 --> 00:58:13.260
 our website at

00:58:13.260 --> 00:58:15.240
 OntarioCommunityChurch.org.

00:58:15.440 --> 00:58:16.620
 You can also find

00:58:16.620 --> 00:58:17.560
 sermon notes and

00:58:17.560 --> 00:58:18.620
 resources at

00:58:18.620 --> 00:58:21.960
 sermons.OntarioCommunityChurch.org.

00:58:22.180 --> 00:58:23.340
 May the peace of

00:58:23.340 --> 00:58:24.320
 Christ rule in your

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 heart.

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 May you grow in

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 wisdom and

00:58:27.100 --> 00:58:27.680
 discernment.

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 And may you live

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 and love like

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 Jesus.

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 God bless you, and

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 thank you for

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 listening.

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