WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.720 Let's begin with prayer. 00:00:06.179 --> 00:00:08.359 Father, thank you that you've gathered us here this morning. 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:10.880 Thank you for this place that we can come and meet each Sunday. 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:16.440 Lord, that makes it easy for us to gather together. 00:00:18.059 --> 00:00:22.839 Certainly easier than meeting outdoors or having to rotate from one place to another 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:26.219 or a lot of other situations that we could be in. 00:00:26.300 --> 00:00:28.620 Thank you for the Fellowship of Believers. 00:00:28.620 --> 00:00:32.700 Thank you for your word that's been written in our language or translated into our language, Lord, 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:36.320 that we can understand what you've revealed to your people. 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:42.799 Lord, thank you for your Holy Spirit who is here with us to help us understand your word 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:48.359 and to help us live it out and bear the good fruits that you want our lives to display. 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:52.280 Lord, you've given us so many gifts. 00:00:52.380 --> 00:00:53.240 Thank you for the cross. 00:00:53.980 --> 00:00:56.060 Lord, the blood of Christ that covers our sins. 00:00:56.540 --> 00:00:58.400 Lord, above all, we thank you for that. 00:00:58.619 --> 00:01:00.199 Lord, that binds us together. 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:06.780 Lord, bless us this morning as we look into how we can live out being the kind of people 00:01:06.780 --> 00:01:08.099 you've called us to be as a church. 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:09.840 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:01:09.979 --> 00:01:10.179 Amen. 00:01:12.099 --> 00:01:12.700 All right. 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:18.700 So, over these few weeks, we've been talking about the beauty of belonging, 00:01:19.179 --> 00:01:23.640 basically what it means to be part of the body of Christ or the family of God or the church. 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:30.500 So, a couple of weeks ago, Pastor Matt talked about belonging and identity and our identity 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:35.780 being in Christ and connected with one another in the family of God. 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.980 Last week, Daniel Allen led us in talking about discipleship and growing. 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:45.000 Today, our topic is serving together, encouraging the saints. 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:47.240 That is, encouraging our fellow believers in Christ. 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:49.659 So, I want to focus on two topics this morning. 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:50.839 One is spiritual gifts. 00:01:52.039 --> 00:01:57.359 And then one is looking at several of the commands in the New Testament that use the 00:01:57.359 --> 00:01:58.799 word one another, right? 00:01:58.859 --> 00:02:03.219 Talk about how are we to relate to one another as fellow believers in Christ. 00:02:03.299 --> 00:02:04.539 So, this is very practical stuff. 00:02:04.659 --> 00:02:08.219 I want, we'll have time to discuss it together. 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:13.859 But let me begin by reading 1 Corinthians 12, 1 to 7. 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:19.060 So, this is one of the passages about spiritual gifts and the body of Christ. 00:02:19.579 --> 00:02:23.560 So, 1 Corinthians 12, 1 to 7, the Apostle Paul writes, 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:27.800 Now, concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 00:02:28.740 --> 00:02:33.259 You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 00:02:33.259 --> 00:02:38.280 Therefore, I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:43.299 Jesus is accursed, and no one can say Jesus is Lord except in the Holy Spirit. 00:02:43.379 --> 00:02:47.579 So, here he's reminding them of how they've come to faith in Christ, and he's saying the 00:02:47.579 --> 00:02:52.739 Holy Spirit was an active part of that process, essential to that process of bringing them 00:02:52.739 --> 00:02:54.500 to confess Jesus as Lord, right? 00:02:54.539 --> 00:03:02.379 They used to follow idols, and he says by the Holy Spirit revealing that to you, you've 00:03:02.379 --> 00:03:04.840 come to believe and profess Jesus as Lord. 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:05.699 So, then he goes on. 00:03:06.419 --> 00:03:09.340 Now, there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 00:03:09.579 --> 00:03:10.859 This is the Holy Spirit here. 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.099 There are varieties of service, but the same Lord, Jesus Christ. 00:03:14.579 --> 00:03:19.039 And there are varieties of activities, but it's the same God, our Father, who empowers 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:19.900 them all and everyone. 00:03:20.019 --> 00:03:24.539 So, there you see the Spirit, and the Son, and the Father, a trinity right there in verses 00:03:24.539 --> 00:03:25.319 4 through 6. 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:36.680 So, spiritual gifts are given for the sake of the whole body of Christ. 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:47.219 Christ, the Holy Spirit gives them, and it actually talks about how both the Father and 00:03:47.219 --> 00:03:53.500 the Son and the Holy Spirit are sort of active in the Father empowers them all, that we follow 00:03:53.500 --> 00:04:00.340 the same Lord in serving one another as Christ served us, and the Spirit gives us gifts as 00:04:00.340 --> 00:04:01.379 he's given us life. 00:04:01.379 --> 00:04:06.900 So, the Holy Spirit is the one who gives us spiritual gifts, but there are also other 00:04:06.900 --> 00:04:11.939 passages that say we should earnestly seek or desire the spiritual gifts. 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:18.959 So, for example, chapter 14, verse 1, pursue, love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:20.560 especially that you may prophesy. 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:27.659 And that chapter talks about what prophecy is, sort of speech that edifies and encourages 00:04:27.660 --> 00:04:29.060 and builds up the body of Christ. 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:37.060 Now, so the emphasis of spiritual gifts is that just as there are different parts of 00:04:37.060 --> 00:04:42.180 a physical body that contribute to it working together, there are different parts of the 00:04:42.180 --> 00:04:44.100 church body that each have our own contribution. 00:04:44.340 --> 00:04:49.560 So, the idea of spiritual gifts emphasizes that we each have our own distinctive contribution 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:50.160 to make. 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:57.820 But then, what we're going to look at in the second half of today is sort of the one another 00:04:57.820 --> 00:04:58.460 commands. 00:05:00.220 --> 00:05:02.440 And there's an interesting overlap. 00:05:03.340 --> 00:05:11.120 So, if you look at some of these spiritual gifts that are listed here on this list, so 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:15.280 they're all listed as spiritual gifts, sort of gifts that God might give to a particular 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:21.159 person, that they might particularly be able to build up the body of Christ in a specific 00:05:21.159 --> 00:05:21.599 way. 00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:27.439 But then, some of these gifts are also things that Paul says that all Christians should 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:27.619 do. 00:05:27.739 --> 00:05:30.079 So, for example, let me give a few examples. 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:38.459 So, top of the list, Paul says that service is a gift, right? 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:41.939 But there's other passages that say, through love, serve one another, right? 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.959 So, you can't say, well, service isn't really my gift, so I'm never going to serve anybody 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:46.339 because that's just somebody else's gift. 00:05:46.459 --> 00:05:46.799 No, no, no. 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:47.739 Paul, right? 00:05:48.459 --> 00:05:52.680 Or even with teaching or exhortation, right? 00:05:52.739 --> 00:05:58.039 Paul also says in Colossians, teach and admonish one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual 00:05:58.039 --> 00:05:58.359 songs. 00:05:58.359 --> 00:06:03.359 So, even as we sing together, we're sort of teaching and admonishing each other just as 00:06:03.359 --> 00:06:08.159 we sing together the words of praise that sort of point our hearts toward God. 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:14.039 Paul says, another place, each one should give generously, right? 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:20.879 2 Corinthians 8 or 9, each one should give generously and not grudgingly, right? 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:22.939 If any of you lacks wisdom, ask God, right? 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:25.439 So, there's an interesting overlap, right? 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:28.960 Like, a lot of these spiritual gifts are things that, at times, we're all called to do. 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:35.539 But it seems God has also especially gifted some people in various ways. 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:42.620 So, there's sort of a balance of, like, finding, there's a good way of, just as, you know, each 00:06:42.620 --> 00:06:45.359 part in a physical body plays a unique role. 00:06:45.419 --> 00:06:50.959 It's good to sort of find sort of where God has particularly gifted you to be most helpful 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:51.459 in the church. 00:06:51.599 --> 00:06:58.339 But then, you know, there are also going to be times when, you know, you might need to 00:06:58.339 --> 00:07:02.500 do something just because God commands us to do it or because somebody needs you to do 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:06.159 it, even if you don't feel like that's your gift, right? 00:07:07.699 --> 00:07:11.560 You know, if somebody comes to you and says, I really need someone to pray for me. 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:14.859 And maybe you just feel really intimidated about praying for people. 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.120 But let's say you're the only Christian around. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.720 And they come to you and they say, I really need somebody to pray for me. 00:07:19.819 --> 00:07:25.500 I'm just, I just need somebody else who's a brother or sister in Christ who we can pray 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:25.800 together. 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:26.399 Well, you know what? 00:07:26.980 --> 00:07:30.379 The Holy Spirit will give you the grace you need to pray for them, right? 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:34.300 Even if you feel intimidated by praying out loud for somebody else, even if that's not, 00:07:34.379 --> 00:07:36.639 even if you feel like that's not your spiritual gift, you know what? 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.439 In that time, you trust that God is going to give you what you need. 00:07:41.540 --> 00:07:47.060 You know, if there's a mess on the floor and your gift is not service, but people are about 00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:48.720 to come down here for coffee hour, you know what? 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:51.459 The most loving thing to do is you clean up the mess on the floor, right? 00:07:52.339 --> 00:07:53.920 You know, so anyway, that's the point. 00:07:55.379 --> 00:08:01.480 So here's a question I want to discuss and throw this out for us. 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:08.600 How can we help each other find and use our spiritual gifts in this church? 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:14.660 So, thoughts on that question? 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:24.160 And also feel free to give examples of how you've experienced that in this church or in 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:28.900 other churches, sort of finding and using your spiritual gifts or seeing other people 00:08:28.900 --> 00:08:29.280 do that. 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:36.899 I feel like it happens most when you're going about it. 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:44.559 Once your feet are in motion, you can see, well, like now I'm trying a service thing and 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:48.459 you know, I'm working really hard at it and God's giving me the grace to do it. 00:08:48.779 --> 00:08:54.639 But now I'm over here and wow, it just really feels like God made me to sit in front of these 00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:01.340 people and you can't really know unless your feet are in motion and you are seeking in 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:04.319 whatever power God gives you to serve them. 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:04.879 Yeah. 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:05.879 Yeah. 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:07.419 No, I think that's really right. 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:09.240 That's really right. 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.360 And there's some things that might look really intimidating and difficult from the outside, 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:18.299 but sort of like once you jump in and then you're like, oh, then that's where you might 00:09:18.299 --> 00:09:22.500 feel sort of, again, these gifts come from their empowerment from the Holy Spirit. 00:09:22.500 --> 00:09:30.220 So you might experience, you sort of begin to experience that in sometimes in ways you 00:09:30.220 --> 00:09:30.700 don't expect. 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:34.039 We talked about that when we went through the first campaign series and it was right at 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:37.460 the same time that my dad and I were getting ready to go to Haiti and that the jobs that 00:09:37.460 --> 00:09:41.419 they gave us to do on this mission trip in Haiti were not things I would have ever picked. 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:46.080 I would have never knocked on people's doors to ask them, hey, how are you doing spiritually? 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:47.159 How can the church help you? 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:49.419 Like I wouldn't have picked that ever. 00:09:49.419 --> 00:09:52.599 But that's what my dad was doing. 00:09:52.819 --> 00:09:58.019 And so as we did that a few times, I don't know that that's like my new vocation that 00:09:58.019 --> 00:10:03.939 God has called me to, but he definitely, we definitely saw his spirit at work in doing 00:10:03.939 --> 00:10:05.819 what felt somewhat uncomfortable. 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:10.179 But I probably never would have tried it if he hadn't been in that place. 00:10:10.539 --> 00:10:10.719 Yeah. 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:11.500 Yeah. 00:10:13.139 --> 00:10:13.599 Thanks. 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:13.980 Great. 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:15.319 Yes, Elizabeth. 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:27.500 I think that it requires an awful lot of times in meditation and prayer to really feel 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:29.360 what the Lord is drawing you to. 00:10:30.640 --> 00:10:32.100 I would suggest that. 00:10:32.540 --> 00:10:32.760 Mm-hmm. 00:10:33.760 --> 00:10:34.040 Yeah. 00:10:37.780 --> 00:10:38.260 Yeah. 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:39.400 Bob. 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:45.159 You can also share an appreciative word if you see somebody exercising their gifts, 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:47.000 you know, in an especially nice way. 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.039 Mm-hmm. 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:49.039 Yes. 00:10:49.959 --> 00:10:55.919 Sometimes other, sometimes, again, this is why it's, you know, discernment is a communal 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:56.500 thing, right? 00:10:56.620 --> 00:11:01.620 Like sometimes you can see the way that God is blessing people through someone's spiritual 00:11:01.620 --> 00:11:02.860 gift better than they can. 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:07.419 And you can, and just by encouraging them and saying, you know, brother, sister, I really 00:11:07.419 --> 00:11:08.779 feel like God is using you in this way. 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:13.379 I was really encouraged by the way you did this or the word that you spoke here. 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:17.560 That's a big one. 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:19.139 Yes, Matt. 00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:29.100 Love can be important when you see that somebody thinks they have a spiritual gift and they don't. 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:30.000 Yeah. 00:11:30.779 --> 00:11:32.480 Yeah, sometimes that happens too. 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:42.759 I, you know, I've seen the tragedy of somebody, you know, trying, wanting to minister, trying 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:45.620 to minister in an area that they were not gifted in. 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:55.920 And unless you have a good relationship, you can deliver the message in any case. 00:11:55.919 --> 00:12:02.179 But getting that person then into the right area of ministry will be tough. 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:04.099 There's a lot of love in them. 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:06.000 Yeah, that's right. 00:12:06.439 --> 00:12:06.879 That's right. 00:12:08.199 --> 00:12:14.539 Well, and remembering that, you know, every Christian has been given a spirit, at least 00:12:14.539 --> 00:12:15.500 one spiritual gift. 00:12:16.719 --> 00:12:20.139 Romans, I think it's Romans 12 that makes that most clear. 00:12:20.139 --> 00:12:29.279 Let's see. 00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:32.960 Romans 12 talks about each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:36.720 We are one body in Christ, members of one of another. 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:40.559 And then he says, having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.080 use them. 00:12:41.319 --> 00:12:41.580 Right? 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:45.519 He doesn't say some people in the church have gifts and other people don't. 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:52.840 No, his assumption is every believer has some gift to contribute to the body of Christ. 00:12:53.419 --> 00:12:58.240 There is no one who is a believer in Christ who has nothing to contribute to this church. 00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:05.460 And if someone feels that they have nothing to contribute to this church, then part of 00:13:05.460 --> 00:13:10.299 what God wants to do in them is to, and he might use one another in the process, is help 00:13:10.299 --> 00:13:12.899 them figure out what is that, how can they contribute. 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:13.340 Right? 00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:19.299 And so, and again, if someone's sort of, yes, that's, so I think one of the questions 00:13:19.299 --> 00:13:23.959 is, okay, if something, okay, something might not be their spiritual gift that they think 00:13:23.959 --> 00:13:28.659 it is, but how, what positively could they, you know, is there something else that they 00:13:28.659 --> 00:13:29.059 could try? 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:32.279 Is there something else, you know, as you get to know the person that you can encourage 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:32.559 them? 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:35.919 What about if you did, what about if you, could you help out with this? 00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:36.720 You know, or whatever. 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:41.360 So, and then, you know, that takes humility. 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:44.620 We're going to get to humility a little later, because that's, that's one of the most common 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:46.460 things that comes in the one another passages. 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:51.759 But, but we need humility in those kinds of circumstances, right? 00:13:52.060 --> 00:13:57.800 Humility to be able to say, okay, even if I think something's my spiritual gift, if it's 00:13:57.800 --> 00:14:02.340 not actually building up other people, then, then, then, you know what? 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:04.360 Maybe this isn't the time and place. 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:07.720 Maybe, maybe, and that's okay. 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:10.060 And that doesn't mean that I don't have anything to contribute. 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:11.820 That doesn't mean I don't have anything to give. 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:13.060 It doesn't mean I'm worthless here. 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:15.460 My worth is found in Christ, right? 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:18.440 So there's humility in receiving that, and then there also needs to be humility in how, 00:14:18.540 --> 00:14:21.399 how we, how we give that feedback. 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:26.980 feedback, and, and, and we need to be careful in how we give that feedback, too, right? 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:37.579 You know, sometimes, you know, how would I, let's, what's an example? 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:43.799 Just because you don't drive with somebody's style of music doesn't mean that you should 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:48.639 go up to them and say, I don't think you're gifted in leading worship because I don't like 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:52.819 the style of music that you play, you know, right? 00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:55.939 That, that, that could actually be a very destructive thing to say, right? 00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:59.399 So that's, that's something where you might, you know, if you're not sure what to say in 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:03.740 that, things like that, go to the pastor who oversees that ministry and talk to them, 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:07.279 and then they'll help you discern whether that's a helpful thing to say. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.480 You can say, you know, I'm really struggling with this, but I don't know whether this is just 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:17.620 my own issues or whether this is something that, you know, that, that needs to be addressed 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:22.779 somehow, I need some wisdom about how to address this in a way that would be edifying and helpful 00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:26.139 to everybody and not, not, not, not cause harm. 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:29.639 So, yeah, other, other thoughts. 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.519 These are great thoughts. 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:34.060 How can we help each other find and use our spiritual gifts in this church? 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.320 This is a question we're discussing. 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.600 How have you seen that done? 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.019 Well, elsewhere. 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.419 Michelle. 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:47.579 I have a sign above my dining room table that says, refusing for help robs others of 00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:48.059 receiving help. 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:53.479 So I think one of the ways we can help each other discover our spiritual gifts is actually 00:15:53.479 --> 00:15:55.819 be very transparent with our need. 00:15:56.459 --> 00:15:56.699 Yeah. 00:15:57.079 --> 00:15:58.339 Be willing to receive help. 00:15:58.719 --> 00:15:58.919 Yeah. 00:15:59.579 --> 00:16:00.059 Yeah. 00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:03.319 Sometimes that's, sometimes we have to have humility to do that, right? 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.980 And, and, and it's a blessing to receive. 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:13.540 It's a, it's a blessing when, when we can sort of open up our hands and, and receive 00:16:13.540 --> 00:16:16.160 that as a blessing from God and from our brothers and sisters in Christ. 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:20.960 And it can help somebody else find the ways that God has called and equipped them to serve. 00:16:21.260 --> 00:16:21.500 Yeah. 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:21.560 Yeah. 00:16:28.760 --> 00:16:29.340 All right. 00:16:29.380 --> 00:16:29.980 Anything else? 00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:34.259 Before we move on to the next section? 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.620 Yes, Kim. 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:42.060 I think however it's done, it seems that even from our answers here, like doing it actually 00:16:42.060 --> 00:16:47.379 in the community, figuring it out in the community is the way. 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:51.300 I just love how, I don't know, someone who's gifted to encourage says, well, we should encourage 00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:51.639 each other. 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:54.240 Someone who's gifted in prayer says, well, we should, we should pray about it. 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:58.100 Someone who's gifted in service says, well, we ought to, I don't know, get moving. 00:16:58.100 --> 00:17:04.140 We're living, and so it's, it's cool to see, even just in our answers representing how God 00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.640 is gifted. 00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:05.599 Yeah. 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.200 Yeah. 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.039 No, that's good. 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.799 That's good. 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:11.720 All right. 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.139 And any questions about any of the gifts on this, on these lists? 00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:18.960 This is sort of a compilation of spiritual gifts from different passages in the Bible. 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.500 Any questions about any of the particular ones? 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:23.019 We're not going to get into a whole bunch of detail. 00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:29.480 Some of them, people define them in slightly different ways, and honestly, we may not be 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.740 able to completely be precise about that. 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:36.660 But are there any, any burning questions that anyone wants to ask? 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.140 Yes, Laura. 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:39.120 I was just going to add to what Ken just said. 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:43.960 I feel like sometimes my assumption can be if someone is gifted in something, then they 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.039 can just run with it. 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:50.059 So there's something about doing it in community and just assuming like, oh, teaching about it 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:56.019 or giving helpful, I don't know, thoughts towards it and really cultivating and developing 00:17:56.019 --> 00:18:01.059 the gift is really helpful that, I don't know, I just assume, oh yeah, do it. 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:01.900 Yeah. 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:03.420 And it's not something that simple. 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.099 Yeah. 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:04.660 Right. 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.279 Right. 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:09.519 Sometimes someone might have a gift, but they need someone with the gift of encouragement 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:15.299 to come alongside them and, you know, encourage or exhort them to use it, you know, or, right. 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:17.619 Or teaching for someone to like teach them how to teach. 00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.139 Yes. 00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:19.000 Even teaching is their gift. 00:18:19.139 --> 00:18:19.440 Yes. 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.019 That's right. 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:20.559 Right. 00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:22.839 These gifts are not given fully for, okay, right. 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:31.079 Just as like, you know, a baby does not come out of the womb with, you know, all of their 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:36.220 adult developmental capacities, you know, immediately visible, right. 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:39.579 Those are cultivated over time, you know. 00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:45.939 And yes, some of those capacities are right there at birth, but they need to be developed 00:18:45.939 --> 00:18:46.959 and grown over time. 00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:47.819 Right. 00:18:47.959 --> 00:18:49.399 The seeds of those are there. 00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:49.980 Right. 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:54.299 In the same way, the Holy Spirit gives Christians those gifts, but they need to be developed and 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.259 cultivated and grown. 00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:59.960 And, you know, Paul also talks about how they can be used in an edifying way. 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:00.160 Right. 00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:05.360 Somebody might have a gift, but they're not using it in, you know, they need to grow in 00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:05.700 love. 00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.319 Right. 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:08.559 And so how it's expressed or whatever. 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:17.700 So, yes, there's a lot of ways that we can help each other grow in how we express and 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:20.519 use the gifts that are within us. 00:19:20.899 --> 00:19:21.039 Right. 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:26.299 So, good. 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.240 All right. 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:30.059 So, let's go on. 00:19:30.379 --> 00:19:32.980 And we can come back to spiritual gifts later if we want. 00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:38.700 So, I've, I found this cool infographic. 00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:42.960 I did not design this myself, but I was like, this is exactly what I want to teach. 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:46.980 So, I'm like, this is very rare that I go online and do a quick search and I'm like, 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.960 it's right here. 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.339 But I'm like, all right, this is, I'm just going to go with this. 00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:54.819 Um, uh, cause it's sort of summarizes it very well. 00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:58.199 Um, so all the one another commands in the new Testament. 00:19:58.959 --> 00:20:06.799 Um, there are about 47 verses with instructions to followers of Jesus that use the word one 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.159 another. 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:11.539 Um, so, uh, most of those are in Paul's letters. 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:18.319 So, there's sort of three broad categories, um, that, uh, uh, this person categorized these 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.879 lists in. 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:25.920 And so, unity, uh, love, love is the most, uh, as you might notice, love is the one that 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:30.680 has the most references, uh, both in John's letters and Paul's letters and Peter's letter, 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:37.860 uh, and in Jesus' words himself, um, love one another is the most common one another command 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:40.320 and sort of the, in some ways, an overarching one. 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:47.359 Um, uh, but, uh, there's a lot about unity. 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:51.339 Again, some warning, if you look at some of the, several of them begin with don't, don't 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:55.679 grumble, don't complain, don't envy one another, don't bite and devour one another. 00:20:56.019 --> 00:21:02.980 Um, uh, and then positively be at peace with one another, accept one another, uh, wait for 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:09.079 one another, be kind to one another, uh, seek the good of one another, um, uh, and then 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:12.620 a lot about, uh, forbearance and forgiveness and confession of sin. 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:18.220 So, that's all part of unity, uh, broad category and then love, um, a lot of things about love, 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:22.980 uh, uh, several about humility and sort of honoring one another. 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:32.460 Um, and then several at the end, um, uh, the rest, uh, I guess, uh, there's about 12 in 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:34.880 that list that, that sort of go a variety of directions. 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:44.480 Um, so, uh, question I want to ask here is, um, how are we doing as a church in these areas? 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:50.319 Uh, how are we doing in unity, uh, in love, in humility, and in sort of the rest of the 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.519 list? 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.819 What can we praise God for? 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:54.319 Where do we need his help to improve, right? 00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:58.939 If this is a biblical picture of what our community, you know, Holy Spirit empowered, Christ-centered, 00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:05.319 God-glorifying community life should look like, um, uh, where do you see these things happening 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:13.099 in our body, uh, and, and what are some ways that we might need to grow or, uh, be more intentional 00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:15.399 in, in living out some of these? 00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:21.439 So, um, uh, maybe we could start with unity. 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:24.240 Um, um, and talk about that. 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:31.819 Um, where, uh, where, let's see, uh, what can we praise God for in terms of unity and, 00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:38.960 and what are some ways that we, we could be reminded to, um, intentionally pursue these things? 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:56.100 Well, I think our pastors provide a great example for us, for unity and one-mothering. 00:22:56.099 --> 00:23:03.959 Um, the three of you each have your roles and you're, uh, devoted to that, but you're devoted 00:23:03.959 --> 00:23:09.859 basically to welfare of the church, to our pastors and our, um, elders. 00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:11.859 And the three of you each have your roles and the two of you each have your roles and the 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:17.919 pastors give us real great examples of unity and, I mean, it's very clear that the most 00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:22.699 important thing, one of the most important things in our church is being unified. 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.700 Yeah. 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.700 Yeah. 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:30.080 And letting the other things fall away that, uh, come up to bring controversy. 00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.940 Mm-hmm. 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:38.400 And I think, really, that's, that example, we all understand and feel and realize. 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.400 Yeah. 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.400 Yeah. 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:43.039 So we kind of fall in line. 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.640 Thanks. 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.640 Thanks. 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.640 Yeah. 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.640 Thanks. 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.640 Yeah. 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.640 Yeah. 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:55.960 I think one of the ways that I see it is in small groups, um, especially groups that 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:58.640 have different ages and different backgrounds. 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:06.640 So I love how our small groups aren't as surprised of like Yale students and working people. 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:09.640 It's like everybody coming together and dying around Christ. 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:14.640 And so that's one way I think our small groups do a good job of displaying that unity. 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.640 Mm-hmm. 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:37.640 Any other thoughts about unity? 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:46.640 How do I have you had somebody else sort of really live out one of these commands in 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:49.640 their relationship with you? 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:54.640 You know, have you seen one of these particular things lived out in our church? 00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:59.640 Or is there some of them that you think are just a good warning for us? 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:04.340 Something that we might be prone to, might be easy for us to fall into, that we need to 00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.640 guard against? 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.240 Matt? 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:11.740 I'm thinking of the cliche, nothing succeeds like success. 00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:19.980 There's a selfish unifying effect that an organization has when it's succeeding. 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.660 They want to be part of this. 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.680 This is a good place to be. 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:29.460 But in the New Testament, it often seems like it's reversed. 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:32.060 It's the unity that causes the success. 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:39.159 But in any case, when you see baptisms going on, when you see new people coming into the church, 00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:42.279 there's a sense that Jesus is here. 00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:48.740 And some of the things that would bother me if I didn't see the name of Christ, 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:51.419 just, ah, they're not that important. 00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:52.480 Mm-hmm. 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.179 Yeah. 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:59.819 Yeah. 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:06.059 Sometimes pursuing unity is hard. 00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:13.019 You know, I've been at Trinity for 17 years now. 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:18.759 And so there's a few different times that I can look back on. 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:23.460 And pursuing unity wasn't easy. 00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:32.099 And it involved speaking truth to one another, listening to one another, forgiving, confessing. 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.519 You know? 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:42.160 And I think God's, you know, there's a lot of ways that I think this church has a really sweet unity. 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:47.519 But I will say that hasn't always been the case. 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:51.240 Hasn't always been the case among the leadership. 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:55.680 It hasn't always been the case in some ways in the past. 00:26:56.060 --> 00:27:00.460 But the Lord has really done that and continues to do that. 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:04.480 And, you know, Satan always wants to sort of throw in a monkey wrench in the middle of this. 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:10.920 And, you know, one of the ways that we see Satan at work is dividing believers from each other. 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:18.559 You know, whether through envy or through, you know, that's sort of the danger of when unity is built around success. 00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:25.860 Is then usually you're very excited about your church's success and every other successful church is seen as a threat. 00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.259 Right? 00:27:26.479 --> 00:27:31.719 So, I mean, there's always things to guard against even when unity seems to be working well. 00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:35.079 You know, there's ways that Satan tries to undermine that. 00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:37.599 But I think being guarding against his schemes. 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:48.399 And, you know, I mean, there are people who are still in this church who at one time, like, I was working through a conflict with them. 00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:51.559 And we were having trouble relating to each other. 00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:54.759 And right now, like, that's way behind us. 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:57.460 And, like, that's a sweet thing. 00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:05.140 There are people who, you know, are no longer in this church, but it's because they've moved out of town and not because they left the church because they were angry. 00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.559 Right? 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:11.940 Like, but that we were able to work through whatever the issue was that had come between us. 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:19.920 And now there's peace and unity and we can go on and work together in the body of Christ. 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:21.640 And I don't know. 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:24.259 Conflicts between Christians don't always end that way. 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:29.740 But I've just, it's something that has been encouraging in my life to really see, yes, this can actually happen. 00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:32.720 Yes, this can actually happen between two people. 00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:35.299 Yes, this can actually happen on a leadership team. 00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:46.920 Yes, this can actually happen, you know, in situations where there are some times where it feels like it will never happen. 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:49.220 But yes, it can. 00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:52.960 So that can encourage us to keep pursuing that. 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:57.480 So let's go on to talk about love. 00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.740 Yes, Ben. 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:01.160 One more question on the media. 00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.500 Yeah. 00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:05.559 One thing in the past four or five years I've been really encouraged by is the Bridges and Poe Project. 00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:08.420 That it's a little more external than sort of within the city. 00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:15.360 But a couple of years have sort of put aside their, like, particular, like, congregational affiliations and come together to serve the city. 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:15.880 Yeah. 00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:22.860 Have you seen, like, any, you know, either encouraging things or, like, you know, resistance on that front? 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.320 Yeah, yeah. 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.720 Yeah. 00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:33.539 It's been really encouraging for me to, so I'm the pastor who goes to the Bridges of Hope board meetings from Trinity, which happen every month. 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:36.859 We're having a pastor's retreat, actually, this coming Thursday night and Friday. 00:29:36.939 --> 00:29:37.619 You can pray for us. 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.559 We do that once a year. 00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:49.379 And it's just been a really sweet time of sort of getting some more in-depth time to talk about things with each other. 00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:55.320 And some of them are, you know, some of them are sort of ministry and organizational issues about where are we going in Bridges of Hope. 00:29:55.420 --> 00:30:05.220 But some of them are personal things about how are we doing personally and how are marriages and families and churches and where do we need prayer. 00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:10.800 And, I don't know, there's been a real openness and, like, transparency among the pastors. 00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:15.040 Some of us didn't even know each other three, four years ago when this thing started. 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.820 Like, we'd never met each other, literally. 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:27.779 And, you know, it's been really, I've been really encouraged by it. 00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:33.980 So, and I think there's been some good fruit. 00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:42.439 I know a lot of you are involved in the mentoring program and some of you have done iHeart New Haven or helped out with, you know, other projects that have come out of that. 00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:52.460 So, I think there's, I think there's a good effect sort of that's able to be seen by others in our city as well. 00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:57.019 But I've just been really encouraged sort of with the conversations on the inside. 00:30:57.019 --> 00:31:02.379 And, yeah. 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.400 All right, should we go on? 00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.059 Love. 00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:15.480 So, there's a lot of things about, a lot of commands about be devoted to one another in love. 00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.680 Through love serve one another. 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.639 Forbear or tolerate one another. 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:21.960 That sort of means bear with one another in love. 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.279 Right? 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.819 First Corinthians 13, Paul talks about what love is. 00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.279 Love is patient. 00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.140 Love is kind. 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:32.500 It doesn't rejoice in evil, but it rejoices with the truth. 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.319 Right? 00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:42.340 So, love doesn't just mean sort of accepting and affirming everything or never challenging anyone. 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:42.900 Right? 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.960 That's not biblical love. 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:47.299 Love is genuinely seeking the good of someone else. 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:52.240 And making it our priority to seek somebody else's good rather than just our own. 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:57.420 And sometimes that looks like, you know, there's sort of the soft side of love. 00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:59.420 Like kindness and patience and all that. 00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.620 And then there's sort of tough love. 00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:00.900 Right? 00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.880 Speaking the truth. 00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:06.620 And sometimes sort of holding people accountable. 00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:11.479 Sort of saying, no, this is actually your responsibility. 00:32:12.219 --> 00:32:14.239 And I'm not going to do this for you. 00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:17.179 Because you're able to do this for yourself. 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.439 And sometimes that's a loving thing. 00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.719 Anyway, so love can look a lot of different ways. 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.619 But how... 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:29.619 But the New Testament says it's really at the heart of... 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:33.939 Of, you know, Colossians 3 says, 00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:35.840 Over all these virtues put on love. 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.140 Right? 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:38.039 Which binds them together in perfect unity. 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:41.400 Love is the first in the list of the fruits of the Spirit. 00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:43.860 Paul says, faith, hope, and love remain. 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:45.080 But the greatest of these is love. 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.400 Right? 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:49.740 So, throughout the New Testament, love is sort of like the heartbeat. 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:56.960 That makes the blood flow to all the different parts of the body. 00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:59.640 And that sort of empowers the different gifts. 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:04.640 So, how do we see... 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:08.680 How do you see... 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:11.100 Let's combine love and humility. 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:15.120 Humility, sort of honoring one another. 00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.640 Being willing to... 00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:22.060 You know, the example Jesus gave is washing his disciples' feet. 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:27.320 That was sort of the task that nobody else wanted to do. 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.899 It was dirty. 00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:33.379 It was not something that was an honorable... 00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:39.039 Not something that you'd sort of honor somebody by giving them that task. 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.480 Right? 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:42.379 That was the task that you would give to the least honorable person normally. 00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:46.139 And Jesus voluntarily took on that task without being asked. 00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.619 As an example of humility. 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:52.639 He says, just as I have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. 00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.039 Right? 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:57.680 So, I don't think he's only literally talking about actually watching somebody else's feet. 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.700 But he's sort of... 00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.460 That's the example. 00:33:59.639 --> 00:33:59.960 Right? 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.299 Of what humility looks like. 00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.339 So, where do you see... 00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.420 How about love and humility? 00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.820 What can we praise God for? 00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:11.820 What do we need is help to improve in these areas. 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.500 And then... 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:14.900 How about love and humility. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.940 So, how I call... 00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.680 How about love and humility? 00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:20.840 God who does not see 00:34:21.160 --> 00:34:22.860 the camera is looking for... 00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:24.700 That shows wisdom. 00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:26.340 How about lovely samples are best wishes. 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.640 How about love and humility? 00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:29.200 What are our naturalist arms that have Izaki ta투ителя? 00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.160 How about it? 00:34:30.160 --> 00:34:32.300 Where do you mean sleep? 00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:36.780 I want a little thanksengage. 00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:45.740 two of the ways 00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:47.060 I think I see it 00:34:47.060 --> 00:34:49.160 a lot of our churches 00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:50.519 is intangible ways 00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.940 when 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:53.500 when I send out an email 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.640 for have or need 00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:55.700 if somebody has a need 00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:56.540 then it's almost 00:34:56.540 --> 00:34:57.300 instantly that 00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.040 people are eager 00:34:58.040 --> 00:34:59.340 to love each other 00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:00.740 in very practical ways 00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.880 and in some ways 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.600 it's hilarious 00:35:02.600 --> 00:35:03.100 how 00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:03.940 you know 00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.019 how these connections 00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.320 are made 00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.980 so you can say 00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.840 I was just thinking 00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.820 like how can I 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.699 use this 00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.380 to bless somebody 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.340 and it happens 00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:12.019 and then also 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.579 I think 00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:14.639 our congregation 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.280 at large 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.219 is really eager 00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:17.659 to love each other 00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.219 with food 00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:19.579 which 00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:21.019 meal schedules 00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.639 fill out notoriously fast 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.719 and I always get emails 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.619 disappointed emails 00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.900 like I don't even got in 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:27.400 but I think 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.500 that those 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.760 kind of very practical 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.840 like meeting 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.940 very basic needs 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.900 are one way 00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.800 I think our congregation 00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.460 loves food 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:49.260 I think one other thing 00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.679 is 00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:52.340 we were reflecting on 00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.639 after the congregational meeting 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.980 just the 00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.659 acts of church discipline 00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.019 that 00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:58.000 we bring before 00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.699 the congregation 00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.780 genuinely seeking 00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:01.019 to love the person 00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:02.260 that has strayed 00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:03.140 and we don't say 00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:04.560 oh it's not important 00:36:04.560 --> 00:36:05.580 we actually 00:36:05.580 --> 00:36:07.700 do the hard thing 00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:08.920 how hard it is 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:10.080 to confront somebody 00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:10.760 in love 00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.660 and understanding 00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:13.380 I think this is a great example 00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.460 of how this church 00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.400 is seeking to love 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.800 each other 00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.340 even when 00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:18.220 having that conversation 00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.880 is really difficult 00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:21.200 yep 00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:32.960 I'm encouraged 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.260 I'm really encouraged 00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:35.980 because of the direction 00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.740 that our church 00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.460 has taken 00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.900 since we 00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.380 you know 00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.140 since over on 00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:41.019 Humphrey Street 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:44.900 we've really moved forward 00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:46.820 in loving one another 00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:48.160 outwardly 00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:49.340 you know 00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.720 with the various works 00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.519 that we do 00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:54.220 and I think it's because of 00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:56.660 the fact that we have a core 00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:59.140 of really serious 00:36:59.140 --> 00:37:00.740 Christ followers 00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.620 I mean 00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:03.400 we have a core of people here 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.860 who really love Jesus 00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:06.019 and really want to 00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:07.160 move forward 00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:08.260 in his name 00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:09.780 for the sake of the city 00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.460 and the world 00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:14.980 I recently visited 00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.659 a church 00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.780 which I would say 00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.579 has gone 00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:19.159 almost completely nominal 00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:21.260 the people are just nominal 00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:22.539 there isn't a core 00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.340 of serious 00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:25.539 devoted Christians 00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:27.920 so I am so thankful 00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.519 for that 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.820 as we've grown 00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.639 in all these 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.159 outward 00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:32.820 outward ways 00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:34.300 yep 00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.960 yeah 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.019 yep 00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.659 you know 00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.500 the homeless 00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:40.619 bridges of hope 00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:42.239 yeah 00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:43.179 yep 00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:44.099 yep 00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:45.340 yeah 00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.960 yep 00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:49.559 yep 00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:51.519 I mean 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.260 and all of the 00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.980 like all of this 00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.940 that we're talking about here 00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:55.219 is the fruit of 00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:56.699 the gospel taking root 00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.380 in our hearts 00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.780 and in our community 00:37:58.780 --> 00:38:00.059 you know 00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.760 when we 00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:02.539 know 00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.519 you know 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.599 Paul prays in Ephesians 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.380 that we would know 00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:06.380 the love of Christ 00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:08.099 that surpasses knowledge 00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.279 and be filled 00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:10.839 to the measure 00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.480 of all the fullness 00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.000 of God 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.440 that we know 00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.039 how high 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.719 and how wide 00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.279 and how deep 00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:14.839 and how long 00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:15.659 is the love of Christ 00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.639 for us 00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:19.319 you know 00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:21.400 this is the result 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.920 like 00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:23.440 these kinds of things 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:25.500 that kind of love 00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.000 and humility 00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.539 and unity 00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:26.839 and 00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:28.159 and 00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:29.659 expressing love 00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.400 in ways that are 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.239 both 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:33.099 come naturally 00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.019 and ways that are harder 00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.400 and 00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:37.039 you know 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.680 actually wanting 00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:38.539 to serve one another 00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.180 so that when there's 00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:39.700 opportunities 00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:40.720 you know 00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:41.480 you're not just sort of 00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.960 pulling 00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:44.579 you know 00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.800 trying to pull a stone 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.420 along a 00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.559 rocky path 00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:47.960 right 00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.680 you know 00:38:48.680 --> 00:38:49.220 there's actually 00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.740 some movement 00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:50.579 there's a desire 00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.980 to 00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.079 yes 00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.840 I want to 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.639 help my brothers 00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.480 and sisters in Christ 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.920 right 00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.900 and I think 00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.280 that's 00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:58.240 that's just the result 00:38:58.240 --> 00:38:58.880 of when the gospel 00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.680 really takes root 00:38:59.680 --> 00:39:00.160 in our hearts 00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:00.440 so 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.360 that's encouraging 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.840 to see 00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:04.280 anything else 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:04.980 on the rest 00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.599 of the list 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:07.320 there's a lot of 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:10.019 pretty practical 00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:11.800 I guess 00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:13.039 let me ask this question 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.440 to end 00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.940 to end 00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.440 what's 00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.300 what is 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:17.059 one of these 00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:18.380 one another 00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:18.880 commands 00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.639 that you want 00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.800 to take away 00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.220 with you 00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:22.460 just as a practical 00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:24.360 encouragement 00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:26.579 if there's one of them 00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.840 that 00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.840 that you think 00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:29.440 this is a good reminder 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.139 for me this week 00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:31.259 or I want to put this 00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:31.719 into practice 00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.219 this week 00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.779 what would that be 00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.559 from anywhere 00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.199 in the list 00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:38.159 anywhere in any 00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.739 of the lists 00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:43.699 yes 00:39:43.699 --> 00:40:00.579 pray for one another 00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:04.659 yes 00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.699 pray for one another 00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:14.840 be devoted to one 00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.099 another 00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.539 in love 00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:21.659 speak the truth 00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.319 to one another 00:40:22.319 --> 00:40:25.059 yes 00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:26.059 yes 00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:49.480 probably clothe yourselves 00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.440 in humility 00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:53.300 clothe yourselves 00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:53.860 in humility 00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.679 toward one another 00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:58.599 that's a good one 00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:03.719 all right 00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:17.819 one or two more 00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.579 and then we'll 00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.319 then we'll pray 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:19.820 okay 00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:28.320 well I would like 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:30.280 to say one thing 00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:31.900 it's not that 00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.840 people don't 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.460 hurt us 00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.640 and that 00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:35.059 we 00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:36.300 aren't yet 00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:36.960 resentful 00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.900 that can happen 00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:42.360 and how 00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:42.619 do you 00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.519 handle that 00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:46.800 so 00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:48.019 if you 00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.360 think 00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.660 or see 00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:49.480 people are just 00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.900 different 00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.440 you know 00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.820 that's a good thing 00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.300 to remember 00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:53.400 people are just 00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:53.780 different 00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:54.559 if we 00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.380 it's a very simple 00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:55.639 thing 00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:56.180 if we remember 00:41:56.180 --> 00:41:56.440 that 00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:56.780 that would 00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:58.480 go ahead 00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.780 yes 00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.519 synchronicities 00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.260 of people 00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.640 that 00:42:00.640 --> 00:42:01.620 you don't 00:42:01.620 --> 00:42:02.000 find 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:04.460 you know 00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.120 elevating 00:42:05.120 --> 00:42:05.640 or whatever 00:42:05.640 --> 00:42:07.380 those 00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:08.380 I found 00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.620 that 00:42:08.620 --> 00:42:09.380 pray for one 00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:09.680 another 00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:10.120 that's what 00:42:10.120 --> 00:42:10.560 you have to 00:42:10.560 --> 00:42:10.720 do 00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:11.220 you pray 00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:12.120 that's right 00:42:12.120 --> 00:42:12.640 pray for that 00:42:12.640 --> 00:42:13.100 person 00:42:13.100 --> 00:42:13.960 and it all 00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.500 changes 00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.320 yeah 00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.000 yep 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:18.120 yep 00:42:18.120 --> 00:42:24.540 all right 00:42:24.540 --> 00:42:24.920 that's good 00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.840 so let's 00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.200 pray 00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:27.300 can I ask 00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.540 for 00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.639 three 00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.519 volunteers 00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.440 to lead 00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.759 in prayer 00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.079 and then I 00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.619 will close 00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.659 raise your hand 00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.019 if you are 00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.539 willing to 00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.940 pray 00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:35.779 maybe somebody 00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:36.199 could pray 00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:36.559 for our 00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:36.840 church 00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:38.659 in unity 00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.460 and someone 00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.820 could pray 00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:41.019 for us 00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.980 in love 00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.679 and in 00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.079 humility 00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:44.699 so 00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:45.880 Tyler 00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:48.259 which one 00:42:48.259 --> 00:42:48.440 do you want 00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:48.800 to take 00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:50.199 you'll take 00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:50.519 unity 00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:51.019 all right 00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:52.239 somebody pray 00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:52.659 that we would 00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:53.199 be a loving 00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:55.039 that we would 00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.639 grow in love 00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:58.039 Debbie 00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:59.500 Pedro 00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.920 do you want 00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.219 to do 00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:00.960 humility 00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:02.179 great 00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:03.500 pray loud 00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.839 enough so 00:43:03.839 --> 00:43:04.319 everybody can 00:43:04.319 --> 00:43:05.039 hear you 00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:06.279 and I'll 00:43:06.279 --> 00:43:06.659 close this 00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.039 in prayer 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:12.679 our father 00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.239 in heaven 00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:14.679 Lord we 00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:14.920 pray 00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.440 we thank 00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:15.679 you for 00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.199 this time 00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.679 that we 00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.019 get to 00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.840 think about 00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:19.199 your word 00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:19.699 together 00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:20.739 Lord as we 00:43:20.739 --> 00:43:21.320 think about 00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:22.920 all that 00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:23.360 you've done 00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:25.639 for us 00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:26.219 in Christ 00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.300 we pray 00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:27.739 that we 00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.059 would 00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:30.420 be united 00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.800 to one 00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.039 another 00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:32.360 as you 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:32.800 have 00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:34.119 sacrificially 00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.940 offered up 00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:35.400 yourself 00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:36.039 we pray 00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.360 that we 00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:36.619 would 00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:38.079 sacrificially 00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.619 seek 00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:39.320 each other's 00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:39.539 good 00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.079 and through 00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.400 that 00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:43.340 seek 00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:43.780 unity 00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.440 in this 00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:44.820 church 00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:45.320 where there's 00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.579 one 00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.000 Lord 00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.720 one faith 00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:47.480 one baptism 00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.680 I pray 00:43:48.680 --> 00:43:49.160 this church 00:43:49.160 --> 00:43:49.720 would be 00:43:49.720 --> 00:43:51.300 united 00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:52.099 with each 00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.380 other 00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:52.960 in so 00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.360 doing 00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.980 show 00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.960 who you 00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.180 are 00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:55.360 your 00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:55.780 character 00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.119 to 00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.940 each 00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.160 other 00:43:57.160 --> 00:43:57.400 in the 00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:57.720 world 00:43:57.720 --> 00:43:58.740 I pray 00:43:58.740 --> 00:43:58.940 this in 00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.260 Christ's 00:43:59.260 --> 00:43:59.500 name 00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:01.480 Heavenly 00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:01.800 Father 00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:02.300 I thank 00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:02.740 you that 00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.320 we can 00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:03.800 love each 00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:04.059 other 00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.840 only because 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:05.299 you loved 00:44:05.299 --> 00:44:05.940 us first 00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:07.139 and I 00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:07.799 ask that 00:44:07.799 --> 00:44:08.599 we would 00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.420 be ever 00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:10.739 mindful of 00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.139 that 00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:12.139 and that 00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.519 you would 00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:12.880 fill us 00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:13.159 with your 00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:13.820 Holy Spirit 00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.799 enabling us 00:44:14.799 --> 00:44:16.460 to really 00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:17.059 love each 00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:17.779 other well 00:44:17.779 --> 00:44:20.279 in this 00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:20.779 body of 00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:21.159 Christ 00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:22.960 and with 00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:25.219 all others 00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:25.500 that we 00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:25.840 come in 00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.519 contact with 00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:26.820 throughout 00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:27.380 our days 00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:27.679 and our 00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:27.980 week 00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:31.179 oh 00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:31.480 Father 00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:32.000 we thank 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:32.219 you 00:44:32.219 --> 00:44:32.760 because 00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.099 you've 00:44:33.099 --> 00:44:33.460 given us 00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:33.760 such a 00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:34.039 beautiful 00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.579 example 00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:35.320 of 00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:35.659 humility 00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:35.960 in 00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.260 Christ 00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:37.039 who 00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.300 laid 00:44:37.300 --> 00:44:37.599 aside 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:37.840 his 00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:38.139 throne 00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:38.740 to 00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:38.960 come 00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.240 and 00:44:39.240 --> 00:44:39.679 take 00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:39.880 on 00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.179 flesh 00:44:40.179 --> 00:44:40.340 and 00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:40.539 dwell 00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:40.740 with 00:44:40.740 --> 00:44:40.980 us 00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:42.340 I pray 00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:42.619 that 00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:42.880 that 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.340 example 00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:44.119 might be 00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:44.780 near 00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:45.240 and dear 00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:45.579 to our 00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:45.960 hearts 00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.519 as we 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:46.820 walk 00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.240 so that 00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:47.619 we might 00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.119 put others 00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:48.380 before 00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.980 ourselves 00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.699 that we 00:44:49.699 --> 00:44:50.099 might not 00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.360 judge 00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:50.940 for external 00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:51.460 appearances 00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:52.179 for wealth 00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:52.659 for anything 00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:53.340 like that 00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:54.100 but that 00:44:54.100 --> 00:44:54.579 we might 00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:55.440 see one 00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:55.720 another 00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:56.920 as Christ 00:44:56.920 --> 00:44:57.660 sees them 00:44:57.660 --> 00:44:58.120 with love 00:44:58.120 --> 00:44:59.579 and with a 00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:00.220 desire to 00:45:00.220 --> 00:45:00.760 serve them 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:01.700 in the name of 00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:02.079 Jesus 00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.820 Amen 00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:04.820 Father we thank 00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:05.300 you for 00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:06.300 the spiritual 00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:06.800 gifts that you 00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.200 have given 00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:08.100 to every 00:45:08.100 --> 00:45:08.600 believer in 00:45:08.600 --> 00:45:08.980 Christ 00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:10.120 we pray that 00:45:10.120 --> 00:45:11.220 every believer 00:45:11.220 --> 00:45:11.740 in Christ 00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.440 would find 00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:15.460 the way that 00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.120 you have 00:45:16.120 --> 00:45:17.700 enabled and 00:45:17.700 --> 00:45:18.320 gifted them to 00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:18.960 contribute to 00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.820 this body of 00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:20.140 believers 00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:21.620 and we pray 00:45:21.620 --> 00:45:22.200 that every believer 00:45:22.200 --> 00:45:22.720 in Christ here 00:45:22.720 --> 00:45:23.220 would also be 00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:23.879 served and 00:45:23.879 --> 00:45:25.500 loved and 00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:27.059 built up in 00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.859 their faith and 00:45:27.859 --> 00:45:28.519 hope and love 00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:29.799 in this body of 00:45:29.799 --> 00:45:30.299 believers we 00:45:30.299 --> 00:45:31.139 thank you for 00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:33.799 Lord the good 00:45:33.799 --> 00:45:34.359 work that you've 00:45:34.359 --> 00:45:35.699 done in and 00:45:35.699 --> 00:45:37.099 among us we 00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:38.179 pray particularly 00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.899 that you would 00:45:38.899 --> 00:45:40.879 bless this 00:45:40.879 --> 00:45:41.659 worship gathering 00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.500 as we go 00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:44.079 upstairs as 00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.759 well as as we 00:45:44.759 --> 00:45:45.559 greet one another 00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:48.519 afterwards Lord 00:45:48.519 --> 00:45:49.559 that we would be 00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:50.239 encouraging one 00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:51.139 another as we 00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:51.759 sing to you 00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:52.579 sing praises to 00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:53.119 you that we 00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:54.619 would be 00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.360 drawing near to 00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:55.940 you as we 00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:57.980 pray Lord that 00:45:57.980 --> 00:45:58.440 we would be 00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:59.960 shaped by your 00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:00.659 word as we 00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:01.619 as we listen to 00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:02.099 it preached 00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:03.579 and read 00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:06.039 Lord we pray 00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.619 that you continue 00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:07.219 to shape us 00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:07.860 into a church 00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.799 that glorifies 00:46:08.799 --> 00:46:09.239 your name 00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:10.579 we pray this 00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:11.659 in Jesus name 00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:12.299 amen 00:46:12.299 --> 00:46:12.319 amen 00:46:12.319 --> 00:46:13.399 amen 00:46:13.399 --> 00:46:13.440 amen 00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:43.420 Thank you.