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Kingdom Identity Vision Presentation | Pastors Trev Evans, Christy Jones & Shondell Jones · Koinonia Christian Center

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Good morning.
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Woo!
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>> Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
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>> Listen, the Lord is made and we choose
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to rejoice and be glad.
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>> Yes. Yes. Yes.
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>> All right. So, listen. Y'all know we all
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wear glasses,
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>> right?
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>> So, we can take these shades off
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>> so we can do what we supposed to do.
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>> My god. We thought we were going to be
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falling over each other.
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>> Jesus.
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>> Thank God we can see.
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>> My my listen, while we are standing, can
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you help us help me thank God for my
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first lady, my only lady, Lady Mar?
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She got them heels on.
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Yes, sir.
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Woo.
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Yeah.
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Lord, y'all know Pastor Trev is not
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going to be able to concentrate, right?
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Yes, sir. Amen.
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>> I said, Jeff, you supposed to wear some
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flats to church. Don't wear them kind of
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shoes. All right.
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Listen, while we're standing, can we
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just thank God? Let me just say it like
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we used to say. Ain't no bishop like the
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one we got. Can we thank God for our
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bishop, Bishop Rosie O'Neal?
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>> Yeah. Yeah.
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>> Amen.
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>> Amen. Listen, you may be seated in the
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presence of the Lord.
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>> Yes, Lord.
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>> Let's ride.
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>> You know, identity shapes everything.
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How we see ourselves, how we live, and
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how we impact the world around us.
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>> Quania, it is no mystery. We have been
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given the same mission.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> The same mantle.
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>> Yes.
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>> And the same
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>> message.
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>> The same message. Yes,
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>> it is our it is critical for us to be
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grounded in the truth of our kingdom
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identity
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>> especially hear me good in times of
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transition.
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>> Transition has a way of shaking what we
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think of ourselves or what we know of
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ourselves. That's why God is leading us
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in solidifying our identity.
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>> This year we will take time to look at
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to learn to grow and walk in who we are
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in Jesus.
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>> Yeah.
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and sir,
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>> who we are as a local church.
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>> Amen.
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>> We see Jesus model this for us in
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Matthew chapter 16 when he and his
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disciples are on their way into the
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region of Cesaria Philippi and Jesus
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pulls his disciples to the side and asks
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them a question. Now this is not a
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random conversation. This is a very
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intentional conversation.
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>> Yeah. Jesus paused to ask his disciples,
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"Who do you say that I am?"
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>> Yeah.
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>> This question not only revealed his
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identity, but it also revealed their
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identity.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Because it is one thing. It's it's not
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enough for us to just know who Jesus is,
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but we must know who we are in him.
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>> That's good.
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>> Yes. Yes. Yes.
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And so here we go. Let's make this
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personal.
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>> Take out your ID.
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Not not not your I No, no, no, not not
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your not your driver's license.
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>> Driver's license. Yeah.
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>> Your kingdom ID.
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>> When you came in,
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>> you had a card in your chair.
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>> Yeah. Your kingdom ID.
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>> If you look on the back of the card, you
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will see a space that says do o and
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there's a blank.
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>> Now, this is not your date of birth.
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>> Come on. This is your date of belief.
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>> Danny, I want you to take time and fill
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in that space on the day in which you
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made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life.
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>> Yes. Yes.
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>> Now, if you don't remember the exact
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day, put the year.
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>> Amen.
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>> And if you haven't made that decision
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yet, hold on to this card because we
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believe your day is gone.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Thank you, God.
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>> Thank you, Lord.
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>> Now, this is not a keepsake. This is a
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reminder of who we are and who'sse we
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are.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And that is critical. And so when we say
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kingdom identity, let me let's define
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what we mean by that. When we say
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kingdom identity, it is the
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distinguishing traits that defines our
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worth, our purpose and our belonging.
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>> And we get this belonging not from what
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we do.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We get this
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belonging not from what others have said
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about us.
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>> But our belonging, our identity and our
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purpose comes solely from our
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relationship with Jesus.
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>> Yes.
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>> I'mma let that sit for a second.
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>> It comes solely from our relationship
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with Jesus. And when we have this, it
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produces the posture of intentional
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living as people who are number one
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owned by God.
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>> Yeah. empowered by his grace
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>> and deployed for his glory.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> This is who we are. This is what we're
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doing. Now, don't worry. We're going to
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take all year to chase down this
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definition.
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>> Amen.
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>> We We are walking in the in the mantle
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of our pastor. We going to say it often.
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>> Amen.
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>> If not every Sunday
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>> about what this kingdom identity is. All
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right. So this year we will embrace our
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kingdom identity living as people who
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know who we are,
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>> who's we are and why we are.
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>> Because when we do, we don't survive
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transitions, we thrive in transition.
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>> Lord,
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>> now part of our kingdom identity is
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knowing who we are and not not just
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knowing who we are and who we are in
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Jesus, but we are reminded of the
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mission that we have. I am so thankful.
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We are so grateful that our mission has
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not changed.
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>> Cornia,
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>> we are still called to equip the
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believers
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>> to grow, to build, to serve, to share.
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>> To grow, to build, to serve, to share.
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To
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>> grow, build, serve, share.
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>> E church, I need you to put that in the
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chat.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> We are still called to equip the
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believers to grow, to build, to serve,
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to share.
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>> Yes. When we are talking about growing,
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we're talking about growing in God's
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word.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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>> When we grow in God's word, we believe
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that transformation begins with the word
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of God.
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>> 1 Peter chapter 2:2 says that as babes,
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we are to desire the sincere milk of the
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word
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>> that we may grow thereby.
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>> If we are going to grow, it is going to
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be through and by the word of God.
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>> Amen. The Bible says the grass withers,
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>> the flower fades, but the word of our
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God will stand forever.
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>> This is how we're going to grow.
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>> Amen.
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>> Number two, we're called to build real
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relationships.
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>> Cornia means authentic fellowship.
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>> This is not a church where you are the
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last one here and the first one to
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leave.
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>> That's right.
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>> No, no, no, no, no. We don't want you to
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have your keys in your hand right at the
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benediction. We want you to at least dig
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in your bag cuz you was talking to
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somebody and you got to find them.
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>> Why? Because we're not made to do life
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alone.
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>> That's right. Amen.
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>> And God has called us into a family and
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it is our responsibility to build real
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connections.
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>> Thirdly, we are to serve with purpose.
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>> Purpose.
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>> God has gifted each of us uniquely. And
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our giftings are not fulfilled when we
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hold on to them.
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>> Our giftings are fulfilled when we
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stretch it out and use it to help
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somebody else. Yes, sir.
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>> So, we are to grow in the word of God,
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build real relationships, serve with
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purpose, and fourth and finally, we are
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to share our faith.
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>> Yes.
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>> Though our relationship with Jesus is
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personal, it was never called to be
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private.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> God has called us to share our faith
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with others.
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>> Yes.
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>> And this is what we're called to do.
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>> To grow, to build, to serve, to share,
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>> to grow, to build, to serve, to share.
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To do what?
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>> Grow. Build. Serve. share.
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>> That is our mission. So our mission is
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just that. It's our call to action. But
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what determines for us how we accomplish
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that mission
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>> and what we do to accomplish it? Those
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are defined in our core values.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Every time we have a worship encounter,
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>> every time we reach out to the
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community, every time we do internal
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training, we do that as defined in our
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core values.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Now, here it is. The first core value
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that we have as a church is this.
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Everybody
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>> matters to God.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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>> Come on, y'all. Say that. Everybody
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>> Everybody
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>> matters to God.
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>> The Bible teaches us. It says that God
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is no respector of persons.
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>> He accepts from every nations the one
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who fears him and does what is right.
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Yes, sir.
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>> So, here's the thing. We say that if
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Jesus died for everybody, then he paid
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the same price for each of us.
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>> That's good, Doc.
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>> And if he paid the same price, then that
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means everybody matters to God.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Now, here's the conclusion of that is if
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everybody matters to God, then they
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should matter to us.
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>> Come on.
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>> Amen.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> So, this is why we have our loving
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through feed. And you saw that
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announcement. And so if you don't know
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what that is, that is when we feed
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people in the community. We give them a
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hot meal. We give them bags of
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groceries. On the upcoming one, we'll be
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doing a 40 lb case of chicken.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah. This is why we do that because
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everybody
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>> matters to God.
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>> Yeah. This is why we are committed to
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our differently aabled funfair.
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>> Yes.
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>> Yeah. This is why we're committed
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because it is like it you all have seen
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it or heard about it. And if you not,
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let me if you haven't, let me tell you.
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It is like a huge theme park. It is a
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fun atmosphere where there are rides,
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there's food, there are games, there are
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haircuts for caregivers, there are
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massages, haircuts for our VIPs. We do
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all of this because it is for
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individuals who have severe and profound
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physical and mental disabilities.
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>> And it's all for free.
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>> Yes.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Yeah. I'll wait on the plat for that
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one.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> It's all for free. Why? because we're
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letting them know that you are not
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forgotten.
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>> That's right.
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>> Amen.
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>> You matter to God.
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>> And this is one thing we're excited
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about because sometimes we realize some
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parents don't come to church if their
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child has a special need because they
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don't have a space for them.
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>> And so we're excited to share that this
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year one of the things we're going to
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do, we're going to partner with
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consultants, some physical therapists,
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occupational speech therapists, and we
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will be taking a training room. Yes.
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>> And we're going to transition that into
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a sensory special needs classroom.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Hallelujah.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> So, when they bring their kids to a
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children's ministry, they have a space
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for them.
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>> That's good.
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>> Yes, sir. Now, why are we doing that?
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>> Because they matter to God. Yes.
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>> And if they matter to God, they matter
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to
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>> us. Yes, sir.
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>> Everybody
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>> matters to God.
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>> Matters to God.
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>> Hallelujah.
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>> Man.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Okay, I'm torn up. Let me get on to my
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part. All right, y'all. Cuz you know
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that that's that's really that's
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something, ain't it?
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>> That's something.
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>> The families will be able to bring their
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children to church and not have to
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worry. Come on.
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>> Everybody matters to God.
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>> Well, look, I got a quick question. Have
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y'all ever found something so good that
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you just could not keep it to yourself?
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>> Yeah. Like a hole in the wall kind of
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restaurant.
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>> You began on that phone. I know Veronica
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knows. She calling everybody telling
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them about it. Or some lifechanging
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book. Well, here's the thing. We will
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naturally share what we value.
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>> I'm going to say that again. We will
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naturally share what we value. So our
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second core value is this. Found people
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find people.
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>> I'm waiting on the class. Found people
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find people. You know, there's a passage
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of scripture that speaks to this core
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value found in John 1:es 40-41. Jot it
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down for yourselves. But we see it play
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out perfectly with a guy by the name of
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Andrew. As soon as Andrew realized who
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Jesus was, the very first thing he did,
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the Bible says, he went and found his
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brother, Simon Peter.
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>> Andrew did not wait to get a theology
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degree. He didn't wait to get a
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certificate in evangelism. He just said,
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"We have found Jesus. I'm going to find
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my brother." Yes, sir.
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>> Because found people find people. So our
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challenge is going to be to every single
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one of us sitting in these seats today
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to ask yourself, who is my Simon Peter?
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Who is the person or the persons in my
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life who are still lost?
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>> We're talking about personal evangelism.
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>> Now, we thank God for Reverend Shindy
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and the evangelism team. They're doing a
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fabulous job, but that is not that's not
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their sole responsibility.
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That's our responsibility as a corner
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member.
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>> All of us are personal evangelists.
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>> Because found people find people.
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>> Here's the thing. Being found is not a
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status to be enjoyed in isolation.
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>> It's a commission to be shared. And at
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Cornineia, we will be a church full of
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KCC members who are so overwhelmed by
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the fact that Jesus found us
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>> that we are going out to find others
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>> because found people
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>> find people
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>> found people
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>> find people
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>> find people.
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>> Yes. So that's our second core value.
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You know when we understand that we have
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been found then we are aware that we
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have been rescued.
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>> Yes sir.
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>> That we have been redeemed.
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>> Come on.
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>> Or as my grandmama would say we've been
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saved.
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>> We have been we understand that and when
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we understand that our response should
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be having been redeemed and rescued and
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saved our response to the Lord should be
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is to serve. Amen.
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>> Our third core value is save people
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serve.
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>> Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
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>> Save people.
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>> Serve. Say it with me. Save people
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serve.
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>> The Bible says in 1 Peter chapter 4:e
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10, it says, "Each of you should use
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whatever gift you have received
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>> to serve others
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>> as faithful stewards of God's various
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forms of grace."
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>> Yes, Lord. Saved people serve by using
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their God-given gifts to pour out his
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grace and his and make eternal impact.
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>> Catch this. Serving is not something we
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have to do.
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>> Come on.
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>> Serving is not something we just have to
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do.
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>> Serving is something we get to do.
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>> Come on.
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>> I get to serve.
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>> I get to serve. Yes,
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>> I get to serve.
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>> Somebody say it with me. I get to serve.
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>> In the chat, I need you to drop that in
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there. I get to serve.
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>> I get to serve.
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>> When we serve, we're not just filling a
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role or completing a task. I need us to
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understand that.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Understand something. When you when you
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when you are in parking ministry, you're
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not just parking a car.
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>> Come on.
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>> You are you are the first line of our
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greeters ushering people into the
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presence of God.
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our beloved sancted children's ministry
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workers.
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>> My God.
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>> Amen.
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>> A parent just stood up and gave you a
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rounding applause.
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>> You're not You're not You're not
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watching kids.
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>> That's right. That's right. Babysitting.
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>> Yeah. You're not babysitting.
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>> That's right. You are helping to shape
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the future of our next generation
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>> and our future leaders.
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>> That's right.
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>> We understand clearly that when we're
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serving, we are actually fulfilling
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purpose.
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>> And I want us to live and breathe that
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we get to serve.
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>> Because save people
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>> serve.
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>> Save people don't just shout.
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>> Save people
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>> serve.
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>> Save people don't just run around the
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sanctuary. Save people
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>> serve. We don't just wave our hands but
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save people.
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>> Sir,
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>> my God.
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>> Has someone ever said to you, "You
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changed."
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>> Usually if you hear that, typically we
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get offended
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because we want to show people that
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we're still like them
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>> or that we understand them.
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>> As a believer, however, we're not called
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to remain the same.
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We're called to grow
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>> and growing people change.
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>> That's our next core value. It is that
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growing people
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>> change.
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>> Growing people change. The Bible says to
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us, "Be not conformed to this world."
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>> Do
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>> But be transformed by the renewing of
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your mind.
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That means when you and I accept Jesus
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Christ as our Lord and Savior, we jump
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onto this journey to start changing
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>> and to start growing.
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>> So how do we grow and change? We believe
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that transformation doesn't just happen
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in rows.
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>> It happens in circles.
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>> In other words, we grow in community
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where iron can sharpen iron. Now, this
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year we're going to see our life groups
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will resume, but they're going to resume
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in April
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>> because we're adding this year an
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additional type of life group. It will
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be called a disciplehip group.
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>> And these are going to be groups where
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people can join together for
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accountability with the aim of spiritual
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growth.
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>> Lord,
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>> that is amen. That is how we're going to
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grow. This past week, we kicked off our
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corner circles.
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So, these are our Wednesday night
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gatherings. It's 6:30 every Wednesday
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and each week we have a different group.
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Now, if you heard a lot of ladies
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hollering,
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>> my god,
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>> it's cuz they kicked it off this past
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Wednesday.
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>> They did.
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>> Yes, they did.
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>> And they came through. But they came
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through. We were rushing trying to find
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more space and chair. They came through.
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And this is what we're going to do. So,
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you all have heard it already, but first
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weeks, first Wednesdays, that's going to
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be when the ladies come. 6:30. Second
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Wednesdays, that's when our singles come
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6:30. Third Wednesdays are going to be
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our men.
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>> Fourth Wednesdays are going to be our
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engaged and married couples. And then we
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have our S3, they continue, that's our
19:24
teens and our middle school and high
19:26
school. They continue to get together on
19:28
Wednesdays. Our seniors, they gather in
19:30
person on second Tuesdays each month for
19:32
Bible study. And so we have a space
19:34
where everyone can come to grow and to
19:37
change.
19:38
>> These are opportunities that will help
19:40
us become more like Jesus.
19:42
>> Yes.
19:43
So when someone says to you, "You
19:46
changed," tell them, "Thank you."
19:51
>> Yes, sir.
19:52
>> Because growing people
19:54
>> change.
19:54
>> Growing people change.
19:55
>> Yes, sir. That's good.
19:56
>> So, our last and final core value is
19:59
this. God's people give.
20:05
>> God's people give. When we talk about
20:08
giving, you know, it's really easy to
20:09
focus on throwing some money in a bucket
20:12
that's passed by you called a
20:13
transaction.
20:15
>> But for us, God's people give, it's not
20:17
just about putting money in a bucket or
20:19
even a budget.
20:21
>> It's about a belief.
20:23
>> It's the kingdom belief that everything
20:25
that you and I have was a gift before it
20:28
was ever our possession.
20:30
>> Amen.
20:32
>> We don't give to get.
20:38
We don't give to get. We give because we
20:41
have already received.
20:43
>> We give because we serve a God who is by
20:46
his very nature
20:48
>> a giver.
20:50
>> God's people give. And as a kingdom
20:53
citizen, you and I have a mandate from
20:55
our Lord. And uh Reverend Rashard read
20:58
the scripture this morning out of
20:59
Proverbs 3:9 and 10. The scripture tells
21:02
us, "Honor the Lord with your substance
21:04
and with the first fruits of all of your
21:06
increase. So shall your barns be filled
21:09
with plenty, and your presses shall
21:12
burst out with new wine."
21:14
>> We have a commission to honor the Lord
21:16
with our giving.
21:18
>> Notice the word though, substance.
21:21
>> God ain't asking us for what's
21:22
imaginary.
21:24
>> And he's not asking us for what we hope
21:26
to have one day. He asked us to honor
21:29
him with what we have right now.
21:34
>> As a kingdom citizen, when we give him
21:37
the very first and the best of our
21:39
increase, we are putting him first in
21:42
our lives.
21:43
>> It is a promise of provision.
21:46
>> And so, as a kingdom citizen and a
21:48
corneria member, generosity is one of
21:51
our family traits.
21:53
>> God's people give. When there's a need,
21:56
we give.
21:57
>> When there's something going on in our
21:58
community, we give. Why? Because God's
22:01
people give.
22:04
>> So there you have it. This is our
22:06
mission and this is our core values.
22:08
This is our call to action.
22:09
>> Yes.
22:09
>> And this is how we will accomplish that
22:12
call to action. So what do we say? Our
22:14
mission is to equip the believer to grow
22:17
in God's word.
22:18
>> Yes. to build real relationships, to
22:22
serve with purpose, and to share our
22:25
faith. Our core values, we said, is that
22:28
everybody
22:29
>> matters to God.
22:31
>> Let's try that. I want to hear everybody
22:32
say, "Everybody
22:33
>> matters to God."
22:34
>> Everybody matters to God. Found people
22:36
>> find people,
22:37
>> save people,
22:38
>> serve,
22:38
>> growing people,
22:39
>> change,
22:40
>> and God's people.
22:41
>> Yeah.
22:41
>> Yeah. That's our core values. That's our
22:43
mission. That is our core values.
22:46
That is our identity.
22:50
>> Now, here's the thing. We want every KCC
22:53
member to know this mission
22:56
>> and to know these core values.
22:58
>> Yes.
22:59
>> How many members?
23:00
>> Every single one of you.
23:02
>> We want you to know this mission and
23:03
core values. As a matter of fact, we we
23:05
serious about this. We were talking last
23:06
night and we are we were going to do it
23:08
today, but we're going to wait till next
23:09
week because it's commitment Sunday.
23:11
We're going to call on somebody at each
23:12
encounter.
23:13
>> And we want you to know these mission.
23:15
Don't then don't skip church.
23:18
>> We want you to know this mission and the
23:19
core values. And we've got we got some
23:20
ice cream money.
23:21
>> Yeah.
23:22
>> For you. I think we got about $250
23:24
>> for each person that knows it.
23:26
>> But we want you to know it.
23:27
>> Hold on. I feel like my bishop ain't
23:29
nobody clap that $250. I
23:32
>> felt my bishop.
23:34
>> They don't need it.
23:36
>> They they must billionaires in the
23:38
house.
23:38
>> Yeah. Yeah.
23:38
>> But we want you to know it
23:40
>> because this is our church.
23:41
>> That's right.
23:42
>> And this is our identity. Amen.
23:43
>> This is what God called us.
23:45
>> Yeah.
23:45
>> And so it is important to not only know
23:48
who we are, but also where we are going.
23:52
>> Kingdom identity isn't just about
23:54
understanding our worth and purpose.
23:56
It's about walking it out with
23:58
intentionality. So with that in mind,
24:00
let's talk about where God is leading us
24:03
in in our ministry in 2026. Now, these
24:06
aren't just goals. I need us to know
24:09
these are kingdom assignments.
24:13
>> What we're about to talk about, we
24:15
they're listed as goals, but I want us
24:17
to see them and approach them and
24:20
execute them as kingdom assignments.
24:22
>> They are the steps that we're taking
24:24
together to grow, to build, to serve,
24:27
and to share.
24:28
>> Yeah.
24:29
>> Goal number one is that we are going to
24:31
have at least, somebody shout at least.
24:34
At least
24:34
>> at least 500 first and second time
24:37
guests.
24:40
>> At least
24:41
>> at least.
24:42
>> Now, how many of you came to Cornia
24:45
because somebody invited you? Raise your
24:47
hand. Because somebody invited you. Take
24:51
a look around. Hold on. Put your hand
24:52
up. Take a look around. Throw your hand
24:53
up. I'm sorry. I just couldn't I just
24:55
couldn't help it. I'm sorry. Look
24:57
around.
24:59
>> You are here because somebody stepped
25:01
outside of their comfort zone. Yes,
25:03
>> possibly over nervousness, fear, and
25:06
anxiety,
25:07
>> to invite you into something that they
25:10
believe would change your life.
25:12
>> And many of our lives have been changed
25:15
because somebody was willing to invite
25:17
us.
25:18
>> Yeah.
25:19
>> They were willing to extend what we
25:21
believe to be one of the most powerful
25:23
tools we have. And that is a personal
25:25
invitation.
25:27
>> That somebody would invite us into what
25:30
it is God is doing. A personal
25:32
invitation is the most powerful tool
25:34
that we have. And many are just waiting
25:37
to be asked.
25:38
>> Yes. Yes.
25:40
>> Many people around us are just waiting
25:44
>> for somebody to ask them to come to
25:48
church.
25:48
>> Amen.
25:49
>> To ask them to do do you do you want to
25:53
invite them into community into a
25:55
relationship to take a step toward
25:58
transforming their lives?
26:00
It's a personal invitation. I remember
26:03
my mom told me that she got saved
26:05
because this young girl invited her to
26:06
Jesus.
26:08
>> And she the first time she invited her,
26:10
my mom ducked her. She didn't go and she
26:13
ended up seeing her in the street again.
26:14
And that little girl was persistent.
26:17
>> Yes, sir.
26:18
>> And as Miss Ev miss Evans, you didn't
26:21
come. I THOUGHT YOU WERE COMING.
26:24
>> And because she wouldn't give up.
26:28
>> Come on.
26:30
BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT AFRAID OF HOW MY MOM
26:32
WOULD RESPOND.
26:34
>> My mom followed through on that
26:35
invitation. And I don't know where I
26:38
would be if that little girl wasn't
26:39
brave enough to invite an adult.
26:41
>> My God,
26:45
>> we want to invite people to our worship
26:47
encounters.
26:47
>> Yes.
26:48
>> We want to invite them to our corner
26:50
circles.
26:51
>> We want to invite them to our life
26:52
groups.
26:53
>> Yes. Now, when they come on when they
26:56
come to our worship encounters, I need
26:58
us to do something we're starting to
27:00
call uh something that we're going to
27:02
call close the deal.
27:03
>> Yeah.
27:04
>> When they come to church, it's not
27:06
enough for them to come and enjoy the
27:08
worship encounter and then leave.
27:10
>> That's right.
27:10
>> We need to close the deal by having them
27:12
complete the first time guest form.
27:15
>> Amen.
27:17
Let me tell you, I know you don't know
27:18
how to I know you don't know the clap
27:19
there,
27:20
>> but without that first time guest form,
27:23
>> we don't get to connect with them
27:25
>> and to show them that they are really
27:27
seen and are valued.
27:32
>> We don't want to just attract people. We
27:34
want to attach them to the Lord Jesus.
27:39
>> Lord,
27:40
>> and so we want to close the deal.
27:43
>> Somebody shout, "Close the deal."
27:44
>> Close the deal. We want to close the
27:46
deal. We invite them, but the deal is
27:49
not finished until they complete that
27:50
first time business form because we want
27:53
to walk them into a loving relationship
27:55
with Jesus and become everything they
27:57
have been called to be.
27:58
>> Amen.
27:58
>> Somebody shout it one more time. Close
28:00
the deal.
28:00
>> Close the deal.
28:02
>> All right. Our second kingdom assignment
28:04
is we will see 700 people give their
28:09
lives to Jesus Christ.
28:12
>> Wait a minute. I need some more
28:15
excitement in this room.
28:19
>> I didn't say we're believing. I said we
28:22
will see Yes, sir.
28:23
>> we will see 700 people give their lives
28:28
to Jesus Christ
28:30
>> this year.
28:33
>> And as a as a church family, we're going
28:35
to go get them.
28:38
We're not waiting. We're not waiting for
28:40
somebody to, you know, give us, hey, can
28:42
you No, no, no, no, no.
28:44
>> On your job.
28:45
>> Come on.
28:46
>> In the break room,
28:48
>> online, whatever it is, whatever your
28:50
environment is, wherever your level of
28:52
influence is, it is a commission from
28:55
God for you to go get them.
28:57
>> There are people around us right now in
28:59
our neighborhoods,
29:01
>> who do not know the Lord.
29:04
>> Look around this room. I know it's at
29:06
least 700 of us in here.
29:09
>> Look around.
29:11
>> It's more than that.
29:13
>> We are going to get the saints to come
29:16
on in and be part of this family. Amen.
29:19
>> So, it's not about I want you to hear
29:21
this. 700 isn't just a statistic.
29:25
>> It's 700 names.
29:26
>> Come on.
29:27
>> It's 700 souls.
29:28
>> It's 700 families whose entire eternity
29:32
will change.
29:34
It's 700 people who right now are found
29:38
by God because someone in this room was
29:41
willing to go and find you.
29:45
>> So we will model we'll model the Luke 10
29:47
verse two. It says the harvest truly is
29:50
great but the laborers are few. Pray ye
29:53
therefore the Lord of harvest that he
29:55
would send forth laborers into the
29:57
harvest.
29:58
>> Today we're answering that prayer. We
30:01
are the laborers.
30:03
That's it.
30:03
>> Uh-uh. Touch your neighbor. And I know
30:05
y'all don't want to do all that, but
30:06
anyway, do it anyway. Touch your
30:07
neighbor and say, "You are a laborer.
30:08
>> You are a labor.
30:09
>> You are a lab." Look at the other one,
30:11
cuz that one didn't even say nothing.
30:12
Look at the other one and say, "I'm
30:13
talking to you.
30:15
>> You are a laborer."
30:18
>> Y'all, this is about personal
30:20
evangelism.
30:22
>> We want you to take on this mission of
30:25
going after souls.
30:29
>> So, we're going to go get them. Amen.
30:31
Amen.
30:32
>> And that's our goal.
30:33
>> Goal number three is that we're going to
30:36
have at least 100 life group and
30:39
disciplehip group leaders.
30:42
>> Uhuh. We waiting on
30:48
>> Now, I know some of you heard Pastor
30:50
Shaell when he said it, life groups
30:52
begin in April. Yes, they do. And th the
30:56
reason why we're doing this is a couple
30:57
of reasons. Number one, this is going to
31:00
allow us to reach this goal of at least
31:03
100 life group and disciplehip group
31:05
leaders.
31:06
>> Yeah.
31:06
>> It's going to give us an opportunity to
31:08
recruit and to uh properly train these
31:12
leaders.
31:12
>> Amen.
31:13
>> Second reason why we're doing it in
31:15
April is because it's going to give us
31:17
an opportunity to allow more people to
31:20
be a part of a life group.
31:21
>> Yes.
31:22
>> We don't we don't want to just attract
31:25
You're going to hear us talk about this.
31:26
We don't want to just attract people to
31:28
our church.
31:28
>> Amen.
31:29
>> We want to attach them to the Lord.
31:33
>> The reason why we're doing it beginning
31:34
April 20th, the second reason is because
31:37
we know many people come to our worship
31:39
encounter on Easter Sunday.
31:40
>> Amen.
31:41
>> They experience a phenomenal time in the
31:44
presence of God. And what we've seen is
31:46
that we don't have anything else for
31:48
them to connect to. Yeah.
31:50
>> And so we're going to begin our life
31:52
groups after Easter because it's going
31:55
to give them an opportunity to be able
31:57
to sign up and be a part.
32:04
>> We are also moving from just going to
32:08
get them.
32:09
>> Yeah. Yeah. Come on.
32:10
>> To now going to make them.
32:14
We going to keep going to get them, but
32:17
God has dropped it in our hearts to make
32:19
sure that we go make them.
32:23
>> A couple of months ago, we were talking
32:25
sitting in a meeting and I I shared with
32:26
them that God had put I don't I don't
32:29
know if it's a vision prophet
32:30
necessarily, but but God showed me a a
32:33
room with ultrasounds.
32:36
>> Yeah.
32:36
>> In a frame. ultrasounds where people go
32:39
and they get, you know, scans of their
32:40
stomach when they're pregnant and
32:41
showing what the baby looks like. It was
32:43
a room full of ultrasounds and frames.
32:46
But then God God kind of tapped me and
32:50
said, "Where are the other pictures?
32:53
Where are the first grade pictures?
32:55
>> Second grade pictures,
32:57
>> baseball pictures,
32:59
>> where are the graduation pictures? Where
33:01
are the prom pictures?" Yeah.
33:02
>> And God said, "You all cannot just be
33:05
okay with people getting saved.
33:08
>> That's the ultrasound."
33:10
>> Come on. Come on.
33:11
>> We want to see them grow and mature into
33:14
who God has called them to be.
33:16
>> Yes, sir.
33:20
>> God said that our church, we are moving
33:23
from celebrating baby showers to bar
33:25
mitzvah.
33:27
>> Yes, sir.
33:30
Now, I love a good baby shower meatball,
33:32
but I want us to be able
33:35
>> I want us to be able
33:37
>> to Yes. celebrate when people get saved,
33:40
>> but I want us to BE ABLE TO FIND THEM in
33:42
two years serving God and growing in
33:44
Jesus name.
33:45
>> Yes, Lord.
33:46
>> I want us to be able to celebrate them
33:48
growing in God and maturing in the
33:50
things of God and them now and then
33:53
they're reaching out to grab somebody
33:56
else.
33:59
This is why we're shifting.
34:00
>> Yes, sir.
34:01
>> And can I just thank you ahead of time
34:02
for being the kind of church that's
34:04
flexible,
34:05
>> that we care more about just ourselves,
34:07
that we care about other people. And if
34:10
that means shifting life groups to
34:11
April, let's ride.
34:15
>> Amen.
34:16
>> So, our final our final assignment and
34:19
goal is this.
34:21
This year, we're believing together
34:24
>> to give $600,000.
34:27
and our resurrection seed off.
34:28
>> Yes, sir.
34:34
>> Years ago, God spoke to our founder,
34:36
Bishop O'Neal. And as he spoke to her,
34:40
it was to give us the charge that once a
34:43
year at Cornineia, we would bring one
34:46
sacrificial offering
34:48
>> each year.
34:49
>> Now, we would always say, "Now, God may
34:51
speak to your heart and tell you to do
34:52
something else, but at Cornia, we're
34:53
going to ask for how many per year?
34:55
>> One. We're going to ask for one per
34:56
year. This is a time where we give our
34:58
best offering and we do that in
35:01
conjunction with resurrection or Easter
35:03
Sunday in recognition to the fact that
35:06
God gave us his best
35:09
>> in his son Jesus.
35:10
>> Now, in the past few years, this is what
35:13
we've done. We've taken our resurrection
35:15
seed because every year we have a
35:17
calendar of planned outreach events.
35:20
>> And you all know when we do it, we go
35:22
big. And so what we're believing this
35:24
year, as we have in the past, is that
35:26
this will fund our outreach initiatives
35:29
that are already planned for the year.
35:32
>> And the church said,
35:33
>> "Amen."
35:33
>> Amen. Now, sometimes things come up and
35:35
we respond when those come up that are
35:37
outside of our planned calendar, but we
35:39
already have things that we know we're
35:41
going to do this year.
35:42
>> And that's what we're believing to do
35:44
with our resurrection seed.
35:45
>> But there's something else.
35:47
>> Yes, sir.
35:48
We've seen we've seen a movement in our
35:51
country away from caring for those who
35:53
have less.
35:56
>> We've watched people even over this past
35:58
year
35:59
who've had to wonder if they would have
36:01
enough food to eat
36:03
>> as programs have been cut.
36:06
>> We have a call from God to help care for
36:10
those who right now
36:12
>> may not have enough.
36:13
>> Right.
36:19
Now, one of the commitments we've had as
36:21
as long as I can remember this church is
36:23
making sure no one goes hungry.
36:25
>> That's right.
36:25
>> And so, we have this food bank so that
36:27
if a member or anyone in this community
36:29
needs to come and get food, we have food
36:32
ready for them.
36:33
>> Amen.
36:35
>> And over the years, we've fed thousands
36:37
of people through our food bank. But I
36:39
don't know if you know that our food
36:41
bank right now is the size of a storage
36:43
room. And so when something happens such
36:46
as this past year, we are I mean we're
36:48
burning the road up. We're going from
36:50
here to there trying to figure out how
36:51
can we get things and fill up the food
36:53
bank because we have so much space. And
36:55
so when we fill it up and give it out,
36:56
we're right back out shopping again.
36:58
We're back and forward doing it because
36:59
we're trying to meet the needs of our
37:01
community and fulfill the call of God on
37:04
our lives.
37:07
>> We need a space.
37:08
>> Yes, we do. where there's plenty of
37:10
room, where there is huge dry storage
37:14
for food,
37:15
>> where there is walk-in cold storage,
37:18
>> so that we can move, listen to this,
37:22
from just having to shop at distribution
37:24
centers.
37:25
>> Yes, sir.
37:26
>> But so that we can become
37:27
>> Yes, sir.
37:28
>> a distribution center.
37:29
>> Yes, sir.
37:41
Thank you, Jesus.
37:42
>> Listen to this. In Matthew 25, Jesus
37:45
said,
37:45
>> "For I was hungry and you gave me meat.
37:48
>> I was thirsty, you gave me drink. I was
37:51
a stranger, you took me in. Naked and
37:54
you clothed me. I was sick and you
37:56
visited me. I was in prison and you came
37:58
to me." Then shall the righteous answer
38:00
him, saying, Lord, when did we see you
38:03
hungry and we fed thee? When did we see
38:05
you thirsty and we gave you drink? When
38:07
did we see you a stranger and we took
38:09
you in? Or naked and we clothe thee? Or
38:12
when did we see you sick or in prison
38:14
and come to thee? And the king shall
38:16
answer and say unto them, verily I say
38:19
unto you, in as much as you have done
38:22
unto the least of these, my brethren,
38:25
you have done it unto me.
38:28
>> Yes, sir.
38:29
>> This year, we're going to use part of
38:31
our resurrection seed
38:33
>> to lay the groundwork to prepare for the
38:35
cornia
38:36
>> unto him. unto him.
38:37
>> Yes, sir.
38:38
>> Outreach center.
38:39
>> Yes, sir.
38:42
>> Yeah.
38:44
>> Yes, sir.
38:47
>> Thank you, Lord.
38:49
>> My God.
38:50
>> Hallelujah.
38:51
>> Thank you, God.
38:53
>> Come on, SOMEBODY BLESS THEM.
38:55
>> HALLELUJAH.
38:56
>> YES, SIR.
38:56
>> Let's praise God.
38:58
>> Yes, sir.
39:00
>> Hallelujah, Jesus.
39:02
>> This will be a place.
39:03
>> Thank you, God.
39:04
>> Where we become the distribution center.
39:06
Yes, sir.
39:07
>> A place where outreach can be extended.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> And expanded.
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>> This will be a place where we can
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provide food and services for people who
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need it and offer a sense of dignity.
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>> Yes.
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>> To people we serve.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Yes, Lord.
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>> And we're going to do that together.
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>> Yes, God.
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>> Hallelujah.
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>> Somebody shout, "Let's ride."
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>> Let's ride.
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>> My God.
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>> Thank you, God.
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I've been listening to that for the last
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few weeks, but that just hit a little
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different right then. So did
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> All right, God.
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>> Thank you, God.
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>> Thank you, Lord.
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>> Thank you, Jesus.
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>> Now, you on your way out, let me tell
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you, you will receive your vision
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builder.
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>> It is absolutely amazing.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Now, e church, we have not forgotten
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about you. You can find the vision
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builder on the homepage of the website
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or also under resources on our website.
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All right. Now, inside the vision
40:06
builder, you're going to find, you know,
40:08
many things, letters from us. Uh, so
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it's going to be phenomenal. You you're
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going to see it. But two things we want
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to mention about the vision builder.
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Number one, inside of the vision
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builder, there's a space for your
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personal goals.
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>> There's a space for your personal goals.
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We want you to write down
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>> your goals for 2026 here in this book.
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Now, you can post them on your
40:29
refrigerator. You can put them in your
40:30
phone, but we want you to take time to
40:32
write down your personal goals in this
40:34
book. Now, I'm going on tell you it'll
40:36
work better if you use a Sharpie or a
40:38
little marker because of the type of the
40:40
book it is. But we want you to write
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down your personal goals. Secondly, at
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the very back of the book, you're going
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to find an article that says, "Turn down
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Tuesdays." Amen.
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>> Let me tell you what that is. God has
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placed it on our heart as a ministry
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that the third Tuesday of every month,
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>> we will turn down our plate in fasting
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and prayer.
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>> Amen.
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>> Now
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we will turn down our plates. Not for
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our own vision.
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>> Come on.
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>> Not for our vision board. Not for our
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own goals. The third Tuesday is going to
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be for our corporate goals.
41:25
>> Now, what I want you to do is I do want
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you to pick a day where you will fast
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for yourself personally.
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>> Amen. Amen.
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>> But third Tuesday is going to be for us
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corporately,
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>> as a family,
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>> as a family. So, you'll receive what the
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initiative will be. You'll see what the
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initiative, what the focus will be, what
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goal we'll be praying over and fasting
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over, what's the scripture that's going
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to go with it, and what's the statement
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of faith that we're going to clare over
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declare over that goal.
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>> You're going to get that. All right.
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Now, fasting is where we turn down our
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plates and we don't eat food for a
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period of time.
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>> Amen.
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>> This is not a fast where you just fast
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from social media.
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>> That's right.
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>> Now, you may fast from social media in
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addition to,
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>> right? But when we say turn down
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Tuesday,
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>> I know your your your coworkers are taco
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Tuesday, but for us, the third Tuesday
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>> of the month is going to be turn down
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Tuesday.
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>> That's right.
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>> We're going to turn down our plates and
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turn up our focus on the things of God.
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the first the third Tuesday in this
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month, we're going to together as a
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family pray and fast over uh meeting our
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100 uh life group and disciplehip group
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leaders.
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>> Amen.
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>> I believe I know now that's not a
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belief. I know
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>> that we have over 100 life group and
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disciplehip group leaders already in
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here right now.
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>> Right now.
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>> Now, e church, when I say in here, I
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mean in here. and in here.
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>> That's right.
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>> Us. Now, I don't need you to disqualify
42:58
yourself because we need virtual life
43:01
groups as well. So, some of you are
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listening to me right now and I believe
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God is going to tap you on your shoulder
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for you to be one of these life group
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leaders or discip disciplehip group
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leaders and I want you to answer the
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call.
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>> But that will be our focus in January.
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The third Tuesday in J I'm telling you
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now.
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>> Yes. the third Tuesday in January and
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the third Tuesday moving forward
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throughout the year is going to be
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turned down Tuesday.
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>> Amen.
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>> All right. So, you've heard our theme,
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>> you've heard the mission, you've heard
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the core values, and you've heard our
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kingdom assignments, our goals for this
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year. Together, we will discover and
43:40
walk out our kingdom identity. Now, next
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Sunday, somebody shout, "Next Sunday."
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>> Next Sunday. Next Sunday is our
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commitment Sunday.
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>> This is where we have taken time to read
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through the vision builder. We want you
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to take time to think about and pray
43:57
about, hey, where am I going to serve?
43:59
If you're not serving already, we want
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you to take time to think about and pray
44:03
about what am I going to give on
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Resurrection Seed Sunday.
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>> We want you to take time to pray about
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and make a commitment that I am going to
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share my faith. I'm going to invite
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people to fulfill my part of this
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kingdom assignment.
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>> Amen.
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>> And then next Sunday, we will come back
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and we're asking you to bring your goals
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back with you.
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>> Amen.
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>> Whether you write them in the book, you
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bring them back on your phone. We want
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you to bring your goals back with you
44:33
because we're going to take a moment in
44:34
the worship encounter next week to lift
44:36
our goals before God, our personal
44:38
goals, and pray over them.
44:41
>> Why? Because we believe what we make
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happen for God's house,
44:45
>> God will make happen for our house.
44:47
>> That's a fact.
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>> He told us to seek first the kingdom
44:52
>> and his righteousness, and all these
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other things
44:56
>> will be added unto us.
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>> We believe those things are added.
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They're not sought.
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>> We will seek his kingdom, seek his will,
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seek his way, and he's going to add
45:06
those things to us. So next week, we
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will seal that with holy communion.
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>> Amen. Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> The Bible teaches us to commit our ways
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to the Lord
45:15
>> and he will establish give us the plan
45:18
to knock it out and get it done.
45:20
>> I am excited about what God is going to
45:23
do in Cornelia through Cornelia and for
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Cornelia.
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>> The work continues.
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>> Amen.
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>> It's the same It's the same mission.
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>> It's the same mantle. It's the same
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message. Our response to the will of God
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for our life is to let's ride.
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>> Amen.
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>> Let's pray.
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Father, in the name of Jesus, we thank
45:56
you so much for this day that you've
45:59
given us a day to pull aside and to to
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hear from you and to hear your heart
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>> for what you desire for us
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as individuals.
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>> Yes, Lord.
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>> But Lord, also what you desire for us as
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a family.
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>> Father, we thank you for clear vision.
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Yes.
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>> We thank you for where you are pointing
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us to and where you're going to lead us
46:22
to. Father, we take a moment to pray
46:25
over ourselves and ask you, Father God,
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that is as this week as we read through
46:31
our vision builder, as we take time to
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sit quietly in your presence, Holy
46:36
Spirit, speak to our hearts.
46:39
Father, help us to to commit or to
46:42
recommmit
46:44
to the assignments that you have placed
46:46
on us individually. Help us to commit
46:50
and recommmit to the assignment that you
46:53
have given us in our local church.
46:56
Father, help us to commit and or
46:59
recommmit to what it is that we are
47:01
going to give in terms of our worship on
47:04
Resurrection Seed Sunday. Father, we
47:07
thank you that we hear your voice
47:08
clearly and the voice of a stranger we
47:10
will not follow. And so God, we thank
47:12
you for what you're going to do in us.
47:14
Father, we we declare by faith that it's
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already done. We declare by faith that
47:19
that the $600,000 is already exceeded.
47:23
We declare by faith that over 700 people
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will come to know you in Jesus name. We
47:28
declare by faith that we have more than
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100 life group and disciplehip group
47:33
leaders.
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>> And we declare by faith that we will
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have more than 500 first and second time
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guests.
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>> Father, we declare it by faith. But
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father, we also pause to put our hands
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to the plow
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>> for we realize faith without works is
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dead. So we thank you for the grace and
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the strength to get it done in Jesus
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name.
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Amen.