Granite United Church

#ShareYourFaith

“I want everybody to know that I'm a Florida Gators fan. Here's my point with you today. You wear what you wear and you say what you say because you want other people to know what you love. How often does Jesus come out of your mouth? Don't hear conviction. I mean, don't hear condemnation, hear conviction. Can I ask you a question just real direct with you today? Just let it sit in your spirit. Is anybody going to heaven because of you?”

#LifeChanged

“I not only asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins, I repented. The word repentance means I changed my direction. It doesn't mean I got everything figured out. I'm just not where I used to be, and I'm not going in the direction I used to be because Jesus just didn't change my destination. He changed my direction. Can I get an amen? Okay.”

#ShareYourTestimony

“Now we're growing in the grace and knowledge of the lord Jesus Christ. We're studying the word of god, but you... God didn't call you to be a theologian. He didn't call you to be a bible scholar. He didn't call you to be an apologetics expert. He didn't call you to know pneumatology, bibliology, ecclesiology, eschatology, and all the other theological ologies. Okay? He didn't. You know what God called you to be? You don't have to have it all figured out. A witness. And you know what a witness is? A witness is somebody that literally says, I don't have all the answers. I can just tell you what I experienced.”

#LiveForChrist

“Because now, not only does Jesus, our savior, change our destination, Jesus, our king, gives us a different direction to go. I'm no longer walking the way I used to walk according to my way, my will, my kingdom in Christ. Somebody say, in Christ. In Christ. I now follow his will, his way, and his kingdom agenda. Because Philippians one, for me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

#GodsPurpose

“Because I know my God is always in control. Because I know my God is always present. Because I know my God. Ephesians chapter two verse 10. That he saved me on purpose. For purpose, because he got a great purpose for my life, and I surrender to his purpose. And I prayed this prayer, not my will, but thy will be done. And if part of this will, the part of God's plan is to use prison, this situation, this circumstance to add a chapter to my story that will benefit somebody else in the future. I may not like it, but sign me up.”

#ChristOurCornerstone

“Your ideas are not the cornerstone of your life. Your opinions are not the cornerstone of your life. Your good deeds are not the cornerstone of your life. Your actions are not going to get you a relationship with Jesus. How... What you think about things is not gonna get you into heaven. Your actions, your words, how much you pray, how much you serve, how much you give, how much you attend, how much you spend time in the work, all of these things are awesome things. They're not the cornerstone of your life because they cannot save you. They cannot transfer you from... In ownership. They cannot transfer you from what the world says to what the word says. Christ Jesus can. He is the cornerstone of your life.”

#PeaceInJesus

“That's why I say sometimes to some of you, you've gotten messages from me, text messages, Facebook messages from me. When you've been going through something something big in your life, I say, hey, man. Turn up the praise. Remind yourself that not only is god always present, but step into his presence. Acknowledge him, and he will give you a peace that passes all understanding. Why? Because peace isn't an emotion. It's a person, and his name's Jesus.”

#JesusIsWithYou

“We were promised that Jesus would never leave us or forsake us. We were promised that he would walk us through those difficult times, and there's something better on the other side of it. And that's in heaven with Jesus face to face, glorified bodies on streets of gold forever and ever. But I'm gonna tell you something. As much as I look forward, I'm thankful for heaven. I need Jesus today. Today.”

#LeaveFaithNotThings

“we do more than just. Listen, I just wanna say this. Let's do more than just leave stuff to our children and our grandchildren. Let's do more than leave things for them. Although my grandkids are like, yeah, but you still can leave things to us. Right? Amen? Like money. Listen. How about how about we be intentional with leaving something in them? These faith deposits. Of course, can leave our grandchildren money. Possessions. I got a couple things from my granddad. They're cool. Some stuff from my dad. It's yeah. Whatever. Pictures, possessions, heirlooms, and it's great. But I wanna leave something in my grandchildren that matters in the when and then. I wanna leave them some faith deposits that does help them in the here and now. I wanna show them that hope has a name and again his name is? Jesus. So the bigger question isn't what can we leave them. The bigger question is what are we leaving inside of them? What are we investing in them?”

#JesusTookYourCross

“to lay down his life. Listen to me. I need you to hear this. We've been teaching this for a while now that Jesus Christ did not die for you. Now for those of you that know the word of God, you say, that's confusing. Listen. Of course, Jesus died for you. It's deeper than that. Jesus died instead of you. He became your propitiation. He took your cross. Isaiah 53, it was all of our sins and transgressions that he bore. He didn't take upon himself his cross. He said, you get off of that cross. You can't handle the cross.”

#SpeakTruthInLove

“And thank God for the day of our salvation. Amen? And all of a sudden we started growing forward from there. But that doesn't mean we back down. We speak the truth. Hey, man. Listen. Hey. We don't have to be mean about it, but we can speak the truth in love. Is it incredible when you read the four gospels that people who were nothing like Jesus loved Jesus. But he never compromised his message or his convictions.”

#RedemptionFamily

“``He bought us out so he could bring us in to the family of God. Redemption isn't simply freedom. a freedom that comes with family. That you now have the privilege to pray, our father, my father, which art in heaven. That in Christ, our God, who desired a family, that through the redemption that is found in Jesus Christ, you became a son, a daughter, a person who has spiritual blessings in Christ waiting for you and inheritance in eternity. And yet, God doesn't simply wait for eternity. He blesses us in the here and now because he is a good, good father. Can we thank God for that today? Come on,”

#BoughtIntoGodsFamily

“``He bought us out so he could bring us in to the family of God. Redemption isn't simply freedom. a freedom that comes with family. That you now have the privilege to pray, our father, my father, which art in heaven. That in Christ, our God, who desired a family, that through the redemption that is found in Jesus Christ, you became a son, a daughter, a person who has spiritual blessings in Christ waiting for you and inheritance in eternity. And yet, God doesn't simply wait for eternity. He blesses us in the here and now because he is a good, good father. Can we thank God for that today? Come on,”

#SaintByIdentity

“``I don't know what you're thinking when you think a saint, but I want you to hear this. Saint is not a title earned. It's an identity given when you say yes to Jesus Christ to the saints. And I know it feels a little weird, and I'm not saying walk around and say, Saint Anthony of Salem. I'm not saying we walk around, like, introducing ourselves. Like, I'm talking about our identity in Christ. Eventually, you're gonna see where the bible says, walk worthy of your calling, where I will bring you all the way back to chapter one where right out of the gates, God says, here's part of your calling. You're called saint. That's pretty cool. Amen?”

#IdentityInChrist

“``When you understand your identity, you understand a new kingdom, you understand the authority of your new king. Listen, this just isn't a change of management. This is a change of ownership. I now have been bought with a price and so therefore, I will glorify God in my body, in my spirit, in my soul which are his. Can we thank God for what he has done in our life? Amen?”

#MaximizeTheMoment

“Do you know Paul had already been in a situation where God opened doors and he could have walked out? Paul's like, God's in total control. I'm where God wants me to be. I don't like the situation. I don't like the circumstance, but I know this, I've surrendered it all to God. That's important. So because of that, he says, I need you to pray for me, and I don't need you to pray for me to get out of this situation. I need you to pray for me to maximize the opportunity that I have in this situation I find myself.”

#ExtendGrace

“Remember though, the reason we do is because the Lord forgave you. Remember when you wanted grace, you wanted forgiveness, you wanted God to be patient and long suffering. God's like, I'm just asking you to extend to others what I freely gave to you. Oh, we want forgiveness, but for others, man, we want judgment. Get them. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, but I'll take the grace and mercy. God's like, we don't roll that way.”

#CrossWasEnough

“But the world's gonna tell you that you're never gonna know enough. You're never gonna understand enough. And the world hates that we can stay fixated on our relationship with the Lord. That all we have to do is have faith, trust, hope, and belief in him, and that he's always gonna show up, and that he's always gonna be good. So you know what the world's gonna try to do? They're gonna try to do everything that they can to point you and I away from Jesus. Try to distract. They're gonna try to do everything that they can to dismiss Jesus. Do you ever think about this though? If Jesus wasn't gonna be enough, why would he have chosen the cross? Jesus wasn't forcefully put on the cross. He chose the cross. And he chose the cross for you. He chose the cross for me because he knew that he was going to be enough. Another”

#LiveYourTestimony

“A lot of times it has nothing to do with what I have to say. It has everything to do with how I live. You may be the best Bible that somebody reads just by your actions, just by your day to day choices, just by your Facebook posts. That's all I'm gonna say with that one. The way you respond to those coworkers. Again, are we all perfect? No. Are we gonna have times where we react? Are we gonna have times we make mistakes? Absolutely. But as we consciously take steps every single day to continue to work on our relationship with the Lord, you know what that creates an opportunity to do? Talk about the Lord. You wanna know why? Because there's gonna be people that look at your life and go, there's something different about you. Yeah, let me tell you what Jesus has done in my life. Hey, there's something different about your family. There's just something with your kids. There's just I did not I can't put a peg on it. Yeah. I'm just telling you what? What the Lord has done in my life. If you have time, I'd love to share that with you. It gives us an opportunity to reach people and impact people.”

#WholeheartedWorship

“``So if I can put all these sermon series together by definition, I would put it this way. Extravagant worship is our wholehearted response to our worthy God. If you believe Jesus is worthy, put your hands together. Come on. Amen. It's praise that exceeds the limits of reason. It's worship that refuses to hold back and is unrestrained by moderation or convenience. Well, I'm just reserved. Well, I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about Jesus, and I'm talking about what he's worthy of.”

#RedeemedByGrace

“I don't want this sermon to be crush a crushing weight on you. We serve a God who is faithful. We serve a God who redeems time. We serve a God who can take what is now, and he can redeem what has been. And we listen. This is big. I just want you to hear this. Don't you get discouraged. You stay focused on Jesus. You let your adult kids and your grandkids see it through the life you're live you're living now that God is who he said he is. He could do what he said he can do. And if it weren't but for the grace of God, I stand here today as a testimony that God is a good, good father. Come on, somebody. So don't you get discouraged.”

#BringChristToMethuen

“Methuen doesn't need a church. Methuen needs Christ. There's a difference. These stories are why we do what we do. We give we give jack rip about being a big church. Nobody cares. Nobody cares. Doesn't matter when we run 3,000, when we run 5,000, when we run 10,000. There are millions of people in New England who need Christ. And we get to lock arms with all these other churches that love Jesus, preach the gospel. And if we all do our part, we can bring our region to Christ. We can hear more stories like that.”

#WeNeedASavior

“The Bible literally says that we're lost and we need to be rescued. The Bible says that we're lost and we need to be found. The Bible tells us so which is a historical document and dozens of outside biblical documents tell us that Jesus was crucified, buried, and risen again. And Jesus did all of this because you need a savior. The reason why you need a savior is because you've sinned.”

#EmbraceJesus

“``You have to embrace Jesus as your savior. You might have been hearing this today, here in this room, or watching online saying, you know what? I wanna feel that way. I wanna have that strength. I wanna have that purpose. I wanna be able to have that faith like Jehoshaphat. But what you gotta do is you gotta have a relationship with the Lord. And when you have that relationship with the Lord, when you trust Jesus, when you embrace Jesus, that's when he's able to show up in your life.”

#SavedAndLoved

“It's salvation. You do not have peace in your heart when it comes to your relationship with God. There's so much going on up here. You're letting everybody fill your mind with all kinds of junk about God, but I want you to hear what the Bible says. God loves you. God wants a relationship with you, but you don't know what I've done. You don't know where I am. You don't know where I stand. I don't care. Jesus died so that your sins could be forgiven. You can have a clean heart, a brand new start, and you can start aligning your life step by step with the word of God. But he's not mad at you. He wants to save you today.”

#FaithNotWorks

“Your good works don't get you to heaven. Sorry. I hope you're a good person. Hell's gonna be full of a lot of good church people. Happy Mother's Day. I know. This is real though. It's only the people who believe and accept Christ. Like, you turn your life over to Christ. You ask him to be your savior and you step into a relationship with Christ. That's what the bible says. To those people, they become the children of God. That's what the word of God says. So if you're here today and you've never entered into a relationship with Christ, you could today. You could today.”

#KnowJesusPersonally

“``There are gonna be a lot of church people in hell because the church is not the way into heaven. It is only through the one who was crucified, buried, and rose again from the dead. His name's Jesus. Do you know him? Not about him. Are you in a relationship with him? Romans 10 says, for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. You have a responsibility to call on the name of Jesus.”

#FaceTheGiants

“And just because a giant shows up in your life, I'd be more concerned if you're not fighting giants than if you are fighting giants. You say, what does that mean? Listen, if you're like in a spiritual coma, which nobody in here is, amen? Talking about all those other people that aren't in church, not the iCampus, of course, they're here. The enemy is not gonna mess with anybody who's not a threat to the kingdom agenda. Why would the enemy mess with you? But if all of a sudden you step up and step out for the glory of God and you get the enemy's attention, those giants are gonna come. So don't be discouraged when you're facing a giant.”

#ListenAndDo

“I can hear God's word, but God doesn't want me just to be a hearer. He wants me to be a doer of the word as well. So he wants me not just to hear listen to him. He he wants me to, he wants me not just to hear him. He wants me to listen to him and be a doer of the word of God. Listen for God's voice in everything you do. Everywhere you go, next three words, he's the one. I don't know how that's gonna work out. Good. Not your problem. That's above your pay grade.”

#KnowJesusPersonally

“I'm not asking you if you know the story of Christ. I'm asking you, do you know the Christ of the story? Are you in a relationship with Jesus? The bible says, for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. And if you don't know that you know, I wanna give you the opportunity to say yes to Christ today. Would you bow your heads and close your eyes? You may be sitting here saying, man, I've been religious. I'm not mad at God. I just wouldn't say I'm in a relationship with him. And I would like to cross this line of faith today and begin this relationship.”

#KnowTheChrist

“Knowing what Jesus Christ did isn't enough. It's not. Just because Jesus did what he did doesn't get you in. You have to come to a point in your life, say, you know what? I get it. I've offended God. I'm a sinner. I need forgiveness. And I wanna ask Jesus Christ to be my savior. Because the bible says in John chapter one verse 12, don't miss this, but all who believe him and accept him, he gives a right to those people who become the children of God. You gotta become a child of God. You may know the story of Christ, but if you don't know the Christ of the story, you're outside the family.”

#HumanInTheGarden

“Jesus knew what was lying ahead of him. He knew that he needed to be the living proof of God's love for you and for me. He knew the horrible price that was gonna take place and what he had to pay for your salvation and mine. Jesus knew what was about to take place on the cross. And it's important to understand, humanly speaking, he was not looking forward to it. He was not looking forward to what took place on the cross. As I said in the garden, we see Jesus begging his father if it was possible for any other way for this to happen. Please let that happen.”

#ResurrectionProof

“Here's why the resurrection matters. The resurrection matters because the resurrection proves that Jesus is who he said he is. He can do what he said he can do. Who did he say he was? John fourteen six. I am the way, the truth, and the life. That's who he said he was. What did he say he could do? I'm the way, the truth, and the life, and I am the only way back to the father. Acts chapter four verse 12 says there's no other name given among men whereby a man or woman can be saved. It is only by the name of Jesus of Nazareth. There's only one savior. There's only one who was crucified, buried, and rose again. It's Jesus. And he loves you.”

#RunYourFaith

“Granted as we approach Easter, let's not walk our faith out. Let's run it out. This is the time, the next few weeks, with all that's going on in the world, with all the tension, with all the chaos, people are looking for calm in the chaos, looking for peace. With all the pressure, looking for hope, and we know that hope has a name, and his name's Jesus. You are a gospel, not simply to be read, but Romans says, how shall they hear the gospel unless somebody tells them? Jesus will not be our best kept secret.”

#AliveInChrist

“You wanna know why? Listen to me. I've been brought I was dead and now I'm made alive. God said, I live differently now. You say, why? Here's your answer. So so that no one can I'm not better than anybody. I'm better off because of Jesus. And what I don't wanna do is hand people ammunition to shoot down my gospel story. Because the holy spirit says, live clean innocent lives as children of God, ultimately shine like Bright lights. Here's what the holy spirit acknowledges because this thing's been up since the book of of Genesis. Live like bright lights. Don't go, oh, people are so mean.”

#MoneyServesNotRules

“Money makes a good servant, but a terrible master. What do I mean by that? When money is a servant in our lives, it follows our values no matter what. When money is a servant in our lives, it supports God's purpose no matter what. It strengthens your marriage. It brings your house together, and it serves people. That's what money looks like when it's a servant. When money is a master in our lives, it controls your decisions.”

#RelationshipsAndConflict

“Look at the person next to you. Hey. If you know you are jacked up by sin, if you're an imperfect person, raise your hand. If you know the person next to you is a little bit more jacked up than you are, go ahead and raise both hands, point to them, and judge them a little bit. Alright? It's okay. And if you know that you're imperfect, it's okay. Welcome to the family. You're you're in good hands. We're we're all in that together.”

#ChooseCovenant

“A lot of people get get into relationships based on contract. Here's what contract says. Contract says, these are the terms we agreed to. And if you don't meet the expectations that I've set in the agreed upon terms, then I'm checking out of the contract. You did not fulfill your promise. Where covenant means that I'm committed to us even in the hard times. That's why we say for better, for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. Amen? Amen. Till death do us part. It's a covenant.”

#JesusBringsPeace

“In this season of life, how does your relationship with Jesus continue to provide peace, wisdom, spiritual overflow for your family, church, and friendships? Their big questions, walk with the wise, become wise. Walk with Christ like, become more Christ like. Walk with the godly, become more godly. Season of singleness, season of marriage, protect what God has for you because we have an enemy who is against you. Trust God from the bottom of your heart. Lord, we love you. We thank you. May your word take root in our heart, produce fruit in our lives, and all God's kids said,”

#IdentifyInChrist

“You know, baptism is an identifier. Like like, if you're truly in that relationship, well, the great commission says, go you into all the world, Matthew chapter twenty eight eighteen nineteen twenty. Go you therefore and teach all nations. That's the evangelizing part. Part two. Baptizing them in name of the father, son, and holy spirit. On the other side is that growth breakthrough, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I command at you. And so it's a big deal to God just like this is this is a big deal to Christie.”

#RescuedByJesus

“``And Jesus came to rescue you. And some of you here today or watching online need to know that. That Jesus does have your best interests in heart. That he does wanna help your family. That he does wanna be a part of your home. But he first and foremost wants to be a part of your heart. And you need to understand that as much as he loves your family, as much as he loves your spouse and your kids, he first and foremost loved you. He loved you so much so that he gave up his life for you. And he said that no matter what's going on in your life, no matter what you've done, no matter what sins you've committed, no matter how badly you've messed up, he will meet you exactly where you are. And if you embrace him as your savior, he'll come into your life, make you a new person, become the foundation of your heart so that then he can become the foundation of your family. But it starts with you first trusting in him.”

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“``Girls, ladies, wives, You need other women, godly women in your life. You dudes and dudettes in the season of singleness, get the right people around you. You need the right people because it's a battle. And we have an enemy who's come to seek. He seeks to kill, steal, and destroy. Choose community over isolation. That is one choice you will never regret. Amen?”

#EveryoneNeedsSupport

“We all need Aaron and hers in our lives. Everybody. Everyone gets tired. Leaders get tired. That's not failure. That's human. Your name is not Jesus Christ. Amen? Amen. Even Jesus, you know one of the first things Jesus did when he started his public ministry? The first thing you see him doing is gathering the people around him. He gathered his team, man, because he knew he would knew need other people, and that was God.”

#NoExcusesActNow

“``But here's the deal, man. At the end of the day, we're not gonna blame others. We're not gonna make excuses. We're gonna take responsibility for who I am. I'm gonna make good choices. Talked about that all last week. And what we learned last week is God said, when I show you what I want you to do, I don't want you to wait. I want you to do what I've called you to do. And what we learned was this delayed obedience is disobedience in slow motion.”

#DelayedObedience

“``We don't wanna be foolish and go in many directions. Somebody say amen. And so once we do all that, I'm gonna give you one last thing, and this is huge. Somebody say, this is big. Somebody say, this is big. This is big. So I hope you're listening. You say, what do we do with this? What do we do with forget about it? What do we do with think about it? Well, you know what you do when it comes to obedience? Because here's the thing, man. I I need you to hear this because it's really important. Delayed obedience is disobedience in slow motion. Oh, that's good.”

#MasterpieceInChrist

“Let go of the good, let go of the bad so we can embrace what God has for us. You are a one of a kind, God designed masterpiece. You are not damaged goods. You are who God says you are, created anew in Christ Jesus, and you can do what God said you can do. What's your next step?”

#EmmanuelWithUs

“You know, our reason to become extravagant worshipers who hold nothing back from the one who held nothing back from us. Emmanuel. God with us. Remember, the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is a reminder that God came here to be with us. And the cross of Jesus Christ is a reminder that God is for us and he's not willing that any should perish.”

#JesusSacrificeGift

“``Christmas, don't let it slip through your fingers. God became a man. Not because he didn't have anything better to do, but because you and I needed a savior. See, I don't deserve it. You're right. None of us do. But it's called mercy. And it comes with grace. And Jesus satisfied the justice of God through the payment on the cross. See, Jesus was born to die so that we could be born again to live forever. To God be the glory. Amen. And he didn't die as a martyr. He died as a gift. He died as an offering. He gave his life as a sacrifice.”

#HeCameSoWeRise

“``Christmas means this, that Jesus would descend so we could ascend. Jesus would become poor so that we could become rich. Jesus would be born so that we could be born again. Amen. Jesus would become a servant so we become sons and daughters. Jesus would go hungry so we could be fed. Jesus would be stripped so that we might be clothed in his righteousness. Jesus would be forsaken so that we could be forgiven. Jesus would be bound so that we could be set free. Jesus would be made sin so we might become the righteousness of God in Christ.”

#TrustHisPurpose

“But here's the other part of that response. And you know what it is? It's a trust. It is. It's a trust. God gave you something that's going to change your life if you let it. God gave you something that will give you purpose for all of not just the rest of your days here on this earth, those short days left here on this earth, but God gives you purpose and presence for all eternity because at the moment you die, you are in the presence of the Lord forever and ever and ever and ever. That's amazing.”

#ExtravagantGratitude

“i think it's important to understand that this that extravagant worship flows from it flows from don't miss this extravagant gratitude when we realize who god is when we acknowledge what god has done it doesn't puff us up it humbles usand we become so grateful how can we not offer to him praise and glory because he's a good good father amen man”

#PresenceOverPromise

“``Moses is like, whoa, God, if I may, I don't care about the land. I don't really care about the milk and the honey. I don't care that you're sending an angel down from heaven. Lord, our desire is you. God, we desire your presence. Hey, God, if you're not going, don't make us leave this place. Because I'd rather stay in the desert with you than enter into a promise or blessing without you.”

#WorshipOverflow

“Last weekend, Pastor kicked off this series, moving from thankful to grateful, talking about living a life of worship. And last night at night of worship, Pastor also reminded us and emphasized that worship is an overflow. Somebody say overflow. It's an overflow of what's happening in our life. I love seeing us worship on Sundays, coming together on Sundays, coming together at night of worship. But what does our worship look like Monday to Saturday? Hmm. It's gotta become an overflow. What happens here, we can't just fill ourselves up just on Sunday and expect God to continue to show up.”

#LightInTheDarkness

“If you're saved and you know it, say Amen. You have not been called to live a life of isolation. You are called to live a life of separation and holiness. But listen to me. Like Jesus spent time with people who did not know Him, so He could be the light of the world. John chapter 1. And He is the light of the world. And then in Matthew chapter 5 He says, and you are the light of the world. God doesn't call us to isolate ourselves as light. He calls us to go out into the darkness never compromising our convictions but always showing compassion.”

#KeepGrowingInFaith

“As followers of Jesus Christ, that is what God has always called us to do. Never settle with where we're at. Always constantly moving forward, growing in the grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Always pursuing this relationship. Always drawing close to God. Always seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. And allowing God to do what only God can do because we serve an incredible God.”

#FaithVsGovernment

“You cannot do that in Europe or Germany. Everybody is affluent. Everybody has to eat. We're in a social system. The government takes care of you. You know, they in Germany, they called the government even father government, the father state, because they put so much value in the government and the state that is that goes back to a philosophy that was around the 1700s, where they believed in God. They believed that government should be actually, so to speak, the savior. They should take care and fix all the problems. And so you got religion and you got this government is philosophy. And so nobody really needs Christ. You just need them for, you know, a Sunday morning, maybe for a wedding, for an infant baptism. That's when everybody goes to church for Christmas.”

#FacingTruePoverty

“But it's true poverty, guys. It really is. It's heartbreaking when you really think about it. But we do what we can. One thing we built, we built an addition to a home. I say an addition. It was more like a shed, if you will. And one of the things we built, we built an addition to a shed. And one of the things we built, we built an addition It's like a kitchen. Are we putting in the sink? Are we changing the sinks out? There's no sinks, guys. There's literally a hose coming out of the ground. I'm not making it up. The water is filled with parasitic bacteria-infected water. That's just the way it is.”

#GenerosityChangesLives

“Thank you. Granite for your generosity. I don't know where our kids would be today if it wasn't for you giving. I, and I say that without unapologetically, as I always do. If you got a problem with the church, um, taking up offerings and talking about missions and supporting stuff like this, it's not the church's problem. You got a problem because this is what we do. We, we give to the Lord through the church to impact people.”

#FollowingBeyondTheTShirt

“If you're a Christ follower, would you make some noise for me? Excellent. Excellent. All right, question two, ready? Are you actually following Christ? It's the same reaction. I've only done this survey four times. It's the same. Yeah. Following Jesus. Are you really like, you got the T shirt, but you don't really know what it says?”