Celebrating God's Faithfulness and Community Impact
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "When you grow spiritually, you can be more like Jesus. You can be more like, you can be included in what he's doing in the world. Again, I really thought that was going to have an amen. You guys are awake or not? Come on, people. Here we go. Here's the thing. These life groups represent people, ordinary people, but said, we want to join together as the family of God to learn the ways of love in 1 Corinthians 12, 13, 14. We want to partner together to make disciples of all nations. We want to live out the one another's in scripture, together, even when it's hard. We want to bear with one another through the hard things and celebrate and champion each other in the good." [17:49]
2. "And I just want you to know how proud he is of you. And don't give up. Man, don't give up. There's some hard seasons, challenges, the world yelling at them. Don't give up. Keep layering that love on them. Just keep asking them questions. Keep taking them to Jesus in prayer. And loving them with Jesus' love. Every layer, every day matters. Just keep going." [35:36]
3. "I do want to highlight the Word of God. Sometimes we do a service like this and people are like, yeah, where's the sermon? When's the sermon? And I want to highlight the Word of God is a part of all we do. It's not just a segment. We started with honoring our veterans. That's a culture of honor. That's Jesus. We started with life group multiplication. That's actually, you know, the first part of the body is important. We honored the first member of the family of God. That's Acts 2, 42 to 47. We honored new members. That's 1 Corinthians 12. They join the family of God and each part of the body is important." [44:15]
4. "Hey, we've got a team right now in Kiev in the Ukraine. And you guys know it's a part of what we do in the summer, especially, but all through the year is send out teams, right? We want to make the disciples of all nations. And part of that is just getting to be included. All these stories are being included. You guys know the include me prayer, right? God, include me in what you're doing, wherever you go, wherever you are. And he's doing it. We're just getting to be a part, whether that's in your home as a parent, in a life group, in the community, or in the world." [53:41]
5. "This is a way to get those blinders off and see God working all around the world. Okay? It'll, encourage your heart. Like these stories are important. Like when you see that about Ukraine and the impact that that's having, that church has 400 people flocking to the church. Why? Because of the hard things that are going on. And they say, we need hope. And Pastor Sergei and his team have stepped in to say, it's in Jesus. And these people want it. They're hungry for it. And so we're, it's our joy to get to be included in showing them how to do this for themselves, how to enjoy Jesus for themselves through our core experiences, getting in the word and being together as the people of God." [56:00]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So this is our new life group. And our new life groups are multi-generational, which means we have different ages and stages all together. Love that. That's all a part of us being the family of God together. Okay. Okay. Holy frog. Holy frog. Where was I? New members. We're going to present some new members. Woo-woo. New members, if you're joining Crossbridge, come on down and come on up on the stage with me. We do this to celebrate the joining of these folks here at Crossbridge, and we're thrilled that they're a part. So we're going to honor them and pray for them as well. When we talk about these folks, these are folks that have come to our Discover class. They've engaged in Life Group. They're a part of the body. They're known, right? And they're walking in this. They've joined their family in their wagon to be a part of the family here at Crossbridge." [20:49]
2. "And I want to highlight the Word of God is to help us know God, not just know about God. And then the Bible also says that the Word of God is living and active, right? Sharper than that double-edged sword to cut through those things that keep us from enjoying and following Jesus and from connecting to one another. And we need it. We need it. And He knows it and we have the opportunity to receive it each and every day." [44:15]
3. "We have teams going out all over. Yeah. And they're going to be out in the middle of the summer. And we want to go. We always want to be a people that go. But we can also be a people that give. And I know many of you have. And people, all of us can pray. Our missions team has done a terrific job on the website, on our social media, on text groups where you can stay tracking with what God's doing. And parents, let me tell you, get your kids engaged in this. This is a way to get those blinders off and see God working all around the world. Okay? Yeah. This is a way to get those blinders off and see God working all around the world. Okay? It'll, encourage your heart." [56:00]
4. "So we're going to not a, not a duty, not an obligation, but a joy is to be baptized. And, and remember the water going, just because we go under the water, that doesn't save us. The water just makes us wet. But Jesus is the one that saves. And baptism is just a symbol, just a sign showing the power of God to save a person from spiritual death to spiritual life. So these that come are saying they've received it. They're his, and they're going to live for Jesus. But they're also saying that's a part of us, right? This is a communal celebration. Always was, always will be. So we're going to be excited with them as we do this, right?" [58:39]
5. "So, so first service, first service, I turned to Brian at the end. I go, hey, Brian, can today. We're doing it right here, right now. So here's the deal. Hopefully today, I don't know how you feel, but the joy of the Lord is here because he's smiling over every one of these stories, every one of these hearts, every one of these lives, and he's smiling over you. And he wants you to know him as that God who is smiling over you. And he wants you to know him as he is now. And I've got so happy to be here to know you, for you to know him. So let's sing with just the joy of the Lord as our strength, and let's just like erupt with this singing and this praise, because when we worship like that, man, it just goes all the way to heaven's ears." [01:15:55]
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1. "When you grow spiritually, you can be more like Jesus. You can be more like, you can be included in what he's doing in the world. Again, I really thought that was going to have an amen. You guys are awake or not? Come on, people. Here we go. Here's the thing. These life groups represent people, ordinary people, but said, we want to join together as the family of God to learn the ways of love in 1 Corinthians 12, 13, 14. We want to partner together to make disciples of all nations. We want to live out the one another's in scripture, together, even when it's hard. We want to bear with one another through the hard things and celebrate and champion each other in the good." [17:49]
2. "And I just want you to know how proud he is of you. And don't give up. Man, don't give up. There's some hard seasons, challenges, the world yelling at them. Don't give up. Keep layering that love on them. Just keep asking them questions. Keep taking them to Jesus in prayer. And loving them with Jesus' love. Every layer, every day matters. Just keep going." [35:36]
3. "I do want to highlight the Word of God. Sometimes we do a service like this and people are like, yeah, where's the sermon? When's the sermon? And I want to highlight the Word of God is a part of all we do. It's not just a segment. We started with honoring our veterans. That's a culture of honor. That's Jesus. We started with life group multiplication. That's actually, you know, the first part of the body is important. We honored the first member of the family of God. That's Acts 2, 42 to 47. We honored new members. That's 1 Corinthians 12. They join the family of God and each part of the body is important." [44:15]
4. "Hey, we've got a team right now in Kiev in the Ukraine. And you guys know it's a part of what we do in the summer, especially, but all through the year is send out teams, right? We want to make the disciples of all nations. And part of that is just getting to be included. All these stories are being included. You guys know the include me prayer, right? God, include me in what you're doing, wherever you go, wherever you are. And he's doing it. We're just getting to be a part, whether that's in your home as a parent, in a life group, in the community, or in the world." [53:41]
5. "This is a way to get those blinders off and see God working all around the world. Okay? It'll, encourage your heart. Like these stories are important. Like when you see that about Ukraine and the impact that that's having, that church has 400 people flocking to the church. Why? Because of the hard things that are going on. And they say, we need hope. And Pastor Sergei and his team have stepped in to say, it's in Jesus. And these people want it. They're hungry for it. And so we're, it's our joy to get to be included in showing them how to do this for themselves, how to enjoy Jesus for themselves through our core experiences, getting in the word and being together as the people of God." [56:00]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So this is our new life group. And our new life groups are multi-generational, which means we have different ages and stages all together. Love that. That's all a part of us being the family of God together. Okay. Okay. Holy frog. Holy frog. Where was I? New members. We're going to present some new members. Woo-woo. New members, if you're joining Crossbridge, come on down and come on up on the stage with me. We do this to celebrate the joining of these folks here at Crossbridge, and we're thrilled that they're a part. So we're going to honor them and pray for them as well. When we talk about these folks, these are folks that have come to our Discover class. They've engaged in Life Group. They're a part of the body. They're known, right? And they're walking in this. They've joined their family in their wagon to be a part of the family here at Crossbridge." [20:49]
2. "And I want to highlight the Word of God is to help us know God, not just know about God. And then the Bible also says that the Word of God is living and active, right? Sharper than that double-edged sword to cut through those things that keep us from enjoying and following Jesus and from connecting to one another. And we need it. We need it. And He knows it and we have the opportunity to receive it each and every day." [44:15]
3. "We have teams going out all over. Yeah. And they're going to be out in the middle of the summer. And we want to go. We always want to be a people that go. But we can also be a people that give. And I know many of you have. And people, all of us can pray. Our missions team has done a terrific job on the website, on our social media, on text groups where you can stay tracking with what God's doing. And parents, let me tell you, get your kids engaged in this. This is a way to get those blinders off and see God working all around the world. Okay? Yeah. This is a way to get those blinders off and see God working all around the world. Okay? It'll, encourage your heart." [56:00]
4. "So we're going to not a, not a duty, not an obligation, but a joy is to be baptized. And, and remember the water going, just because we go under the water, that doesn't save us. The water just makes us wet. But Jesus is the one that saves. And baptism is just a symbol, just a sign showing the power of God to save a person from spiritual death to spiritual life. So these that come are saying they've received it. They're his, and they're going to live for Jesus. But they're also saying that's a part of us, right? This is a communal celebration. Always was, always will be. So we're going to be excited with them as we do this, right?" [58:39]
5. "So, so first service, first service, I turned to Brian at the end. I go, hey, Brian, can today. We're doing it right here, right now. So here's the deal. Hopefully today, I don't know how you feel, but the joy of the Lord is here because he's smiling over every one of these stories, every one of these hearts, every one of these lives, and he's smiling over you. And he wants you to know him as that God who is smiling over you. And he wants you to know him as he is now. And I've got so happy to be here to know you, for you to know him. So let's sing with just the joy of the Lord as our strength, and let's just like erupt with this singing and this praise, because when we worship like that, man, it just goes all the way to heaven's ears." [01:15:55]
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