Embracing God's Promises: A Call to Faith and Service

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "God looked at us. He saw us before the beginning of time. He looked at us. And he said, I'm going to put my kingdom in their hands. I'm going to put the message of a risen Christ. I'm going to put my kingdom in their hands. And so he's given it to us. This great message of righteousness and holiness. And what a privilege it is to take this up. The way I like to look at it. And I've just been saying it for a lot of years now. That God is always up to something. And God always has a plan. And God seldom works alone." [37:07] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "God regularly operates. Outside the realm of human possibility. Would you just make a note of that? God works with us. But he's not totally dependent upon us. To get things done. If we turn him down. He'll go to somebody else. So when God comes to you. And offers you an assignment. That's a real honor. That's a real honor. That he would entrust something of the kingdom to you. Don't accept that as some kind of awful assignment. That's a great gift." [41:55] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "We have been rescued. From our enemies. You remember a few weeks ago. When Hamas stormed a gathering of primarily young people. Some older people but younger people. And took captive a hundred plus people from many nations. Some from the United States. Hid them in tunnels under the streets of Gaza. And I don't know. I remember the one picture of the single girl. As they were taking her away on a scooter. And she was crying out for help. You could see her crying out. And they were holding her on that scooter. And they took her off and took her into a cave." [48:39] (50 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "We have been rescued. And we should be. We should be serving God without fear. This is what the Bible says. This is what I'm saying. This is what the Bible says. And next he says, we can serve God without fear in holiness and righteousness when we get to heaven. No? That's not what it says, is it? We can serve God in righteousness and holiness. How long? For as long as we live. As long as we live. As long as we're alive." [55:16] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "We have been rescued. have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives. Isn't that good news? Yes. Is it too good to be true? Seems like it, doesn't it? In fact, there are a lot of churches where they've said it's too good to be true. We got to, we got to get this bar down where it's easier for people to get in. Can't lower the bar. God calls us to a holy life." [01:02:38] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "The promises of God are as valid today as they've ever been or will ever be. What we lack is the faith. To take the steps that the people of Scripture and people in other times were willing to take. The great risk to step into a flooding river. And you don't know how deep the water is. And you've got a crowd behind you kind of pushing you. Those priests in Joshua's time, they were called to step into the water. And I think the people were crowding them. Maybe it was the people that pushed them into it. And they found out that the water's parted." [45:45] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "We have been rescued. Just by the coming. We have been rescued through the promises of God. And then he said, we've been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear. And fear is the big thing that stops us, isn't it? Well, I don't know what they'd think. I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't say anything. I don't want to offend anybody. We just live under a cloud of fear all the time. I don't want to be abrasive. I don't want to be obnoxious. I don't either. It's just one of my spiritual gifts." [53:28] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "We don't have to go back into sin. We don't have to be under the control of the elements that controlled our lives. That doesn't mean it's automatic. We're not on some automatic control. And we just breeze on. But we can make right choices. We don't have to yield to temptation. We don't have to let our anger get the best of us. We don't have to do the things that we once did. We have been rescued. That's what the Bible says. And that young woman when she was rescued and reunited with her family. That was a wonderful picture of redemption. We're free. We're free." [52:13] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "We can serve God without fear in holiness and righteousness. All the days of our lives. Amen. Stand with me, would you please? Barb's going to play something. I always like to give people a chance to respond. And you know, a response could be, oh, maybe you've just patched up something with somebody. And you're so thrilled about that, you'd just like to come and bring an offering of thanksgiving. We don't often think about coming to the altar with a, a gift of thanksgiving. Thank you, Father, for what you did. Thank you. I want to, I just want to take a moment." [01:09:08] (463 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "We have been rescued. You don't have to care that any longer. You don't have to carry that hurt, that anger, that frustration. You don't have to carry it. You can leave it here this morning. Just put it here. Leave it here. Anyone else? think the Holy Spirit is speaking. Well, Father, we thank you for the privilege of being here. I thank you for these people. I love these people. Every one of them. I thank you for them. They're my friends. I hope they consider me their friend." [01:11:00] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)