Embracing Humility: Living for Christ and Others

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "We believe in a concept here that was actually brought to us by the president or the founder of Lionheart Christian Academy that we partner with. He talks about this, that a shot clock begins when a child is born and it goes to zero, at age 13. And we have the greatest opportunity to impact our culture and the life of a child between the ages of zero and 13. Now that does not mean that someone can't accept Christ beyond 13, but you have now become the statistical outlier to actually do that." [34:15] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "We talk to children about the fact that you must, first of all, know that you are a sinner in need of a savior. You must also know that Christ came to die if you had been the only one. And you need to know that if you give your life to him, he wants your life for the rest of your life. That's what we teach. The gospel will be presented, and here's why it matters for the rest of you who are not part of the 160. It means that you and I need to pray, and then begin to invite family, friends, neighbors, anybody that you know that has a child that has an opportunity, because this is one of the biggest opportunities we have to present the gospel." [35:41] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "Humility. Now, wait a second. Well, that's the build-up. The build-up is for the word humility? Absolutely, because here's what humility actually means. It means that we are dying to our needs or wants and living to lift Jesus and others up. We are dying to lift Jesus and others up. We are dying to our wants and needs. The reason that this is so important is that this is a distinctive of the Christian life. This is why the Christian life looks so different than the world." [38:37] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "The characteristic that we are to show is unconditional love. Now, that does not mean that we don't have the standards of scripture, but what it means is I don't care whether you live on the standards of scripture as far as it is for our relationship, but I do care about that as far as it stands between your relationship and God. And I want you to know what the truth is. And ladies and gentlemen, the Bible is truth. Amen?" [41:43] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "If you're not crossed the line of faith and invited Christ to be your Savior and Lord, I want you to understand this is a safe place for you to ask really hard questions about faith and what you're going through and how it doesn't seem to line up with things that you see other Christians living. And I will tell you, this is not a perfect place and we are not perfect pastors. We are not. We are, we will tell you, first of all, and I will share more about this today of our own brokenness and our own faults and our own sin and how we deal with that on a daily basis. Because folks, that is the truth and we will not shy away from it." [43:09] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "The best church is the church that the people who are a part of it love each other with humility. Amen? The best marriages are when two people who realize that they're sinful and broken yield to one another in the process of Christian marriage and despite that, out to their children and their grandchildren and their people who live around them. The best families are the families that humble and die to themselves and live for uplifting Jesus and others around them. The best country, the best republic, the best school systems, the best churches do that same thing. We live out humility." [44:35] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Be who Jesus called you to be. Be the best you that you can be. And you know what that is? It's very clear, and James makes it very clear. Humble yourself and God will exalt you. Don't live on humanity's view of success. Be who God made you to be. Be the best you that God has uniquely gifted you to be and live this out in faith for the rest of your life. That's what we're called to do and to be. Some in retirement, some from the school system, some as a lawyer, as a doctor, some as a plumber and electrician. Some working for the city, others working for other entities. Be the best you that God has called you to be because your network and the people that you're around need you to be distinctively humble before them." [49:13] (58 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "We defame someone else when we say it. We defame someone else when we say it. We say bad things about them and their character. Now this doesn't even say that those things aren't necessarily true. It says, but when we share them with somebody else, here are the other words that the Bible uses for this same idea. He uses the issue of gossip, slander. That's a fun one. And then this one, which I love, backbiting. It's a word picture. It is somebody does something and you're in a conversation with them. You're in a conversation with them. You're in a conversation with them. They think the conversation is over and they turn. And what are we doing? We're biting their backs. We are saying they're moving on and doing this or doing on, going on with their life. And we are tearing them down from behind. This is not the way Christians should act. We are to lift one another up." [53:53] (64 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "We should fulfill this royal law, which is essentially just this. I should treat you like I would want to be treated. I should think to myself, what would help me live my life today? What kind of an encouraging word? And guess what? I should be giving that word to others. Unfortunately, as humans, what we do is we say, I should love people as I love myself. I wish someone would love me as I love myself. I wish someone would love me so I can love other people. No, you and I are called to be the instigator of that. You must first love in order to be loved. And this means that we should love others first in this process." [01:02:05] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "We need to live our life not in presumptiveness because we need to depend on God's sovereignty. Listen to James 4, 15 through 17. It says, instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills. It's based on him, not on me. We will live and do this or that as it is. You boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Verse 17, so whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. That focuses in on who God is because, listen, the things that matter are all based on him. The things that are eternal, we could go into all the phrases. I've never seen a funeral with a U-Haul. Now, some of you, and I would probably be the guy that would do it just to prove all those people wrong, okay? I'm going to have a U-Haul behind my hearse because I want that, okay? Put it down, Jennifer. I want that. All right. But we can't take any of this with us." [01:22:06] (63 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)