Embracing Our Identity: Living Out Greater Love
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Jesus loves you just as you are, not as you should be, and he loves you so much that there's nothing that you could do to take anything away from that, and there's nothing that you can do to add to that. It's enough. Jesus has sacrificed for every, every single one of us is love. It is enough." [38:29]
2. "Greater love has no one than this, and that he would lay down his life for his friends. And that is exactly what we come here to celebrate and to preach, is that this, Jesus loves you just as you are, not as you should be, and he loves you so much that there's nothing that you could do to take anything away from that, and there's nothing that you can do to add to that. It's enough." [37:32]
3. "You're not what you do. You're not what you've done. Sanctified means that the old is gone. You're not simply a victim. We sang that. I'm a champion. There's been victory that's been won for me. I'm not defined by my past anymore. I'm not defined by my last relationship. I'm not defined by my preferences or feelings. I'm defined by what Jesus has done for me and the family that he has given me." [01:14:26]
4. "We no longer need to be defined by our trauma, by our past, by our experiences. Instead, we can be defined by who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, knowing that now is forgiveness. Now we have an identity. Now we have a future. We're loved with a greater love, a love that wipes away the past and the pain and the hurt and offers us a brand, new day, a covenant, a promise of future relationship because of his great love." [01:16:06]
5. "You are beautiful, meaningful, important, and part of a greater whole. You're part of something bigger than yourself. And the more you grow, the more you start to contribute to that whole. That's one of the reasons why I just set up my daughter's, my 13-year-old daughter's bedroom, and the plan is, she's asked us, can I have my own room? Our plan is for her to continue to share bedrooms we want her to not be selfish." [01:07:03]
### Quotes for Members
1. "I want to remember the family that God has put me in, the church. I want to remember that formation is like a work of God in me, that I'm not just already my best self or becoming my best self, but that there's actually a better self, a greater love. And as I pursue it, and as I give it away and know it, I find it and it's formed in me. I want to remember the purpose that I've been called to." [01:12:56]
2. "We have to move away from this culture where we're all clinging to be right, to a culture where we're willing to say, I'm being made right. I'm being made right with others. I'm being made right with God. I'm becoming the person that God has created me to be. That's what 1 Corinthians 1, as he finishes, that first chapter, this is what he says. He says, for consider your calling. Not many of you were wise according to worldly standards." [01:11:37]
3. "We all tend to forget or need to remember, at the very least, who we are. When we go back to our roots, we discover, like, what is this source? What is this core? It's been said and I think rightly said that we all live out of an identity. We are all living a narrative, a story. Some of them are better and more helpful than others. Some of them are greater than others. I want to remind us all. I'm not talking to some them today out there, any community or lifestyle or people. I'm talking to all." [45:36]
4. "Grace is the power from God to live out your identity, your purpose. He says, grace to you. May power come from God and the peace that follows from knowing who and whose you are. That is the first thing, the most important thing that Paul says. Everything else in this book of 1 Corinthians, and there are a lot of very specific guidelines. Teachings, things that he wants them to remember, things that he's going to encourage them to do, but he says it all comes down to this. Grace and peace to you, saints. You are a saint in Christ." [47:09]
5. "You're not where you live. You're not Republican. You're not Democrat. You're not Southerner. You're not just American. Are all these things a part of who you are? Yes, but there's something greater. There's a greater love and there's a greater identity for you. I'm not simply Dave, lover of pizza, although that's a very important part of my life. It's a greater identity that I have. There's something more, and that's really what we want to go after. What is the most important thing?" [51:42]
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1. "Jesus loves you just as you are, not as you should be, and he loves you so much that there's nothing that you could do to take anything away from that, and there's nothing that you can do to add to that. It's enough. Jesus has sacrificed for every, every single one of us is love. It is enough." [38:29]
2. "Greater love has no one than this, and that he would lay down his life for his friends. And that is exactly what we come here to celebrate and to preach, is that this, Jesus loves you just as you are, not as you should be, and he loves you so much that there's nothing that you could do to take anything away from that, and there's nothing that you can do to add to that. It's enough." [37:32]
3. "You're not what you do. You're not what you've done. Sanctified means that the old is gone. You're not simply a victim. We sang that. I'm a champion. There's been victory that's been won for me. I'm not defined by my past anymore. I'm not defined by my last relationship. I'm not defined by my preferences or feelings. I'm defined by what Jesus has done for me and the family that he has given me." [01:14:26]
4. "We no longer need to be defined by our trauma, by our past, by our experiences. Instead, we can be defined by who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, knowing that now is forgiveness. Now we have an identity. Now we have a future. We're loved with a greater love, a love that wipes away the past and the pain and the hurt and offers us a brand, new day, a covenant, a promise of future relationship because of his great love." [01:16:06]
5. "You are beautiful, meaningful, important, and part of a greater whole. You're part of something bigger than yourself. And the more you grow, the more you start to contribute to that whole. That's one of the reasons why I just set up my daughter's, my 13-year-old daughter's bedroom, and the plan is, she's asked us, can I have my own room? Our plan is for her to continue to share bedrooms we want her to not be selfish." [01:07:03]
### Quotes for Members
1. "I want to remember the family that God has put me in, the church. I want to remember that formation is like a work of God in me, that I'm not just already my best self or becoming my best self, but that there's actually a better self, a greater love. And as I pursue it, and as I give it away and know it, I find it and it's formed in me. I want to remember the purpose that I've been called to." [01:12:56]
2. "We have to move away from this culture where we're all clinging to be right, to a culture where we're willing to say, I'm being made right. I'm being made right with others. I'm being made right with God. I'm becoming the person that God has created me to be. That's what 1 Corinthians 1, as he finishes, that first chapter, this is what he says. He says, for consider your calling. Not many of you were wise according to worldly standards." [01:11:37]
3. "We all tend to forget or need to remember, at the very least, who we are. When we go back to our roots, we discover, like, what is this source? What is this core? It's been said and I think rightly said that we all live out of an identity. We are all living a narrative, a story. Some of them are better and more helpful than others. Some of them are greater than others. I want to remind us all. I'm not talking to some them today out there, any community or lifestyle or people. I'm talking to all." [45:36]
4. "Grace is the power from God to live out your identity, your purpose. He says, grace to you. May power come from God and the peace that follows from knowing who and whose you are. That is the first thing, the most important thing that Paul says. Everything else in this book of 1 Corinthians, and there are a lot of very specific guidelines. Teachings, things that he wants them to remember, things that he's going to encourage them to do, but he says it all comes down to this. Grace and peace to you, saints. You are a saint in Christ." [47:09]
5. "You're not where you live. You're not Republican. You're not Democrat. You're not Southerner. You're not just American. Are all these things a part of who you are? Yes, but there's something greater. There's a greater love and there's a greater identity for you. I'm not simply Dave, lover of pizza, although that's a very important part of my life. It's a greater identity that I have. There's something more, and that's really what we want to go after. What is the most important thing?" [51:42]
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