Guidance and Purpose for Graduates' New Journey

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "I was talking with a friend this last week and he was having to make a hard decision and he said, you know, Darren, the easy things are very seldom right, but the right things are very seldom easy too. I thought about that and I can't agree more. It's very easy to slide away from our faith. We know it's not right. We probably don't want to, but we do because we're just sick of it. We're just sick of fighting. But remember what I shared in our second point. Take courage. The God of the universe is not just with you, because you are a follower of Jesus, he lives in you, empowering you to do what needs to be done so you can have that life and live to abundance." [37:29](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

2. "When I graduated high school, I didn't have a whole lot of purpose. I lived a life for me. I lived the American dream per se. But the purpose I was living wasn't the right purpose. See, in Ephesians 2.10, Paul says this, For it is grace you've been saved through faith. Again, you didn't work your way into this salvation. Jesus gives it as a gift for us. And this is not from yourselves. It is a gift from God, not by works, so no one can boast. And that's great news. But if we stop there, we miss our purpose. Paul continues this thought, For we are God's workmanship, created, in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." [29:16](Making raw clip | Making vertical clip | )

3. "Another pastor that I follow online said this, We can make excuses, or you can know God intimately. But we can't do both. There's no such thing as intimacy without intentionality. We need to be intentional about how we live. Because if we are not intentional, we will just slide into falling away. And then years down the line, you will be God who, I've seen it, I've lived it. And the reality is God can chase us down and save us. But we should be about a purposeful life." [30:41](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

4. "It's very easy to slide away from our faith. We know it's not right. We probably don't want to, but we do because we're just sick of it. We're just sick of fighting. But remember what I shared in our second point. Take courage. The God of the universe is not just with you, because you are a follower of Jesus, he lives in you, empowering you to do what needs to be done so you can have that life and live to abundance." [37:29](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

### Quotes for Members

1. "Remember your foundation of faith that your parents, your grandparents, and others have modeled for you and taught you. Second thing I'd like to share with you is have courage in the face of challenges. This was one of the things I think I didn't, another one of the things I didn't really understand when I was growing up. I knew there were going to be challenges in life, and I don't mean to say this to scare you right now, but what you've faced so far isn't anything about what's to come. College is hard. Life is hard. And, but have courage, because the God that the foundation that you have been taught, he goes with you. He's in you and goes with you." [27:26](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

2. "These four things, they're not rocket science, to be honest. They're not rocket science. They're not rocket science. They're not rocket science with you. They're just kind of, yeah, remember your faith. Remember what you were taught. Take courage. Live on purpose. Don't forget community. It's important. While they're not rocket science, these are things that are very important for everyday life for all of us, whether you're a graduate or middle-aged or whatever I am right now." [37:29](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

3. "But what if you got connected with people who were passionately following after Jesus, even though not perfectly, and were encouraged in your walk? I think it would be amazing. Just as a cord of three strands is not easily broken, we need to recognize the strength found in Christian relationship. Other parts of scripture say that there's a lion trying to devour those around us. And what, if you've ever watched a nature documentary, have you guys ever watched one of those nature documentary where, you know, they're like, oh my goodness, this shouldn't be, you know, like you're watching it as a kid and you're like, isn't this rated R? Right? There's murder here. But what happens often is the prey goes after the weak, goes after the ones that have strayed from the pack." [35:48](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

4. "So you guys in your next season, your purpose to some extent is to learn and grow in college and wherever you go. And that's a big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big