Investing in Lives: Generosity and Unity in Christ

1. "With that rapid buildup, there are families that are starting to co-locate in that area. There's going to be a need for a ministry just like this. The need is already there. The need is already there. We have soldiers and airmen in the area that are, when they're on TDY, or they're now getting stationed there, they need a ministry and faith family environment like this. So, all of our open offering today, if you give your tithes, give your tithes, that's the Lord's. We honor the Lord with our tithe. It is His. But if you have open offerings to give, I want to encourage you and challenge you to have a faithful go to the Politz Center, okay? I want you to stretch it a little bit, all right? Stretch that faith more than you would think, because when God is in it, when God is in it, He can take what we give and multiply it. Amen?" [31:09] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Everybody needs an opportunity to respond to the word. Everybody needs an opportunity to respond to what God is doing and to find a moment in his presence. This morning, if you have a moment, if you have not received Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, Scripture says today is the day of salvation. Today is the opportunity. We're not guaranteed tomorrow, and yesterday is gone. So today we have the opportunity to decide, yes, Lord, I accept your forgiveness, and I choose you to be my Savior. If that's you here today, or maybe you've stepped away, maybe you've drifted away, maybe you've faded away in your faith, and you're like, you know what? I need to come back to that decision. The Lord is mighty to save. He's quick to forgive. He's quick to hear the heart of the one who is repentant. He wants you to know him, and he wants you to know his presence in your life. But it's a choice. It's a choice that you get to have." [01:04:02] (62 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "We serve a God who is undeniable. We serve a God who is limitless in power. He's limitless in his knowledge. He's limitless in how he knows you and knows where you're at personally. And he knows you. And his love for you is absolutely limitless. And he has set up this body to be the agent, to be a living arc, if you will, for a place to find refuge in the body of Christ. And in this in this body, we have been given a commandment to remember what he has done for us, to remember how his body was broken for us, that the that we who are broken, could be unified within the body. We we are to remember how his blood was spilled for us, and it was spilled liberally. We only needed one drop from that pure that pure blood of the lamb. We only needed one drop to save all of humanity. There's enough power in one drop, but this shows how much he loves us that he gave liberally. That's how generous our God is. It cost him everything so that we that's that you and I could know his love for us." [01:20:55] (88 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "The Lord's heart is recognizing that this is the body of Christ that to your right and to your left. We are the body of the Christ. Everything in this world is going to be. Gone one day the set for the souls that are to your left to your right and God's desire is that there be unity among his body. For the common unity that we have is that we all have a testimony of what Christ has done for us individually. Amen. That is the common denominator for every single person in this room is that Jesus did something for you and for me. He loves us. He loves you. He loves me and his desire. We had a saying in our family growing up whenever there were those moments when brothers and sisters would would be, you know, going back and forth. Mama would always kick in and remind us. We are a loving family. don't know if you had a mama like that or dad like that. Sometimes we need that reminder, right? Sister Yvonne. We are a loving family. This is the family. Of God. We are a loving family." [01:25:49] (75 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "Lord, I thank you for the cup. Lord, you went to battle for every single one of us. You even asked the Father if the cup should be passed from you, but you willingly held on and you willingly partook of the cup. The cup that is this juice that is symbolic of the wine, the spiritual wine, Lord, but it is symbolic of the blood that was shed for us. Or that the blood of Jesus has been applied to every single one of us. That you have marked us as your own. Lord, so when you look upon us, you no longer see our sinful selves in the past. Instead, you see the new creation that you've awakened us to, that you've brought us into new life with. Oh, God, you see us as the person you have intended us to be in you. I thank you, Lord. I thank you, Lord, for the blood of Jesus. I thank you, Lord, for the blood of Jesus applied to my life. I thank you, God, that we can plead the blood of Jesus over our lives, over our homes, over every aspect, oh, God. Lord, the sacrifice that you gave so freely, Lord, that you gave generously, oh, God, comes with power and authority that can only come from the pure blood of the Lamb. I thank you, oh, God, for that power and that authority that you've invested into our life, that we can claim the blood of Jesus applied to our life and the angel of death must pass over us, Lord." [01:37:30] (88 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "Lord, I thank you, oh, God, that you have called us, who are called according to your name, Lord, that we would be in your heavenly ranks, that we would be in your heavenly, that we would be in your heavenly, Lord, just, Lord, marching in behind you, oh, God, to see you do your work in setting this world, right, Lord, I glorify your name. I bless your name, oh, Lord. In the name of Jesus, bless this people, bless this house, oh, God. Lord, in you receive the glory. In Jesus' name we pray, amen and amen. Let's give the Lord a hand clap of praise." [01:39:00] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)