Formed and Sent: Living the Beatitudes in Community

I don't know if you've ever read through the gospels or you've been in a a service where you're singing a song and you're thinking about what you're going through or who you are and whatnot, and and you think of that in comparison to Jesus, and it's like, what have I got here in this moment? At the same time, it's beautiful because he says, bring me whatever you have because he cherishes it. But in comparison, I I I feel like I'm so small, obviously, because I'm looking at the creator of the universe. [00:41:41] (32 seconds)  #CherishedByGod

I've been I remember this one service I was in, and it wasn't here. I can't remember exactly where it was, but this one person in the back just started weeping loudly. And at first thought, you're like, oh, man. Someone should go give them a hug or something. But the thing was is in that moment, you could feel it in the room as though there was something happening in their life that was so beautiful and powerful, and it wasn't a distraction. It was as if they were meeting with Jesus, and he was healing something going on in their life. [00:47:18] (40 seconds)  #SacredTears

There are just those times in life that you have to sometimes just be watchful for because life can get so busy, right? You can just it's full steam ahead. That's our society, our culture. I enjoy it most days, I'll be honest. But then along the way, you always have to have a mindset of watching for those moments. It's as if Jesus is just kind of standing there as you're walking by. It's not going to say anything, just standing there, just waiting to see if you'll notice, or you just need to stop and slow down. [00:29:10] (43 seconds)  #NoticeJesus

But in the midst of that, as we look at the different spiritual disciplines that are modeled in the lifestyle of Jesus, one of those is rest. How many of you are succeeding in that discipline? Some of you are, and I'm gonna go find you later because I wanna talk to you and and hear how you were able to do it. Honestly, I think a lot of it is is usually just in our unwillingness to let go. But that's that's a that's a different series for another time. [00:30:11] (39 seconds)  #PracticeRest

Maybe this is your first time or you've only been around CT for a while and you see people with their hands raised as we sing or perhaps they're dancing or moving in some way, shape, or form, or they're just sitting there silently. As Lindsay was saying this morning, we also often worship differently. And we here wanna create a place where you are comfortable to worship in a way that you feel like you're connecting with Jesus in that moment. So if that means dancing, please dance. [00:45:45] (31 seconds)  #WorshipYourWay

Jesus, in this moment, just have a a sense to not rush. This moment, whatever it is that you're frustrated by or carrying that is making you feel heavy in life. Just encourage you just to very quickly just just say, Jesus, this is yours now. Giving it up to you because you're the only one that can fix it. [00:27:24] (56 seconds)  #GiveItToJesus

If you've got something that you're just like, you you know you you've been trying, you you you just can't get it figured out, you've been it's like you're hitting a brick wall in life with something. If that's you, can we pray that together? Maybe we can all pray that together. This Jesus, this is yours now. I give it to you because only you can fix it. In your name we pray. Amen. [00:28:21] (41 seconds)  #PrayTogetherNow

I've been personally in my personal devotional life been going through the book of Numbers, and I've been going through their different things that they have to do in in their worship, the different sacrifices, what they do when something happens and all this. And I'm like, how? How do you keep up? And I look at this list, I'm like, how? There's no chance. I could not do this. And that's the point. [00:42:57] (33 seconds)  #GraceNotPerformance