Living Intentionally: Embracing Our Mission for God

1. "But God is so good and so faithful for each and every one of us and it's no accident that you find yourself here on this day so welcome this is a beautiful house to be a part of and you know the title of my message on the out we're kind of on the outlook going into a really important week is what side are you on are we gonna go there I'm kidding I'm not going there but it's a really important place to start on a week like this one you know a number of years ago I went to a leadership conference because I kind of am a little bit obsessed about leadership development and I went and I was talking about having a life's mission statement and it's just a statement that you have about yourself which has is defining who you are and defining the person that you are trying to be in this life how many people have a life's mission statement oh come on Femme yes and let me encourage you it's a really great exercise to do to give you direction I'm sure Meghan has one all the way why didn't you put your hand up it's because you work in that so you're like I don't want to be boring it's amazing it's amazing to be able to take a minute because what happens is then every part of my day is intentional I start the year and I look at and I go okay this is what I say I want to be am I walking in line with that what does mine what does the every month look like on the macro scale and then at the top of every month I take the first day of every month and I fast and I recalibrate what does this month look like am I in line am I in check and then I take about two three minutes at the start of every day we look at that what does each day look like for me I can tell you very quickly that my life's mission statement is to help people encounter and understand the triune God Father Son and Holy Spirit and help them to encounter and experience a little piece of heaven here on earth and whatever that looks like you know I've had so many different phases of my life I did this over a decade ago and so lots of different things have happened even as a teenager I've had lots of different jobs I've gone through different seasons but that mission statement stays the same why it's not about what I want to do it's about who at be in every moment to the people that I'm walking? How are people leaving my presence? Do they taste a little bit of heaven when they walk away?" ([00:00:00] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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2. "It's not going to, they won't, I can't give them joy. They won't experience it in the same way. Why? Because they're changing, and I'm changing. Their minds are changing. Their personalities are changing. Their emotions are changing. Everything about them is changing, so if I want to be consistent in my life's mission, I must be able to move in the cadence that they're operating in, in the seasons that they're working through, so that I can still be the person, God's called me to be, and that stands for workplace, that stands for friendships, that stands for family members, all of it." ([00:03:33] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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3. "Choices matter. The things that we say yes to matter. Why? It defines our no. When you define your yes, your no defines itself. That's why boundaries are so important. How many know boundaries are important in life? Hello, all the psychologists said amen. All the counselors said yes. Boundaries for the win. But yet your yes is one of the most important things that you have in this life. It's a weapon. So that your no doesn't live you. So that the things that you don't want to control, you don't control you." ([00:04:44] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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4. "We always say that there's such beautiful diversity. I call it the kaleidoscope of heaven. It's beautiful, but it's not skin deep. The diversity runs deeper. We are different in opinions. We are different in mindsets. We're in different, we're different historical backgrounds. Therefore, there are probably people in this room that think completely opposite politically to you. Diversity is great when it looks good, but when it gets to the reality of it, it's actually quite messy. And we've got to be okay with that. And we can't run from those tensions. The God of the universe created unity, but not uniformity." ([00:06:52] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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5. "Truth is the same thing. We will never find truth inside of us because we're all inherently fallen beings. Like even if truth was in us, it has to be an external truth. It has to be an external being infused into the fallibility. Do you know what I mean by that? The fallibility of humanity. God is infallible and he wants to infuse his infallible nature into us. And so the only way we can get truth is this God from the outside coming into our lives and filling us with the truth of his word." ([00:09:47] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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6. "And so if you're trying to find truth. If you're trying to find truth today and you're ruminating in your own head or in the social media or on the news net. Like guys, it's never going to, truth is never ever going to come from man. Because man is inherently evil. We're fallen. We're sinful. And there's always selfish desire attached to everything we do. Always. So be careful when you're coming in hot with your truth. Because your truth is only your truth because you don't know anything else outside of it. The real truth. I believe this word over my own emotions. I believe this word over my own opinions. I believe this word over what I think is, I deem to be true with the culture of this day. This is the inherent word of God. And that's why we say we are Bible immersed as a church. Bible immersed." ([00:10:19] (54 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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7. "And so when we say that we believe in God and we love God, like we have to know that we know what we're saying because we need to, as a nation, as a community, as a bride, step outside of what we see and look at the world as it is. There are so many lies in this world, but God is a God of truth. There is so much darkness in this world, but our God is a God of light. There's only two options. And don't believe the hype when people tell you there's a third, fourth, fifth option. You can. You can. You can have a great life if you do the... There's only two options. And the Bible is really clear. You say yes to God or you say yes to the world. And that's it. That's it." ([00:12:17] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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8. "And so today, I always say, am I, I ask myself a few questions every morning, am I doing the thing that God has called me to? I look at my calendar, how am I doing the thing? How is it reflected in my calendar today? Am I allowing myself to live a life that is completely aligned with my love for Christ? Because the battle really is raging. And there's only two sides. And guess what, it's not Republican and Democrat." ([00:28:21] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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9. "And so as a church, we are going to devote ourselves to three things. Living in excellence at the very best of our ability in the world, in our language, in our lifestyle, in our excellence in our workplaces, in our attitudes to the people different to us. We're going to commit to the way of Christ. And not to the way of the world. Why? Because we are salt and light. And God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, He wants exclusive rights to our hearts. Exclusive rights. He wants our allegiance. And he wants us, thirdly, to be on mission to the world." ([00:34:36] (54 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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10. "No matter how lost, no matter how broken the world feels. Fully engaged." ([00:35:34] (8 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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