Living Transformed: Embracing God's Presence and Purpose
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Maybe you're in the room and you struggle deeply with depression, deeply with anxiety. And maybe medication is needed for a time. Or maybe there's a chemical imbalance. You need to see a counselor. And we have all these resources. Pastor Jesse will talk about that. You know, last summer we did a 10-week mental health campaign. But you know what every mound of research is showing now? Not just Christians. Every secular study and statistic is showing that the number one holistic, cure to depression is purpose. The greatest cure for I don't want to wake up in the morning is a reason to wake up in the morning." [55:47]
2. "See, you know one of the most beautiful things about God's word? It's filled with so much supernatural wisdom that even if you don't believe in God, if you apply the principles of God, it will make your life elevated. There are people that don't believe in God that apply the book of Proverbs to their life. I mean, even if you don't believe in science. It's not going to affect your relationship with gravity. I mean, principles are principles. They work, whether you believe in them or not. And one of the confusing things to people, but one of the most powerful things about life is even if you don't believe in God, if you apply the principles of God that are time-tested and are stood the test of time, it will make your life better. If you apply the principles of God, it will make you succeed. But only the presence of God will make you stand out." [58:16]
3. "I want you to think about it. This group of 11 ragtag disciples, they were not. They were not schooled. They were not educated. They had no political clout. They had no influence. They had not a lot of social media followers. They didn't have a lot going for them. But scripture says in the course of a few years, they turned the world upside down. How? They had power. They had the presence of God marking them." [01:03:39]
4. "When the spirit of God moves, here's how you can know. You don't make less room for people, you make more room for people. I love the fact that when the spirit of God moved, they weren't exclusive and they weren't prejudiced, but people from every tribe, every tongue, every nation, every background, every ethnicity, people that knew God, people that didn't know God, people that were crazy and people that were normal, people with no church background and somebody that may be sitting, like, in this room today thinking, I am the worst of the worst, you don't know what I've done. But when the spirit of God moves, it moved towards all of humanity, not a few religious elites." [01:07:34]
### Quotes for Members
1. "No matter how screwed up you may feel, the pen, as long as you're breathing, is still in your hand to write a different ending. By the power of God. By the power of God. See, there are some things that God has sovereignly decided will happen. They're already set. But when it comes to your future, I heard somebody say it this way. There are some things God has set. Your future isn't set. But if you're a follower of Jesus, it is set up. You have all of heaven leveraged in your favor. The only question is, will you step into what God has set up for you?" [01:17:47]
2. "What you need is not more rest. What you need is to fully engage with life again. What you need is to step back into purpose. What you need is a reason to get up in the morning. What you need is to activate the gifts. God has put on your life and in your life and go serve the world and make a difference. And when you do the thing you least feel like doing the energy is going to return and your zest for life is going to come back. And there is not a lot of purpose that comes from putting. Blood moon charts up. Up on the wall. But there's a lot of purpose that comes when you realize I've been a witness to the greatest news that the world has ever heard. And with that news weighing on my soul, I'm going to step into the world with a smile and love and faith and change the spirit of every room I walk into. It marks you with a deep purpose." [56:36]
3. "When the Spirit of God marks you as a witness, you are marked with a unique perspective, a unique perspective. See, the reason that somebody is asked to be on a witness stand is because they've seen something that few people have seen. The reason they're asked to testify is because they've caught a glimpse of something that is real. And so they're put on a stand to talk about it. And I think one of the most beautiful things that can actually happen, this is what happened to Peter. I mean, think about this. Peter was around Jesus for years. But remember the moment, there was a moment where all of a sudden, even though he'd been in church for years, Peter's eyes were open. And he said, wow, I get it now. You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus said, flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father has revealed this to you. He caught a perspective." [51:42]
4. "And so he tells them, it's not for you to know the times and seasons, but you will receive. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses. And I just got to be honest. I know I'm not supposed to say this, but that word witnesses, to me, makes the verse a little anticlimactic. Because the rest of the verse is so epic, right? You're going to receive power. To the ends of the earth, you're going to do this thing. But maybe it's just growing up. Anybody else like me, I just got to be honest, when I hear the word witnesses, I just, like I picture going door to door, like, do you know if you die today? Like, that's what I picture. I'm like, that. I don't know. I'm not down for that. I mean, thank God for them." [45:17]
5. "And so he says this to the disciples, and their reaction is hilarious, as it often is, when he says, I'm going to fill you with the Holy Spirit. It says, so when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom? I've said this before, but I just think this is us so often, isn't it? That we keep trying to change the topic. We keep trying to change the topic of the conversation God wants to have to the conversation we want to have. And have you ever felt like, maybe you feel like this now, like I don't know what your faith background is, but you ever feel like you hear like a really spiritual talk, and you're like, that sounds awesome, but how does this actually apply to the pain that I'm walking through? How does this actually apply to what I'm going through? And so the disciples are like, Jesus, that sounds awesome, but when will you restore the kingdom in Israel?" [39:49]
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1. "Maybe you're in the room and you struggle deeply with depression, deeply with anxiety. And maybe medication is needed for a time. Or maybe there's a chemical imbalance. You need to see a counselor. And we have all these resources. Pastor Jesse will talk about that. You know, last summer we did a 10-week mental health campaign. But you know what every mound of research is showing now? Not just Christians. Every secular study and statistic is showing that the number one holistic, cure to depression is purpose. The greatest cure for I don't want to wake up in the morning is a reason to wake up in the morning." [55:47]
2. "See, you know one of the most beautiful things about God's word? It's filled with so much supernatural wisdom that even if you don't believe in God, if you apply the principles of God, it will make your life elevated. There are people that don't believe in God that apply the book of Proverbs to their life. I mean, even if you don't believe in science. It's not going to affect your relationship with gravity. I mean, principles are principles. They work, whether you believe in them or not. And one of the confusing things to people, but one of the most powerful things about life is even if you don't believe in God, if you apply the principles of God that are time-tested and are stood the test of time, it will make your life better. If you apply the principles of God, it will make you succeed. But only the presence of God will make you stand out." [58:16]
3. "I want you to think about it. This group of 11 ragtag disciples, they were not. They were not schooled. They were not educated. They had no political clout. They had no influence. They had not a lot of social media followers. They didn't have a lot going for them. But scripture says in the course of a few years, they turned the world upside down. How? They had power. They had the presence of God marking them." [01:03:39]
4. "When the spirit of God moves, here's how you can know. You don't make less room for people, you make more room for people. I love the fact that when the spirit of God moved, they weren't exclusive and they weren't prejudiced, but people from every tribe, every tongue, every nation, every background, every ethnicity, people that knew God, people that didn't know God, people that were crazy and people that were normal, people with no church background and somebody that may be sitting, like, in this room today thinking, I am the worst of the worst, you don't know what I've done. But when the spirit of God moves, it moved towards all of humanity, not a few religious elites." [01:07:34]
### Quotes for Members
1. "No matter how screwed up you may feel, the pen, as long as you're breathing, is still in your hand to write a different ending. By the power of God. By the power of God. See, there are some things that God has sovereignly decided will happen. They're already set. But when it comes to your future, I heard somebody say it this way. There are some things God has set. Your future isn't set. But if you're a follower of Jesus, it is set up. You have all of heaven leveraged in your favor. The only question is, will you step into what God has set up for you?" [01:17:47]
2. "What you need is not more rest. What you need is to fully engage with life again. What you need is to step back into purpose. What you need is a reason to get up in the morning. What you need is to activate the gifts. God has put on your life and in your life and go serve the world and make a difference. And when you do the thing you least feel like doing the energy is going to return and your zest for life is going to come back. And there is not a lot of purpose that comes from putting. Blood moon charts up. Up on the wall. But there's a lot of purpose that comes when you realize I've been a witness to the greatest news that the world has ever heard. And with that news weighing on my soul, I'm going to step into the world with a smile and love and faith and change the spirit of every room I walk into. It marks you with a deep purpose." [56:36]
3. "When the Spirit of God marks you as a witness, you are marked with a unique perspective, a unique perspective. See, the reason that somebody is asked to be on a witness stand is because they've seen something that few people have seen. The reason they're asked to testify is because they've caught a glimpse of something that is real. And so they're put on a stand to talk about it. And I think one of the most beautiful things that can actually happen, this is what happened to Peter. I mean, think about this. Peter was around Jesus for years. But remember the moment, there was a moment where all of a sudden, even though he'd been in church for years, Peter's eyes were open. And he said, wow, I get it now. You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus said, flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father has revealed this to you. He caught a perspective." [51:42]
4. "And so he tells them, it's not for you to know the times and seasons, but you will receive. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses. And I just got to be honest. I know I'm not supposed to say this, but that word witnesses, to me, makes the verse a little anticlimactic. Because the rest of the verse is so epic, right? You're going to receive power. To the ends of the earth, you're going to do this thing. But maybe it's just growing up. Anybody else like me, I just got to be honest, when I hear the word witnesses, I just, like I picture going door to door, like, do you know if you die today? Like, that's what I picture. I'm like, that. I don't know. I'm not down for that. I mean, thank God for them." [45:17]
5. "And so he says this to the disciples, and their reaction is hilarious, as it often is, when he says, I'm going to fill you with the Holy Spirit. It says, so when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom? I've said this before, but I just think this is us so often, isn't it? That we keep trying to change the topic. We keep trying to change the topic of the conversation God wants to have to the conversation we want to have. And have you ever felt like, maybe you feel like this now, like I don't know what your faith background is, but you ever feel like you hear like a really spiritual talk, and you're like, that sounds awesome, but how does this actually apply to the pain that I'm walking through? How does this actually apply to what I'm going through? And so the disciples are like, Jesus, that sounds awesome, but when will you restore the kingdom in Israel?" [39:49]
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