Overcoming Inadequacy: Embracing God's Call and Strength
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Hey Collective Church, how's it going? Pastor Alberto here, and we are so grateful that you made the decision to tune in. And hopefully if you're watching this and you're a part of the Collective Church, that you are one of our Connect Group viewing parties. Come on, if you're at a Connect Group viewing party, why don't you go ahead and give ourselves a round of applause right there where you're at. We're going to wait until you do it. But hey, we're so glad that you are at one of those parties if you are. And if you're not, hey, we're just so grateful that you're tuning in. And you made the decision to watch with us today. So whether you're watching at home or you're on the road, and if you're on the road, I hope you're keeping your hands on the steering wheel. But we're just so grateful you made the decision to tune in." [15:03]
2. "Have you ever felt like you weren't good enough to do whatever it is? Maybe it is that you've tried to do, whether it's sports, whether cooking, whether crocheting. I don't know. But have you ever felt like you're not good enough? We're going to look at a story of a man who felt that way as the Lord appeared to him and wanted to use him to do great things. But yet he found himself in a place where he didn't feel like he was good enough to be used." [15:48]
3. "I think a lot of us struggle with perspective of ourselves. I think a lot of you struggle to see yourselves the way that God sees you. I think there's a lot of you who are watching that you don't feel worthy of God's love. You don't feel worthy of his affection. You don't feel worthy to be used. You don't even feel like you're good enough to be able to do what you're currently doing now. Maybe you don't feel like you're good enough to be a husband, good enough to be a wife, good enough to be a business owner, good enough to be an employee, whatever it is, good enough to be in ministry. And the reality is often all of that are lies from the enemy." [21:45]
4. "Words hurt, man. Words mark us. How many of you remember being a child in the playground? And if I grew up in the era of your mama jokes, and there was like a book on mama jokes, like everything was your mama this, your mama that, right? I'm not going to say your mama joke because I want you to stay at the collective church. But I remember if somebody would say something, you would say, well, I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you. How many of you guys know that that was a bunch of caca? Like words truly hurt. The Bible says that words, our tongue has the power of life or death. We can speak life over someone, or we can speak death over someone." [30:35]
5. "Perspective is related to experience. For example, I was a server at Olive Garden. You know, at the collective church when we say hey, you're here, your family, that's just one of the things that I just picked up from Olive Garden at the age of 20, that and breadsticks. But after working at Olive Garden, man, after dealing with people in the restaurant industry, more so just watching the food be cooked and there's no gross practices, but just seeing that all day and just being around that all day and just the stuff that I experienced, I'm like, I didn't eat Olive Garden for like 10 years." [24:26]
### Quotes for Members
1. "You even struggle to view yourselves through that lens of love and because you're walking in condemnation. You've allowed your sin to identify you. You've allowed your past to mark you and you feel that there's no way that God could ever love you. Even right now, you're in a situation where you're not right now. Even though you made a mistake last night, you made a mistake two nights ago, you made a mistake a week ago. Oftentimes, if we're not careful, instead of allowing the conviction of the Holy Spirit to lead us to repentance, we allow the condemnation of the enemy to pull us away from the love of God." [31:51]
2. "Think about good things. Think about pleasant things. Think about right things. Think about pure things. Think about lovely things. Praise God and be glad. That's how we should live our lives. It doesn't mean that you walk around like the super optimist that you never think that anything negative is going to happen. It's like you're going through the storm. Life is great. Stop lying. But it just means that we change the way we view our problems, the way we view others, the way we view God, and the way we view others being our problems." [34:43]
3. "Our God, He chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. He chooses the things that people cast off, and the less stands, and the have-nots, and the don't-wants, and He chooses the bad news bears. And those are the ones He chooses because those are the ones that He can get the most glory in. That's the ones that He can put back together and that they can give Him the credit because He doesn't want people that are going to take the credit for themselves. He wants people that are going to take the credit for what He's doing in their lives." [36:02]
4. "Make sure you choose your circle carefully. All right, rebrand our thoughts, rebrand our perspective. But then make sure that you're surrounding yourself with the right group of people. See, as Gideon was going to go to war, God said to Gideon, I'm not going to read the text, but it's in Judges chapter 7, verse 4 through 7. He said, hey, Gideon, you have too many people. To make it even worse, Gideon, you're the least, your tribe is the least, you're the least in your tribe, and you have too many people to fight with." [37:24]
5. "The men who took the water in their hands and lapped it like a dog, they were looking up, and they were looking around for the enemy. They were making sure that everybody was okay. They didn't want to put their hand down in distraction. They were concerned not just about themselves, but about the affairs of the army. The ones that put their hands and knees on the ground and just drank the water were only concerned about quenching their thirst in that moment. They weren't concerned about the greater good of the people or even Gideon. And God said, I can't let those people go with you because those people really aren't for you. They're for themselves." [38:38]
6. "Jesus was limited in what he could do because his circle was limiting him. Make sure you surround yourself with a group of people that see the best in themselves, see the best in you. People that are going to encourage you beyond where they're at. People that are going to push you forward. People that are going to champion you when you do better than them. Because it's not just what you do. It's what you do. It's what you do. It's what you're taking in and reading and listening to. It's who you're surrounding yourself with." [41:04]
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1. "Hey Collective Church, how's it going? Pastor Alberto here, and we are so grateful that you made the decision to tune in. And hopefully if you're watching this and you're a part of the Collective Church, that you are one of our Connect Group viewing parties. Come on, if you're at a Connect Group viewing party, why don't you go ahead and give ourselves a round of applause right there where you're at. We're going to wait until you do it. But hey, we're so glad that you are at one of those parties if you are. And if you're not, hey, we're just so grateful that you're tuning in. And you made the decision to watch with us today. So whether you're watching at home or you're on the road, and if you're on the road, I hope you're keeping your hands on the steering wheel. But we're just so grateful you made the decision to tune in." [15:03]
2. "Have you ever felt like you weren't good enough to do whatever it is? Maybe it is that you've tried to do, whether it's sports, whether cooking, whether crocheting. I don't know. But have you ever felt like you're not good enough? We're going to look at a story of a man who felt that way as the Lord appeared to him and wanted to use him to do great things. But yet he found himself in a place where he didn't feel like he was good enough to be used." [15:48]
3. "I think a lot of us struggle with perspective of ourselves. I think a lot of you struggle to see yourselves the way that God sees you. I think there's a lot of you who are watching that you don't feel worthy of God's love. You don't feel worthy of his affection. You don't feel worthy to be used. You don't even feel like you're good enough to be able to do what you're currently doing now. Maybe you don't feel like you're good enough to be a husband, good enough to be a wife, good enough to be a business owner, good enough to be an employee, whatever it is, good enough to be in ministry. And the reality is often all of that are lies from the enemy." [21:45]
4. "Words hurt, man. Words mark us. How many of you remember being a child in the playground? And if I grew up in the era of your mama jokes, and there was like a book on mama jokes, like everything was your mama this, your mama that, right? I'm not going to say your mama joke because I want you to stay at the collective church. But I remember if somebody would say something, you would say, well, I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you. How many of you guys know that that was a bunch of caca? Like words truly hurt. The Bible says that words, our tongue has the power of life or death. We can speak life over someone, or we can speak death over someone." [30:35]
5. "Perspective is related to experience. For example, I was a server at Olive Garden. You know, at the collective church when we say hey, you're here, your family, that's just one of the things that I just picked up from Olive Garden at the age of 20, that and breadsticks. But after working at Olive Garden, man, after dealing with people in the restaurant industry, more so just watching the food be cooked and there's no gross practices, but just seeing that all day and just being around that all day and just the stuff that I experienced, I'm like, I didn't eat Olive Garden for like 10 years." [24:26]
### Quotes for Members
1. "You even struggle to view yourselves through that lens of love and because you're walking in condemnation. You've allowed your sin to identify you. You've allowed your past to mark you and you feel that there's no way that God could ever love you. Even right now, you're in a situation where you're not right now. Even though you made a mistake last night, you made a mistake two nights ago, you made a mistake a week ago. Oftentimes, if we're not careful, instead of allowing the conviction of the Holy Spirit to lead us to repentance, we allow the condemnation of the enemy to pull us away from the love of God." [31:51]
2. "Think about good things. Think about pleasant things. Think about right things. Think about pure things. Think about lovely things. Praise God and be glad. That's how we should live our lives. It doesn't mean that you walk around like the super optimist that you never think that anything negative is going to happen. It's like you're going through the storm. Life is great. Stop lying. But it just means that we change the way we view our problems, the way we view others, the way we view God, and the way we view others being our problems." [34:43]
3. "Our God, He chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. He chooses the things that people cast off, and the less stands, and the have-nots, and the don't-wants, and He chooses the bad news bears. And those are the ones He chooses because those are the ones that He can get the most glory in. That's the ones that He can put back together and that they can give Him the credit because He doesn't want people that are going to take the credit for themselves. He wants people that are going to take the credit for what He's doing in their lives." [36:02]
4. "Make sure you choose your circle carefully. All right, rebrand our thoughts, rebrand our perspective. But then make sure that you're surrounding yourself with the right group of people. See, as Gideon was going to go to war, God said to Gideon, I'm not going to read the text, but it's in Judges chapter 7, verse 4 through 7. He said, hey, Gideon, you have too many people. To make it even worse, Gideon, you're the least, your tribe is the least, you're the least in your tribe, and you have too many people to fight with." [37:24]
5. "The men who took the water in their hands and lapped it like a dog, they were looking up, and they were looking around for the enemy. They were making sure that everybody was okay. They didn't want to put their hand down in distraction. They were concerned not just about themselves, but about the affairs of the army. The ones that put their hands and knees on the ground and just drank the water were only concerned about quenching their thirst in that moment. They weren't concerned about the greater good of the people or even Gideon. And God said, I can't let those people go with you because those people really aren't for you. They're for themselves." [38:38]
6. "Jesus was limited in what he could do because his circle was limiting him. Make sure you surround yourself with a group of people that see the best in themselves, see the best in you. People that are going to encourage you beyond where they're at. People that are going to push you forward. People that are going to champion you when you do better than them. Because it's not just what you do. It's what you do. It's what you do. It's what you're taking in and reading and listening to. It's who you're surrounding yourself with." [41:04]
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