Rebuilding Lives Through Honest Truth and God's Love
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Pete Scazzaro is one of my mentors. He has this phrase where he says the truth will set you free but first it will make you miserable. I mean, isn't that true? Like, anyone who's been on this journey of sobriety it's those first few days where it feels like that first day feels like an eternity. But if we can just string together enough days if we can just continue to live in the truth. Not to be so deluded about ourselves but to actually live the truth." [25:21]
2. "It's to get people rallied up, and to inspire people. But actually, he says, actually the first step of any kind of leader, and here's what Nehemiah does, is he's actually defining reality. He's actually able to assess, this is what really is. This is the pain and the predicament that we find ourselves in. Our place is in ruins. The fires have destroyed everything. This is where we are. Now again, I think this is something that I actually really appreciate. It's so different than what I would have expected, because I would expect Nehemiah to put on this happy face, to not bring down people's moods. But here he is, and he just examines, and he's taking an inventory of what is true and what is real." [08:12]
3. "Finally, after a couple months, I decided to just go to the area in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center was just to witness it and to pray and to see someone and to volunteer for different things. Different relief efforts that were happening down there. I remember upon getting out of the subway and going there for the first time, sections were sectioned off because the rubble was just so massive. I remember feeling so overwhelmed with grief and sadness. I think to actually witness the rubble, it was something altogether different to see what was happening there, to see how bad it really was." [04:24]
4. "Now, here's what I'd love for you to do. If you're not a Christian, here's what I believe. I believe you're going to read these 12 steps and be like, these are some powerful truths, if in fact they were embodied in someone's life. Now, if you are a Christian, here's what I think you'll be stunned by. You'll realize like, wow, I can see the Christian undertones for sure." [10:34]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Nehemiah, when he's in Jerusalem he's taking a fearless and searching inventory of what's happening. He examines what needs to be examined and look at what he says. He says, you see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and the gates have been burned with fire. He gives it to them straight. This is what he starts with. You know what I love about this? Look at what he says immediately after this. Now that we've admitted this let's rebuild. Let's rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and we will no longer be in disgrace. Let's rebuild what has been broken and ruined. Let's do this together. And together they said let us rebuild. Let us start rebuilding." [25:54]
2. "It's almost like the ruins are so bad that the only thing he can do is just give this honest assessment of like, hey, you all see it, we all see it. Let's basically define reality right now. This place is in shambles. It's in ruins. It's been destroyed by fire. Now, one of the things I really appreciate about kind of this report of the first thing that Nehemiah does when he enters into Jerusalem, and especially as New Yorkers, I think we appreciate this, right? He just gives it straight. He takes the time to examine. He's not going to sugarcoat anything. He's not going to put this bubble wrap around stuff and be like, hey, look at what God has given to us, this opportunity before us. He doesn't give this rallying cry to begin. Instead, what he does, is he begins to examine, he begins to assess, and he begins to define how bad it really is." [06:08]
3. "It's to get people rallied up, and to inspire people. But actually, he says, actually the first step of any kind of leader, and here's what Nehemiah does, is he's actually defining reality. He's actually able to assess, this is what really is. This is the pain and the predicament that we find ourselves in. Our place is in ruins. The fires have destroyed everything. This is where we are. Now again, I think this is something that I actually really appreciate. It's so different than what I would have expected, because I would expect Nehemiah to put on this happy face, to not bring down people's moods. But here he is, and he just examines, and he's taking an inventory of what is true and what is real." [08:12]
4. "It's to get people rallied up, and to inspire people. But actually, he says, actually the first step of any kind of leader, and here's what Nehemiah does, is he's actually defining reality. He's actually able to assess, this is what really is. This is the pain and the predicament that we find ourselves in. Our place is in ruins. The fires have destroyed everything. This is where we are. Now again, I think this is something that I actually really appreciate. It's so different than what I would have expected, because I would expect Nehemiah to put on this happy face, to not bring down people's moods. But here he is, and he just examines, and he's taking an inventory of what is true and what is real." [08:12]
5. "It's to get people rallied up, and to inspire people. But actually, he says, actually the first step of any kind of leader, and here's what Nehemiah does, is he's actually defining reality. He's actually able to assess, this is what really is. This is the pain and the predicament that we find ourselves in. Our place is in ruins. The fires have destroyed everything. This is where we are. Now again, I think this is something that I actually really appreciate. It's so different than what I would have expected, because I would expect Nehemiah to put on this happy face, to not bring down people's moods. But here he is, and he just examines, and he's taking an inventory of what is true and what is real." [08:12]
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1. "Pete Scazzaro is one of my mentors. He has this phrase where he says the truth will set you free but first it will make you miserable. I mean, isn't that true? Like, anyone who's been on this journey of sobriety it's those first few days where it feels like that first day feels like an eternity. But if we can just string together enough days if we can just continue to live in the truth. Not to be so deluded about ourselves but to actually live the truth." [25:21]
2. "It's to get people rallied up, and to inspire people. But actually, he says, actually the first step of any kind of leader, and here's what Nehemiah does, is he's actually defining reality. He's actually able to assess, this is what really is. This is the pain and the predicament that we find ourselves in. Our place is in ruins. The fires have destroyed everything. This is where we are. Now again, I think this is something that I actually really appreciate. It's so different than what I would have expected, because I would expect Nehemiah to put on this happy face, to not bring down people's moods. But here he is, and he just examines, and he's taking an inventory of what is true and what is real." [08:12]
3. "Finally, after a couple months, I decided to just go to the area in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center was just to witness it and to pray and to see someone and to volunteer for different things. Different relief efforts that were happening down there. I remember upon getting out of the subway and going there for the first time, sections were sectioned off because the rubble was just so massive. I remember feeling so overwhelmed with grief and sadness. I think to actually witness the rubble, it was something altogether different to see what was happening there, to see how bad it really was." [04:24]
4. "Now, here's what I'd love for you to do. If you're not a Christian, here's what I believe. I believe you're going to read these 12 steps and be like, these are some powerful truths, if in fact they were embodied in someone's life. Now, if you are a Christian, here's what I think you'll be stunned by. You'll realize like, wow, I can see the Christian undertones for sure." [10:34]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Nehemiah, when he's in Jerusalem he's taking a fearless and searching inventory of what's happening. He examines what needs to be examined and look at what he says. He says, you see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and the gates have been burned with fire. He gives it to them straight. This is what he starts with. You know what I love about this? Look at what he says immediately after this. Now that we've admitted this let's rebuild. Let's rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and we will no longer be in disgrace. Let's rebuild what has been broken and ruined. Let's do this together. And together they said let us rebuild. Let us start rebuilding." [25:54]
2. "It's almost like the ruins are so bad that the only thing he can do is just give this honest assessment of like, hey, you all see it, we all see it. Let's basically define reality right now. This place is in shambles. It's in ruins. It's been destroyed by fire. Now, one of the things I really appreciate about kind of this report of the first thing that Nehemiah does when he enters into Jerusalem, and especially as New Yorkers, I think we appreciate this, right? He just gives it straight. He takes the time to examine. He's not going to sugarcoat anything. He's not going to put this bubble wrap around stuff and be like, hey, look at what God has given to us, this opportunity before us. He doesn't give this rallying cry to begin. Instead, what he does, is he begins to examine, he begins to assess, and he begins to define how bad it really is." [06:08]
3. "It's to get people rallied up, and to inspire people. But actually, he says, actually the first step of any kind of leader, and here's what Nehemiah does, is he's actually defining reality. He's actually able to assess, this is what really is. This is the pain and the predicament that we find ourselves in. Our place is in ruins. The fires have destroyed everything. This is where we are. Now again, I think this is something that I actually really appreciate. It's so different than what I would have expected, because I would expect Nehemiah to put on this happy face, to not bring down people's moods. But here he is, and he just examines, and he's taking an inventory of what is true and what is real." [08:12]
4. "It's to get people rallied up, and to inspire people. But actually, he says, actually the first step of any kind of leader, and here's what Nehemiah does, is he's actually defining reality. He's actually able to assess, this is what really is. This is the pain and the predicament that we find ourselves in. Our place is in ruins. The fires have destroyed everything. This is where we are. Now again, I think this is something that I actually really appreciate. It's so different than what I would have expected, because I would expect Nehemiah to put on this happy face, to not bring down people's moods. But here he is, and he just examines, and he's taking an inventory of what is true and what is real." [08:12]
5. "It's to get people rallied up, and to inspire people. But actually, he says, actually the first step of any kind of leader, and here's what Nehemiah does, is he's actually defining reality. He's actually able to assess, this is what really is. This is the pain and the predicament that we find ourselves in. Our place is in ruins. The fires have destroyed everything. This is where we are. Now again, I think this is something that I actually really appreciate. It's so different than what I would have expected, because I would expect Nehemiah to put on this happy face, to not bring down people's moods. But here he is, and he just examines, and he's taking an inventory of what is true and what is real." [08:12]
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