Sowing Seeds of Spirit for Community Growth

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "Every strength, and every single one of us have strengths and gifts and abilities, but every strength can also be a weakness. And so one of my strengths, I think, is I'm a pretty forward-facing person. I don't spend a lot of time looking in the rearview mirror. I'm always kind of looking, what next, what is God calling us to? What's the next project we're gonna work on? What's the next hill we need to climb? Like, how can we just be faithful to what God's calling us to do? Which also can be a weakness that I often don't take time to pause and to celebrate, right? Because I'm just looking at what's next, and God's been kind of working on that in my own life of just like, hey, sometimes we gotta pause and we gotta celebrate, and then we can get back to work." [18:10] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "So if we kind of like boil this down or try to reduce it to the simplest truths, in chapters one to three, what Paul argues is that you and I are made right with God through God. Through Christ alone, right? He's gonna use this way, it's by grace, through faith in Christ alone that if we add anything to the Gospel, if it's Jesus plus, it's worthless. It's Jesus only. Like Jesus is the way, he is the truth, he is the life and nobody gets to the Father except through him. So when Jesus goes to the cross in our place for our sin as the perfect sacrifice, when Jesus says, it is finished, he means, finished. It's not Jesus plus, it's Jesus and that's enough." [26:02] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "What we sow into our lives, we eventually will reap. Okay, now, one of the things, we'll get this, right, because of the area we live in. One of the things I love about Belvedere and Boone County is that we're kind of wedged. We're this dynamic, weird thing, right? We're wedged between rural and between kind of an urban city environment. Here's what I mean. In Belvedere, you can get Starbucks. Walmart. Okay, you can go, you can grab, like, Panera out at the Overpass, if that's your thing. You can grab a cab here. Like, you can get on city transportation here. I can be at an Ice Hogs game or catch a concert within 15 minutes, right? But I can also be in the middle of nowhere in 10." [35:19] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "What Paul is saying here is that when we sow in the spirit in this life, we get eternal life. Not the length of time, but the quality of time. That we can actually experience the life that Jesus wants for us today. That we don't have to wait till heaven than to experience some things. We can actually begin to experience Jesus. We can experience the kingdom. We can experience the Holy Spirit now." [40:09] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "The church is still a place where lives are changed by Jesus and disciples are made. The church is people that scatter, but they come together where Jesus is worshiped, the Holy Spirit is present, the hope of the world is found, and we still are, as a local church, God's plan A to reach our community and the world with the good news of the gospel. And what we do individually and corporately transcends death. You ever thought about that? What we do matters for eternity." [01:22:01] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "What Paul does as we get into chapter six is he almost changes the subject completely. Like last week we were talking about the fruit of the Spirit that if you follow the flesh what you get is the flesh but if you follow the Spirit what you get is the fruit of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, self-control, these things, there is no law, right? You've never met anybody and said, man, this guy is just so nice, somebody should do something about it. This person is just so good and so kind and so faithful. What a jerk. I mean, no, you've never had that conversation because it's the law of Jesus. We're becoming like Jesus, that Jesus is these things and he became these things and now he gives us these things so that we can become more like him." [28:15] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "What you sow continually and purposefully and over and over again in our lives, we will one day reap. And that's what Paul's going to say. That's what we're going to do. day reap those things. Now, Paul goes with this theme that he's been talking about, and he goes, hey, church, here's the deal. If you sow the flesh, you will one day harvest the flesh. And he's like, don't think you can outsmart God on this. Like, I know you're smart, I know you're tricky, but here's the thing, like, you can't fool God. Like, you can't sow into the flesh and then one day go, aha, God, I'm going to get the Spirit. He goes, God can't be mocked. What you sow, you reap. He goes, oh, by the way, if you sow with the Spirit, what you will eventually harvest is the fruit of the Spirit." [37:19] (52 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "How do we build a spirit-filled community? And here's where he starts. Don't get tired. Like, don't get weary. Because it's gonna cost you something. Like, there's gonna be times you're like, man, it's work, and it is work. And here's his encouragement, but you're sowing and you're reaping, and in due season, when's due season? When God wills, he also guarantees that there will be a harvest. And whenever you, whenever I, when we use our lives to sow into the kingdom of God, we are guaranteed that the God who is the God of the harvest guarantees a harvest. Which means this, the things that you and I give up, because it will require sacrifice, are not nearly as good as the reward that we will receive from Jesus." [52:27] (57 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "The next thing he says is this, is like, stop what you're doing. Don't deceive yourself any longer. Like, one of the things we need to sow into our personal lives and sow into our church is denying self-deception. Galatians 6, verse three to five. For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each person test his own work and then his reasonings. The reason to boast will be himself alone and not his neighbor, for each will have to bear his own load. Paul's like, listen, the Holy Spirit will always call you to be a servant, not a judge." [01:09:07] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "So here's the invitation. Don't just go to church here, be the church. Like, just don't attend here. Sow into the life of the body these things so that together we can see the harvest. Now, listen, some of you are here. You're checking it out. You're new. You're getting a feel. Some of you are even just trying to get a feel. Is this a right fit? Some of you, I know, are recovering from church here, but here's the thing. You're all welcome here, and we love you to do that for a season, but if you really want to call redemption home, I would invite you to join in the work of making and keeping Redemption Church a great church. A spirit-filled church that honors Jesus. A place where people feel loved and cared for." [01:23:33] (54 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)