Tabitha: A Testament of Faith and Service

"We all know that sickness can be incredibly painful and debilitating. It can change and shape your entire life, and sometimes it doesn't feel fair that someone that is doing so much good, and yet here she is, sick. You ever been in those moments as a reminder that sometimes you can do a lot of good, but even in the midst of your good, doesn't mean you won't have challenges in your life." [00:10:01] (29 seconds) Edit Clip


"Sometimes you gotta believe it even though you haven't seen it yet you gotta have enough confidence in god even if nobody else believes you you gotta say listen i don't care if you get it or not but right here where i am in my life i just gotta believe god forward even though i haven't seen it and i gotta trust him for what he's going to do don't bury me yet god ain't done with me yet don't bury me yet you ain't seen what he's gonna do don't bury me yet because you don't know my story don't bury me yet and they they have enough faith to say we don't know how it's all gonna work out but they're believing god to say let's just see what god does so they go and send for peter who was near nearby town and when peter hears about it peter comes parenthetically it's interesting to me that peter is only about three hours away from them i believe it's just evidence that sometimes god can make sure you're in the right place at the right the right time for the right person to get to you i know what i'm talking about because some of you you" [00:17:49] (77 seconds) Edit Clip


"God for what they had not seen before they had a faith in God that we're not gonna bury her yet we could but let's not bury her yet because we just maybe believe that God could resurrect her from the dead sometimes in your life you've got to be careful about burying things too fast because you don't know what God can do these disciples have never seen it before but they have enough faith to say let's wait a little while because maybe if we get Peter here he can change through God's power this whole situation be careful my friends about burying things too fast because you don't know what God is going to do if you give God a chance he just might blow your mind I know you haven't seen it before I know you don't even know how it's gonna work out but be careful about burying things too fast we were in Scottsdale Arizona vacation with some friends around January February time when we went there we took a tour of a local city and while we were touring this city on that area was a vineyard went to the vineyard when we got to the vineyard you saw row after row after vine but everything looked dead it was gray it looked brittle it looked broken and we said to the tour guide said listen this it's not dead it's not dead it's it's dormant" [00:13:16] (115 seconds) Edit Clip


"She understood that to follow Jesus meant you had to follow in serving other people. that your life and my life is not fully complete until we learn how to serve and impact other people. One, Jesus put it this way, what profits you to gain the whole world but to lose your soul? I don't care how successful you may think you are, unless some portion of your life is spent giving back to others, impacting others, you've missed the whole purpose of life." [00:05:00] (34 seconds) Edit Clip


"This woman's heart for the widows, which represented the marginalized and oppressed, she has a heart for them because this is exactly how Jesus ministered his life. Jesus showed us this throughout his ministry. He was always hanging out with sinners. He was always healing those that were ill. He was always with those that were looked over and looked out for him. He had a ministry to them. And friends, guess what? That's the same thing that God has called us to. Jesus and justice goes together. Talk about justice. There's a scale on which justice, a continuum of what justice looks like. On one side, it's awareness and education. It's getting informed on the inequities and the disparities that exist in our communities. It's dialogue and relationships. It's charity, volunteering, donating. It's advocacy and policy change. It's community organizing and movement building. It's systemic and structural change. All of these represent how our faith ought to show up in the public square. It's not enough just to worship God on Sunday, but not work to advocate for change in our community Monday through Friday. Our faith has to show up in the city. And God wants to use each of us to make a difference in that way. That's why as a church, we've identified five key areas that we feel are crucial to us making an impact in our city and beyond. Civic engagement, mental health and health, economic empowerment, education, and aging well. We've been involved in these areas, and we continue to be involved in these areas because we believe our faith doesn't end on Sunday, but it also ought to impact the city. That's not just what we say. That's not just what we say." [00:05:47] (108 seconds) Edit Clip


"Peter gets in that room. Peter says, I love all y 'all, I appreciate you guys. But y 'all got to get up out this room, everybody out. Everybody out. He starts moving everybody out the room. Right there in the text, he clears the room. He clears the room. He moves all of them out the room. He says, everybody got to go. It is reminiscent of Matthew 5, verse 40. When Jesus is healing Jairus' daughter and all of the mourners and other people are in that room, and when Jesus gets in that room, he moves everybody out of the room. He moves them all out the room. And he says, no, I don't want anybody in here. In that moment, it was Jairus and his wife and his three disciples said, that's all I want. He cleared out the room. In this case, Peter clears the whole room out." [00:22:55] (50 seconds) Edit Clip


"Sometimes you gotta believe it even though you haven't seen it yet you gotta have enough confidence in god even if nobody else believes you you gotta say listen i don't care if you get it or not but right here where i am in my life i just gotta believe god forward even though i haven't seen it and i gotta trust him for what he's going to do don't bury me yet god ain't done with me yet don't bury me yet you ain't seen what he's gonna do don't bury me yet because you don't know my story don't bury me yet and they they have enough faith to say we don't know how it's all gonna work out but they're believing god to say let's just see what god does so they go and send for peter who was near nearby town and when peter hears about it peter comes parenthetically it's interesting to me that peter is only about three hours away from them i believe it's just evidence that sometimes god can make sure you're in the right place at the right the right time for the right person to get to you i know what i'm talking about because some of you you" [00:17:49] (77 seconds) Edit Clip


"God for what they had not seen before they had a faith in God that we're not gonna bury her yet we could but let's not bury her yet because we just maybe believe that God could resurrect her from the dead sometimes in your life you've got to be careful about burying things too fast because you don't know what God can do these disciples have never seen it before but they have enough faith to say let's wait a little while because maybe if we get Peter here he can change through God's power this whole situation be careful my friends about burying things too fast because you don't know what God is going to do if you give God a chance he just might blow your mind I know you haven't seen it before I know you don't even know how it's gonna work out but be careful about burying things too fast we were in Scottsdale Arizona vacation with some friends around January February time when we went there we took a tour of a local city and while we were touring this city on that area was a vineyard went to the vineyard when we got to the vineyard you saw row after row after vine but everything looked dead it was gray it looked brittle it looked broken and we said to the tour guide said listen this it's not dead it's not dead it's it's dormant" [00:13:16] (115 seconds) Edit Clip


"She understood that to follow Jesus meant you had to follow in serving other people. that your life and my life is not fully complete until we learn how to serve and impact other people. One, Jesus put it this way, what profits you to gain the whole world but to lose your soul? I don't care how successful you may think you are, unless some portion of your life is spent giving back to others, impacting others, you've missed the whole purpose of life." [00:05:00] (34 seconds) Edit Clip


"This woman's heart for the widows, which represented the marginalized and oppressed, she has a heart for them because this is exactly how Jesus ministered his life. Jesus showed us this throughout his ministry. He was always hanging out with sinners. He was always healing those that were ill. He was always with those that were looked over and looked out for him. He had a ministry to them. And friends, guess what? That's the same thing that God has called us to. Jesus and justice goes together. Talk about justice. There's a scale on which justice, a continuum of what justice looks like. On one side, it's awareness and education. It's getting informed on the inequities and the disparities that exist in our communities. It's dialogue and relationships. It's charity, volunteering, donating. It's advocacy and policy change. It's community organizing and movement building. It's systemic and structural change. All of these represent how our faith ought to show up in the public square. It's not enough just to worship God on Sunday, but not work to advocate for change in our community Monday through Friday. Our faith has to show up in the city. And God wants to use each of us to make a difference in that way. That's why as a church, we've identified five key areas that we feel are crucial to us making an impact in our city and beyond. Civic engagement, mental health and health, economic empowerment, education, and aging well. We've been involved in these areas, and we continue to be involved in these areas because we believe our faith doesn't end on Sunday, but it also ought to impact the city. That's not just what we say. That's not just what we say." [00:05:47] (108 seconds) Edit Clip


"Peter gets in that room. Peter says, I love all y 'all, I appreciate you guys. But y 'all got to get up out this room, everybody out. Everybody out. He starts moving everybody out the room. Right there in the text, he clears the room. He clears the room. He moves all of them out the room. He says, everybody got to go. It is reminiscent of Matthew 5, verse 40. When Jesus is healing Jairus' daughter and all of the mourners and other people are in that room, and when Jesus gets in that room, he moves everybody out of the room. He moves them all out the room. And he says, no, I don't want anybody in here. In that moment, it was Jairus and his wife and his three disciples said, that's all I want. He cleared out the room. In this case, Peter clears the whole room out." [00:22:55] (50 seconds) Edit Clip


"Sometimes you gotta believe it even though you haven't seen it yet you gotta have enough confidence in god even if nobody else believes you you gotta say listen i don't care if you get it or not but right here where i am in my life i just gotta believe god forward even though i haven't seen it and i gotta trust him for what he's going to do don't bury me yet god ain't done with me yet don't bury me yet you ain't seen what he's gonna do don't bury me yet because you don't know my story don't bury me yet and they they have enough faith to say we don't know how it's all gonna work out but they're believing god to say let's just see what god does so they go and send for peter who was near nearby town and when peter hears about it peter comes parenthetically it's interesting to me that peter is only about three hours away from them i believe it's just evidence that sometimes god can make sure you're in the right place at the right the right time for the right person to get to you i know what i'm talking about because some of you you" [00:17:49] (77 seconds) Edit Clip


"God for what they had not seen before they had a faith in God that we're not gonna bury her yet we could but let's not bury her yet because we just maybe believe that God could resurrect her from the dead sometimes in your life you've got to be careful about burying things too fast because you don't know what God can do these disciples have never seen it before but they have enough faith to say let's wait a little while because maybe if we get Peter here he can change through God's power this whole situation be careful my friends about burying things too fast because you don't know what God is going to do if you give God a chance he just might blow your mind I know you haven't seen it before I know you don't even know how it's gonna work out but be careful about burying things too fast we were in Scottsdale Arizona vacation with some friends around January February time when we went there we took a tour of a local city and while we were touring this city on that area was a vineyard went to the vineyard when we got to the vineyard you saw row after row after vine but everything looked dead it was gray it looked brittle it looked broken and we said to the tour guide said listen this it's not dead it's not dead it's it's dormant" [00:13:16] (115 seconds) Edit Clip


"She understood that to follow Jesus meant you had to follow in serving other people. that your life and my life is not fully complete until we learn how to serve and impact other people. One, Jesus put it this way, what profits you to gain the whole world but to lose your soul? I don't care how successful you may think you are, unless some portion of your life is spent giving back to others, impacting others, you've missed the whole purpose of life." [00:05:00] (34 seconds) Edit Clip


"This woman's heart for the widows, which represented the marginalized and oppressed, she has a heart for them because this is exactly how Jesus ministered his life. Jesus showed us this throughout his ministry. He was always hanging out with sinners. He was always healing those that were ill. He was always with those that were looked over and looked out for him. He had a ministry to them. And friends, guess what? That's the same thing that God has called us to. Jesus and justice goes together. Talk about justice. There's a scale on which justice, a continuum of what justice looks like. On one side, it's awareness and education. It's getting informed on the inequities and the disparities that exist in our communities. It's dialogue and relationships. It's charity, volunteering, donating. It's advocacy and policy change. It's community organizing and movement building. It's systemic and structural change. All of these represent how our faith ought to show up in the public square. It's not enough just to worship God on Sunday, but not work to advocate for change in our community Monday through Friday. Our faith has to show up in the city. And God wants to use each of us to make a difference in that way. That's why as a church, we've identified five key areas that we feel are crucial to us making an impact in our city and beyond. Civic engagement, mental health and health, economic empowerment, education, and aging well. We've been involved in these areas, and we continue to be involved in these areas because we believe our faith doesn't end on Sunday, but it also ought to impact the city. That's not just what we say. That's not just what we say." [00:05:47] (108 seconds) Edit Clip


"Peter gets in that room. Peter says, I love all y 'all, I appreciate you guys. But y 'all got to get up out this room, everybody out. Everybody out. He starts moving everybody out the room. Right there in the text, he clears the room. He clears the room. He moves all of them out the room. He says, everybody got to go. It is reminiscent of Matthew 5, verse 40. When Jesus is healing Jairus' daughter and all of the mourners and other people are in that room, and when Jesus gets in that room, he moves everybody out of the room. He moves them all out the room. And he says, no, I don't want anybody in here. In that moment, it was Jairus and his wife and his three disciples said, that's all I want. He cleared out the room. In this case, Peter clears the whole room out." [00:22:55] (50 seconds) Edit Clip


"Sometimes you gotta believe it even though you haven't seen it yet you gotta have enough confidence in god even if nobody else believes you you gotta say listen i don't care if you get it or not but right here where i am in my life i just gotta believe god forward even though i haven't seen it and i gotta trust him for what he's going to do don't bury me yet god ain't done with me yet don't bury me yet you ain't seen what he's gonna do don't bury me yet because you don't know my story don't bury me yet and they they have enough faith to say we don't know how it's all gonna work out but they're believing god to say let's just see what god does so they go and send for peter who was near nearby town and when peter hears about it peter comes parenthetically it's interesting to me that peter is only about three hours away from them i believe it's just evidence that sometimes god can make sure you're in the right place at the right the right time for the right person to get to you i know what i'm talking about because some of you you" [00:17:49] (77 seconds) Edit Clip


"God for what they had not seen before they had a faith in God that we're not gonna bury her yet we could but let's not bury her yet because we just maybe believe that God could resurrect her from the dead sometimes in your life you've got to be careful about burying things too fast because you don't know what God can do these disciples have never seen it before but they have enough faith to say let's wait a little while because maybe if we get Peter here he can change through God's power this whole situation be careful my friends about burying things too fast because you don't know what God is going to do if you give God a chance he just might blow your mind I know you haven't seen it before I know you don't even know how it's gonna work out but be careful about burying things too fast we were in Scottsdale Arizona vacation with some friends around January February time when we went there we took a tour of a local city and while we were touring this city on that area was a vineyard went to the vineyard when we got to the vineyard you saw row after row after vine but everything looked dead it was gray it looked brittle it looked broken and we said to the tour guide said listen this it's not dead it's not dead it's it's dormant" [00:13:16] (115 seconds) Edit Clip


"She understood that to follow Jesus meant you had to follow in serving other people. that your life and my life is not fully complete until we learn how to serve and impact other people. One, Jesus put it this way, what profits you to gain the whole world but to lose your soul? I don't care how successful you may think you are, unless some portion of your life is spent giving back to others, impacting others, you've missed the whole purpose of life." [00:05:00] (34 seconds) Edit Clip


"This woman's heart for the widows, which represented the marginalized and oppressed, she has a heart for them because this is exactly how Jesus ministered his life. Jesus showed us this throughout his ministry. He was always hanging out with sinners. He was always healing those that were ill. He was always with those that were looked over and looked out for him. He had a ministry to them. And friends, guess what? That's the same thing that God has called us to. Jesus and justice goes together. Talk about justice. There's a scale on which justice, a continuum of what justice looks like. On one side, it's awareness and education. It's getting informed on the inequities and the disparities that exist in our communities. It's dialogue and relationships. It's charity, volunteering, donating. It's advocacy and policy change. It's community organizing and movement building. It's systemic and structural change. All of these represent how our faith ought to show up in the public square. It's not enough just to worship God on Sunday, but not work to advocate for change in our community Monday through Friday. Our faith has to show up in the city. And God wants to use each of us to make a difference in that way. That's why as a church, we've identified five key areas that we feel are crucial to us making an impact in our city and beyond. Civic engagement, mental health and health, economic empowerment, education, and aging well. We've been involved in these areas, and we continue to be involved in these areas because we believe our faith doesn't end on Sunday, but it also ought to impact the city. That's not just what we say. That's not just what we say." [00:05:47] (108 seconds) Edit Clip


"Peter gets in that room. Peter says, I love all y 'all, I appreciate you guys. But y 'all got to get up out this room, everybody out. Everybody out. He starts moving everybody out the room. Right there in the text, he clears the room. He clears the room. He moves all of them out the room. He says, everybody got to go. It is reminiscent of Matthew 5, verse 40. When Jesus is healing Jairus' daughter and all of the mourners and other people are in that room, and when Jesus gets in that room, he moves everybody out of the room. He moves them all out the room. And he says, no, I don't want anybody in here. In that moment, it was Jairus and his wife and his three disciples said, that's all I want. He cleared out the room. In this case, Peter clears the whole room out." [00:22:55] (50 seconds) Edit Clip


"Sometimes you gotta believe it even though you haven't seen it yet you gotta have enough confidence in god even if nobody else believes you you gotta say listen i don't care if you get it or not but right here where i am in my life i just gotta believe god forward even though i haven't seen it and i gotta trust him for what he's going to do don't bury me yet god ain't done with me yet don't bury me yet you ain't seen what he's gonna do don't bury me yet because you don't know my story don't bury me yet and they they have enough faith to say we don't know how it's all gonna work out but they're believing god to say let's just see what god does so they go and send for peter who was near nearby town and when peter hears about it peter comes parenthetically it's interesting to me that peter is only about three hours away from them i believe it's just evidence that sometimes god can make sure you're in the right place at the right the right time for the right person to get to you i know what i'm talking about because some of you you" [00:17:49] (77 seconds) Edit Clip