Transformative Encounters: Following Jesus with Faith and Obedience

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1. "How and why does a man abandon everything that he knows intimately to accompany someone that he only knows generally? That's what I want to look at in the text. I want to show you a few specific things that point to the how and the why they finally decided to leave everything and follow Jesus." [10:39] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Is Jesus' word sufficient for you? Because a lot of times, that's all he gives us. A lot of times, it's just quite simply a go. A lot of times, it's just quite simply a stop. A lot of times, it's just quite simply a listen. A lot of times, it's just quite simply obey." [14:34] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "When we aren't obedient to the master, we risk omitting the miraculous. At what stake are we willing to ignore and set aside the word of God and then miss out on what that word would have brought into our lives? That's why his word has to be held as sufficient for us." [16:01] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "Conviction is our help to push us in the presence of Jesus. So that our lives can be radically undone and changed by the magnificent worth of who he is. The conviction that Peter came under wasn't to hurt him. It was to help him. It was to help him realize there is a greater call upon my life." [25:51] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "Peter abandoned the ship to accompany the savior. follow you. Let's go. You lead. Are you all in Jesus? What do you need to leave abandoned tonight? This journey with Peter. It's going to be a fun one. It's going to have its highs. It's going to have its lows. It's ups. It's downs. We're going to see Peter at his best. We're going to see Peter at his worst. But Peter's journey started with a step of obedience." [34:21] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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1. "Peter's realization, which was this, that Jesus' word is enough. Jesus has finished speaking when he tells Peter to head out deeper and drop the net. So he's taught the crowds of people sitting on the shoreline, and after he's done teaching them, he says, Hey, Peter, let's drift out. Let's drift out a little bit further. And I want you to put the nets down again." [11:36] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Peter's response reflects that he now sees Jesus as holding more worth than he could have ever imagined. But then he gives a reaction. This is where we're going to finish up. Peter's realization is that Jesus' word is enough. Peter's response is that Jesus' worth is owed. Peter's reaction shows I'm all in." [30:53] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "Conviction when it sets upon our heart. Pushes us towards Jesus. Doesn't send us running from him. When these moments are set upon us. That's when we see the infinite worth of who Jesus is. And the worship that he is owed from us." [24:05] (19 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "Our deepest convictions when they're set upon us by the Holy Spirit of God. Can lead us into moments of our deepest connections with our loving Savior. Moments when we fall down before him. We see ourselves in light of who he is. But allow him to change and transform and conform our hearts and our minds." [27:30] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "So my perspective of conviction used to be to run from my father. And shame and guilt and embarrassment. To hide. To want to take my sin. And find a corner to stick it in. And a rug to set over it. And turn the light out of the room. When I left. Hoping that he would never find it. But Jesus has taught me. It's a wrong response." [24:46] (19 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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