Transformative Power of the Gospel: A Personal Invitation

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "It's not that you're going to make more money. It's not that you're going to get reconciled with your kids. It's not that. Fill in the blank of all the stuff that we try to use Jesus for. No. The good news of the gospel is you get reconciled to God. And he will be enough. Come what may." [20:51]( | | )

2. "Thanks be to God. Thanks, Cody. Well, it was 4 a.m. at the Flying J truck stop outside of Abilene, Texas, and I was drinking quite possibly the worst cup of coffee that I had had in my life to that point. My dad retired early from the military and then took up driving a truck and then to make more money, talked my mom into doing long haul truck driving with him and their route." [03:25]( | | )

3. "You cannot be a Christian your whole life. There's a moment in which you decide and say yes to Jesus and put your faith in his finished work, that grace extended to you, and then you become a Christian." [24:07]( | | )

4. "And I'm talking about this. You're a family member, you're a friend, you're a coworker, you're a neighbor, like invited you to come. They've been praying for you. You've read the Bible with them. You've asked them. Asked questions and here you are and you're here to not hear do better or try harder. You're here to hear the good news that Christ has done for you what you'll never be able to do for yourself." [38:11]( | | )

5. "So divine appointments are, like, they're not necessarily a relational circle, but if we have eyes to see, God will put people in our path, right? Like, I only have my soul and nobody wants that guy. Or, after service today, I'm literally, Lauren's picking me up and we're going to the airport, we're going out to California for a few days because it's a great place to visit, and then come home." [27:00]( | | )

### Quotes for Members

1. "Now let me. Look at me. That's it. That's the gospel. Believe that Christ has done for you what you cannot do for yourself. Believe that what's most wrong with you isn't anxiety. Isn't lust. Isn't anger. Isn't but those things are fruit of a different root that you can't get out of your soul. But God has made a way in Christ to remove it." [17:56]( | | )

2. "I know you want me to move on to the next part in the road. We got to start right or we're going to end up wrong. You with me? Got to start right or we're going to end up wrong. It begins. Sin begins within us. Not from outside of us. It's not the result of bad training in early years. It's not picked up from bad companions and bad examples." [11:31]( | | )

3. "And you know what? I want to today. I want to say yes to that by faith, to trust in Jesus alone. If that's you and you're in the hand, you're like, man, I haven't said yes to that gospel. I want to. Just raise your hand where you are. Raise it like we're not Baptist. Okay. So here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to pray and then we're going to have some men and women that are going to come up front." [40:31]( | | )

4. "And then there are these things called divine appointments. So divine appointments are, like, they're not necessarily a relational circle, but if we have eyes to see, God will put people in our path, right? Like, I only have my soul and nobody wants that guy. Or, after service today, I'm literally, Lauren's picking me up and we're going to the airport, we're going out to California for a few days because it's a great place to visit, and then come home." [27:00]( | | )

5. "And it's just not, it's not happening. But this is a relational circle I'm in. In fact, I would argue, physically, I'm probably better. I'm closer with these men than maybe any other men ever in the history of my life. If you've ever watched jiu-jitsu, it's a very intimate sport. And what I'm trying to do, not every time, but oftentimes, is at the end of a roll, that's what you call a fight, I will say, hey man, I've got some time set aside this afternoon to pray." [26:07]( | | )

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