Transforming the Hidden: Embracing the Other 90%
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"We are ordinary people called to an extraordinary mission. And you might be asking yourself today, Pastor, what are some things that make us common? What are some things that are common to us? What are some things that make us common? What are some things that make us common to us regardless of our background?" [00:46:09] (16 seconds)
"Another thing that we all have in common is the experience of time. We have the experience of moving through time from past to present without the ability to go backwards. We move through time from past to present without the ability to go backwards. This weekend, I had the opportunity to watch a movie called I'll See You Yesterday." [00:47:24] (27 seconds)
"We are complex yet whole people. We are not one-dimensional beings. There's an image that's going to appear in your screen in just a moment. It shows just some of the ways in which we are complex yet whole people. We have a physical being. We have our body. We have our height and our weight and our skin color and the things that make us unique to look at. But we are not just our physical selves. We're also spiritual beings." [00:49:27] (32 seconds)
"There's the invisible parts of us as well as the visible parts of us. We are both our seen and our unseen selves. And in many ways, our identity as people can be compared to the composition of an iceberg. If I were to take a poll of you watching there at home and ask you how many of you had ever actually seen an iceberg in person, most people would not be able to say they've ever seen an iceberg." [00:50:56] (35 seconds)
"Most of us have never and will never see an actual iceberg, but several of you may have had the opportunity to see the tip of an iceberg. Why is that? It's because scientists will remind us that what we can see of any iceberg, the part that is so glorious and majestic sitting there on the surface of any body of water, that in itself is not the iceberg. That's only the tip of the iceberg." [00:51:57] (28 seconds)
"What's true for us when it comes to our relationships is absolutely also true for us when it comes to our discipleship. When it comes to allowing Jesus to be Lord of our life, we often are quick to give him the 10 percent, but what about the other 90 percent? We often are quick to allow Jesus into the parts of us that we see, into our behaviors and our actions and the words we say, but we also struggle often to allow him into the other 90 percent." [00:56:40] (35 seconds)
"There is a deeper part of us that in most cases is left untransformed and inaccessible to God, not because God can't change those parts, but because we have never learned to yield those parts to God. Many of us grew up in church singing a song, called Is Your All on the Altar. The songwriter posed a question for us. Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid? Your heart does the spirit control." [00:58:08] (36 seconds)
"Paul then says to them, in light of these freedoms, in light of who you are in Jesus, here's how you ought to live. He says, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice. He says, do not conform to the patterns of this world. And he says, be transformed by the renewing of the mind. And friends, we've often heard this passage and the interpretation and the application often feel more like behavior modification than simply fully trusting in Jesus for salvation, for healing and transformation." [01:02:08] (41 seconds)
"That's what the world does. They try harder. They try to make themselves better in their own power. That's surface stuff. That's what the world does. And I believe Paul is saying don't be like the world. Be transformed really where it counts. Get beyond the surface down to the deep and we're transformed there as we are. We renew our mind, not just our mind, our intellectual being, but our mind, body, spirit, and soul. He's saying don't just stick to the surface." [01:04:01] (32 seconds)
"Friends, there is a deeper way of knowing God. There is a deeper way of experiencing God's transformative and healing power. And the invitation today is to come and experience that together. There is a different way of us following Jesus, a way that reconnects our spiritual well-being with our emotional well-being. It's a way that reminds us that it is impossible, it's impossible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature." [01:10:03] (34 seconds)
"And God in his faithfulness promises us at least three gifts. The first gift that God promises us if we will take this journey together is the gift of slowing down. The gift of slowing down. Sanctuary family, as we take this journey together, it will call for us to slow down. It will allow us to pay greater attention to God and pay greater attention to what's happening in us. And around us." [01:10:42] (36 seconds)
"As we take this journey together, you'll begin to confront the many things in your life that this world has offered you as cheap substitutes, illusions that really leave you ultimately feeling empty and wanting. But my promise to you, my brother, my sister, is that you will, if you do, you will be free. You will be free. You will be free. You will be free. If you will lean in on this journey, if you will go beyond the 10 percent and give God access to that other 90 percent, you will find yourself breaking free." [01:13:28] (39 seconds)
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"Another thing that we all have in common is the experience of time. We have the experience of moving through time from past to present without the ability to go backwards. We move through time from past to present without the ability to go backwards. This weekend, I had the opportunity to watch a movie called I'll See You Yesterday." [00:47:24] (27 seconds)
"We are complex yet whole people. We are not one-dimensional beings. There's an image that's going to appear in your screen in just a moment. It shows just some of the ways in which we are complex yet whole people. We have a physical being. We have our body. We have our height and our weight and our skin color and the things that make us unique to look at. But we are not just our physical selves. We're also spiritual beings." [00:49:27] (32 seconds)
"There's the invisible parts of us as well as the visible parts of us. We are both our seen and our unseen selves. And in many ways, our identity as people can be compared to the composition of an iceberg. If I were to take a poll of you watching there at home and ask you how many of you had ever actually seen an iceberg in person, most people would not be able to say they've ever seen an iceberg." [00:50:56] (35 seconds)
"Most of us have never and will never see an actual iceberg, but several of you may have had the opportunity to see the tip of an iceberg. Why is that? It's because scientists will remind us that what we can see of any iceberg, the part that is so glorious and majestic sitting there on the surface of any body of water, that in itself is not the iceberg. That's only the tip of the iceberg." [00:51:57] (28 seconds)
"What's true for us when it comes to our relationships is absolutely also true for us when it comes to our discipleship. When it comes to allowing Jesus to be Lord of our life, we often are quick to give him the 10 percent, but what about the other 90 percent? We often are quick to allow Jesus into the parts of us that we see, into our behaviors and our actions and the words we say, but we also struggle often to allow him into the other 90 percent." [00:56:40] (35 seconds)
"There is a deeper part of us that in most cases is left untransformed and inaccessible to God, not because God can't change those parts, but because we have never learned to yield those parts to God. Many of us grew up in church singing a song, called Is Your All on the Altar. The songwriter posed a question for us. Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid? Your heart does the spirit control." [00:58:08] (36 seconds)
"Paul then says to them, in light of these freedoms, in light of who you are in Jesus, here's how you ought to live. He says, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice. He says, do not conform to the patterns of this world. And he says, be transformed by the renewing of the mind. And friends, we've often heard this passage and the interpretation and the application often feel more like behavior modification than simply fully trusting in Jesus for salvation, for healing and transformation." [01:02:08] (41 seconds)
"That's what the world does. They try harder. They try to make themselves better in their own power. That's surface stuff. That's what the world does. And I believe Paul is saying don't be like the world. Be transformed really where it counts. Get beyond the surface down to the deep and we're transformed there as we are. We renew our mind, not just our mind, our intellectual being, but our mind, body, spirit, and soul. He's saying don't just stick to the surface." [01:04:01] (32 seconds)
"Friends, there is a deeper way of knowing God. There is a deeper way of experiencing God's transformative and healing power. And the invitation today is to come and experience that together. There is a different way of us following Jesus, a way that reconnects our spiritual well-being with our emotional well-being. It's a way that reminds us that it is impossible, it's impossible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature." [01:10:03] (34 seconds)
"And God in his faithfulness promises us at least three gifts. The first gift that God promises us if we will take this journey together is the gift of slowing down. The gift of slowing down. Sanctuary family, as we take this journey together, it will call for us to slow down. It will allow us to pay greater attention to God and pay greater attention to what's happening in us. And around us." [01:10:42] (36 seconds)
"As we take this journey together, you'll begin to confront the many things in your life that this world has offered you as cheap substitutes, illusions that really leave you ultimately feeling empty and wanting. But my promise to you, my brother, my sister, is that you will, if you do, you will be free. You will be free. You will be free. You will be free. If you will lean in on this journey, if you will go beyond the 10 percent and give God access to that other 90 percent, you will find yourself breaking free." [01:13:28] (39 seconds)
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