WEBVTT 67 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:10.085 Church, would you bow your heads? 68 00:09:10.465 --> 00:09:14.015 Me, father God, you 69 00:09:14.155 --> 00:09:16.175 and you alone are good. 70 00:09:18.435 --> 00:09:22.255 You are kind, you are patient. You pour out your mercy. 71 00:09:23.545 --> 00:09:24.895 Lemme thank you for your son Jesus, 72 00:09:24.955 --> 00:09:27.015 and whom we can come even into your presence. 73 00:09:27.835 --> 00:09:29.535 To Him. We give all glory and honor 74 00:09:29.955 --> 00:09:31.095 and submit our lives to you. 75 00:09:31.995 --> 00:09:33.695 Father, we ask for the power of your spirit. 76 00:09:33.695 --> 00:09:35.375 Would you unite our church 77 00:09:36.675 --> 00:09:39.015 and pray all of this in Jesus name. 78 00:09:40.125 --> 00:09:41.615 Amen. Church, grab a seat. 79 00:09:45.165 --> 00:09:47.415 From the moment you step foot into this place, 80 00:09:48.035 --> 00:09:50.335 you become a part of something bigger than yourself. 81 00:09:50.755 --> 00:09:53.775 You who don't have it all together, you who feel broken 82 00:09:53.955 --> 00:09:57.455 or unworthy, become welcomed into a family of families, 83 00:09:57.815 --> 00:09:59.655 a family on mission to love God. 84 00:09:59.915 --> 00:10:02.015 Follow Jesus and share hope 85 00:10:02.075 --> 00:10:03.455 to the person sitting in your row, 86 00:10:03.755 --> 00:10:06.575 to the neighbor down the street and even to the fatherless. 87 00:10:06.635 --> 00:10:09.655 In a faraway land, you are called to something great. 88 00:10:10.035 --> 00:10:12.255 You sitting within these walls where we gather 89 00:10:12.275 --> 00:10:14.935 to sing his praise, where we feast on his word 90 00:10:14.955 --> 00:10:17.815 and drink from the well that never runs dry Here 91 00:10:17.865 --> 00:10:19.815 where the wandering are met by the wonder 92 00:10:19.955 --> 00:10:21.895 of the wide open arms, the arms 93 00:10:21.915 --> 00:10:23.695 of the Father, a light bearer. 94 00:10:23.765 --> 00:10:26.335 When you step beyond these walls, you carry a flame 95 00:10:26.335 --> 00:10:27.575 that pierces the darkness. 96 00:10:28.035 --> 00:10:31.015 You walk with courage, bringing hope to places 97 00:10:31.085 --> 00:10:32.575 that have forgotten the sound of it. 98 00:10:32.915 --> 00:10:35.535 You are a part of something bigger, part of a body, 99 00:10:35.935 --> 00:10:37.255 teaching our children to know him, 100 00:10:37.555 --> 00:10:39.255 to love him, to follow him. 101 00:10:39.955 --> 00:10:41.575 Not just someday, but today. 102 00:10:41.915 --> 00:10:44.455 In the moments that shape eternity a body that 103 00:10:44.455 --> 00:10:47.055 through prayer and petition, seeks to see the weak, 104 00:10:47.395 --> 00:10:49.535 the poor, the sick, the hungry. 105 00:10:50.275 --> 00:10:51.295 Not with earthly eyes, 106 00:10:51.675 --> 00:10:53.775 but through the lens of God's boundless grace 107 00:10:53.875 --> 00:10:54.935 and limitless love. 108 00:10:55.395 --> 00:10:57.095 We say to neighbors with bare shelves 109 00:10:57.275 --> 00:10:59.335 and empty bellies come and eat. 110 00:10:59.755 --> 00:11:02.095 We say to young people, bombarded 111 00:11:02.095 --> 00:11:04.375 by a digital world fighting to steal their attention 112 00:11:04.435 --> 00:11:05.735 and confuse their purpose. 113 00:11:06.685 --> 00:11:08.855 Come and be still be found. 114 00:11:09.275 --> 00:11:12.175 We say to women and children rescued from trafficking, 115 00:11:12.555 --> 00:11:15.495 not just in far off lands, but right here in the triangle. 116 00:11:16.045 --> 00:11:17.415 Come and be set free. 117 00:11:18.115 --> 00:11:21.575 We are a body that says, here I am Lord, send me. 118 00:11:21.875 --> 00:11:23.615 And so we go, we build. 119 00:11:23.675 --> 00:11:27.215 And Port-au-Prince, we pray revival into existence in 120 00:11:27.215 --> 00:11:30.215 France, we disciple with boldness in South Asia, 121 00:11:30.895 --> 00:11:34.295 a body on purpose, a purpose greater than ourselves, 122 00:11:35.135 --> 00:11:37.575 a kingdom purpose that calls each unique part 123 00:11:37.635 --> 00:11:39.015 to fulfill the great commission. 124 00:11:39.835 --> 00:11:44.295 United unshakeable, immovable. We crave God's word. 125 00:11:44.955 --> 00:11:49.295 We know his voice. We are a family. We love God. 126 00:11:49.675 --> 00:11:52.015 We follow Jesus and we share hope. 127 00:11:54.915 --> 00:11:58.165 Yeah, I mean, look, when I, I watch that 128 00:11:58.185 --> 00:11:59.965 and even I'm reminded of like, oh my gosh, 129 00:11:59.965 --> 00:12:01.445 we're involved in all these different places. 130 00:12:01.585 --> 00:12:03.525 The the hope that we get to share with the world. 131 00:12:03.525 --> 00:12:05.885 And so that's a part o of all of our stories. 132 00:12:05.945 --> 00:12:08.285 We actually, uh, had a team leave this week 133 00:12:08.425 --> 00:12:11.925 and go to Chernobyl, France, uh, to be 134 00:12:12.005 --> 00:12:14.445 with the ICG International Church at Chernobyl. 135 00:12:14.445 --> 00:12:15.765 So we've got a mission team there right now. 136 00:12:15.825 --> 00:12:18.445 So keep them in your prayers. Uh, alright, let's get going. 137 00:12:18.565 --> 00:12:20.085 I got a quote I wanna start out with. 138 00:12:20.385 --> 00:12:22.605 If you want to go fast, go alone. 139 00:12:23.585 --> 00:12:26.085 If you want to go far, go together. 140 00:12:27.265 --> 00:12:29.245 And, uh, you've probably heard that quote before, 141 00:12:29.245 --> 00:12:32.045 but it captures a theme straight from scripture 142 00:12:32.065 --> 00:12:33.965 and really the heart of God for his people. 143 00:12:34.625 --> 00:12:36.845 And really what it gets at is the power of unity. 144 00:12:37.945 --> 00:12:40.445 And we right now as a church family, 145 00:12:41.335 --> 00:12:42.445 we're at a sacred moment. 146 00:12:43.305 --> 00:12:46.565 And for years, we have had faithful men and women 147 00:12:46.665 --> 00:12:50.805 and students get up early on a Sunday morning and they go 148 00:12:50.825 --> 00:12:53.525 and they convert a school, uh, to a place 149 00:12:53.525 --> 00:12:56.285 where a worship gathering can happen in Fuqua 150 00:12:56.585 --> 00:12:58.485 and in Garner, in Northwest Kerry. 151 00:12:58.545 --> 00:13:01.125 And I want you to know, I know you have prayed in hallways, 152 00:13:01.385 --> 00:13:04.005 uh, you have baptized people in inflatable tubs 153 00:13:04.005 --> 00:13:05.805 that leak water and air. 154 00:13:06.715 --> 00:13:08.285 Okay? I mean, that, that's the, 155 00:13:08.285 --> 00:13:09.645 the lengths that you've gone to. 156 00:13:09.665 --> 00:13:11.885 You have created room for people to meet Jesus. 157 00:13:12.505 --> 00:13:15.365 And now, this weekend as a church, we've made a decision 158 00:13:15.945 --> 00:13:18.325 to consolidate those mobile worship gatherings 159 00:13:18.325 --> 00:13:20.005 and pull them into our permanent campuses 160 00:13:20.145 --> 00:13:21.445 at Apex in Raleigh. 161 00:13:21.925 --> 00:13:25.605 Multiple communities, two campuses, one family, 162 00:13:26.565 --> 00:13:28.465 one mission, and one church. 163 00:13:30.085 --> 00:13:33.105 But before we move on, it is so important for those of you 164 00:13:33.105 --> 00:13:34.705 who are a part of those mobile campuses 165 00:13:34.705 --> 00:13:37.345 and really for all of us to recognize and celebrate 166 00:13:37.855 --> 00:13:39.545 because of your faithfulness, 167 00:13:39.715 --> 00:13:41.585 lives have been changed for all of eternity. 168 00:13:42.095 --> 00:13:44.905 That is not going away. That is going forward. 169 00:13:45.045 --> 00:13:47.385 The mission has not ended in these communities. 170 00:13:47.385 --> 00:13:49.305 It's gonna continue to expand through you. 171 00:13:49.485 --> 00:13:51.665 And I'll tell you as sure as I'm standing right now, 172 00:13:51.785 --> 00:13:54.665 I here right now, I have this conviction in my soul 173 00:13:54.665 --> 00:13:56.825 that God is at some point in his timing, 174 00:13:56.935 --> 00:13:58.185 he's gonna open a door for us 175 00:13:58.405 --> 00:14:02.065 to launch back out in those communities in his timing. 176 00:14:02.445 --> 00:14:05.425 But until that day, your ministry assignment, 177 00:14:05.565 --> 00:14:07.185 it may have shifted on Sunday morning, 178 00:14:08.285 --> 00:14:10.745 but your missional impact, it continues Monday 179 00:14:10.745 --> 00:14:13.465 through Saturday in your neighborhoods and your schools 180 00:14:13.845 --> 00:14:16.345 and your workplaces, all through your communities. 181 00:14:16.345 --> 00:14:18.585 Hope is there because you're still there. 182 00:14:19.765 --> 00:14:20.825 And you could hear me say 183 00:14:20.825 --> 00:14:21.865 that and you like, what do you mean? 184 00:14:21.865 --> 00:14:22.785 Do you mean like the hope that we 185 00:14:22.785 --> 00:14:23.865 have in Jesus is still there? 186 00:14:23.865 --> 00:14:25.585 Or do you mean like hope Community Church is there? 187 00:14:25.585 --> 00:14:27.625 And I would say yes, yes to both, 188 00:14:27.625 --> 00:14:30.505 because yes, you have a hope of Jesus inside of you 189 00:14:30.765 --> 00:14:33.345 and you are there, but you are also Hope Community Church. 190 00:14:33.605 --> 00:14:36.025 And so wherever you are, the church is there. 191 00:14:37.845 --> 00:14:42.065 But I wanna recognize also that I know this kind of change 192 00:14:43.245 --> 00:14:44.505 brings with it some emotion. 193 00:14:45.845 --> 00:14:49.225 And that's okay. I'm right there with you for some, 194 00:14:49.295 --> 00:14:50.425 this feels exciting. 195 00:14:50.885 --> 00:14:52.125 Uh, I've talked 196 00:14:52.125 --> 00:14:54.605 to people from mobile campuses over the last couple weeks, 197 00:14:54.985 --> 00:14:57.045 uh, who have said things like, you know what the truth is, 198 00:14:57.045 --> 00:14:58.885 setting up chairs e every single week, 199 00:14:58.885 --> 00:15:00.005 setting up the piping drape. 200 00:15:00.645 --> 00:15:03.085 I could use a little break. Uh, I've talked 201 00:15:03.085 --> 00:15:05.765 to some other folks, uh, that have said, man, 202 00:15:05.845 --> 00:15:06.925 I think this is the right decision. 203 00:15:07.045 --> 00:15:08.405 I don't know what took y'all this long. 204 00:15:08.525 --> 00:15:09.605 I think we should have done this five 205 00:15:09.605 --> 00:15:10.725 years ago, coming outta COVID. 206 00:15:10.735 --> 00:15:13.565 We've been through so much and there's a 207 00:15:13.565 --> 00:15:14.605 part of me that understands that. 208 00:15:14.625 --> 00:15:16.645 But we gotta recognize that you don't just go 209 00:15:16.645 --> 00:15:19.165 and make decisions without being obedient to what it is 210 00:15:19.165 --> 00:15:20.205 that God's calling you into. 211 00:15:20.665 --> 00:15:22.925 And I've known beyond a shadow of a doubt, 212 00:15:22.945 --> 00:15:25.805 God has not called us to not be on mission in 213 00:15:25.805 --> 00:15:26.845 those communities. 214 00:15:27.745 --> 00:15:30.925 And so we've waited until God said, Hey, no, let's, 215 00:15:30.925 --> 00:15:32.285 let's change directions for a bit. 216 00:15:33.505 --> 00:15:35.685 If, if I'm being perfectly transparent with you, 217 00:15:35.685 --> 00:15:38.125 there's probably also a part of me that said, man, I don't, 218 00:15:39.325 --> 00:15:41.005 I don't want it to look like we're making a decision 219 00:15:41.035 --> 00:15:42.085 from a place of weakness. 220 00:15:42.625 --> 00:15:44.445 Uh, I've got campus pastors out there 221 00:15:44.475 --> 00:15:46.165 that have busted their tails. 222 00:15:46.165 --> 00:15:47.725 They've done everything that they could do 223 00:15:47.725 --> 00:15:48.805 to reach those communities. 224 00:15:48.805 --> 00:15:51.325 There's, uh, the, the church family in those areas 225 00:15:51.385 --> 00:15:52.765 of sacrifice they've given. 226 00:15:53.245 --> 00:15:55.365 I I don't want anybody to have this sense of, man, 227 00:15:55.365 --> 00:15:56.445 maybe we didn't do enough. 228 00:15:56.445 --> 00:15:58.285 And the reality is that is just not true. 229 00:15:58.625 --> 00:15:59.965 But for some people it is exciting. 230 00:16:00.265 --> 00:16:02.485 Uh, for others as bittersweet. 231 00:16:03.545 --> 00:16:05.885 And I get this, okay, I live in Garner. 232 00:16:05.965 --> 00:16:08.165 I live one mile from Garner Magnet High School. 233 00:16:08.465 --> 00:16:10.085 And from day one, my wife 234 00:16:10.145 --> 00:16:12.765 and my three kids have been serving at that campus. 235 00:16:12.855 --> 00:16:15.085 Every single weekend we have turned down vacations 236 00:16:15.085 --> 00:16:16.325 because my wife says, no, no, 237 00:16:16.525 --> 00:16:18.525 I serve in special needs ministry at the Garner campus. 238 00:16:18.835 --> 00:16:19.845 Like those are our people. 239 00:16:19.845 --> 00:16:21.725 We've got a community group out in Garner that's grown 240 00:16:21.725 --> 00:16:24.885 to like 40 people, 20 adults, 20 kids. 241 00:16:24.905 --> 00:16:27.845 It, it's a, it's a madhouse. Like those are our people. 242 00:16:27.945 --> 00:16:32.835 So I understand. And if you're in that place, it's okay. 243 00:16:32.935 --> 00:16:34.635 And the reason you're there is 244 00:16:34.635 --> 00:16:36.155 because what you've built matters. 245 00:16:38.325 --> 00:16:39.585 And so we gotta recognize that. 246 00:16:39.585 --> 00:16:42.465 And so before we go any further, I, I want you 247 00:16:42.465 --> 00:16:43.505 to hear me say thank you. 248 00:16:44.155 --> 00:16:45.985 Thank you for the way that you've loved, thank you 249 00:16:45.985 --> 00:16:47.185 for the way that you've served, for the way 250 00:16:47.185 --> 00:16:48.345 that you've sacrificed, the way 251 00:16:48.345 --> 00:16:50.105 that you have carried this mission forward here 252 00:16:50.105 --> 00:16:51.225 in Raleigh at our Apex campus. 253 00:16:51.405 --> 00:16:54.385 Can we just celebrate the way that they have served? 254 00:16:54.575 --> 00:16:56.265 Yeah, that's right. 255 00:16:59.995 --> 00:17:02.185 Thank you. All. The mission is not finished. 256 00:17:03.765 --> 00:17:07.625 But for this decision to have the impact 257 00:17:07.625 --> 00:17:09.665 that I believe God desires, we have to see 258 00:17:09.665 --> 00:17:12.865 that this is more than just a, a move of people in seats. 259 00:17:13.575 --> 00:17:14.905 Okay? This is a move of God. 260 00:17:15.645 --> 00:17:17.505 And we gotta recognize that when we started this, 261 00:17:17.505 --> 00:17:18.985 it was really a practical decision. 262 00:17:19.085 --> 00:17:22.305 It was largely driven by, by finances and logistics. 263 00:17:23.075 --> 00:17:24.575 But through time in prayer and, 264 00:17:24.575 --> 00:17:26.055 and engaging God through reading scripture, 265 00:17:26.125 --> 00:17:27.775 this has become something so much deeper. 266 00:17:27.845 --> 00:17:29.655 This is, this has become a calling 267 00:17:30.595 --> 00:17:32.975 and a, a, a calling that I believe is gonna allow us 268 00:17:32.975 --> 00:17:35.095 as a church family to move forward more unified, 269 00:17:35.205 --> 00:17:37.615 more aligned, and more effective than maybe we've 270 00:17:37.615 --> 00:17:38.775 experienced in years. 271 00:17:38.775 --> 00:17:40.815 Because if you want to get right down to it, 272 00:17:40.995 --> 00:17:44.095 the world right now is ripe for division and dissension. 273 00:17:45.355 --> 00:17:47.455 People are divided over politics. 274 00:17:47.455 --> 00:17:50.205 They've got opinions, preferences, you name it. 275 00:17:50.425 --> 00:17:53.125 But in a world that is divided over everything, 276 00:17:53.185 --> 00:17:55.765 God calls his church to stand strong together 277 00:17:56.025 --> 00:17:57.485 and to show the world what the love 278 00:17:57.485 --> 00:17:58.925 and the unity of God is all about. 279 00:17:59.145 --> 00:18:01.805 And I believe that's a large part of what it is that God has 280 00:18:01.805 --> 00:18:03.085 for us in the season moving forward. 281 00:18:03.275 --> 00:18:06.085 This is not just a rearranging of rooms, okay? 282 00:18:06.085 --> 00:18:07.165 Through God's sovereignty. 283 00:18:07.315 --> 00:18:09.245 This is not just a rearranging of rooms. 284 00:18:09.275 --> 00:18:12.205 This is a realigning of our hearts as a church family 285 00:18:14.435 --> 00:18:15.885 from Genesis to Revelation. 286 00:18:16.825 --> 00:18:19.765 You see God's heart for a unified people. 287 00:18:20.585 --> 00:18:21.765 And so this week, what we're gonna do, 288 00:18:21.765 --> 00:18:23.685 we're gonna take a deep dive into one of the clearest calls 289 00:18:23.685 --> 00:18:25.645 of unity that you see in all of scripture, 290 00:18:25.675 --> 00:18:27.805 Philippians chapter two. 291 00:18:28.065 --> 00:18:31.565 Uh, in that, Paul writes, make my joy complete by being 292 00:18:31.585 --> 00:18:33.045 of the same mind, 293 00:18:33.345 --> 00:18:36.765 having the same love being in full accord and of one mind. 294 00:18:36.765 --> 00:18:38.525 So if you have your Bibles, uh, go ahead 295 00:18:38.525 --> 00:18:40.045 and turn to Philippians chapter two. 296 00:18:40.585 --> 00:18:42.125 Uh, to give you a little bit of context, 297 00:18:43.235 --> 00:18:45.605 Paul wrote this letter to the church in Philippi. 298 00:18:45.605 --> 00:18:46.605 He wrote it from prison 299 00:18:46.605 --> 00:18:48.725 where he's being held captive for sharing the gospel. 300 00:18:49.185 --> 00:18:51.885 And he's writing it to a church that he started to, 301 00:18:51.885 --> 00:18:53.045 a church that he loved deeply. 302 00:18:53.145 --> 00:18:55.885 And he's encouraging them towards the things of God, 303 00:18:55.885 --> 00:18:57.885 what God has for his people in the midst 304 00:18:57.885 --> 00:19:00.725 of cultural pressure, persecution division. 305 00:19:00.825 --> 00:19:03.605 And at, at a moment where standing firm in 306 00:19:03.845 --> 00:19:05.525 unity came at a cost. 307 00:19:06.305 --> 00:19:08.045 And so I think it's so appropriate for us 308 00:19:08.145 --> 00:19:10.445 to take a look at this, uh, this weekend 309 00:19:10.545 --> 00:19:11.645 as a church family together. 310 00:19:12.385 --> 00:19:13.925 Uh, before I start reading, we're gonna go 311 00:19:13.925 --> 00:19:15.645 through 16 verses one through 16. 312 00:19:16.325 --> 00:19:17.685 I do wanna give you an outline. I know some 313 00:19:17.685 --> 00:19:19.125 of your note takers, and so I'm gonna give you an 314 00:19:19.125 --> 00:19:20.365 outline of what's covered by Paul. 315 00:19:20.365 --> 00:19:22.965 It's kind of, we're gonna look at it in three chunks. 316 00:19:23.865 --> 00:19:25.925 The first Paul gives us a call to unity. 317 00:19:27.005 --> 00:19:29.565 Secondly, he looks in at an example of unity. 318 00:19:30.025 --> 00:19:33.045 And then we'll wrap up by looking at the result of unity. 319 00:19:33.105 --> 00:19:34.725 So we'll start out, we'll look at the call 320 00:19:35.395 --> 00:19:36.565 Philippians chapter two. 321 00:19:36.865 --> 00:19:40.885 It says, so if there's any encouragement in Christ, 322 00:19:41.825 --> 00:19:45.525 any comfort from love, any participation in the spirit, 323 00:19:46.505 --> 00:19:49.925 any affection and sympathy, he's saying, if you've received 324 00:19:50.685 --> 00:19:52.925 anything from Jesus, so to us that hope, 325 00:19:52.945 --> 00:19:54.485 if you've received anything from Jesus, 326 00:19:55.065 --> 00:19:56.645 let it show up between you. 327 00:19:57.705 --> 00:19:59.965 If you've been loved, love others. 328 00:20:00.825 --> 00:20:02.965 If you've received comfort, comfort others. 329 00:20:03.225 --> 00:20:05.245 If you've been served, serve others. 330 00:20:05.345 --> 00:20:07.645 If you've enjoyed fellowship in the spirit, 331 00:20:08.155 --> 00:20:10.165 protect fellowship with one another. 332 00:20:10.505 --> 00:20:12.205 Do so at all costs. He gets to verse two. 333 00:20:13.065 --> 00:20:17.525 He says, complete my joy by being of the same mind, 334 00:20:17.985 --> 00:20:22.485 having the same love being in full accord and of one mind. 335 00:20:22.535 --> 00:20:27.115 Understand unity. It, it's not sameness. Unity is oneness. 336 00:20:27.145 --> 00:20:28.995 It's one heart, one purpose, 337 00:20:29.695 --> 00:20:32.475 one direction it goes on. 338 00:20:32.475 --> 00:20:36.195 He says, do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, 339 00:20:36.575 --> 00:20:38.395 but in humility, count others 340 00:20:39.025 --> 00:20:40.395 more significant than yourselves. 341 00:20:40.775 --> 00:20:43.395 Let each of you look not only to your own interests, 342 00:20:43.775 --> 00:20:46.355 but also and to the interest of others. 343 00:20:47.565 --> 00:20:50.365 Unity doesn't mean that we think alike on everything. 344 00:20:51.815 --> 00:20:54.315 It means that we love alike in everything. 345 00:20:56.475 --> 00:20:57.495 And that's good news 346 00:20:57.495 --> 00:21:00.695 because unity doesn't, it doesn't erase diversity. 347 00:21:01.965 --> 00:21:06.145 It redeems it. It's what happens when different people live 348 00:21:06.765 --> 00:21:08.625 for one another with one purpose. 349 00:21:09.645 --> 00:21:12.185 And so, as we talk about unity, as we step into this call, 350 00:21:12.485 --> 00:21:15.105 uh, for unity that Paul gives to the church, I want you 351 00:21:15.105 --> 00:21:16.465 to know when you fight for unity, 352 00:21:17.245 --> 00:21:18.985 you actually step into a battlefield. 353 00:21:19.845 --> 00:21:22.265 Uh, Jesus said in the gospel, specifically in the gospel 354 00:21:22.285 --> 00:21:24.945 of the mark, he says, A house divided against itself 355 00:21:25.285 --> 00:21:26.345 cannot stand. 356 00:21:26.895 --> 00:21:30.575 It's true for nations. It's true for our families. 357 00:21:31.725 --> 00:21:32.775 It's true for the church. 358 00:21:33.995 --> 00:21:37.035 And I want you to, the, the devil knows 359 00:21:37.035 --> 00:21:39.155 that he can't defeat the church, okay? 360 00:21:39.155 --> 00:21:40.275 He knows that Jesus said very 361 00:21:40.275 --> 00:21:41.395 clearly, I will build my church. 362 00:21:41.395 --> 00:21:44.675 And the gates of hell will not prevail against it. 363 00:21:44.675 --> 00:21:46.435 The tomb is empty. He's proved it. 364 00:21:46.435 --> 00:21:49.155 Jesus has already won that battle. Can somebody say amen? 365 00:21:49.585 --> 00:21:51.555 Amen. That is a battle that's won. 366 00:21:52.215 --> 00:21:53.995 But the enemy can still distract. 367 00:21:55.095 --> 00:21:58.395 He can still divide, he can discourage, 368 00:21:59.795 --> 00:22:01.135 he can dismember the body. 369 00:22:03.175 --> 00:22:04.875 He can cause division. And the truth is, 370 00:22:04.875 --> 00:22:06.955 he's been running the same playbook for thousands of years. 371 00:22:06.955 --> 00:22:08.755 Here's what the devil does. He isolates. 372 00:22:09.415 --> 00:22:10.995 He pulls us out of community. 373 00:22:10.995 --> 00:22:12.395 He makes us think that we're fine alone. 374 00:22:13.095 --> 00:22:15.675 We see that in Genesis, uh, right out of the gate, Adam 375 00:22:15.735 --> 00:22:16.755 and Eve aren't together. 376 00:22:16.815 --> 00:22:19.155 The serpent shows up. He divides, 377 00:22:19.975 --> 00:22:21.675 he turns believers against one another. 378 00:22:22.215 --> 00:22:23.875 Um, Eve takes a bite of the fruit, 379 00:22:23.875 --> 00:22:25.075 and then she gives some to Adam. 380 00:22:25.615 --> 00:22:27.395 Um, first of all, he should have been there to, 381 00:22:27.395 --> 00:22:28.795 to help prevent it in the first place. 382 00:22:29.255 --> 00:22:30.675 God shows up on the scene and God 383 00:22:30.675 --> 00:22:32.235 and Adam says, Hey, the woman you gave me, 384 00:22:32.235 --> 00:22:33.395 she did it like it's her fault, 385 00:22:33.765 --> 00:22:35.635 right outta the gate, same game plan. 386 00:22:35.935 --> 00:22:38.355 He divides he'll distract, he'll do whatever he can do 387 00:22:38.355 --> 00:22:41.755 to get our eyes off of Jesus and onto ourselves 388 00:22:41.985 --> 00:22:44.115 because our personal opinions 389 00:22:44.115 --> 00:22:48.575 and preferences are always right or maybe not. 390 00:22:50.785 --> 00:22:52.005 And he causes destruction. 391 00:22:52.005 --> 00:22:54.645 He'll ruin our witness through bitterness or pride. 392 00:22:54.645 --> 00:22:56.205 That's the playbook. But here's the good news. 393 00:22:56.345 --> 00:22:59.285 Christ did not just come to to counter Satan's schemes. 394 00:22:59.435 --> 00:23:00.725 He's already defeated them. 395 00:23:00.825 --> 00:23:03.045 Uh, Colossians chapter two, verse 15. 396 00:23:03.425 --> 00:23:06.565 It says, he, he being Jesus, he disarmed the rulers 397 00:23:06.565 --> 00:23:08.845 and the authorities and he put them to open shame 398 00:23:09.265 --> 00:23:10.805 by triumphing over them. 399 00:23:11.025 --> 00:23:12.925 So understand, when we fight for unity, 400 00:23:13.255 --> 00:23:15.045 we're not fighting for unity. 401 00:23:15.095 --> 00:23:16.445 We're not fighting for victory. 402 00:23:16.795 --> 00:23:18.805 When we fight for unity, we're not fighting for victory. 403 00:23:18.975 --> 00:23:20.965 We're fighting from victory. 404 00:23:21.225 --> 00:23:24.525 We are standing on what it is that Jesus has already secured 405 00:23:24.525 --> 00:23:25.645 for us and our lives. 406 00:23:25.865 --> 00:23:29.645 So the enemy, he isolates, Jesus gathers 407 00:23:30.865 --> 00:23:31.885 the enemy divides. 408 00:23:33.425 --> 00:23:36.535 Jesus, unites the enemy distracts. 409 00:23:37.565 --> 00:23:40.795 Jesus focuses us on the gospel. He says, remember me. 410 00:23:41.115 --> 00:23:42.755 Remember who I am. Remember what I've done for you. 411 00:23:43.015 --> 00:23:46.245 The enemy destroys and Jesus restores. 412 00:23:46.535 --> 00:23:50.645 There is no man, no woman, no child who has ever gone so far 413 00:23:50.645 --> 00:23:52.965 that they could escape the love and the grace and the mercy 414 00:23:53.025 --> 00:23:54.645 and the hope that Jesus offers to us. 415 00:23:54.745 --> 00:23:56.365 That's the power that we walk in. 416 00:23:56.865 --> 00:23:58.845 And so Paul gives a call to unity 417 00:23:58.865 --> 00:23:59.885 for those who are in Christ. 418 00:24:00.025 --> 00:24:02.445 He says, have the same love being full 419 00:24:02.445 --> 00:24:04.525 accord and of one mind. 420 00:24:04.865 --> 00:24:07.045 Uh, I wanna show you what this looks like. Okay? 421 00:24:07.115 --> 00:24:08.525 It's one thing to talk about unity. 422 00:24:08.875 --> 00:24:10.125 It's another thing to actually see it. 423 00:24:10.125 --> 00:24:12.365 So I've got some volunteers who have been voluntold. 424 00:24:12.555 --> 00:24:14.485 They're gonna come out, we gotta go fast. 425 00:24:14.485 --> 00:24:19.325 We don't have a whole lot of time. Let's 426 00:24:19.325 --> 00:24:20.765 welcome these folks to the stage here. 427 00:24:21.715 --> 00:24:22.965 Okay? Alright. 428 00:24:22.965 --> 00:24:24.805 So we got here a tug of war rope 429 00:24:25.825 --> 00:24:27.685 and, uh, we're gonna see 430 00:24:27.715 --> 00:24:29.325 what it looks like when we've got folks 431 00:24:29.325 --> 00:24:31.125 that are rowing in opposite directions. 432 00:24:31.705 --> 00:24:33.205 Um, here's what I'm gonna say. 433 00:24:33.405 --> 00:24:35.925 Unity doesn't happen with personal agendas. Okay? 434 00:24:35.985 --> 00:24:38.765 So look, here's what we got. We got Rob Jones here. 435 00:24:38.825 --> 00:24:41.725 So Rob is our creative director. He's a worship pastor. 436 00:24:41.785 --> 00:24:43.165 So Rob's gonna be tempted to say, Hey, 437 00:24:43.345 --> 00:24:45.205 the most important thing in the life 438 00:24:45.205 --> 00:24:46.765 of the church is when we get together and worship. 439 00:24:47.195 --> 00:24:50.845 Okay? Yeah. You got, yeah, you got Dave Nuity. 440 00:24:50.845 --> 00:24:51.885 This is our marriage pastor. 441 00:24:52.235 --> 00:24:53.685 He's gonna say, there is no program. 442 00:24:53.875 --> 00:24:56.365 More people are clapping. He's like, there's no program. 443 00:24:56.515 --> 00:24:58.645 More important than reengage for the life of marriage 444 00:24:58.945 --> 00:25:00.365 or hope parents, or hope for parents. 445 00:25:00.765 --> 00:25:01.805 I knew I could get Dave here 446 00:25:01.965 --> 00:25:03.165 'cause I told him he could come on stage 447 00:25:03.225 --> 00:25:04.325 and wear one of his t-shirts. 448 00:25:04.425 --> 00:25:05.925 And look, uh, he's here. 449 00:25:06.075 --> 00:25:08.085 This is Kelly Kelly's involved in our local 450 00:25:08.105 --> 00:25:09.205 impact ministry here. 451 00:25:09.305 --> 00:25:12.845 So like all things, uh, um, um, uh, 452 00:25:14.005 --> 00:25:16.645 goodness gracious working in our schools, um, 453 00:25:16.955 --> 00:25:19.205 fostering hope, everything with our food pantry, 454 00:25:19.205 --> 00:25:21.685 Kelly's involved in Nestor, student pastor here. 455 00:25:21.685 --> 00:25:23.445 He's gonna say, Hey, next gen ministry. 456 00:25:23.755 --> 00:25:25.685 Next gen ministry is where it's at. 457 00:25:25.865 --> 00:25:27.245 Uh, we got, look, we got all these, 458 00:25:27.305 --> 00:25:29.965 but look, we got Doug Stride, apex campus pastor. 459 00:25:30.675 --> 00:25:32.645 He's gonna say, apex is most important. 460 00:25:32.875 --> 00:25:35.125 Matt, Curtis, we got big Texas back here in the bat. 461 00:25:35.555 --> 00:25:38.645 He's gonna say, the Fuqua campus is where it is. 462 00:25:38.785 --> 00:25:40.725 Now let's look what happens. We all get together 463 00:25:40.725 --> 00:25:42.165 with our personal agendas. 464 00:25:42.725 --> 00:25:44.965 I was told by two people, this is a really bad idea. 465 00:25:45.585 --> 00:25:47.125 Um, somebody could get hurt. 466 00:25:47.145 --> 00:25:49.325 And I told them before, if you get hurt, it just goes 467 00:25:49.325 --> 00:25:50.365 to show what the bad things 468 00:25:50.365 --> 00:25:51.645 that can happen when you're not unified. 469 00:25:51.715 --> 00:25:53.085 Okay? So it's, um, 470 00:25:53.685 --> 00:25:55.925 workers' comp will cover some of this stuff, okay? 471 00:25:55.985 --> 00:25:58.325 On the count of three, let's see what this looks like. 472 00:25:58.785 --> 00:26:03.085 1, 2, 3. There we go. Clap for him. Let's go. 473 00:26:03.095 --> 00:26:05.685 Let's go, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Come on, worship. 474 00:26:06.275 --> 00:26:08.525 Come on, Fuqua. Let's go. Fuqua. 475 00:26:10.035 --> 00:26:11.885 Okay, stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop, stop, stop. 476 00:26:12.235 --> 00:26:15.365 Okay, enter. 477 00:26:16.325 --> 00:26:18.165 Entertaining, entertaining. 478 00:26:19.065 --> 00:26:22.085 Um, not the most efficient way to get from A to B. Okay? 479 00:26:22.985 --> 00:26:25.445 Now, let's watch this. Everybody grab a hold of the rope. 480 00:26:26.215 --> 00:26:29.045 Let's take a deep breath and let's just walk 481 00:26:29.105 --> 00:26:30.165 10 feet this direction. 482 00:26:30.215 --> 00:26:32.725 Let's see what happens. Hey, look at that. 483 00:26:33.745 --> 00:26:36.165 No stress, no strain, 484 00:26:38.705 --> 00:26:40.165 no pain, no injuries. 485 00:26:40.945 --> 00:26:43.005 All right, look, let's stop, let's go 10 feet. Let's go. 486 00:26:43.110 --> 00:26:44.150 Go 10 feet back the other direction. 487 00:26:44.825 --> 00:26:47.445 Oh, look at us, look at us 488 00:26:48.685 --> 00:26:50.685 brothers dwelling together in unity. 489 00:26:51.595 --> 00:26:53.925 Alright, let's let them know you appreciate 'em. 490 00:26:54.665 --> 00:26:58.685 So you get the point. Unity does not happen 491 00:26:59.475 --> 00:27:00.765 with personal agendas. 492 00:27:01.185 --> 00:27:04.485 It does, it doesn't. Unity happens with a commitment 493 00:27:04.485 --> 00:27:07.805 to oneness as the church family, as a family of God. 494 00:27:07.805 --> 00:27:09.325 We've gotta be committed to a oneness. 495 00:27:09.545 --> 00:27:12.085 So we're called into it. How do we get after it? 496 00:27:12.155 --> 00:27:13.885 Paul gives us an example of unity. 497 00:27:14.825 --> 00:27:16.845 He says, have the mind among yourselves, 498 00:27:16.855 --> 00:27:18.565 which is yours in Christ Jesus. 499 00:27:19.035 --> 00:27:21.085 Anytime somebody says Jesus is the example, 500 00:27:21.145 --> 00:27:22.405 I'm gonna be honest, I get a little bit nervous. 501 00:27:22.545 --> 00:27:24.365 I'm like, okay, well now you've set the bar pretty high. 502 00:27:24.905 --> 00:27:26.685 The Bible does tell us though, that, that, um, 503 00:27:26.875 --> 00:27:28.605 when we place our, our trust in Jesus, 504 00:27:28.705 --> 00:27:30.525 we have the Holy Spirit inside of us. 505 00:27:30.985 --> 00:27:33.285 The same spirit of God that rose Jesus from the dead. 506 00:27:33.285 --> 00:27:35.045 Is it work in us? He can be at work in our lives. 507 00:27:35.305 --> 00:27:36.885 Is it work in our lives? He, so he says, 508 00:27:37.175 --> 00:27:39.765 Jesus is the example, have the same mind among you, 509 00:27:39.765 --> 00:27:40.765 which is yours in Christ Jesus, 510 00:27:41.145 --> 00:27:45.725 who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality 511 00:27:45.795 --> 00:27:48.045 with God, something to be grafted. 512 00:27:48.225 --> 00:27:49.805 You ever met somebody that acted like 513 00:27:49.805 --> 00:27:51.005 the universe revolved around them? 514 00:27:51.425 --> 00:27:56.405 Oh yeah. Oh yeah, yeah, we've met that person. 515 00:27:56.515 --> 00:27:57.845 Well, guess what? Uh, 516 00:27:58.925 --> 00:28:00.685 actually the world does revolve around Jesus. 517 00:28:00.915 --> 00:28:02.765 Okay? The Bible tells us it's through him 518 00:28:02.765 --> 00:28:04.045 that all things were created. 519 00:28:04.385 --> 00:28:06.125 And he says, he says, no, no, no. 520 00:28:06.305 --> 00:28:08.045 He did not account quality with God, 521 00:28:08.045 --> 00:28:09.085 something to be grasped. 522 00:28:09.185 --> 00:28:10.805 But instead he emptied himself. 523 00:28:10.805 --> 00:28:14.005 Look at this, by taking the form of a servant, 524 00:28:15.335 --> 00:28:17.525 being born in the likeness of men 525 00:28:17.545 --> 00:28:20.885 and being found in human form, he humbled himself 526 00:28:21.985 --> 00:28:24.365 by becoming obedient to the point of death, 527 00:28:25.475 --> 00:28:27.445 even death on a cross. 528 00:28:29.025 --> 00:28:33.045 That's the example. Jesus, the king of the universe, the one 529 00:28:33.045 --> 00:28:35.925 through whom everything was created, he had every right 530 00:28:36.025 --> 00:28:39.105 to rule, but he chose to surf. 531 00:28:40.525 --> 00:28:43.345 He he had every reason to stay in heaven, 532 00:28:44.965 --> 00:28:46.215 that he chose to came near. 533 00:28:48.145 --> 00:28:50.085 Can you imagine a king stepping off his throne, 534 00:28:50.085 --> 00:28:51.605 setting his crown aside, 535 00:28:51.605 --> 00:28:55.285 and then kneeling down to wash the feet of his servants? 536 00:28:56.265 --> 00:29:00.945 That's Jesus. That's the king who stooped low to lift us up. 537 00:29:01.165 --> 00:29:03.865 That's what unity looks like. It looks like humility. 538 00:29:04.615 --> 00:29:06.185 It's not thinking less of yourself, 539 00:29:06.565 --> 00:29:10.385 but thinking of yourself less pursuing humility. 540 00:29:10.645 --> 00:29:12.625 It places others needs above your preferences. 541 00:29:12.805 --> 00:29:14.065 And oftentimes just being honest 542 00:29:15.565 --> 00:29:16.835 ahead of your own priorities. 543 00:29:18.895 --> 00:29:21.915 And speaking of honesty, let, let's be honest with ourselves 544 00:29:21.915 --> 00:29:23.235 for a minute, we hear a verse like that 545 00:29:23.235 --> 00:29:24.355 and we're like, yeah, go Jesus. 546 00:29:24.485 --> 00:29:26.155 Right? That's, that's the way to go. 547 00:29:27.135 --> 00:29:29.915 But if we're honest with ourselves, we're, we're tempted 548 00:29:29.915 --> 00:29:31.955 to think, but wait a minute, if I do 549 00:29:31.955 --> 00:29:35.445 that, how do I get my way? 550 00:29:37.515 --> 00:29:38.715 I mean, that's a real question. 551 00:29:38.935 --> 00:29:41.485 If I do that, if I look out to others, if I serve even 552 00:29:41.505 --> 00:29:43.365 to death, death on the cross, man, 553 00:29:43.415 --> 00:29:44.845 who's gonna be looking out for number one, 554 00:29:44.935 --> 00:29:46.125 who's gonna be looking out for me 555 00:29:46.125 --> 00:29:48.125 and friends, I just wanna tell you what I'm doing. 556 00:29:48.125 --> 00:29:50.325 And at hope we stand on the word of God. 557 00:29:50.705 --> 00:29:53.445 All I'm doing is reading the pages, uh, 558 00:29:53.505 --> 00:29:55.445 the words off the pages of the word of God. 559 00:29:56.555 --> 00:30:00.775 And at the end of the day, the reality is we either believe 560 00:30:00.775 --> 00:30:01.975 that our way is better, 561 00:30:02.555 --> 00:30:04.255 or we believe that his way is better. 562 00:30:05.465 --> 00:30:07.685 And oftentimes those things are gonna compete 563 00:30:08.865 --> 00:30:10.045 and we've gotta make a decision. 564 00:30:10.065 --> 00:30:13.125 But here's, here's what I do know from, from close 565 00:30:13.125 --> 00:30:14.245 to three decades of following Jesus. 566 00:30:14.395 --> 00:30:17.405 When we follow Jesus' example to stoop low to serve, 567 00:30:18.425 --> 00:30:20.765 he takes responsibility for lifting up 568 00:30:20.765 --> 00:30:22.005 what needs to be lifted up. 569 00:30:22.745 --> 00:30:24.325 And you could have confidence in that 570 00:30:24.325 --> 00:30:25.645 because you have a good savior. 571 00:30:27.585 --> 00:30:29.205 And so I wanna give us some time to reflect. 572 00:30:30.125 --> 00:30:32.965 I want you to ask yourself, where am I clinging to my rights 573 00:30:34.575 --> 00:30:36.265 when Christ is calling me to release him? 574 00:30:39.275 --> 00:30:40.985 Where am I grasping for control 575 00:30:42.595 --> 00:30:43.765 when he is calling me to serve? 576 00:30:48.095 --> 00:30:49.365 Where am I bringing unity 577 00:30:49.585 --> 00:30:54.205 or disunity in your marriage where you work? 578 00:30:55.375 --> 00:30:58.365 Maybe you're in high school or college on your sports team. 579 00:30:58.765 --> 00:31:01.365 Goodness gracious, this'll preach to a football team. 580 00:31:01.745 --> 00:31:04.405 Uh, how about your HOA you bringing unity to your HOA 581 00:31:05.315 --> 00:31:06.365 Lord knows they could use it. 582 00:31:06.485 --> 00:31:08.125 I I intentionally live in Garner. 583 00:31:08.125 --> 00:31:10.085 We don't have those out there. We don't have HOAs. 584 00:31:10.205 --> 00:31:12.245 I, my, my neighborhood, uh, there's a guy 585 00:31:12.245 --> 00:31:13.525 who lives right across the street from me. 586 00:31:13.525 --> 00:31:15.005 And I'm not kidding, for seven years, 587 00:31:15.265 --> 00:31:17.245 he had about 11 cars in his front yard. 588 00:31:17.625 --> 00:31:20.245 And, uh, people would kind of walk by 589 00:31:20.245 --> 00:31:21.725 and they'd see me working out in the front 590 00:31:21.725 --> 00:31:22.805 yard taking care of my lawn. 591 00:31:22.805 --> 00:31:25.445 And they're like, does that gonna ever bother you? 592 00:31:26.305 --> 00:31:28.445 I'm like, you know what? No. You know why? 593 00:31:28.445 --> 00:31:29.565 Because he paid for that dirt. 594 00:31:29.625 --> 00:31:31.045 He can do whatever he wants to on that dirt. 595 00:31:31.045 --> 00:31:32.125 And you know why I think that? Well, you know, 596 00:31:32.145 --> 00:31:34.365 I'm happy about that because I don't want nobody coming over 597 00:31:34.445 --> 00:31:35.965 here and telling me what to do on my piece of dirt. 598 00:31:35.965 --> 00:31:37.925 So I'm okay with it. Now, I know some of y'all 599 00:31:37.925 --> 00:31:39.885 who live in care, you're like, I don't 600 00:31:39.885 --> 00:31:40.965 know if that guy could be my pastor. 601 00:31:41.105 --> 00:31:42.125 We keep things neat and 602 00:31:42.125 --> 00:31:43.325 clean over here, and this is what we do. 603 00:31:43.385 --> 00:31:46.005 That's okay. We can find unity in our differences. 604 00:31:46.145 --> 00:31:47.525 All right? It's not a big deal. 605 00:31:47.625 --> 00:31:49.045 But for as for me and for my house, 606 00:31:49.215 --> 00:31:51.325 we're gonna live in Garner, no HOAs 607 00:31:53.945 --> 00:31:55.365 That's taking scripture outta context. 608 00:31:55.545 --> 00:31:57.845 And I repent. Uh, Paul calls us 609 00:31:57.845 --> 00:31:59.285 to have the same mind of Jesus. 610 00:31:59.665 --> 00:32:01.765 The best way for us to do that is to stop 611 00:32:01.785 --> 00:32:03.645 and remember as Paul highlighted 612 00:32:03.705 --> 00:32:05.005 how Jesus sacrificed for us. 613 00:32:05.265 --> 00:32:07.965 And so here's what we're gonna do. If Paul gives us a call 614 00:32:07.965 --> 00:32:09.485 to Unity, and if he says, Hey, 615 00:32:09.485 --> 00:32:11.685 take on the same mind as Christ Jesus. 616 00:32:11.825 --> 00:32:14.725 And then, uh, remember his example, what we're gonna do, 617 00:32:14.855 --> 00:32:16.605 we're actually gonna remember his example together. 618 00:32:16.625 --> 00:32:19.005 And I know as a church family, we took communion last week. 619 00:32:19.565 --> 00:32:21.085 I just can't sprint through this passage 620 00:32:21.185 --> 00:32:23.525 of scripture saying like, this is the turning point. 621 00:32:23.745 --> 00:32:25.805 Uh, look to Jesus as the example, 622 00:32:25.865 --> 00:32:28.285 and then us actually not take time to remember. 623 00:32:28.785 --> 00:32:31.765 And so, um, what we're gonna do, 624 00:32:31.765 --> 00:32:34.285 we're gonna stop right now across our two campuses, 625 00:32:34.665 --> 00:32:37.165 across all of our communities that are represented. 626 00:32:37.505 --> 00:32:39.925 And we're gonna remember how this was modeled for all of us. 627 00:32:40.465 --> 00:32:42.805 Uh, last week at Raleigh, when we took communion together. 628 00:32:42.985 --> 00:32:45.805 Uh, I read from one Corinthians chapter 10, verse 17. 629 00:32:45.825 --> 00:32:48.805 It says, because there is one bread, we who are many 630 00:32:49.545 --> 00:32:54.125 or one body for, we all partake of the one bread. 631 00:32:55.515 --> 00:32:59.085 When we take the bread and the cup together, we declare that 632 00:32:59.085 --> 00:33:02.325 what unites us is greater than anything that can divide us. 633 00:33:03.625 --> 00:33:07.695 Any political party, any race, 634 00:33:07.915 --> 00:33:09.695 any socioeconomic status, 635 00:33:09.845 --> 00:33:11.815 what unites us is greater than what can divide us. 636 00:33:11.815 --> 00:33:13.575 So whether you're here from Fuqua or Garner 637 00:33:13.635 --> 00:33:16.615 or Northwest Care, or Apex or Raleigh or Holly Springs or, 638 00:33:16.795 --> 00:33:19.375 or there is one table, there is one bread, 639 00:33:19.375 --> 00:33:21.495 there is one family, and there's one savior. 640 00:33:22.315 --> 00:33:24.415 And so if you have the elements, uh, I wanna encourage you, 641 00:33:24.715 --> 00:33:27.215 uh, across our campuses, take this out. 642 00:33:28.075 --> 00:33:32.335 And I'd like to remind you, um, we see in the gospels, 643 00:33:32.775 --> 00:33:34.295 specifically in Luke, um, the night 644 00:33:34.295 --> 00:33:36.615 before Jesus' crucifixion, he's sitting around the table 645 00:33:37.405 --> 00:33:41.015 with his disciples and he passes around the bread. 646 00:33:41.015 --> 00:33:42.895 And he said, this, this bread is my body 647 00:33:44.195 --> 00:33:45.575 and it's gonna be broken for you. 648 00:33:46.395 --> 00:33:48.095 And so what I want you to do, I want you 649 00:33:48.095 --> 00:33:49.295 to open that up if you haven't already. 650 00:33:49.295 --> 00:33:52.215 And I want you to take The wafer, 651 00:33:52.215 --> 00:33:54.295 which represents the body of Christ. 652 00:33:55.075 --> 00:33:59.015 And I want you to remember Jesus' body being broken for you 653 00:33:59.955 --> 00:34:01.175 and not just broken for you, 654 00:34:02.315 --> 00:34:04.095 but broken for every other man, woman, 655 00:34:04.115 --> 00:34:06.615 and student that's in the room that you're in right now, 656 00:34:06.795 --> 00:34:08.175 across both of our campuses, 657 00:34:08.315 --> 00:34:11.215 and ultimately every Christ follower on planet Earth. 658 00:34:12.235 --> 00:34:14.495 And as you're ready, let's take and eat. 659 00:34:28.515 --> 00:34:31.175 And likewise, you pass around the cup. 660 00:34:33.315 --> 00:34:34.775 He said, this wine, it, it 661 00:34:35.975 --> 00:34:37.415 represents my blood of the new covenant. 662 00:34:38.755 --> 00:34:39.855 And so every time you take 663 00:34:39.875 --> 00:34:42.655 and drink, do so and remem it to me. 664 00:34:44.835 --> 00:34:46.575 And so before you take and drink, I i want you 665 00:34:46.575 --> 00:34:48.495 to remember Christ's blood that was shed for you, 666 00:34:48.495 --> 00:34:52.335 that was shed for me, that was shed for every man, woman, 667 00:34:52.335 --> 00:34:54.375 and student that's in the room that you're in right now. 668 00:34:54.395 --> 00:34:56.215 And you're with us at our Apex campus 669 00:34:58.555 --> 00:35:02.135 and want you to, I want us to recognize the unity 670 00:35:02.835 --> 00:35:05.775 and the oneness that is available to us through the death 671 00:35:05.775 --> 00:35:06.815 and resurrection of Jesus. 672 00:35:08.515 --> 00:35:10.415 As you're ready, take and drink. 673 00:35:24.025 --> 00:35:26.895 Jesus, we thank you for making us one 674 00:35:29.125 --> 00:35:31.535 Lord, I pray that you would forgive us for 675 00:35:31.535 --> 00:35:33.775 where we've allowed division 676 00:35:33.875 --> 00:35:37.365 to creep in To the body. 677 00:35:38.955 --> 00:35:41.325 Lord, I pray for personal forgiveness in my own life. 678 00:35:41.335 --> 00:35:44.085 We've had a lot of tough decisions 679 00:35:44.085 --> 00:35:46.565 to make over the last few months. 680 00:35:47.465 --> 00:35:48.605 Lot of hard conversations. 681 00:35:48.745 --> 00:35:49.925 I'm certain that I haven't gotten 682 00:35:49.925 --> 00:35:50.965 everything right along the way. 683 00:35:52.075 --> 00:35:56.405 Lord, I see leaders in scripture confessing 684 00:35:56.475 --> 00:35:57.645 sins on behalf of their people. 685 00:35:58.705 --> 00:36:00.245 And so, Lord, I say, forgive us 686 00:36:00.465 --> 00:36:03.565 of our sins at Hope Community Church for moments 687 00:36:03.585 --> 00:36:05.285 of division of dissension. 688 00:36:06.745 --> 00:36:10.445 Father, I pray that as you pray, Jesus in John 17, 689 00:36:10.445 --> 00:36:13.365 that you would make us one as you and the Father are one. 690 00:36:13.875 --> 00:36:15.445 Lord, we love you, and we pray and ask. 691 00:36:15.445 --> 00:36:19.765 He sings in Jesus name. Amen. We're not done yet. 692 00:36:20.615 --> 00:36:23.965 We're not done yet. Um, we've read a call to Unity. 693 00:36:24.455 --> 00:36:26.965 We've been reminded of the example of unity. 694 00:36:26.985 --> 00:36:30.685 So what's the result? Uh, let's jump over to verse 15. 695 00:36:31.005 --> 00:36:32.365 Actually, we're gonna start in verse 14. 696 00:36:32.625 --> 00:36:35.205 So Philippians chapter two, verse 14, it says, 697 00:36:36.425 --> 00:36:39.685 do all things without grumbling or disputing. 698 00:36:40.945 --> 00:36:42.085 Um, I'm gonna read 699 00:36:42.085 --> 00:36:43.605 that one more time for the people in the back. 700 00:36:43.915 --> 00:36:47.285 Okay? Do all things, 701 00:36:47.865 --> 00:36:51.925 do all things, do all things 702 00:36:53.195 --> 00:36:55.365 without grumbling or disputing. 703 00:36:55.465 --> 00:36:57.085 Why? Why do we do that? 704 00:36:57.705 --> 00:36:59.765 So that you may be blameless 705 00:36:59.785 --> 00:37:04.165 and innocent children of God without blemish in the midst 706 00:37:04.185 --> 00:37:08.285 of a crooked and twisted generation among whom you shine 707 00:37:08.785 --> 00:37:12.445 as lights of the world, Um, 708 00:37:13.865 --> 00:37:15.045 do all things without grumbling 709 00:37:15.045 --> 00:37:16.485 or disputing that you may be blameless 710 00:37:16.485 --> 00:37:18.085 and innocent children of God without blemish. 711 00:37:18.225 --> 00:37:19.605 Do you know that you were created in 712 00:37:19.605 --> 00:37:20.725 the image of a triune God? 713 00:37:20.725 --> 00:37:22.845 That's what the Bible tells us in Genesis, father, son, 714 00:37:22.845 --> 00:37:25.245 holy Spirit, when try to explain this, um, the, 715 00:37:25.265 --> 00:37:27.645 the Trinity has forever existed, father, son, 716 00:37:27.645 --> 00:37:29.845 and Holy Spirit, um, for eternity past 717 00:37:29.865 --> 00:37:32.365 and will exist for eternity forward in perfect unity, 718 00:37:32.435 --> 00:37:35.565 perfect harmony, perfect love, perfect submission. 719 00:37:35.945 --> 00:37:39.245 You were created our, I was created in that image. 720 00:37:40.105 --> 00:37:42.765 We as the body of Christ, show a picture of Jesus 721 00:37:43.345 --> 00:37:47.965 to the world through that image, in part through our unity. 722 00:37:50.185 --> 00:37:53.165 So what Paul is saying here is, do this so 723 00:37:53.165 --> 00:37:54.285 that you may be blameless 724 00:37:54.285 --> 00:37:57.605 and innocent children of God without blemish in the midst 725 00:37:57.625 --> 00:37:59.685 of a crooked and twisted generation 726 00:38:00.015 --> 00:38:02.725 among whom you shall shine as light in the world. 727 00:38:02.955 --> 00:38:05.325 What, what he's saying here is when the church walks in 728 00:38:05.565 --> 00:38:07.445 unity, the world sees Jesus clearly. 729 00:38:11.035 --> 00:38:13.525 John 17, I referenced this earlier in, in my prayer. 730 00:38:13.525 --> 00:38:15.045 Jesus prays for unity in one 731 00:38:15.045 --> 00:38:16.525 of his final prayers before the cross. 732 00:38:17.345 --> 00:38:20.365 And he says, father, I pray that they may all be one as you 733 00:38:20.365 --> 00:38:22.645 and I are one, so that the world may believe 734 00:38:22.645 --> 00:38:25.925 that you sent me Jesus tied our witness to our oneness. 735 00:38:27.065 --> 00:38:30.525 How the world sees Jesus is gonna be impacted 736 00:38:30.545 --> 00:38:31.685 by how unified we are. 737 00:38:31.685 --> 00:38:34.325 There's another result, uh, of our unity as well. 738 00:38:35.645 --> 00:38:38.285 I want us to see, um, Psalm 1 33. 739 00:38:39.535 --> 00:38:41.245 Short little psalm so powerful. 740 00:38:41.265 --> 00:38:44.045 In fact, uh, someone put a note about this, uh, 741 00:38:44.085 --> 00:38:46.485 a little devotion on our Apex campus Facebook page. 742 00:38:46.745 --> 00:38:48.165 So it was so good. I I don't have time 743 00:38:48.165 --> 00:38:49.485 to get into all that, but this is what it says. 744 00:38:49.745 --> 00:38:52.125 And this is King David here talking about unity. 745 00:38:52.225 --> 00:38:54.125 He says, behold how good 746 00:38:54.225 --> 00:38:57.485 and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity, 747 00:38:57.545 --> 00:39:00.325 he says, it's good, it's pleasant, it's peaceful. 748 00:39:02.185 --> 00:39:05.205 What's it like, David? It's like the precious oil on the 749 00:39:05.205 --> 00:39:07.565 head running down on the beard, on the beard 750 00:39:07.565 --> 00:39:10.565 of Aaron running down on the collar of his robes. 751 00:39:10.785 --> 00:39:14.765 Uh, this is a picture of a, a consecrated priest, like holy, 752 00:39:16.655 --> 00:39:18.005 completely forgiven. 753 00:39:19.075 --> 00:39:23.485 He's saying it's anointed, it's sacred, it's holy. 754 00:39:23.485 --> 00:39:26.205 There's something about unity that shows a picture 755 00:39:26.225 --> 00:39:27.565 of God that's anointed. 756 00:39:27.565 --> 00:39:30.285 It's sacred and holy. And then he goes on to verse three. 757 00:39:30.365 --> 00:39:32.405 He says, it's like the dew of Herman, 758 00:39:32.405 --> 00:39:34.725 which falls on the mountains of Zion. 759 00:39:34.755 --> 00:39:36.285 It's like water in the desert. 760 00:39:38.985 --> 00:39:42.765 And he finishes, he says, for there the Lord has commanded 761 00:39:43.545 --> 00:39:46.565 the blessing life forevermore. 762 00:39:46.995 --> 00:39:50.285 It's what God blesses. He says, how good and pleasant it is. 763 00:39:50.285 --> 00:39:51.845 When brothers dwell together in unity, 764 00:39:52.075 --> 00:39:53.525 it's like sustenance for your soul. 765 00:39:53.525 --> 00:39:55.525 The Lord commands his blessing. 766 00:39:55.805 --> 00:39:58.085 Unity is where God commands his blessing. 767 00:39:58.265 --> 00:39:59.285 Now, when I say a blessing, 768 00:39:59.285 --> 00:40:00.365 you might be like, okay, what does that mean? 769 00:40:00.365 --> 00:40:02.245 Does that mean if we're unified, I'm gonna get a new car? 770 00:40:02.385 --> 00:40:06.465 It doesn't mean that, But what if 771 00:40:07.125 --> 00:40:10.065 the blessing that comes from unity 772 00:40:11.245 --> 00:40:15.105 is just the unity itself in a world 773 00:40:15.105 --> 00:40:16.785 that doesn't experience it at all? 774 00:40:17.175 --> 00:40:19.385 What if there's just something about how we were created 775 00:40:19.385 --> 00:40:21.865 that we will never experience the life that Jesus came 776 00:40:21.865 --> 00:40:23.905 to make available unless we pursue, 777 00:40:24.705 --> 00:40:27.905 actively pursue in humility, unity in our lives? 778 00:40:29.405 --> 00:40:30.545 And if you hear me say that 779 00:40:30.545 --> 00:40:32.305 and you're like, I don't even know if that's possible, 780 00:40:33.835 --> 00:40:35.745 maybe you've actually never experienced it, 781 00:40:38.605 --> 00:40:41.265 the result of of our unity, it's the blessing of God. 782 00:40:42.205 --> 00:40:46.585 And it's a divided world, seeing a picture of Jesus. 783 00:40:49.505 --> 00:40:52.065 Unity isn't a strategy, it's not a goal. 784 00:40:53.385 --> 00:40:55.545 Unity is a spiritual necessity for ourselves 785 00:40:56.085 --> 00:40:57.545 to experience the blessing of God 786 00:40:57.545 --> 00:40:58.865 that he created us to experience. 787 00:40:59.125 --> 00:41:01.225 And for the world to know the gospel of Jesus. 788 00:41:02.925 --> 00:41:04.425 I'm gonna tell you right now, it makes 789 00:41:04.425 --> 00:41:05.465 your relationships better. 790 00:41:07.185 --> 00:41:08.745 Humility and peace. It always beats pride 791 00:41:08.745 --> 00:41:10.625 and conflict all day long. 792 00:41:11.925 --> 00:41:13.065 It makes our church stronger. 793 00:41:14.445 --> 00:41:17.505 The United Church, it's unstoppable in love and mission. 794 00:41:17.925 --> 00:41:19.185 It makes our world brighter 795 00:41:19.185 --> 00:41:22.785 because when we love one another, people see Jesus. 796 00:41:25.165 --> 00:41:26.185 So lemme ask you a question. 797 00:41:27.095 --> 00:41:29.185 What are the areas in your life where you're tempted 798 00:41:29.185 --> 00:41:30.305 to not pursue unity? 799 00:41:33.285 --> 00:41:34.925 I wanna encourage you this week, spend some time, 800 00:41:35.145 --> 00:41:36.805 ask the Holy Spirit, say, God, uh, 801 00:41:36.805 --> 00:41:38.285 you might not even know about the Holy Spirit. 802 00:41:38.285 --> 00:41:39.565 That's okay. Go to God. 803 00:41:39.585 --> 00:41:42.205 Say God, please reveal to me the areas in my life 804 00:41:42.205 --> 00:41:43.485 where I'm not pursuing unity. 805 00:41:44.085 --> 00:41:45.765 'cause I wanna experience your blessing in my life. 806 00:41:45.925 --> 00:41:46.965 I want the world to know Jesus. 807 00:41:49.805 --> 00:41:52.045 'cause what's at stake is the blessing of God in our lives 808 00:41:52.045 --> 00:41:53.685 and the witness of Jesus to the world. 809 00:41:54.425 --> 00:41:55.885 So we have a call to unity. 810 00:41:56.865 --> 00:41:59.685 We have an example and we know the result. 811 00:42:00.225 --> 00:42:01.645 So here's what I want in this next season. 812 00:42:01.905 --> 00:42:04.965 One church, multiple communities, two locations. 813 00:42:05.135 --> 00:42:07.125 Let's just not attend church together. 814 00:42:07.375 --> 00:42:10.925 Let's move on mission together. Let's serve side by side. 815 00:42:11.215 --> 00:42:13.325 Let's give generously. Let's love deeply. 816 00:42:13.655 --> 00:42:16.125 Let's be a people that reflect the unity 817 00:42:16.145 --> 00:42:17.165 of the God that we worship. 818 00:42:17.235 --> 00:42:18.365 Because when the wall, 819 00:42:18.365 --> 00:42:21.325 when the church walks in unity together, 820 00:42:21.705 --> 00:42:25.565 the world sees Jesus clearly, I know that we can agree that 821 00:42:25.565 --> 00:42:27.365 what the world needs right now is 822 00:42:27.365 --> 00:42:28.725 to see a clear picture of Jesus. 823 00:42:28.785 --> 00:42:31.245 And so here's what I want us to do In the next 30 days, 824 00:42:33.325 --> 00:42:34.445 I want you to make a commitment 825 00:42:36.385 --> 00:42:38.645 to strengthen the unity within the family of hope. 826 00:42:40.045 --> 00:42:42.565 A few things I wanna encourage you 827 00:42:42.565 --> 00:42:43.725 to commit to serving twice a month. 828 00:42:45.205 --> 00:42:48.885 I mean, look, when when we look at what it says about Jesus, 829 00:42:49.345 --> 00:42:51.165 he said, have this mind among you, which is those 830 00:42:51.165 --> 00:42:53.285 of Christ Jesus, who though was in the form of God, 831 00:42:53.305 --> 00:42:55.365 did not count equality with God something to be grasped. 832 00:42:55.365 --> 00:42:58.445 He emptied himself by taking on the form of a servant. 833 00:43:00.825 --> 00:43:02.285 Man, if we're gonna pursue this unity thing, 834 00:43:02.355 --> 00:43:03.605 it's gonna take, we've all got roles 835 00:43:03.605 --> 00:43:06.125 and responsibilities to serve the body of Christ. 836 00:43:08.245 --> 00:43:11.675 Maybe you can show some love, um, by inviting someone to sit 837 00:43:11.675 --> 00:43:13.355 with you next Sunday. 838 00:43:13.685 --> 00:43:15.275 Maybe it's someone from a mobile campus 839 00:43:15.335 --> 00:43:17.795 and they're still like, I don't know if I'm gonna try 840 00:43:17.795 --> 00:43:20.075 to find another church in my community with the, if that's 841 00:43:20.075 --> 00:43:21.235 what God's calling me to do, that's great. 842 00:43:21.235 --> 00:43:22.435 But maybe invite 'em over. 843 00:43:22.435 --> 00:43:24.475 Maybe it's somebody who's never been to hope before. 844 00:43:28.315 --> 00:43:30.675 I wanna encourage you to consider maybe giving 845 00:43:30.775 --> 00:43:32.835 to the first time, or if you're already giving, 846 00:43:33.565 --> 00:43:36.075 maybe growing in your generosity towards what it is 847 00:43:36.075 --> 00:43:38.675 that God is doing through the family of God at Hope. 848 00:43:40.985 --> 00:43:43.675 Know, a few months back, I, I challenged the church like, 849 00:43:43.815 --> 00:43:47.235 Hey, if, if, if every person who calls Hope Home 850 00:43:47.805 --> 00:43:52.075 would just give 500 additional dollars between then 851 00:43:52.075 --> 00:43:54.035 and the end of the year, this is the impact it would make. 852 00:43:54.135 --> 00:43:56.075 And I'm here to tell you, and I'm proud of this, uh, 853 00:43:56.145 --> 00:43:57.955 there's been some folks that have jumped in on that 854 00:43:57.955 --> 00:43:59.355 and we've seen a change in kinda 855 00:43:59.355 --> 00:44:01.515 where our forecasting contributions are headed to the end 856 00:44:01.515 --> 00:44:04.435 of the year that's gonna enable us to hit 2026, uh, 857 00:44:04.635 --> 00:44:05.875 a bit more where we want to be. 858 00:44:06.055 --> 00:44:08.195 But I will tell you this, it's definitely not everybody. 859 00:44:08.195 --> 00:44:10.315 And I don't say that to guilt anybody. I I really don't. 860 00:44:10.355 --> 00:44:12.235 I know that we're all in different places financially, 861 00:44:13.095 --> 00:44:15.435 but I do know that if we're a church that's striving 862 00:44:15.575 --> 00:44:19.075 for unity together, it is gonna cost us something. 863 00:44:19.235 --> 00:44:20.715 I do know that following 864 00:44:20.725 --> 00:44:23.075 after God is recognizing that the blessings 865 00:44:23.075 --> 00:44:24.915 that we have in our lives have been given 866 00:44:24.975 --> 00:44:26.395 to us to bless others. 867 00:44:26.415 --> 00:44:27.995 And so I wanna encourage you to consider it. 868 00:44:30.275 --> 00:44:32.045 I wanna encourage you to show hospitality. 869 00:44:33.335 --> 00:44:35.445 We've got new folks showing up at Raleigh and Apex. 870 00:44:35.575 --> 00:44:36.885 Maybe you've never seen them before. 871 00:44:37.115 --> 00:44:38.805 Show hospitality by committing 872 00:44:38.805 --> 00:44:41.165 to learn one person's name every single weekend. 873 00:44:41.435 --> 00:44:42.885 What if, what if we were a church 874 00:44:42.885 --> 00:44:45.565 that somebody new could not show up without somebody 875 00:44:45.845 --> 00:44:46.485 introducing themselves to 876 00:44:47.475 --> 00:44:48.725 what if we were that kind of church? 877 00:44:48.825 --> 00:44:52.405 The world needs right now, a family of God that will shine 878 00:44:52.745 --> 00:44:55.085 as Paul wrote as lights in the world. 879 00:44:55.545 --> 00:44:56.885 So moving forward, let's continue. 880 00:44:56.885 --> 00:44:58.165 And look, I'm talking to a church 881 00:44:58.265 --> 00:45:00.765 and I, I know we're unified, we're in on all this stuff. 882 00:45:00.905 --> 00:45:02.405 But in a world that's divided right now, 883 00:45:02.405 --> 00:45:03.525 I don't know that it can be more important. 884 00:45:03.615 --> 00:45:08.285 Let's love, let's serve, let's forgive, let's walk humbly so 885 00:45:08.285 --> 00:45:10.965 that through us, the world may see the life 886 00:45:11.155 --> 00:45:12.565 that Jesus came to make available. 887 00:45:13.345 --> 00:45:17.925 You pray with me, father Lord, I thank you 888 00:45:17.925 --> 00:45:20.525 for your word Jesus. 889 00:45:21.325 --> 00:45:24.285 I pray that you would give us your mindset, humble, 890 00:45:26.025 --> 00:45:30.885 gentle, selfless, obedient. 891 00:45:32.935 --> 00:45:36.405 Teach us not to look to our own self-interest. 892 00:45:37.555 --> 00:45:38.845 Lord, it's so hard. We got a world 893 00:45:38.845 --> 00:45:40.285 that's throwing stuff at us all the time. 894 00:45:40.505 --> 00:45:42.885 We got a world that saying, Hey, we got, we got social media 895 00:45:42.995 --> 00:45:45.845 that telling us that everybody in the world agrees with us 896 00:45:45.845 --> 00:45:47.045 and we're a hundred percent right. 897 00:45:48.555 --> 00:45:50.045 Lord, help us to see your word. 898 00:45:50.165 --> 00:45:53.725 I pray that your word would root down into our 899 00:45:53.755 --> 00:45:55.445 soul, Lord. 900 00:45:55.465 --> 00:45:58.525 And it would be like a spring that comes out of us 901 00:46:00.635 --> 00:46:03.045 Lord, both for the blessing that we, uh, 902 00:46:03.045 --> 00:46:05.605 that we have available to us through your goodness, 903 00:46:06.265 --> 00:46:10.045 but also for the sake of the world coming to know the hope 904 00:46:10.755 --> 00:46:11.805 that we have in Jesus. 905 00:46:12.355 --> 00:46:14.965 Lord, we love you and we pray and ask all these things 906 00:46:15.345 --> 00:46:18.125 and the powerful name and the unifying name of Jesus, 907 00:46:18.585 --> 00:46:20.005 and all God's people said together. 908 00:46:21.155 --> 00:46:22.155 Amen. Amen. 909 00:46:28.465 --> 00:46:30.685 Church, Would you stand and sing to the only one who's 910 00:46:43.425 --> 00:46:43.965 and I 911 00:48:28.095 --> 00:48:28.315 and 912 00:48:28.375 --> 00:48:28.595 Who 913 00:50:20.925 --> 00:50:21.145 and 914 00:51:10.735 --> 00:51:11.555 who else is? 915 00:51:50.785 --> 00:51:53.355 Come on. If you believe that Jesus is the only one worthy 916 00:51:53.455 --> 00:51:55.715 of praise and honor and glory, lift your voices. 917 00:51:56.095 --> 00:51:57.675 Put your hands together. Lift a shadow of 918 00:51:58.375 --> 00:52:00.875 God is doing a new thing in his church here. 919 00:52:00.875 --> 00:52:03.395 Hope Community Church around the world, the church 920 00:52:03.495 --> 00:52:08.155 of Jesus Christ is strong because our king and Savior is 921 00:52:08.155 --> 00:52:09.675 Seated on the throne and 922 00:52:09.675 --> 00:52:12.275 Forever and ever, his church will get together 923 00:52:12.655 --> 00:52:13.755 and declare that 924 00:52:13.895 --> 00:52:15.835 He is Worthy. 925 00:52:16.735 --> 00:52:18.355 And that is good news for us today. 926 00:52:18.355 --> 00:52:23.285 Church, such a good thing to be together, to be united. 927 00:52:23.355 --> 00:52:24.405 Whether you're in person 928 00:52:24.505 --> 00:52:26.405 or online, it's a good thing to be together 929 00:52:26.545 --> 00:52:28.325 to lift up the name of Jesus. 930 00:52:28.465 --> 00:52:31.045 If you knew welcome, if you're online, 931 00:52:31.105 --> 00:52:32.405 you can drop new into the chat. 932 00:52:32.405 --> 00:52:34.085 We'd love to get you plugged in to all the things 933 00:52:34.085 --> 00:52:35.965 that God is up to here at Hope Community Church. 934 00:52:36.145 --> 00:52:38.045 And listen, this weekend's a big deal across all 935 00:52:38.045 --> 00:52:39.125 of our campus, all the things 936 00:52:39.125 --> 00:52:41.365 that your part's moving mob campuses coming into 937 00:52:41.395 --> 00:52:42.525 Raleigh and Apex. 938 00:52:42.525 --> 00:52:44.045 And we don't want people to get lost in the shovel. 939 00:52:44.745 --> 00:52:46.805 So if you're attending a Raleigh campus specifically, 940 00:52:46.805 --> 00:52:50.965 we want you to text the word Raleigh to 7 2 9 8 9. 941 00:52:50.965 --> 00:52:52.125 We wanna know where people landed so 942 00:52:52.125 --> 00:52:54.325 that we can keep you connected and keep you plugged in 943 00:52:54.325 --> 00:52:58.885 because we are a family who loves God follows Jesus 944 00:52:59.305 --> 00:53:00.645 and shares hope. 945 00:53:00.795 --> 00:53:02.165 Hope we love you and we'll see you next week.