We Rise Together ⎸ Pastor Jordan D. Waage & Youth Director Luke Richards ⎸ Elevate Part 3

Faith Alive Church: Is due. Can we give it up for all of our dream team members making back to school happen? I mean, my goodness. I gotta give you a couple of quick statistics on that evening. we just had it this past Wednesday. We gave out over 400 gift cards and we cut 113 kids' hair. My goodness, come on. You didn't say heads this time. I didn't say heads this time. I said that in second service and people looked at me funny. but we are so thankful that we get to be a part of that. And today looks a little bit different up here, and we're gonna get to that in just a second. But I do want to take a moment and greet the new people in the place. If you are new with us, thank you for joining us. my name is Pastor Jordan. This is our youth director, Luke Richards. He gets to preach alongside me today. Gonna be a special Sunday, and we're excited about that. But both in person and online, thank you for being here. We're excited that you're here. Luke, do you have something to say? I did. So these podiums, these podiums right here, when we first got them up here to decide, like, okay, what's the best layout? Not gonna lie. Looks like we're gonna have a debate. Well, bring it on, buddy. So this is why I believe the Lions are better than the Packers. The people have spoken. The people have spoken. It always ends up the same, guys. The Lions always end up, you know, going out first round. Packers get a little bit further, but we all fall short, don't we? Yeah. So we can all commiserate in the Super Bowl. All right. Sounds good. But but we're excited about today. Let's get back on track here. And I'm like angry already. No. Just kidding. It's all right. I also want to give honor to whom honor is due. Can we give it up for our youth worship team here today? Come on. Yeah. They did so good, didn't they? Leading us in praise and worship, leading us into the presence of God. Man, you have trained them up right, my friend. That was all God. That ain't come on. That's good. That's good. Hey, we're excited that you've joined us for back to school week here at Faith Alive Church. And it might look a little bit different up here. It's not just me. And we have our youth director joining me as well because I do believe he's got some great things to say to the next generation, and I'm super excited about that. But before we jump into that, we need to go to the Lord in prayer and ask him to move in this place. Who says amen? Come on, let's go to the Lord. Father, we thank you again for who you are. We invite your presence into this place, into your church. We pray that you would guide us and direct us and move us to the place that you want us to go. It's in Jesus' precious name we all said together, Amen. Amen. For the last several weeks, if you've been with us, we have been spending time reestablishing our 2026 vision. And it all centers around one word. You know it. Say it with me. Elevate. Elevate very good. So we've learned in these last few weeks what it means to be humble. What it means to be humble. We we learned that in order to go higher in the Lord, we have to get lower in the Lord, right? We also talked about what it looks like to build our faith and what it looks like to trust God in the times of the uncomfortable. And today I want to take our our elevation series in a little bit of a different way, a different direction. And when we really talk about that word elevation, I do believe that it comes with its own difficulties. Would you agree? When we want to go higher, when we want to learn more about the Lord, there are some difficulties. that comes along with that. One of which is the temptation to ask ourselves, how can I get better? How can I go further? How can I reach my potential? Now, listen, those aren't necessarily bad things to ask because I do believe that the Lord wants to take us places individually in our own walks. But I do believe that there is a certain temptation to get our focus off of the important things and onto ourselves. Would you agree? It's like what we saw with Peter just last week. We saw him step out of the boat and do the impossible, right? He walked on the water, but once his eyes came off of Jesus, he sank. His focus had shifted and he sank. See, elevation isn't always about what God does in you. But it's about what God does through you. Amen. That's right. That's good. And it's especially important during this back to school week today isn't just about the moms and the dads in the place. It's not just about the aunts and the uncles and the grandmas and grandpas learning on how they can elevate themselves and all that God has called them to do. No, it's about the next generation. It's about the next generation. I do believe that if we want to change the world, if we want to see the world come to know Jesus in a brand new way, we need to elevate our students. Hallelujah. We need to elevate the next generation because they have so much passion and desire to see it happen. And our goal at this church is to see them equipped to do just that. If we want to change the world. We need to invest in our young people. We need to see them elevate. Now you might be asking, how do we do that? See, the next generation doesn't need the moms and the dads and the grandmas and the grandpas and the aunts and the uncles to be impressive. What they do need them to be is intentional. They need mentors. They need people that come alongside them, that build them up, that encourage them to tell them, I'll go first. I'll pray for you. I will teach you. I will serve alongside you. I will serve you. I believe in you. And I want to help you become everything God has called you to be. And that's exactly why I want to preach along somebody, alongside somebody that lives this life each and every day. Luke, come on. Are we ready, church? Let's go. Here we go. So I'm really excited to be talking about elevating others today, especially the next generation. And before we do that, I just want to say how grateful I am to serve in a church under a pastor who believes so much in the next generation. Thank you for that. Thank you. Yeah, come on. But that thought you said is very much true and very much correct. The next generation doesn't need to need us to be impressive. They need us to be intentional. And that is our heart behind youth ministry. And that's also what I tell myself in the mirror every time I go get ready for Wednesday nights. They don't think you're cool. They don't need you to be impressive. They just need you to be intentional. So obviously that time is very uplifting, right, Namchkin. But That is truly our heart behind the youth ministry here at Faith Alive. We're not just trying to have a great youth service. Yeah, we have a lot of elements that make that service very cool, but we're trying to raise disciples. That is our mission. We want to see students again equipped and ready to do the Lord's work in the lives of the people around them. We want a lot we want to walk alongside the students who struggle with their belief. And not because we need more people in attendance, but because they need to know Jesus. And so do the people around them. So we want them to know Jesus. We want them to follow him, to serve him with their gifts and their hearts. And eventually we'll see them lit lead others to Jesus. We'll see them lead others to Christ. And that is the heart behind what we do, not just to elevate me, not to elevate anyone else other than the generation we are ministering to. So Ephesians 4, if you have your Bibles, we're gonna be in Ephesians 4 today. I'm gonna read verses 11 and 12. If you don't have them, the verses will be on the screen behind me. We got you covered. It says this the so Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and teachers to equip his people for works of service so that the body of Christ might be lift up. Paul says he Jesus gave leaders to equip people, not to elevate themselves, but to equip others to do the ministry. And this isn't just a you know. A thing that says, hey, we need more people to do ministry. But it is true. This is biblical, right? Not to elevate themselves, but to equip others to do the ministry. One of the greatest mistakes, and I've struggled with this myself. One of the greatest mistakes a leader can make is think, if I want it done right, I have to do it myself. I've struggled with that, especially my first year of ministry, not just youth ministry, but even just here at the church. Believe me, I've struggled with this. But as we just read earlier, that mindset is not biblical leadership. You can't elevate people if you keep the platform to yourself. You can't do that. Jesus didn't build his ministry around himself doing everything. Jesus said he didn't come to serve to be served, but to serve. That is the heart of our our Heavenly Father. He called 12 disciples who he taught, empowered, and sent. And eventually he told them to go and make disciples themselves. See, Jesus invested So carefully and so intentionally in people who could carry his mission beyond himself. And that's important for everybody in the room, not just the next generation, but everybody, every family that is represented here this morning. Listen, you don't have to be a pastor or a youth director to elevate somebody. You don't have to be or have a title or stand on a platform. You can elevate somebody at your workplace. You can elevate somebody in your family, in your home. I know that that's not all always easy to do, but you can do it. And God has called you to do just that. And we do that because you might see something in them that they themselves might not see. That's right. That's what Barnabas did for Paul. That's what Paul did for Timothy. And most importantly, that's what Jesus did for his 12 disciples. And that's what Jesus continues to do. For each and every one of us. And that's the church being the church. Absolutely. And that's something that still exists today. One of the things that I've noticed about our students here at Faith Alive, they don't see what we do. They don't see what you and I see. We might be able to spot a student and spot the gifts and the talents while they only see their flaws and the things they do wrong. They they see their flaws and they see, quote unquote, what's wrong. And I say quote unquote because whoever told them something was wrong in the first place. Whoever told them that. That's why they need that reminder that they were created with a purpose beyond their flaws, beyond what the world tells them, beyond what the person in the mirror tells them. Guys, this church needs to be lifted up. They need to be encouraged. They need to be prayed for. And lifting them up, that doesn't always look like putting them on the stage. We had a lot of students up on stage today, praise God for that. But it doesn't always look like that. It's about putting them in a position to become who God created them to be. That's our goal. That's our heart, and that's elevation. That's right. In Ephesians chapter four and verse 12, Paul says to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. That word equip carries the idea of preparing somebody to do what they have been called to do. In other words, Paul is saying, I don't want you to see me do ministry. I want to prepare you to do ministry. I want to prepare you to do the works of the ministry. We have a word to describe. describe that process, it is called the discipleship process. Discipleship is one of the greatest facets Of ministry because what it does is teaches somebody how to live for Jesus. That's why I'm so thankful that we have created as a church a pathway called the what's next pathway in order to see people from the salvation experience move all the way into being a viable believer and disciple of Jesus Christ. We would never want somebody to have an amazing experience with Jesus, come to know him, get excited. Wonder what to do next and have nowhere to go. That's why I push this so heavily at each and every service because this is important. We need to answer the question what's next? We want to tell them since that you had this experience, since you're now walking with Jesus, your next step is to serve. Your next step is to step into leadership. Your next step is to explore the calling that God has given you. Yeah, and w in youth we have this saying that we caught on to a couple of years ago at camp. Once you've accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, I see a couple of students in here. You're an ambassador. Do your job. Do your job. We're not just raising up teenagers to survive school. we're not just trying to, you know, get them to come home every day and say, that was an okay day. No, we're trying to raise disciples who can go in and change their schools. Come on. Because hear me in this. In their schools, they are truly the only ones who can share the gospel. My heart goes out to all the teachers in the place, all the praying teachers who know the students that who know the students that need Jesus and are praying from them from afar. My heart goes out to you. But we want the students to know that in the schools, they are the missionaries. That is their mission field. They're the ones that can truly go in and change the lives of the people in their schools. And maybe you're homeschooled. Same thing there. You can change the lives of your families, right? We want the students to be asking themselves wherever they're at, whether it's sports, whatever extracurriculars are going on, how can Jesus use me here? That's right. How can I influence people toward Jesus and not just gain friends from it? We want them to believe that they are a disciple of Jesus. Right now. They don't have to wait until they serve in the church on Sundays. They don't have to wait until they're older or hit a certain maturity level. They are a disciple of Jesus right now. Right? First Timothy 4:12, it says, and I've shared this verse with you guys before: don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in faith, in love, and in purity. And that That goes out to all the students in the place. Don't let anyone look down on you because you're young. Set the example. And I hear I hear me in this, not just for your students, but even for the adults too. Set the example. Set the example in how you speak and how you talk. Church, just because they're young doesn't mean they can't do what the Lord has called them to do. God can use them right now. And the same goes for you too. God can use you right now. And how do we do that? We elevate people by giving them opportunities to serve, by giving them opportunities. You can't equip somebody forever without eventually giving them an opportunity. At some point, you have to hand them the ball. Let them try. Let them lead. And this is scary for some of us. Let them fail and learn. So this year in youth, it was so exciting. We had a group that we called the called students. And these were the students who believe that they have been called to full-time vocational ministry. We have a couple of those students in the room today. So I remember bringing it up to you guys. We never actually got to follow up on what happened from that. And I'd love to do that here and now. But what we did was we taught them how to have healthy rhythms in their lives first, because once they get that sewn into their lives, it's easier to develop and not much is harder when you get older. And one of the things we value here at Faith Alive is we lead from a place of health. So we taught them how to have healthy rhythms in their lives and of course some general basics in ministry. And at the end of that called season, it was so cool. We had a night that we called next up. We gave them the ball. They ran the show completely over at youth. They ran it all. All I had to do was talk once, maybe twice, that was it. And they did such a fantastic job. And I'm not just saying that because I'm biased. I genuinely mean that they did an incredible job. I was so proud. And despite the obstacles, which there were. The voices telling them that they weren't good enough, they shared with boldness what the Lord put on their hearts to their peers. In fact, I had one student show me their notes, I won't name who, showed me their notes and said, Is this okay to say? It sounds a little harsh. And the you want to know what they said? Stop being okay with sin. It's okay to hate sin, as you said last service. It's okay to hate sin, right? And they shared that message with boldness. And I'm so proud of them. It was so powerful. And that wouldn't have happened if we as a church, it's not just me, it's not just Pastor Jordan. If we as a church didn't trust them with the opportunity. That's good. That's why I'm so excited about where Faith Alive is heading. We're not just building youth ministries, we're building youth ministers. We're building people. That's why we've launched Axis Leadership Pipeline. We want to identify people with leadership potential and develop them to. Where they can grow and prosper and leading others to Jesus Christ. It's why we're launching our Faith Alive School of Ministry, our internship program that's coming up next year, because we want to give the next generation and those that have a call on their life to full-time ministry an opportunity to explore that very calling. It's why we've invested in the next generation. ministries. It's not just youth. It's kids. It's young adults because we believe that the next generation isn't the church of tomorrow. Come on, you've heard us say it before. They are the church of today. That's right. That's right. And we're not simply just going to make room for them to be around. We are going to make room for them to lead. We are going to give them opportunities to praise and worship on this stage. We're going to give them opportunities to preach. We're going to give them opportunities to greet. We're going to give them opportunities to see Christ in them. That's right. So that this world can know Jesus in a greater way. How do we do that? We do that by building maturity in them. Now, I don't think that I have to say this, but we would never want somebody who came in for the very first time, learned their calling that day, and put them on stage to preach. That might not go well. But we build them, we encourage them, we elevate them in their maturity so that they are ready for the works of ministry. Paul says in Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 13 that Christ gave himself for the church that it may be built up until we reach. Unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God's Son, growing into a mature person with a stature measured by Christ's fullness. The goal is maturity. The goal is maturity, not just for our next generation, but for all of us in this place. We're not trying to build people up who need us forever. We're not trying to build up people that want to hold our hands forever. We're building up People that look more and more and more like Jesus each and every day. That's what we're trying to do. In Ephesians chapter fourteen and verse Excuse me, Ephesians chapter four and verse fifteen, Paul writes We will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is who? Christ. Then verse sixteen says, I love this, from him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament. Grows and builds itself up in love as each part does its work. We are all in this together. We all make up the body of Christ bound together by the very ligaments. I love the example. I love the picture that Paul paints here. It explains that the church grows when every part Does its part. It's not about one person. It's not about one youth director. It's not about one pastor. It's not about one worship team or one staff member. It's about everybody. And it's about Faith Alive Church coming together under one Lordship who is Christ to see him magnified through our next generation and our congregation that loves him in a new way. Come on. That's what we're doing. And church. We got to experience that and witness that firsthand this past Wednesday with our back to school event. This is why back to school week matters so much to us. This week we didn't just have a bunch of kids and families walk through our doors and and get school supplies and a lot of pencils, but we had I passed out a lot of pencils. It was awesome. They were unusually hyped about it. It was so cool. But we had an opportunity to show them what the church looks like. Not just Faith Alive Church, but God's church. We had to have we had the opportunity to show them what the church looks like. We saw, we all saw how many students and families came in through these doors. It was amazing. And hear me, some of them were very excited. They came in and they're like, Yeah, yeah, I'm so excited to be here. And it wasn't just about the school supplies, it was about being part of something bigger. It was about being part of a community, a unified church. And hear me in this: some were very nervous, and that's okay. Coming into a new place for the first time might be a little bit of nerves. But a lot of them, I'm willing to bet that a lot of them may not have known what to believe in that moment when they came into this church. And that's why this matters so much. We're not just preparing students to go back to school with this with this event this week. We're showing them who the church is and how to walk in that. And when we when we serve like a church, when we serve the people who came in for back to school Wednesday, when we serve them, we're showing them what it means to serve with excellence. When when we welcome them. We're showing them what it means to belong. When we pray for them, we're showing them what it means to depend on God. And like we just said, this isn't the job of one youth director or the kids director downstairs or even our lead pastor. Church, this truly does take all of us. Not one person could have, you know, ran that event by it by the person self. It takes all of us. And it's not just for the students, hear me. It's not just for the students, it's for their families. It's for every family who walk in those doors looking for hope. peace and rest that can only found in Jesus' name. But here's the thing: all of us have a role to play in that. That's right. Here's the truth of the matter. The next generation will become what we are willing to model, what we are willing to teach, what we are willing to pass down. You all have something that you can impart upon the next generation. Don't ever think that you don't. If we want them to pray, hear me in this, they need to see us pray. If we want them to worship They need to see us worship. If we want them to serve, they need to see us serve. If we want them to fall in love with the word of God, the scriptures, the holy, irreverent script, the reverent scriptures, then they need to see scripture changing our lives from the inside out. If we want them to live for Jesus, they need to see that Jesus is worth living for. Not just words, but examples. Yes, and I I can tell you this firsthand. I see this every Wednesday. I see this every Sunday. Church, students are watching you. Students are watching us. They're watching how we respond when we're frustrated in a moment of heat. They watch how we treat people, both in church and outside of the church. They watch, they notice what our faith looks like in and outside of the church. And honestly, that that challenges me to step up and that should challenge all of us. It challenges me. So Sometimes I can get so focused on what I'm trying to teach a student that I forget they're watching who I'm becoming. Yeah. But here's what gets me excited. I've also seen what happens when they do see it and they do imitate it and they do act on it. I've seen students learn to worship because they've watched people worship. I've seen students learn how to pray by being prayed over themselves. I've seen students fall in love with Jesus because they saw how Jesus changed someone else's life. So this morning, again, that challenged me. Now I want to challenge every adult in this room. What are you modeling for the next generation? For those of you with kids, you guys know they don't just hear what we teach, they catch what they see. As much as we want them to do what the do what we say. Sorry, mom, sometimes they don't. My mom's here, so that's great. But they don't just hear what we teach, they catch what they see. And hear me, when they say, when they see a faith that's real. They start to realize, hey, maybe this can be real for me too. When they look at their parents and see a faith that is real in somebody that is real, they can say, maybe this is real for me too. Yeah. So, church, let's just not let's not just tell the generation what it means to follow Jesus. We can do that all day long. Let's show them how. And I know that some people in this place might be thinking, man, I'm no leader. I'm no example, but I want to correct that this morning. If you are following Jesus, if he has called you to this place and you are sitting in these seats today, or maybe you're watching online, you are an example to somebody. Somebody is watching you. Somebody needs you to tell them what God has told you. Somebody needs your testimony. And can I tell you this morning that one of the greatest witnessing tools that you could ever use is your own testimony. Share what God has done for you. Somebody needs to hear that. Somebody needs your encouragement. Somebody needs what you walked through. You might not feel that you're qualified, but the truth is that God has already given you something He wants you to share. Here's what I want everybody to understand this morning. Elevation isn't just about God lifting me higher, you higher. It's God positioning me or you to lift somebody else higher. And the difference between the two is promotion and purpose. See, promotion asks, how high can I go? How high can I go? Well, purpose asks, who can I take with me? Promotion builds a platform, it builds certain influence, but purpose builds people. It's intentionality. Promotion says, look at me, purpose says, come with me. God is elevating Faith Alive Church in a brand new way, not so that we are known, but so he is known. He's given us greater influence so that he can be known. He's given us greater resources so that he can be known. He's given us greater leadership so that he can be known. He's given us greater opportunity so that he can be known. So let me ask you here, Faith Alive Church, who are you elevating? Who are you building up? Who are you pouring into? Who are you praying for? Who are you encouraging? Who are you teaching? Who are you helping become all that God has called them to be? Because the truth of the matter is someday somebody is going to be standing exactly where you are. Somebody is going to be leading because you first led them. Somebody is going to preach because you took a chance. On them. Somebody is gonna worship because you gave them that same opportunity. Somebody is going to serve because they saw you serve, and somebody is gonna follow Jesus because it took time out of your day to show them what it means to love Jesus. That's elevation. Amen. That's elevation. And if you're a student in this place, I want you to hear me. And you guys have heard me say this millions of times, and I'm not gonna ever get tired of it. You're not too young for God to use you. You have purpose. You have gifts. And I want to tell you this. You have a place in the body of the church. You don't have to wait until you're older for your faith to matter. You can be used right now. And I also want to challenge you. Maybe you're here and you're already being invested in. Maybe you have been invested in. Become the student who invests in someone else. We have a lot of students in our youth ministry. There's a lot of people who need what you've gone through, who need your testimony, who need your encouragement. There's someone, there's someone out there who needs what you're learning right now. It doesn't even have to be in our youth ministry. It can be in your schools, it can be in your homes. You can encourage them, pray for them, you can make room for them. You don't have to have it all figured out to help somebody take their next step of faith. And if you're an adult in the place, I'm asking you to make a commitment here today. Invest, invest, invest in the next generation. That's right. Invest in the next generation. Don't just watch. Serve. Don't just consume, multiply yourself. Don't just say, Lord, elevate me. Ask, Lord, who can I elevate? One of our scripture verses for this entire sermon series, the one that hinges everything, is 1 Peter chapter 5 and verse 6. It says, Humble yourself, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. So faith alive. Let's elevate our families. Let's elevate our students, let's elevate our leaders, let's elevate our next generation. Amen. Church, can we stand together this morning? So everything that we've talked about today, it doesn't start with us, it starts with Jesus. And remember this you can't elevate Jesus if you don't know who he is. You can't do things for Jesus if you're living apart from him. It says in John 15 Jesus is divine, we're the branches. Apart from him, we can do nothing. So if you're here today and you've never made that decision to follow Jesus, I can tell you. It is the best decision and the most important decision you will ever make in your life. Because it doesn't just have things to do with our lives here and now. It has everything to do with eternity. Maybe you've been around church or in church, you've heard about Jesus, but you've never truly surrendered your life to him. Church, today is the day. Today you can. Because Jesus died for our sins. He took that on himself. He rose again. And he's calling you into relationship with him. That's what it's about. Relationship with the one who gave his life for us. That is what it's all about. So if today, and those of you watching online, if you're ready to put your faith in Jesus and make him the Lord of your life, right now we're going to give you the chance to respond. Romans chapter 10 says, if you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. So right now, with every head bowed, every eye closed, if that's you, if you want to know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, as Luke shared, it is the greatest decision that you will ever make in your life. If you've been teetering on that decision, man, do I really want to do this? You do want to do this. Trust me. It's the greatest thing you could ever do. So right now, with every head bowed, every eye closed, if you're away from Jesus, maybe you knew him at one point and you need to get right with him again, or maybe you've never known him before, I just want you to shoot your hand up in this house. If that's you. Maybe you're online, we can't see you, but God sees you. Just lift your hand wherever you are. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. I want each and every person in this house to pray this prayer after me. Say, dear Jesus, I love you. I love you. I ask that you would forgive me of my sin. That you would forgive me of my sin. Make me new. Make me new. I believe that you came to this earth. That you came to this earth. And you died for me. Died for me. You wiped away my sin. You wiped away my sin. And you rose again. And you rose again. And you're with me today. And you're with me today. I ask that you would be the Lord of my life. From today until the end of my days. I love you, Jesus. I love you, Jesus. And it's in your name I pray. It's in your name I pray. Amen. Come on, can we celebrate those that said yes, Jesus? Yeah. Would you tell somebody about your decision? Let a pastor, a director, a dream team member, whoever it is in this church, we want to encourage you to let us know about that because we want to walk this out with you. We've created a process. You heard me share it a little bit earlier. It's a pathway of what it looks like to follow Jesus and to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. It's called What's Next? All you have to do is scan that QR code. It'll take you to where you need to go. It's an amazing thing. And we are very thankful that God is using you and moving in you. I want to encourage each and every person in the place, whether you're young, whether you're old, whatever it is, find somebody that you can elevate. And God has been so, so good. Before you pray, Luke, I just want to say something in front of everybody here. Thank you for investing in the next generation. Thank you for loving our students. Thank you for all the work that you put in. It's not, it's not for the faint of heart and you do an awesome job and our students, our next generation are in good hands because of you. Would you pray for everybody? Yes, Lord Jesus, we love you so much. We thank you for all the good things. Every blessing in our lives comes from you. Lord, let us steward this message well. Let us act on this message. Let us not let it not go in one ear and out the other, but let us act on it immediately as soon as we head out these doors. Lord, let us have a greater desire for more of you, a bigger relationship with you, a deeper relationship with you, because you are our heavenly Father, and we want to know you more. We want to seek you more. And we thank you that when we seek you and find you, we will seek you, seek you with all of our hearts, and we will find you, God. Lord Jesus, I ask that you be with these people here today as they head out from here. Lord, we love you so much. Have your way in our lives. In Jesus' name. Everyone said with a shout of praise. Amen. Have an amazing Sunday. We love you.

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