Proactive Gospel | John Challinor

I have, some of you know my father -in -law passed

away earlier this year. I inherited a brand new

community. Okay, so his passing moved my life

to inherit something brand new. It is a fishing

tournament community. Those of you that were

here for just camping, that whole collection

on that, you know I'm not much of an outdoorsy

type person. However... I am now an official

member, an official member, you guys, of the

Rooster Tail Club. Yeah. It's a big deal, apparently.

So what it means is this, that I have now been

on my third fishing tournament. So my first,

some of you, thanks for your response. That's

good. and it's different lakes every time, right?

So we're at a lake, and they'd change the water

levels, and the fish were bedding, and all information

you don't need and I didn't need, and all I needed

to know is they're not biting, right? So we go

to the first tournament. Tournament day comes

around. Like I said, it's a big deal. So tournament

day comes around. There's a lot of pressure because

you have to go and weigh in in front of other

people. If you don't have fish, that's not a

good time. Let me tell you. A little embarrassing.

Talk about the walk of shame, right? So you get

we get down there and I caught zero fish tournament

day. Thankfully, my brother in law, who who's

the reason I'm doing this, he. caught all five

and we were able to walk proudly and weigh our

fish. And I think we finished like eighth or

something. Uh, so, so the second tournament,

I'm like, okay, I'm going to show up better.

Like I'm talking big game to him, right? Like

we'll go down practice day. Cause you have to

have a practice day apparently. So you go down

the day before fish lake to know the lake, you

know, what is, know what it's doing, what they're

biting, where they're biting that whole thing.

You need information. Just ask me, I'll let you

know. All right. So, so, so it's, it's a, it's

a whole thing. It's a whole thing. So we go the

second time and you'll be happy to know tournament

day caught five fish. They were all, they were

all smaller than his. So I still have not contributed

at all to our, to our tournament standings. So

this weekend, Friday was practice day. And I'm

like, I'm going to show up. I'm going to show

up. We're going to, We're going to do this, right?

But what you need to know, it's a whole weekend,

right? And so, like, I sleep in, again, back

to just camping. The second term, I slept on

a cot in the middle of a parking lot. Those of

you that know me, that's not my idea of fun.

So I up my game this time. I got a hammock. Okay?

Still in the parking lot. But did you know unicorns

are real? You don't believe me. Look at this

guy. That's right. Captured on my iPhone. Because

I was in the parking lot. Yeah, that guy's there.

But you know what else you get? Like sleeping

in a hammock in a parking lot. You also get this.

These views. I mean, they're just stunning. Right?

Like it slows your heart rate. It's good for

you. And so I'm in the parking lot in the hammock.

We've done our practice day, right? And I'm in

the hammock and it's 2 .15 in the morning. You

ever been woken up to, hee -haw, hee -haw, right?

Like out of nowhere, 2 .15, this guy, This guy

decides, true story, this guy, he walks up to

me to get a picture. Like he's all the way over

and I'm the one going, okay, I'm good, I'm good.

I don't need you to get any closer to me, right?

So here's the backstory on this, right? Like

I sleep on a cot and I got to thinking a rattlesnake,

that's about the same height as the cot. I'm

sure that rattlesnake could just stick its head

up over the cot. So I'm like. I'm not doing that.

I'm going to get a hammock, get off the floor.

Well, then I'm told, well, sometimes the donkeys

decide they're just going to walk over and just

inspect stuff. I'm like, well, a donkey's head

height is right at my hammock. So now I hear

the hee -haw at 215, and I'm like straight up,

like looking for the donkey. Where are they?

And there's a whole bunch of them, like too close

for comfort. You ever been woken up by a donkey?

Some of you are like my husband snoring. That's

not kind. That's not kind. Right. So so the donkeys

get going. I react. Right. Like to their activity.

I react. I'm up looking. Well, now the donkeys

get done. The coyotes start howling instantly

after. I'm like, what is happening? They're like

the worship of the animals at 215. Like, what

is this? Right. And they're just howling. So.

So somebody told me on this fishing deal, they're

like, I don't believe that you actually go fishing.

I know you. I need proof of life. So so we go

down practice day, you guys. And we're there

45 minutes. And this guy, I pulled this guy out

of the lake. Now, he's just a little guy, but

he's got a big mouth. Right. And so I send that

to my friend. I'm like proof of life. Right.

Here it is. Proof that I'm actually fishing.

And you guys, I'm like, yes, tournament three

is going to be on. I got this down now. The only

thing I caught the rest of the day, Swedish fish

might have been bigger, right? So we get to tournament

day and now we're on the lake and I'm like, okay,

we got this. So early morning, like it's perfect.

If you're a fishing person, like where it's calm

and there's a tree and you know there's stuff

underneath, you're like, man, I'm going to hit

them with some top water, right? So that's a

little lure, throw it out there. It's got a little

pop to it, right? We're popping sounds. And I'm

like, I'm going to get this fish. I just feel

it, right? This is the start of the day. We're

inside the first hour. Bang, two and a half pound

fish. The only problem was it was the wrong species.

It was a white bass instead of a largemouth.

My brother -in -law looks at me and goes, I have

never seen anybody do that. And I'm like, well,

it's just me because God knew I needed an intro

to a message. But you know what's amazing with

fishing? What's amazing with fishing is you're

always changing your activity. You're proactive,

right? Like you're changing, trying to get the

fish to react. I think that's what Luke 8 is

all about. That God has been proactive. Proactive.

If you've been here, the story of the sower,

God has been throwing seed to you. Right. Like

he has been proactive that even though you didn't

deserve it, even though you know where you are,

God is still giving you seed. Right. To try and

get something to grow. God has been proactive.

And the whole point of Luke 8 is that you would

be reactive spiritually with God. Right. Like

the whole thing that God has been doing is trying

to engage you and get you to be reactive. And

he is the one being proactive to you. So much

so that it comes to this hinge pin verse that

we hit last week where it says that my family

are the ones, so Jesus speaking, my family are

the ones that listen and do. They take the proactivity

of God to speak and then what we do, what humans

do, we respond to what God's been doing. We react.

And so it's the hinge pin verse because what

comes after this is four stories. The first story

you might be familiar with. There's a boat and

a storm and the disciples think they're going

to drown. You know, they're there. I thought

I was going to drown this week, but that's OK.

This is a different story for another time. They

think they're going to drown and they wake up

Jesus. And guess what Jesus says? These are the

guys. These are the guys. That when Jesus goes,

hey, who has ears, let them hear, meaning engage

me spiritually. These are the guys that stand

up and go, what does it mean? Tell us. We're

engaging you. And so he tells them, he tells

them the meaning of the parable. But then in

the storm, he says, where's your faith? Where's

your faith? You heard I was the Messiah. You

think the Messiah is going to be taken out by

a storm in a boat? You think the son of God is

going to be like. Like, so he's challenging,

he's challenging their reaction. He's challenging

their faith. The very next story, Luke chapter

Luke 8:26

8, verse 26. They sailed, so continuing in the

boat, right? They get through the storm. Sail

to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across

the lake from Galilee. When Jesus stepped ashore.

Wait. When Jesus stepped ashore, Jesus is the

one that has been proactive to go from where

he was all the way across this lake. And we're

going to discover that he meets a man. I think

it's worth just noting that the man was the destination

of the trip for Jesus. The Jesus is proactive.

He's proactive to go across the lake through

a storm, which tells me this, that Jesus will

go through some darkness to get to you. Right.

And then when he gets there, when he gets there,

what he is stepping into is a Gentile area, which

was opposed to the God of the Bible. If you want

to, you could put it on the outsider's territory.

And Jesus steps into the outsider's territory

and he is present in the darkness of the man

we're about to meet. Jesus enters the darkness.

And I have to believe that Jesus is not scared

of the darkness in your life. He is not scared

to enter the darkness of your life. And he's

not scared to be fully present in the darkness

of your life. Your darkness does not scare him.

Right? We sit in here and if we were to give

a microphone, there are things that we would

not share because we're embarrassed. There's

things that we would not share because they're

too dark. You just need to know that Jesus is

already in the middle of it. When Jesus stepped

ashore, he was met by a demon -possessed man

from the town. He was met by a demon -possessed...

Isn't it fascinating the labels we put on people?

Isn't it fascinating the identities that we put

to people? So of all the things you can pick

about this guy, you pick that he is the demon

-possessed man. That is not the word, that is

not the word that Jesus is speaking over him.

And I wonder how many things in your life, how

many identities, false identities you sit under

that Jesus didn't speak that, somebody else spoke

that over you. The identity you live with, the

identity you're known for. It's not you that

created that. It's somebody else's words speaking

over you. And now you assume life under the identity

of somebody else's false narrative about your

life. Instead of letting God shape your identity

and God shape who he says you are and what you

are to be known by and what you're known for.

Now, in this case, it says that when Jesus steps

through, he's met by a man, demon possessed man

from the town for a long time, for a long time.

I think sometimes we fall into the things we

are known for and the things that we do. I think

sometimes those things that we're known for and

those things that we do, they become our identity,

whether we like it or not. But you just need

to know today, that's not who God says you are.

That's not who God says you are. That while people

may want to say that of you, you need to set

your ear attuned to the voice of God. And what

does God say that you are? And so this man comes.

He's been there a long time. He had not worn

clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in

the tombs. I mean, this guy could have been known

as the naked guy, right? He hasn't worn clothes.

Now, naked in this culture at this time, naked

connected shame to it. There's a deep shame to

being naked in this culture. This man, what he's

trying to get us to understand is for a long

time, because of the enemy and what the enemy

is doing to him and the way the enemy is moving

him, that what is happening in his life is causing

shame and is causing hiding. So he ends up in

the tombs. He ends up isolated. Why? Because

the enemy would love for you to be isolated.

Do you know why? He does his best work in isolation.

When you're in a community, when you're connected

to people, the enemy can't do it the same way

that he does when you are isolated in an echo

chamber of one. When you are isolated to your

own thoughts, when you're isolated to your own

feelings, when you're isolated to your own view

of the world, it's really easy for the enemy

to convince you of anything in that space. But

you get with a group of people and you get known

and seen and loved and they hear your struggle

and they enter your struggle and all of a sudden

what the enemy has to say has no stronghold on

you anymore. And so the enemy would love to push

you to isolation. He lived in the tombs. He could

have been known as the homeless man. He doesn't

live in a house. Verse 28, when he saw Jesus.

He cried out, fell at his feet, shouting at the

top of his voice, What do you want with me, Jesus,

Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture

me. So isn't it fascinating? He's in his own

skin, but he is a puppet in his own skin. He's

a puppet in his own skin. What do I mean? Him

coming and him falling at the feet and him declaring

the name of Jesus. Oh, it's his body. And it's

his voice, but they're not his words and they're

not his actions. The enemy has full control of

him that what is happening in this moment is

that he is now a puppet to what the enemy wants.

And what you hear is the voice of the enemy through

him. And I just wonder for us how many of us

are puppets in our own skin. Like, think about

it. You open up an app and an algorithm chooses

what you spend the next two hours doing. You

didn't choose the algorithm. You didn't choose

the content. You happen to stay a little too

long on one video. Now, all of a sudden, you've

got all those videos, right? And maybe it's not

social media. This ever happened to you? I was

having a discussion in my kitchen with one of

my daughters about a water bottle. And all of

a sudden, on my feed, I'm getting water bottles

in the exact color we were talking about, right?

And what did I do? I clicked on it. And now I'm

purchasing water bottles that I had no intention

of purchasing, right? Why? Because it's a small

example, but when the enemy gets in, you can

become a puppet in your own skin. Stuff that

you're like, I never thought I would do that.

And reality was you weren't in control of your

body because you've given up control that Jesus

is trying to get for you. Why? Because the enemy

would love for you. The enemy would love for

you to do what he wants you to do and how he

wants you to do it. And this guy comes and he

falls and even notice the enemy. He says at the

end of that verse, most high God, Jesus, son

of the most high God, I beg you, don't torture

me. Pause. When in scripture have you heard God

go, oh, I'm so excited to torture. I just can't

wait. It's not there. You have the God who is

long suffering. Yes, Jesus is a judge. Yes, God

the Father is a judge. But you don't have anywhere

where that judgment is something that is exciting

and something that he's like, I just can't wait

to do this to you. And the enemy will even twist

the very character and nature of God for you

to believe something about God that's not found

in this book. That's why getting in the book

and understanding it. That's why getting around

people that can silence the enemy's voice so

that you can understand who God actually is.

That you can understand the God who is compassionate

and gracious and kind. Verse 29, for Jesus had

commanded the impure spirit to come out of the

man. I read this and I go, wait a minute. A three

-letter word stopped me in my tracks. So the

man in the verse before falls at Jesus' feet,

cries out to Jesus, right? But notice what it

says in verse 29, for Jesus, What's that next

word? Had. Wait. The way it's captured makes

it sound like the man comes to Jesus and falls

at his feet. And then it should be Jesus commanded

the spirit to come out of it. That's not what

it says. So I was like, okay, I'm confused because

the order seems off here. So I went and found

Pastor Nolan. I go, hey, I only have two minutes.

I just need your quick, big -brained answer.

In the Greek, what is actually happening with

this three letter word we translate had because

had speaks of tense that this has already happened.

And so he looks it up like he does and he goes,

no, you're right. The tense here is that it could

be a one time command that Jesus gave or it's

an ongoing command, which is why it's written

the way it is in the narrative. He goes, but

either way, the person initiating. is Jesus,

not the enemy. And instantly I went, oh my gosh,

this is huge. Because what it means is this,

that Jesus is the one being proactive and the

enemy is the one being reactive. So Jesus is

the one doing it, whatever it is first, and the

enemy is responding to what God is doing. What

that means is that The enemy is not setting the

pace of what's happening. God is. So if you take

notes or you've got notes on your phone, you

need to write this down. It's this important

to you understanding the Bible. This idea that

God, Jesus, is proactive and the enemy is reactive

is all the way through Scripture. All of a sudden

I go, this is a pattern on all of the pages of

Scripture. Think about it for a second. God shows

up. Or he's been there. He didn't show up. He

just decided to do it, right? Like he creates

and he says, it's very good. What does the enemy

do? He reacts to very good to show up and try

and break it, right? Think about Job. God blesses

Job. And what does the enemy do? Hey, can we,

can we like take his stuff away? Right? Like

all the way through scripture, Jesus shows up

and what does the enemy do? We're going to kill

him. Then we'll win. The enemy is always reacting

to what God does. This is monumental to your

faith. That when God does something in your life,

like throw some seed at the beginning of this

chapter, when God blesses you with good, Why?

Because God showed up in what was the first words

Jesus, when he got to his formal communication

that we have. I'm sure he said a lot more before

this. But what we have recorded is he shows up

and he goes, blessed. God is on the side of who?

Those that are far away from him. God is on the

side of those that mourn. God is on the side

of the poor. What does he show up? He goes, wait,

wait, wait. God is blessing, blessing, blessing.

And what does the enemy want to do? Convince

you that God is out to get you, that God's not

kind, that he's not loving, that he's not on

your side. So every time that blessing comes

your way, guess what the enemy wants to do? He

wants to show up in your life and go, no, he's

not. The enemy wants to react to what God is

doing in your life every single time. He ever

tried to have a conversation about sex with a,

depending on the age that you do it with, but

let's say middle schooler. And they look at you

like, that is the weirdest, grossest thing. And

then you try and tell them, no, no, no, no, it's

good. God created it. Where did that come from?

That it would be twisted? What came from an enemy

that would want to convince you that sex inside

of marriage between two people is the best thing

that there could ever be because that's how God

made it to be? So he would love to convince you

that that's not actually accurate. God's holding

out on you, so you should. Therefore, do all

these other things. And you do all those other

things, and then you realize that you have scars

that you never intended to have. Right? Why?

Because the enemy wants to destroy what is good.

So if God goes, this is good, and it belongs

here, and then all of a sudden, all of a sudden,

the enemy comes along and goes, nah, it's better

over here. You ever sit with somebody, by the

way, that's had an affair? And they tell you

how good it was? Or they thought it was going

to be only to be decimated by what happened.

And what does the enemy do? He comes along and

he sends you a whole bunch of apps. Hey, you

can be with whoever you want, whenever you want,

and it doesn't matter. I'm here to tell you the

enemy would love to convince you that what God

says is good. He will try and twist and say it's

not every single time. Why? Because Jesus is

proactive and the enemy is reactive. Got real

quiet in here. For Jesus commanded the emperor

spirits come out of the man many times, many

times it seized him. And though he was chained

hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken

his chains and have been driven by the demon

into solitary places. There it is again that

the enemy wants to lead you to solitary, isolated

places, right? Like places away from people.

I used to read this and think that, man, they

were cruel to him. Like they tied him up in chains

like they and then and then I was reading it

this time and I go, actually, that's not what

it says here. What it says is his community,

his community that he was in, they were actually

trying to protect him from what the enemy was

doing. And so the enemy would come and the enemy

would possess him. So what they thought is, hey,

we'll put you in chains, physical chains, and

we will put guards around you and then we can

stop what's coming. Maybe just worth grabbing

here that they are trying to use physical means

like chains to fight a spiritual battle. You

can't use physical means to fight a spiritual

battle. Only the person of Jesus and what God

has done can fight the spiritual battle in your

life. Which is why when people in marriages are

struggling, yes, can you get advice? Yes, but

the only thing that will heal your marriage is

the person of Jesus. That's it. Why? Because

it's a spiritual fight. The only thing that will

change your anger to love is a transformation

by the person of Jesus. The only thing that will

heal where you don't have peace, the only thing

that can bring peace is the person of Jesus.

And so too often we're like, okay, do all these

physical things and I'll find peace. You ever

meet that person? They got their Zen garden.

You know what I'm talking about? Like they are,

they are Zen. And then the slightest thing happens

and they're like, oh, right. And you're like,

that's not very peaceful. I thought you found

Zen. And they're like, I got to go back to my

garden. Why? Because peace is a spiritual battle,

you guys. And only God himself is going to bring

peace. So the more we try to fill the void with

these, you're in a spiritual battle, but I try

these physical things, they will always come

up short, just like the chains that are holding

this man. Jesus asked him, verse 30, what is

your name? Oh man, you guys, what is your name?

Don't you love? God is so gracious. Right? Think

about creation. Humans sin. They turn against

God. God shows up. Why? Because God is proactive.

God shows up and what does he say? Where are

you? Where are you? What's your name? Legion,

he replied. Still not the man speaking. Because

many demons have gone into him. That word legion

can be connected to thousands. And they begged

Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into

the abyss. We don't have time to unpack it. They

know what's beyond the grave. They're like, don't

send us to there. Instead, a large herd of pigs

was feeding there on the hillside. The demons

begged Jesus. The demons begged Jesus. Let's

just be clear who's doing the begging. The demons

begged Jesus. So let them go into the pigs and

he gave them permission. They know who has the

power. The enemy knows who has the power. And

I think Pastor Ben made a good connection during

our teaching prep this week where he goes, hey,

in Ephesians, Paul's praying for the church.

And when he prays for the church, he wants them

to know, he wants them to know the power that's

inside of them. That the same spirit that raised

Jesus from the dead is alive and well inside

of his followers. The enemy knows the power that's

in your life. The enemy knows the power that's

been put inside you. The enemy wants to unplug

your power source, so to speak, and will do whatever

he can for you to forget that inside of you is

the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead.

Right here, right now. The same power. Verse

33, when the demons came out of the man, they

went into the pigs and the herd rushed down the

steep bank into the lake and was drowned. Some

people say, well, why would Jesus let them go

in if he knew they were going to kill the pigs?

That seems inhumane to the pigs. I would say

this to that. I think we're supposed to get a

picture of what the enemy wants to do in your

life. And what he did in the pigs. The enemy

wants to run you off a cliff and drown you. The

enemy wants to destroy and kill. When those tending

the pigs saw what had happened. They ran off.

And reported in the town. In the town. So they

just take off. Telling the countryside. And the

people went out to see what had happened. When

they came to Jesus, they found the man. When

they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom

the demons had gone out. You see the change in

identity? He was this guy, but he met Jesus.

And he ain't that guy no more. The demons had

gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet. Dressed and

in his right mind and they were afraid. It's

one of the most beautiful verses in all of the

Bible. That when Jesus shows up into the darkness

and the demons are tormenting. It says that the

outcome of meeting Jesus is that this man is

sitting in his right mind. The reason that phrasing

is used is because he was shattered into pieces

and sitting in your right mind means that God

has brought wholeness to you. That is what Jesus

does. And this man is sitting and he is dressed.

No more shame, no more nakedness. He's not exposed.

And he's in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Verse 36, those who had seen it. told the people

how the demon -possessed man had been cured or

healed, then all the people of the region of

the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them. Side

note, those of you that were here when we were

talking about the sower, and there's that moment

where Jesus basically goes, I'll give you what

you want. If you do not want to engage me, I

will not enforce you to engage me spiritually.

He will give you what you want. They ask him

to leave. And here is proof because they were

overcome with fear, so he got into the boat and

what? Left. Jesus is like, I'll give you what

you want. I've shown you the proof of what I

can do. You see the difference that Jesus makes.

This man is in his right mind, but if you want

me to go, I will go. And what held them back?

Fear. The man from whom the demons had gone out

begged to go with him. Hang on, hang on. Verse

37 says, so he, so Jesus, got in the boat and

left. But then it says, the man from whom the

demons had gone out begged to go. You ever read

scripture and you're like, what did that look

like? Jesus is like, hey, we want you to leave.

All right, peace, I'm out. Gets in a boat and

starts to leave. What did it look like? Did the

man run along the shore? Hey, hey, hey. Like,

what? Like, does he run in the water and start

swimming? What is it? Jesus is out. And it says

that he's he's begging to go with him. But Jesus,

but Jesus, look at this. But Jesus sent him away

saying, return. What a beautiful word. Home.

Return home. A place. You belong. Return home.

Return back. And tell how much God has done for

you. So the man went away and told all over town,

that's believed to be all over the cities, like

he went above and beyond how much Jesus had done

for him. The man gets sent home to go and tell

Right? This is an area. This is Gentile area.

There's a lot of cities in this area that needed

the gospel. And what does Jesus do? He sends

one man. Go home and tell. He doesn't tell the

boys, hey boys, go with him. He sends one. Do

you know that in the New Testament, this is the

first missionary in the entire New Testament.

A guy whom. Demons had come out of. And Jesus

goes, go tell. Go tell. I love a couple of things,

then we're done. You ready? Jesus restores his

place. Jesus restores his place. He gives him

a home. Jesus gives him a belonging, a place

that is his. He restores what had been taken.

Remember what we know about him. He's homeless.

He's naked. Jesus restores him back without shame

and into his community. Jesus restores his identity.

Jesus restores his voice. The enemy had stolen

his voice. Jesus restores his actions. It says

Jesus sent him. His actions are now his. His

voice is now his. His home is now his. Why? All

because he met a man named Jesus. You know another

pattern all the way through scripture? Jesus,

God, has... always been proactive and humans

are always reactive. God has always been proactive

and humans are always reactive. We react to the

things that God has done for us. We realize that

what God has done in the person of Jesus is he

has given me right standing with God. That makes

me react and go, thank you. How could I not say

thank you that for all of eternity I will be

right with God because of Jesus? Right? Think

about it. That he's given you an identity. That

the words the enemies wanted to speak, the things

that have been spoken over you, they're no longer

true anymore. That everything about you is different

because of the person of Jesus. And it makes

me want to what? React to what he's done. You

are not the one that is proactive to God. He

is proactive towards you. You're just reacting

to his proaction. Pretty sure proaction is a

word. Team, I don't know if you can hear me.

You can come on out. We're just going to go.

But you were always designed to react to what

God does. So God creates a perfect world. And

what does he do? He tells Adam, hey, Adam, name

the animals. What does Adam do? He reacts to

what God says and he names the animals. God comes

from there to different individuals like Abraham.

Hey, Abraham, this is what, and Abraham does

what? He goes. The pattern of scripture is that

God's people, when God is proactive towards them,

they react. So when God showed up and went to

a cross for you and took your sin and your shame

and your guilt and your punishment, the reaction

should be, how can I not praise who he is? How

can I not go? You are the only name that these

lips can go. You're worth it. You're worth it.

You're worth it. I don't know where you are today,

but God is throwing seed. He's thrown his word.

And you have a choice how you react. He is proactively

pursuing you right here, right now. He is present

in your darkness. He is present in the way the

enemy stole your last night. He's present in

the way the enemy's trying to steal your response

in this moment. But church, can I just challenge

you? We get to react because we have a God who

is proactive on our behalf. Who has done everything

you will ever need for all of eternity. To have

healing. To restore a place called home. To put

you in a family. To give you people to walk this

life with and beyond. That he knows you by name,

that you are seen, that you are loved. And we

get to just go, Jesus, be the name. Jesus, I'll

take my voice. I'll take my soul. I'll use my

voice because you bought it back. I'll use my

voice to declare who you are. Because you deserve

the glory. Would you stand where you are? We're

going to worship.