Who’s Your One? // Love Into The Light series (part 2) // Pastor Drew

come on are We Done Yet are we done or

are we just getting

started whoa we're just getting started

y'all watch out guys I mean it it has

been it it is it's incredible it's

incredible what I believe God is doing

and what God is preparing Collective

church for I know it I know it I see it

I feel it he is stirring something up he

is doing it I want you see it in

individual hearts and in in individual

lives and you see it in a corporate

hole but if we want to see breakthrough

I believe that we've got to respond more

than just an incredible worship and

praise on a Sunday morning we got to

respond outside of here so we

started a

40-day reading plan as a church that's

meant to be really short really easy to

add on to whatever your personal reading

plan is I encourage you guys it's not

enough it's not a big enough plan for it

to be the only plan that you're in and

so I want to encourage you guys you can

scan this QR code and you can jump in

with us just just skip the days just

skip the days that you miss that's fine

uh jump in with us where we're at and

it's like a couple minutes a day and and

then I encourage you guys to pray into

it and to dive into it but you can scan

this QR code uh but honestly we've been

doing this now for uh a couple weeks

and I think what's happening is the

enemy is noticing that we're taking our

ones

seriously see in our series love into

the light it's all about not

just believing that God gave me a

purpose but now I'm living it

out it's all about actually walking

through the Breakthrough that God has

called us to bring to us other

people and so our our love into the

light Series has been more about what

happens I believe that this series is a

series that's going to

Echo into Collective and into Omaha and

it's going to Echo Beyond just the

series it's only it's only going on for

another week or so and and and then the

series is done but our ones are still

out

there the love and the

light display that we've got we're going

to be keeping it up we've got more

keychains that need to get added on to

that and what if you missed it what's

happening is is you write the name of

one person who is far from God but close

to you and you write the name of one

person who's far from God close to you

on there and that you are praying God

would you would you lead them from

Darkness into light would you lead them

into your hope and when they come to

church and when they when when that

prayer gets answered

we're going to celebrate and we're going

to move that person from the black board

over to the white side of the board and

we're going to celebrate and we're going

to freak out and we're going to praise

God and we're going to let that thing be

a big deal and uh and I believe that

God's already stir some of this stuff up

we're seeing stories again and again and

again of this happening uh and I want to

get into that uh but but actually one of

the first things I want to do is I want

to talk about what is our we we we've

got to up the ante I didn't expect this

series to to stir up such a frustration

in the enemy quite as much as it has I

didn't expect the spiritual warfare to

be quite as as direct as it has been and

so I want I want us to up the anti

because we've now today marks 21 days 21

days until

Easter that's three

weeks and what I want to do is I want to

call us into a fast as a church

I want us to double down on our

persistence with the Lord I want us to

double down on our hunger our word for

the year is hungry we are hungry for him

I want us to double down on that as we

get ready because I believe God is

getting God is preparing us for

something and God is preparing each of

us individually and God is preparing us

as a church for something I just I can

you can feel it I don't know about you

guys I can feel it and uh and and I want

I want for us to do so what I'm going to

ask for us to do is I'm going to ask for

us for the next 21

days we I I I want us to take a fast is

is a time when you remove something in

order to

emphasize something else in order to

emphasize the Lord in order to emphasize

my walk with the Lord and uh and and in

the battle for what what God is doing

for Collective church I want for us all

to give up one meal a

day and I don't know if if I I know

there's like different like physical

issues going on in here and maybe you're

like hey if I do that my Sugar's going

to plummet and I'm going to like that

ain't good so like just you know you

don't kill yourself right but the whole

idea of like skip one meal and take

during your meal time whether it's

breakfast lunch dinner 15 minutes take

15 minutes an intensive direct

prayer not passive prayer intentional

Direction prayer I am not eating so I

can pray and I want us to pray over

these three things I want us to pray

over our ones the people that were

praying on the keychains the people that

you got in your heart the people that

you know of of the ones of the people

around here we've got a lot of ones we

got a lot of people that we're praying

to come and know the Lord and so it the

the idea of us living on Mission loving

the gr crowd but chasing the one and

then we've got our events I want us to

pray into this we got a lot of events

that are coming up guys we are at

28,500 eggs that we've got so far and

can we give a shout out to my

mother-in-law Deb who's been taking

charge on

this I need I need like a weekly picture

of their basement it is it is it's like

a ball pit full of eggs it is not it's

not good uh and so uh if we can praying

to Extravaganza we see thousands of

people show up there our Easter Sunday

and then our the next week we have a

kids carnival that we're doing really

with the heart of being able to get

people not just to come one time but

start to build a habit of a life in

Christ and with community and with

family and then we have number three the

third thing we're praying into is our

church we're praying into this body of

Believers we got a Sprint season that we

are chasing and we got to see God do

things and we got to and we got a lot of

work and we got a big to-do list and so

I our prayer is that against the

spiritual warfare it's for the team to

have to be connected to the mission and

it's for maybe you if you're not serving

in any capacity to go hey I can help out

with that I can do more than just pray I

will pray but I will also help serve in

a way that I haven't served and then

also we've we want to pray for the

Harvest we want to pray for people to

know the

Lord I believe that God's going to be

doing something I believe that he's

going to be moving Mo in this but I

believe it's hinging on the prayers of

the

people so can we join in that can we

join in this set it come on let's go

let's

go this love into the light Series has

been so fun to get to see what God's

doing in and through the lives of of

people we're seeing uh I'm going to pull

up a couple of these we're seeing some

of these stories uh of of people that

are saying like hey I've got a one that

is is close to me but we aren't close to

each other if that makes sense right

like we don't talk a whole lot it's

really hard to get in contact with this

person they're a family member and so we

kind of have to sometimes and and

suddenly out of nowhere all I'm doing is

I'm praying for

them and they're contacting me

I don't know the last it's been years

since this happened they're contacting

me this is one of the stories of of of

people here at Collective that are

experiencing this uh we we have uh we we

have people given thank you uh we have

people given uh gifts our challenge was

just to love your one love your one and

to give something to be generous to give

a gift to them to show them love in some

intentional capacity

and someone here did

that and guess what they said they said

it was crazy they go how did you know I

needed

this well I

didn't see what you find is when we take

a bold step Jesus is already

there we find that he was there from the

very beginning and he is working guys

there's so many testimonies I want to

encourage you guys if you've got a story

that you want to share can we get that

pulled up if you got a story that you

want to share share your love into the

light story we this is a testimony form

you can save it for anytime anytime

God's doing something in your life if

it's a cool testimony has nothing to do

with love into the light that's totally

fine share it I want to hear it we want

to celebrate it and so this is this is

just share your story of what God is

doing through you and what God has done

in you and what God has done maybe even

through Collective church for you and so

uh and and then today I really the whole

purpose of the love into the light it

it's comes from the parable of the the

the sheep and a Shepherd has a hundred

sheep and what they do is they pick find

find a little Valley they find a little

Mountainside and they go one two three

four five six seven eight

99 one two 3 four five go around I only

got to 99 where's where's the

one it's a story of the Shepherd that

leaves the 99 to go find the one and

it's this same picture of how Christ has

chased us how other people have have

have prayed us into the kingdom and how

why we are here because of other

people's obedience and other people

going after the one and because God said

you are my one and you're the one who

I'm chasing right now and it's this it's

this powerful story but if we're honest

if we look

if if I kind of got to

go this strategy doesn't make a ton of

sense to me

right like I'm leaving 99 people I'm

leaving 99 sheep to chase after the one

doesn't the 99 make more

sense I'm not great at

math but I do think 99 is bigger than

one I'm pretty positive that 99 is

bigger than one and uh here here's the

here here's the reality if you look at

this this is kind of the same concept

that the Apostle Paul comes with he's

learned this from the model in the Life

of Christ and one of my favorite

passages on on multiplication it's 2

Timothy 22 it's easy to remember two by

two by two right it's just and and what

what it's all about is it says the

things you have heard me say in the

presence of many witnesses and Trust to

Reliable people who will also be

qualified to teach others so you've got

this like

Jesus spoke to Saul who became Paul the

message that Jesus spoke to him Paul

gives to Timothy who he's writing this

letter to and he's telling Timothy I

want you to give that message to

qualified trustworthy people reliable

people who will give that message to the

other people around them as well and

it's this multi-layered picture that I

think is really cool but I if if you

talk to a marketing

expert I think if if if marketing

strategy was around in jesus' day I can

only imagine that that one of the

disciples would have walked up to him

one of the people who was in the crowd

that was like all right this is cool

what you what you're doing right like

you got a lot of people that are around

you and and you've kind of kind of

singled about

12 it's not that

big I think we can I think we can

strategize this a little bit better okay

I got this idea it's called a billboard

okay this is what we're going to do

we're going to start and and we're GNA

we're going to build this marketing

strategy and and the bigger the numbers

the better it gets and so and so this is

like I don't know about you guys but if

I look at the strategy of leaving 99 for

one if I look at the strategy of picking

out of thousands of people picking just

12 and and fol focusing on that like I'm

like it's it's good it's honorable it's

like that's so sweet that's so good I

love it but like if we're getting down

to business Jesus you said you want to

change the the world right if you want

to change a town you want to change your

neighborhood you want to change your

village do it that way that's cool do it

you want to change your household couple

people totally fine you want to change

the world I got an idea so this is this

is this picture think about it as and

I've I've talked about this it was a

couple years ago I talked about this

idea but like let's Place ourselves in

an alternate reality two different

realities existing and launching at the

same time and in these realities there's

8.1 billion people in the world and you

are the only

Christian the one and only believer in

Jesus and Jesus is like all right we got

a strategy and you're like okay but I

got a strategy so if you look at the

history of the world the biggest

Gathering of Believers that ever

happened was 7 million

people this was duplicated digitally

just last month at gathered

257 million people gathered online for

this this prayer meeting that went all

around the world at all these different

locations it was so cool you can check

it out on gather 25.com it's got so much

it so fun to to to get to witness that

but

7 million

people let's say in this reality you are

I'm I'm going okay God I just need I

need an anointing and I need a powerful

anointing over me where where there is a

I I I'm going to become the

greatest

evangelist of all time and and and God

says okay you get it you got it you are

the greatest evangelist of all time

seven you can gather 7 million people in

one location and you preach the greatest

message of all time and 100% of them get

saved there's not a single person there

that says Nah not for me just this

radical Revival happens and then on the

other side of the the the the alternate

reality Jesus says I want you to try it

my way and I want you to leave the 99

leave the 7 million I want you to just

go after one

person and I want and and I want them to

just go after one

person so if we take this and we look at

year zero of this is I got a graph here

right I got this is this is what year

zero looks like how many Believers in

the blue and the yellow alternate

realities we we've got one believer in

the entire world okay that ain't good

we're tied ready boom RAC is on we start

going year

one Gathering person gets 7 million

people year two 7 million people year

three 7 million people we're at 20 go

ahead go go to year three go to year

three 21 million

people have blown this away let's see

let's see where we're at year three for

uh the for the for the discipleship

method you're not even on there can't

even see it

eight we're at

eight and I don't want I don't want to

Discount the the the Gathering is at s

21 million and one right we started with

one and so then we had so 21 million and

one in fact this just obliterates the

whole exciting plan of let's gather as

many people as possible and let's get

these big

congregations and let's make Sunday

morning the biggest deal it can possibly

be let's get the Gathering and make that

the big end that can't be the end but

but but we see it's in fact so long for

20 years you don't even see discipleship

show up can we get 20 years later do

you look at

that that's two pixels tall

I can literally count them from this

close that is where we're at okay 20

years in and this is what discipleship

looks like at 20 years in discipleship

is has hit a million people getting

saved in this reality now we're at 8.5

billion people still not saved one

million a million sounds like a lot

until you compare it to 8.5 billion and

then we still haven't scratched the

surface

but then something interesting happens

around year

28 and one by one I'm doubling I got one

and each year I add I go find another

one and then they're trained up and they

go and they find a one and they're

they're loving that one and then they're

training that one up and so pretty soon

you go from one to two to four to 8 to

16 to 32 to 64 to 128 to 256 and then

you're at year 20 you're at a million

year 21 23 28 suddenly this thing starts

blowing up you have 196 million people

over in this Gathering where 100% of

people get saved and it's really

exciting and it's super sexy and it's so

fun and you got all the money you got

all the dollars and you got all the like

that's the ministry it is the thing and

now suddenly this this the little

discipleship thing about everybody just

like doing their

part starts to overcome and at

268 million people you want to see what

it looks like at year

33 8.5 billion people

reached and now this

insane Gathering that got all the media

that that looked so incredible looks so

fun

suddenly it's barely on the chart

the most incredible thing that we can do

in the kingdom of

God is to love one

person is to chase them into the Light

of Christ is to love them so deeply so

nearly and God if you would give me one

person a year that you would have me be

a key part in them coming and knowing

Christ knowing you because of simple

acts and simple

obedience that's what will change the

world and the reason this has never

happened is because we don't think my

response my obedience is that big of a

deal yeah you're just one

person but if one person goes after the

one

and if we took this call to make

disciples of all Nations

seriously guys our world would be

radically

changed and we're starting with two and

a half

billion so I'd say we're starting off

pretty

good and but but if we have any

complaints about the culture around us

that is not something that we can point

the finger at anybody else we got to

look at ourselves

I

believe the greatest

way that you impact and you change the

world is about number one taking care of

the

home you take care of the

home you love and you lead your family

and you love and you lead this this this

house that you are in and to as much as

as best as you can like Christ and if

you take care of the home that's number

one number two is

love your

one insanely radically sacrificially

with everything inside of

you I truly believe that that is going

that that is how our world is changed

because you and I aren't that special

but he

is he truly

is and when I look at this how do I how

do I do this I want to step into another

like that's cool and all but what does

that look like today I want to talk

about this the the idea our next

challenge we've got a few challenges

that we've given so far number one we've

said we just want you to start praying

for your one every single day number two

we want you to love your challenge is to

love them

intentionally last week it was listen

can we get the challenges up can we get

the there you go listen to your one and

just listen to their story let them

speak I don't got to rebut I don't got

to change I don't got to fix them I

don't got to any of that stuff I'm just

gonna I'm just gonna listen just gonna

show them Love by saying what's your

story tell me more where'd you grow up

now what was that like and how hard was

that man that must have been fun it

wasn't that and just I'm just going to

listen and listen and listen and ask

questions and that's

it and today what I want to challenge us

to our challenge for this week is to

share if you if you've been walking

through this you've been seeing your

heart change you've been seeing just

gifts and and and you're giving and then

suddenly you are listening and just

going tell me more about yourself can I

tell you a little bit about

myself and these are some of the things

I I I say the great the thing that

defines me most is my faith I really

believe like and and that may seem weird

to you you but the thing that shapes me

and has changed me the most is my faith

in Jesus Christ and so if I'm going to

tell you anything about me it has to be

about

him so let let me tell you a little bit

about

myself and what does this look like this

is what we often call our

testimony and I think we uh like this

same idea of like we don't take our job

and our mission seriously

enough

but I think I look back at who was the

greatest if there was someone who is

extraordinary at

evangelism not Jesus second to Jesus who

is the greatest better than Billy Graham

guys I'm telling you the Apostle Paul if

you look at his influence in the world

and the Ripple effects of his ministry

it's

insane it is absolutely insane let's

hold on hold on on Acts 26 this whole

idea the second half of Acts is a lot of

it's actually about the Apostle Paul and

about his story and what's happening is

he is reaching and he's starting these

churches and he's stirring up these

Christians and he's building these

churches in all these towns and these

cities that's what the book of Ephesians

is about it's his letter to this church

in Ephesus that's what Corinthians is

about it's his letters to the church in

Corinth and it's it's this so he is so

impactful he is so powerful in his words

and his speech and what he like and then

what does he do he goes to Jerusalem he

gets arrested and he feels this call to

go and get as as high as he can on this

Roman the hierarchy and try to get as

get and talk to the king and talk to

Caesar and if I can just talk to the Top

Dog I think things will start changing

and so he gets arrested in order to do

this how do I get in front of him I

can't get in front of him so he he gets

arrested and then he gets appealed and

he appeals and he takes years and years

in prison can you

imagine what this was like Acts 26

verse1 what happens is it says then King

agria says to Paul you may

speak you may speak in your

defense so Paul gesturing with his hand

started his

defense I don't I don't I don't know

usually usually this this gesturing of

the hand is kind of like hold on quiet

I'm GNA

speak but I imagine after years and

years and years of Paul waiting in

prison dreaming of this

moment I

imagine like he's back there he's

like looking at himself in the mirror

right look if you had one

shot one

opportunity sees everything you ever

wanted in one

moment would you capture it just let it

slip yo right like I don't know what he

did but I think oh man I just imagine

how hyped he would be D can you imagine

that like this is it this is his moment

and I don't think he said the same

things Eminem did but I do

think I do think that he was thank you I

do think that he was just the this is

the thing and he has prepped his whole

life what does he say what's the most

powerful gospel presentation he says can

we move on to the next slide acts

Acts 26:9

26:9 he says I used to believe that I

ought to do everything I could to oppose

the very name of Jesus the

Nazarene time out time out so actually

where he starts if you read this if if

you read this

chapter he starts in I think it's verse

four even I don't even know if I got it

up on there but he says basically so it

all started when I was a

kid and he starts what do he

do he tells the king his testimony

the greatest gospel presentation of all

time his

story and he

says he highlights we learned three

different things that we learned from

this and I'm going to zip through it

real quick here but verse nine it says

this is what I used to do indeed I did

just that in Jerusalem I authorized by

the leading priest I caused so many

Believers there to be sent to prison and

I cast my vote against them when they're

condemned to death many times I had them

punished in the synagogues to get them

to curse

Jesus I was so violently opposed to them

that he even chased them down in other

cities and what does he start with he

starts with his testimony starts with

this is who I

was I want you to understand who I was

before I met Christ I I I'm just

introducing myself to you and who I am

right now it's a little bit different

than who I used to be and I don't know

what your story is I don't know what it

looks like but I remember who I was I

remember my my past being defined by

anxiety and depression and lust and

addiction and manipulation and pride and

all this just just disgusting mess going

on inside of me and I was so

self-conscious because and and in all

this like I I I was a failure and I was

all these all these issues that I had

and I was like man you know like this is

where I was what is your where I was

maybe it's got I was I was I got this

drug history maybe it's alcoholism maybe

it's relationship ship maybe it's where

were you and it's this is where I this

is who I was and then he moves on in

verse

12 and then he says one day I was on

such a mission to

Damascus I was going to go find these

people I was going to go arrest these

Christians I couldn't stand them and

armed with the authority and the

commission of the leading priest about

noon I was on the road a light in from

Heaven brighter than the sun Shone down

on me my companions we all fell down I

Heard a Voice saying Saul why are you

persecuting me it's useless for you to

fight against my will who are you Lord

and the Lord replied I am

Jesus and he goes on to tell this

story about what Jesus did and how it

absolutely transformed his life how in

this one moment everything

changed now I don't know about you I

didn't necessarily have a one moment I

never saw bright light shining from the

sky in the middle of the day brighter

than the sun that voice came from it

like I didn't have that experience maybe

you did that'd be so cool I'd love to

hear the story but the reality is this

is his testimony this is what he's

sharing in the second part of our

testimony is who I was and then what

Jesus did and I share what Jesus did and

I make him the hero of the story and I

talk about this isn't me going so I was

here and then I decided that I needed to

start going to church and you know what

I found a church I came to church and I

found out that I can pick up some new

habits and I can pick up some new ways

and if I start going to this church and

I start getting around these people then

I can start then then I I see these

things and these decisions are starting

to change in me and I did all this work

to be able to find it no all of that is

a response of

Christ I came and I lost

myself I gave myself up this is what

Jesus did in

me and then lastly he goes on in Acts

269 verse 19 he goes on to say he says

and so king of gria I obeyed that vision

from Heaven I preached first to those in

Damascus then in Jerusalem then

throughout Judea and also to the

Gentiles that they all must repent to

their sins and turn to God and prove

that they have changed by the good

things that they do

and this third part of our story Our

Testimony is who I am

now that I've been changed that I've

been transformed and I'm telling you

guys you guys got a testimony you guys

got a story if you want if you want to

be able to see the world changed you can

argue till your face is blue about all

these different the existence of of of

God and and the historical evidence of

Jesus and you can I can convince your

mind 10 times over and it won't do

squat there's so much evidence behind

there there's so much it's it becomes

hard to ignore at this point but the

reality is that there's a large

percentage of people ignoring

it I don't got to convince your mind we

got to transform a heart you want to

know what does that not

facts

stories you tell your

story and it may be really

simple listen I had I had these issues

and I was I for for for me I was in I

was in this season of depression and it

was dark and I just I I I wanted to be

done and I wanted to quit and I hat it I

didn't have any good friends I didn't

have any good I I I didn't like my

church I didn't I was questioning

everything about God I I lost people

that were close to me I just I had all

this stuff going on and I just I was

lost in my own mess in my own muck and

then somehow some way God spoke to

me and I don't I don't remember a

specific Mo I remember many moments

where I'm crying out and I'm freaking

out and I'm in the middle of nowhere and

I'm just screaming and crying and like

where are you God where are you and what

why is this happening and I can't stand

me and then somewhere in this

journey this

truth of I have a purpose in you that

your weakest and hardest and darkest

moments actually plays into a powerful

story I'm going to give to you you're in

the middle of depression I'm going to

make your life defined by

Joy you feel like nothing I'm gonna make

you have a

purpose I'm gonna flip this thing on its

head and I didn't even feel like I had

it yet but I I was like

okay I think I can maybe walk out of

this

thing and I found Hope in Christ and if

we can stand up if keys can come up

Matt and I want to I want to tell you

guys when

we as we do this challenge I want you

guys to think about your

testimony who I

was what Jesus did and who I am now I'm

a new person I am totally changed and I

want

you this is my homework for

you okay

I need you to share to practice your

testimony and share it we all got a big

wide testimony I also got a testimony

about panic attacks I also got a

testimony about pornography I also got a

testimony about like I got I got

testimonies about all sorts of stuff I

got and and so you just you just pick a

testimony you just pick a story maybe

one that you think May potentially

minister to your one the best and you

just practice it and you write it down

this is who I

was this is what Jesus did and this is

who I am now and your homework is to

share that testimony with three people

one of them has to be your

one you got to share it with and

and I'll beg of

you use me as an

excuse oh my hey hey so go to this

church I'm kind of questioning it now

but I go to this

church in the pastor I did like him I'm

liking him less he's asking me that I

have to it's like I I got to literally

like ask tell people my testimony and so

I just need someone that's not in the

church they can't be in the church so

that's why I'm asking you uh could I

share my story with you and you just

give me a little

feedback could you tell me if it it's

absolutely

horrendous and what like does it does it

ring true at all did I totally flop on

it could I do that could you help me out

with

this sure sure I mean like if they say

no right that's perfect you just pray

the snot out of them right later right

like that but but you'll you'll be able

to find people man that that will just

okay it's kind of a weird Church you go

to but

okay use me as an

excuse use this challenge as an excuse

and just share your story as best and

imperfectly as you can

because I'll tell you what the greatest

greatest greatest gospel presentation

that someone will ever hear is what

God's done in

you I can tell you the gospel

presentation I can walk you through all

these different things and but really

the gospel presentation is just a a

macrocosm of what God's done in me it's

I'm messed up he saved me now I walk in

purpose in

life and I don't do it perfectly you

heard the way I talk

sometimes you heard how I responded to

that coworker I like I know I know I'm

I'm still working on this stuff don't

tell my pastor about it right like but

but I just I just want you to hear me

out on

this can we take that challenge

on and I want to build some faith in

this

room who in here wants to make the

commitment right now I'm going to I'm

going to share my testimony with someone

this week right now I see it come on

come on guaranteed look around you don't

don't just privately like look around at

the people and like hey I got you we're

going to encourage each other come on

I'm going to share my testimony with

someone this week I'm gonna be doing

it like I I my heart for my ones have

just continued to grow I got to I just

got to share my story with

someone and

maybe maybe it's even just over a

message maybe it's over a letter

if you if if if you're finding a

limitation if and if it's Friday and you

haven't got your opportunity yet like I

got to do it it's got to happen this

week here you go this's what I got

there's my email that I got to send you

and I need to get you report before

Sunday

please and I want you guys take this

challenge up that for some of you in

this

room I think a different hand needs to

be

raised where you

go I don't have

this

story I don't even think I've got to

number two

yet what did Jesus do for

me I'll tell you what you're never going

to see

it if you don't give all of

it if I give him my Sunday mornings

he'll change your Sunday

mornings it'll be a great change it'll

be good but if I give him my whole self

and I give him my whole

life you'll be blown

away how we get to that is just saying

Jesus I'm all

yours and if that's you would you throw

your hand

up because I want to pray with

you I want to see it just take a second

of boldness if you go that that's me I

got to make a decision right now and I

got to say okay I'll give the Jesus I'll

give you a shot don't give me a shot

don't give give don't give Pastor drew a

shot I'll fail you I'll mess you up you

don't want that give Jesus a

shot give Jesus a shot if that's you

would you put your hand up because I

want I I'm just I'm going to come find

you I want to pray with you or would you

grab someone beside you and just be like

that was

me I want to give you an

opportunity to respond can we do that

together and I want us to pray if we can

bow our heads right here heavenly father

I pray over this room Lord

Lord I'm sick of living a life of waking

up

Surviving going back to bed and

repeating Lord You've created every

single person in this room for more than

that and so for those in this room who

are in need of that

transformational whatever you want Jesus

I give it

Lord I pray that in this moment we all

say I am

yours in your own words would you just

tell Jesus I am yours I am fully yours

and some of you in this room I believe

even if you didn't raise your hand that

this is a moment of change and you say I

am yours would you forgive me of my sins

would you correct my heart would you

change my life and would you give me

hope and purpose and life forever more

with

you and for the rest of us would we be

begin praying God give me an opportunity

God give me moments God help me to have

the right words when I share my

testimony help me to be bold help me to

be courageous help me to do what I

cannot do and help me to live in a way

that looks like you have actually

changed me in the mighty name of Jesus I

declare a holy spirit anointing over

this church over every single person

that raised their hand that it is no

longer their words it is no longer our

words it is no longer their story it is

now your story it is now your story we

are yours and we just ask would you use

the little tiny bits that we have to

offer to change one person's

life would you use

us this

year would you use this church even

before this

Easter god I believe that ones are going

to walk through the door on Easter

God I believe that we are going to see

you move in ways that we've never seen

you move and God I pray that you would

do exactly this through this imperfect

church and these imperfect people and

that we would see the extraordinary done

through the

ordinary we pray this by the victory of

your

blood by the life that you

give and by the power of your spirit in

the mighty name of Jesus Jesus we pray

amen amen come on can we give a hand for

the word of the

Lord hey thanks so much for watching

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the words that were spoken in the

message that you would remember the

things that God spoke to your heart yeah

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