WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:02.319 Welcome to the Awakening Church podcast. 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:07.040 We pray this message encourages you and provides the hope and light of Jesus Christ. 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:08.640 Thanks for tuning in. 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:30.879 Happy birthday! To be with Caleb C and our teens over here, welcome. 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:35.520 Our school college students again. 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:36.560 Welcome. 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:38.880 And everybody else can work. 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:46.719 And we're absolutely thrilled to have you. 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:48.479 We've never met school. 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:55.359 And it's hard to believe that we've been in church for 12 years, and maybe some of you are going like I've never heard of the thing. 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:10.799 Some of you are wondering why in the world does a church have a birthday party, anyways, right? 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:12.159 You're like, what is that about? 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:12.959 I've never heard that. 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:14.239 They have anniversaries, right? 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:15.680 My birthdays. 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:17.280 Here's what we believe. 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:26.400 We believed 12 years ago God birthed a movement, a new community of people that set out to reach and awaken this generation's new life. 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.079 We started something, and we're a part of that. 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.760 And birthdays are just more fun to celebrate, let's be real. 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:35.680 And we want to have a party. 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:40.400 We love the party is the one time of year that we gather as one church. 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:41.120 Just look around. 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:44.400 Isn't it fun to see all of us together as one? 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:45.200 Yeah. 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.280 Yeah! This is gonna be like a call and response time. 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:52.799 Like I'm glad some of you uh are there with me. 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:54.239 Here's one of the wild parts. 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.640 Twelve years ago, thinking about where we were at, uh, just the ages of my kids. 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:01.760 My daughter's birthday's in September in a couple weeks. 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.640 In just a few weeks, she's turning 20. 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.439 Yeah, oh, yeah. 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:08.800 I'm like, really? 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:19.280 When we started this, she was seven, turning eight, my son was five, and then two, we had seven, five, and two, and now we have a 19, a 17-year-old, and a 14-year-old. 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:20.960 This is crazy. 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:29.599 Um, and I was trying to think, like, um, just like, what is like a meaningful 12th birthday? 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:33.039 I was looking back at mine, I really asked that question, that was crazy. 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:37.280 I don't remember my 12th birthday at all. 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:44.960 And then I was looking through pictures of our family, and I remembered, oh, this was a meaningful 12th birthday. 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:55.520 It was Ryder, who was then 12, now 17, then 12, his birthday week, and on his birthday week, he broke his nose skateboarding. 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:00.240 Or no, he broke his arm skateboarding, I broke my nose playing basketball. 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:01.599 Here's a picture of me. 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:03.199 Uh no, next slide. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:03.680 There we go. 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:04.639 Here's a picture of me. 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:05.199 Yeah. 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:09.280 And that something ugly. 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:09.840 Okay. 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:17.199 And then here's a picture of me and Ryder together at urgent care. 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:20.560 And the nurses thought it was so cute. 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.759 A father and son, I'm like, this is this is terrible. 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:25.520 What in the world? 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:27.120 But memorable. 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:34.960 And my hope is that today, our 12th birthday, will be memorable for very different reasons. 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:39.360 Uh I'm I believe and trusting that God wants to speak to you. 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:41.199 He wants to meet you. 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:51.599 He wants to move in this moment, that he wants this moment to be memorable, informing, and transforming in our life. 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:58.080 Uh, over the summer, I came across this poem by uh American poet Mary Oliver. 00:03:58.159 --> 00:03:58.879 It's called Summer. 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:06.319 It's a great, wonderful, whimsical poem, and she uh concludes with this thought-provoking question. 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:14.800 She says, What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.040 Isn't that a great way to ask that? 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:24.879 Like, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:29.600 You know, when we're younger, our birthdays are all about celebration, aren't they? 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:35.439 It's the party, it's the people, but it's really the presence, you know? 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:39.279 And when you're younger, you look forward to every birthday, don't you? 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:41.759 You're like, I can't wait for this birthday. 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:43.040 It's gonna be great. 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:50.160 Every birthday you look forward to, but there's some bigger ones, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:55.279 Um, but and you you are excited to get older. 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:57.600 Like you can't wait to get older, right? 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.519 And then as you get older, when you get older, it moves from celebration. 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:03.439 There's still celebration, don't get me wrong. 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:07.680 But when you get older, it shifts from celebration to evaluation. 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:09.040 It does. 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:11.519 You begin to feel you're like, yeah, that's right. 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:12.560 No, that's right. 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:15.519 Because then you hit some numbers you don't really want to hit. 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:17.920 You hit 30, you're like, oh my goodness. 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:19.680 What is going on? 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:20.959 Am I an adult? 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:24.319 I don't feel like an adult, but I'm just that people tell me I am. 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:26.079 Then you hit 40. 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:29.600 Midlife crisis comes knocking on your door. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:42.399 I mean, my brothers just celebrated their 50th, and we're having so much conversation as they're talking about there's more life behind us than in front of us. 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:48.879 And you just begin to evaluate life, and I think it's incredibly wise and good. 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:54.560 We start to ask questions like this: are we living life well? 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:56.959 Am I living it well? 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:08.879 Isn't it interesting, by the way, that we spend so much time, money, and energy to live longer, but we don't spend enough time, energy, and money on are we actually living life well? 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.199 All those supplements, cold plunges, amen. 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:14.000 You know? 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:24.560 Whatever it is that you're taking to help you live longer, but we have to evaluate at some point, am I living life well? 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:33.920 And then there's times where birthdays just catch you by surprise and we just hurry and rush through them, and we find this, don't we? 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:40.160 Why is it that we tend to live such full lives that often leave us unfulfilled? 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:42.480 I filled up my life with all these things. 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:50.240 I thought that mattered, that all these things have ultimately fulfilled me, but why do I feel so unfulfilled? 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.079 There is actually this disillusionment with success. 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:59.199 People who have been successful have had this conversation so many times. 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:10.480 I climbed this ladder, I pursued this dream, this is what I was going for, and it fulfilled me for a moment, but it doesn't really now. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:12.480 There must be more. 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:16.240 Isn't there something else? 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.920 Is this all there is? 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:26.879 Renowned social psychologist Roy Ballmeister, he says this about the human species. 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:31.839 He says, what sets human beings apart from animals is not in the pursuit of happiness. 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:33.360 Isn't that interesting? 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:35.759 It's not the pursuit of happiness. 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:43.519 Which occurs across all the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans. 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:51.759 And just as the body cannot live without food, the soul cannot live without meaning. 00:07:52.399 --> 00:08:00.879 And as we celebrate our 12th birthday, we're celebrating for sure, but we want to evaluate as well. 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:05.360 How do we live a meaningful life? 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:09.360 How do you live a meaningful life? 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:22.480 How do you ensure that you don't just get caught up in the rat race going through the motions thinking this is what life is supposed to be and look back 20 years, 30 years and go, is that all that was? 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:28.720 A life filled with purpose, significance. 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:42.000 You know, Jesus, um, arguably, uh, well, I'll argue it, um, lived the most impactful, meaningful life of all of human history, right? 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:47.039 I mean, we actually divide our time by his life and death. 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:51.039 We're in the year 2024 on Odomini, year of our Lord, right? 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:53.200 So that's pretty significant. 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:56.080 But his teaching as well. 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:09.279 Our values today founded on equality, on love, on acceptance, on tolerance, they're all found upon the very teachings of Jesus. 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:22.399 And it's in his final moments with his followers that he teaches us, he shows us what does it look like and how do you live this meaningful life. 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:32.480 If you got your Bibles or you got your phones, if you want to open up to John chapter 13, it's a if you've been around the church world, it's probably a familiar passage to you. 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:36.159 If not, man, welcome, and we're thrilled that you're here. 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:43.840 Jesus, just to set the context, it's the night he's going to be betrayed by Judas. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:47.759 Judas Gariot, one of his 12 disciples, has already set this into motion. 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:53.360 He's already received 30, you know, shekels of silver. 00:09:55.120 --> 00:10:00.320 And Jesus has about a few hours with his disciples. 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:03.120 He set up this time in this upper room. 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:06.080 Later, it would be called the Last Supper. 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:14.240 And what happened to the disciples before this moment, it's funny-ish. 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.799 The disciples, well, James and John started it really. 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:27.120 James and John had their mom Mary go to Jesus and ask for a favor so that they could have a position of authority in like Jesus' kingdom. 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:29.600 And the rest of the disciples got wind of it. 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:30.480 They're kind of pissed. 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:31.840 You can understand why. 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:37.279 And an argument breaks out among the disciples that was carried into that room. 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:41.600 They're arguing over who is the greatest. 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:44.720 This is the night before Jesus dies. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:46.720 He spent three years with them. 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:49.519 He's been teaching them all these sort of things. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:56.639 And this argument, this dispute of his twelve disciples, is who's the greatest? 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:59.279 And this is where we pick up the story. 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.159 It was just before the Passover festival. 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:06.639 Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and to go to the Father. 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:10.480 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:11.200 I love that. 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:14.639 You can underline that if you're highlighted in your Bibles. 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:21.200 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:26.799 Jesus knew that the Father, notice this, had put all things under his power that had come from God. 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:28.399 He was returning to God. 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:34.000 So he got up from the mill, took off his outer clothing, wrapped the towel around his face. 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:42.080 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:46.320 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, Lord, are you going to wash my feet? 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.799 Jesus replied, You don't realize now what I'm doing, but later you'll understand. 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:52.879 I love Peter, by the way. 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:58.879 He said, He always puts his foot in his mouth. 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:03.279 No, said Peter, you shall never wash my feet. 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:08.559 Jesus answered, unless I wash you, you have no part with me. 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:12.720 Then Simon replied, Not just my feet, my hands, my hand, everything. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:14.080 Give me a bath. 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:16.399 Jesus goes, You don't need that. 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:22.080 When he'd finished washing their feet, he put his on his clothes and returned in his place. 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.120 Do you understand what I've done for you? 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:26.159 He asked him. 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:31.120 You call me teacher and lord, rightly so, for that is what I am. 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:38.159 Now that I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:40.000 I've set for you an example. 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:42.559 That you should do as I have done for you. 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:48.480 Very truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:53.039 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do. 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:58.159 How in the world do we live a meaningful life? 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:06.799 That we don't just fill our lives with activity, but it's filled with significance, purpose, and meaning. 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:14.639 I want to draw your attention to just three observations about Jesus and then three applications for us of a meaningful life. 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:20.159 The first thing I want you to notice about Jesus is that Jesus was moved by love. 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:22.240 Jesus was moved by love. 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:23.120 Notice what it said. 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:26.879 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:31.279 I like how another translation interprets this translated. 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:37.039 It says, now he showed them the full extent of his love. 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:59.440 I don't know about you, but when my kids, they rarely do this, they're amazing, they're wonderful, they're but when they are arguing, or when they're doing something that is clearly not right, my first response is, and now I want to show you the full extent of my love. 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:01.360 Right? 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:02.399 It's just not. 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:09.600 Jesus sees what's going on, and he sees that his moment's short. 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:18.879 And he says, I'm gonna show you the full extent of my life. 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:21.279 I love you. 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:22.240 This is love. 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:25.759 Love is giving the other person what they need the most. 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:29.759 When they deserve it, a great personality. 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:31.759 I love you. 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.960 I'm gonna give you what you need the most in this moment. 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:36.399 You don't deserve it. 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:38.480 The way you're acting, you don't deserve it. 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:41.039 And it's gonna cost me in this moment. 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.320 Jesus, he begins. 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.039 I love this. 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.240 He is moved, he is fueled by love. 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:51.279 Like his motive. 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:56.159 The thing that is energizing his activity is love. 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:00.799 Jesus is moved by love. 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:06.080 And one of the things that we have to ask is how? 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:10.399 How in the world is he moved by love? 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:13.840 In the text it tells us. 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:16.639 And this is one of those keys to a meaningful life. 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:19.840 A meaningful life begins with who before what? 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:23.679 A meaningful life begins with who before what. 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:27.840 Jesus was secure in his identity. 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:30.720 Jesus was secure in his identity. 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:33.519 Notice what it said that Jesus knew, remember this? 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:39.200 Jesus knew that the Father put all things under his power, that it come from God and was returning to God. 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.360 He was secure in his identity. 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:54.639 His identity wasn't in his disciples' response, like an insecure parent that gets all ruffled when their kid acts out in public as if it's looking bad on them and reacting poorly to their kid. 00:15:54.960 --> 00:16:02.159 His identity isn't in the respect he's owed as a rabbi, like an insecure boss. 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.759 That lords it over you or always has to put you in your place. 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:16.320 When Jesus started his earthly ministry before he had ever done anything, he got baptized. 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.200 We're doing baptisms, by the way, in just a bit. 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:22.480 And today might be the day for you to get baptized as well. 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:29.840 All who put their faith in Jesus are to get baptized, to follow in the example and to follow in the command of Jesus. 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:31.840 Jesus gets baptized. 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:34.879 He comes out of the water. 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:36.320 Now notice this. 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:42.080 The Holy Spirit descends on him like a dove, and the Father speaks over his life. 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:46.559 This is my beloved Son. 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:53.919 What has Jesus done up to this point? 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:58.080 He's about thirty years old. 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:00.480 What does he accomplish? 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:06.480 Can we trade? 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:12.160 You're beloved before you ever did anything. 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:17.200 You're approved before you ever went to the cross. 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.160 You are well pleased. 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:21.279 That is your identity. 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.880 That is your standing. 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.599 It's who you are before what you do. 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:29.920 In our culture, in our day, our identity is found in what we do. 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:32.720 How I perform. 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:35.519 How other people see me. 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:42.960 I have to meet certain standards to be loved, to be approved, to be liked. 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:45.039 It's what before who. 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.200 Your what informs your who. 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.519 And Jesus says, no, no, no, no. 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:51.200 Who before what? 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:55.680 You are beloved by God. 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:08.160 Honestly, if Christians could get this one thought, it not only would change the church in America, it would change America. 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:15.920 Where we understand that your identity is not achieved, it is received. 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:18.480 You have been given a new identity. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:20.079 You are of the beloved. 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:25.759 And being beloved is the core truth of who you are. 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:28.400 Core truth of who I am. 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:35.119 Much of our activity, by the way, is born out of a misplaced identity. 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:37.680 We spend all of our hours. 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:39.680 I have to perform. 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.640 I'm not worthy. 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.839 I'm not lovable. 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:44.880 I feel what others say about me is true. 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:59.359 I feel like I'm just damaged because the truest thing about you is Jesus loves you. 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:06.480 The most profound truth on this planet. 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:12.000 God is not angry with you, he's not disappointed with you, he's not frustrated with you. 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:20.559 When he sees you throwing the tangent, when he saw you going your wayward way, when he saw you acting the way you were throwing a fit of who's the greatest. 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:32.160 By the way, secure people serve. 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:38.160 And who you are. 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:48.079 And you are love. 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.279 Now notice this. 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:53.759 Jesus moved by love moves towards the mass. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:59.440 Jesus moved by love moves towards the message. 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:02.880 Notice what he doesn't too. 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:05.839 He doesn't shame the messy. 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:08.720 What were you thinking? 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:10.640 Right? 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:12.400 They're having this argument. 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.799 He doesn't shame the messy. 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.920 Like, how could you? 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.200 Don't you know? 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:20.319 Guys, three years. 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.279 Really? 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:24.720 He doesn't give a lecture. 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.960 You know what you needed was a little bit more teaching. 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:31.119 You haven't got enough teaching from me. 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:34.400 And this is really hard for us. 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:37.039 But when we get our identity, we'll get it right. 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:39.440 He doesn't judge the messenger. 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:47.759 He takes the posture of a servant and lovingly washes the filth away. 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:51.200 He got up from the mill. 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.960 Think about this. 00:20:54.640 --> 00:21:00.880 I want you to just, in your mind's imagination, go back and think they're coming to this upper room. 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:10.960 There's 12 disciples, and they walk in, and there's a container of water, a basin, and a towel. 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.799 But there's no servant. 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:15.440 You've been arguing about who's the greatest. 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:22.400 And by the way, the person who's not the greatest of the disciples really should take this on. 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:26.960 You walk in and go, huh? 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:31.839 I wonder who screwed up and didn't plan for somebody to wash our feet. 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:34.400 Not my responsibility, not my job. 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.279 Walk in. 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:43.200 One by one, there's a there's a picture, there's a towel, there's a basin. 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:59.359 They saw it there, they walked in, and the way you would recline in the ancient days, you would have a pillow, you'd lean on your left side, your feet would be going away from you, and you would be all kind of close together, your faces round this table to have intimate conversation. 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:02.000 Their feet are pointing away. 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:07.680 And Jesus, he gets up, and he takes off his outer clothes. 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:14.319 The garments that signify, I'm a rabbi, I'm the master. 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:18.480 And now he's in his undergarment literally. 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:26.480 And the lowest position in the ancient day was the foot washer. 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:34.799 And he takes the towel, wraps it around his waist. 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:39.839 You can just imagine they're sitting, kind of looking over their shoulders. 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.039 What's he going? 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.799 What's going on? 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:45.359 This is getting weird. 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:52.240 And he pours the water into the basin. 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:58.000 And then one by one, he comes behind them. 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:06.559 And imagine their feet are right here, but their heads are all close to one another. 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.680 And they're looking at each other. 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:11.680 Is he really doing this? 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:17.759 I mean, Jesus did for the disciples what the disciples weren't even willing to do for Jesus. 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.440 Is he really doing this? 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:21.759 Is he taking the posture of a slave? 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:24.480 Did he put on the garments of a slave? 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:27.279 Like our rabbi and master. 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:29.759 We've been arguing over who's the greatest. 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:40.160 And he sees the dirt, and he sees the filth, and he sees the messiness both of my feet, my external, but also my internal, all of our arguments. 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:44.559 And love is not repelled by the mess. 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:49.200 It is compelled by the mess to move in. 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.480 Jesus. 00:23:55.200 --> 00:24:02.400 He takes and he begins one by one to wash their feet. 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.960 And then Peter. 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:10.160 I guarantee you Peter said what everybody else was thinking. 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.839 Not me. 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.480 Not me. 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.079 No. 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.559 Jesus. 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:27.440 I've seen what your hands have done. 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:32.079 I've seen you touch lepers and they're healed. 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:35.440 I've seen you touch the blind and their eyes give sight. 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:42.880 I've seen you hand bread and fish and they multiply. 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:49.039 Like these are the very hands that have created healing and wholeness. 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:51.599 And now you're touching my feet. 00:24:55.519 --> 00:25:00.000 And I think that for some of us. 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:04.319 Oh, I think most of us. 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:16.000 When it comes to the messiness inside of us, we either believe we gotta get it figured out before we let Jesus see it. 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:22.559 Or we just cover it up. 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:29.039 Don't we do that really good in church? 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:32.720 Come on, we can be honest as church. 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:35.839 Oh wait, we're not as honest as we should be in church. 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.839 Right? 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:45.200 Because what we do with the mess of our lives instead of showing up in the church and going, I'm a mess, and by the way, Jesus loves me. 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:47.759 And he's moved towards the messiness of me. 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:56.960 What we do is we cover it up, we sweep it under the rug, we hide it in the closet, and we pretend like we have everything figured out. 00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:01.920 Oh, the church would become more of an enemy. 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:06.640 That's God's vision for the church. 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:10.400 Honestly, you begin. 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:13.200 Hey, hey, I'm powerless. 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:16.480 I'm powerless to change. 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:21.440 Welcome, my name is Ryan, and I'm a mess. 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:27.039 And I'm powerless to change. 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:37.359 I need a power greater than myself, and I yield myself to Jesus, the power greater than me, who's moved by love towards me, not away from me and my mess. 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:50.160 See, a meaningful life, and for us, what one of the things that you desperately need, that we desperately need, is you need to let Jesus minister to you. 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:58.720 No, not I! No! Don't touch that part of me. 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:02.400 That's my secret side. 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.559 That's the stuff that I've hidden from other people. 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:06.240 That's the gambling stuff. 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.279 That's the pornography. 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:08.079 That's the addiction. 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.359 That's the bulimia. 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.759 That's my thought life. 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.920 Don't touch that. 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.480 Don't touch me. 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:26.000 I feel like I'm just damaged goods. 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:30.000 Somebody did it to me, but I don't feel worthy anymore. 00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.680 Jesus would never want me. 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:40.720 I mean, I I just cut myself to feel something. 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.599 Feel anything. 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:52.319 I harm myself because I just don't feel good at God. 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:56.799 I feel like I keep trying to run away from my past. 00:27:56.880 --> 00:28:01.440 I've changed cities, I've changed jobs, but the past keeps catching up with me. 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:09.519 Why do I go from one self-destructive relationship to the next? 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:19.039 Would you let Jesus minister to you? 00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:25.519 The word minister literally means to serve, to attend. 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:36.000 Jesus says in Revelations, behold, I stand at the door and knock. 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:41.920 Like today, I'm knocking, child of God. 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:46.799 I'm knocking, one who's wandered far away. 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.319 I'm knocking. 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.880 You've never come close before. 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:53.119 You feel like you're disqualified. 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.240 I'm knocking. 00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:56.240 My love compels me. 00:28:56.319 --> 00:29:02.079 I move by love and I move into your messiness. 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:10.000 See, when Jesus, when Jesus sees disease, he sees an opportunity to heal. 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:17.680 When he sees sin, he sees an opportunity to forgive and redeem. 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:23.039 And when he sees dirty feet, he sees an opportunity. 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.720 He says, I'm knocking, and a lot of us are like, hang on, let me tidy up. 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.839 House is a mess. 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:37.359 There's some rooms I don't really want you to go into. 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.440 It keeps us stuck. 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:45.200 It keeps you stuck. 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.920 Jesus, so powerless. 00:29:57.200 --> 00:30:02.880 And for some reason, grace alone, you love me. 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:07.119 And nothing I can do will ever change your love for me. 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:10.240 When I'm not doing well, you don't love me any less. 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:12.960 And when I'm doing great, you don't love me anymore. 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:19.920 You love me with an all-consuming, unrelenting passion. 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:26.640 And your love disrobes your rabbiness. 00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:36.640 And the God of the universe takes the posture of servant to come and meet you right where you're at. 00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:41.839 Would you let Jesus minister to you? 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:44.319 Would you say, Jesus, come in? 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.920 A step one, I'm powerless. 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.200 I've been trying. 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:53.039 Step two, Jesus, you're powerful. 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.079 And you're good. 00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.279 We sang that. 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.720 And you love me. 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.279 Step three. 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:01.359 I yield my life. 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:09.039 Jesus, move by love, moves towards the mess. 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.839 And then finally a final observation. 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:14.720 And Jesus calls us to follow him. 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:21.440 This is as simple and difficult as that. 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:28.400 We cannot follow him if we don't get our identity and who we are, a little of it. 00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:34.240 And if we do not allow him to minister to us first before we minister to others. 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.480 He calls us to follow him. 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:40.400 And he says to his disciples, I've set for you an example. 00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:42.000 I've modeled this. 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:45.039 That you should do as I've done. 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:51.440 Very truly, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:55.279 Now that you know these things, you will be say that with me. 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.920 We'll try it one more time. 00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:00.960 There's a lot more of you than that said then. 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:06.079 Now that you know these things, you will be less. 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.759 Huh. 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:15.039 So the blessed life is the servant-filled life. 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:19.279 Jesus redefines greatness, doesn't he? 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:24.319 No servant is greater than their master. 00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.880 I'm your master. 00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:30.160 I'm your rabbi. 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:46.559 He redefines greatness as the one who takes the posture of a servant and loves another and loves them in the mess that they are and loves them through the mess that they meet, Jesus. 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:02.160 And so are we. 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:05.279 And really the blessed life. 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:14.480 The blessed life isn't how much you have in your bank account. 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:24.640 The blessed life isn't what car you drive, what clothes you wear, what's on your wrist. 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:28.240 Blessed life isn't a house. 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:32.319 And there's nothing wrong with any of those things. 00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:44.640 I just want to tell you though, the blessed life is the person that takes up the top and sees their life as grace. 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:48.960 I've been given grace and now I take up the towel of service. 00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:52.640 Jesus moved towards me in love, entered my mess. 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:55.759 He has healed me, he has watched me, he has redeemed me. 00:33:55.839 --> 00:34:01.359 And I can't help but share in love with other people his grace in return. 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:04.559 I just become a foot washer. 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:09.440 I just become a foot washer. 00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:17.280 And so instead of when I see a mess around me, I'm going like, oh man, they really need to get that fixed up, don't they? 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:24.639 Moved by love, I'm going to enter the mess and I'm going to love you, I'm going to love you, I'm going to love you. 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:24.960 Why? 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.639 Because Jesus loved me. 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.679 That's it. 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:31.599 And so I'm going to take up the Tao of service. 00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:35.440 A meaningful life says, I'm going to just take up the Tao of service. 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:43.760 You know, there's so many people in our church that I just I'm amazed by. 00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.239 That have done this. 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:52.159 You know, our kids' ministry right now, there's leaders that are serving our kids. 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:54.880 They won't get to be in this service. 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.280 They're just serving. 00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.400 Why? 00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:02.079 Not because they have to, not out of application. 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:07.440 They love your kids and want them to experience the wonder of Jesus. 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.679 There's a man named Nick over there. 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:11.920 He's an incredible guy. 00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.840 He's awesome. 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:16.320 Hang on, let me tell you about who he is. 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.440 And then clap. 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:24.639 Serving in our kids' ministry so consistently and faithfully. 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.920 He's a teacher. 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.840 He loves teaching your kids. 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:33.039 He spends so much time working on the lessons. 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:38.960 He's got a full-time job, full-time family, full-time everything. 00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:47.119 I was talking to him the other day and just seeing him work through like a lesson. 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:52.880 Because he just longs for kids to truly come to know Jesus. 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:57.360 I think of Carrie in our church, who saw a need. 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:09.599 She saw a need where, you know, people going through the extremes of life, whether it's, you know, having a baby or losing a loved one and everything in between, just needed extra care. 00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:12.719 And she lives an incredibly full life. 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:23.280 And just began to love. 00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:33.679 Think of Stephen and Angie Chang, who outside, they're providing coffee, like really nice coffee for free. 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:35.679 We were going to pay them. 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:37.760 And they said, no, this is our church. 00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:40.159 We'd love to serve our church. 00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:44.639 But it came from a place for them. 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:47.280 They started our homeless ministry. 00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:50.320 They used to lead our food pantry. 00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:54.639 They've just taken up the towel and said, you know what? 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:56.800 My life is just a service. 00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.480 I have been served. 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:00.079 Jesus has loved me. 00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:04.400 And wherever there's a need, I'm going to take up that towel and love others. 00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.239 I think of my friend Brian. 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:15.599 Brian, who suffered a career-ending injury as a detective. 00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:19.599 And God is okay. 00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:26.719 Began to figure out what am I going to do next, and he just began to give his time. 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:27.920 Just serve. 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:30.960 He actually was a volunteer staff member for a while for us. 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.880 You ever heard of something like that? 00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:35.360 A volunteer staff member? 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:41.519 And now he just joined our staff in our local outreach. 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:43.760 Life looks very different. 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:47.920 Not as they planned. 00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:58.000 When I serve the way he served, Jesus. 00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.199 Move by love, move into the message. 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.599 And he calls you. 00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:07.920 And he calls me to do it. 00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:18.400 As we were celebrating our 12th birthday, I really was like, I wanted, you know, the 12 to be like, what are the what's the meaning behind the number, right? 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:22.159 And you go, like, well, there's 12 disciples. 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:24.079 There's 12 tribes of Israel. 00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.880 And that's cool. 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.960 And we could talk a little bit about that. 00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:37.760 But what was most impactful for me is the 12th step in AA. 00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:43.440 The 12th step in AA says, after having a spiritual awakening. 00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:52.800 And that's my prayer that many of you have already had, but some of you will have in this moment a spiritual awakening where you go through steps one, two, three, and four. 00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:54.960 God, I'm powerless. 00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:56.480 I'm a mess. 00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:03.760 I need someone greater than myself to clean up this mess. 00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:07.599 And I yield my life to you, Jesus. 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:14.559 The loving, gracious Savior, my Lord and Rabbi. 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:23.199 After having a spiritual truth away, takes these things you've learned and gives them away. 00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:35.119 Because they're all fellow strugglers. 00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:38.239 And the truth is we're all fellow strugglers. 00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:43.679 And we just get to help one more fellow struggler along the way. 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:45.280 One more mess. 00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:47.199 One more mess. 00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:48.639 Hey, I'm a mess. 00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:52.079 But Jesus is cleaning up my mess and I've been there. 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.920 Come on. 00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:56.000 Let me walk with you. 00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:02.800 Where they give their life away. 00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:04.000 They have a slogan in A. 00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:07.840 It says this, we keep what we have by giving it away. 00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:11.599 Isn't that paradoxical to what we do? 00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:13.280 Because we just try to cling to it. 00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:20.000 And if you want a life full of meaning, you've got to start giving it away. 00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:27.280 So as we close and the band comes up, actually, would you just mind standing with me a little bit? 00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.440 Close the worship. 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:37.119 Just want to give an opportunity. 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:47.280 If you've never heard that Jesus loves you, you've never given your life to him. 00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:50.159 You've not gone through those steps of the A. 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.760 Which is just the steps of salvation. 00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.639 God of a mess. 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.079 I need you. 00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:06.000 Would you come into my life? 00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:08.960 You're knocking on the door. 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:12.239 Would you come into my life? 00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:14.559 Would you just pray with me? 00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:20.480 And if you're in that space, you want to trust Jesus as your Savior, would you just pray this prayer afterwards? 00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:25.360 Heavenly Father, thank you for your love. 00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:36.639 Thank you for Jesus who came for me, died for me, and rose again on the third day that I might have life. 00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.880 I admit I'm a mess. 00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:40.880 I can't change it. 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:48.320 Would you come into my life and make me new? 00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:49.840 I welcome you in. 00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:51.119 To every part. 00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:56.559 Would you be my leader and rescuer? 00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:04.159 And if you prayed that prayer, would you just with a heads bowed, would you just raise your hand so I can pray for you? 00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:04.960 Just now. 00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.679 Amen. 00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.800 Raise them high. 00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.519 Amen. 00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:19.840 And then there's those of us that we've been wandering. 00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:30.880 We may be even headed church, but like we're just not tethered to Jesus because we think there's stuff in us that you'd be repulsed. 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:35.760 Your dirty feet. 00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:38.800 Your stinky attitude. 00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:42.239 Your secret addiction. 00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:46.719 Your sauce to keep. 00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:55.039 Would you welcome? 00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.840 Would you welcome? 00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:02.079 Jesus, I welcome you into my name. 00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:07.679 I welcome you into my day. 00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:11.519 I welcome you into my heart. 00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:14.480 I welcome you into my death. 00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:29.039 I welcome you in to the moments where she's been lying from one relationship to the next. 00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.079 Welcome. 00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:46.400 We hope you are blessed by this message. 00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:50.960 Please subscribe to our podcast for access to every episode as they're uploaded. 00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:53.199 And hey, we'd love to connect with you. 00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:59.199 Take a next step by filling out our virtual connection card at wickedchurch.com slash card.