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How are you guys doing today? Blessed. Got in

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my car this morning and the battery was dead.

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And then I forgot that I only had two miles left

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in the gas tank as of Friday and I forgot to

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go fill it up. And then I forgot to charge my

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tablet all week. So then I get in my car, jumped,

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I jump inside and I look down and somehow it

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says 25 miles left. I plug in my laptop and the

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battery's already at 100%. So I think God wants

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me to get here today. And the devil can't do

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anything about it, right? All right. Well, hey,

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if this is your first time here at Hosanna Christian

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Fellowship in the sanctuary, or if you're watching

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online for the first time, we want to say welcome.

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We're so glad you're here to visit us. and to

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worship with us here at Hosanna. I am Pastor

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Nathan, and we have just ended our quick study

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in the book of Genesis last week after two years.

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And, you know, with Easter coming up and family

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camp and Mother's Day, and I'll be taking a vacation

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in May, we're gonna be taking a break from our

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book studies. We will be officially starting

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the study of Exodus. on June 7th, okay? So, but

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between now and then, we're, with the holidays

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messages and all that, we're going to be having

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a number of different topical studies, some guest

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speakers are coming that I'm excited to have

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share with you guys, and then I'll be doing a

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couple more kind of overview topical messages

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of the entire book of Genesis before we get to

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Exodus, but... Today, we are having our first

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Serve Day. And what this Serve Day is, is an

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opportunity to highlight for you, the body here

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at Hosanna, a number of the different ministries

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that we have here that provide opportunities

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to serve and meet the needs of the kingdom of

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God here at Hosanna. You know, one of the values

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that we kind of... do ministry by here at Hosanna

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that the Lord has given us is the value of self

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-sacrifice. You know, I truly believe that when

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the body of Christ is all serving the body of

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Christ, that all the needs in the body of Christ

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get met. And that's kind of how it works. You

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know, a lot of times in the church, you know,

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the pastors or the, you know, the handful of

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servants kind of, you know, sometimes get burnt

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out because it's a small group of people trying

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to handle everything. And I still laugh to this

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day when people go, don't you only work on Sundays?

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And that just makes me laugh because there's

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a lot more that goes into making Sunday happen.

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But we're called as the body of Christ to serve,

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to serve one another, to be a part of what God

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is doing. But more importantly, when it comes

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to serving in the church and in the kingdom of

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God, we use terms like volunteer. as synonymous

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with the idea of servants or service and being

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a servant and all that. But what I want to look

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at today in the word before I introduce some

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of the ministries to you that provide opportunities,

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I want to ask the question, is volunteer and

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servant the same thing? And what does the Bible

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have to say about that? And what does that mean

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for us as the body of Christ here at Hosanna.

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So that's what we're going to be talking about

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today. But first, we're going to worship God

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because he is worthy. Amen? Worshiping God is

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what we get to do. It's not what we have to do.

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It's what we get to do. You know, it's one of

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the things that we're going to be doing for eternity

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when we're with our Lord in heaven. And, you

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know, it's an expression of our gratitude and

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our thanks. And just worshiping God is awesome,

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you know. My prayer is that it's not something

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you only do on Sunday morning, but it's something

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you do every single day as you just think about

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what God has done for you, how God has served

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you, how Jesus served you in the greatest way

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by coming to this earth and living a perfect

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life and dying on the cross to pay the penalty

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for your sin and my sin, and then rising from

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the dead, granting us new life, a life of hope

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and a life of peace and joy and a life of...

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just knowing that we're going to heaven. And

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hallelujah, right? Let's pray. Father, we love

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you. God, we know that you, Jesus, have provided

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for us the greatest example of service, Lord.

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And I pray, God, today as we just want to focus

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on what you are doing here in this church, Lord,

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that we recognize that this church is your church.

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God, that you have created this church. You have

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called this church, Lord. You have brought all

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of us that are here to this church, Lord, and

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we are each a part of the work that you are doing

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here at Hosanna. God, this isn't the only church

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you're working in, but God, we are here, and

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so we want to be used by you to affect the change

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in this world that you desire to do, Lord. And

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God, we know that we are each called to serve

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you. And so Lord, as we look into your word today,

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God, I pray that you would just speak to us,

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Lord, that God, when it comes to the mindset

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in the heart of us and the expected responses

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we have to you and the needs of your kingdom,

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God, that we would be reminded that we do serve

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a king. We serve the king of kings. We serve

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the Lord of lords. And God, as your subjects,

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Lord, that means that when you call, We should

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answer. And so, Lord, speak to us today about

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that, God. Encourage us. Challenge us, Lord.

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But most importantly, God, be glorified. We worship

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you. We praise you because you are glorious.

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And we love you, God. We thank you for everything

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you've done in our lives, everything you're doing

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in our lives, God. We thank you for our church

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and what you're doing through Hosanna. We thank

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you, God, that despite all the just of weirdness

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and evil and wickedness going on in the world,

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that you are still God, that you are still holy,

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that you are still righteous and just and true

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God, and that, Lord, you are still working in

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the lives of your people. We love you. We thank

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you. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. All right.

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We're going to be in Joshua chapter 24, looking

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at verse 15 this morning as we're talking about

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service. You see, When Israel got to the promised

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land, they were told that it was time to go in

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and to take the land, to do what God had told

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them to do. They were going to have to conquer.

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There was going to be conquest. And so the entire

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book of Joshua is the story of that conquest.

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It's the story of God's people entering into

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God's promises, entering into the... The land

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that was promised to them, taking what God had

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promised to give them. And so we have this whole

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book that is the story of this conquest of the

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land. Now throughout the book, scattered are

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different instances where as they were... going

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to do what God had called him to do, that periodically

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the people of Israel would kind of waver a little

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bit in their commitment to what they were supposed

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to be doing. And there were certain cases where

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as they were serving that they would drift into

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this idea that service to God was optional. And

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so when we get to the very end of the book of

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Joshua, Joshua is calling them back. to exclusive

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worship of God and nothing else. And this is

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what he says in Joshua 24, verse 15. He says,

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choose for yourselves today which will you worship,

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the gods of your ancestors or the gods that your

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ancestors worshipped beyond the Euphrates River

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or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you

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are living. As for me and my family, we will

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worship the Lord. Now that word worship there

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in that verse in the Hebrew is actually a word

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that means to serve. To do work for a deity.

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And that is why in other translations like New

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King James it says, choose for yourselves today

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which you will serve. As for me and my house,

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we will serve the Lord. You see the idea there

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in that Hebrew word is that serving is worship.

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Worship is serving. But what I want you to notice

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there in that verse is what Joshua does not say

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is choose for yourselves today whether or not

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you will serve. Or to use the word in the CSB

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translation, choose for yourselves today whether

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or not you will worship. Sometimes we have situations

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where we're challenged with our own flesh when

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it comes to service to God, and we might read

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that verse this way. Choose for yourselves today

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whether or not you have time to serve, whether

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or not you feel like serving, whether or not

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the opportunities to serve meet your preferences

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or line up with your gifts. It's just the reality

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of who we are is that sometimes we deal with

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these things. Now, why did Joshua say it the

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way he said it? He didn't say choose whether

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or not. He said choose. Are you going to serve

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the gods of this world? Are you going to serve

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the God of Israel? I believe the reason he said

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that is because the truth is every single one

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of us are already serving something. We're already

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living for something or someone. You see, the

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reality is that there is a master that we all

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worship through our service, by the giving of

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our time, by the giving of our energy, by the

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giving of our attention, our affections, our

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strengths. And when it comes to serving, the

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real question is not, Whether or not you'll serve,

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as we see with Joshua, what he's saying is the

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question really is, who? Are you going to serve?

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Who are you choosing to serve? You see, the question

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that we're posing this morning to all of us is,

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who is the God, the master, the king that you

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serve? And does the giving of your time and your

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energy and your attention and your affection

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and your strength reflect your answer? It's a

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really, a very real question for everything when

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we say, you know, oh, I'm a Christian. Do you

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live like it? Right? You know? I'm a Christian.

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Well, you know, if we put you on trial for being

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a Christian, would there be enough evidence to

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convict you? You know, those types of things

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we've heard over the years. And the reality,

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even within the church, is that there are some

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people that serve comfort first or recognition

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first. Maybe it's success or themselves. And

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those are all the gods of the land we are living

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in. Those are the gods of this world, right?

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That's what he says there, the gods of your ancestors,

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the ones they worshiped back on the other side

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of the Euphrates, right? We just got done studying

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Genesis, and you remember Abraham, before he

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was called to God, he worshiped in the city of

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Ur, the moon god, Nana. He's like, are you gonna

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go serve Nana? Are you gonna serve the gods of

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the land we're in now, like Baal and Astroth

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and all these pagan gods? And Joshua says, for

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me and my family, we're going to serve the Lord.

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But every time I say that word serve, you can

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substitute the word worship for that. Because

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serving is worship. And so Joshua, he said, choose.

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Not whether you're going to or not, but who.

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And that is the question that lies before the

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church at all times. That's the question that

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lies before us today. You see, the faith that

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we have as Christians, and we profess that God

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is our Lord and our Savior and our King, that

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profession of faith was never meant to remain

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in the realm of words only. It's something that's

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meant to be expressed. It demands expression.

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In fact, James wrote an entire book about that

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very topic. where he said, you say you have faith

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without any works, I'll show you my faith by

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my works, right? Because he says it's not enough

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to just say you believe because the demons believe

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and they tremble because they know the truth

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of who God is, right? And so there's this reality

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in scripture where we see that faith works itself

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out in service. And service is worship. A faith

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that only agrees with truth but never bends the

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knee in obedience, never bends the knee into

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stepping in and doing what God is calling to

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do, isn't the full picture of biblical faith.

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And so if we say our hearts belong to the Lord,

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biblically we see that means our lives should

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naturally move in the direction of obedience.

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naturally move in the direction of doing what

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God is calling us to do. Now, do we do that perfectly?

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No. Can we do that perfectly? No. But does that

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mean we don't then intentionally try and move

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and strive towards saying, God, I'm here. Use

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me for whatever you're calling me to. Now, we

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see this example given to us through our Lord

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and Savior Jesus in Mark 10, verse 45. This is

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what he said about his purpose in coming, or

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at least part of the purpose in his coming. He

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says, for even the Son of Man did not come to

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be served, but to serve and to give his life

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as a ransom for many. You see, if there was anybody

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that ever existed on this earth in the form of

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a human who had the right to be waited on, to

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be honored, to be attended to, or who could possibly

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say, I'm too busy. It would probably be the guy

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who created the universe and runs it, right?

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But he never said, I'm too busy. He said, I came

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to serve. And then in Philippians chapter two,

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verses five through eight, Paul says this, adopt

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the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus. who,

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existing in the form of God, did not consider

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equality with God as something to be exploited.

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Instead, he emptied himself by assuming the form

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of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity.

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When he had come as a man, he humbled himself

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by becoming obedient to the point of death, even

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to death on the cross. Did you notice that there?

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The form of a servant is the likeness of humanity.

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We were created to worship God. We were created

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to be in perfect, loving, eternal, perpetual

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glory and fellowship and unity with him, right?

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That was the beginning. We saw that in the beginning

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of Genesis. That God said, here's this awesome

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creation. Enjoy it. Just don't do that one thing.

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And what did we say? Well, I want to do the one

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thing. I was like, bro, I gave you infinity choices

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and you want to pick the one I said don't do.

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And we said, yep. And of course, you know, that's

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the whole story that we've been studying through

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in the book of Genesis. We were created to worship.

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Using the word in Joshua, we were created to

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serve the Lord. That is our purpose, right? That

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is the reason for our existence. And so as Jesus

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said, I came to serve, and Paul says adopt the

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same attitude as Christ Jesus. You see, what

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we're to understand in the New Testament when

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it comes to service is Jesus didn't merely perform

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the acts of service. He took the form of a servant.

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That means that service wasn't an occasional

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activity for him. His service wasn't governed

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by whether he was interested or not or had time

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or not or wanted to make time or not. He was

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a servant. It was his heart. It was his posture.

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It was his identity. A servant is who he was

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even to the point of doing what he really didn't

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want to do. Dying on the cross. Right? You guys

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know the story. Garden of Gethsemane. I'm going

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to paraphrase. Yo, Dad, I don't really want to

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do this. It's going to hurt. If there's any other

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way, I vote for that. But we all know what he

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said, right? Nevertheless, not my will, your

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will be done. You see, when we see that example,

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Jesus is teaching us that serving God, serving

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the will of the Lord, was who he was. It wasn't

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a thing he did once in a while. And then in John

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13, 13, Jesus said this to his disciples. You

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call me teacher and Lord, and you're speaking

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rightly since that's what I am. So if I, your

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Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you

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also ought to wash one another's feet. For I've

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given you an example that you also should do

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just as I have done for you. Now, this was during

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the Last Supper. Preparation for that. We're

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like, oh, he washed his feet. How cool. No, we

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need to understand the cultural implication here,

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right? Foot washing was something that had to

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be... because there was no Jordans at the time.

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It was sandals or barefoot, right? And so everybody's

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feet were nasty. It was just nasty feet all over

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the place. And so when you would come into the

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house or you would come into a dinner, a part

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of the practical as well as symbolic practice

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was you would wash the feet. Now, washing the

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feet, though, was considered the lowest of the

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lowest jobs. So if there was a household full

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of servants and there was gonna be a dinner,

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It was the lowest of the lowest servant who got

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the foot washing job, right? The guy who got

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the foot washing job was the one all the other

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servants looked at and went, dang, you got the

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dirty job. That was the foot washing job. And

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what we see here in this, in the story in John

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13 is where the God of the universe, the son

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of man, the son of the father, the creator of

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all things is now. Bowing down and humbling himself

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and doing the dirtiest job, the job nobody wanted

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to do, the job everybody was like, nope, I'm

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too busy, sorry, I don't have time. And he says,

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I'm going to do this for you. And of course,

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there's a lot of other application in the story,

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but for the context of today, we see him doing

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what needed to be done in that moment, which

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was washing their feet. It was serving the needs

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of those disciples in a very humble and practical

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and sacrificial and personal way. He was doing

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the thing that the Father wanted him to do because

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Jesus' life was serving the will of the Father

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and teaching lessons and all that, and it was

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the dirty, gross thing that other people didn't

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want to do. And what does he say to them? I have

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given you an example that you should also do

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just as I have done for you. You see, as God's

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people, we're not called just to admire the servant

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heart of Jesus, right? Wow, look at what a great

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servant he is. He's just, oh man, what a great

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guy. We are called to do as he has done. That's

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what he said. I gave you an example. Follow my

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example. This is where the tension begins for

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us in our modern culture here because the example

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of Jesus shows us the very significant difference

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between the concept of being a volunteer and

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being a servant. You see, volunteer, the concept

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of volunteering in our modern context, and we

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use that word all the time, right? It's on our

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screen. Volunteer for the safety team and volunteer

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for this and volunteer for that. In our modern

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context, volunteer implies the choice on our

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part, right? Does it fit my schedule? Does it

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suit my preference? Do I want to do it? Is it

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meaningful, right? Volunteering falls in line

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with our free will, and it's a free will decision

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based upon our availability and our personal

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preferences and even our gifts, right? Does it

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line up with what I'm gifted to do? And a lot

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of times, sometimes the volunteering idea is,

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well, I have a little bit of extra convenient

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time that I don't really need. And of course,

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I want to serve and I want to get involved. So

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yeah, I'll give you this little corner of time

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after I've done everything else that I want to

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do with my time and the things I need to do,

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which are real things. But is that what being

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a servant is, biblically? You know, as I was

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studying this, I found something very interesting.

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The word volunteer does not appear a single time

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in the New Testament. Not a single time. So the

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biblical idea of serving and servanthood goes

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much deeper than what our modern idea of volunteering

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is. You know, serving, it's rooted in a lifelong

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spiritual identity. You know, Romans 6 .22 basically

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says this, that we have been set free from sin

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and we have become servants of God. Now that

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word servant's there in the Greek. It's the word

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doulos. A lot of you may be familiar with that

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word, doulos, right? We're like, oh, it's such

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a beautiful word. And you know, it means servant.

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And do you want to know what it really means?

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This is the definition of doulos. Someone who

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belongs completely to another. It might also

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be translated slave. We use the word. which is

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a different word, but the idea of I'm voluntarily

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giving myself over completely to someone else.

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In the context of God being our king, you might

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render it subject. And again, these are terms

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that we may not be familiar with in our context

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because we don't live in that kind of governmental

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hierarchy or whatnot. But when the Bible says

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that he is the king of kings and the lord of

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lords, and we say, we call him lord and teacher,

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and it says that we've been set free from sin,

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he served us in the most awesome, mighty, and

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profound way, and we have become servants of

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God, in all of that context, what that means

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is my time is his time. Why? Because I belong

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completely to him. That means my time is his

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time. He is my king. He has absolute authority

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over every second of my life. He has the authority.

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It also means that my time is not my time. In

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the context of king and subject, when the king

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comes out and says, I have a need in my kingdom,

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there is no such thing as us saying, well, if

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I have a spot in my calendar, I'll volunteer

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a bit. Now I'm gonna get to more of describing

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that in a little bit, but we have to understand

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that our life has been given to us. Every breath

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in our lungs is a gift from God. And we are called

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to yield our entire life in service to the king

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of kings. So here's the picture of king subject,

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doulos, right? The king puts out a decree to

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the kingdom. Kingdom! As the king, I have this

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need in my kingdom. And the expected response

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is that every single subject in the kingdom lines

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up. My liege, I am here to serve at your pleasure.

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And then what the king does is look around. Okay,

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you. And the rest of the subjects go, cool. I'm

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going to go back home, go about my life. And

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then the next time the king puts forth a decree

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that there's a need in my kingdom, every single

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subject lines up and goes, my liege, I'm here

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to serve. This is the biblically expected attitude,

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right? This is the attitude of service and serving.

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This is the attitude of being a subject of the

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king. And then if we... When we all line up and

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the king goes, you, I am assigning you to this

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task. That subject does not go, well, hold on.

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That day and time, that's my time. That's a volunteer.

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A subject says, yes, my liege, I serve at your

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pleasure. And then they go back and go, okay,

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I've got to rearrange my schedule because the

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king has called me. Does that make sense? We

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don't like that, do we? I feel the tension in

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the room. I can feel it. We don't like that.

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That's my time. That's my this. That's my that.

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And don't misunderstand me. There's a lot of...

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valid and legitimate things in that. That's my

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family time. That's my date night. That's my

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hobby time. That's my day off. That's my whatever,

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right? There's all kinds of things that are legitimate

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that fall within that grounds. But legitimate

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or not, does the king have the authority to say,

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I don't care what you have on your schedule.

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I need you to do this this day. He does. He does.

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Now, Romans 12, it tells us that we offer ourselves

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as a living sacrifice. Living sacrifice, right?

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You go into the Old Testament, you see the sacrifices.

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They bring in the cow and the cow goes, whoa,

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whoa, whoa, I only want to give a hoof today.

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Is that what we read? No. The cow's going, moo,

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I don't want to do this. And he's sacrificed.

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Now, the idea of a living sacrifice is we come

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to God and we say, God, I'm here. All of me.

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All of my gifts, all of my time, all of my talent,

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all of my resources. Now, in many cases, God

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goes, cool, I just want the hoof right now. It's

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yours. But he made that decision, not us, right?

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Because he's the king. The implication in all

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of this, and the reason I'm drawing this difference

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between volunteering and serving, is the implication

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is that serving is not optional. For us as believers.

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It's not optional. We are subjects of a king.

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And much of modern Christianity, unfortunately,

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has exchanged volunteerism for serving. And that

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manifests in these ideas of where the king puts

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out a decree and says, I have need in my kingdom.

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And the subjects go, well, I'll choose if I'm

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interested in that one. You know, am I available?

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Do I really want to? You know, and we kind of

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filter these things when the expected attitude

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is the king has called and here I am. In some

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cases, we'll serve and then we'll decide to quit

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or decide to continue or decide to move, not

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based upon the call of the king, but we'll get

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caught up in things of like, well, am I appreciated

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here? You know, do I get noticed here? You know,

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and yeah, you know, saying thank you and all

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that, you know, showing appreciation is a very

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important thing, but if the king said go do that,

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nothing else matters. And then, you know, and

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for a lot of us, and I've been there too, the

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decree goes out, the king says call, and we say,

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well, I don't have time. Make time. We all do

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it already anyways with stuff we want to do,

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right? Make time. Well, I want to go do that

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thing. You rearrange your schedule so you can

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go do the thing. You want to go see that show.

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:56.019
You put things on the calendar. You make time.

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And yet when the king calls, we're like, oh,

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gosh, my calendar is immovable. Now, a servant

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serves because they are a servant. That's it.

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They're a servant, and when the king calls, they're

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ready to serve. And so, you know, the idea, and

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this is the part where the tension is again,

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right? A servant doesn't dare put their own priorities

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or wants or desires before the king's call. They

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don't dare decide whether or not they will serve

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when he calls. They don't do that. That's not

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what a servant as a subject is. That is not what

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someone who says, that is my king, that is my

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lord. Now, we're going to get to the other side

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here in a moment, so hang with me. But, you know,

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the idea is whatever is needed in that moment

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when the king calls, that is the holy thing to

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do. That is a righteous thing to do. And then

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you do it as unto the Lord, as the Bible talks

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about. Now, so in all that context, serving is

00:30:57.529 --> 00:31:00.569
not because the church has needs. That's not

00:31:00.569 --> 00:31:03.470
why we serve, although the church has needs,

00:31:03.690 --> 00:31:07.950
right? Serving is not because it makes me feel

00:31:07.950 --> 00:31:11.430
useful, although it does that, and it's great

00:31:11.430 --> 00:31:15.670
to feel useful. Serving is not even because we're

00:31:15.670 --> 00:31:18.170
gifted in a certain way. Well, I'm not gifted

00:31:18.170 --> 00:31:20.049
to do that, therefore I won't respond to that

00:31:20.049 --> 00:31:22.130
call, even though God is putting it on my heart

00:31:22.130 --> 00:31:27.369
to do so. We serve because we belong to Jesus,

00:31:27.430 --> 00:31:33.460
and he has the right. To use us and to direct

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:41.079
us as he wills. As he wills. And that means if

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:43.940
he directs us to do something that upsets our

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:48.200
schedule, he has the right to do that. Do we

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:53.019
understand? Now, the reality is every single

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:55.000
season of life will give ample reasons for us

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:58.519
to exchange the mindset of serving for volunteerism.

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:02.839
Every season of life, right? It's, you know,

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:07.140
when you're single. Well, this is my time. I've

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:09.819
got to pursue my will and my career and my stuff

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:16.000
and legitimate things. We're newly married. Well,

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:18.400
I mean, gosh, this is an important time to establish

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:22.039
my home. So don't talk to me, God. I'm busy doing

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:27.059
this. We have small kids. Well, this is family

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:29.500
time. We got to raise them, right? That's important.

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:32.480
They're teenagers now. Gosh, now I really got

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.640
to focus because they're going to be out of the

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:35.819
home soon. So this is the time to just stay here.

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:38.480
The kids are gone. Well, I've lived my entire

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:40.559
life for someone else. Now it's my time to live

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:44.059
for us. Grandkids come along. Well, there's nothing

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:45.759
more important than shaping the next generation.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:49.000
And so, you know, now guess what? All of those

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.960
are absolutely legitimate statements. Nothing

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:55.769
wrong with those statements. In fact, many of

00:32:55.769 --> 00:32:58.710
you might be legitimately called of God in that

00:32:58.710 --> 00:33:01.029
season of your life to do exactly that thing.

00:33:01.210 --> 00:33:04.049
And if that is God's call in your life, do that

00:33:04.049 --> 00:33:09.569
thing. Right? Do I understand? I'm not saying

00:33:09.569 --> 00:33:13.589
family time is bad. So no hate emails tomorrow,

00:33:13.750 --> 00:33:21.319
okay? But if we use statements like that, As

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:23.920
excuses to deny the Lord when he puts a call

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:31.480
on our heart. If we use those things. Now I mean

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:33.559
the situation where maybe you're single, all

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:36.380
the way through the thing, right? And God is

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:39.079
stirring on your heart. You feel this tug on

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:41.400
your heart. The king is saying, hey, I want to

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:45.029
call you to... kids ministry, I want to call

00:33:45.029 --> 00:33:46.589
you to serve in youth ministry, I want to call

00:33:46.589 --> 00:33:48.650
you to serve here and there. If that pull, the

00:33:48.650 --> 00:33:51.069
king is calling and you say, no, king, because

00:33:51.069 --> 00:33:54.369
this is more important. That's what I'm talking

00:33:54.369 --> 00:33:57.769
about. That's the moment where you're acting

00:33:57.769 --> 00:34:00.430
not as a subject of the king, but something else.

00:34:02.990 --> 00:34:08.289
And then, if you deny the Lord, you're going

00:34:08.289 --> 00:34:12.449
to miss the opportunities for the kingdom. You're

00:34:12.449 --> 00:34:14.289
going to miss the opportunities God has for you.

00:34:14.329 --> 00:34:16.409
And then more importantly, and this has come

00:34:16.409 --> 00:34:21.730
up a few times, but if we desire our friends

00:34:21.730 --> 00:34:25.309
and our coworkers and our spouses and our kids,

00:34:25.510 --> 00:34:32.340
if we desire them to see our faith, And then

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:35.719
our children, if we desire them to live a transformative

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.579
faith that declares to the world that they are

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:40.579
subjects of a king, right? If we want them to

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:46.900
live that way, shouldn't we? Yeah, we should.

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:50.760
And this goes down the list with all this stuff,

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:54.380
right? Is coming to church important? Well, if

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.699
you don't come to church, your kids are learning

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:58.599
that it's not important. If you never pray, then

00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:00.119
your kids are learning prayer is not that big

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:01.880
of a deal. If you never worship, your kids are

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:05.659
learning, right? And this applies not just in

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:08.000
our families, but in the people around us. And

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:13.880
so, how do we proceed? One is just that we start

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:15.719
with considering how greatly Christ has served

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:20.460
us. How great your need was and what he did about

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:24.599
it. He died for you. He died that you can be

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:26.900
forgiven. He died so that you can have the hope

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:30.440
of heaven. He died so that you can live a life,

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:33.059
not just here, under the power of the Holy Spirit,

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:38.280
but a life eternal. And under that knowledge,

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:41.639
as Joshua said to the people, choose you this

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:46.960
day whom you will serve. Choose. It's not whether

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.760
or not, because if you don't choose God, you're

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:53.909
choosing something else. And then if you wrestle

00:35:53.909 --> 00:35:56.269
with this type of thing, guess what? God knows

00:35:56.269 --> 00:36:00.110
that too. So ask God, Lord, Lord, please give

00:36:00.110 --> 00:36:02.849
me the heart of a servant. Lord, please change

00:36:02.849 --> 00:36:06.429
my heart because God can do that. God, please,

00:36:06.550 --> 00:36:09.670
please, please let me have the heart that you

00:36:09.670 --> 00:36:11.809
have, not merely as a volunteer, but one that's

00:36:11.809 --> 00:36:14.690
fully devoted and given over to the king. Give

00:36:14.690 --> 00:36:16.929
me that heart so that when you call, I'll step

00:36:16.929 --> 00:36:19.869
up without negotiation and then just trust that

00:36:19.869 --> 00:36:21.869
you're either going to assign me or not assign

00:36:21.869 --> 00:36:25.329
me to that as you decree because you know my

00:36:25.329 --> 00:36:28.230
life, you know my schedule, you know my heart,

00:36:28.369 --> 00:36:31.050
you know my priorities, you know all of that.

00:36:33.250 --> 00:36:37.429
And so God, if you call me to something that

00:36:37.429 --> 00:36:40.929
is difficult or self -sacrificial, then I'm going

00:36:40.929 --> 00:36:44.730
to trust you in that. Serve where there is need,

00:36:44.969 --> 00:36:48.409
not just where there is preference. And like

00:36:48.409 --> 00:36:51.590
I said, God, I am here. And then you let him

00:36:51.590 --> 00:36:56.849
filter it out. You know, if every single one

00:36:56.849 --> 00:36:58.750
of us stepped up when the king decreed a need,

00:36:58.969 --> 00:37:02.329
it wouldn't be the one person stepping up every

00:37:02.329 --> 00:37:04.130
time and getting assigned to the thing over and

00:37:04.130 --> 00:37:05.869
over and over and over and over and eventually

00:37:05.869 --> 00:37:07.230
burning out and saying, I don't want to do this

00:37:07.230 --> 00:37:11.650
anymore. Because when everybody is serving others,

00:37:13.009 --> 00:37:17.949
Everybody's needs get met, right? So, in the

00:37:17.949 --> 00:37:21.309
end, this isn't just about ministry needs and

00:37:21.309 --> 00:37:23.949
ministry structure. This is just simply about

00:37:23.949 --> 00:37:27.289
the idea of a heart that has bowed to the master.

00:37:28.809 --> 00:37:31.710
A heart that has bowed down. And so, yeah, it

00:37:31.710 --> 00:37:33.510
is an important question to ask ourselves. Who

00:37:33.510 --> 00:37:40.389
do we serve? Who do you worship? Who's your God?

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:45.539
Who do you call Lord? And does your life reflect

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:48.139
that, right? If Christ has served you by his

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:49.900
cross and his mercy and his patience and his

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:52.599
love, then the fitting answer for every child

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:57.239
of God is, Lord, I am yours. As for me and my

00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:02.739
house, we will serve the Lord. And then like

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:07.460
Isaiah, Lord, here I am, send me. So with that

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:12.139
being said, we wanted to just kind of bring up

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:13.900
some ministries here at our church to share with

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:16.900
you guys about what the ministry is. And, you

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:18.960
know, this isn't every ministry in the church.

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:22.099
These are ones that regularly have opportunities

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:25.920
for us to plug in and to serve at. And as they're

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:27.980
sharing their ministry, they're going to share

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:31.420
briefly about five minutes. And I just pray that

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:34.199
as you listen, just ask the Lord. If you hear

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:39.880
the call of the King, be willing to say, Lord,

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:43.679
I'm here. And if he's stirring your heart and

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:47.519
calling you, then listen to that. If he's not,

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:51.659
he's not. Because we don't want anybody to serve

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:56.079
out of guilt. That's not what God wants. You

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.239
know, nobody's going to get up here and say,

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.940
hey, we have need in children's church, and if

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:00.579
you don't serve, why do you hate kids, right?

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:03.639
Nobody's going to say that. Nobody's going to

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:07.550
say that, okay? The idea is just let the Lord

00:39:07.550 --> 00:39:09.570
lead you, okay? But I challenge you to listen.

00:39:09.750 --> 00:39:11.550
And if he's stirring on your heart, take that

00:39:11.550 --> 00:39:13.769
step of faith forward to ask questions and to

00:39:13.769 --> 00:39:16.010
be willing and ready to figure it out. And if

00:39:16.010 --> 00:39:18.469
he's not calling you to that, that's okay. That

00:39:18.469 --> 00:39:23.150
is totally okay. And so, but I just, my prayer

00:39:23.150 --> 00:39:24.949
is that you would listen to the Lord and be ready

00:39:24.949 --> 00:39:27.010
to present yourself to the king as a ready servant

00:39:27.010 --> 00:39:29.650
and step as he leads and he directs. That's it,

00:39:29.750 --> 00:39:32.900
okay? So with that. Each person's gonna come

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:35.719
up, share their ministry a little bit. And they're

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:37.719
also gonna be out in the foyer at the tables

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:40.079
after, right? If you'd like to get more information,

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:42.519
they're gonna be there to answer any questions.

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.920
They're gonna have a little thing. You could

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:47.400
fill out your name and number, okay? Again, I'm

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:49.719
saying, you put your name and number down, that

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:51.699
doesn't mean it's a contract signed in blood,

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:53.619
okay? It just means they're gonna call and you

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:55.659
could start to inquire about those things. But

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:58.420
I really encourage you guys to just let the Lord

00:39:58.420 --> 00:40:01.440
lead you in all this. I'm going to invite up

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:03.780
Pastor Rick first, and then Pastor Rick will

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:05.659
introduce the next speaker. And so if you're

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:08.260
here, you'll be introduced by the previous speaker.

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:10.019
Okay, and then I'll come up and close this out

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:13.500
after. So with that, Pastor Rick. With what Pastor

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:15.360
Nathan just said, I got to delete a note here

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:18.559
real quick. Don't say if you hate kids, you won't

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:23.639
serve. No, I'm sorry. Morning, guys. Yes, I am

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:26.300
Pastor Rick. I run Hosanna's Youth Ministry,

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:29.639
which is junior high and high school. Now, we

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:32.199
follow junior high here in Bellflower, so that

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:34.960
is seventh and eighth. We don't have sixth grade

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:38.480
currently. But I want to start off with saying

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:42.320
parents and or guardians. You have a tough job.

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:46.119
You have a tough biblical call to serve your

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:48.780
kids, right? Proverbs chapter 22, verse six,

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:52.679
train up a child in the way he should go. Even

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:56.139
when he is old, he will not depart from it. That

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:58.900
is tough. And for those of you that are interested

00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:02.519
in youth ministry, our job is to come alongside

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:05.440
the parent and guardian and aid them in doing

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:10.059
that very thing. We come alongside and we help

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:12.840
make disciples out of these kids just as their

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:17.360
parents do. We are, in a sense, no offense parents,

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:21.079
the cool guys that aren't as annoying because

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:23.760
we're not with them 24 -7 as you are. You guys

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:25.880
aren't annoying, but it's just the fact that

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:27.440
you're with them so much they think we're cool.

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:29.119
But I'm the youth pastor, so I'm never cool.

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:33.909
I get it. But the job really is coming alongside

00:41:33.909 --> 00:41:37.429
and discipling kids, is being an example for

00:41:37.429 --> 00:41:40.570
them of what it means to be a Christ follower,

00:41:40.670 --> 00:41:45.769
as a servant of God, giving up free time to be

00:41:45.769 --> 00:41:47.929
there and show them what it means to live for

00:41:47.929 --> 00:41:51.730
God in every way possible. And guess what? You're

00:41:51.730 --> 00:41:55.210
dealing with teenagers. Love you guys that are

00:41:55.210 --> 00:41:59.880
here, but man. You guys could be very rebellious.

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:02.000
You can deal with your times. And guess what?

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:04.340
Look at your parents right now. Look at your

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:06.659
guardians. Say, you guys were rebellious too.

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:10.360
Right? If you didn't know, how I actually came

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:12.679
to Hosanna was through getting an invite to a

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:15.960
Friday night hangout for youth ministry. And

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:18.260
look at me now. I'm the youth pastor. Right?

00:42:18.300 --> 00:42:20.860
God does these great things where it's like,

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:25.099
hey. In youth ministry, your job is to serve

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:27.099
these kids and point them to Christ the entire

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:32.750
time. And currently, every Sunday during normal

00:42:32.750 --> 00:42:35.250
service, we're down the street in the youth building,

00:42:35.389 --> 00:42:37.389
except for the first Sunday a month. We come

00:42:37.389 --> 00:42:39.590
in here so the kids can get to know everyone.

00:42:39.710 --> 00:42:42.710
You guys get to see me. I get to see you. It's

00:42:42.710 --> 00:42:44.550
this great thing. And then there's Friday night

00:42:44.550 --> 00:42:46.809
hangouts. Currently, we do them about twice a

00:42:46.809 --> 00:42:49.030
month. This next coming week is going to be rock

00:42:49.030 --> 00:42:51.730
climbing. Again, forewarning. Please sign the

00:42:51.730 --> 00:42:55.170
waivers. But we just hang out. And we have times

00:42:55.170 --> 00:42:57.030
of Q &A and answering questions. And it's this

00:42:57.030 --> 00:42:59.869
beautiful time. By building these bonds and serving

00:42:59.869 --> 00:43:03.010
these kids, you'll learn more about them and

00:43:03.010 --> 00:43:05.210
their faults. And then you'll see, oh God, I

00:43:05.210 --> 00:43:06.590
went through that same thing and you brought

00:43:06.590 --> 00:43:08.889
me through by having a counselor help me in this

00:43:08.889 --> 00:43:11.030
area. So now I get to help them and point them

00:43:11.030 --> 00:43:15.480
to Christ. And now, before I leave, I have a

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:17.420
fun exercise to show you how important youth

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:19.519
ministry is. Because for some reason, I don't

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:22.559
think our church has this problem, but some other

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:25.099
areas have this stigma or this idea that youth

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:27.300
ministry is just playing with kids and going

00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:29.199
home and that's it, right? And the youth pastor

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:32.539
doesn't do anything or the joke. Real quick,

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:34.340
do me a favor. If you've gone through Hosanna's

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:37.480
youth ministry, raise your hand. Hey guys, look

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:42.659
around. A good amount of the church came through

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:44.099
Hosanna's youth ministry. And I know there's

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:45.619
people at home that are raising their hand right

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:53.059
now. Hi, Eric. Love you. But youth ministry does

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:55.820
lead to the next generation of God's church,

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:58.139
whether that's here at Hosanna or somewhere else.

00:43:58.800 --> 00:44:02.219
And so it is very important to serve them, to

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:04.559
raise them in the way they should go and help

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:07.360
the parents do that exact thing, being an extra

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:11.159
hand and resource in that. helping disciple the

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:14.179
next generation. So if you're interested in youth,

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:17.739
I'll be back there. But with that, the next person

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:20.420
up is Christiana Bromley. She is for Hosanna

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:24.940
Kids. Okay, I am Christiana Bromley. I am your

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:30.380
children's church director. So I started at Hosanna

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:34.659
30 years ago, and I stepped up. Gosh, I'm getting

00:44:34.659 --> 00:44:38.360
choked up. I stepped up to teach kindergarten.

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:44.079
25 years ago. So I don't know that that qualifies

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:46.460
me for this position, but that's where I started.

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:54.099
So I did kindergarten for 10 years, and then

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:57.739
the Lord asked me to move up to high school.

00:44:58.420 --> 00:45:01.940
So I was a high school counselor for seven years.

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:05.699
So that means I have literally watched some of

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:11.070
you grow up. Now, the other thing that Pastor

00:45:11.070 --> 00:45:13.730
Rick was talking about is the fact that a lot

00:45:13.730 --> 00:45:16.469
of the people serving at our church have gone

00:45:16.469 --> 00:45:20.110
through both the children's ministry and the

00:45:20.110 --> 00:45:24.309
youth ministry. And I actually was one of Pastor

00:45:24.309 --> 00:45:28.150
Rick's high school counselors. So I do not take

00:45:28.150 --> 00:45:34.960
any responsibility for that, no. So, but as being

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:37.960
the children's church director, we do have a

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:42.500
lot of needs there. So we have currently six

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:46.940
different classrooms. That would be, that includes

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:51.119
the nursery. And then we have a toddler room,

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:54.500
and we have four -year -olds in kindergarten.

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:58.860
Now, that room is a lot of fun. That is kind

00:45:58.860 --> 00:46:03.000
of like Wild Indians, but, you know, we give

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:04.860
them a lot of grace. Let's just put it that way.

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:06.900
And the two teachers that we have working in

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:11.340
there have so much patience. We also have a first

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:13.679
- and second -grade room. and a third and fourth

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:15.719
grade room, and then a fifth and sixth grade

00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:19.260
room. I would love to have more rooms just because

00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:23.340
I know the first and second grade room is busting

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:27.460
at the seams. So we would love to have you help

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:31.239
with the children's ministry. The commitment

00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:35.219
is two weeks on, two weeks off. You're not always

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:37.500
in children's ministry. You do get to come and

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:40.440
spend time with adults. You will get to have

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:44.340
some fellowship with adults, I promise. And then

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:49.119
we also have a really fun, and that commitment

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:52.579
is on Sundays. We only have Children's Church

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:56.219
on Sundays. It would also be great if we had

00:46:56.219 --> 00:47:00.900
opportunities for more servants to help for some

00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:05.780
of the midweek small groups, such as the Wednesday

00:47:05.780 --> 00:47:11.679
night study and There's just other opportunities

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:16.880
for that as well if we had more teachers. The

00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:19.460
other thing that we do during the summer, now

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:22.039
this is going to be my shameless plug for Vacation

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:27.079
Bible School. A lot of you have helped with Vacation

00:47:27.079 --> 00:47:31.400
Bible School. It is a huge blessing. For most,

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:36.900
it is a one -week commitment in July. This year's...

00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:40.920
theme is Emerald Crossing. It's an Irish adventure

00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:46.699
through Psalm 23. That commitment has all kinds

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:50.099
of fun stuff to do. We cook for the kids. We

00:47:50.099 --> 00:47:54.579
have worship. We have skits. We have teaching.

00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:59.440
We have crafts. We have games. There's also opportunity

00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:03.460
for decorating for a period of time and then

00:48:03.460 --> 00:48:06.639
tear down. So there's a lot of things that you

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:10.460
could do. um so i just want to encourage you

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:13.019
we would love to have you come and help i will

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:17.860
be in the back to answer questions and um yeah

00:48:17.860 --> 00:48:21.139
that's what i have to say now i will say this

00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:29.940
that sorry this this job is is part of your legacy

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:34.809
so we come alongside for your kids and Speaking

00:48:34.809 --> 00:48:37.849
of legacy, I get to now introduce my son, Gavin

00:48:37.849 --> 00:48:43.389
Bromley. Hello. You make me tear up, too. So

00:48:43.389 --> 00:48:47.750
I'm the tech director. I'm part of running the

00:48:47.750 --> 00:48:50.590
team who's doing all the lights, all the lyrics,

00:48:50.829 --> 00:48:54.869
the online stuff. So a big part of what we're

00:48:54.869 --> 00:48:57.409
doing is just making sure that everything's set

00:48:57.409 --> 00:48:59.389
up in a way that just encourages you guys to

00:48:59.389 --> 00:49:01.690
worship. encourages you to be able to focus on

00:49:01.690 --> 00:49:04.269
Nathan's teaching, make it so that everyone can

00:49:04.269 --> 00:49:09.969
hear everything clearly. Obviously, we're very

00:49:09.969 --> 00:49:15.429
involved every Sunday. We got a person doing

00:49:15.429 --> 00:49:18.289
the sound inside this room. We got a person doing

00:49:18.289 --> 00:49:20.670
the lyrics for everything. We got a person doing

00:49:20.670 --> 00:49:23.090
the cameras for online. We got a person doing

00:49:23.090 --> 00:49:27.230
the audio for the cameras online. We're always

00:49:27.230 --> 00:49:33.239
learning. It's a deep, deep, every single position

00:49:33.239 --> 00:49:35.800
you can go real deep. There's whole careers around

00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:38.460
all this stuff. But most of what we're doing

00:49:38.460 --> 00:49:40.659
is learning enough to be able to do it well,

00:49:40.800 --> 00:49:45.179
just being good servants to show up every week,

00:49:45.219 --> 00:49:47.739
or not every week, but show up when we're scheduled,

00:49:47.980 --> 00:49:50.739
do it to the best that we can. We're not just

00:49:50.739 --> 00:49:55.099
a... dozing off. And sometimes during worship,

00:49:55.179 --> 00:49:57.099
you start worshiping, you're like, uh -oh, forgot

00:49:57.099 --> 00:50:03.000
to change the slide. But it is fun. I enjoy doing

00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:05.119
the process of actually learning everything.

00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:07.940
I've had years and years starting in high school

00:50:07.940 --> 00:50:11.039
doing sound. I was on the worship team too, so

00:50:11.039 --> 00:50:14.829
I have a little bit of that knowledge. Able to

00:50:14.829 --> 00:50:17.789
learn each process, learn how to run the soundboard,

00:50:17.909 --> 00:50:20.289
learning how to fix all the problems as the tech

00:50:20.289 --> 00:50:25.949
director. But it's been fun. It's been great

00:50:25.949 --> 00:50:27.889
hearing people come up and be like, man, worship

00:50:27.889 --> 00:50:30.170
was great. And I'm like, yep, praise the team

00:50:30.170 --> 00:50:33.889
for sure. But luckily I've got a great team who's

00:50:33.889 --> 00:50:36.389
able to mix it well and make all the lights look

00:50:36.389 --> 00:50:43.000
pretty and fun. Yeah, part of it is... just the

00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:46.539
number of people. Currently, we have most positions

00:50:46.539 --> 00:50:49.039
at least. We're able to do every other week.

00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:53.340
But ideally, we get it so that it's every three

00:50:53.340 --> 00:50:55.780
weeks. You're serving once every three weeks.

00:50:56.619 --> 00:50:58.980
During the training part, it is more intense.

00:50:59.179 --> 00:51:00.980
You're showing up every week as much as you can

00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:03.159
so that you can train and just really learn everything,

00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:07.280
get all the timing down, learn the ways to make

00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:09.219
the room sound good, learn the ways to make it

00:51:09.219 --> 00:51:13.300
sound good online. Some of the stats that we've

00:51:13.300 --> 00:51:15.159
got, you know, we've got everyone showing up

00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:18.639
in person. We've got, you know, 100, 150, sometimes

00:51:18.639 --> 00:51:22.780
200 showing up. But with the videos, just with

00:51:22.780 --> 00:51:26.320
posting the worship and the study, and then later

00:51:26.320 --> 00:51:28.719
on we just post the study, we're able to get

00:51:28.719 --> 00:51:31.460
like 100 to 200 views on those, which is awesome.

00:51:31.780 --> 00:51:36.159
And then Gracie will go out and clip. of just

00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:38.159
really, really cool things that Nathan shares

00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:40.340
during the study. And those can, you know, all

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:42.179
together, they're getting like 1 ,000, 2 ,000

00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:44.239
views. So that's really cool that we're just

00:51:44.239 --> 00:51:47.940
spreading that word, spreading the gospel. If

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:49.800
you have any more questions, you can come see

00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:52.360
me after. We do have some spots available for

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.059
running like the cameras, running the sound for

00:51:55.059 --> 00:52:01.079
online, just as people move or people bow out

00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:03.809
to go do other ministries, you know. Needs keep

00:52:03.809 --> 00:52:06.809
popping up, so go ahead and see me after. Now

00:52:06.809 --> 00:52:08.750
I'm going to introduce Will for the worship team.

00:52:09.849 --> 00:52:13.110
Good morning, church. My name is William Arthur

00:52:13.110 --> 00:52:16.170
Yeoman Henderson Vandebrink, and I have the joy

00:52:16.170 --> 00:52:18.949
and pleasure of being your guys' worship leader.

00:52:19.750 --> 00:52:21.889
Rick kind of spoiled it. Yes, I was a youth here.

00:52:21.949 --> 00:52:24.989
I think I've been just joyously serving in worship

00:52:24.989 --> 00:52:28.440
17 years now. 18 years, and it's been just an

00:52:28.440 --> 00:52:31.000
awesome pleasure, specifically here at Hosanna.

00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:34.579
We've had just such a neat host of worship leaders

00:52:34.579 --> 00:52:37.179
and just men and women who have been blessed

00:52:37.179 --> 00:52:40.320
to disciple me, to pour into you guys, and just

00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:43.099
to understand just what it really means to worship.

00:52:43.300 --> 00:52:45.900
And so, I've got a question for y 'all. Why do

00:52:45.900 --> 00:52:48.400
we sing worship songs on Sunday mornings? Why

00:52:48.400 --> 00:52:52.360
do we choose that as a time of our service? Give

00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:55.239
me your answers. To praise the Lord? What was

00:52:55.239 --> 00:52:58.659
that? To glorify the Lord, glorified, but why?

00:53:01.260 --> 00:53:03.159
Right, he is worthy. He's worthy. He's good.

00:53:03.239 --> 00:53:05.460
It's because we're told to, because he wants

00:53:05.460 --> 00:53:09.340
us to. And in that obedience, as Nathan was talking

00:53:09.340 --> 00:53:12.059
about earlier, where worship is just complete

00:53:12.059 --> 00:53:14.639
service and obedience unto him, we want to do

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:17.000
exactly what he says. So let's jump into some

00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:19.000
of scriptures. We're going to go to Psalm 100.

00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:23.530
Shout for joy to the Lord with the earth. Words

00:53:23.530 --> 00:53:25.210
of the Lord with gladness. Come before him with

00:53:25.210 --> 00:53:27.869
joyful songs. Know that the Lord is good. In

00:53:27.869 --> 00:53:30.449
Psalm 136 .3, we have give thanks to the Lord

00:53:30.449 --> 00:53:33.809
for he is good, for his steadfast love endures

00:53:33.809 --> 00:53:36.809
forever. Psalms 96. Oh, sing to the Lord a new

00:53:36.809 --> 00:53:39.469
song. Sing to the Lord all the earth. Sing to

00:53:39.469 --> 00:53:42.210
the Lord, bless his name. tell of his salvation

00:53:42.210 --> 00:53:44.510
from day to day. So we see in scripture throughout,

00:53:44.710 --> 00:53:47.030
we're actually kind of called to sing these songs

00:53:47.030 --> 00:53:49.869
of worships to glorify his name in song. And

00:53:49.869 --> 00:53:51.570
I want to jump, just so we're not all in the

00:53:51.570 --> 00:53:52.929
Old Testament, into the New Testament. One of

00:53:52.929 --> 00:53:55.250
my favorite verses and part of why I choose to

00:53:55.250 --> 00:53:57.849
lead, it's Colossians 3 .16. Let the word of

00:53:57.849 --> 00:54:00.940
Christ... richly dwell within you with all wisdom,

00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:03.800
teaching and admonishing one another with psalms,

00:54:03.800 --> 00:54:06.719
hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness

00:54:06.719 --> 00:54:09.019
in your hearts to God. And so as your worship

00:54:09.019 --> 00:54:11.119
leader, that is kind of my goal, that the songs

00:54:11.119 --> 00:54:14.920
we choose to do does exactly that, that it gives

00:54:14.920 --> 00:54:17.119
the word of God into your heart, that it teaches

00:54:17.119 --> 00:54:18.619
you, that it admonishes you, that it provides

00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:21.480
just an appropriate place and time of worship

00:54:21.480 --> 00:54:24.219
for you to be just worshiping the Lord. And so

00:54:24.219 --> 00:54:29.929
let's continue on. I want to go to Psalm 150

00:54:29.929 --> 00:54:32.769
real fast. As much scripture as possible. Praise

00:54:32.769 --> 00:54:35.449
the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise

00:54:35.449 --> 00:54:37.570
him in his mighty expanse. Praise him for his

00:54:37.570 --> 00:54:39.909
mighty deeds. Praise him according to his excellent

00:54:39.909 --> 00:54:42.289
greatness. Praise him with trumpet sound. Praise

00:54:42.289 --> 00:54:45.210
him with harp and lyre. Praise him with tambourine

00:54:45.210 --> 00:54:47.170
and dancing. Praise him with stringed instruments

00:54:47.170 --> 00:54:49.750
and flute. Praise him with loud cymbal. Praise

00:54:49.750 --> 00:54:52.150
him with resounding cymbals. Everything that

00:54:52.150 --> 00:54:54.449
has breath shall praise the Lord. Praise the

00:54:54.449 --> 00:54:57.900
Lord. Anyone here play trumpet? Anyone a harpist?

00:54:57.980 --> 00:55:03.519
Anyone a liar? There's plenty of places for music

00:55:03.519 --> 00:55:05.880
and for opportunity to come and serve the Lord

00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:07.360
in this. And so that's what I want to open up

00:55:07.360 --> 00:55:10.300
and offer to you guys. In that same vein of discipleship,

00:55:10.320 --> 00:55:11.679
I want to point out just our worship leader,

00:55:11.760 --> 00:55:14.320
Jen. She has been faithfully serving here. Yeah.

00:55:17.159 --> 00:55:20.380
She discipled me back in the day. And so in obedience,

00:55:20.579 --> 00:55:23.219
she looks for opportunities to serve, to worship,

00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:25.199
just, hey, Lord, I'm available. How can I do

00:55:25.199 --> 00:55:27.019
this? How can I help? And so the training that

00:55:27.019 --> 00:55:28.780
she's given me, the discipleship that she's been

00:55:28.780 --> 00:55:31.719
a part of, I and we both and the whole team want

00:55:31.719 --> 00:55:33.400
to offer it to you guys as well. Now, with the

00:55:33.400 --> 00:55:38.070
worship team, it is. Not as easy as it looks.

00:55:38.130 --> 00:55:39.670
It's not such a simple thing. If you want to

00:55:39.670 --> 00:55:42.449
go into the Old Testament where God is establishing

00:55:42.449 --> 00:55:44.650
the priesthood, he talks about the Levites and

00:55:44.650 --> 00:55:46.369
their priestly duties. And then the very next

00:55:46.369 --> 00:55:48.489
thing, he talks about the worship leaders, which

00:55:48.489 --> 00:55:50.750
has always struck me as a weird thing on the

00:55:50.750 --> 00:55:53.130
priority of that. Why is that so up there? And

00:55:53.130 --> 00:55:55.710
it's because there's a serious call to it. It's

00:55:55.710 --> 00:55:57.590
not just something that is done willy -nilly.

00:55:57.750 --> 00:55:59.590
If you dive into the details of it, I think they

00:55:59.590 --> 00:56:02.610
had like 250 men that were gifted and capable

00:56:02.610 --> 00:56:05.690
families devoted just to the worship. of the

00:56:05.690 --> 00:56:08.590
Lord. And so in that same devotion to the Lord

00:56:08.590 --> 00:56:10.010
and that same training, we want to open that

00:56:10.010 --> 00:56:12.090
up. And so I'll be out there after service. Please

00:56:12.090 --> 00:56:14.210
come talk to me. As you've noticed, we had Pastor

00:56:14.210 --> 00:56:15.889
Nathan doing drums. We've had a couple different

00:56:15.889 --> 00:56:17.949
positions switch around. And that's kind of something

00:56:17.949 --> 00:56:19.929
we've been building towards is having opportunities

00:56:19.929 --> 00:56:22.590
for people just to plug in one week and have

00:56:22.590 --> 00:56:24.369
a few weeks off. It's not an every week type

00:56:24.369 --> 00:56:27.170
commitment. And so I want to say, pray about

00:56:27.170 --> 00:56:29.750
it. Just talk to me and get more worship in your

00:56:29.750 --> 00:56:32.230
life. So to continue on, I get the pleasure of

00:56:32.230 --> 00:56:35.969
introducing Mr. Rick Bromley. Hey, guys. Good

00:56:35.969 --> 00:56:38.690
to see all you from here. I usually meet you

00:56:38.690 --> 00:56:40.750
coming in the door. I pretty much know most of

00:56:40.750 --> 00:56:43.250
you have shook most of your hands. It's good

00:56:43.250 --> 00:56:46.849
to see you guys. The ministry I'm going to talk

00:56:46.849 --> 00:56:50.309
about is the safety ministry. We always have

00:56:50.309 --> 00:56:52.949
needs there, and I'm going to read it here. You're

00:56:52.949 --> 00:56:57.269
invited to join the church safety team. Our safety

00:56:57.269 --> 00:57:01.090
team plays an important role creating and welcoming,

00:57:01.190 --> 00:57:06.750
secure, and... peaceful environment for everyone

00:57:06.750 --> 00:57:09.510
who comes through those doors whether it's helping

00:57:09.510 --> 00:57:12.829
guide guests staying alert during service because

00:57:12.829 --> 00:57:15.170
things go on that you guys don't know about that

00:57:15.170 --> 00:57:23.389
we catch during service and I lost my place we're

00:57:23.389 --> 00:57:26.989
excited to share the opportunity and the safety

00:57:26.989 --> 00:57:32.559
team is open to everybody women and men There's

00:57:32.559 --> 00:57:36.219
women out there that want to serve, and we can

00:57:36.219 --> 00:57:41.360
use you. We encourage you guys. If you are interested

00:57:41.360 --> 00:57:44.760
or would like to learn more, come on out to the

00:57:44.760 --> 00:57:49.820
table. See me. We'll get you plugged in. Part

00:57:49.820 --> 00:57:53.860
of what we do is you see guys outside, out by

00:57:53.860 --> 00:57:57.170
the... The toddler room, we're there to watch

00:57:57.170 --> 00:58:00.190
that door to make sure everything's safe. And

00:58:00.190 --> 00:58:03.090
if you didn't know it, that door outside where

00:58:03.090 --> 00:58:05.210
the toddlers go and the high school door down

00:58:05.210 --> 00:58:07.010
the street, the person that's down there on the

00:58:07.010 --> 00:58:10.889
safety team, unlocks the door to let people in

00:58:10.889 --> 00:58:13.389
during service. We don't want it to be open.

00:58:13.429 --> 00:58:14.809
We don't want anybody to just be able to walk

00:58:14.809 --> 00:58:17.590
in. So that's part of what we do and just keeping

00:58:17.590 --> 00:58:21.070
our eye on everything and dealing with whatever

00:58:21.070 --> 00:58:27.539
comes up. We will teach you. And pretty soon

00:58:27.539 --> 00:58:37.159
we're going to be doing something with de -escalation.

00:58:37.179 --> 00:58:42.000
I couldn't remember the word. But I'm excited

00:58:42.000 --> 00:58:45.619
to get our guys trained to deal with that because,

00:58:45.760 --> 00:58:48.960
again, we have people that show up that aren't

00:58:48.960 --> 00:58:51.440
in the right mind or they're just not having

00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:54.320
a good day. And we need... to know how to talk

00:58:54.320 --> 00:58:56.760
to them calmly and deescalate any kind of situation.

00:58:58.000 --> 00:59:02.420
Okay, so I would encourage you guys with any

00:59:02.420 --> 00:59:04.139
one of these ministries that have come up here,

00:59:04.179 --> 00:59:06.840
especially the children's ministry to help my

00:59:06.840 --> 00:59:13.179
wife out. She will, anytime somebody has volunteered

00:59:13.179 --> 00:59:15.400
and then says, oh, you know, I got to go do something

00:59:15.400 --> 00:59:17.639
else. And I thank you, Nathan, for going through

00:59:17.639 --> 00:59:24.340
that. She has to cover it. And when you... Step

00:59:24.340 --> 00:59:29.400
up and you worship your God the way Nathan talked

00:59:29.400 --> 00:59:35.500
about. And you, when you step up, you just come.

00:59:35.579 --> 00:59:38.639
If something comes up, you still come. You don't

00:59:38.639 --> 00:59:40.960
just blow it off because something better came

00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:43.820
along. You just keep showing up. You're worshiping

00:59:43.820 --> 00:59:48.019
the Lord doing that. So here, can everybody do

00:59:48.019 --> 00:59:50.460
something for me? Take your hands and put them

00:59:50.460 --> 00:59:57.150
under your thighs. What do you feel? Warmth?

00:59:57.409 --> 00:59:59.929
Yeah? That shouldn't be the only thing that you

00:59:59.929 --> 01:00:04.409
contribute to the Lord. Yeah? Being here, sitting

01:00:04.409 --> 01:00:06.969
here, listening, that shouldn't be it. You should

01:00:06.969 --> 01:00:10.269
be out doing things, out volunteering. All right,

01:00:10.269 --> 01:00:14.250
so bless you guys, and Wilson is coming up next.

01:00:15.630 --> 01:00:19.480
Hello, y 'all. I know you, and I know all your

01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:22.420
names, so I could see you all there. So if you

01:00:22.420 --> 01:00:24.420
don't remember me, I remember all of you. It's

01:00:24.420 --> 01:00:27.480
been a pleasure being a greeter for three and

01:00:27.480 --> 01:00:30.519
a half years. So it's been really fun. In fact,

01:00:30.659 --> 01:00:33.360
I got to meet a lot of you, know you, build a

01:00:33.360 --> 01:00:36.840
community, camaraderie. Luann is one of our greeters.

01:00:36.980 --> 01:00:39.099
She actually said she enjoys greeting. It's a

01:00:39.099 --> 01:00:42.139
blessing because she gets to meet new people,

01:00:42.239 --> 01:00:47.369
which I have to, and also remember meet all the

01:00:47.369 --> 01:00:50.670
people or talk to the people she usually doesn't

01:00:50.670 --> 01:00:54.250
get a chance to. So we do have a need to have

01:00:54.250 --> 01:00:58.150
greeters. The commitment is once a month for

01:00:58.150 --> 01:01:01.030
a few minutes before church, like 20 or 30 minutes,

01:01:01.190 --> 01:01:05.170
and just to make people feel welcome. You know,

01:01:05.210 --> 01:01:07.889
we are the first impressions. We make that first

01:01:07.889 --> 01:01:10.429
impression. People come. We're the first and

01:01:10.429 --> 01:01:12.809
the last people they usually see. We want to

01:01:12.809 --> 01:01:14.250
make that first impression, make them feel welcome.

01:01:15.000 --> 01:01:18.219
Make them feel loved. And, you know, the Bible

01:01:18.219 --> 01:01:20.179
does say greet each other with a holy kiss. Of

01:01:20.179 --> 01:01:22.480
course, we're not going to do that, especially

01:01:22.480 --> 01:01:25.059
morning breath. Like, oh, I got morning breath.

01:01:25.119 --> 01:01:27.360
Sorry about that. No, we won't kiss each other.

01:01:27.400 --> 01:01:29.300
Okay. But you can greet each other in your own

01:01:29.300 --> 01:01:33.380
way. You could say bonjour. Everyone say bonjour.

01:01:34.440 --> 01:01:37.860
Everyone say top of the morning. Everyone say

01:01:37.860 --> 01:01:43.099
good day, mate. Everyone say arigato. Everyone

01:01:43.099 --> 01:01:47.840
say what's up. Urile. Urile. All right. We're

01:01:47.840 --> 01:01:51.760
near Pico Rivera, Montebello, whatever. So what's

01:01:51.760 --> 01:01:53.960
another way we could say? So that's different

01:01:53.960 --> 01:01:56.420
ways we could say. Everyone say cheerio. Cheerio.

01:01:56.559 --> 01:01:57.960
All right. That's a fun way. You don't have to

01:01:57.960 --> 01:02:02.920
do all that. So we do have that need for you

01:02:02.920 --> 01:02:05.980
to come and just we have fun. The greeting team,

01:02:06.059 --> 01:02:08.199
we get to, right? Raise your hand if you've greeted

01:02:08.199 --> 01:02:12.920
before in the past. Yeah. So anyway, you know,

01:02:12.940 --> 01:02:14.809
if you become a greeter, I'm not going to let

01:02:14.809 --> 01:02:16.750
you take over the ministry. Hey, now you're the

01:02:16.750 --> 01:02:18.989
head greeter. No. So don't worry about that.

01:02:21.650 --> 01:02:24.630
Let's see. So, yeah, once a month. And if we

01:02:24.630 --> 01:02:29.150
have more people, maybe once every four weeks

01:02:29.150 --> 01:02:32.469
or something. And I know we have several of you

01:02:32.469 --> 01:02:35.170
who. who are considering it. But don't worry.

01:02:35.389 --> 01:02:37.769
You don't have to be so outgoing. You can be

01:02:37.769 --> 01:02:41.050
shy and just do a little fist bump. Just be there.

01:02:41.110 --> 01:02:43.789
Just smile. We're just grateful for you to be

01:02:43.789 --> 01:02:47.329
there. Yeah. I don't think I have anything else

01:02:47.329 --> 01:02:49.530
to say. But being in the front is really great

01:02:49.530 --> 01:02:52.389
because you get pastor looking at you. And it's

01:02:52.389 --> 01:02:54.349
really great. It's like you're right there. But

01:02:54.349 --> 01:02:56.650
the sad thing is if you wanted to close your

01:02:56.650 --> 01:02:58.050
eyes just a little, you couldn't really because

01:02:58.050 --> 01:02:59.349
he'll look at you like, why are you closing your

01:02:59.349 --> 01:03:03.300
eyes? So anyway, thank you guys. I'll see you

01:03:03.300 --> 01:03:07.800
guys after church, and God bless you. I'm going

01:03:07.800 --> 01:03:10.619
to introduce Amanda. She runs Grounded House.

01:03:12.639 --> 01:03:16.920
Hello, everybody. My name is Amanda. Someone

01:03:16.920 --> 01:03:19.539
over there really likes coffee, apparently. I'm

01:03:19.539 --> 01:03:21.059
just kidding. That's my husband. That's why I

01:03:21.059 --> 01:03:24.900
yelled like that. um i'm not the leader of this

01:03:24.900 --> 01:03:27.019
ministry for the grounded house that would be

01:03:27.019 --> 01:03:29.280
miss heidi king who is not here at the moment

01:03:29.280 --> 01:03:33.179
so i'm sharing for her just a bit about what

01:03:33.179 --> 01:03:36.039
it's like to volunteer there I've been doing

01:03:36.039 --> 01:03:39.059
it for about a little over a year now. It's a

01:03:39.059 --> 01:03:41.639
really great way to interact with people that

01:03:41.639 --> 01:03:44.679
you might not interact with normally. I'm one

01:03:44.679 --> 01:03:46.920
of those people who's been through children's

01:03:46.920 --> 01:03:49.340
and youth ministry here, and even then there's

01:03:49.340 --> 01:03:51.420
a lot of people that I don't really know or interact

01:03:51.420 --> 01:03:54.000
with, and I've definitely gotten to know people

01:03:54.000 --> 01:03:57.059
just doing the Grounded House. So if that's something

01:03:57.059 --> 01:03:59.179
that's of interest to you, definitely consider

01:03:59.179 --> 01:04:03.460
it. Some of what you'll be doing is, like, preparing

01:04:03.460 --> 01:04:06.340
coffee, of course. You'll be setting out bagels

01:04:06.340 --> 01:04:09.380
and muffins and such. You'll come in about an

01:04:09.380 --> 01:04:12.960
hour early, and then around 30 minutes after,

01:04:13.139 --> 01:04:15.559
you'll stay and, you know, just be there. If

01:04:15.559 --> 01:04:16.980
you've been there before, you'll know a lot of

01:04:16.980 --> 01:04:19.199
it is kind of self -serve, so it's not super

01:04:19.199 --> 01:04:22.940
arduous, but, you know, it's a good thing to

01:04:22.940 --> 01:04:26.119
do, and it's a great way to serve. Schedule can

01:04:26.119 --> 01:04:29.940
fluctuate a little bit. There's not like a super

01:04:29.940 --> 01:04:31.920
set schedule, so there will be some months where

01:04:31.920 --> 01:04:34.659
you'll maybe serve a couple weeks off, a couple

01:04:34.659 --> 01:04:37.199
weeks off, maybe every other week. It all depends

01:04:37.199 --> 01:04:40.320
on your schedule. There will be a little bit

01:04:40.320 --> 01:04:42.739
of an urgent need for this one because I am going

01:04:42.739 --> 01:04:45.739
to be joining my husband in youth ministry currently.

01:04:47.889 --> 01:04:51.409
Yay. Currently, it is just me and Heidi that

01:04:51.409 --> 01:04:53.570
kind of go back and forth. So we would really

01:04:53.570 --> 01:04:56.230
appreciate another person. And if we got more

01:04:56.230 --> 01:04:57.969
than that, then that offers more flexibility

01:04:57.969 --> 01:05:01.050
for your schedule. So, you know, think about

01:05:01.050 --> 01:05:04.250
it, pray about it for sure. So, yeah, like everyone

01:05:04.250 --> 01:05:06.750
else, I'll be taking applications in the front,

01:05:06.889 --> 01:05:08.849
which does mean that the grounded house will

01:05:08.849 --> 01:05:11.230
be closed after service. So do keep that in mind.

01:05:11.909 --> 01:05:13.929
But, yeah, that's that's it for me and going

01:05:13.929 --> 01:05:17.019
to take it back to Pastor Nathan. All right,

01:05:17.079 --> 01:05:20.940
thank you guys. So, you know, there's a lot of

01:05:20.940 --> 01:05:23.539
opportunity here at our church to just be a part

01:05:23.539 --> 01:05:25.619
of what God's doing. And so I just pray that

01:05:25.619 --> 01:05:28.360
you just listen to the Lord and meet the guys

01:05:28.360 --> 01:05:30.900
out, everybody out front at the tables. If you're

01:05:30.900 --> 01:05:33.000
interested, we do have a volunteer application.

01:05:33.320 --> 01:05:34.699
And if you're going to be working with kids,

01:05:34.920 --> 01:05:39.250
we do do a background check and all that. But

01:05:39.250 --> 01:05:42.610
the bigger thing is just to be open to what God

01:05:42.610 --> 01:05:45.909
is doing. Another thing, last thing we have is,

01:05:45.969 --> 01:05:49.550
a lot of times we'll have different... events

01:05:49.550 --> 01:05:51.489
and outreaches and stuff that take place here

01:05:51.489 --> 01:05:55.750
at the church, things like decorating for Christmas

01:05:55.750 --> 01:05:58.789
and all these types of things, our outreaches

01:05:58.789 --> 01:06:01.070
to the city and the horseshoe, where we just

01:06:01.070 --> 01:06:05.210
simply need hands to set up stuff and to tear

01:06:05.210 --> 01:06:08.989
down stuff and to clean up. We have a faithful

01:06:08.989 --> 01:06:13.550
few that do that every... single time we have

01:06:13.550 --> 01:06:15.989
something like that, and God bless them, but

01:06:15.989 --> 01:06:18.510
if none of the other ministries that were shared

01:06:18.510 --> 01:06:21.650
today have kind of, you know, spoken out to you,

01:06:21.789 --> 01:06:26.730
you know, if nothing else, we, Deborah will be

01:06:26.730 --> 01:06:28.650
outside at the table there. How many of you got

01:06:28.650 --> 01:06:33.190
a call from Deborah? Yeah, like I just heard

01:06:33.190 --> 01:06:35.389
like thousands of hands go up around the world,

01:06:35.489 --> 01:06:39.400
right? What we're trying to do is just kind of

01:06:39.400 --> 01:06:42.099
make a list of people who are willing to be called

01:06:42.099 --> 01:06:44.900
when we have need for like a setup and a teardown

01:06:44.900 --> 01:06:46.619
type of thing for a different type of event.

01:06:47.559 --> 01:06:49.579
And what we're hoping to do is just have enough

01:06:49.579 --> 01:06:51.639
people on that list. So one, you're not called

01:06:51.639 --> 01:06:54.420
every time. And two, there's enough people on

01:06:54.420 --> 01:06:56.099
the list where if you do get a phone call and

01:06:56.099 --> 01:06:58.559
you're legitimately not available, it's okay.

01:06:58.619 --> 01:07:00.599
You don't have to feel guilty or anything. I'm

01:07:00.599 --> 01:07:03.039
sorry I can't make it that particular day. But

01:07:03.039 --> 01:07:04.719
that we could get all the needs covered for that

01:07:04.719 --> 01:07:08.039
type of stuff. And so if you're interested in

01:07:08.039 --> 01:07:10.179
having your name and number on that, Debra is

01:07:10.179 --> 01:07:13.019
also out there at the tables too to kind of write

01:07:13.019 --> 01:07:17.579
you down for that. This all comes down to the

01:07:17.579 --> 01:07:19.820
body serving the body and serving the needs of

01:07:19.820 --> 01:07:24.059
the kingdom here. Of course, we have things like

01:07:24.059 --> 01:07:26.820
it would be awesome if our safety team was just

01:07:26.820 --> 01:07:28.619
all these buff dudes out there all the time,

01:07:28.699 --> 01:07:32.980
just like ready to handle everything. But sometimes

01:07:32.980 --> 01:07:35.139
we don't have enough people, and that's why we're

01:07:35.139 --> 01:07:37.780
just like, hey, if you're a lady and you're just

01:07:37.780 --> 01:07:39.539
like, I could punch someone in the face, then

01:07:39.539 --> 01:07:41.920
we'll have you on the safety team. No, just kidding.

01:07:41.980 --> 01:07:45.489
No punchy people in the face. But the point is,

01:07:45.510 --> 01:07:48.750
you know, both men and women, we're called to

01:07:48.750 --> 01:07:51.190
step up. And so I hope you hear the Lord today.

01:07:51.920 --> 01:07:54.179
and step up to whatever it is God is calling

01:07:54.179 --> 01:07:57.940
you to do so that we can be a church that welcomes

01:07:57.940 --> 01:08:01.079
people, be a church that is keeping things safe,

01:08:01.119 --> 01:08:03.280
to be a church that is ministering to the children

01:08:03.280 --> 01:08:06.179
and the youth and the next generation of believers

01:08:06.179 --> 01:08:08.980
here at Hosanna, to be a church that, you know,

01:08:09.000 --> 01:08:11.880
has our coffee shop open with smiles, welcoming

01:08:11.880 --> 01:08:15.039
new people, to have, you know, greeters and people

01:08:15.039 --> 01:08:18.640
to just welcome people to our church, to be a

01:08:18.640 --> 01:08:21.000
part of the family here and what God is doing.

01:08:21.960 --> 01:08:24.899
Anyways, with that, I'm gonna invite up the worship

01:08:24.899 --> 01:08:28.840
team as we close in prayer here. Oh, for service,

01:08:29.000 --> 01:08:31.060
yes, thank you. Okay, yeah, for all of you who

01:08:31.060 --> 01:08:33.840
might be going, well, if I serve on Sunday, I

01:08:33.840 --> 01:08:37.180
don't get to be in church. right? We do have

01:08:37.180 --> 01:08:40.760
a first service down the street on Sunday morning

01:08:40.760 --> 01:08:44.420
at 8 .30 that is specifically for you. We do

01:08:44.420 --> 01:08:47.800
call it our servant's service. So we have worship

01:08:47.800 --> 01:08:50.960
and Bible study so that as you're serving in

01:08:50.960 --> 01:08:54.159
other places during second service, you're still

01:08:54.159 --> 01:08:56.640
able to sit under the teaching and hear the word

01:08:56.640 --> 01:08:59.140
there. And so that takes place at 8 .30 a .m.

01:08:59.140 --> 01:09:02.939
down the street in the youth room. And so thank

01:09:02.939 --> 01:09:06.449
you for reminding me of that. And so again, listen

01:09:06.449 --> 01:09:09.829
to the Lord. If he's saying no, listen to that.

01:09:09.890 --> 01:09:12.670
If he's saying yes, listen to that. If he's saying

01:09:12.670 --> 01:09:14.270
keep doing what you're doing, listen to that.

01:09:14.329 --> 01:09:15.630
If he says, hey, I'm calling you to something

01:09:15.630 --> 01:09:18.210
new, listen to that. Because I know you'll be

01:09:18.210 --> 01:09:20.729
blessed as you serve your Lord. Amen? Let's pray.

01:09:20.810 --> 01:09:24.930
Father, we love you. We thank you, God. Lord,

01:09:25.050 --> 01:09:28.630
we're so grateful for the servants that we currently

01:09:28.630 --> 01:09:32.010
have, Lord. We're thankful for the pastors on

01:09:32.010 --> 01:09:35.949
our staff and Lord, people, like Pastor Ron,

01:09:36.189 --> 01:09:41.390
who served here in worship forever. And Lord

01:09:41.390 --> 01:09:44.350
was a part of raising up our current generation

01:09:44.350 --> 01:09:47.369
of leadership in the worship team and is now

01:09:47.369 --> 01:09:50.369
using his gift and his calling to minister to

01:09:50.369 --> 01:09:52.250
the body in new ways, Lord. We're so grateful

01:09:52.250 --> 01:09:54.770
for our elders who have been a part of leading

01:09:54.770 --> 01:09:57.510
this church and guiding this church, Lord, for

01:09:57.510 --> 01:10:00.310
many years, Lord. And all of those that are serving

01:10:00.310 --> 01:10:03.869
in every way, God, we're grateful, Lord, to you

01:10:03.869 --> 01:10:06.689
for their hearts. And God, I am thankful, Lord,

01:10:06.750 --> 01:10:09.069
that you have moved on their hearts. And God,

01:10:09.090 --> 01:10:11.859
we pray. for those who maybe haven't served yet

01:10:11.859 --> 01:10:13.779
or haven't plugged into anything, Lord, that

01:10:13.779 --> 01:10:17.159
you would lead them to the place you're calling

01:10:17.159 --> 01:10:21.319
them in service to you, God. Because, Lord, whether

01:10:21.319 --> 01:10:24.619
we have gifts or not, we are your subjects. We

01:10:24.619 --> 01:10:27.699
are your servants, God. And so, Lord, as you

01:10:27.699 --> 01:10:30.760
send out the call and the proclamation amongst

01:10:30.760 --> 01:10:34.199
your kingdom that there is need within your kingdom

01:10:34.199 --> 01:10:37.699
to serve one another, God, I pray, Lord, that

01:10:37.699 --> 01:10:39.819
we as your people would be ready to immediately

01:10:39.819 --> 01:10:44.079
stand up and say, my king, I am here. And then,

01:10:44.100 --> 01:10:46.560
Lord, we would allow you to assign us or not

01:10:46.560 --> 01:10:50.520
assign us or move us or direct us as you will.

01:10:51.260 --> 01:10:53.859
Because you are the king of kings. You are the

01:10:53.859 --> 01:10:56.399
Lord of lords. We know you know our schedules.

01:10:56.539 --> 01:10:58.699
We know you know our lives and our families and

01:10:58.699 --> 01:11:01.140
our commitments, God. And we submit all of that

01:11:01.140 --> 01:11:05.140
to you, to your will, to your wisdom. God bless

01:11:05.140 --> 01:11:08.979
our church. Bless your church. Bless your people.

01:11:10.319 --> 01:11:13.439
Lord, may many come to know you through the work

01:11:13.439 --> 01:11:17.119
that you do here at Hosanna. We love you and

01:11:17.119 --> 01:11:19.560
we thank you. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

01:11:20.319 --> 01:11:21.359
Well, let's worship, church.