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The Role of Relationships in Faith 0:00 We're jumping into the gospel of Mark again, and here's the deal. Sometimes when you read the scriptures, they are there and they really inspire you. Sometimes they give you a new revelation. Sometimes they're incredibly0:10 practical, and they kind of give you a direction of what you got to do. The passage we've come up to now, Mark 14, is highly practical. Not in the words of Jesus, but in the example of Jesus.0:22 What he does in this window of scriptures is what he wants us to do. Which means at the end of it, our application is not so much what we'll do tonight, but what we'll do tomorrow. Now, in order to really0:34 understand this passage in Mark 14, we actually have to start all the way back in the old testament in Exodus 20. Cause in Exodus 20, God gave the 10 commandments. And the second commandment was this, don't make any0:45 other graven images. So in our mind, we're thinking in the ancient world, somebody making like this stone statue and say, I'm gonna worship you God by worshiping this stone statue. And maybe in the ancient world that's0:56 what it kind of looked like, but that commandment is still valid today. Because here's what the commandment meet says, don't put an image on God1:09 that is not accurate. Now the first commandment is don't worship other gods. But the second commandment is when you're worshiping God, do not impose upon him an image. When you're in a relationship,1:21 we do this all the time, you meet somebody and you begin to have an imagination of who they are and you impose upon them that image. Especially if there's romance involved. I want this1:32 lady to be like this, so I'm going to impose upon her that image. And then you get married real fast, and you're 1 year in your marriage going, what happened to this person? Because we will impose our image of what we1:44 want that person to be like. And when we impose on them, this is what I want you to be like, we do not let them speak for themselves. And this second command is, God is1:56 not a statue. He is a person to be revealed. And in this passage in Mark, we have a revelation of the person of God, the son of2:07 God, giving for us a role model. And it's going to challenge us in some ways because we all have the tendency to want to imagine Jesus2:19 in a certain way that we want him to be. And our imagination isn't necessarily always wrong, but it can be really incomplete.2:31 Beautiful about the gospel of Mark, 1 of 4 writers, is Mark is probably the most down to earth of all the gospel writers. He's the 1 that really shows the son of God in his humanity. Matthew is like the2:43 son of God as the king. Internally. But Mark says, here is what Jesus as a human really looked2:55 like. And we're gonna study this passage of scripture to understand by his example. Here's what he taught us. Now we have to go out and do it. And the truth that we're gonna3:07 discover is Jesus was engaged in relationships of a specific kind3:24 human side, if you study the gospel of Mark as we have all year long, you discover he got frustrated. He never sinned, but he got frustrated, got angry3:35 sometimes, asked questions, and he had these relationships with people. And so we're gonna look at this and we're gonna discover that our relationships are inherently very important to us as Christians.3:48 But which relationships we have really matter? Christianity was never designed to be an individual sport. It is not golf. It is football. It's a team3:59 sport. But the bible drills down even more specifically with Jesus about the kind of relationships you need, and we're gonna read a passage where he illustrates for us there are 3 specific4:11 people you need in your life. And as we study this, it's really practical. You gotta do like a self inventory. Do I have these 3 voices? Are these 3 people in my life?4:23 And you may discover you have 1 or 2, but not all 3.4:36 Relationships I need? So open your bibles to Mark chapter 14. We're gonna read these verses. The setup is he's on the night of his death. He's gonna be arrested. It's an intense time.4:48 It's an emotional time. It is a really charged time. But the whole story here is about his relationships with his people starting in verse 32. They went to a place called5:00 Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, sit here while I pray. Then he took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed in trouble. My soul is5:11 overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death, he said to them. Stay here and keep watch. Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed, if possible, the hour might pass from him. Abba5:23 father, he said, everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. Picture the scene. They come out of5:35 the upper room. It's Jesus and his 12 followers, and he takes the 12 and he sets them down in the forest and he says, listen, pray. That's 1 group. Then he takes 3 farther up the mountain,5:47 Peter, James, and John. We know that the gospels teach us that they were a tighter group than the 12 were. They knew each other. 1 of them was actually nicknamed the 1 he loved. They were best friends. And he looks at5:58 them and he says something to them that he doesn't say to the 12. To the 12, it's pray. I need you to help me out. Pray. To the 3, he says this, my soul is full of anguish to the6:10 point of death. That's kind of religious biblical language. Here's what he's saying in contemporary Joel revised version. Guys, this is really hard for me.6:22 Guys, I'm really struggling with this. He opens his heart to the 3 in a way he does not with the 12. He doesn't make6:34 that statement to the larger group. He makes that statement to a tighter group of friends, but he is fully transparent with them. He opens his heart to them. Then he goes farther up alone6:47 by himself to the father. And he says something different to the father. And what he says to the father is, listen. If there's any way I don't have to do this, could this cup6:59 pass by me? But then he says, not my will, your will be done. 3 different pictures of Jesus in a relationship. And it's a7:11 pattern for us of 3 different people we need in our life that will allow us to walk in the fullness of everything God has because you will never discover everything the Lord has for you and the7:22 fullness of your faith until you do it in relationship with others. But But there's these 3 groups. First, there's the 12. They're defined by if you'll study the disciples, these were just broken people. They were messed7:34 up. We'll talk about them in a second. But you need in your life broken people. We spend most of our time trying to protect ourselves from broken people. Jesus invited them into his life.7:46 Then the 3, you need somebody in your life that you can be transparent with. Somebody you can open up your heart and soul to and talk honestly about. You don't do7:58 that with the 12 because it'll mess them up, but you do that with these 3. Then you need somebody in your life who has a voice of authority over you. Not just8:10 somebody who will give their opinion, but somebody because of the nature of who they are in relationship with you, you actually honor a measure of authority. And oftentimes,8:22 sometimes, God will still be the authority, but he speaks through a human intermediary so we can hear clearly. These are the 3 relationships that are modeled by Jesus. You need in your life a broken8:34 person, broken people for what they do. You need in your life people that you can be transparent with, and then you need in your life somebody who you acknowledge has authority over you that helps guide you.8:46 Now let's look at these 3 relationships, and while we're describing them, you gotta do an inventory. Do I have that? Do I have a transparent person? Do I have somebody who has authority over me? Let's take a look at8:57 these. And we're gonna look at 3 things. Why is the relationship so hard? How does each relationship benefit me? And where do I find these people?9:09 It's very important you do not confuse the relationships. If you become transparent with the wrong people, wow, you can be in a lot of9:21 trouble. You'll find things on Instagram you did not expect to find on Instagram about you. So you gotta have a lot of wisdom as to who you're gonna be transparent with. But that leads us to not say anything. And we9:32 don't have that relationship. If you give the wrong person a place of spiritual authority in your life and they function out of the flesh,9:44 then you're gonna be messed up again. So these 3 are very distinct in that way. First, somebody you serve. Who is it you are serving? Because9:55 they are broken. And they need you to serve them. Think of the 12 disciples and how broken they were. It's almost like, is Jesus recruiting a team to build the kingdom, or is he developing a hospital and10:07 these are his first patients? Peter was so arrogant. He always had a better idea than Jesus. He was always fighting against10:19 Jesus. Jesus wanted to do 1 thing. No, we're not gonna do that. No, you're not gonna wash my feet. He's the guy who pulls out the sword and cuts the soldier's ear off. I'll do it my way. And Jesus is going, you don't get10:30 it, Peter. The scriptures have to be fulfilled. He was broken inside because he was always kind of fighting for his rights. James and John, 2 brothers10:42 who dealt with such insecurity and such pride. So much so that 1 story says they went to their mom and said, would you talk to Jesus so that you could elevate our status in the team? And we would be like the10:54 executive directors at his right and left hand. If you gotta ask mommy to talk to your boss, you have insecure problems. You got serious issues. These are broken people. They don't get it at all.11:06 You take Matthew, the tax collector, who comes out of a past that he is so ashamed of, and he just doesn't know what to do with11:18 that past. And he's ridiculed and he's, just all the baggage from the past broken. You take Simon the Zealot, who basically was11:30 a terrorist and just wanted to kill every Roman there was. There was so much anger inside of him, just pent up. When Jesus gathers these 12 together,11:42 he gathers them not just for the kingdom, but for them. And he's going, how do I serve them? Do you have broken people in your11:53 life that you are not trying to avoid? Are they there? Because if we're honest, we just try to avoid them. I mean, in any way, I'm walking down the street and I see this guy walking towards me12:05 and he's got long hair and he's talking and he's going like this. I'm going, this guy is nuts. And I walk as far away as I can. But as he gets close, I realized he's just got an air butt in and he's listening to12:17 music and talking on the phone. But I so prejudged him. This guy, I'm gonna stay away from. And we have that mindset sometimes. Why is it so hard to intentionally12:30 follow the model of Christ and put broken people in our life? Because they take time. They don't change overnight. There's a parable that Jesus gave of a vineyard12:41 manager and there's a tree and it's not bearing fruit and the owner comes and says, cut it down, get rid of it. And the vineyard manager says, just give me 1 more year. And the owner goes, okay. 1 more year. And12:53 we oftentimes talk about grace and truth, but what the Bible teaches is grace and truth and time. Jesus was working with his disciples for13:05 3 years, helping them heal, helping them be restored, helping them discover faith. And it's hard sometimes because broken people deplete you, we think.13:17 So we isolate ourselves and protect ourselves from broken people, but they actually give us this enormous benefit if you get into it. And the benefit is this. There's a statement in the new testament where it says,13:29 people who are at kind of at the crossroads and need an eternity. And Jesus is saying, welcome because you fed them and you clothed them and you helped them and they're going, when did we do this? And they said, when you13:40 did that to broken people when you served it, you served me. We think we bring Jesus to broken people. Do you know they bring Jesus to us? And we discover a revelation of who13:52 Jesus is. When I was, in my previous church as a pastor, there was somebody in my congregation, they were broken and they ticked me off as a pastor. I was just like, I had no patience for this person. They were just a14:03 pain. And I was talking to my wife 1 time and I'm just complaining about this broken person. And she said this to me. She said, Joel, what are you missing from Jesus that14:15 that person could get under your skin so easily? And she said, Joel, Jesus put that broken person in your14:26 world so you would discover more of who he is and you would get a resource from him to be able to do that. If you shield yourselves from broken14:38 people, you will never discover the Christ in you that will grow in you to serve those people. You have got to have this relationship, and it was to take time and it won't necessarily be14:50 easy, but that's I wanna become like Christ. And if I surround myself just with really easy glorious people, I won't become like Christ very quickly. So 1 of the relationships is15:02 broken people. Where do you find them? You don't look hard. They're already there. You just need new eyes.15:14 Because you've seen these people and rather than broken people that Jesus has brought to you, you've labeled them as just a pain in the butt I gotta pray away.15:26 You've labeled them in ways15:39 broken people in our world. We just don't see that Jesus has actually brought them to us, for them and for us. And our response is this15:50 response of prayer saying, God, give me the eyes to see them the way you see them. Give me the faith and the courage to engage with that. Of course, there are healthy boundaries.16:03 But you need a relationship like the son of God had a relationship. You need somebody in your life who won't be easy.16:15 They'll take time. They will stretch you. They will frustrate you. And you'll become like Jesus. Because he had that person in his life.16:27 That person's already there. Some of you parents that have children, God's given you a broken person, especially if it's16:36 an adult child. And the tendency is16:36 just to create that space, the tendency is just to create that space. Jesus say, no. If you will lean into my grace and16:48 into the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit, you are gonna grow by volumes when you have that relationship in your life. Then you go to a second17:00 relationship, which is somebody you are transparent with. I think it's amazing that Jesus would say this to Peter and James and John, that he would bear his soul to them.17:12 And the role model illustration for us is you are not wired to follow Christ alone. That there is this transparency. What are you transparent about? Let's just follow the example of Jesus. There17:24 were 2 things he was really transparent about with his followers. 1, in this case, he's really transparent about the battle he is having in that moment with his call. That when you are a Christian, you have a father17:36 who blesses you and watches out for you. But make no mistake about it, within that context, Jesus also said, you're gonna follow me, you're gonna pick up your cross. And there will be a sacrifice that you have to make.17:47 The sacrifice may be with that broken person. The sacrifice may be when he says, you know, I would like you to give a donation to this ministry. The sacrifice will be something and you have a battle with that. Jesus had17:59 that battle. It's okay to have that battle. But if you don't have somebody to talk to about that, you open yourself up for the enemy to begin to whisper into your mind18:10 about how unfair the sacrifice is, how wrong it is. But if you can take what is in shadows and bring it into light because you have Christian friends who18:22 love you and you're safe with and you can share that with, all of a sudden now God just kinda smiles on that. You gotta share your hardships. Jesus said you will have hardships. They will be18:34 there. Do you have somebody that you can share that with? But then there's a second thing that Jesus shared which is a real challenge for us. Real challenge for us.18:47 He goes into the wilderness and he's tempted by Satan. And he says, I'm gonna let the world know. And in the gospels is18:59 a story of Jesus being tempted. When was the last time you told somebody about the temptations you are facing? Because we see19:11 temptation wrongly as sin. It's not sin. It will lead to sin if you don't deal with it and then you really get messed up. But while it's there as temptation, it is not sin. But19:23 because we have this idea that it's sin, we just shut up about it. Wouldn't it be great right now if I said, turn to your neighbor and tell them the biggest temptation you're facing? Jesus did that.19:35 You read the account and here's what he said. You know how I was tempted? I was tempted like I had to prove myself. If you're the son of God, turn the stones to bread. I had to validate my identity. And for19:47 Jesus, make no mistake, it was a very real temptation he had. It was not subtle. It was blatant. Temptation was so strong that the angels had to come and minister to him after the temptation.19:58 So whatever temptation you're facing, the Bible says, he gets it. He's just more honest about it than we are. And he comes to the Peter, James, and I go, I20:10 gotta tell you what I'm really struggling with here. And it is so important for us to find a liberty when we have20:22 a couple of friends and we can say, you know, this thought went through my mind and I know it's wrong. It just keeps popping20:34 up. And the moment that word of confession of a temptation comes out of you, man, you are positioned for healing and strength, and that temptation goes away. But if that20:45 relationship isn't there, there's a great probability that temptation morphs into bad choices. And you know my heart, gang.20:58 There are some of you here and you're making bad choices and you're trying by your own conviction to change it and you're not succeeding because you gotta start beforehand. And when there is a21:10 thought or an idea or temptation, if I just change a number on the tax forms when it's due, man, that'll save me 400 bucks. And it's21:22 real. And if you have a friend you can talk to about that, all of a sudden you are freed from that. Why is it so hard? Because we have been influenced by the enemy to put shame on temptation.21:35 And there is no shame on temptation. None whatsoever. When it comes to sin, you are forgiven and you are set free. But especially at21:47 temptation, You gotta go, no. I will not allow the enemy to define my relationships because of a false understanding of what's there. I will take what's in the shadows and I21:58 will bring it to the life. What's the benefit? Those of you who have this relationship, you know the moment you can share what a hardship is or what a temptation is, there is immediate freedom.22:11 You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. There's immediate liberty that comes into that because you're going, it's in light. I don't carry it anymore. But you have to have22:23 somebody that you can talk to. Where do you find your people? Jesus said this, pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth workers. You know what he's saying? You pray him in.22:35 You need somebody in your life that you could you pray him in and you act that way. We'll always be up here encouraging you. Get in relationship. Join a ministry team. Join a small group. Do something that positions you22:47 for relationships. And out of that, you'll discover, oh, there's beginning to be a connection with these 2 people. I feel safe around them. I feel secure around them. And God is at work and he's positioning you22:59 and he's positioning them, but you gotta put yourself in that place where you discover those kinds of relationships. And when you do, and many of us in here can testify to this, they are the23:11 most godsend gift that you will never be without again. If you're here and that's the relationship that's23:22 missing, I want you to be full of hope. Because there isn't freedom coming to you.23:34 There's joy in life coming to you. There is victory coming to you because the temptation will lose its force and it will never turn into sin. But you need those relationships23:47 that are there. Then you get to the last 1. The last 1 is the hardest 1. Okay. I know I need somebody broke in my life and they're gonna sharpen me and I'm gonna23:59 serve them and that's gonna be good. I want somebody transparent in my life because I need to get this off my chest and I wanna talk to them and I wanna be have that blessing of freedom. But somebody who has24:11 authority over me, Somebody who actually carries a word that I'm going to let have a weight in my life? We live in a24:22 society that says, don't ever put yourself in that place.24:36 Independent, free 1. You belong to nobody. And yet in this model, the son who is fully God24:48 says, not my will, your will. Now listen to me. I am not saying that there is a human person you need in life who's your boss and controls everything you do. You understand that? I'm saying that we all have25:00 blind spots. And we need people, somebody in our life who understands that. Here's why we need this role in our life. Number 1, we all have wrong beliefs.25:12 None of us have this perfect theology. Saul persecuted Christians, and he needed Barnabas in his life. Right now, some of us, in 1 way or another, there's something we're thinking wrong. We're thinking something wrong25:24 about ourselves. It may be a false guilt. It may be we don't see ourselves rightly in Christ. And we need an authoritative voice that will correct that wrong thought. Not just a transparent voice that25:36 will let us echo it, but an authoritative voice that says, Joel, you're wrong. The Bible doesn't actually teach that about what Jesus has done in your life. Because we have these wrong beliefs, we also need it25:47 because sometimes the reality is we don't see our shortcomings. If this was true of King David, remember King David? He has the affair with Bathsheba. He's so clueless about it that when the25:59 prophet comes in and talks to him about somebody doing something wrong, he goes, oh, nail him. And the prophet goes, it's you. He wasn't even aware of it. If King David who wrote the book of Psalms is unaware of some of26:10 his shortcomings, trust me, we're unaware. And I wanna live a life that is holy and glorifies God. So I need a voice that I will listen to,26:23 that I invite and give permission to, that says if you see me ever being a little squirrely, let me know. Because on my own, I can't be the only guardian of my26:35 actions. I have that voice, a couple of them. So 1 of them is a pastor and he was in a meeting with me with a group of other pastors and I was having a rough day and I was not in a good mood and these pastors were just,26:46 they were just idiots. They were just idiots. I'm sorry I shouldn't say that about pastors, but they were just idiots. After the meeting, I'm walking out and this friend of mine was there and he was a pastor, so he's in26:56 that meeting. He goes, Joel, can I talk to you for a second? He said, I noticed in the meeting you were kinda edgy. Now if anybody else says that to me, I kinda blow it off. But this is27:07 a man I have given permission to speak into my life. So when he says it, it carries weight. And I go, oh man,27:20 You're right. I did not behave in the best way in that meeting. If I didn't have that voice, I wouldn't have seen it. If you were the 1 that had told me that, I would have blown it27:32 off. But because I had given permission to a spiritual leader, a real man of God, when he pulls me aside and said, Joel, you okay? That carries27:43 weight. Do you have that voice in your life? And it's not your spouse. It's some other voice that is there because you don't27:55 see everything. We all have these blind spots, and it's not just about wanting their opinion. This happened to me as a pastor where a man came to be in from our church, really affluent guy. Him and his wife made a28:07 lot of money. He said, Joel, could I see you? He's I said, yeah. So we we met for coffee, and he had this binary and opened it up. He said, we're thinking about building a house, but I want to make sure it's not28:19 too opulent. And I don't know what's right or wrong. And he laid out all of his finances, and he laid out the design of the house, and he laid out the budget for it. And I28:31 was so grateful in that moment that there was a Christ follower who was not going to assume they could make this decision on their own. And they wanted to make the right28:42 decision that would honor and glorify God. So they came to me and they said, tell us. And they had put me in that position as their pastor. Speak into us. And if I had said, you know, guys, it's a little over the top,28:54 they wouldn't have built it. Now, I was able to counsel them saying, no, it's fine. It's good. Do you have that voice?29:06 Because if you're making some big decisions all on your own, none of us have the capacity to navigate life's big decisions by29:17 ourselves. And it's not just we need a couple of other opinions, We actually need an authoritative voice so that when somebody pulls me after meeting and says, Joel, I'm listening. And when29:29 somebody says, should we build the house? They're actually gonna kind of follow what's there. Why is this so hard? Honestly,29:37 because we29:37 don't wanna let go of control. It's the God complex in every 1 of us. We wanna be the ones who dictate our life because that's a scary place to be. Because what29:49 you're doing is not saying, John, you're in control of my life. You're saying, John, I trust God. And I need to hear from God. And I can't hear from God alone,30:01 so I need your help with this. And I am inviting you and giving you permission to speak into my life so that I can more hearly clear the hear the voice of God. That individual doesn't replace God, but sometimes they are30:12 a mouthpiece for God. So you can hear more clearly in that way, and that is hard. But the benefit you get is untold wisdom. You will30:24 become so much wiser, so much more aware, so much clearer.30:36 To move forward in the grace and faith that's there. Where do you find this person? I find with these people, you grow into them. They don't just start there, but30:48 they grow into that. The 3 or 4 people in my life, I've known them for 25 years. They didn't start there, but they've grown into that. And it's come to a place where I've said, I need you and I'm giving you permission to31:00 speak into my life that way. And there are some of you here on the flip side. Be willing to say yes when you're asked. I would rather31:12 not because now you're in that role where you have to really do that. But if God asks you to do that, to help a brother or sister, then be willing.31:24 Yeah, Lord. Help me. Give me wisdom. Not to control them, not to dictate them, but if you want me to be somebody who's been at this for a while to speak into that, I will do that.31:36 3 relationships that Jesus had And as a role model, he lays it out for us. The broken, the disciples31:49 whom he served, the transparent, who he was honest with. I've been tempted. I'm having a struggle. This is really hard. And then the authoritative,32:02 what do I do about this? Who's missing in your life? No condemnation. The reason why we study Mark all year32:14 is to have Jesus through his word teach us how we can get better, how we can grow, how we can have a greater identity. Who may be missing in your life? Because for many of us in here, I discover we usually32:26 have 2, but not always 3. And the response is not to run out, find some broken person. You're it. And the response is not to run out and say, please speak into32:38 my life. No. But it is to say, you know, Mark, in recording Jesus is being really practical here. And so my practical response is to begin to make this a32:49 matter of prayer, a matter of discussion, and a matter of expectation. This, I'm gonna need some help from you, Lord. This, find the right people.33:02 This 1, wow. You find a voice of authority in your life. You will be so much better off. You will be in such a healthier place.33:14 So I'm gonna ask you to do this. Just close your eyes and bow your head. I'm gonna give you a moment with the Lord. Just a moment. It's all God needs.33:27 For some of you, when it comes to that first relationship, all he wants you to do is see that person differently. Stop praying them away.33:38 Serve them. And you say, I don't have the strength to do it, but that's okay. That's when you lean into Jesus.33:51 Just in the quiet of your own spot there on your chair, just tell Jesus, give me your eyes to see that person. That coworker, that family member, give34:03 me your eyes to see them. And know that as you serve the broken person, you're gonna be34:15 radically transformed into the image of Christ. Maybe for some of you, you're missing that transparent relationship.34:28 Just ask the Lord right now in this moment. Pray. Pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth the workers. Jesus, I pray for anybody who is in this room and they just don't have a good friend,34:40 a safe friend, a trusted friend that they can share their deepest struggles with. I pray, Lord Jesus, that even in the couple of weeks to come, you would give them the courage to position34:52 themselves here in Patria as a family and you would begin to highlight those people. You would bring into our lives really good35:04 friends that love us, don't judge us, and let us share what's happening. Lord, I pray there would be an expectation that the things we35:16 stay hidden in our hearts could come into the light and we would find freedom through our friends.35:29 Lastly, there may be some of you here and you don't have that that voice of authority. It's the tough 1, gang.35:41 And tonight, your position, if you're gonna respond to Mark and the role model of Jesus, is really it's really a position of, okay, God.35:54 A position of submission. You acknowledge that you do not have the goods to navigate the Christian life alone, that we all have blind spots.36:08 Lord, I pray for each person who is here and they are missing that voice. I pray Lord God that there would not be a fear or an anxiety around this,36:20 but there would be a hope and an expectation of Godly wisdom, spiritual authority that would help us see parts of our lives that we don't see.36:32 I pray Lord God, whatever relationship that we are missing, would you bring it into our lives? We thank you for the model of Jesus.36:44 The practical role model36:57 from here forward, Lord, we will work, we will trust, we will position ourselves. That as we live this life of faith, we will37:09 have broken people, transparent people, and a voice of authority that we welcome into our lives that we can become more like you, Jesus. We thank you and37:21 we praise you. In Christ's name we pray. Amen. Amen. God bless you all.37:26 Amen. Let's get pastor Joel a round of applause for that strong practical message. Before we dismiss, I wanna stay in that same posture. So if we can bow our37:38 heads and close our eyes, we can just continue in that posture as as we're as we're listening to this message and we recognize the relationships we need.37:51 The ultimate relationship that'll give us the surrender to seek to serve broken people, to be transparent, and to have an authority in our life is to allow Jesus to be38:02 the savior and the lord of our life. And for some of us, we would confess that we're that broken person and Jesus wants to serve you right now.38:15 Right now, we're just reminded of the gospel story that Jesus loves you as is. You don't have to change anything about who you are to receive his love. It's just a confession38:27 that, yes, we are broken. Yes, we have sinned. Yet, we believe that Jesus died on the cross for all of our sin. From that revelation, we start our relationship with Jesus.38:41 Where some of us, we started our relationship with Jesus, and there are certain things that have occurred in our life that cause us to pause or stop in our faith journey.38:53 Why don't we continue that with Jesus tonight? So as we are seeking to be more healthy, some of us are going to start39:03 our faith journey with Jesus.Show more In this video 0:00 The Role of Relationships in Faith
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