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        Hey, welcome to Crossroads.
       
    
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        Now as you might notice,
       
    
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        this is a bit of a
different weekend for us.
       
    
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        In addition to the, well,
       
    
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        few tons of dirt
that we've got here,
       
    
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        in just a few minutes
       
    
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        there's going
to be a wild horse on this stage
       
    
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        Wild as in never been saddled,
never been ridden.
       
    
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        And a good friend of our
community, Todd Pierce,
       
    
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        in just under an hour is going
to help this horse understand
       
    
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        who it was created to be
and what it was created for.
       
    
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        This horse is going
to understand more
       
    
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        of the beautiful potential
that God has put into it.
       
    
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        And along the way, I think you
and I can see the same thing
       
    
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        You and I are going to
go on this journey as well
       
    
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        to understand that we have a lot
to relate to this horse about,
       
    
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        that God has beautiful
potential for us
       
    
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        and wants us to walk in power
and in freedom.
       
    
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        Now you might be wondering, hey,
how does the horse do?
       
    
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        Is the horse ok with the lights
and the sounds and the crowds?
       
    
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        The horse does great.
       
    
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        This has been done many, many,
many times by Todd and his team.
       
    
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        They are experts at it.
       
    
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        And we've got an great
veternary staff here
       
    
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        to make sure the horses
are well taken care of.
       
    
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        The important thing here is that
       
    
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        in the same way this
horse is going to understand
       
    
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        more of the fullness of
what God created it to be,
       
    
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        you and I are
going to understand
       
    
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        and have a clear
picture of who God is
       
    
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        and how He created
us to run free.
       
    
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        [music: Dear God]
       
    
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        - Well, welcome to Crossroads.
       
    
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        How is everybody
today? [cheers] Good.
       
    
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        Hey, my name is Brian Tome.
       
    
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        I'm what's known as a
Senior Pastor around here.
       
    
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        It's great to have
you at Crossroads,
       
    
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        whether you're --
Hey, hey, hey, it's okay.
       
    
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        Whether you're
streaming with us,
       
    
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        you're in any of our sites
in Ohio and Kentucky.
       
    
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        It's really, really
good to have you here.
       
    
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        I don't know, I don't
know what you're --
       
    
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        What you want. What?
       
    
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        You're supposed
to be a fearful horse
       
    
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        that hates people.
That's what we need.
       
    
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        We want to see my buddy
Todd Pierce gets bucked,
       
    
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        honestly, and thrown
out of this ring tonight.
       
    
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        But you seem nice.
       
    
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        Actually, you never
know. You never know.
       
    
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        So the story behind what
we're doing here today
       
    
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        is this, I had
Todd on a podcast,
       
    
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        my podcast,
Aggressive Life many --
       
    
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        I'll get up here so
you guys can have
       
    
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        a better, better
chance of seeing me.
       
    
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        Stay there. Stay there.
       
    
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        All right. So, I had podcasts,
Todd on my podcast
       
    
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        a few years ago and we
hit it off. Never met him.
       
    
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        And then he said, "Hey,
I got this hunting trip
       
    
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        going hunting elk.
Do you want to come?"
       
    
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        I said, "Yeah, I'll come."
       
    
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        And it was a really good trip.
       
    
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        And he told me what he
did on this trip. I had no idea.
       
    
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        He said, "Yeah, I
just have this unique
       
    
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        spiritual connection to
horses, and I've always had it.
       
    
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        And I have this uncanny
ability to understand
       
    
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        what's going on with the horse.
       
    
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        And I could take a horse."
       
    
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        He's basically a
horse whisperer.
       
    
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        He doesn't like being
called a horse whisperer,
       
    
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        but -- but he is.
       
    
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        And so I said, "Really?
       
    
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        I'd love to have you
do that at Crossroads."
       
    
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        He said, "Well, you
can't do that because
       
    
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        no insurance company
ever approves of that."
       
    
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        And we came back and
told our insurance company
       
    
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        we were doing this,
whether they want
       
    
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        to insure us or not.
       
    
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        And here we are
several years later.
       
    
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        Now, here's the thing.
       
    
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        If you're new to Crossroads,
       
    
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        or if you've been around
Crossroads a while,
       
    
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        you know, we're a large church
       
    
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        and we've got a lot
of bells and whistles.
       
    
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        And you've got to be
somewhat planned out
       
    
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        when you have a lot of people
       
    
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        and a lot of things happening.
       
    
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        So we look, we're pretty
okay with plan wise,
       
    
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        but that also means that
people don't believe us
       
    
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        when we tell the truth here.
       
    
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        And that is, we have no idea
       
    
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        what's going to happen tonight.
       
    
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        We've had horses that have
been fire breathing horses
       
    
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        running around,
snorting, kicking up stuff.
       
    
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        Thought, oh, this is
going to be really good.
       
    
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        I'm thinking, this is good.
       
    
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        Todd's thinking
this will be bad.
       
    
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        I'm thinking this could be good.
       
    
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        And then you get in
the ring and it's docile.
       
    
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        You have ones
like this, it looks like,
       
    
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        oh, it's going to be easy.
       
    
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        But as soon as he tries
putting a saddle on him,
       
    
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        they freak out.
       
    
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        All the horses we
have, this one included,
       
    
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        has never been ridden
by a human being.
       
    
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        It's never had a
saddle put on its back.
       
    
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        Someone being on top of a horse,
       
    
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        putting a saddle on,
that's predatory behavior.
       
    
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        It's a very, very -- not humble.
       
    
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        What's the -- vulnerable
thing for a horse
       
    
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        to have something on its back
       
    
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        when it hasn't had it before.
       
    
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        Because that's how
wolves and stuff attack them.
       
    
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        So Todd doesn't
have anything planned,
       
    
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        doesn't have to be prepared.
       
    
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        He goes in and
he reads the horse,
       
    
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        and he's going to give us
some spiritual learnings.
       
    
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        And every time I've seen
this, gosh, so many times,
       
    
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        every time I learn something
       
    
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        and something
really cool happens.
       
    
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        We'll see if that happens today.
       
    
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        I think -- oh, if you want to --
       
    
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        If you want to give at
any point, you can do that.
       
    
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        Crossroads.net/give
if you want to support
       
    
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        what's going on
here, support tonight,
       
    
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        you can do that at
Crossroads.net/give.
       
    
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        We pass no plates here.
       
    
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        That's it if you want
to give. All right.
       
    
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        And I think that's about it.
       
    
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        Let's welcome up my friend
       
    
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        and horse whisperer
Todd Pierce. [applause]
       
    
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        I know you hate the
horse whisperer thing,
       
    
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        that's why I like saying it.
- Yeah, I know I love.
       
    
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        I love our
relationship this way.
       
    
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        - Yeah. It's good.
       
    
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        And some things to also
know, all of us love horses.
       
    
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        I don't know a single person
who doesn't love horses,
       
    
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        even if you haven't
been around them.
       
    
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        Understand this.
       
    
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        It's louder in our auditoriums
       
    
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        because the speakers
are faced outward.
       
    
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        It's actually pretty
quiet up here.
       
    
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        And these horses go through
       
    
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        much more intense
things in the wild,
       
    
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        lightning, all that stuff.
       
    
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        This horse is going to
show some skittish behavior
       
    
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        because he's under
somebody's tutelage.
       
    
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        But the horse is
fine, we promise you.
       
    
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        In fact, you'll see
at the end of this,
       
    
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        the horse is going to be
better off as a result of this.
       
    
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        And I'm hoping that all of us
       
    
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        are spiritually better off
as a result of this as well.
       
    
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        You were on the Pro Rider tour.
       
    
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        You were a bareback.
Yeah, I got it wrong.
       
    
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        - Attaboy. - Bareback?
       
    
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        - Rider.
- Rider, bareback rider.
       
    
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        So how is that
different or similar to
       
    
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        what you're going
to be doing with this?
       
    
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        Is this a he or she?
       
    
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        - This is a he. - Okay.
       
    
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        - A small he, kind of like
me, a mini me. [laughter]
       
    
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        So, I look bigger on TV.
       
    
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        This is how he's not that big.
       
    
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        I'm actually this small.
       
    
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        Yeah, it's nothing the same.
       
    
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        When I was riding
bareback horses,
       
    
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        they were horses
that were bred to buck
       
    
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        and that was their job.
       
    
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        And I think a majority
of them loved their job.
       
    
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        And because it's just like
competition for them, too.
       
    
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        A lot of times they win and --
       
    
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        - So they like it because
they're bred for that
       
    
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        and they're like, okay, game on.
       
    
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        - Yeah. Just like any
sport people are abused.
       
    
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        Animals are abused.
       
    
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        There's that can
be with any of it.
       
    
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        But I'm an absolute animal lover
       
    
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        and have been my whole life,
       
    
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        and so I never would be
a part of that aspect of it.
       
    
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        But it's -- these
horses are genetically,
       
    
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        you find horses
that want to buck,
       
    
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        and you breed them with
horses that want a buck
       
    
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        and their babies want a buck.
       
    
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        And it makes it where
everybody has fun
       
    
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        because cowboys
want them to buck
       
    
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        and they like to buck and so
       
    
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        it's actually fun for them
as well as us. This one --
       
    
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        - Are you gonna buck?
Are you gonna buck?
       
    
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        - It's so fun because he's
never been bucked off.
       
    
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        [laughter] - But
I like watching.
       
    
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        - Yeah, and it
looks easy because
       
    
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        if I went in here
anxious and fearful,
       
    
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        I would get a completely
different response
       
    
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        from the horse.
       
    
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        But there's already an
atmosphere here set.
       
    
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        And I don't know if
you know this, but
       
    
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        there's so much prayer
that goes into this house
       
    
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        that when you walk in
here that there's just --
       
    
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        It's just a safe place.
       
    
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        And that's why I
think we get to see
       
    
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        the miracles we do.
       
    
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        And whatever
reactions he gives us
       
    
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        is going to be his decisions.
       
    
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        - Well, I'll let you to it,
       
    
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        unless there's
anything else for me.
       
    
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        - No. - Let's go cowboy.
       
    
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        - Yeah. Thanks,
buddy. [applause]
       
    
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        - Oh, hey. Let's pray too.
       
    
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        - Do you want a hug?
- No, I don't want a hug.
       
    
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        No, no, I don't want -- I don't
want a hug. I don't want a hug.
       
    
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        So, God, I pray that You
would speak to each of us,
       
    
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        wherever we are,
       
    
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        wherever we are in our
relationship with You,
       
    
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        wherever we are with
our pains in our life,
       
    
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        wherever we are with
the successes in our life.
       
    
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        I trust that You've got
something to teach us
       
    
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        through Todd and this horse,
       
    
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        and we give our
entire time to You.
       
    
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        And I pray these
things according to
       
    
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        the character and
identity of Jesus. Amen.
       
    
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        - Amen, Amen. I'll
go one step further.
       
    
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        He's the dad of the house,
       
    
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        but he gives me
permission up here.
       
    
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        So much has gone into
this, if you can imagine.
       
    
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        Well, I'm not sure
what all goes into it.
       
    
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        I show up and it looks
like it was a piece of cake.
       
    
      - 
        
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        I just got here, and
there's a horse here
       
    
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        and there's a pen here.
       
    
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        But so much goes
into this that I think
       
    
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        it would be a shame
if any of us left here
       
    
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        the same way we came
in, including this guy.
       
    
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        And so with that prayer
that Brian just said,
       
    
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        I think sometimes
that's just something
       
    
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        you sit there and someone prays
       
    
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        and then we just
go on with things.
       
    
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        But there's there's
a partnership
       
    
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        that you're being invited into.
       
    
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        So I'll just have
you raise your hand.
       
    
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        If you raise your
hand if you're actually
       
    
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        going to give Holy
Spirit full access to you.
       
    
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        The people next
to you are seeing
       
    
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        that you're raising your hand.
       
    
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        So if you're giving Holy
Spirit access to you,
       
    
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        you asked for it.
       
    
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        So that is so good
because that's what we want
       
    
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        is we want to have
an encounter with God
       
    
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        and not just get
more entertainment
       
    
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00:13:34
        and more information.
       
    
      - 
        
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        We need something that's
actually going to heal us.
       
    
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        So, when I was a boy I
wasn't raised around horses.
       
    
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        I -- we just had a horse.
       
    
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00:13:48
        And I wasn't raised
with other men
       
    
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00:13:50
        that were riding horses.
       
    
      - 
        
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        So everything I
learned about horses,
       
    
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        I learned with my little
horse named Sugar.
       
    
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        And she was probably
about this size.
       
    
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        And her and I, it's a
pretty tender point for me,
       
    
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        because it's why
I love animals t
       
    
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        he way I did is
because they were safe
       
    
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        and people weren't.
       
    
      - 
        
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        And I could trust
them, and I still do.
       
    
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        People are scary.
       
    
      - 
        
00:14:21
        We're not as
honest as horses are.
       
    
      - 
        
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        And so even though
they can be dangerous,
       
    
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        the beauty of them is that --
       
    
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00:14:28
        And what I'm feeling
really in this moment
       
    
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00:14:31
        with him, he's a
little bit wide eyed
       
    
      - 
        
00:14:32
        right now because
he's just realizing
       
    
      - 
        
00:14:34
        that everybody's staring at him.
       
    
      - 
        
00:14:37
        But yeah, when I was a kid,
this was where I found myself.
       
    
      - 
        
00:14:47
        And so the things that I
get to do with horses now
       
    
      - 
        
00:14:51
        are not something that I
just came up with as an idea.
       
    
      - 
        
00:14:55
        It's really the things
that that Jesus used
       
    
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00:14:57
        to form me and because
you can see that he's kind
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:02
        and he's gentle and he
wants to be around people,
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:05
        he might have
some delusion about
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:09
        his part in all of this.
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:12
        Because he's been
treated, I think kindly enough
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:16
        that he's maybe like a dog.
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:20
        And he'd probably go
in the house with you,
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:23
        which would be fine if
you want just another pet.
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:29
        But I think why Jesus
chose the man that He chose,
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:32
        and He partnered with the women
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:34
        that were partnering
with Him is because
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:37
        they had already realized
how to survive in a culture.
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:43
        And they had figured out how
to be obedient human beings.
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:49
        And they were
following the rules,
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:50
        and they were Jewish
people that had an encounter,
       
    
      - 
        
00:15:55
        an encounter with a
guy that was a rabbi.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:11
        And they found out that
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:12
        what they were doing
isn't good enough.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:14
        This yawning, you guys,
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:17
        I just wish I could
explain it, I really do.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:22
        This isn't normal
horse behavior,
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:24
        even for something
as gentle as him.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:28
        But they met this
rabbi, this teacher,
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:31
        and He started teaching
them about a Kingdom.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:35
        And it took them a
long time to get it.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:39
        And I'm needing
him to move because
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:41
        he's going to have to
do something different
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:43
        than he's ever done before.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:44
        Because I don't want
him to spend his life
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:48
        doing this anymore.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:50
        He was built for
something so much more.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:56
        And if I needed a
pet, I'd find a dog.
       
    
      - 
        
00:16:59
        But a horse -- Hey, wow.
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:12
        I'm sorry, Brian.
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:16
        We're just going to take a nap.
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:26
        But Jesus invited these men
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:27
        into this encounter with Him,
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:29
        and He spent days
walking with them
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:31
        and teaching them and
demonstrating things to them.
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:37
        And eventually He
started doing miracles,
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:41
        like, crazy stuff:
healing people,
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:45
        raising people from the
dead, casting out demons,
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:49
        telling the wind and the
clouds and the waves
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:52
        what to do and where to go.
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:56
        He had authority
over everything.
       
    
      - 
        
00:17:59
        And these guys are
getting to hang out with Him.
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:03
        Talk about feeling like you're
hanging out with a superstar.
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:07
        And everywhere He went,
people were following Him
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:09
        because they knew that He
could do these special powers
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:13
        and demonstrate things that
would make their life better.
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:18
        And the disciples were
really excited about it
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:25
        because they were following
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:28
        the guy that was in
charge of everything.
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:31
        Everything in
heaven and in earth
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:32
        were under His authority.
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:35
        He was the King of the
universe and they knew it.
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:38
        But they thought
that that was going to
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:40
        give them special permission
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:41
        to go through this life
without any troubles
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:44
        and that it was going
to make it to where
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:45
        they're going to be able
to be royalty themselves.
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:53
        But the royalty
they were looking for
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:54
        and the attention
they were looking for,
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:56
        it ends up that wasn't exactly
       
    
      - 
        
00:18:58
        what Jesus was
preparing for them.
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:01
        And so today I'm hoping that
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:04
        your experience
with all of this,
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:06
        and I just want to
invite you into it because
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:08
        you invited Holy
Spirit to teach you.
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:13
        And some of this stuff
might go right over your head.
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:15
        And so if you're not
understanding what I'm saying,
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:17
        it might be because
I'm a bad communicator,
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:19
        but it might be that
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:20
        your spiritual eyes
are still closed.
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:23
        And it takes a
decision on your part
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:26
        to be humble enough to
say, "Holy Spirit, teach me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:31
        Help me see what I
need to see in this,
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:34
        because I've gone
this far in my life
       
    
      - 
        
00:19:35
        and I can't stay
the way that I am."
       
    
      - 
        
00:21:52
        - We live in a nation
where we've got
       
    
      - 
        
00:21:54
        a privilege to where
it was like the --
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:01
        Our forefathers, they
gave us some rights.
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:08
        What's said to be
unalienable rights,
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:10
        that every one of us
have this thing that's
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:13
        called life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness.
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:18
        And this horse would
be just a beautiful picture
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:20
        of of something
that is his pursuit,
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:23
        happiness has found
a level of contentment.
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:27
        And living in the
land of the free,
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:29
        well provided for.
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:34
        Don't tell him, but he's not
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:37
        the finest looking
horse in the world.
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:40
        So, I mean, he hasn't got
everything going for him,
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:46
        but pretty much he's got it
prettymuch made in the shade.
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:48
        If he just wants to
go through his life
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:51
        and be something
that can consume,
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:55
        can fulfill all of
its own desires
       
    
      - 
        
00:22:59
        and do what he wants to do,
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:02
        that would be one thing.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:04
        But that's exactly what
the Bible speaks of.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:07
        And if you just want to dig into
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:09
        the book of Ephesians
and find out the reality
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:13
        that in this condition that
he's living like he's dead.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:16
        This isn't the abundant life.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:19
        This isn't the life
that that made it
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:21
        to where there
there's a sacrifice
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:24
        that can be made,
that makes it to where
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:25
        he's going to become
something new, a new creation,
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:29
        that he's no longer
going to be conformed
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:31
        to the ways that the
world has taught him.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:34
        But he's going to be renewed.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:38
        He's going to become
something new, renewed
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:41
        by changing the way he thinks.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:45
        And it's not just
the way he thinks
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:47
        about things around him.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:48
        It's how he's going to
be able to see himself.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:51
        Because independent of me,
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:54
        he's able to do the
things that he's doing.
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:56
        But because he needs
to become one with me,
       
    
      - 
        
00:23:59
        it takes a level of trust
and permission from him
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:02
        that all I can do
is ask him if I can.
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:06
        Which would it
be okay if I got on?
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:10
        And just so you know,
this is a two year old.
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:14
        Okay? So he's
old enough for this.
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:18
        He's just a small horse.
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:19
        And he's always going
to be a small horse.
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:21
        So, he's not a baby.
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:48
        So you noticed him
yawning at the beginning?
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:52
        He wasn't yawning
because he was tired.
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:55
        There was a level of
peace coming over him
       
    
      - 
        
00:24:57
        that he probably hasn't
ever experienced before.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:00
        And so there is a world that
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:02
        everything that we
can see is temporary.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:04
        But there's a world
that we can't see
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:06
        that is eternal.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:08
        And some of you
might think that this is
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:10
        just hyper
spiritualizing it. It's not.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:12
        There's no way
to over spiritualize
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:15
        what it is that Holy
Spirit's doing in a room
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:17
        where he's making
it to where people
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:18
        feel safe enough that
what might have been
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:22
        really difficult in a
different season of your life,
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:24
        tonight it's -- today it's
going to be very simple.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:29
        That this is a
brand new invitation
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:31
        to do something that
you've never done
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:34
        and to be so
surrendered to a power
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:36
        that you don't even
fully understand.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:41
        He's like, wait a minute,
my feet are stuck.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:48
        Both ears, very --
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:50
        He's very, very
attentive to me right now.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:52
        So he's not passive right now.
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:55
        If you watch, even his right ear
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:56
        is kind of creeping forward,
       
    
      - 
        
00:25:58
        wanting to make sure
you all are still there.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:00
        He's showing me where
he's looking with his ears
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:04
        and where his attention
is, because this is not --
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:12
        You're not supposed
to be on my back.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:14
        And for some reason, I'm
okay with you on my back,
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:17
        but I'm not sure why I'm
okay with you on my back.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:19
        So, I'll stand here and
pretend like we're okay.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:25
        But if we move,
it'll become real.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:28
        Yep. He's actually
still sitting on me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:35
        It's so fun for me because
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:38
        notice the ears
are lopsided now.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:41
        So he just got enough
confidence that, okay,
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:44
        those pretty people
up there in blue,
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:48
        they're still making
those fun sounds.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:52
        Licking his lips just
a little bit, saying that,
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:55
        "Okay. We're good.
       
    
      - 
        
00:26:59
        My feet feel like
they're stuck in cement."
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:01
        Oh, there we go.
Ooop. [laughter]
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:10
        How sweet it is
to be like a child,
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:14
        and to trust and to
be given permission
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:17
        to just take some
steps and feel like
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:21
        I want to come here again
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:22
        because he can't
see me the same way
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:24
        when I'm back there.
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:26
        I want to be in front of him
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:27
        so I can have
both his eyes again.
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:33
        Yeah, I'm not going to hurt you.
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:36
        Thank you for trusting me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:38
        Both eyes locked on.
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:44
        Holy Spirit, thank
you for teaching us,
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:47
        giving us brand new vision,
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:50
        eyes to see and ears to hear.
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:56
        Fill us with Your Word.
       
    
      - 
        
00:27:59
        Reveal things to us to make it
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:01
        to where we can
become whole people.
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:05
        Thank You for giving us
a physical representation
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:07
        of what it is that you're doing
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:09
        in the spiritual realm,
so we're not orphans
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:12
        that have to walk around
figuring this out on our own.
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:16
        That You become one with us
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:17
        and make it to where
we can see again.
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:20
        And we'll know what to do next,
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:22
        even in the midst
of the struggles
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:26
        and the insecurities, the
fears and the unknowns,
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:29
        that You're this
ever present one.
       
    
      - 
        
00:28:55
        [music]
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:28
        - It's so good the confidence
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:34
        that's already being
built so quickly with him,
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:38
        like, this is just pure courage
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:40
        because there is no experience.
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:42
        There's nothing that
he can compare this to.
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:44
        It's just that
because of the trust
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:46
        that he's put in me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:52
        What -- if someone
would have come at him
       
    
      - 
        
00:32:54
        in a different way,
and this is a tragedy
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:00
        of the reality that we're
sitting in a room here.
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:01
        There was a bunch of
people when your story,
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:04
        those who were in
authority over you,
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:07
        they didn't teach you like this.
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:10
        They weren't modeling leadership
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:12
        the way Jesus modeled it.
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:15
        My own story is
just riddled with ways
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:17
        that I've just
mis-stewarded people
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:19
        because of my aggressive ways
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:22
        and using intimidation or fear
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:26
        or just trying to
overpower something.
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:30
        Even as small as he is,
I couldn't overpower him,
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:34
        but I'm smart enough
that I could figure out tricks.
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:37
        And I know tricks to where
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:39
        I could have punished
him and beat him
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:42
        and make him stand still.
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:43
        And even as kind as he was,
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:45
        it's unbelievable how
aggressive people will be
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:48
        to try to get their
point across.
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:51
        And it's unnecessary
because if we're going
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:54
        to be the ones that
are stewarding these --
       
    
      - 
        
00:33:56
        This kingdom of
heaven and our King
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:00
        is one that they said
was the Prince of Peace.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:04
        And He sent us with
to be filled with His Spirit
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:08
        that's a counselor
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:11
        and one that's
filled with wisdom,
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:13
        then we can come at
things with absolute authority.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:18
        I know that I have
authority over this animal.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:20
        Actually, it was
given to me by God
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:22
        that I've been given
dominion over this animal.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:26
        And I can use that
dominion to abuse him,
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:29
        to use him, to manipulate him,
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:31
        to make him into my workhorse.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:34
        I could do that
with my dominion.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:37
        And unfortunately, we
can do that with each other.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:40
        We can do it with our kids.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:46
        But does it actually
get you what you want?
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:48
        Because we were
created to have deep levels
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:51
        of connection with each other.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:54
        And the connection can only
come if there's a safe place.
       
    
      - 
        
00:34:58
        And it's where the
miracles happen.
       
    
      - 
        
00:35:00
        And it's why, instead
of him resisting
       
    
      - 
        
00:35:02
        and fighting and
trying to get away,
       
    
      - 
        
00:35:05
        he's really just
saying what's next?
       
    
      - 
        
00:35:34
        [music]
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:21
        What I'm doing
when I'm turning him,
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:24
        he's actually focusing
with one eye on me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:30
        And it's it's freeing
him up to where
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:33
        when we go straight again,
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:36
        he's going to have a
lot more confidence in it.
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:42
        So the circle is
not on accident.
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:44
        The circle is on purpose.
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:46
        And you can call
it the circle of life.
       
    
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00:37:49
        But I just think
that it's beautiful
       
    
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00:37:52
        that God made things
in circles and rhythms
       
    
      - 
        
00:37:57
        and made it to where there's
a season for everything.
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:04
        It's supposedly
springtime in Idaho,
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:05
        and we got three inches of
snow at the house last night.
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:09
        And two babies on the ground,
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:11
        or two baby horses
on the ground.
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:15
        That would have
been horrible. [laughter]
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:17
        Horses. That's problematic.
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:22
        But the reason why it
is that we just recognize
       
    
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00:38:27
        that there's night
and there's day,
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:30
        that we have these
new beginnings.
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:33
        And there was a
lot of celebrations
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:35
        that God gave us that would mark
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:38
        the celebrations of --
Or the the reality that
       
    
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00:38:41
        we get to go through
these new beginnings
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:43
        and we remember things
as we're going around.
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:48
        Because the fact that he can
look at me through one eye
       
    
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00:38:51
        and not be able to
see me with the other
       
    
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00:38:54
        is just a different
level of trust.
       
    
      - 
        
00:38:56
        And he's doing it
because he's doing it
       
    
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00:38:59
        over and over and over again.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:01
        I think that this walk
of faith that we're all on,
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:04
        that we're on this
journey of discovery,
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:07
        and we wouldn't have
to come together like this.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:10
        We wouldn't have
to continue to press in
       
    
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00:39:12
        to what God's Word says.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:14
        We wouldn't have
to, on a daily basis,
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:16
        re-present
ourselves to the Lord.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:20
        We would do --
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:21
        And this is a little bit
hard for some of you.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:23
        If you don't like
dying, the Christian life
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:26
        is going to be
really hard for you
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:28
        because Paul says
that you have to die daily.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:31
        So that's way too frequent
if you don't like doing it.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:34
        But if this is what
dying looks like,
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:36
        which is actually
what it's like,
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:38
        it's so life giving.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:40
        It said if you will
lay your life down,
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:43
        you'll be raised up.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:45
        If you want to be
among the greatest,
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:48
        make yourself the least.
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:50
        And this upside
down Kingdom that
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:52
        we love to celebrate
and talk about,
       
    
      - 
        
00:39:56
        i's what it is that he's
demonstrating today.
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:04
        That his willingness
to say yes to something
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:07
        that he doesn't
fully understand,
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:10
        just because he realizes
that he's finally found
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:13
        himself in a place
where he's safe.
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:17
        And saying yes to me, this
is a good exchange for him.
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:24
        He's seen that he's
only giving up a life
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:26
        of living like day to day.
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:33
        Eat, drink and be merry,
but there's no purpose in it.
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:50
        That there's
something inside of him
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:51
        and it's like it's described,
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:54
        a lot of people say, like,
there's a hole within us
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:56
        that can only be filled by God.
       
    
      - 
        
00:40:59
        It's the same way
with this horse.
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:01
        He already knows that
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:02
        there's something
missing without me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:04
        He's been convinced that
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:06
        there's something
different that happens
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:07
        inside of him when he's with me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:11
        And then when I
become one with him,
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:13
        when we are walking together,
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:15
        that there's a different power,
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:18
        there's a different authority.
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:19
        It's awkward right now
because it's so brand new.
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:22
        But he's realizing that
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:26
        this is what he's
been waiting for.
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:28
        He's been waiting
for this moment.
       
    
      - 
        
00:41:59
        [music]
       
    
      - 
        
00:44:33
        It's shocking to
me that people think
       
    
      - 
        
00:44:38
        that horses are
better off left alone.
       
    
      - 
        
00:44:43
        It's a mentality that
makes it to where
       
    
      - 
        
00:44:45
        I think in this, the
culture that we're in
       
    
      - 
        
00:44:49
        is that people feel like,
       
    
      - 
        
00:44:50
        if I can do what I want
to do, then I'm free.
       
    
      - 
        
00:44:54
        And we're finding
ourselves just spun out,
       
    
      - 
        
00:44:57
        like we can't even
get our wits about us
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:00
        because our flesh
will never say enough.
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:03
        We'll always want more.
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:06
        And it doesn't matter
what it is that you crave
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:08
        or what it is that you lust
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:09
        or whatever it is
that you're looking to
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:11
        to get the peace and the
joy that you're looking for,
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:14
        there's never enough.
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:18
        And it's tragic because
we can run and be free
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:22
        and have all this privilege
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:24
        and all this opportunity
and run right past
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:26
        the thing that we
were created for.
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:39
        And Jesus, the rabbi
that walked around
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:42
        with His disciples, and
He demonstrated to them
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:44
        what it looks like
to be a whole man.
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:49
        He did it with
absolute authority.
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:52
        He wasn't insecure or timid,
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:54
        but there was a kindness
about it to made it
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:57
        where everybody would
want to come to Him.
       
    
      - 
        
00:45:59
        The only people that
had a problem with H
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:01
        im were the the
religious people.
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:04
        And that's because He
was a threat to their system,
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:06
        that they weren't
going to be able
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:08
        to continue to abuse people
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:11
        and shame people into
being obedient people.
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:15
        He didn't come
to make it to where
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:17
        bad people would
become good people.
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:19
        He came to make it
to where dead people
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:22
        would become alive people.
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:25
        And if you don't
see yourself as dead,
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:27
        separated from
God, it's going to be
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:29
        really difficult
for you to enjoy
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:31
        what it's like to
be alive in Him.
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:35
        [applause] Thank you.
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:47
        And this guy is making
my job so easy that
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:50
        it was like the word
over this weekend
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:55
        is what would happen
if there was actually
       
    
      - 
        
00:46:58
        some Holy Spirit
revival that would fall
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:02
        upon this place and
that this one home.
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:04
        I'm going to quit
calling it a house,
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:06
        because houses
where people live,
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:09
        homes are where families live.
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:12
        And there's something
about being a family
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:14
        that has a Father
that's perfect.
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:17
        And this celebration of today
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:22
        and being here
together of one accord
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:24
        and giving the Holy
Spirit permission to teach,
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:27
        teach us what is it
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:30
        that He's actually
saying about you?
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:32
        And why is it that we
can look in a mirror,
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:35
        according to Scripture,
and in the mirror
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:38
        we can actually
see the glory of God?
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:43
        Why is it that God,
Holy One, knowing
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:46
        that we and our in
ourselves are broken?
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:49
        And every one of us
could point to areas
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:51
        of our life that
were just, like,
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:53
        we're getting whooped in.
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:56
        We want victory in it.
       
    
      - 
        
00:47:58
        We want it to be better.
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:00
        Anybody here want to be
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:01
        a better version of
themselves besides me?
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:04
        Like, that's why we're here.
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:07
        We're becoming
healed, whole people.
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:11
        And if that's what it is
that we've been invited into
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:20
        where did it become
so complicated?
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:30
        Brian encouraged me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:32
        Man, this horse is just
give me time to do this.
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:43
        So, when I was a kid.
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:46
        And I won't go much into it,
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:47
        but I grew up in a
really small town,
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:50
        and there was a
predominant religion
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:52
        that I wasn't a part of.
       
    
      - 
        
00:48:54
        And it made it to where,
for other reasons than
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:00
        the fact that I wasn't
a part of the religion,
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:01
        I just didn't -- I was bullied.
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:03
        And found refuge in
animals and old people.
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:11
        I would ride my horse.
Her name was Sugar.
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:14
        And I'd take her
and ride her to,
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:16
        there was a couple
old women that were --
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:20
        Didn't have husbands.
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:21
        And I'd go sit with them
and they'd tell me stories.
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:24
        And I'm like, I look
back on that boy
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:28
        and I'm thinking, why
was he so comfortable
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:31
        with horses and
critters and old people?
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:36
        It's like I found a safe place.
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:38
        And I'm really,
really grateful for it
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:42
        because it developed
this thing inside of me
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:44
        that gives me so much compassion
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:46
        for all of creation,
especially people.
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:52
        And this horse that I had,
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:57
        we would spend so
much time together
       
    
      - 
        
00:49:59
        that I didn't have to
have anything on her.
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:01
        And this could get ugly.
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:04
        But this is a two year old
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:08
        that's never been
ridden, y'all, so don't clap.
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:15
        I did this the other
day for the first time
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:17
        since I was probably
ten years old.
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:25
        Woo.
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:32
        I'd lay on her like this
and I'd just fall asleep
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:36
        and she'd fall asleep.
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:38
        And when she'd fall asleep,
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:39
        she'd starts tipping
over. [laughter]
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:43
        So, it's given me
a lot of permission
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:49
        to look at what is it that --
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:51
        Because if I look
at my whole story,
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:55
        this beautiful thing
that God built in me
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:57
        to where I need
to, I need to bring
       
    
      - 
        
00:50:58
        my whole story together
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:00
        because I want
to be a whole man.
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:02
        And you're sitting here today.
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:03
        What does this
have to do with you? I
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:04
        think it has everything
to do with you,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:06
        because every one of us have got
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:07
        these seasons of our life,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:09
        and we fragment ourselves,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:10
        and there's freedom
in this space,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:12
        like, there's a piece
that's over you right now
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:14
        to where you can actually reckon
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:16
        with some of the things.
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:17
        And you don't know
how to feel love,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:19
        but you're feeling it now.
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:27
        The tragic part of
that story is that I got --
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:32
        Our family got in a position
where I was going to --
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:34
        We were going to move
and we moved to a,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:38
        to me, it might as well
have been Los Angeles,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:40
        but it was just a
town of about 50,000.
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:42
        But we lived in a
mountain community
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:45
        and I was moving
to the big city.
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:48
        And in that transition,
I had to figure out
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:52
        what I was going to do because
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:54
        I was leaving all of
my animals behind.,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:57
        all of the mountains
that I could run in,
       
    
      - 
        
00:51:58
        the places that I
knew how to feel safe.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:04
        And so I had to be
become someone different.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:10
        And it was a really mean,
angry version of myself.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:15
        And the tragic part
of it is that it worked.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:18
        It got me friends,
and I figured out
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:21
        how to become popular
and successful in sports.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:26
        But what had to die
for that to happen
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:30
        was this kindness
and the gentleness
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:34
        and this love that
I had for people
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:36
        and for animals and creation.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:43
        My second year in college,
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:45
        someone told me about Jesus.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:48
        And I didn't know
what all was possible.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:49
        All I knew was
that I needed help.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:52
        And I wanted -- I
wanted to feel safe again.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:55
        I wanted to feel what it's
like to love people again.
       
    
      - 
        
00:52:59
        And even though I
didn't have language for it,
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:01
        this is the healing
power of Jesus.
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:03
        That he made it to where
I was not only forgiven,
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:06
        but there was a
brand new beginning
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:08
        that didn't just
start at that day.
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:11
        It actually goes back to
the day of my conception.
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:14
        That before I was
even conceived,
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:16
        that there was an eternal plan
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:18
        and a purpose for my life.
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:19
        And there's power
in this testimony
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:22
        that I'm speaking over you.
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:23
        It's the power of
prophecy that God has
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:27
        speaking over your
lives, saying that
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:29
        I'm not sure what
you've given up hope on,
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:31
        but today let it be as what
is being presented to you,
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:37
        that there's nothing
that can ever stand
       
    
      - 
        
00:53:39
        between you and the
promise that God's got for you.
       
    
      - 
        
00:54:02
        [music]
       
    
      - 
        
00:55:45
        I don't know if he felt
like he was free before,
       
    
      - 
        
00:55:48
        but this is freedom.
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:04
        I want you to
consider what it is
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:06
        that he's inherited, because
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:09
        this beauty of
the gospel is that
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:10
        we don't just get
forgiven of our sins,
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:12
        we become sons and daughters
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:14
        that are heirs of the
kingdom of heaven.
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:17
        And because we're heirs
of the kingdom of heaven,
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:19
        we get all the
resources of heaven:
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:21
        the love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness,
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:24
        goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control,
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:28
        all of these
attributes of our King
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:31
        is what it is we inherit,
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:32
        and we get it for eternity.
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:34
        And I'm not exactly
sure what things are like
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:36
        on the other side of the veil.
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:37
        All I know is that
when I died --
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:39
        Probably haven't
told y'all, I died once.
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:42
        Actually, I've died
a couple times.
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:44
        But the one time that I remember
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:46
        actually being outside
of my body, all I know
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:48
        is that whatever's on
the other side of this
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:50
        is it's beautiful.
It's glorious.
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:52
        I don't have words
for it because we --
       
    
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00:56:54
        It's one of our five senses
that we describe events with.
       
    
      - 
        
00:56:57
        I don't have a sense
to describe to you
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:00
        this other side.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:03
        And so I'm not telling stories
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:05
        I had read about in a book.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:08
        I've encountered heaven.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:09
        I've encountered what it's
like to be dead physically.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:16
        This thing that we inherit,
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:19
        he's not limited by
his own understanding.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:22
        He's not limited by what it is
that he can see and understand.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:26
        That there's a promise
that I speak over him
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:28
        that I'm going to do things
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:29
        that are exceedingly,
abundantly above
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:31
        anything that he could
hope, think, or imagine.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:35
        There's no way for
him to even come up
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:37
        with the things that he
and I could do together.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:41
        And all it took
was him saying yes
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:45
        in a very non dramatic way.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:50
        But I don't know why
it has to be so hard.
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:52
        Because when Jesus
walked up to somebody,
       
    
      - 
        
00:57:55
        all He said was follow me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:02
        And there was a presence
about Him that made it
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:04
        to where people would walk away
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:06
        from their families
and their livelihood
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:07
        and say, "I'm going
to follow that one."
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:11
        And then He puts
that presence within us.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:14
        And says, "Go get 'em,
boys. Go get 'em, girls!
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:18
        Show the world
what it's like to love."
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:21
        Because the entire world
right now is upside down
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:23
        because they're
trying to figure out
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:25
        what it is that's true.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:28
        Truth isn't an intellect.
Truth is a person.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:32
        And it can only be
found in Jesus.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:35
        And when He pours
His spirit into us,
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:37
        it's the Spirit of
wisdom and revelation.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:42
        And it seems
counterintuitive, like,
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:45
        our brains have a
hard time reckoning
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:47
        with this reality that
you're going to live forever.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:51
        My wife hates it when I say this
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:53
        because she takes
it quite literally.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:54
        But nobody can kill me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:58:59
        I'm never going to die.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:02
        And when you know that
you're never going to die.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:06
        [applause] Yeah. Thank you.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:08
        I think everybody
should just clap
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:09
        really good for a second.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:11
        Let's see if he's actually
got settled in here.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:21
        [applause] Sorry, Brian.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:22
        It's just I can't
help if Holy Spirit's
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:25
        going to bring such
a level of peace
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:26
        to where he is like,
"Whatever, y'all."
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:28
        I'm carrying the
Prince of Peace.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:31
        I know who I am, I found myself,
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:35
        I know how to be myself finally,
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:37
        because the one
that is filling me
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:40
        and teaching me and leading me
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:42
        and guiding me
and instructing me
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:43
        is the one that
has all the answers.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:45
        So all I know is that
there's one step I get to take.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:51
        And I've got the
courage to do it
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:52
        because of the presence
that's surrounding me.
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:56
        And there are
people that have got
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:57
        to make a step tonight because
       
    
      - 
        
00:59:59
        you've seen too much.
You've heard too much.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:02
        This is not a religion.
It's not a philosophy.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:05
        It's not a psychology.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:06
        It's not just a cultural
thing. It's not --
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:11
        For God's sake, it's
not a social media thing.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:14
        It's not a trend.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:16
        This is the truth,
the eternal truth.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:20
        To when Jesus said that
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:21
        I was the beginning and the end,
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:23
        that I was the author of life
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:26
        and going to be the
fulfiller of all promises.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:31
        We've run out of
reasons to run from this.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:34
        That if this is the lifestyle
that He's got for us,
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:37
        a life of healing and hope.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:39
        And it doesn't -- not
all of us just seem
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:41
        to have it all figured out
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:43
        as well as this
guy's displaying.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:45
        But it's okay because
even if he did throw a fit,
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:49
        it's not going to
change a thing.
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:50
        He's already said yes to me,
       
    
      - 
        
01:00:52
        so he's never going
to get rid of me.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:02
        -So, just to be
-- just to be clear.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:04
        I'll come up here again
because I can, I like to.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:10
        This is unusual, right?
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:13
        Because it doesn't look like
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:14
        this horse has never
been ridden before.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:16
        - Right.
- Right. But it is unusual.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:21
        - Yeah, it looks -- so I --
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:23
        I don't know how
to, it's almost like
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:25
        I've been healed physically,
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:26
        like miraculously
healed physically.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:29
        And it's like, I don't care
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:30
        how much physical
evidence I provide people,
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:32
        they just have a
hard time believing it.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:33
        So you're going
to have to decide
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:34
        whether you can trust me or not.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:37
        This horse has
never been ridden.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:39
        This horse has no reason
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:40
        to let anybody
ride it right now.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:42
        This takes a process
you go through,
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:45
        even with a horse like
him, you give him days
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:48
        to learn how to do what it
is that he's doing right now.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:52
        But why it happened in a moment
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:54
        is because of something else.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:56
        And that's what
you get to decide
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:57
        what you've got faith in.
       
    
      - 
        
01:01:58
        - And I think the link for me
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:00
        that you spelled out for me
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:03
        which was so empowering,
was that, you know,
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:07
        we think a horse
that's broken or saddled
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:11
        or is in captivity is
living not their best life.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:15
        Their best life would
be out and about doing,
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:18
        you know, just running
free and everything.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:20
        But that's actually not true.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:22
        Give us the stats again.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:25
        - Well, one man on a
horse can rule an entire herd.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:29
        So, a horse that's
actually yielded to a partner
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:32
        becomes significantly
more powerful
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:35
        than an entire herd would be.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:37
        And that one horse that
could pull 2,000 pounds.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:44
        Two horses can
pull 6,000 pounds.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:47
        The math doesn't add up.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:48
        There's something exponential
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:49
        and there's something
that makes it to where
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:51
        them partnered with man,
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:53
        and them partnering
with each other
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:55
        makes it to where
we're a kingdom
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:56
        that's unstoppable. - All right.
       
    
      - 
        
01:02:58
        So the illustration
here for all of us is
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:04
        you may think that
the best thing for you
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:09
        is to live your
life and wait for
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:11
        maybe God
sometime in the future.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:13
        You might think
the best thing for you
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:16
        is to kind of say a prayer.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:19
        Let Jesus in your life
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:20
        and that just gives
you forgiveness
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:21
        so you can do whatever you want
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:22
        and you're not really
getting serious about God.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:24
        You're only going
to show up at church
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:26
        at a special thing or
when a horse is there
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:28
        or a Christmas
and Easter service.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:30
        And you may think you're
getting over on the system.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:32
        You may think that you're
actually doing yourself a favor.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:34
        You're opening up your options.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:36
        You're giving
yourself more freedom.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:37
        You're not coming
under the the bondage
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:39
        of having to follow Jesus.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:41
        You need to understand
you are not as strong
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:45
        as you could be if you
gave your life to Christ.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:47
        - Yeah. - You need to understand
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:49
        you are not as
free as you could be
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:50
        if you gave your life to Christ.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:51
        You don't understand.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:53
        You think you're
cheating the system.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:55
        The system has cheated you.
       
    
      - 
        
01:03:57
        Until somebody
gives their life to Christ,
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:00
        allows Christ to be Lord
on them, rule their life,
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:05
        you do not have the capacities
you could have otherwise.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:08
        You don't have the same power.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:10
        You don't have
the same longevity.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:11
        That's the stick
of the whole thing.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:13
        That's it in a nutshell.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:15
        And so maybe tonight
some of you came in here
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:18
        and maybe, you know, maybe you
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:20
        became a Christian at some day,
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:21
        or maybe you just kind
of go to religious events
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:23
        is good for you.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:24
        And maybe you
went, "Oh, you mean
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:27
        that's what could happen?
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:28
        A loving God who would love me
and actually lead me
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:30
        and actually give
me more potency
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:32
        and unlock me for who
He's created me to be?
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:35
        That's what it is?"
Yes, that's what it is.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:37
        That's what it is.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:39
        So we're going to
have people up front
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:41
        at all of our sites.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:42
        They're all prayer people.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:44
        They are ninjas in prayer.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:47
        They do it all the time
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:48
        and they are qualified
to interact with you.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:50
        Maybe you want to
come up to one of them
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:52
        and you want to say,
"Hey, I want to give
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:53
        my life to Jesus right now.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:54
        I want Him to -- I want
Him to ride me right now."
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:56
        And they'll be happy
to pray with you.
       
    
      - 
        
01:04:58
        Maybe you've got some pain.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:02
        When Todd starts talking
about humans letting them down.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:05
        Maybe you got something
deep inside of you.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:07
        Maybe there's
spots on this horse
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:09
        that are sensitive to touch.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:11
        And there's things
about your past
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:12
        or what you're
dealing with right now
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:14
        that's really difficult for you.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:16
        Those folks are cued up
and would love to pray for you.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:18
        And what do you know?
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:19
        There is an X factor
of the Spirit of God
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:21
        and something might
actually happen for you
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:24
        if you'll come forward
and pray. Get prayer rather.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:28
        Anything else, Todd?
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:29
        - Man, I'm a guest
here, and I love the fact
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:35
        that you've trusted
me for four years
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:36
        to come and share
with your family.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:38
        And there's an urgency, I guess,
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:42
        I have about me
tonight, that some of you
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:44
        are going to walk
out of this room,
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:46
        and your marriages
aren't going to make it
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:47
        if something significant
doesn't change.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:50
        That there's something
that now is your moment.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:53
        And I know that
it doesn't matter to me
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:57
        whether you come forward or not.
       
    
      - 
        
01:05:58
        I just need you to realize
that you've waited this long,
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:03
        let's not take
anything for granted
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:05
        and walk away the
same way we came in.
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:09
        And so that -- I would
be just, out of kindness,
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:13
        push you just enough to say,
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:16
        "You've got to do something
before you leave here."
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:18
        And it might be just grab
somebody next to you
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:20
        or whoever you
came with and decide:
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:23
        are you a son of God?
Are you a daughter of God?
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:27
        And if you're not hearing
Him speaking over you
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:29
        that He's highlighting
every quality
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:32
        that you have about you.
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:34
        He's wanting to celebrate
every aspect of yourself.
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:37
        He's wanting you to hear
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:38
        what you should have
heard from an earthly father,
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:40
        and feel safe enough
and empowered enough
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:43
        that tonight's the night
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:44
        that you get to
make that decision.
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:46
        And I know for
Christians everywhere,
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:48
        I'm surrounded by Him
and we're still wondering,
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:51
        "What in the world
is going on in me?
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:52
        Why am I not fixed yet?"
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:54
        And we're just going
to get rid of all shame,
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:56
        and we're going to learn
how to forgive ourselves
       
    
      - 
        
01:06:58
        the same way that we're
learning to be forgiven.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:01
        Whatever it is, let's
deal with it tonight
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:04
        in this home to where
we don't leave here
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:08
        and get distracted
again with the world.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:10
        Just pause for a
moment long enough.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:13
        We'll have -- They're
going to sing a song?
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:16
        - Yeah. Why don't
we all stand right now?
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:18
        Let's stand. - Yeah.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:19
        - And let's sing to God.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:20
        Let's let Him hear
our voice. Okay?
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:22
        And this horse too.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:24
        This horse is
actually never heard
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:26
        a bunch of people sing.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:27
        Let's give him
something tonight.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:33
        - We're going to sing to
this God who made us,
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:35
        the God who knows us,
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:37
        the God who's the
provider of all good things,
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:40
        the source of good
things. We sing.
       
    
      - 
        
01:07:45
        [music]
       
    
      - 
        
01:10:56
        - Hey, thank you so much
for watching.
       
    
      - 
        
01:10:58
        Thank you for being
a part of today.
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:00
        Now, just to reiterate,
this is all unscripted
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:03
        It is a new horse
every single time
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:06
        that hasn't been ridden,
hasn't been trained
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:08
        And, man, this is an experience.
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:10
        This is an experience
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:11
        that is unlike any church
service I have been to
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:13
        And why do we do this?
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:14
        We do all of this in the hopes
that
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:16
        it will help you see yourself
and see God in a new way.
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:20
        It's in the hopes that you'll
take a step towards God
       
    
      - 
        
01:11:23
        and connect with
Him in a fresh way.
       
    
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01:11:25
        That's what we want for you.
       
    
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        And a couple ways
you can do that,
       
    
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01:11:29
        like, you might have questions
as a result of this weekend
       
    
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01:11:31
        You might want
to pray with somebody.
       
    
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01:11:33
        You might want
to process with somebody.
       
    
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01:11:35
        Hey, we are here for that.
       
    
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01:11:37
        You can just head to
crossroads.net,
       
    
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        click the chat button,
       
    
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01:11:40
        and my team would
love to talk with you.
       
    
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01:11:42
        You can even email me directly
at andy.reider@crossroads.net.
       
    
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01:11:46
        This spiritual journey is not
meant to be walked alone.
       
    
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01:11:49
        It's meant to
be lived with community.
       
    
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01:11:51
        So, we'd love to be with you
       
    
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01:11:53
        to help you take your
next step with God.
       
    
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01:11:55
        And we say this
a lot around here,
       
    
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        but we are a community
that you belong to,
       
    
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        not just content
that you watch, right?
       
    
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01:12:03
        Man, and one perfect
way, perfect way
       
    
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01:12:06
        that you can lean into that
reality of who this movement is,
       
    
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01:12:09
        of what this church is
all about is by coming to
       
    
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        something that we call
the Anywhere Weekend.
       
    
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01:12:14
        Now our Crossroads
Anywhere Community
       
    
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        doesn't meet weekly in
a church building like this.
       
    
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01:12:18
        We are scattered
all over the globe
       
    
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01:12:20
        in homes, in dorms, in bars and
coffee shops all over the place.
       
    
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01:12:24
        But once a year, once
a year in the summer
       
    
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        we get to come together
for a time to be encouraged,
       
    
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01:12:29
        for a time to make friends from
the other side of the globe,
       
    
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01:12:32
        and, man, to get
refreshed for another year
       
    
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        of being the church,
not just going to church.
       
    
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01:12:38
        So, July 19-21 we would
love to have you join us.
       
    
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01:12:42
        All the info is at
crossroads.net/AnywhereWeekend
       
    
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        and you can RSVP right there.
       
    
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01:12:48
        You do not want to miss it.
       
    
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01:12:49
        Make sure you tune in next week
as Alli Patterson talks to us
       
    
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        about how Jesus heals.
We'll see you next week.