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[1424.02 --> 1425.14] be healthy and to grow |
[1425.14 --> 1430.34] and now i'm going to make what i think is my second last point |
[1432.02 --> 1440.82] we live in a city just like first corinthians where many people worship mute idols there are |
[1440.82 --> 1445.38] many people who will find a spiritual experience in something other than jesus in fact this week |
[1445.38 --> 1449.70] i was chatting in the office with jonathan and with misha and i said okay what are the things that |
[1449.70 --> 1453.86] people get pumped up about and find a spiritual experience in in our city you know what the two things |
[1453.86 --> 1461.30] they said are number one concerts anyone been to a really big concert rogers arena there's something |
[1461.30 --> 1465.38] about concerts and i think they know how to design them and organize them and have the music just right |
[1465.38 --> 1470.50] such that you feel something it moves you there's like it's energy in these concerts that's a spiritual |
[1470.50 --> 1475.06] experience and people there's a lot of concert chasers because they want that spiritual experience |
[1475.06 --> 1479.14] the other one that jonathan mentioned close to home for people wearing oilers jersey i don't know who they |
[1479.14 --> 1485.38] are but the other one is sports and if you've ever been to an arena for your favorite team let's say |
[1485.38 --> 1490.58] they're the oilers and you dress with a you know a heretical t-shirt on sunday morning i'm just kidding |
[1493.38 --> 1497.70] but you can look around and there are fans and then there are those for whom you're like |
[1497.70 --> 1503.30] that right there is your religion you know you've painted a cup on your face and all the rest and |
[1503.30 --> 1508.90] you just think these people now more seriously these people do not know that life that is truly |
[1508.90 --> 1515.22] life is found in and only through jesus christ and what they need to see is a community that actually |
[1515.22 --> 1522.26] seeks to serve and follow jesus christ they need to see people finding the life of the spirit in and |
[1522.26 --> 1527.70] through the work of jesus they need to see people who live in community in such a way that greed turns |
[1527.70 --> 1533.38] into generosity selfishness moves to selflessness where people are using all the gifts that god has |
[1533.38 --> 1539.94] given in all the diverse ways to build and serve others and i tell you what when i see it in our |
[1539.94 --> 1544.58] church and when people who visit our church are new to our church see it it's a beautiful thing |
[1546.10 --> 1551.78] a pastor friend of mine who uh is no longer in ministry uh serving a non-profit i remember he he was |
[1551.78 --> 1556.02] involved in chamber of commerce and another number of other non-profits and businesses and he said you know |
[1556.02 --> 1560.74] there's nothing like a church when all the gifts are put together whether it's for fundraising or |
[1560.74 --> 1564.74] serving or caring for the needs of the city there's nothing like all the gifts of a church being brought |
[1564.74 --> 1571.54] together for the common good it's a beautiful thing and that's what we offer our city that is seeking |
[1571.54 --> 1579.38] to find meaning and satisfaction in mute idols now here's my actual final point hold me to it |
[1580.82 --> 1585.70] we we we conclude where we started and that is the naming of gifts i think it's hard to serve and |
[1585.70 --> 1590.50] grow in your gifts if you do not know what they are and i after years of youth ministry and now |
[1590.50 --> 1594.98] serving at hope for over eight years i think the challenge many of us face is we don't even know |
[1594.98 --> 1600.90] what our gifts are or we're so timid and self-conscious and self-doubting that we really don't say yes |
[1600.90 --> 1606.98] that is my gift and what is needed is for people who love you and know you to come around you and say |
[1606.98 --> 1612.90] that is your gift i've had people do that for me i know that's happened with my wife where someone who |
[1612.90 --> 1618.58] is like a teacher or professor or a pastor or a youth pastor just say i know you i see you this is |
[1618.58 --> 1624.74] your gift and just a story i heard recently was a teenage girl sitting on the couch there was a |
[1624.74 --> 1628.10] conversation i don't know how it started about spiritual gifts and she kind of just leaned back |
[1628.10 --> 1631.94] in the couch with a sense of despair it's like i don't even know what i'm good i don't even know |
[1631.94 --> 1637.54] what i'm gifted in and her dad sitting on the couch right beside her he's hearing that and he just |
[1637.54 --> 1641.94] leans forward with his eyes wide open he says you don't know what you're good at and he starts |
[1641.94 --> 1646.66] rattling off all these gifts she has all the things he's seen from the moment she was born |
[1646.66 --> 1652.26] and what makes me i love that story but what makes me lament is why did it take her to be a teenager |
[1652.26 --> 1658.90] for him to finally open his mouth and say it so the task for us today is whether it's over the |
[1658.90 --> 1662.90] barbecue outside after the service or at the dinner table with your fan your family and your kids |
[1662.90 --> 1670.18] or your grandkids take the time say it out loud to those you know and those who you know well and |
[1670.18 --> 1676.90] you can say i've seen you for this many years you are gifted as a teacher i've known you for a number |
[1676.90 --> 1682.26] of years now i know that you have the gift of intercession or the gift of hospitality or the gift |
[1682.26 --> 1688.66] of leadership or whatever the gift may be call it forth out of people allow god to use you as the |
[1688.66 --> 1694.58] conduit to encourage others to take hold of that gift because it will lead to their own delight as |
[1694.58 --> 1700.18] they lean into what god's given them it will build up and bless our church as we serve together and |
[1700.18 --> 1707.22] finally it will bring glory to our heavenly father who has given these gifts generously so that we can serve |
[1707.22 --> 1711.54] and thrive let me lead us in a prayer |
[1718.26 --> 1724.34] father we thank you so much for equipping our church with all the different gifts that you've given |
[1725.46 --> 1732.82] we thank you for the love gifts for the leadership gifts for the word gifts and for the power gifts |
[1732.82 --> 1739.94] and i ask that you'd forgive us for the way that we platform some and ignore others for the way we |
[1739.94 --> 1747.30] quietly envy some and don't even pray for others and i ask that you would awaken in our church all of the |
[1747.30 --> 1753.06] gifts that you've given i pray those gifts which are dormant would come alive that you use our words |
[1753.06 --> 1758.34] this week to speak and call forth gifts that have never been named and i pray even more than that that |
[1758.34 --> 1765.62] we take these gifts dearly and serve with them where there is timidity i pray that you would give |
[1765.62 --> 1773.30] confidence where there is pride and selfishness i pray that you give humility and lord our deep hope |
[1774.50 --> 1782.98] is that you would use all the gifts you've given to us so that we can bless our friends our neighbors our |
[1782.98 --> 1790.10] families our city and we pray that in and through all of it the name of jesus christ would be exalted |
[1791.06 --> 1793.46] we pray this in his name amen |
[1796.02 --> 1798.98] before you stand i want to say just a few words about this next song |
[1800.02 --> 1804.42] i picked the song of response we've sung it a handful of times so it might be a little bit new for you |
[1804.42 --> 1811.06] but it's called your labor is not in vain and i picked it because i know that when you serve even |
[1811.06 --> 1816.34] vocationally or serve with your spiritual gifts in the church there is joy and there is hardship |
[1817.14 --> 1821.62] there is that sense of yes this is what i've got and how i can serve and there's also deep |
[1821.62 --> 1826.10] discouragement whether it's the plan you make that falls flat whether it's the people you invite in |
[1826.10 --> 1829.94] that cancel on you at the last second whether it's this thing you thought was going to have a lot of |
[1829.94 --> 1836.58] momentum that falls dead there's a lot of discouragement that comes with serving with your gifts and this |
[1836.58 --> 1844.50] song is all about saying god sees that he knows that and he's with you so this is a song actually |
[1844.50 --> 1850.02] sung from the perspective of god and the song is called your labor is not in vain so we'll stand and |
[1850.02 --> 1859.94] sing this song of response together |
[1859.94 --> 1871.86] your labor is |
[1871.86 --> 1883.62] as |
[1885.78 --> 1887.78] oh |
[1892.58 --> 1893.86] so |
[1893.86 --> 1897.68] Your labor is not unknown |
[1897.68 --> 1903.26] Though the rocks may cry out |
[1903.26 --> 1906.80] And the sea it may go |
[1906.80 --> 1910.32] The place of your throne |
[1910.32 --> 1913.88] May not seem like a home |
[1913.88 --> 1919.06] Your labor is not unknown |
[1919.06 --> 1923.84] For I am with you |
[1923.84 --> 1927.44] I am with you |
[1927.44 --> 1931.00] I am with you |
[1931.00 --> 1934.52] I am with you |
[1934.52 --> 1937.70] For I have called you |
[1937.70 --> 1941.54] Called you by name |
[1941.54 --> 1947.18] Your labor is not unknown |
[1947.18 --> 1953.14] The vineyard you plant |
[1953.14 --> 1955.10] Will bear fruit |
[1955.10 --> 1960.18] The field will sing out |
[1960.18 --> 1963.84] And rejoice with the truth |
[1963.84 --> 1967.24] For all that is old |
[1967.24 --> 1970.82] Will at last be made through |
[1970.82 --> 1974.38] The vineyard you plant |
[1974.38 --> 1976.38] Will bear fruit |
[1976.38 --> 1980.34] I am with you |
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