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[454.82 --> 455.64] Where's my phone?
[456.14 --> 456.54] Do they,
[456.66 --> 457.46] I need a charger,
[457.56 --> 457.72] right,
[457.78 --> 457.98] Jesus?
[458.18 --> 458.32] Right?
[458.36 --> 458.54] I mean,
[458.58 --> 458.72] you know,
[458.76 --> 460.96] all these things that we would think we would need.
[460.96 --> 462.86] And Jesus is saying,
[463.00 --> 463.28] nothing.
[464.84 --> 465.24] Nothing.
[465.52 --> 465.70] Me.
[466.50 --> 467.40] That's all you need.
[467.52 --> 468.28] Nothing else.
[468.98 --> 470.04] Whatever you think you,
[470.04 --> 470.88] you imagine you need,
[470.92 --> 471.24] you don't.
[471.52 --> 475.10] And Jesus' mission order makes us realize that we're often asking the wrong questions.
[475.22 --> 476.50] Nothing wrong with preparation.
[476.90 --> 478.90] But Jesus is trying to get them to see something.
[479.32 --> 480.58] It's not what you need,
[480.64 --> 484.00] it's who you need on this mission adventure.
[484.00 --> 484.12] Scripture.
[488.22 --> 489.10] Hebrews 12,
[489.54 --> 490.84] one of my favorite passages,
[492.08 --> 493.36] kind of says it this way.
[496.28 --> 496.98] It says,
[499.46 --> 501.98] it says,
[502.10 --> 503.76] keep your eyes focused on Jesus.
[504.56 --> 504.84] Right?
[505.04 --> 507.38] We're surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
[507.94 --> 512.28] and so let's throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.
[512.28 --> 513.96] Let us run the race with perseverance,
[514.10 --> 515.62] the race marked out for us.
[516.30 --> 517.12] And then now here,
[517.30 --> 520.28] fixing our eyes on Jesus.
[522.04 --> 522.92] Who did what?
[523.08 --> 523.60] The pioneer,
[523.74 --> 524.62] the perfecter of our faith.
[524.84 --> 525.40] And here we go.
[525.66 --> 527.68] For the joy set before him,
[527.74 --> 528.96] he endured the cross,
[529.08 --> 529.96] scorning it shame,
[530.26 --> 532.88] and sat down at the right hand of God,
[532.92 --> 533.24] the Father,
[533.44 --> 534.36] of God's throne.
[536.86 --> 539.14] Keep your eyes on Jesus.
[540.08 --> 542.18] That's kind of what Jesus is getting them to do.
[542.62 --> 543.92] You're going with nothing.
[544.26 --> 545.18] Now keep your eyes on Jesus.
[545.60 --> 547.16] And they're sent out two by two.
[547.34 --> 551.22] This is a community project.
[552.02 --> 553.60] You're not sent out alone.
[553.78 --> 555.76] You need to stay focused on Jesus,
[555.98 --> 558.90] and you'll need one another to stay focused on Jesus.
[559.52 --> 560.84] You'll need that for encouragement.
[561.22 --> 562.82] No one should go it alone.
[563.54 --> 565.36] We rely on one another.
[565.36 --> 568.52] That's why we gather together.
[568.68 --> 569.94] That's why each Sunday,
[570.42 --> 572.02] we send you out.
[572.38 --> 572.64] We.
[573.02 --> 573.38] We.
[574.46 --> 575.64] It's not a me thing.
[575.70 --> 576.36] It's a we thing.
[577.72 --> 579.64] We remind one another
[579.64 --> 580.94] to keep our eyes on Jesus
[580.94 --> 583.18] because it's so easy to get distracted.
[583.86 --> 585.12] And too often in our culture,
[585.30 --> 587.70] we make faith an individualistic matter.
[587.70 --> 588.60] Well, that, you know,
[588.66 --> 589.62] that's my faith.
[589.70 --> 591.28] No, this is our faith.
[592.88 --> 594.60] This is our faith.
[595.50 --> 596.62] We're in this together.
[596.62 --> 601.04] And Jesus is honest about the mission.
[602.24 --> 604.40] Yeah, there's wolves out there.
[604.76 --> 605.54] There's opposition.
[605.78 --> 606.48] There's distractions.
[606.70 --> 607.48] There's hostility.
[608.04 --> 610.20] And sometimes all you can do is try,
[610.36 --> 611.94] and you try to share the gospel,
[612.20 --> 613.30] and then you walk away
[613.30 --> 614.48] because they don't want to hear it,
[614.58 --> 615.70] and you shake the dust off.
[615.74 --> 617.16] You say, okay, that's the end of that one.
[617.62 --> 620.32] But other times you're heard,
[620.54 --> 621.62] and somehow you hear the hospitality.
[622.42 --> 623.64] Have the meals together.
[624.14 --> 625.46] Hang out with each other.
[625.46 --> 627.90] With those who don't know Jesus.
[628.98 --> 630.16] Have some food.
[630.30 --> 631.68] Have some conversations.
[633.60 --> 634.60] But sometimes,
[635.20 --> 638.38] sometimes you're confronted with genuine evil.
[640.52 --> 643.76] And God's power in us
[643.76 --> 647.42] is there to overcome that evil.
[648.84 --> 653.36] And we read in verse 17 through 20.
[653.62 --> 654.86] Let me read it to you once more.