Summer Shorts II // Pastor Chuck Colegrove // June 29, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
What a great day to be in God's house If you're a
guest today.
Thanks for joining us.
We know you could be a lot ofplaces this morning, but we're
so glad you've decided to comehere.
You've made our day special andwe always say there is no place
like this place near this place, so this must be the place.
So good job, good job findingthe place, come on church family
.
Let's welcome our guest today.
Everybody watching online,thank you for joining us.

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They're joining us in thisregion and even around the world
.
We get shout outs from all over, so we're glad that you joined
us.
I hope all of you at home feelexactly what we feel in this
house, because there issomething special happening in
this congregation, in thisauditorium.
When we gather man, there'sjust no telling how many felt

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like you just had to race toSunday, like let me get to
Sunday.
If I could just get to Sunday,everything will be okay.
And that's definitely the way Ifelt all week.
I'm ready to preach God's word.
Are you ready to receive ittoday?
The year was 2000, and I wasUrsh and I had just moved to

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Houston, Texas, from Dallas.
We'd been living in Dallas forabout seven years and we moved
to Houston to take a role at achurch as youth pastors and it
was our second assignment infull-time ministry.
You've heard me say I was bornon Sunday in church the next
Sunday.
I didn't miss a Sunday.
That's not because I'm such agood kid, it's because my

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parents were pastors and wedidn't get to miss.
Even vacation revolved aroundchurch.
It was like we went on vacationand my dad preached somewhere
and we were in church on thatSunday, so that was our vacation
.
It doesn't make me any better.
It just really gave me a heartand a love for God's house and
for his church.
Ershana, the same, grew up inthe home of a pastor and I don't

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know, I think she probablymissed more church than me.
Who's keeping track?
So we were blessed to be raisedin homes that had just this
incredible love for the church,and so our first assignment out
of college was Dallas.
Then we moved to Houston and wegot there and it was about a

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church this size and we werecalled there to be youth pastors
.
So we arrived and we gatheredand never went to a youth
service, just went to one Sundayservice to be youth pastors.
So we arrived and we gatheredand never went to a youth
service, just went to one Sundayservice to meet the pastors
earlier that year and then, inJuly of 2000, moved to Houston
and became youth pastors andstarted working with the team

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and getting students ready.
And as fall came, we had ourfirst youth service and launched
with about 35 kids and it wasexciting service and they had
spent money before we got therein renovating their youth center
and they had ping pong tablesand pool tables and video games

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and a cafe and a lot like whatPastor Matthew does with Witness
.
And so we gathered thesestudents and all the games were
on and the pool table was readyand there were burgers frying on
the grill and students gotthere and they were like what's
all this?
We thought we're coming tochurch.
I'm like this is this is Grab ahamburger, grab a cheeseburger,

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play some video games.
And we started getting to knowthe kids that Sunday and got
their names.
And the next week a bunch ofthose kids came back and we
remembered their names.
And the next week those kidscame back and we remembered
their names again and it wasgrowing and within about the
first month we doubled the sizeof youth gathering and it was
really because we created anatmosphere that just wasn't

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about the church spiritualexperience.
We created an atmosphere wherethose kids felt a need was being
met and this year I learnedthat everyone wants to be known,
needed, empowered and released.
Known, needed, empowered andreleased and that's no secret

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formula.
But that's just when people areknown, needed, empowered and
released and that's no secretformula.
But that's just when people areknown and needed, empowered and
released, great things canhappen.
Why don't you turn to yourneighbor and just say come on,
let something good happen today,and then turn to the other one
you're sitting next to and justsay man, you look so good today.

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Husbands, I'm helping you outright there, that's a little
Teenage.
Guys, I'm giving you some helpright there.
We're in our series entitledSummer Shorts and we're taking

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just a short look at the Gospelsand we are talking about
becoming more like Jesus.
In the summer you getsun-soaked, s-u-n soaked.
I heard I said the wrong wordlast week.
Three people took notes andremembered.

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So I'm not even.
I don't even know what it isanymore.
I'm so lost.
So if you know, you know.
But we're talking about gettingsun-soaked, not just S-U-N this
summer, but S-O-N sun-soaked Atthe end of the summer people
say, wow, you look reallydifferent.
It's not just your haircut,it's not just the complexion of

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your skin, it looks like you'vebeen with Jesus.
Come on somebody.
And we're using analogy from thebook of Ezekiel and also in
Revelation.
But we have the book of Ezekielpulled up, chapter chapter one,
verse 10.
It says this their faces looklike this Each had the four one

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the face of a human being, onthe right side, each had the
face of a lion, on the left theface of an ox and also the face
of an lion On the left, the faceof an ox and also the face of
an eagle Four faces.
You look at this.
In the book of Revelation we'retalking.
It's really a picture of Jesus,giving us an example In the
spirit what he looks like.

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He was human, so he was.
You know he was.
He didn't look like me, but hewas human.
But in the spiritual world, inthe spirit realm, he represents
these four characters the faceof a lion, the face of a man,
the face of an eagle, the faceof an ox.
And we're breaking those downin this short series for you

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this summer.
Last week we talked about theface of a lion, that Jesus had
an incredible anointing, that hehad great boldness, great power
, and we talked about how to.
If we want to be like Jesus, weneed to live with an anointing
in our life.
How many know, just on my own,strength and power is not enough

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for me to accomplish what Godwants me to accomplish.
The Bible says that it is notby might, it is not by power,
but it is by my spirit, says theLord.
And so if we want to have ananointing like Jesus, we need to
lean in and seek the HolySpirit and feed on the word of
God.
Jesus wasn't just a reader ofthe word, he was the word.

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And then we have to be obedientor practice what the Holy
Spirit's asking us to do.
How many had some moments thisweek where the Holy Spirit
leaned in on you and pressed youto do something and you respond
?
It happened to me on aWednesday.
I was in a meeting and talkingwith somebody.
They shared an experience theywere having and while they were
sharing the story with me, Ifelt the Holy Spirit prompt me

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and I delivered a word, and Ibelieve there was healing power
in that word.
And listen when the Holy Spiritprompts you, you respond and
then the Holy Spirit will keepprompting you.
So that's what we learned lastweek you have to live with an
anointing in your life.
Is it loud?
Is it too loud?
Let's back it down just alittle bit.
I'm excited today, but I don'twant to hurt anybody's eardrums.

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All right, we're ready thisweek.
This week, we're looking at thesecond face and it is the face
of man.
Jesus had the face of a lion.
He was anointed, but he alsohad the face in the spirit, the
face of a man, which means hewas human.
We know Jesus was 100% God theword wrapped in flesh, dwelling

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among us, as John said, wetalked about it last week
wrapped in flesh, dwelling amongus.
We beheld his glory, full ofgrace and truth.
But Jesus was not only powerful, he was relational and truth.
But Jesus was not only powerful, he was relational.
Jesus walked in great power,but he also walked with great
relational fortitude.
A great people, person.

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The gospel of Luke is wherewe're going to camp out for a
little bit today, and Luke showsus the humanity of Jesus.
John showed us the anointingand power and boldness of Jesus,
but Luke shows us the humanityof Jesus.
John showed us the anointingand power and boldness of Jesus,
but Luke shows us the humanityof Jesus.
He shows us that he's 100% God,but he was also one of us.

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He was not just for the Jewishpeople, he was for all of us.
And in the book of Luke we seethat Jesus was born into a
family just like we were, thathe grew up in a community just
like we do, that he laughed, hewept, he celebrated, he grieved

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with people.
He was very relational.
He didn't just walk in power, hewalked in relationship.
And how did he do this?
How did he teach the word ofGod?
He taught the word by parables,parables, stories, parables.
The breakdown of that in theGreek is para means alongside,

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para means alongside, and thenso the parable is he tells
truths alongside stories.
And so Jesus teach, teaches usin stories.
He doesn't just downloadtheology Like here.
Here's the thing.
Like this is why church shouldbe enjoyed and not endured.
This is why it's okay for us tolaugh in church and have
stories that we tell in church,because Jesus used stories to

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tell about the truth of God'sword, in fact.
In fact, he didn't justdownload theology.
Some of you want to go into achurch where they teach deep,
deep, deep theology, and I don'tknow if you really want that.
It might be boring.
It might be boring, might beyou might enjoy it, but for me

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it might be boring deep.
Jesus didn't just teach deeptheology, he told stories that
we could find ourselves in.
We can find ourselves in thestory of zacchaeus, who couldn't
see over the crowd, so heclimbed up.
I've got to see Jesus and heclimbs up in a tree.
No one else would have takenthe tax collector home for lunch

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, but Jesus did.
He teaches about the paralyzedman who his friends wanted to
see him healed.
And well, I mean the crowdpressed into the house and there
was no room and his friends hadjust enough tenacity in them to
climb up on the roof and dig ahole in the roof and drop that
man down in front of Jesus so hecould be healed.

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Jesus reached the marginal andthe overlooked.
He reached the people that noone else thought should be
reached.
Aren't you thankful because hereached you and he reached me.
He was relational, not justpowerful relational.
So I want to let you know thisRelational power is not less

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than supernatural power.
It is the vehicle that thesupernatural works through.
The Holy Spirit doesn't justfall on the spectacular, it
flows through the relational.
The same hands that heal thesick are called to hold the
broken.
There is this idea and we findit in 1 Corinthians 13,.

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I'm not gonna read it all.
But power without love is noise.
But when love leads, powerlands.
Spiritual power isn'tdiminished by human connection,
it's delivered by it.
The Holy Spirit needs a personto step into a space and do the
will of God, so that we are notjust.

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We are not just in what God'sdoing, we are a part of what
God's doing.
Jesus, we know, prayed a lot.
He prayed a lot.
You read through the Gospels.
He got away to pray privately.
He prayed in front of people.
He was always praying.
That's why Pastor Matthew saidprayer is our first response,

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not our last resort, because wemust be people of prayer.
Jesus prayed a lot.
He prayed before big decisions.
He prayed before healing thesick.
He prayed before choosing hisdisciples.
But he didn't just pray, healso connected with people where
they were at.
He helped people who listen.

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They knew they wanted to beknown and needed and empowered
and released.
And that's what Jesus did.
And what do we run into in ourcommunity?
We want all the power, but wedon't want any of the patience
with people.
Give me the power, but don'tput me around people.
Well, guess what?
You're not gonna have any power, because there won't be any
power without the people.
The Bible says in Galatians5.13, when we serve one another,

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the love we've been given isnot for ourself, but when we
give it out.
That's how true freedom grows.
That's how power grows.
Anointing flows throughrelationship.
Matter of fact.
Where's Mia?
Oh, I'll be right back.
I've got something I want toshare with you, mia, in just a
minute.
Let me keep going.

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So he walked in anointingbecause he stayed in communion
with the Father, but he also wasclose to people where they were
at.
Do you want a powerful ministry?
You want a powerful influencein this world.
You want to be a powerfulperson in your workplace, a
powerful dad in your home, apowerful mom in your home, a

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powerful student in your school.
You got to pray a lot we talkedabout last week.
You got to be anointed.
There has to be an anointing inyour life, but you also have to
love people deeply.
That's why the values of thischurch is we love God and it
shows in our worship.
Listen, when the worship starts, cancel everything else, put

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the phone down.
Just let it be for you, onlyfor the glory of your name.
Like, we love to worshipbecause we love God, but listen,
the other value is we lovepeople.
You know it's tied to the newTestament commandment that you
love the Lord, god, with allyour heart, your soul, your mind
and your strength.

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But the second is this with allyour heart, your soul, your
mind and your strength.
But the second is this Loveyour neighbor as yourself,
equally as important as lovingGod.
So you gotta pray a lot, butyou gotta love deeply, because
anointing flows best where lovegrows most.
All right, so you ready tolearn how to love and live and

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lead like Jesus.
Number one see people as theycan be, not just as they are.
See people as they can be, notjust as they are.
Listen, being good with peopleisn't just a good personality

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trait, it's a spiritualdiscipline.
I told you about our values.
We love God, we love people,some of us.
In life you're called to justlive in the space of being
really good with people, andthere's something powerful about

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when you remember a name.
In fact, let me give you thislittle tip If you say you're bad
with names, you'll always bebad with names.
But if you'll start practicingthe idea of I'm good with names,
I'm good with names I'mactually very good with names
and you start telling yourselfthat and then when you meet
somebody, say their name severaltimes, identify their name with

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something that matches withtheir name and the last name,
and the next time you see them,it is likely that you'll
remember their name and if youdon't recall, ask again hey,
listen, I know I should knowyour name.
I'm very good with namesusually, but I need to know your
name again and then the nexttime you see him, you'll know
their name.
Just a little help to be a goodpeople person, because we all

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want to live in the power, butwe also need to be good with
people people Not manipulative,not fake, just genuinely good
with people.
When we visited Oak Park in 2011, there was no free church.

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There was no building.
There was a dream in our heartto plant a church that would
represent the community.
We were going to A dream thatwe would plant a church that
would honor God and lift hisname up and represent heaven on
earth, all of those things.
And when we were walking thestreets, we found that people
were genuinely interested inwhat we were saying.
I was at a graduation partyyesterday and somebody asked me
what made you pick Oak Park?
And I said exactly, let me tellyou what I think it was when we

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would talk to people andexplain to them the kind of
church we were dreaming about, achurch that looks and sounds
and feels like this.
By the way, to God be the glory, it's worked out over the years
, probably not because of me andher, but because of what God's
doing and because of all of you.
But I said, I said what.
What we found was we would tellpeople about the church we

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dreamed about and they would saythat church doesn't exist here.
Over and over again, when wewent to Dallas, when we went to
new Orleans, when we visited acouple of other cities that we
just like one city, we drove inand we drove right back out, we
were like that is not the city.
Urge was like don't even stop,don't even open the door.

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I was like, okay, we're gonnadrive on from that city.
I'm not gonna tell you whatcity it was.
Maybe, maybe I'm gonna take anoffering to see if I'm gonna
tell that I'm joking.
I'm joking, but everywhere elsewe went people are like, oh

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yeah, that church just met herelast week.
They were in this building lastweek, not Oak Park, and thanks
be to God, cause man, I'm soglad we picked here and God led
us here so we could get to meetyou.
But you have to see people asthey could be, not just as they
are.
Jesus saw.

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He called fishermen, but he sawworld changers.
He called a tax collector, buthe saw a gospel writer.
He called a hothead named Simonwho had a big mouth.
He called that one, but he sawPeter, a rock, a pillar of the

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church.
If we can see people as theycould be, as God sees them, how
much would we treat themdifferently?
I don't know if you're my ageor around my age.
You might remember this songwhat If God Was One of Us, just
a guy like one of us, just astranger on a bus trying to find

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his way home?
If we saw people the way theycould be, the way God sees them,
we wouldn't marginalize thepeople around us.
That's another message.
So, number one see people asthey could be.
Number two it's always thesinging, by the way, when I sing
it like shuts down, like shutsit down, I'm done singing Back

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to you.
So see them as they could be.
Number two say what you see, bean encourager.
You want to be good with people.
Number one see people as theycould be.
Number two be an encourager.
Be an encourager.
If you read Paul's writings,through the epistles Paul writes

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, and you always see Paulshouting out hey, hey, good job,
hey, good job Lydia, hey,timothy, you're doing great, hey
, well done.
Tell everybody we said hello,greet everybody with a kiss,
like he's always giving theseshout outs to people.
He's like I'm gonna encourageher, I'm gonna encourage her,
I'm gonna help you, I'm gonnaencourage her, I'm gonna lift
you up.
Encouragement isn't just afiller, it is fuel.

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I have a little folder by.
I have a little folder, by theway, it's called Fuel for what I
do, and when you open it up,it's just a collection of notes
and cards that people have sentme over the years, that have
encouraged me and have told mesomething I said helped them out
, or something I did was ablessing to them, or something

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that's happened in their life asa result of what's been
happening in church life and Ihave this folder that says fuel,
because on most days I get allthe other kind of emails you
preach too long, you preach tooloud, music is too loud, church
is too hot, church is too cold.
What if we did this?
What if we stopped doing that?
Yeah, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop,bop.

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Not from any of you, obviously,because you're in church on
summer Not from any of you.
But typically I don't get thatmany encouraging notes, so when
I get one, I hold on to it forfuel for later, so that when I
get one of the bad notes, Iremember how good the
encouraging note felt, becauseit's not filler, it's fuel.

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And when you begin to say whatyou see, don't just compliment
them, speak to their calling anddon't just praise them,
prophesy over their life, seewhat God sees and say what God
says about their life.
In fact, that's where I wannapause, mia, as you were leading

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right here.
I'm sitting right here whereyou were leading.
We've watched you grow up,praise God for the day your mom
and dad found free church andbrought you into this house, and
I know it's been your desire tobe used by God in worship and I
felt to tell you this that lastweek you were in an environment

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with thousands of people, inone of the very best worship
environments that there is, andit's one of the very best
worship environments that thereis and I want you to know maybe
you did or maybe you didn't, butI want you to know a mantle was
passed down on you to leadpowerfully.

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And I want to encourage you toget a journal, if you don't
already have one, buy yourbedside or with you at all times
, Because I believe the HolySpirit is going to begin to
download worship songs into yourspirit that you're going to be
in the right songs.
Look, and if you will keep theposture of all of this for the

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honor of your name, Let my lifetell the story, let it be for
your.
If that will be your posture,the Holy Spirit wants to direct
you and guide you and put songsthrough you that will change
this, this atmosphere, that willchange your generation.
Listen, I'm not just trying toencourage you.
I am speaking to the calling ofGod on your life.

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If you'll honor that callingand you'll submit to, to the
calling of God on your life, ifyou'll, if you'll honor that
calling and you'll submit towhat God wants to do in your
life.
It might be difficult at times.
People might point fingers andsay, why are you doing all that?
But if you'll persevere, godhas something in store for you.
Can you receive that?
Speak to their calling.

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There's actually a study that'sbeen done.
It's called the PygmalionPrinciple and I could best
relate it through this story.
And there was this teacher.
She was very distinguished,very distinguished teacher and
in her later years she shestepped back and just began to
substitute.
She had taught at every level,had been a renowned teacher,

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known, awarded, celebrated butbegan to be a teach in just as
as a substitute role in herlater years.
And she got a call one morningto go to a very tough high
school and she walked in andwhen she walked into the

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teacher's lounge, up on theboard it showed what class she
was to report to and it said theroom number.
And then it just said in thehandwritten cursive challenging
class.
And so she got in there and shethought I'm so excited, I get a
challenging class.
I love to challenge studentsand they're used to being
challenged and so I'm going toteach them like a college class
and this class actually was aclass of near dropouts, kids

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that were failing miserably,kids that have just been kind of
put into a room and thought wedon't know what to do with them,
we'll just put them in thisclassroom.
And they couldn't keep ateacher.
And finally the substitute showsup.
She's walking in, thinking thechallenging class is they love
to be challenged, so she teachesthem.
She says I understand this ishow she starts the first class.
She says I understand you'resome of the top learners in this

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class.
I understand that all the otherclasses look up to this
classroom.
I understand that you aregreater than the population of
this class, of this school.
So I'm going to teach you likeI taught taught my last college
class and in a week, in a coupleof weeks, three weeks, these,
these kids were makingincredible leaps and bounds.
They love school.

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They were performing well andafter about three or four weeks
she got back into the teacher'slounge and one of the teachers
said what on earth are you doingin there?
And she said I'm just man.
I love this challenging class.
They are accepting thechallenge.
They are so good at beingchallenged Wow, I can't believe
I get to teach this class.
And the teacher said you knowthat those were all dropout,

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near failing, near dropout, thekids that were in so much
trouble, just put into oneclassroom and we didn't know
what to do with them.
She said what I thought theywere the challenging.
Like, challenge the class, like, give them your best, like, no,
no, that's the kid.
No, that's the other room,that's this room.
She said well, guess what?
Now they're all the best kidson campus.

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Listen, that is the principle,is the Pygmalion principle, that
people will become what youbelieve about them, whether
spoken or perceived.
That's why you got to seepeople as they can be and then
speak over them.
Speak it, don't be afraid tospeak it.
Listen in scripture not in thebook of Luke, but in the book of

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Matthew two times God, theFather, speaks over Jesus, his
son, two times and he says thesame exact thing both times,
when Jesus is baptized by Johnand then at the mountain of
transfiguration.
Two times God speaks over Jesus.
You know what he says.
He first says this is my son.

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He speaks an awareness and anidentity over his son, in whom I
love.
He speaks the affection he hasfor his son, and then he says in
whom I'm well pleased.
He speaks, the affirmation ofhis son.
He speaks to the awareness andidentity, his affection and his

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affirmation.
Parents, you want to be a greatparent.
Don't let everybody else labelyour children.
You speak to their, theiridentity.
You speak to let them know youare my son, in whom I'm well
pleased.
You are my daughter, in whomI'm what you speak to, who they
are.
Don't let anybody else identifythem.

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You have the responsibility.
Teachers, young leaders, youngadult leaders, youth.
You speak over our kids totheir identity and awareness of
who God's called them to be.
Then show them how much youlove them.
You know what Kids know, howmuch we love them by, not just

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by what we say, it's by how muchtime we spend with them and
then affirm them you're my son,in whom I'm well pleased.
Parents, if we would do this onthe regular, listen it would
change our homes, it wouldchange our schools, it would
change our communities.

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Why?
Because everybody, everybodywants to know Jesus was getting
the model.
The model was given to us byGod, the Father.
That that's how to best releasesomebody into what they're
called to is to help them withtheir identity, show them how
much you love them, theaffection, and then affirm what
they're doing.
That was extra.

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Then the last one is this sosee them as they can be, say
what you see and then developthem, disciple them.
And discipleship happens in thecontext of relationship.
Me preaching to you is notdiscipleship.

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It's not Because I don't knowif you're going to do anything
with what I say.
But in relationship I can askyou hey, how's it going?
Hey, how are you doing as ahusband?
Hey, how are you doing as a dad?
Hey, how are you doing as ayoung man?
Hey, how are you followingGod's leading?
What are you doing right nowthat God's showing you what to

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do?
What are you following God'sleading?
Where are you sitting?
What are you doing right nowthat God's showing you what to
do?
What are you responding?
What are you watching most inyour life right now?
Like, I can disciple you, butthrough relationship I can't
disciple you from here, andthat's why we need small groups.
Small groups help us todisciple at a greater pace,

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because discipleship happens inthe context of relationship.
Jesus didn't just say follow meand just take off walking way
out in front.
Oh, by the way, if you want toknow if you're a leader, if
you're on a walk and you lookback and nobody's following you.
You're not a leader.
You gotta have people followingyou.
You know how you get people youdisciple, you disciple.

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So Jesus called them, saidfollow me.
But then he spent a lot of timewith them.
He walked with them, he taughtthem, corrected them and then he
released them.
You don't just build a crowd,you build people.

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That's been our heart.
If we can just build people,god will build his church.
That's why I love it when wehave young people up here
leading in worship.
Sammy, where you at, Sammy, oh,up here leading them worship.
Sammy, where you at, sammy, oh,sitting in the front row.
How you know, you got a greatchurch.

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You got a center section fullof young people.
That's how you know.
Sammy, I thought about thiswhile you were leading in
worship and, man, I thoughtabout this you are so steady and
I want you to just not bediscouraged by the pace that

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you're on right now.
But I had this thought Remember, when you first started singing
, we used to tell you, like, putthe microphone right in your
and you gotta sing out.
You gotta sing loud, silent,sammy that's not what they
called you, I just made that up.
But listen, this is my thoughtfor you.

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If you'll, if I believe, ifyou'll keep to model the silent
time that you have with God, thealone time, the private time
you have with God, wheneverybody else is like swiping
left and right and up and downand like paying attention to

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everything on media if you'llinvest the quiet time silent,
sammy it's not because you'reafraid to speak, it's because
God's got a special place foryou.
And if you invest that quiettime, that what happens here is
gonna be strong Sammy, strengthSammy, sound Sammy.
And I just wanna tell you, likeI've watched you grow up and

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and and I know, I know that youhave a call of God on your life
and I just want you to investyour time privately, make that a
priority.
And as you make that a priority, god's going to elevate what
you're doing in all the otherarenas.
In fact, I think I don't wannaput any pressure on you.

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How well do you know Spanish?
Are you learning Spanish?
Do you know Spanish?
Do your parents speak Spanishto you?
Parents not enough.
No judgment.
No judgment, because I onlyknow like taco and burrito and

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quesadilla.
Listen, you need to startlearning, because I think I want
to speak that over you, that Isee you in arenas, in
congregations, in atmospheres,through this church where you're

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leading in Spanish.
You got some work to do.
Silent Sammy, the silent timeis your time to invest for what
God's about to do in your life.
Amen.