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0:00 Favor Worship Team auditions are open. If you're a vocalist or musician, we'd love to invite you to be part of what God is building through our worship team. Before signing up, make sure you are actively part of a connect group, have completed Favor DNA, have read, prayed through and signed our lifestyle guidelines, and are open to serving both on stage and behind the scenes. If that's you, pray about it and take the next step. at the link on the screen. Audition dates will be shared after you RSVP. See you there! Hey fam, let's get ready to worship God because He deserves all our worship. He
0:47 deserves our full attention and He deserves all our praise. So let's set the atmosphere right now wherever we are. It's at the atmosphere right now, wherever we are, and let's get ready to worship God. All creation echoes of this phrase Oh, how worthy, how worthy is our God He is hope, He is life, He is faithful all
1:35 the time He is good, He is God, and His word will not be stopped Every hour of every day, He answers the highest praise He deserves the highest praise, oh how worthy, how worthy is our God. Oh, how... All our words still fail to capture, the wonders of His majesty. Still He's honored when we simply sing Oh how worthy, how worthy is our God
2:28 He is hope, He is life, He is faithful all the time He is good, He is God, and His word will not be stopped Every hour of every day He deserves the highest praise Oh, how worthy, how worthy is our God He is hope, He is life He is faithful all the time He is God, He is God And His Word will not be stopped He's stopped, so every hour, every day, He deserves the highest praise, oh how
3:15 worthy, how worthy is our God, oh how worthy, oh how worthy, oh how great So every hour of every day How great is His name, and forever He will reign. Oh, how deep, oh, how wide is the love of Jesus Christ.
4:04 and forever He will reign Oh, how deep, oh, how wide Is the love of Jesus Christ Oh, how great is His name In His name and forever He will reign Oh how deep, oh how wide Is the love of Jesus Christ He is hope, He is life, He is faithful all the
4:54 time He is good, he is God, and his word will not be stopped. He is God, He is God Every hour of every day, he deserves the highest praise. Oh, how worthy, how worthy is our God. Oh, how great is his name. And forever he will reign. oh how deep, oh how wide, is the love of Jesus Christ. Oh how great,
5:42 is His name, oh how great, how great He will reign, oh how great. You are worthy, oh how deep, oh how wide is the love of Jesus Christ. How deep, how wide, how deep, how wide is your love. So you are worthy, oh how deep, oh how deep, oh how deep, oh where's the love of Jesus Christ. So you are worthy, you are holy, you are holy, your name is holy, your name
6:28 is mighty, your name is powerful. Your name is the highest, your name is the greatest. It's the highest, your name is the greatest, your name stands above them all. thrones and dominions, all powers and positions, your name stands above them all. Your name is the highest, your name is the greatest, your name stands above them all.
7:19 throes and dominions, all powers and positions, your name stands above them all. Jesus, your name is the highest, your name is the greatest, your name stands above them all. It's the greatest, your name, stands above them all. Our bubbled rules and dominions, all powers and positions, your name, stands above them all. And the angels cry, holy, all creation cries. Christ, you are holy,
8:08 you are lifted high, holy, holy forever, hear your people's sin, hear your people's sin, holy, to the King of kings, holy, you are lifted high, holy,
8:57 Holy, you are lifted high. Holy, holy forever. Hear people sing, hear people sing. Holy, to the King of kings. Holy, you will always be. holy, holy forever. You will always be, holy, holy forever.
9:46 You will always be, you will always be, holy forever. You will always be holy, holy forever Always holy, you are always holy, Jesus Always and forever holy, Lord We thank you, Lord, we thank you, Lord, for who you are We thank you for your presence in this place right here right now lord we just acknowledge your mighty presence we acknowledge Right here, right now, Lord, we just acknowledge your might your mighty name lord and we exalt you lord in whatever it is that we are going through lord we just we exalt you and we magnify you in every single part of our lives lord right here right
10:34 now lord let us not miss out lord on what you are doing in this place lord we thank you lord we thank you for your presence filling this room filling this space filling our hearts in every single person's hearts right here. so right now alert as we So right now, Lord, as we gather, Lord, as one family, Lord, as we gather and disconnect, Lord, we pray, Lord, for your presence to move. We pray, Lord, for your presence to reign above every other situation that we are going through. So we praise you, Lord. We praise you. We worship you. We praise you. We worship you. We praise you. All of this, Lord, we lift up to you. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen.
11:24 Hey, what's up, baby men? Welcome to our All Men's Connect. It's so nice to have you here. Can you thank all your Connect leaders for making this happen? We love you so much, all the leaders in the house. Well, if you haven't met yet, my name is Albie and I am so excited to be here and sharing this message to you. I'm so excited to be here and sharing this message to you guys. So over the last two weeks, we're in the series called Made for More. So we've been talking about what it means to be actually made for more. Week one, we've talked about being planted. Week two, we've talked about carrying your part. So today is the next step because we're not just planted so we can grow. We're not just carrying stuff or just serving just to serve. But today we are sent so others can know about Jesus. So the title of this
12:13 message But today we are sent so others can... today is Faith Beyond the Box. So I'm going to read one of the famous sending verses in the Bible found in Matthew chapter 28 verse 19 to 20. Ready? Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. to obey everything I have committed. Surely I am with you always and to the very end of the age. This is, I don't know how many times I've heard or read this verse, but this is just like fascinating to know that Jesus himself is very straightforward, that our faith, the gospel, should not supposed to stay within us alone. Jesus did not give this command to just the pastors or just the
13:03 leaders. or just the missionaries. He gave this command to every follower. Come on, shake the person next to you and just tell them he gave it to you and me. So I have three thoughts here. Point number one, faith was never meant to stay in one box. So Acts chapter 1 verse 8 says here, But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you. and you will be away with us in jerusalem and all judea samaria and to the ends of the earth And you will be away with us in Jerusalem and all today. notice here in this verse jesus starts in jerusalem not somewhere far far away right away like chargau or buracay or i don't know what's the amanpolo you know he could have started somewhere far and be the wow he's a hero
13:51 but maybe let's start just like it speaks to us maybe let's start speak to us maybe let's start with the people closest to us maybe it's our family your neighbor with the people closest to us maybe it's our family that you always bump into the elevator maybe our workplace your your gym your campus your classmates your friends many of us sincerely love god there's no doubt you the person next to you left and right we all love god that's why we're in church that's why in connect group but you know what we worship we serve we attend connect group but sometimes our faith that's our problem our faith stay inside us stayed in stays in our inner circle like we have this like bubble of like oh this is like our click our faith click no not because we're ashamed of jesus we don't want to share sometimes we don't share our faith because
14:39 not because you know we're afraid that people would kill us or people would shut us when we share the name of jesus in the philippines especially in the context of the With the Philippines, that's not the case. but sometimes we're so afraid to share our faith because we're afraid of awkwardness or maybe fear of rejection or maybe misunderstanding or people would feel that we're a bit of on the weird side, right? But here, Jesus didn't say, be my witness only inside the church or only inside their connect group. But he says, wherever life takes you, whether you go to your school, whether you go to your workplace, whether you go even to the gym or even abroad, whether you go even to the gym or... it is, he said it, that we should bring the gospel wherever life takes us. So being
15:26 a witness doesn't mean forcing conversation, doesn't mean being a weirdo, or doesn't mean you're like, how are you, brother? Jesus has died for you and for your sins. Come on, accept him as your Lord and Savior. No, it doesn't mean to be like that. It means allowing Jesus to naturally become part of your everyday life. people see jesus in every actions that we make in our behavior and People see Jesus in every action. how we deal with things i hope and i pray that people see jesus in everything that we do so question here is but where has your faith stayed inside the box where has your faith stayed inside the box and then point number two courage starts with one step three steps no courage starts with one faithful step.
16:13 Romans chapter 10 verse 14 says here, How can they call on the one they have not believed in? How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? How can your friends, family, workmates, classmates can hear without someone preaching to them? You and me, us, we are the church. sometimes can be boxed in a building. The church sometimes can be, you know, boxed in a building, in a service, or in a program. No, but the church is you and me. If you have Jesus in your life and in your heart, we are the church. Someone has to go first. We have to take, and we believe, and if we know that we are the church, we have to go and do the first consistent, faithful steps. So someone has to go first.
17:02 Someone has to send that first message. someone has to make that first invitation someone has to make that first invitation. first move start that conversation and maybe some of us not just to you but even to us pastors working here in church maybe god keeps bringing one particular person to our minds maybe an old friend maybe it's your family member a brother a sister or maybe why do i keep seeing this person in in in starbucks or whatever it is or maybe someone that uh you have you used to in Starbucks or wherever it is, or maybe someone that you used to be close with, but friendship drifted away. That may not be random, but God usually doesn't ask us to change someone's life overnight. Sometimes we're so, not just you, even me, sometimes I'm so pressured not to change
17:48 their life, to have a 180 degree change in their life right away. But sometimes, if not most of the time, God brings people like you and me, well like you and me based on our testimony in a journey in a process he takes us to take that one based on our testimony, in a journey, in a... step god is just asking us to take that one faithful step not a sermon not a preaching not a not a street evangelist if you're going to hell come to jesus no it's just this initiative bro how are you bro open -minded come to church with me bro do you want to grab coffee and a pickup or harlan i don't know what it is like in pick up or harlan i don't know what it is like initiate that one faithful step because you don't know what's waiting on that at the other side of your obedience okay so courage often
18:36 begins with something so simple sometimes even in our faith journey we over complicate it or sometimes you put it in the we put the responsibility to the pastors we put the responsibility to the staff we put the responsibility to grow classes no no no no We put the responsibility to grow classes. No, no, no, no. We and the people in our world has to be, it's our responsibility. And yes, the church will do its thing. Grow classes will do its thing. Connector will do its thing. But let us focus on the thing that we can control, which is ourselves. Who are the people who are in our lives? And what can we do? one faithful step so question is who is that one brother or one
19:22 man that god keeps One faithful step. So question is, who is that one? bringing to your mind when you wake up like i wish this person's life is a lot better or a lot you know like i hope that this person this guy my classmate actually knows about jesus you know when you wake up you feel like oh i have the freedom i have peace i have all of all of this fruit of the holy spirit don't keep it to yourself don't keep all the fruits to yourself but I hope our prayers are like, God, I'm...
