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Happy Sunday, Southeast family. Happy August. Uh  can you believe that we are here already? We are   heading towards the fall. Uh my name is Derek.  I'm our online campus pastor here at Southeast.   And I wanted to make you aware of two things we  have coming up this fall that we would love for   you to be a part of. Uh the first one is that we  have an online large group on Zoom with our senior   pastor Kyle Idleman on August 20th at 7:30m. Would  love for you to show up, meet some people online   in the Zoom call, but more importantly hear from  our senior pastor. Uh second thing, for those of   you that are in our online groups that maybe have  been connecting with this broadcast over the years   or maybe just for the past few weeks, we would  love to invite you into Louisville to our Blanket   Maker campus where I'm standing right now. uh for  our SE online homecoming event the 9th through   the 11th of October uh where it's a weekendl long  event where we get to hang out uh get to know one   another continue to build our online community but  we get to do it in person um so we hope that you   guys will be a part of that we'll have free food  we'll have opportunities to spend time with one   another and to worship as an online family and so  we hope that you will make it a priority October   9th through the 11th to be here for SE online  homecoming y'all but for Today we are going to   continue our sermon series called the unexpected  leader talking about the life of Moses. So I'm   going to kick it back inside where you're going to  hear from Lucas and Tia Dere. Well, hey SC online  

family. Man, what a great day to be in church.  Uh my name is Lucas Dere. If we haven't met yet,   I get to serve as the Blanket Baker campus pastor  here. Uh, and again, it is a beautiful day,   but I have someone even more beautiful with me, my  wife, Tia, who's expecting, by the way, this got a   little baby girl coming. Welcome, Tia. Yeah. Well,  Etsy online family, we are so excited to be with   you today. Whether this is your first time joining  us or maybe you've been with us a hundred times,   we want to get to know you. We want to connect  with you. It's really simple to do that. You can   text the word connect to 733733. So someone from  our team can reach out to you this week. We can   help you um get plugged in, find out more about  the church, what we have going on. Uh one of the   things we would love to do is be able to pray with  you. And so um text that word connect this week   and someone from our team will reach out to you.  Yeah, that's good. You know, another way to get   connected is uh what we call groups. And we just  believe that life is done better together. And so   uh T and I have been in so many groups. So, I  remember when we first moved here to Louisville,   we joined a group and those people are just like  family. And so, we just want to encourage you   uh to join a group today. Uh you can do that  by texting groups to 733733. Uh we would love   for you to join a group as they kick off over the  next few weeks. Yeah, absolutely. Uh well, another   really exciting thing going on here at church is  we have our full force meal pack coming up. Uh,  

and what that is is we together as one church are  going to pack two million million with an M. Um,   and and so the the really sweet thing about  that is anybody can join. You know, I know we   have four-year-old twins. They are going to be  helping to pack meals. Jumping right in. Yeah,   absolutely. And so anyone can do this. If you've  never served before, this is a great opportunity   to jump in. These meals are going to serve our  local communities. Um, they're also going to serve   international communities. And so we would love  for you to be a part of that. Invite a friend,   a neighbor, a co-orker. If you want more  information about our full force meal pack,   you can text full force to 733733 for information.  And if you're ready to go ahead and register for   the event. Um, well, sorry. Another great thing  we have today is that we aren't the only ones   here for SE online. Bryson is actually live with  us in Franklin. Bryson, how is your morning going,   guys? It's great. Welcome to the South. It's a  beautiful morning here in Middle Tennessee. I   know there's a ton going on at Southeast that  we just talked about. Lucas, it's been fun   collaborating with you on this unexpected leader  series. Last week, we had a great kickoff and I'm   pumped to hear you this week. Yeah. So, week two,  we're excited because we're going to be in Exodus   chapter 2, but then kind of bleeding into Exodus  uh chapter 3. And really kind of the big idea that   we're going to be talking about is that often  times when we talk about calling or what God  

uh is is doing in your life and what he's leading  you to to impact, I think that sometimes we can   think of it in terms of like a burning bush moment  like like we think of it as this suddenly moment.   But I think what we're going to be encouraged  by today as we look at the life of Moses is that   uh what God does through Moses's life really  starts more ordinary than extraordinary. And   so that's good news uh for you and I. Uh and  so I'm excited to jump into the text today,   Bryson. Yeah. Yeah. Honestly, and we explored this  a little bit last week, too. Just that idea of God   working powerfully through the ordinary. Like  those are truths that so many of us need to be   reminded of. So, I can't wait to dive in. Yeah.  Well, family, it is going to be a great morning   of worship. Make sure you stick around after our  service because Bryson is going to be back. He's   going to be live digging a little deeper into the  sermon, letting you know what's going on down in   Franklin. Um, but for right now, we are going to  head into worship. And so, we'll see you after.

Come ready to praise today, church. Come on. Oh, I'm really grateful, God. There was no way until you made  one and grace upon grace. Hallelu. Even though I don't deserve it, you did it.   And even though I couldn't earn it, you give it.  Come on, you sing. Who am I that you keep me on   your mind? God, I'm just grateful for you.  God, I'm just grateful for you. All my life   you've been right here by my side. God, I'm just  grateful for you. God, I'm just grateful for you.

Be holy, holy, I give you glory for only you. Even I don't  deserve it. You did. Yes, you did. Even you can't you keep me on your mind. I'm just  grateful for you. I'm just grateful   for you. All my life you be right here by  my side. Just grateful for you. just feel that you keep me on your mind. I'm just  grateful for you. I'm really grateful. Yeah.

right here by really grateful for you. Every minute, every hour, you never left my side. Rise. I'm lifting both of my hands cuz you gave me  chance after chance. Come on. That's true. You see I'm giving all you give me chance after my chance after I give you all you feel you just keep me on your mindful I'm  really grateful I'm really grateful I can't see. Who am I? Who am I? You  keep me on your mind. Every day, every

single Just for you. Yeah, I'm all right.  If they say I'm on my mind, John,   I'm just grateful for you.  God, I'm just grateful for you. Yes, God will break that we can build our lives on you. Want to do.  Come on, let's sing. Christ is my firm foundation.

The rock on which I stand.  Everything around me is shaken. I've never been more glad. And I put my faith in   Jesus cuz he's never let me down.  He's faithful through generations. So why would he fail now? He won't. We serve  a mighty God and he won't fail. Amen. I've   still got joy in chaos. We've got peace.  I've got peace. That makes no sense. So I   won't be going under. Oh, I'm not held by my  own strength. Cuz I built my life on Jesus,   the cornerstone. And he's never let me  down. He's faithful in every season.

So why would he fail? Now we  declare he won't. He's never   fail. He never will. And he won't. No, you won't. We see you won't fail. Christ is my firm foundation. He's the rock on which I stand. When  everything around me is shaking, he's mine.   I've never been more glad that I put my faith  in Jesus my savior. He's never let me down. So why would he?

I believe he's going to win. You won't  fail. You won't fail. No, you won't fail. I'm a living witness of his victory. Little miracles all around showing  his faithfulness. Thank you, Jesus. We came through. Thank you God when you res I'm going to make it.

I'm going to make it standing strong on Jesus. I'm going to make it through cuz my house is built  on you. Christ is my foundation. I run the rock. Everything around me is never Jesus. I believe he's going to win.

He's victorious. We see you. God is Hallelujah. Let's have a shot. We long a thousand generations falling down in  worship. Sing the song of ages to the land. All have gone before us and all who  will believe sing the song of ages   to the name. Come on, declare his name  the highest. Your name is the highest.

Above all thrones and domin your name stands above and the angels cry. Holy creation. You say holy. You were  lifted high. Holy. You're holy forever. If you've been forgiven, if you've been  redeemed, sing the song forever to. And if you walk in freedom and if you  bear his name and sing the song forever   to the Lamb. Come on, church. We'll sing the  song forever and shout it in the angels cry all creation cries you

forever. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. You're holy forever. Sing your name. Your name is the  highest. Your name is the greatest.   Your name stands above them all.  You lift him up and say above all th Your name is the highest. Your name  is the greatest. Your name for about a million shel

Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Come on, give him praise. Amen. Well, hey, my name is Lucas Cereze. If we  haven't met yet, I have the privilege to   serve as the blanket maker campus pastor. Uh we  are continuing in a series uh where we're looking   at an unexpected leader in scripture named Moses.  Last week we talked about how God often develops   our faith through seasons of waiting, through  seasons of testing and trust. And this week,   we're going to continue discovering how God uses  unexpected leaders to do extraordinary things in   his kingdom. You know, a number of years ago, I  went on a camping trip. At one of the campsites,  

there was this tree where someone had carved the  face of Moses into it. I think we've got a picture   of it here. Uh the carving was etched into this  giant red cedar so that the face looked like it   was reflecting fire, which was pretty cool. Uh the  owners of the campsite wanted it to feel like a   burning bush moment. They're referring, of course,  to the part of Moses's story in Exodus chapter 3,   where we're going to be reading today, where God  shows up in this undeniable way. God speaks to   Moses out of a bush that's on fire, but it never  burns up. And he ends up calling him into his   life's purpose. And so the owners of this property  wanted this campsite to be that kind of a place,   a place where you could get away, where  you could seek the Lord and maybe find   uh some clarity about your purpose and calling.  So I went there hoping for that exact experience.   I was at a point in my life where I really needed  direction. And honestly, I I was kind of hoping,   I know this sounds weird, I was hoping that Jesus  would come down, sit cross-legged next to me, and   he'd lay out the next 10 years of my life. And as  you can probably guess, that is not what happened.   I prayed. I read my Bible. I journaled. I ate  some ramen noodles and I fell asleep. I mean,   it was pretty anticlimactic for a place with  Moses's face carved into a tree. But as ridiculous   as my story sounds, I really do think that that's  the expectation a lot of us carry. I think for   many of us, we're waiting for this burning bush  moment. We're hoping for an unmistakable sign,  

a a dramatic experience where God shows up, where  he speaks audibly and makes everything crystal   clear. I don't know about you, but that's  just not how it's worked for me. You know,   we tend to think calling begins with a singular  moment, a revelation, like a a burning bush   experience. But I think what we're going to see  today is that Moses's calling didn't begin in   chapter 3 at the burning bush. No, it actually  began much earlier. It began in in chapter 2   in circumstances that looked a lot more ordinary  than miraculous. If you have your Bible, I'd love   for you to turn to Exodus chapter 2. We can pick  up in verse 11. I'll read for us. It says this,   "One day when Moses had grown up, uh he went out  to his people and he looked on their burdens."   And so, what we see here already is that Moses is  growing up. Now, if we back up just for a moment,   we know from earlier in the chapter that Moses was  born Hebrew. He was placed in a basket and pulled   from the river by Pharaoh's daughter. Uh she hired  a nurse to care for him, who we later find out was   actually his mother. And once he was weaned, she  brought him into Pharaoh's house and she raised   him as her own. And so, Moses grows up uh likely  holding two different identities. He knows he's a   Hebrew. who he likely has, memories of his family,  uh maybe even some understanding of who his people   are, but he's also being raised inside the most  powerful household in the world. And somewhere  

in the middle of all that, Moses starts realizing  that he just has this burden for his people. Now,   before we read any further, I want you to notice  something. One of the ways that God often reveals   our calling is through what I like to call a holy  burden. The best way I know how to describe this   is that it's it's something that you just can't  shake. It keeps coming back to your mind. It keeps   grabbing your attention. Like no matter how hard  you try to move on, it keeps pulling you back in.   That's exactly what starts happening to Moses. He  goes out to his people. He he sees their burden   and he can't look away. You know, I think one  of the best ways that we can identify what God   may be calling us to is by paying attention  to what we can't look away from. And so,   let me ask you this question. What breaks your  heart? What frustrates you? What makes you sad   in a way that feels deeper than just an opinion?  Because often the burden that you can't look away   from is the very thing God is trying to direct you  toward. Uh David Wilkerson was a young pastor from   rural Pennsylvania. In 1958, he saw a magazine  article about seven teenagers on trial for murder   in New York City. And something about their faces  got a hold of him. And so he drove to New York   City. Uh he walked into a courtroom and he pleaded  with the judge to speak with the teens who were   being sentenced. David made such a scene that the  judge had him removed. You know, most people would  

probably take the hint and and move on. But David  couldn't shake it. And so he kept showing back   up. He he started walking the streets of New York  at night. He was meeting gang members and addicts   and teenagers who were throwing their lives away.  And one night, standing on those streets and only   words he could describe, David just broke down and  he began to weep over the brokenness of a city.   It was a burden that was too heavy to ignore.  That burden eventually became what's known as   teen challenge. It's one of the most influential  faith-based addiction recovery ministries in the   world. In fact, I personally worked at a ministry  that started as an offshoot of a Teen Challenge   ministry. And so today, through Teen Challenge,  now thousands of lives have been changed. And it   was all because one man couldn't look away. And  you see this all across scripture. In the Old   Testament, for example, Nehemiah hears that the  walls of Jerusalem are broken down and the people   are living in disgrace. And what does he do? He  doesn't strategize. He doesn't start to build the   city. He sits down and he weeps. You see it in the  Apostle Paul's life. He writes that he had great   sorrow and unceasing anguish in his heart for a  people who didn't yet know Christ. Here's what   I'm getting at. A burden is not a distraction  from your calling. Many times the burden is   the indication of what you are called to. Now I  want you to notice how Moses responds to what he  

sees. Look at the rest of the verse uh 11 and into  verse 12. It says this. It says he saw an Egyptian   beating a Hebrew, one of his people. He looked  this way and he looked that way and seeing no one,   he struck down the Egyptian and hit him in the  sand. Now, it's easy to read this and think that   Moses was just this impulsive leader. And to be  fair, there's probably some truth to that. But I   think the more honest reading here is that Moses  was doing exactly what he had been trained to.   For example, in Acts 7 22, it says this. Moses  was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians   and was powerful in speech and in action. I think  it's important to realize that Moses wasn't just   living in Pharaoh's house. He was being shaped and  trained and formed by Egypt. And in Egyptian royal   culture, it was uh wasn't unusual to deal with  problems through power. They would use force and   sometimes violence. And so what Moses did wasn't  out of character for the world that raised him.   It was just completely out of step with the way  that God intended to accomplish the calling he   had placed in Moses's heart. And I think that  that's where a lot of us find ourselves because   the best way I can describe Moses in this moment  was that he had the right burden but the wrong   training. I want to say that again. He had the  right burden but the wrong training. You see,   every single one of us learned how to love  from somewhere, how to lead from somewhere,  

h how to handle conflict from somewhere, even how  to measure success from somewhere. And when God   calls us, we don't leave any of that at the door.  We bring it all with us. And so maybe your Egypt   was a home where love was conditional. And so now  you give love only when people earn it. And maybe   for you, your Egypt was a workplace that rewarded  whoever pushed the hardest. And so now you run   people over to get the outcome that you want. And  maybe your Egypt taught you that the loudest voice   wins. And so now you use force where God wanted  you to use patience. And maybe your Egypt taught   you that value comes from performance. And so  now you struggle to believe your love apart   from what you do. Maybe your Egypt taught you  that control is the answer. And so now you find   it hard to trust God when things feel uncertain.  You see, the burden may be from God, but often the   instincts still are from our own Egypt experience.  And that's exactly where Moses was. The burden   was real. The heart was right, but God still had  some untraining to do. Look at what happens next   in verse 13 uh through 15. It says this, "When  he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews   were struggling together. And he said to the man  in the wrong, why do you strike your companion?"   He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge  over us? Do you mean to kill me as the as you kill   the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and thought,  "Surely the thing is known." When Pharaoh heard of  

it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from  Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And so   just like that, everything changes. The people  Moses was trying to help reject him. Pharaoh wants   him dead. And what looked like the beginning of  his calling suddenly looks like failure. I mean,   in one day, Moses goes from the palace to the  wilderness. From a prince in Egypt to a shepherd   in Midian. But I want you to see this. What Moses  thought was a setback was actually God's training   ground. I don't know about you, but it's often in  the wilderness seasons that God does his deepest   work. It's in wilderness seasons that God breaks  our self-reliance and he teaches us dependence.   It's in wilderness seasons that he prepares us for  what he has prepared for us. The wilderness season   is one of the most obscure yet powerful ways  God teaches us to lead in his kingdom. And we   begin to see that training kick in immediately  in the very next verse. We'll pick back up in   verse 16. It says this. Now, a priest of Midian  had seven daughters, and they came to draw water   and fill troughs to water their father's flock.  Some shepherds came along and drove them away.   But Moses got up and came to their rescue and  watered their flock. I just think that this is   so interesting. Uh Moses has run all the way  from the palace of Egypt and he's on the back   side of nowhere. His life looks nothing like he  thought it would. And yet God is still using him  

to deliver people from the hands of an oppressor.  Look at it again. It says, "Some shepherds came   along and drove them away, but Moses got up and  he came to their rescue." And so I I want you to   notice something here. The setting has changed.  The the the scale has changed, but the calling   has not changed. God is still using Moses to  live out the very thing he put in his heart.   It just looks nothing like Moses thought that it  would. You know, for as long as I can remember,   I felt like God was calling me uh to preach and  teach. And so, early on in my ministry career, I   remember I applied for a role at a church uh where  my then fiance uh worked at the time. The problem   was uh by the time I applied to the position,  um the one that I applied for had already been   filled. And so the only role that they had to  offer me was a a kids ministry role. And not just   any kids ministry role. I ended up overseeing the  volunteers that served in the infant classrooms.   Now, let me be very clear. I love kids ministry.  I think that it may be one of the most impactful   ministries in our church today. But if I'm honest,  I had no business serving in kids ministry. Like I   didn't have any kids. And it wasn't something that  I particularly felt passionate about at the time.   I knew that I felt called to preach and teach. And  now I was leading volunteers who changed diapers  

and sang songs about Noah's ark. It didn't look  anything like I I thought my calling would. Like   it looked nothing like that. But you know, looking  back, I can see that God was still using me to do   the very thing that he had called me to do. The  setting had changed. The scale had certainly   changed. But the calling had not. It just looked  different than I expected. God taught me more in   that ministry season, in that classroom,  than I ever could have learned preaching   to thousands. And I think that that's often how  God works in wilderness seasons. He asks us to be   faithful in assignments we might be tempted  to call insignificant because God's kingdom   operates differently than ours. God often does his  deepest work in places we're tempted to overlook.   I love the principle that we see all throughout  scripture. It says, "If you're faithful with   little, God will often entrust you with much."  You might think that you need to be networking   in Egypt to reach the calling God has for you.  But let me tell you, in God's kingdom, the path   to greater responsibility is often faithfulness  in the small things. And that's exactly where   Moses was. Look what happens in chapter 3. It says  this, "Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro,   his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he uh  led the flock to the far side of the wilderness,   and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And  then the angel of the Lord appeared to him in  

the flames of fire from within a bush. Uh Moses uh  saw that though the bush was not on fire, it did   not burn up." And so Moses thought, "I'll go over  there and I'll see this strange sight." When the   Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called  to him from within the bush and he says,"Moses,   Moses." And Moses said, "Here I am." And then God  said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people   in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of  their uh their slave drivers and I've uh cons I   am concerned about their suffering. So now go. I  am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the   Israelites, out of Egypt." I want you to realize  here Moses didn't go looking for the burning bush.   He was tending sheep. Moses was being faithful in  an ordinary assignment on an ordinary day. And God   showed up. This time, God was the one to initiate  the calling that had been forming ever since he   was in Egypt. The same calling that had gotten him  into trouble. The calling that sent him running   into the wilderness. That same calling was still  there. But now Moses was ready. the wilderness   had done its work and the burning bush found a  man who had finally formed enough to carry what   God had always intended for him. I want to take a  moment and I want to speak to somebody today who   feels like they're in the middle of a really dry  season. Uh maybe you have a calling that feels   bigger than your current assignment. Maybe you  feel like God has forgotten the thing that he put  

inside of you. Maybe like Moses, you're spending  your days watering sheep when you feel like God   has called you to be a deliverer. I just want  to say this from experience. He hasn't forgotten   you. If Moses's life teaches us anything, it's  that God often does his deepest work before he   does his most visible work. The wilderness is not  proof that God has forgotten you. The wilderness   is often proof that God is preparing you. For  40 years, Moses probably thought that he was   tending sheep, but God was forming a deliverer.  For 40 years, Moses thought that the story had   taken a detour, but God was preparing the  next chapter. And when the time was right,   God showed up. You know, Chuck Coulson was one  of the most powerful men in America. He worked in   the White House. He had the kind of position most  people spend their entire lives trying to reach.   Then almost overnight, it all came crashing down  in what many know to be the Watergate scandal.   And because of Coulson's involvement, he he was  sentenced to prison. I mean, quite literally,   his political career was over. His reputation  was shattered. Everything that he had spent   years building was gone. From the outside, it  looked like his story had ended. But years later,   Coulson would say that prison actually became one  of the greatest experiences of his life. Think   about that. Not the White House, not the meetings,  not the power, but the prison cell. Because it was  

there that God taught him things that success  never could. He he learned humility. Uh he   learned dependence. He he learned compassion for  people he had spent most of his life overlooking.   And when he eventually walked out of prison, God  gave him a calling that was far greater than the   position he had lost. Chuck Coulson went on to  start what many know today as Prison Fellowship,   which is a ministry that has impacted millions of  prisoners and families around the world. And so,   looking back, prison wasn't where God abandoned  Chuck Coulson. It was where God prepared him. You   see, Moses had a palace. Chuck Coulson had the  White House. And both looked like they were in   the place God would use them most. But remember,  God often does his deepest work in the places we   would never choose for ourselves. The wilderness  is not where God wastess people. It's where he   forms them. And maybe that's a word for you  today. If you're in a season that feels hidden,   if you're in a season where you're wondering if  anything is actually happening at all, if God   has forgotten about you, I just want to encourage  you with this. Stay faithful. Keep tending sheep.   Keep taking the next step of obedience in your  faith because God does some of his best work in   hidden places. That's why Paul says in Philippians  1:6, "He who began a good work in you will bring   it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ."  In other words, God finishes what he starts. The  

same God who wasn't finished with Moses and  Midian isn't finished with you yet. And so,   don't despise the wilderness. The same God who  put the burden and calling in your heart is the   same God who is faithful to bring it to pass.  Let's pray. Father, we love you. God, we are so   thankful for your word. We're so thankful for the  way that you convict us through your truth. God,   I pray uh Lord for each person who's listening  today. I pray God that you would uh remind us   God that what you started you will complete. God,  that we can be faithful in the wilderness seasons   when it doesn't look like uh what you've  put in our heart is coming to pass. God,   I pray Lord that as we submit to you, God, as  we humble ourselves, God, that you would exalt   us to do what you have called us to do. God, we  love you and we praise you in Jesus name. Amen. online family. I am so grateful for those  reminders from Lucas today that God will   indeed finish the work that he began in us.  And he especially won't waste those seasons of   life where we're walking through the wilderness.  And depending on where you're at in life today,   I can understand how difficult it might be to  believe those statements are actually true.   because you might be in a season right now uh  where you feel forgotten, lost, and out of place.   Moses experienced seasons like that himself, and  I can honestly say that I have, too. Yet, even in  

these difficult seasons, I'm reminded of a promise  that God repeatedly made to his people throughout   scripture. He reminded them, "I will never leave  you nor forsake you." And the same promise is true   for us today. Our sin had separated us from a  perfect and holy God. But God didn't leave us   in our brokenness. He didn't forget about us.  He sent his son, Jesus, whose body was broken   and whose blood was poured out to reconcile us  back to our father in heaven. God didn't leave   us and he certainly didn't forsake us. So as we  take communion together, let's remember that even   in the hard seasons, in the seasons where we feel  lost, forgotten, and alone, that we have a father   who sees us, loves us, and will be faithful  to complete the work that he began in us.

I love you. We were waiting without hope, without light,   till from heaven you came running. There  was mercy in your eyes. to fulfill the law   and prophets. To a virgin came the word. From a  throne of endless glory to a cradle in the dead.

Praise the father. Praise the son. Praise the  spirit three in one. God of glory, majesty, praise forever to the King of Kings, to reveal the kingom coming and to  reconcile the lost. To redeem the   whole creation. You did not despise the  cross for even in your suffering. You saw   to the other side knowing this was our  salvation. Jesus for our sake you die.

Praise the father. Praise the  sun. Praise the spirit. Free God of glory. Majesty. Praise forever to the King of Kings. In the Lord that you rose, all of heaven held  his breath till the stone was moved for good.   For the lamb had conquered death. Then the dead  rose from their tombs and the angels stood in a   for the souls of all who come to the father are  restored. In the church of Christ was born. Then   the spirit in the flame. Now this goel truth the  shall not heal. Shall not fade. By his blood and   in his name. In his freom I am free. For the  love of Jesus Christ who has resurrected me.

Praise the father. Praise the son. Praise the be of glory. Praise forever to the King of Kings. Praise  the Father. Praise the Son. Praise be God. Praise forever to the King of Kings.  Praise forever to the King of Kings.

Say I'm clean. Stained on me. Shame was  running deep. The love was spilled on   Calvary. Oh hallelujah. God, how can it be?  I'm resumed in redee. I'm standing in your   victory. Oh hallelujah. I've been washed in the  water. Washed in the blood. I'm as good as you.   Oh hallelujah. I've been washed in the water.  Washed in the blood. All because of you. Oh   hallelujah. Stop what I have done. what you've  done for me. You paint it all upon the tree. Oh, your love has overcome. Your mercy is set free.

Your victory. Oh, hallelujah. The water again the blood hallelujah in the water  in the blood. Oh, hallelujah. Cuz you took away my s and you  nailed it to the cross. You got me   running off the grave. Hallelujah.  Here I come cuz he took away my s through the cross. He got me running at the grave.  Hallelujah. You took it away. You took away my sh Here I come. Hallelujah. Here I

come. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hey, only I've been washed in the water, washed  in the blood. I'm as good as new. Oh,   hallelujah. I'm washed in the blood.  All because of you. Oh, hallelujah. I'll praise in the valley, praise on the mountain.   Come on. I'll praise when I'm  sure, praise when I'm doubting.

I'll praise when I'm number when surrounded. Cuz praise is the waters my enemies drowning. As long as I'm breathing, I've got a reason  to pray. Praise the Lord. Oh my soul. Praise the Lord. Oh my soul. I'll praise my  feelings. I'll praise when I know. I'll praise cuz I know it's in control. Oh, my praise is a weapon  and it's more than a sound. My praise is the shout that brings  down walls are falling down.   As long as I'm breathing, I got a reason to My soul be quiet. How could I keep  it inside? I'm going to praise

the Lord. Oh my soul. Come on, we praise the  Lord. Oh, he's worthy, so faithful, so true. Oh, I praise cuz you're praise  cuz you're singing it out. Praise cuz you're true. Praise cuz  there's nobody. Oh, we praise our   praise cuz you're son. We praise you.  We praise you and defeating the grave.   I praise you. Praise your truth.  There's nobody greater than you. Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat. Heat. No, I won't be quiet. My god. How could I be?  No, I won't be quiet. Oh my god. How could I   keep it inside? No, I won't be quiet. My God  is alive. So, how could I keep it inside? for myself. Thank you. Oh, really grateful God.

There was no way until you made one.  And grace upon grace. Hallelujah. Even I don't deserve it. You give  it. Even though I couldn't earn it,   you give it. Come on. Testify. Who am I? God, I'm just grateful for you.  God, I'm just grateful all my life. You've been right here by my side. for you. Sing holy, holy one, I give you glory for all that you done.  Even though I don't deserve it, you did it.

Even though I couldn't hurt it,  you give it. Can you see who am I? I'm just grateful for you. All my life will you be right here by my side.  I'm really grateful for your amateful grful. I'm really grateful for my life. I really do. Yeah.

Every minute, every hour, but I'm lifting up my hands cuz you gave me.  Come on. That's the message of grace you s and I'm giving all that I am chance after you give I'll give you on your All my life. All my life.

You keep me on your mind. I'm feeling greatful. beyful for you. I'm just grateful for you and man is bigger than ever. Essie online. We just had  a phenomenal morning. In fact, that was over 30   baptisms you just got to celebrate with us at  Blankenbaker. Once again, my name is Bryson,   campus pastor here at Franklin. I'm alongside  Adam Barry, our associate CP down here. Adam,   how's the morning been? Oh, it's been great,  man. Glad to be here with you. Glad to be   with the online crew. Thanks for having me.  Great time, man. Digging into Moses's story,   celebrating those baptisms. Hey, reminder, even  though service is ending, it is not too late to   respond. If we can help you in any way, take your  next step with Jesus, but also here at Southeast,  

text that word connect to 733733. Fill out that  connection card. No matter what it looks like,   questions, uh ways to to plug in with groups or  serving, maybe you just want to get to know staff   a little bit. That's your number one tool.  Adam, connection's been big for us over this   last year at Franklin. It really has, man. And  speaking of, we're coming up on one year since   we launched uh here in Franklin. So, August 16th,  we are celebrating our oneyear anniversary. Man,   if you're watching online and you are in the  Nashville area, we would love to invite you   to come on the 16th as we throw a party. But  man, the big theme here in Franklin has been   people connecting, people moving from all  over the country, people watching online,   coming in person, and on top of that, man, we've  had 60 baptisms this year here in Franklin, which   has been amazing. Insane. It's been fun bringing  that southern flavor to Southeast. And uh, man,   I I think in addition to connection, a big word  for us that we've even talked about is that word   community. People have been moving, like you said,  from all over the country looking for community.   And so, as we talked about at the beginning of  service, reminder, in a couple weeks, we're going   to be launching into our fall group semester here  at Southeast. Whether you call one of our campuses   home in person or or maybe you belong to our  SE online community like we have groups both in   person and online that just so many different  opportunities. Season of life, men's groups,   women's groups, we have community for you. You can  find all those by texting groups to 733733. Adam,   in addition to groups and just at the movies  happening at campuses, we have a cool resource   for families right now online. Yeah. One of the  things I love about our church. It ties into the  

groups thing is man, we don't want our faith just  to be here in person or online on Sundays. We we   really want it to be all throughout the week. And  so our team has put together a killer resource   called At Home. You get more info on it by texting  at home to 733733. But it ties directly in with   our at the movies series, Bryson, where uh there's  a list of movies on there for you and your family   where you can take a look at at a list of movies.  There's snack recommendations recommendations. But   then here's the intentionality, and I love this  as a dad, and I know you've got kids as well,   where where really we want to equip parents to be  the primary disciple makers in your home. And so   there's scripture verses and teaching points that  tie in with the biblical truth of the movies that   you're going to be watching. So, we were just  talking earlier, Bryce, it sounds like a Barry   Cook movie night coming up soon, man. It's  going to happen, man. I I know we're biased,   right? We're on staff. We've called this  place home for so long. But being dads,   you have been a dad much longer than me, but for  me, with my two little girls, like I am just so   reminded of how grateful I am for our church.  Like, the intentionality, the resources we pour   into equipping parents and families to raise up  the next generations, it's it's beautiful. We're   not meant to do this alone. We're not meant to do  this alone. Yeah. So online, listen, it has been   once again just a phenomenal morning. We're now 2  weeks in to our unexpected leader series. We got   two more weeks of looking at Moses's life. Can't  wait to dig in there. But from us down south,   it's been a pleasure hanging out with you. We love  you and we'll see you next week. Love you guys.