For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

I pray that out of his glorious riches, he may strengthen you with power through his spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in

your hearts through faith. And I pray that you being rooted and established in love may have power together with all the Lord's

holy people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.

And to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

This is the word of the Lord.

It is such a joy to be here, and I feel honored that Tyler would feel that

10th Church in Vancouver, the church that I'm part of, has some things in common with your church.

If I was living in Portland, I'd love to be part of Bridgetown, and in fact, one of your

pastor said you're one of your pastors said,

you're one of our extended members. So I'm really thankful for that. Tyler has been a real

inspiration to me in many ways. I like to get around our city of Vancouver on bicycle.

And it's inspired by his writing, praying like monks. Whenever I like to get around our city of Vancouver on bicycle. And it's inspired by his writing, praying like monks.

Whenever I come to a stop sign or a traffic light that's read,

I will take time to pray the Lord's Prayer.

So I'm thinking about Tyler a lot as I'm about town

and thinking about you a lot as well.

I'm originally from Japan, and I have a Japanese pastor friend who asked me, can you recommend a church in North America that we could learn from and emulate

in terms of their spiritual formation practices?

And the first church that came to mind was Bridgetown, your church. So thank you

for teaching Christians in Japan what it means to live by faith and to be formed in a relationship

with Jesus. It's been quite some time since I've been a student, but for years after, I had this recurring dream

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