Hey, Charge, I'm so excited to share this message with you,

this sermon with you.

I've got about 30 of my closest friends here in a studio

in Seattle, a sunny, warm, balmy Seattle.

I might add, some of the nicest weather in the Union right now

is in Seattle, Washington, which we are very, very proud of.

But if you have tuned in today, you're in this room,

and you have ever felt that following Jesus,

or as it's called, Christianity is hard,

difficult, challenging, upstream, uphill,

wind at your face, this is too hard,

this is the sermon for you.

One of the heart behind this message in my own life

is when Christianity starts getting hard,

I personally know something's off, something's off.

Now I'm not saying that you're not gonna have challenges,

difficulties, or maybe friends or family members

who are like, oh boy, here comes the Christian cousin,

here comes my Christian aunt, oh boy,

here comes prayer warrior auntie, to the picnic,

to the hang out, oh boy, here's my little brother

showing up again at the burger place,

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