Church People - The Power of Attention

Passion City Church DC Podcast

Passion City Church

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Pastor Ben Stuart continues in our series, Church People, by showing us the necessity of awe in the human experience and how the church in Acts was able to make space for awe by eliminating distractions and devoting their attention to the Lord. Key Verses // Acts 2:41-47

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Passion City Church DC podcast to learn more about
0:06.8	Passion City Church, including our Gathering Times in Atlanta and Washington DC.
0:11.2	Visit us online at passioncitychurch.com. Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.
0:19.8	Well, several weeks ago my family and I were all in Florida and we decided we
0:25.3	wanted to take them to all three national parks in Florida. We're a national
0:28.7	parks family and I wanted to take them to all three. Most people, including most
0:33.0	Floridians, only know about one. But the one I was the most excited about
0:37.4	personally was the Dry Tortugas. That is an island off the coast of Key West.
0:42.6	Accessible only through an extremely long boat ride or through a beautifully
0:49.0	brief 40-minute seaplane ride. We chose the latter and it was epic. You get on
0:55.0	this plane and you take off and and he flew low over the water and so you're
0:58.4	seeing this turquoise water. It's amazing on your way to this little island and
1:02.4	as we did it, I was so excited for my kids to get to experience this unique
1:06.2	event. We're going to land on the ocean and get out on this little island.
1:09.1	And as we're flying over, we got our headset on. He's telling us all these
1:12.7	different facts about the shipwrecks in the area. They found almost half a
1:16.2	billion dollars in Spanish gold on the way there and I'm watching dolphins leap
1:21.1	through the waves and tortoises everywhere. And as I'm attentive to all this,
1:26.2	man, it's just stirring my heart. Like this is amazing. I'm in awe. And so I turn
1:30.2	to see kids. Are you experiencing this? And I look over and I don't want to say
1:35.2	which kid it was, but my oldest daughter was just in the seat in front of me
1:40.5	completely sacked out like yard sale in the seat. And I was like, that is
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