If you have a scripture with you tonight, the first passage in text we're going to look

at is 2 Corinthians chapter 5, kind of picking up where we left off.

We did a few weeks talking about leverage a few weeks back and we kind of kicked that

off in the middle of verses in this passage in 2 Corinthians 5.

But tonight is just an incredible opportunity.

You know, as a pastor, you know that I've been thinking about this night for a long, long

time.

I mean, this building wasn't a surprise.

We've been around here for about a year now, like trying to figure out how to get into

the place and then figure out what can we do if we did get in the place.

And so it's not like today's snuck up on us.

And maybe a few weeks ago, a couple months ago, 515 started looking like an option on

515.

And so kind of started thinking that way.

Then as things got closer, it was like we're going to be in here in the Tuesday.

The powers that be gave us a certificate of occupancy.

And we knew we were going to be in here barring some act of God that city wasn't going to

keep us out.

It is officially our building now.

We can meet when we want and do what we want.

And so we saw Sunday coming.

And as the leader, a pastor, of other leaders and pastors in this church, I'm thinking the

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