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Coming up, we'll join our senior pastor, Craig Rochelle, as he teaches us that helping

the poor begins by understanding that poverty is rooted in brokenness.

In part three of the message, how to neighbor.

Well, I am very, very excited to teach today, and I'm really excited to be here with you.

Well, I am very, very excited to teach today, part three of a four-part message series

called How to Neighbor.

What's overwhelming to me is to be a part of a church community that cares so much about helping people.

In week number one, we talked about racism, and we got tremendous response of people who want to be a part of the solution

and resist this massive problem.

Last week we talked about adopting and fostering.

Next week we're going to talk about relational poverty and how do we love the lonely.

Today what I want to do is address an issue that I believe is going to be close to so many of your hearts.

Now, all of us want to make a difference in those lives of people who are in need.

A lot of times we say the language, we want to help those who are poor.

We want to empower the poor to take steps out of poverty into the life that God designed for them.

And so the title of today's message is just that, empowering the poor.

I know there are many of you who would say you might even be struggling right now.

I went on Twitter just for fun and searched the words I'm so broke just to see what people around the world might be saying about their struggles.

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