Hey guys, welcome to the Mosaic Podcast. We're coming to you from the heart of Los Angeles, California,

and it is our joy and our privilege to know there's a tribe across the world that has joined us on this mission of Jesus. I'm amazed how many people

have told me that it's this podcast that has really given them life, has renewed

their faith and for many of them have rediscovered Christ. If you're one of the men and women who have

been encouraged and helped and strengthened and maybe even rediscovered your faith

because of what's happening here at Mosaic, I want to ask you to take a step and become an investor in what God is doing

through Mosaic. I love the fact that our community here in Los Angeles has been committed

to you. Now I'm going to ask you to be committed to them because together we can do more

than we could ever do alone.

So I want you to go to the Mosaic.org Give section of the website and I want you to make a

commitment to be a part of taking this

message across the world. When we receive we should be grateful but when we

give we are now expressing that gratitude in tangible practical ways. Let's

together get the message of Jesus to every corner of this planet.

Enjoy the podcast and thank you so much for joining the tribe.

So last Sunday we took some time and focused on why it's important to establish a foundation for the future, why it's important for us to do this thing that we call a church. Why it's important for us

to do this thing that we call a church. Why it matters that we sacrifice together

to create something that would never exist if those of us whose lives

were not forever changed by Jesus didn't do this.

I remember when I was in college I had to pick a major and my first major was actually Civil War history.

I'm not really sure why, but it just sounded niche and unique and I thought I would be the best student since no one else would major in that and I began studying wars and transitions and history and one of the wars that actually really intrigued me was a revolutionary war.

There's just no way in the world the British should have lost to the

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