Rise - Kill Your Idols

Passion City Church DC Podcast

Passion City Church

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🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

When we remove God from the center of our life, we all fill the void with a lesser thing in our search for meaning. As we continue in our new series, Pastor Ben Stuart looks at Paul's letter to the Thessalonians and explores what it means for us to turn away from the idols we have constructed in our our lives and fix our gaze on Jesus. Key Verses // 1 Thessalonians 1:6-10

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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.
0:15.6	Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.
0:20.6	Well, we're looking at this letter that the again the Apostle Paul wrote to this young,
0:24.7	thriving church in Thessalonica and as he's writing it, I don't know if you
0:28.6	caught it. He's he's expressing gratitude for the grace of God working in and
0:33.3	through their life. So Paul's very excited, but then he does something
0:36.5	interesting. I don't know if he noticed. As he's celebrating them, he stops and
0:39.9	goes, Hey, but I just need to let you guys know something. I've been out here
0:43.2	in the streets and y'all are blowing up. You've got whatever social media
0:48.5	influencer and every aspiring politician longs to have. You got buzz. You have
0:55.5	gone viral. People know your name. You're blowing up the algorithm. Word has
1:00.0	gotten out. Did you notice that he said the word of God has sounded forth. That's
1:04.1	the word for like a trumpet blast. North, South East, West, they stood at the
1:07.4	crossroads of the Roman Empire and he says word about what God is doing in your
1:12.0	church has exploded all over the region. He said it's crazy everywhere. Massive
1:17.7	positive engagement. And then I love it. He says it's gotten to the point. Notice
1:22.0	verse 8. He says not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in
1:25.7	Macedonia and a cave that's your region surrounding areas. He said your faith
1:29.8	in God has gone forth everywhere so that we need not say anything for they
1:35.7	themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you. He said
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