Hello, this is Ashley Schates welcoming you to the Mark Driscoll Podcast.

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Alright, hey, we're in a great book at the Bible called Romans.

If you've got a Bible, go to Romans chapter 15 and as you're finding your place, it's

really interesting because God made us and God is so great and so large and so powerful,

there's something in us that just wants to be connected to something bigger than us,

to have our lives make a difference, to make an impact, to leave a legacy.

For some people, this leads them to invest all their time and energy in a company.

For others, they get really motivated politically.

For some folks, this is where you pick up your hobby or your favorite sports team, go

sons, and pray for the diamond backs too.

If God could raise the dead, that's only hope that the diamond backs have.

And what happens is we're always looking for someone or something to sort of give our

time and our money and our energy to invest in, to contribute to, to make a difference,

to make the world a better place.

And that's because God made us to be part of His mission on the earth.

For the Christian, we give our best time and energy and money to the church, which is

the outpost of God's kingdom on the earth.

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