All right now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but it's never too late to start and we're in this together.

This is the Join the Journey podcast.

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Thanks for joining.

My name is Will McElroy, and I am the shoreline director here at Watermark, which means I get to lead and serve in our high school ministry.

And so I am subbing in for Emma today.

And I'm really excited because this morning we all read John 14 through 17.

And I hope you read it.

I hope that's true.

And if you haven't, like if you're, whatever you're doing, if you're driving right now, like, I'm telling you, pull over and read these chapters because these chapters are amazing. And I believe they can change your life. And so I hope you read it. I hope you listen to the verses audio or something because they're amazing. And we just don't have time to cover all four of these chapters, and there's so much there.

I'm not even going to be able to mention on this episode that I would encourage you to dive into,

because today I decided, instead of giving a high-level overview of all four chapters,

I just want to sit in chapter 15.

And here's why.

I want to sit in chapter 15, even though I love all the other three

chapters and there's so much to talk about it's because if you were to walk into Watermark Community

Church, into our office building, for example, you would see on the right side of the hallway,

there's these huge letters that say abiding in Jesus, we are making disciples together.

If you were to walk into the town center, on the left side of the town center, you would

see huge letters that say abiding in Jesus, we are making disciples together.

That is watermark's vision.

And everything we do flows out of that vision. And so I just want to pause. Look at

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