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The Porch

The End is Near | Timothy "TA" Ateek

The Porch

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

A lot of predictions about the end times have been swirling around, and while no man knows the time or day of Jesus' return, Scripture instructs us to live as if the end is near — because it is. This week, Timothy "TA" Ateek walks us through 1 Peter 4:1-11 to show us how to live with urgency as believers.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The B. B. A. A. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. A A Thank you. Wow.

0:30.3

Man, I'm just so thankful that we're all still here.

0:35.1

You don't know, today the rapture was supposed to happen.

0:40.4

And now that I'm thinking about it, maybe it did happen.

0:44.5

And this is just a room full of heathens.

0:47.5

And like, we're the ones who got left behind.

0:49.4

So maybe you're in the right place to be at church tonight.

0:57.3

Hey, if we've never met before, my name is Timothy Ateak. I'm the lead pastor here at Watermark Community Church. And Kyle and Perry texted me

1:04.4

last night and said he had the stomach bug and was wondering if I could jump in. In any time,

1:13.7

I have the opportunity and privilege to be here at the porch.

1:15.6

It is a very easy, yes.

1:19.5

I'm so glad to get to be here with you guys tonight.

1:26.1

And let me just say hello to some people that are watching us in locations in different parts of the nation. So, hello,

1:29.5

Porch Live, Greater Lafayette, in Fresno, and Boise. We're so glad that you were jumping in with us

1:35.0

tonight and just pray God's blessing over you as you gather together. We're going to jump in

1:42.8

to studying God's word in a minute. But before we do, I always

1:46.6

love to just take a second and pray. And instead of me praying for you, I want to give you a chance

1:53.9

to pray for you. So I don't know when the last time was that you talked to God. It might have just

2:00.2

been when we were

2:00.8

singing. Talking to God might be a foreign thing for you. But it doesn't matter who you are.

2:07.4

I want to encourage you right now to pray these words. Just say, God, would you speak to me tonight?

2:22.9

And then I want to invite you to pray for the people around you.

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