Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast.

Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.

I'm really excited about the word today and I want to share a word with you that has been ringing inside my heart ever since you know these past two months where that has been so special and and so shaky in in very many ways.

This is a word that actually was vital and essential to bring our

church through the crisis we passed through in like 10 years ago and from the very

beginning of what has happened here lately I have felt

this word just ringing in my heart as part of the future and part of the next chapter

for gateway. Now before we go into the word I want to say to you who might be here

feeling I'm still hurting you know I've I've struggled even thinking about the future.

Let me just tell you that's okay.

It's okay to not be okay sometimes.

And we all heal according to different timetable.

Say, man.

And that's okay, that's allowed. But you know sometimes vision is actually

essential for the process of healing as well. Because if we don't know where

we're going, we risk staying behind in the value of tears

a little too long,

where God really wants us to pass through the value of tears,

slowly, gently and holding the hand of Jesus, Amen.

But let me just share a word with you that I pray will bring encouragement and strength and inspiration for you.

If you brought your Bible, which is a good thing to do

when you come to church, or have your U-version app or whatever, you could look

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