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Hey guys.

It's good to see you.

Before I dive into this, most of us, not all of us, but most of us,

will get tomorrow off for Memorial Day. I sit on the board

of the Acts 29 Church Planning Network. We have planted churches on every inhabitable continent on

earth. We just had a group that was in a closed country, training pastors that are all working

underground.

During that conference, the conference was raided.

Everybody had to scatter.

My guys had to hide.

And then all those pastors in that country came right back.

And then they found my guys who were just trying to get out of the country.

And they're like, no, no, no, we need what you're bringing. We were teaching on discipleship

pathways. And so my guys, with a great deal of trepidation, entered back into the same room

with these 500 pastors and taught the discipleship pathways to them. Memorial Day is a reminder that we're not

worried about any of that because someone got themselves into a terrifying situation so we would

never be put in a terrifying situation. And I know I want you to barbecue tomorrow. I want you to

pool. I want you to do all the things. God knows it's going to be 107 or something tomorrow. What in the world. But I want you to barbecue tomorrow. I want you to pool. I want you to do all the things.

God knows it's going to be 107 or something tomorrow. What in the world? But I want you to just spend some time or do something to remember that we get all of that because someone stood in the

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