I don't really know exactly what brought you to church today. I found out from my son. I have

three kids, two girls and a boy and when my son who is now 12, when he was six, he informed

me or I learned that there were actually a lot of different reasons people came to church.

He was sitting at the table and he was playing with one of those miniature gumball machines.

You know, you put a little penny in and you move the lever and a little gumball comes out.

He had purchased this with his jewels from the kids store here at church.

And he's playing with it and he stops and he looks at me and he says,

mom, thank you for telling me about God.

What, mom doesn't want to hear that?

I'm like Harrison, oh buddy, you're so welcome.

And he said, well, mom mom because you tell me about God we go to church and because we go to church I get jewels at the kid store and because I get jewels at the kid store and because I get jewels at the kid store. And because I get jewels at the kid store, I got my gumball machine.

So thank you for telling me about God.

So whatever brought you here today, if it's gumball machines or children, I am so glad you're here.

And it's because I believe so clearly that the word that God has for us today is an end-season now word. Where this message was birthed from was a very

personal journey for me and to share it amongst all of you is a little bit

vulnerable for me because it exposes a little bit vulnerable for me

because it exposes a little bit of my heart

that possibly needed a little bit of correction

and so it's a little vulnerable

but I feel like it's so necessary.

And I felt really compelled that God was saying this was the

message for the body this weekend and so what happened is I was coming into my

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