The Power of Connectedness

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

These times can feel so uncertain and the impact of this invisible virus is keeping us separated in a way we’ve never been before. Now more than ever, it’s important to remember we can stay connected regardless of distance. We can even GROW in connection more than before-but it does take courage.

As it can be easy to overlook how interconnected we all really are, Pastor Erwin helps us remember this reality. Based on a passage in Galatians 3:28, he explains that God is trying to reconnect us and remind us there is power in oneness. There is power when we unite. God doesn’t want us to be separated and alone. God’s desire for us is that we realize that we’re never really alone. Why does it take so long for our souls to realize they need God? Pastor Erwin reminds us that often times we forget we are actually a part of the human story and a part of God’s story.

"God never intended for it to be ‘us versus them.’ It was simply supposed to be ‘us.’" -Erwin McManus

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"The Power of Resilience" message given by Erwin McManus at Mosaic Hollywood.

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0:00.0	You're going to. Oh, Hey guys I'm Erwin-McManus and I'm going to walk you into Mosaic as we continue our series on the way of the warrior a path to interpeace.
0:32.0	And today we're going to jump in the chapter 7. We'll look at this
0:35.2	particular principle that can sometimes feel really cosmic, but I want to make it really intimate
0:40.1	today. Our focus is the warrior becomes one with all things and I want to talk to
0:44.8	about the power of connectedness. You know, sometimes it's easy to overlook how
0:49.3	interconnected everything is and how interconnected we are with everything around us.
0:55.0	And as human beings, we usually perceive ourselves as outside perceivers of an external reality.
1:02.0	We think that we are observing the universe, but we don't realize that
1:05.8	we are a part of the universe. In fact, it would be fair to say that we are the universe.
1:10.3	And I remember I was driving through West Hollywood one time and the traffic was terrible.
1:15.0	I haven't seen traffic in quite a while right now with the quarantine and with the lockdown.
1:20.0	But on this particular day, there were humans everywhere cars everywhere I was
1:25.2	frustrated because I couldn't change lanes and move any faster and suddenly I saw
1:29.4	this sign that said you are not stuck in traffic you are the traffic and when I read
1:36.8	that it was like this moment of awareness because the truth is I never think of
1:41.1	myself as the traffic I never think of myself as the traffic. I never think of myself as the crowd. I never think of myself as the line. I think that I'm in the crowd. I'm in the line. I'm in the traffic, but I don't think of myself as a part of it.
1:55.0	And there's this odd kind of perception we have as human beings
1:58.0	that we think we're disconnected from what we're observing all around us.
2:02.0	And so we look at nature, but we don't think that we're a all around us and so we look at nature but we don't think
2:04.0	that we're a part of nature we we observe the universe so we don't think that
2:07.3	we're a part of the universe and and we we understand that there's this thing
2:11.8	called human history,
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