Well, what's up, Porch, how are we doing tonight?

Hey, it is it's so good to see you whether you're here in the room here in Dallas or you're watching at one of our Porch Live locations.

Want to just give a shout out right now to our Porch Live location in Fort Worth, also the one in Midland watching tonight.

Indianapolis, Boise, so glad you're tuning in. This is your first time ever at the porch.

My name is Timothy Atique and I'm one of the teaching pastors here at Watermark on Sundays as well as Tuesday nights.

If you don't know what you just stepped into, if you feel like you've gotten tricked into being here,

like let me just tell you what you stepped into, the porch exists to call any and ever young adult to see Jesus.

That's what our hope is for you tonight.

That you would see the beauty of Jesus Christ and that you would believe that it is worth it to surrender your life fully to Him.

And so here at the porch, like we believe that the Bible is the word of God.

Like we believe that God has gone to great lengths to give us this book and when we open this book, it's like God is speaking to us.

And so every week that we gather, we take this word seriously, we want to study it, we want to know it because we believe that this is how God speaks to us today.

And so I want you to just think about that, whether you're an atheist in the room or an agnostic or you're a student of Dallas seminary right now, wherever you're at, God wants to speak to you tonight.

And so if that's the case, here's what I want to ask you to do just very quickly.

I want to invite you to just take a moment and pray for yourself and just say this, say, God speak to me tonight.

Just pray that real quick. Just say, God speak to me tonight. And if you've never talked to God, just say, God, if you're real, then I want you to speak to me.

Lord, thank you that you are not a God that sits far off, but that you're a God that has moved near to us so much so that you left heaven and came to earth and the person of Jesus Christ to draw near to us.

And you've given us your words so that we can open it and hear from you. We don't have to wonder what you're thinking.

We don't have to wonder whether you love us or not. You've given us your words so we can hear from you. So speak to us tonight. We need you. We love you. In Jesus' name. Amen.

I think that was a dog barking, which is awesome for the porch. Everyone is welcome.

So for me, it was college when I really found my people. Like when I showed up to Texas A&M University, my freshman year, like I met a group of guys that would be the people that I spent all of my time with at A&M.

And then they are the people that have become lifelong friends for me. These were the people that I took spontaneous road trips with. These were the guys that I went to Kyle Field with cheer on the Aggies.

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