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Mosaic - Erwin McManus

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🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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For some of us, having faith in God comes more naturally. For others, it isn’t that simple. In this message from August of 2018, Pastor Erwin McManus walks us through his journey of finding faith. He explains that to him, the journey to Jesus was just that: a journey! Growing up he experienced a wide array of religions and was exposed to many world views. He did not imagine being a pastor when he grew up. As we navigate our way through life, we are informed about different religions and ways to God. But how do we know which path really is the way? Pastor Erwin references John 14:6 when Jesus says “No one comes to the Father except through me.” He explains that Jesus came to us and did not force us to believe. Rather, our own souls call us to believe in something more, and that Jesus is the only God that is searching for us, rather than us searching for God. When we have only a mathematical view of the world, we simply become a part of the falling domino effect. Our lives are a passive happening that we do not have freedom of choice inside of. But we know there must be more intention and meaning to our lives than this. We know deep down there is purpose and that our choices make a powerful impact on the future. Jesus’ life is the perfect example of a God who meets us right where we are and opens us up to the wonder of life all around us. “Jesus came to show us what God would do to get to us.” -Erwin McManus

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Erwin McManus, and this is the Mosaic Podcast. I want to thank you so much for joining us today and if you're one of our regular
0:14.2	listeners we love the fact that you join you with us and we pray that every
0:18.6	single message inspires you and helps you become the person that God created you to be.
0:23.0	Every single week we send a new message across the world
0:26.0	and everything we do here at Mosaic is made available to everyone in the world
0:30.0	for absolutely free.
0:32.0	The reason we can do that is that we have incredible people who
0:34.5	give generously and sacrificed to make this possible and I want to invite you to
0:38.2	join us. If you're a ready giver, thank you so much. If this is something you've not yet done, I want to invite you to start doing that now.
0:45.4	Go to mosaic.org slash give and give a one-time gift or even beyond that become a recurring giver here at mosaic.
0:52.4	And if you're one of those individuals who God has black that What's really beautiful about Mosaic is that our biggest givers,
1:03.2	are families who do not live here in Los Angeles, but they are so committed to the
1:07.3	message of Jesus going to the world that they support the work here from Los Angeles
1:11.0	to the ends of the earth. And so I want to invite you again, go to Mosaic.org
1:14.6	slash Give, become a part of our support system,
1:17.1	become one of our partners, and more than anything else,
1:19.9	I want you to listen to the message,
1:21.4	allow Jesus to speak to you in a way that will change your life. I never thought about 60 as being an age you live through. When I always thought 60 is sort of like nearly dead.
1:45.0	So it's crazy to feel that I'm at the beginning of new things.
1:51.0	Because I have to tell you, I don't feel like I'm at the end of things, I feel like I'm at the beginning of things. I don't feel like I'm landing a plane, I feel like I'm finally taking off. I finally understanding what life is all about and how to live it fully. But if you'd asked me when I was a kid what I would want to do
2:06.3	when I grew up or what I would be when I grew up, it would not be this. I might have imagined
2:12.4	myself doing a lot of things as a kid, but I would have never imagined
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