Light Up Your Testimony | Nick Bodine

Oh, yes, amen, that was incredible. I'm still hype, I can't take it, I'm still hype. Well, thank y'all so much for joining us today. Welcome to Central. Thank you for worshiping with us today. Listen, we wanna shout out God Behind Bars. Those who are watching, yes, amen. Those who are watching through our partnership with God Behind Bars, thank you so much for joining us and for worshiping with us. Yes, guys, we are just so, so thankful for you. Well, guys, if you wanna follow along with all the teaching notes, you can find all of that in our Central Church app. But guys, let's give it up big for Pastor Nick as we continue in our Christmas Lights series. All right, welcome everyone. Hope your Christmas holiday season so far is going great. You're getting lots of rest, you're sitting around a quiet house just by a nice fire, Christmas tree, watching Christmas movies. I know you're thinking like, who's he talking to? That is not how it's going right now. It's chaos, right? It's busy, it's running around. But I do hope that you're finding some peace in the middle of this season. And speaking of Christmas movies, it is amazing how passionate people get

about their favorite Christmas movie. It's almost like no other movies even pale in comparison to my favorite Christmas movie. For some of you, that favorite Christmas movie is the movie, Elf. Any Elf fans, every year, Elf, yeah. Or Home Alone, Home Alone's another popular one. My favorite one is always National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, that's my favorite. You die hard fans, like you say it's a Christmas movie. I think we're just over-arguing with you about it, like we're just gonna let you have it. But it's amazing just you can't convince people out of their favorite Christmas movies. They have their Christmas movie, and every single year, you'll watch it over and over and over again, it doesn't matter. Year after year, same storyline, same joke, same ending, and no one can ruin it for you. Every year, you're gonna watch your favorite movie. And when people tell us they haven't seen our favorite movie, oh, it's on. We're like, are you kidding me? Are you living under a rock? Do you even celebrate Christmas? How have you not seen this movie? Some of you are mad at me right now because I didn't mention your favorite Christmas movie. I don't know what it is, a Christmas story or Miracle on 34th Street, whatever it is,

you can have yours too. But we do this because Christmas stories mean something to us. They remind us of joy and family and tradition. They're nostalgic, they remind us of moments that matter. And here's what's interesting to me. Nobody had to train us to talk about the stories that we love at Christmas to talk about our favorite movies. Because when something brings us joy, when a story connects to our lives, when it reminds us of something good, we just naturally wanna talk about it. We naturally wanna share about it. We naturally wanna tell others to go see it. But for some reason, when it comes to our personal story, the story of how Jesus has changed us, well, that's where we can suddenly get a little quiet. We can suddenly get a little timid or a little shy. And it's not because we don't care. It's not because we don't believe in our story, but it's because we think our story has to be something it was never meant to be. Like it needs to be more dramatic or maybe it needs to be more polished. Maybe it wasn't messy enough or maybe it needs to be more complete. And when we think our story doesn't measure up, what we do is we just get quiet. And that's why this weekend's message is called Light Up Your Testimony.

Light up your testimony. I know the word testimony, it can sound like a churchy word. I'll translate it to words we would use more here at Central which a testimony is simply your story. It's your story of what Jesus has done and what he's still doing in you. And today we're gonna look at someone who wasn't afraid to share their story. They weren't afraid to share their testimony. It was also someone that probably understood the Christmas story better than almost anyone. And that someone was John the Baptist. And just a quick clarification, because today in our Bibles, we're gonna be in the book of John. We're gonna be in the gospel of John. But the book of John, the gospel of John was written by Jesus's disciple, John. John the Baptist is a different John. John the Baptist was a prophet sent to prepare the way for Jesus. And last week, Pastor Judd, he did a great job of setting all this. for us. He answered the question that some of us might wonder, which is why are we in the gospel of John when we're talking about the Christmas story? If you've read your Bible, if you've read the different gospels, there's four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and they all tell a perspective of Jesus's earthly ministry from four different authors, four different men. And typically when you're looking at the Christmas story this time of year, you go to the gospel of Matthew or the gospel of Luke because they talk about the birth of Jesus. They talk about the things we're familiar with this time of year when it comes to the Christmas story, the angels,

the shepherd, the wise men, the Mary and Joseph, the manger, the star. But John, he does something different. John doesn't start with a manger. He doesn't slow down and start with this quiet little silent night. No, John comes in hard. He comes in fast. He comes in hot. He goes straight to the point and he said, this isn't just a baby being born. This is the very light of the world stepping into our darkness. It's coming in and it's coming in with a force. And right in the middle of that first chapter of that story, the gospel of John, what he does is he introduces us to John the Baptist and he doesn't make John the Baptist some hero. He doesn't make John the Baptist like the main character, the main event. He just points to John as someone whose entire life just pointed other people to Jesus. His entire life was about pointing people to Jesus. We're going to go there now. If you have your Bibles with you, open it up to John chapter one, or if you're following along in the Bible app, John one, we're going to be in that first chapter and it's going to tell us that there were some religious leaders that came out to question John the Baptist. It's funny how anytime there's like a stirring, anytime there's commotion, anything that's happening spiritually, these religious leaders always have to come out and question it. They wanted to know with John, like, why was he all of a sudden getting such a following? Who was he? What role are you playing, John? Why are people listening to you? And look what John tells them. When we get to the red word in John one, seven, say it out loud with us. It says this year, it says, God sent a man, John the Baptist to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his what? Because of his testimony. So that everyone might believe because of his story. And that's where we're headed today. Because John shows us that sharing your story, it's not about being impressive. It's just about being clear, which is going to bring us the first truth I have to offer us today that we can see in job, the Baptist story, when it and how it relates to our own personal story, our own personal testimony. And that is that your story is not about you. My story is not about me. I know that sounds funny, but your story, it's not about you. Does anyone have a great storyteller in their household? Or maybe you are that great storyteller. I'm surrounded by a lot of great storytellers and my family. My wife, Laura is an incredible storyteller. In fact, she can tell you about a five minute target interaction and she can take 30 minutes just to tell you about that five minute interaction because she gets into all the detail. She gives you all the tone, all the emotion. She describes everything. She's like, yeah, I ran into Jenny and we started talking and Jenny's going through a lot. So we were talking

about this. And then we were on aisle G34 and on the shelf, there was this great sale going on with shampoo. And then this guy passed by in a blue shirt, not a Navy blue shirt. It was like a faded blue shirt. And I looked in his cart. He had toilet paper. He had Dawn's dish soap. He had, and I'm like, oh my goodness, the detail. I feel like I'm there. I can see it all. She's just a great storyteller. But when I go to Target, the opposite happens. Laura will ask me like, how was Target? Good. Did you run into anybody you know? Oh yeah. Who? I ran into Brandon. Oh, how's Brandon? He's good. What'd you talk about? Uh, I actually don't remember. Oh, just stuff, guy stuff, guy stuff. Yeah. I don't know. I don't, I can't even remember what we talked about. What was it? What color shirt was he wearing? I don't know what color shirt he was wearing. I don't know what sale there was. I don't know what aisle we were on. I don't have any of the details and I feel like I fail her because I'm not a great storyteller. I'm a horrible storyteller. And I think some of us approach sharing our story, the way that we've been transformed by Jesus, that same way. We think it has to be detailed. We think it has. to be impressive, perfectly told. And if we can't tell it well enough, or we can't tell it dramatically enough, then we just don't tell the story. But when we go back to John the Baptist, we're gonna see that he didn't lead with any detail. He didn't lead with drama. He doesn't necessarily sound like a good storyteller here. He just was clear. Look at this. Starting in verse 19, John 1, 19, it says, this was John's testimony. When the Jewish leader sent priests and temple assistants from Jerusalem to ask John, who are you? He came right out and said, I am not the Messiah.

I love this because John's already onto them. He already knows where they're going. He's like, you wanna know who I am? I'm gonna tell you who I'm not. I am not the Messiah. Well then, who are you, they asked. Are you Elijah? No, I am not, he replied. Well, are you the prophet we are expecting? No, then who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you have to say about yourself? They want a bigger answer. John gives it to them here. John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah, I am a what? I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, clear the way for the Lord's coming. I love John's response here. He's telling those religious leaders, I'm not the message. I'm not the solution. I'm not the savior. I'm just a voice. And what's powerful about this moment is that John isn't minimizing his purpose because a voice still matters. A voice still carries something important, but he's very clear about his role. He's very clear about what he is and what he isn't.

And when people asked him who he was, he answered them honestly. And he understood something that frees us all. If you wanna feel more free to share your story, more bold to share your story, more confident to share your story, we have to realize that our story isn't about us. John knew his assignment. And because he knew his assignment, he didn't feel the need to take responsibility for outcomes that weren't his. He couldn't control them. He wasn't there to convince people. He wasn't there to save people. He wasn't there to try to be impressive. He was just there to point people to Jesus. And most of the anxiety that we feel around sharing our story, I believe that it comes from trying to be something that we were never called to be. And we have to live knowing that our story, it's not about us. And if your story, if it's truly not about you, I believe there's a few truths that just show up in your life that become evident in your life. They're almost promises that you can hang on to. One is this, when you realize your story isn't about you, you stop worrying about how people are gonna respond. I think for a lot of us,

we hesitate to open up about our faith because we're worried about how someone else is gonna react. Like, is this gonna make things awkward in this relationship? Is this gonna change the relationship? Are they gonna push back? Are they gonna ask me questions that I don't know the answers to? Are they gonna think I'm weird all of a sudden? Are they gonna think I'm judgmental? Am I gonna stop being invited to things? And when you realize that your story isn't about you, you release those outcomes to God. You don't need the perfect response from people. You don't need the perfect reaction. You're just being faithful with what God has done in your own life. A second truth that will show up is this, is that you'll let go of the pressure to have all the answers. A lot of us think that sharing our story, that that means we have to be ready to defend everything we believe. But you're gonna notice with John and these religious leaders, he didn't try to debate theology. He didn't argue people into their faith. He was just honest about what he knew. He was humble about what he didn't know.

And the same is true for us. You don't have to know everything in the Bible cover to cover. You just have to fall in love with what you do know. And what you do know, how has that interacted in your story? How has that changed your life? You can say things like, I don't have it all figured out, but this is what Jesus did for me. This is what he's doing through me. And church, that's enough. That's enough in your story. The third promise is this, you'll stop comparing your story to someone else's. When you know that your story isn't about you, you're gonna stop comparing it to everybody else's. Comparison is one of the quickest ways to make the story right back about you. Because we start measuring our story against everybody else's. Everybody else's experiences, everybody else's mess, everybody else's grace. And what we end up doing is we end up disqualifying ourselves. John, he didn't try to be someone else. He didn't chase somebody else's calling. He didn't borrow another story. He just stayed faithful to the story that God had given him. And what I'm trying to help us understand is that when your story isn't about you, all of a sudden you're gonna be able

to share it way more honestly, way more openly, way more humbly. You're gonna be able to share it without fear. You'll be able to share it with confidence. We have to remember at the end of the day, our story isn't about us. And that leads us right into the second truth that we need to understand when it comes to our story, our testimony. And that is that our story should point people to Jesus. It should point people to Jesus. I don't know if you've noticed this about people, but we all have a tendency to make ourselves the main character. Like when we're born, we come right into this world. Like it's all about me. I'm the main character. Pay attention to me. There was a great example of this on social media. This little girl who was looking through her parents. What is that? That's our wedding, sweetheart. You did a wedding without me? Sweetie, you weren't born yet. You should have waited for me. I'm part of this family too. We need to do another wedding with me. Should we need to do another wedding with me? How dare you do a wedding without me? How dare you have an event before I was even born?

Like I'm the main character here. And that family, she believed she had the lead role. And we need to remember something when it comes to our lives. We are not the main character. My kids used to say this to each other all the time. Anytime one of them would be complaining, like I didn't get this, or this didn't happen for me, one of them would say to each other, like, bruh, you're not the main character. That used to drive me nuts. Not just because they said, bruh, I can't. When they say, bruh, I'm like, stop. But you're not the main character. It was almost as if they were making fun of their sibling. Like, it's not all about you. But they're actually quoting an important truth here. We are, in fact, not the main character. And we have to remember that, because sometimes we go through life as if we are the main character. Like we're the flashlight. Like the light is supposed to come from us. We're supposed to shine the light. We're the power source behind the light. Like the story only works if my light shines bright enough. And if we're not a powerful flashlight, if it's not a bright enough light, we start to get embarrassed about our story. And that's exactly where scripture helps us again,

because John, he never thought of himself as the light. He never thought of himself as the one who had to hold the light, to shine the light. Look at what John 1, 8 says right here. It says, John himself was not the light. He was simply a witness to what? To tell about the light. You see, John understood something that I think we don't realize. Or maybe we do realize it and we often forget it. And that is that he was not the source. He was not the light. He was not a flashlight. And this is where so many of us get stuck. We think sharing our story means that we need to be the light. We need to say the right things. We need to feel confident. We need to have the perfect delivery. We need to shine the light. We need to be the ones powering the light. And we have to remember, we are not the light. We're not called to be a flashlight. We're not the main character in the story. We're not the main event. That's not our calling. And last week, Pastor Judd did an incredible job of an illustration about when we stand in the light. The difference between standing in the light and standing in the darkness.

And I wanna take that one step further. Because when we stand in the light and we live out our calling, when we don't make ourselves the main character trying to shine our own flashlight, when we share our story, our testimony with what God's doing in our life, we're no longer trying to be the light. All we're trying to do is just reflect the light. We're just trying to be a reflection to the light. And here's the freeing thing. A mirror, it doesn't have to be impressive. A mirror, it doesn't have to be powerful. It doesn't have to be loud. It doesn't need to generate anything. It doesn't need a power source. It doesn't need batteries. All a mirror needs to do is just position itself where the light can hit. And no matter how big the mirror is, no matter how small the mirror is, if the light shines on a mirror, no matter how big or small, if it's a powerful light, it's gonna get attention. It's gonna get noticed. It's gonna be seen. And that's exactly what John was doing. That's exactly what John was saying. He's saying, you're not called to be the light. You're just called to be a reflection of the light.

Look at John 1 29. Look at what it says. It says, the very next day, John sees Jesus walking towards him. And he says, what? He says, look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. John's saying, you're all looking at me. Look over there. There's the light right there. I'm just a reflection to that light. John doesn't have to explain anything. He doesn't have to give some powerful sermon or some great speech. He just points. He just points to Jesus. You see, your story, it doesn't need to impress people. It just needs to point people. Point people to the grace that you experienced. Point people to the hope that you found. Point people to the peace that surprised you or the work that God's still doing in you. When your story points people to Jesus, the pressure stays off of you and the focus stays where it belongs. And that sets us up for our third truth today. The truth that we can see in John's story, how it relates with our testimony, and that is that our story grows when it's shared. When we share our story, it grows.

It becomes more powerful. When people started following Jesus, John's ministry started to change. John had an incredible following. He had his own disciples, his own friends, and crowds that once gathered around him, they all began walking away. And it's not because John said something wrong or he failed or that he had messed something up, but it's just that people were now going to Jesus instead. And John's disciples, they come to him in John chapter three and they tell him, they basically say, John, everyone, that man that you testified about, that person that you pointed to, Jesus, everyone's going to him now. In other words, it's like they're trying to tell their friend. It's like they're trying to tell their leader, like, hey, you're missing your moment, bro. Your moment's shrinking. You're losing your influence. Your voice is getting quieter. That following that you worked so hard for, they're all going somewhere else now. And for us, I think this would cause a lot of panic in a lot of us. Like I worked so hard. I tried so hard and why does it seem like my voice is getting quieter now? And this is where we would try

to grab that flashlight back. We'd try to grab that light and just point it right back to ourselves. This is where we'd feel insecure or overlooked or maybe we'd even feel a little bitter. But John, he doesn't respond that way at all. Instead, he says something, I believe, every single one of us needs to hear. I believe this is one of the most beautiful verses in all of scripture. It comes from John 3.30. Look at what it says. It says this here. It says, I am filled with joy at his success. Not like I have a little bit of joy because he's successful. I'm filled with joy at Jesus's success. He must become greater and greater and I must become less and less. He must become greater and I must become less. Now I want us to be clear about what John is not saying here. John is not saying I don't matter. John is not saying my life has no value or my story isn't important. Statements like those, that's not humility. I think that's insecurity. John, he's not becoming less of a person. He's becoming less of the focus. And this is important because sometimes we misunderstand this verse. We think less of me means beating ourselves up

or doubting ourselves or disqualifying ourselves, talking ourselves out of obedience because we just can't seem to get it figured out. We can't seem to get it right. But even that, that kind of talk, that kind of thinking still makes it all about us. We're trying to say it's not about us, but it's still about us. When I say my story's not enough or my story's not impressive or my story isn't messy enough with enough grace poured on or my story won't help anyone, I'm still putting that light on me. And what John shows us is something different. He says, becoming less doesn't make you smaller. or it simply makes God's light more visible through you. It removes all those obstacles in the way so that his light, his powerful and wonderful light can reflect off of you. And when that happens, something incredible starts to take place. We notice that our joy, it begins to grow. John wasn't losing joy as people followed Jesus, he was gaining it. Because when your story is shared, when your story is reflected, when someone else steps closer to Jesus because of your story, that's when you realize that your story was never meant to stop with you.

It was just meant to move through you. His power, his light was meant to move through you. I saw this play out this last week, a couple of weeks ago in an unexpected way. Two weeks ago, we hosted our All is Bright event right here at Central. It's where incarcerated men and women, they got a night out of the prison facility. They got to spend it with their families. They got to have fun, play games together, share a meal together. They opened Christmas gifts from their parent. They got to just be a family for a night and it was beautiful. It was a beautiful night to watch all these families just having fun, enjoying each other. And through this event, I met a man named Matt. And Matt, he's serving a 14 year prison sentence. He's already served four of those years already. And without getting into all the details, because honestly, the details don't matter in this moment. It's not the point of this moment. Matt made a decision years ago that broke the law and it caused some real harm. It was a terrible mistake. Now there was no malicious intent, but there were serious consequences because people were hurt. Lives were forever changed. And Matt, he owns that.

He knows there's consequences for his actions. And what struck me immediately is what Matt didn't do in this moment. And talking to Matt, he didn't shift blame. He didn't minimize the pain that he had caused. He didn't claim innocence. In fact, he spoke with a lot of deep sorrow for what others had to carry because of his actions, the pain that he inflicted in others lives. But here's what surprised me. Here's what wrecked me in the best way is that Matt also wasn't bitter. He wasn't angry at God. He wasn't crushed by shame. His head wasn't hanging low. If Matt were standing here today, you would look at him and you would not think this is a man who's defined by his worst moment because his head was still high. And Matt, he had a good life before prison. He owned a successful business. He had a one-year-old little girl. He was married. His wife was pregnant with their son that was on the way. Today, his daughter is five and his son is three. And when Matt gets out of prison, both of his kids are gonna be teenagers. And as a dad, as a husband, I can't even begin to describe just the ache that that put in my heart,

just the birthdays that he was gonna miss, the bedtime prayers that he was gonna miss, the first days of school, the moments that he was never gonna get back and he'll never have the opportunity to have. And yet standing there talking to Matt, I didn't hear despair. What I heard was strength. I heard faith. And Matt told me that while in his prison cell, he found himself with nothing to do and he wasn't gonna sit around just sad and his head hung low with nothing to do. He picked up a Bible and he read the Bible cover to cover. And when he got done, he read the Bible again, cover to cover. And when he got done, he read the Bible again, cover to cover. He's read the Bible four times, cover to cover. Just this last year in an event where they were able to get out of the prison facility and come to this church, he got baptized at this church. He made a decision to follow Jesus. Matt, he now leads a small group of men inside that prison facility. Every week where they grow in their faith, they unpack God's word. They're seeing other inmates' lives being changed, other men coming to faith.

And with tears in his eyes, Matt looked at me and said, God is doing something with all of this. Not someday, not after I get out, but now God's doing something with all this. You see, Matt didn't walk or talk like a man whose story was over. He talked like someone who knew exactly who he was, a child of God, a son of the most high, a man whose story, while marked by failure, is not finished. And standing there, Matt's story, it preached right to my heart. Not because it was dramatic, not because it was perfectly told or because it was polished, but because Matt made Jesus so evidently present in his story. It was so bright. It was so clear. Matt took the attention off of himself and he pointed everything to Jesus and it brought him so much joy to do so. God's light is reflecting inside Matt's life, not because of what Matt did, but because of what God is doing through him. And church, I want you to understand something today. That's not unique to Matt. That's not unique to just a few people. That's the calling on every believer. I know this because 1 Peter 2, 9, it tells us this. It says, but you are not like that.

Peter's saying you're different from everybody else. You're not like that. You are a chosen people. You are royal priests. You don't need a title. You don't need a platform. If you belong to Jesus, you're his kid, you're his son, you're his daughter and royalty carries authority. A holy nation. Holy doesn't mean perfect. It means set apart. Because of Jesus, God looks at you and he says, you're mine. And then Peter tells us what to do with all that. He says, as a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out. This is where your story comes in because God didn't just save you from something. He saved you for something. He called you out. He called you out of the darkness. And some of you remember that darkness. Some of you remember that pain, that hurt, that addiction, that rock bottom where your life felt without purpose, your life felt in despair, your life felt without direction, but he called you out of it to what? The wonderful light, his wonderful light.

Not a small light, not an okay light, not a good light. The wonderful, powerful light of God. Church, this means your story isn't small. Your testimony isn't insignificant. You are a mirror reflecting the wonderful light of God. And this holiday season and the next coming weeks, we have an incredible opportunity to live that out. We're gonna be hosting Christmas at Central Experiences this very next week. It's one of the best chances we have all year to invite our friends, our family, our neighbors, our coworkers, to come and hear about the hope, the light that they can find in Jesus, to experience that joy themselves, to experience that love that we found in a relationship with him. And we try to make it incredibly easy for you to invite your friends. We try to put on a great experience. There'll be all the decorations, all the lights, all the production, the singer, the talents, an incredible message, incredible worship. And all of it matters. The environment matters, the production matters, the worship matters, the message matters. All of it matters because it's telling the story of Jesus, the Savior born to ultimately die for us so that we can be saved. So I would love for you to invite people to experience.

I would love for you to invite them to come and to see and to hear. But I also want you to hear me on this. One of the most powerful invitations you can give your friends, your family, your coworkers, your neighbors, is you telling your story. It's not an invite card. It's not a text. Yeah, God can use those things. Invite cards are informational or inspirational. The lights, the production, it's gonna create moments. The music's gonna open hearts, but your story, it can literally change lives. What God is doing in and through you, it can change someone else's life. For some of the people in your life, the brightest light they're gonna see this Christmas won't be on this stage. It's gonna be your story shared humbly, shared openly, shared honestly, and pointing clearly to Jesus. Because our story's not about us. It should always point to Jesus. And that will not only bring us so much joy, but it could potentially be the very thing that introduces people to the Savior of the world. Now, maybe you're here today and you're realizing something. You have a story. It just still seems like a really bad story.

There's no turning point in the story. There's no hope found in the story. You've heard about Jesus, but you haven't made any decision there. He's not the center of your life. And maybe today is the day that all that changes. John said it best in that verse. He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less. And that's not condemnation, that's an invitation. Jesus, He didn't come to condemn you. He came to save you. He came to forgive you. He came. to give you a new life. You don't need a finished story for Jesus to step in. He specializes stepping into the middle of our story, no matter the mess. And He can do that for you today. So if you're here today and you want Jesus to step in and change your whole story, if you're ready to say yes to Him, I'm gonna give you that opportunity. I'm gonna ask everyone to bow their heads and close their eyes. I'm gonna ask you to talk to God. You can repeat the words that I'm saying, but you mean it from your own heart. Pray, Jesus, I know that I'm a sinner. I know that I've messed up.

But I know you died on the cross for my sins. And that has the power to forgive me. I believe you rose from the grave. You rose from the grave. So Jesus, I wanna spend eternity with you. I ask that you forgive me of my sins. I name you my personal Lord and Savior. Help change my story, Jesus. And if that's you, with every head bowed and every eye closed, here's what I'm gonna ask you to do. I'm just gonna ask you to slip your hand up in the air. If you're online, if you're in your living room, if you're at another location, just slip your hand up in the air. Just declare before Jesus you're gonna walk after Him today, that you're asking Him to change your story. And He'll show up in a powerful way. Thank you for those hands. God, every hand reaching out to you right now, every hand we can't see reaching out to you. I pray that you draw so close, God. Show up in the middle of their story like you promised to do. And for all of us, God, as you show up, as you work, as you move, let us just be a reflection of your light. Let us not be afraid or timid to share our story, God. Because we know it's not ours anyways, it's yours. We're telling your story.

The Savior of the world. that enter bringing light to the darkness. Thank you for choosing us. Thank you for saving us. It's in your name we pray these things, Jesus. Amen.