Spiritual Gifts | Roots | Pastor Stephanie Payne

111 people getting baptized on Sunday. What a day. I'm telling you what I love about that video and that just captures like a little small piece of it is every person, 111 people, 111 people. It is a story. It is a family that is being changed for generations. It's somebody that went from darkness to life. It is somebody that has given their life fully over to Jesus Christ and life change is happening. And it is so exciting to be able to be a part of that. And man, what a day it was last week at the beach. I know it probably feels like we're still at the beach this morning. We just don't have the sunshine, you know, bearing down on us, but hopefully the AC guy is out there working. Thank you Jesus for Florida air and you stay with us and we're going to keep going. So I have to say a little shout out to the worship team, right? They were given it. They're all 110% like no heat is going to stop us because he is in the house, right? Man singing about the majesty of Jesus. It just doesn't get any better. I love that. So what I love a lot about the baptisms and I want to do a little bit of reflection because it has everything to do with you living out your purpose in your life. And that's what we have seen last weekend. We got to celebrate, you know, I was very overwhelmed with emotions and gratitude last week because it was, you get to see when you have been doing things in ministry for a little while, or just being a Christian, living the Christian life and not hiding your light. You get to see the fruit from it. And we've been in the series called what if you didn't know it's roots. Okay. Your first Sunday here. It's okay. Just follow along. It's roots. You get little, little tease right here. It got the roots growing, but we got to see that. And I wanted to share with you a couple of the stories. And these are just a few, I know you have many stories as well. I got tagged on social media and I'm going to share this story because it's so powerful. It's four generations of life change just right here through the body of Christ of momentum church. So I got tagged on social media. So if you, you may have already seen it, but I want to read it to you. Anyway, this was from Shalem, my friend Shalem. She tagged us on social media. I love her. If you don't know her and she's in the room, you're you, you can't miss her. She got a bigger than life personality. This is what she said. She is ex Muslim to Jesus follower. Did you catch that? Ex Muslim to Jesus follower, January 5th, 2014. I gave my life to Christ supernaturally right here at momentum church, September 27, 2014, 11 years ago yesterday, pastor Tim and Stephanie

baptized me in the Gulf of America with my son, Michael and my daughter, Rachel that day changed my life. And the Holy spirit fire has been burning inside of me till this day. Momentum church also baptized my husband, husband and my grandson Landon. And again, pastor Tim and Stephanie baptized my 77 year old mom who was a prior Muslim as well turned to a Christ follower. She is now 83, but today they baptized my beautiful Jordan and our sweet granddaughter Addie bug. God has been doing some incredible things in the families and my family through momentum church. God has been good and hearing my prayers. So never stop praying. This is a word for somebody today. Never stop praying because he is listening. I love you, Jesus. Thank you God. And to God be the glory. That is just one story. A life change from seriously from darkness until life for generations. That is one of the stories. Another story. It felt like all of my world's kind of collided for a little bit. You know, Tim and I've been in ministry for 26 years. And, um, the last baptism, you, if you were there, you couldn't hear the story. Cause I asked several people like, could you hear the story? They were like, no, but we kept smiling and clapping. We couldn't hear. And, um, so as we're standing there, I see two families walking towards us. You have the Pesce family and you have the McNeely family and you're like, oh, they're little kids giving their life to Christ. This is so amazing, but it's full circle because it was part of our first ministry when we did, um, back in the day visitation and we cold called knocking on your front door where we met little Deidre, little Deidre now McNeely, but at nine years old, got to lead her and her family to Christ. Little did we know that she would marry Tyler who would be in our kids ministry and student ministry who now years later are part of our church. year at Momentum Church and have been faithfully serving him. And then for us to get the privilege of baptizing their little girl, and I'm like, God, you're so good. This is what a life looks like when you face the hard days. This is what a day looks like when you go through the fire and you don't quit in the pit, that you bear the fruit that we've been talking about, that you get to see the stories of life change, that you get to be a part of it. And I turned to them and I was like, I need a minute.

I need to cry. I literally turned my back just a little bit, teared up. Cause I'm like, okay. I didn't want the kids to be like, what's wrong with Ms. Stephanie? Why is she crying? Is this supposed to be a good time? You know? And then you have the Pesce's Frankie and Kristen and Kristen was part of our student ministry here in Pensacola years ago. But in Tampa, we met Frankie and he was a part of our college ministry there. We called it Uprising and we poured into him. He came here to plant the church with us, met Kristen. She had run from God, but God was like, go back to Pensacola. I didn't tell you to leave, go back. She came back to Pensacola, met the man of her dreams. That's what Frankie says. No, I'm serious. Met the man of her dreams and now they have this beautiful family and all these different years of ministry that we get to baptize these two precious kids starting out on their Jesus journey. And I don't know where you are today, where you're starting in your story. Maybe you've been a Jesus follower for a long time, but God has a purpose. God has a plan for you and he is not done. The best is yet to come. I'm telling you what, I love celebrating stories of life change. It gets me going. Anybody ever had a bad day? We all have bad days. And when you start remembering the goodness of God and reflecting and thinking about it, picks up your spirits a little bit, doesn't it?

Today we're going to talk about gifts. And I know pastor Tim has given me a hard time about me being the plant whisperer now, you know, I know y'all have heard the stories. That's why I wore my flower shirt. Maybe I shouldn't have had a long sleeve on today, but that's okay. Here I am glistening. So I've got my flower shirt on. And so one day Tim came home cause he knows I love plants now. And so he bought me a little gift and I'm like, you're really adding to the, like a addiction. And he's like, happy wife, happy life, something like that. You know? Um, so he gets him this flower, this plant actually. And I'm like, oh my gosh, this is perfect for our series because you can literally see the roots growing. You can literally see the soil. You can see the foundation of this plant and how it is flourishing. And of course I was happy cause I love plants and flowers. And I was so grateful that he got me a, a plant. I love bringing things and adding oxygen to our house. That's what I tell him it is. But today I'm going to share with you better than even a plant that adds value to our home. I think, um, is the Holy Spirit has a gift, has gifts. He has given each and every one of you, maybe you've been a Jesus follower for a long time and you're like, yeah, I knew about that. I just don't use my spiritual gifts anymore. Maybe you're a brand new believer and you're like gifts. I want a gift. Anybody like gifts out there? I do.

I'm like, Hey, I'll take a gift. Holy Spirit has a gift for you. He has given us gifts, but they're not just for ourselves. It is for the edifying, for the body of Christ. We've been here in this series talking about bearing fruits and, um, bearing fruit and getting rooted, growing deep roots. So through this, we've learned to what to get in his word. We've learned to get our open our Bible up and start reading and get the word in us. Second, we've learned how to fast and to pray, like to hang on to God, the promises of God. Third, we are learning right now how to honor his house. And this is how we today are going to learn to honor his house. When you start using your gifts because we are the body of Christ. It's not just a building, it's a building, but we are the body of Christ and God has gifts that he has given you that he wants you to use today. The fourth thing is be filled with the Holy Spirit. And the last one is share Jesus with our fear. So we're going to be talking about spiritual gifts and you can look in scripture in different places, but I'm going to be reading from first Corinthians, um, this morning and talking about what is a spiritual gift. Maybe this is something new to you and you'll understand like, Oh, that's why I do what I do. That's why I have like people act different than you. They don't, um, like in situations they respond differently. A lot of times it's just like our giftings, how we act, how we move. It's how God has designed us and it doesn't make somebody better than us or you're less than anyone, but all of our gifts work together. So I'm going to go over here and first Corinthians and it is going to be, I'm thinking it is is the fourth. Hold on. Let me look it up real quick here. It's the 12th. Yep. You can see behind me. Ready to go. First Corinthians 12, and I'm going to start reading in verse four. It says there are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same spirit is a

source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we same serve the same Lord. God works in many ways, different ways, but is the same God who does the work in all of us. Somebody say all. He doesn't just give a gift to the person beside you. He doesn't just give a gift to somebody here is on stage or in ministry. He gives a gift to all of us. If we call ourselves Jesus followers, if we've received the personal gift of salvation, we have a gift that is inside of us. We all to do, um, here to help us in each and every one of us. God works in different ways, but as the same God who does the work in all of us, a spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. It's not just for us. That's why I say about this plant, it's not just for me, it's for everyone in my family. To one person, the spirit gives the ability to give wise advice. If you've ever been around somebody and you're like, how do you just know these things to another, the same spirit gives the message of a special knowledge. They just know the Lord has like spoken to them directly. They just know the same spirit gives great faith to another. Have you ever been around someone and you're like, how do you have the faith to believe that I can barely get up, get up out of bed this morning and read my Bible, but you're believing for a mountain to be moved. God has given them the spiritual gift of faith of that activation. Um, and to someone else, the spirit gives the gift of healing. We have been around people. I mean, literally we have seen people's body touched by the spirit of the Lord and healed. God still does that. And he wants to use you and he wants to use me to do that. He gives one person the power to perform miracles and another, the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the spirit of God or from another spirit. Still, another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. It is the one and only spirit who distributes all of these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. And I want you to know, like we all have different gifts. We all have a different purpose and we all are working as the body of Christ together. I know I told one time I was talking to a worship leader, he was leading worship with us and I'm like, I've always prayed to have a voice like an angel. Like I want your gifting. Like how incredible is it that you have this gift? I've always told the Lord, if you give me a magical voice, I will give you all the glory for it. He hasn't answered that prayer yet.

I don't know. He maybe thinks my heart's not going to lead me in that direction, but I'll never forget when he looked at me and he said, but you've given a voice to speak. Don't you think that's good enough as my gift? He goes, it's just as important as what I do. And of course I was like, okay, thank you. I needed that because so many times we look at other people's talents. We look at other people's gifts and we minimize the giftings that God has given to us. If you have the gift of faith to be able to walk up to somebody and be like, I'm going to stand in faith with you, believing that God is going to do this for you. That's a gift to give somebody. When you see somebody's faith beginning to wane because they've been in a season of waiting for God for a minute and then all of a sudden you step in, you're like, I'm standing in the gap. I'm believing with you. All of a sudden their faith rises. All of a sudden the body of Christ gets edified because you are using your spiritual gifts. Now I'm going to be practical today. So good news. We all get to take a test. Okay? So on the screen we have a QR code and this is for you to take the spiritual gift test. I'm not going to lie. It's a hundred questions. Okay. I like to know ahead of time if it's five questions, you're like, I can finish this pretty quick. The reason why it's so many different questions, it's because it's to figure out who you are, how God designed you and to give you a true accurate description of the giftings that are inside of you. Now word to the wise, don't answer the questions of what you want to be like, okay? Answer the questions of who you are because it's okay. We are all uniquely designed to be us. God doesn't want you to be the person beside you or the person staying on the stage. He has created you to be uniquely you and he wants you to use the gifts that he has given you. I know it was so funny. The first gathering I had a middle schooler come up to me. He's like, miss Stephanie, this is my gifts. What do you think? I was like, I think they're amazing. Did you listen to the rest of my message? I'm just getting enough. If you take it now, it's okay. But I was joking with him, but like, I was so excited. I said, of course those gifts are amazing. And his older brother's like, those are garbage gifts. I was like, no, no, no. Those are not garbage gifts. God does not give us gifts that are unequal. They are all equally good because together it forms a whole.

It divides a whole body. So I'm gonna tell you why there's a few things of why God has given us these gifts and the types of gifts they are. So these are the different types of gifts that you'll notice that when you go through and take this test, like what are these gifts? First of all, the types of gifts, there are ministry gifts. So ministry gifts are a lot of times more visible for people to see. You're talking about your pastors, your teachers, your evangelist. If you do not know this, Pastor Tim has a gift of evangelism. That is why when we go places, all of a sudden people are captivated. He can share the gospel of Christ like none other. Been with him 26 years. I have seen people in like completely different religions, completely agnostic, atheist, all of a sudden their hearts turn. You may have the gift of evangelism. One of the fun, cool stories about the last guy that you saw, you saw the shift on the stage. So the last guy that we baptized, you see the white shirt and his khakis, that was our videographer who had come to help us with beach baptism that day. And he started asking a few questions and Pastor Tim didn't get in a rush.

Pastor Tim said, your questions aren't too big for Jesus. Your questions, your doubts and your concerns. Let me answer a few questions for you. And Tyler, he probably was there hour and a half too, hour and a half or two answering the questions. At the end of it, Tyler, it's that guy's name, Tyler too. He said, I want to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. If God has given you the gift of evangelism, it has to be activated. It has to be, it's like working out. It has to be developed. You may have the gift inside of you. Don't hold that in. Can you imagine if Tim didn't use his gift that God has given him? The people who wouldn't know Christ because he hid his gift and didn't tell others about the gift. So there's ministry gifts. There's personal gifts. It's individual skills and talents that God has placed within you. Maybe it's like a gift of mercy. Like all of a sudden you feel compassion to people and people are like, why do you feel compassion? They need to do this, this and this. And you're like, no, like my heart breaks for them. I don't know what they're going through, but like my heart breaks. That is personal gifts that God has given you

and a heart for others, a mercy gift. Maybe a motivational gift, the way God has wired your heart, what drives you and inspires you to serve. Like why you show up because you are a connection specialist. You believe that everybody matters and you wanna make sure that no one gets left alone. You wanna make sure that everybody has a place to belong. These are the different types of gifts, ministry gifts, personal gifts, motivational gifts. And what you'll see, it's kind of funny with the different gifts that you'll see, how they're utilized in a scenario. But a spiritual gift is a special ability given by the Holy Spirit to build up the body of Christ. It's not just for you. You will see that it does edify you and it builds you up, but it's not just for you. They are not for our glory, but is the common good for the body of Christ. They are meant to strengthen, to encourage and to serve the church, to honor his house. So what you'll see, I saw this illustration when I was studying and I thought, okay, this is too good not to share. And this is how you'll see the different gifts played out. So if you're at a dinner and there's a group of people at the dinner and all of a sudden a glass falls over,

the glass shatters, drinks go everywhere. These are the type of people that are wire different. If you have a person with a gift of mercy, you'll hear, it's okay, I'm so sorry. I've done that before too. Don't worry about it, it's gonna be okay. Maybe you have the gift of giving. You're like, hey, where'd you get those glasses? I'm pretty sure I can find those at TJ Maxx Home Goods. I'll buy you a new set of glasses. Maybe you've got the gift of giving where you're like, I can fix this problem. Maybe you have the gift of exhortation. Exhortation kind of sings a little bit more. Well, if you didn't put the glass of water on the edge of the table, maybe it wouldn't have fallen off and broken and made a mess, right? Anybody you know have the gift of exhortation? Don't point to them, don't point to them. But like we all have different gifts. And the organization gift could be like, you grab the mop, I'll do this, you do that, and let's teamwork together. Do you see how many times we can also criticize each other? Because we're wired differently. God created us to be uniquely us. So it's okay that we think differently, we process differently. God has made us all to be together and to be as a whole.

He wants us to be a part of his body, the church. First Peter 4, 10, and 11 reminds us, our gifts are not just for us, but they are for others. And you will find this here in First Peter 4, 10. I'll pull this up, it'll be easier to read it here than in my. In my Bible God has given each of you a gift from his great variety Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Oh goodness All of a sudden it's on wives. Maybe God's trying to tell me I need to be a better wife I switched my chapter real quick. I got to go back to spiritual gifts. Here we go Do you have the gift of speaking then speak as though God himself were speaking through you? Do you have the gift of helping do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies you? Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ Because all glory all power and everything belongs to Jesus Here's a few things for the purpose of our gifts one I've already mentioned it a couple times the purpose of spiritual guests is to build up the body of Christ So we can glorify God God doesn't want people to look at us and say oh, she's pretty special man. Look at him He's got it together God wants us to reflect it holding up a mirror to be like man. What an amazing God you serve I want to be a part of that to draw people to him To strengthen people to create a healthy vibrant spiritually mature church The purpose of our gifts are to glorify God and point people once again back to Jesus It's to strengthen our individual faith. It's to remind us when we do things when we do hard things You're like man, I can pray with this person and sometimes God doesn't answer the prayer right away but at the same time when you start seeing God answering a prayer and you start seeing him come through when you're using your gift For this and all of a sudden you see it come to fruition. You're like I'm gonna do it again that happened last time I'm gonna believe for more. I'm gonna believe God for more Maybe it's to help fulfill God's purpose for your life It's gonna help empower you to carry out God's mission you were put on this earth for a purpose God created you for a purpose

Created you for a purpose with a purpose for a purpose and because you were created uniquely you he has a mission for you to Do so remember it is for the common good. The primary aim is to benefit everyone Especially with a spiritual gift acting as a unique part of the whole. I love how it says here I had written down Here talking about like created on purpose With a purpose Just remember today. God doesn't want you just to exist. He created you to make an eternal impact We're not just living for this moment here. We're living for an eternity for one day We'll hear father God say well done that good and faithful servant. I've given you these talents. I've given you these gifts What have you done with him? How have you served the body of Christ? But there's many reasons many times that maybe it hinder us from using our gifts I'm gonna share a few with you. Maybe you say yeah, I've been a Christian for a while I know I have these gifts, but I just don't use them anymore Maybe these are some of the reasons for you're not using your gifts and keeping you from using your gifts one Not realizing that God has equipped you God has equipped you with everything that you need inside of you to accomplish the work of God in your life You may not feel it I remember the first time I prayed with somebody out in public that I didn't know and I'm like dear God Hope I remember everything they asked. I hope that I said everything, right? But you know what? I did it anyway They were it wasn't about me. It was about them seeing that God saw them So don't make it about you right God has equipped you to stand up in faith God has given us a bold faith. So use our gifts many times you feel inadequate or Unworthy. Well, Mike, it's not it's not that much. I'm just an encourager That's what my gift is. I can take anything negative turn into positive. I'm like, let's go I can joke some people don't get my humor, but I get it. I'm like, I'm like, I want to laugh I want to have a good time because God has gifted me to be an encourager and sometimes you don't think of that as a gift But people need encouraging. Do you ever need encouraging? I do I do Maybe number three, it's guilt from your past But if you only knew me it was pretty public

Pastor Stephanie, it was embarrassing to our family. It was XYZ Don't let the guilt from your past Stop you from using the spiritual gifts that God has given you. Maybe it's a lack of love and compassion for others I know Maybe there's a few but not everybody would be like man. I hate people Like I just you know, there's one thing I just can't stand them like God has called us as Christ followers to love one another guys We may not like everything about everybody all the time, but he has called us to love others And I knew God had to take me through a season last year to rekindle the love I thought I loved people but God's like I'm gonna take you through this through this health I'm going to take you through cancer so you'll be able to see people at a deeper level. So you'll be able to love people where they are at, that you'll be able to love deeper. And I'm like, God, no, help me to never forget that. Maybe you need to ask God today, God, give me a love back for people. I've been hurt so many times by people that have guarded my heart and I don't care anymore. We've all been there. Open your heart. Let God show you what love is. Let him love flow through you because it's not our strength anyways. It's Christ's strength in us. Let him allow you to love others again. Maybe you're comparing your gifts like I talked about earlier. You're comparing your gifts. Well, I can't sing or I can't speak or I can't, you know, get out there and welcome people. I'm kind of introverted. We have people come up here all the time. I love it. They come in to organize. God has given them the gift of organization. I'm like, hallelujah, praise you, Jesus.

Like everybody has a gift and it all matters. Mistake number six is allowing sin to stop you from following in his footsteps. One thing I know about sin, it's a high price to pay. Our habits stop us from God's fully best so many times. So maybe there's something today God's kind of like tapping on your heart, being like, doesn't serve you a good purpose anymore. That's the old self. You've been crucified with me. You're a new person. It's time to let that sin go. Maybe it's anger, hidden sin. People can't see. Maybe it's bitterness. Maybe it's jealousy. No matter what it is that can hinder you from being able to fully use your spiritual gifts. Last thing, not realizing your time here on earth is from him and it's a gift. We're not guaranteed tomorrow. Every morning we wake up, we should wake up, take a deep breath in and be like, whew, thank you God. You've given me another day. How do you want to use my day today? How do you want me to use my gifts for you, Jesus? Who are you going to bring into my path that needs to know the hope of Jesus today that I'm going to be able to deposit seeds of faith in? Who in my path today I'm going to be able to let him know that hope has a name and his name is Jesus? What mom, I'm telling you what, I do this in Target or Walmart, wherever I am. I see mamas wrestling with their toddlers, their three majors that are over there like creating mayhem. And I look at them and I'm like, you're doing a good job, mama.

It's going to get better. Because I was there with my three-year-old, okay, and I didn't need the judgment. I needed the encouragement. So like if you see someone, encourage them, be like, you've got what it takes. God sees you. I see you. Keep going. How can you use your talents for Jesus? He wants to use, he wants you to use your gifts today. So I encourage you, go home, take the test and then, then Google it. Look it up. Look it up. GPT, whatever you want to do. But like, look, like what are these gifts? I've never heard of this exhortation or what I've got this, this, and this, what is this? Look it up, come and ask us. We'd love to help you start building those faith muscles, start building those muscles to serve and become a stronger Christian, to grow deeper roots. You'll never know how God wants to use you until you surrender your time, your talents and your treasures to him. One day you're going to look back. It's like I did in the baptism water. And I'm like, in that moment where we're making house calls, I didn't see myself 20 years down the road when we're over there meeting somebody for the first time, Frankie coming in. Who is this guy? This is a Florida Gator fan. Boo. I'm just kidding. He is a Florida Gator fan.

But my God, you don't want us to disciple him. No, he's, he can't be helped. But like, I didn't know years later there we were standing there. You never know the decision that you're going to make today. That it's going to affect tomorrow. That you're going to look back and you're going to be like, God, you used me? It wasn't about me. No, it's not about us. It's about him. And how are we going to use our time, our talents and our treasure to serve him? Go ahead and close your eyes and bow your head. I just want to pray over you before we go today, a little prayer of surrender. God, I just thank you so much for these men and these women that are here today. God, let us be men and women who live a life of influence. God, may we surrender our talents and our gifts to you. God, may we not be ashamed. God, may we just take our gifts and surrender them to you and be like, use me how you want to use me. Father, God, we just pray for activation today in the name of Jesus. There are people all of a sudden feel some quickening in their spirit, something shifted in their spirit man today, where they feel activated in their faith. All of a sudden they have the boldness to pray. God, all of a sudden they feel the urge to share the hope of Jesus with their friends and their neighbors and their coworkers. Father, God, I just thank you. Thank you that men and women are becoming alive in you today. I thank you that you've created each and every one of us to be uniquely us. God, we don't have to be the person beside us or the person in front of us

or any of our family members. We just need to be the best version of who you created us to be. We just surrender our time to you, God. I pray that you'll take our time, use us. And may we look back in a year from now and see how much we've grown and that our roots are planted in you. And we ask this in the name of Jesus. And everybody said, amen. Real quick before we close, I just wanna share with you. If you've never accepted Jesus, don't have a spiritual gift yet. But you know what? Today is the day you can accept Jesus. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life. Nobody comes up to me but through the Father. But you know what Jesus did for you? Jesus died on a cross for you. He took your pain, he took your punishment for any sin that you committed or will commit. He took that with him on the cross so you didn't have to take that punishment. And when he died on the cross, shed his blood for you. They put him in a tomb for three days. But at the end of the third day, Jesus didn't stay there. We serve a live and a risen Savior who is living with us today. And we are the only religion that serves a living God. And that God wants to walk with you,

he wants to talk with you and he wants to make you new. Not only one day, someday I'm gonna go to heaven, but today, he'll be with you through the good times, he'll be with you through the bad times. He wants to be your friend and let you know how much he loves you. Father, God gave his only son, Jesus, just for you. And if you haven't made that decision today, I'd encourage you, accept the free gift. You don't have to earn it. You don't have to do anything. All you have to do is surrender. Another surrender prayer, say, Lord, I receive all that you have for me. I'm gonna lead you in what we call a sinner's prayer. And it's just saying, God, I'm not, but you are, and I need you. It's not a perfect prayer. It's just a prayer of saying, God, I need you in my life. Come into my heart and make me new. Go ahead and close your eyes. We're gonna pray this together. Maybe you've prayed this prayer before, but we're gonna pray it together as a church to encourage people who are praying this for the first time. We're gonna pray it together. So we're gonna pray this together. Say, dear Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross and taking the punishment of my sin. I believe you died for me.

I believe you are buried for me. And you came up out of that grave three days later for me. I ask you today to come into my life and make me new. It's no longer about me, but I give my life to you. And I ask all this in Jesus' name. And everybody said, amen. If you did that today, that is the best decision that you will make, I promise, in your life. We wanna celebrate with you. We wanna give you a gift to help you on your Jesus journey, to help you with the Christian walk. So we're gonna count to three. If that was you, I want you to raise your hand. We wanna celebrate you today. Are you ready, church? Let's do this on the count of three. One, two, three. Man, I'm telling you, I can't see out there, but God sees you. He knows the decision that you made today. And we are so excited to celebrate with you today. Jesus has made you new. Now let's go out and be the light and bring somebody back with us and let them know that hope has a name. His name is Jesus. I hope you guys have an amazing week. Cannot wait to see you back here next week as we continue to grow roots.