Good Lord. Did you? Yes, I did. You know that? But trust me, Bernadette picked up the slack. Thank you, thank you so much. Excited to be here with our amazing governor and a partner as we put on our New York display. We like doing this. We like our product. This place called New York City. And our opportunity to continue to show how the resiliency of this city and the invincibility of this city. And to be able to show the DNC reps on why this is one of the best places, if not the best place to host our convention. So I'm happy to be here with Jamie Harrison and his team. And trust me, many of them, they have done this before, so they know the right questions, they know what to look for, and how to ensure that they're picking the best place as representative of our entire country and our party. The party of fairness, the party of vitality, the party of the future. And so I wanna thank them for being here as we compete for the convention. This is an exciting moment for us to do so. And I also want to thank the entire team that is part of the site, part of looking at every aspect of bringing a convention to a city like New York. And New York is recovering because it works. Our partnership and the vision of the governor, we all are in lockstep of what she's doing. And I believe that it is assembled to the entire country. And so this is an important moment for us as we decide the future of our party. The, from our success of hosting events, from ticketate parades to major sporting events, to major, using a major venues, we're coming together to gather for the 2024 convention. And this is the place to do it. We're not just nominating a Democratic presidential ticket, we are setting a brand new course for this nation. In America, where we are looking for the right sites, we wanna place that respect, workers' rights, women's rights, including the right to control the body and her destiny. As we look right now and are the location for those asylum seekers, New York has continued to show why we're going to lead the way and this party is a party that will continue to show that they are working on behalf of everyday New Yorkers and everyday Americans. We are here where labor unions and businesses work together. This is a place where we fight climate change and protect our communities from coast to coast and everywhere in between. This moment is so important for our country. This is a place where we pass common sense gun laws. We hosted a series of mayors here yesterday to talk about the common sense gun laws that we need. It's a safe harbor and welcomes immigrants, celebrates diversity and rejects bigotry. We're a symbol of that in New York City, a nation and a city that offers our young people high quality education, good paying jobs and renews sense of hope in a strong and steady state where our elected officials and schools broke together to prepare our children for the future. That's why we are clearly stating that New York is the place to host the convention in 2024. And I'm excited to be here with the governor that has a clear vision on how to carry this out. We're gonna spend the next few days of showing the entire delegation on why there's no other place like New York City when a curtain rises in New York, it rises in America. And we know that and we're going to show everything from our great venues, our restaurants, our amazing infrastructure and transportation, the ability to move around large number of people, the best police force on the globe. Many of the dollars that are used to make this happen is right here in New York City. And this is our opportunity to show why in 2024 there's no other place to be than NYC. And so I wanna turn it over to my partner and our leader, the governor of the state of New York, Kathy Hoku. Thank you, Mayor Adams. It is great to partner with you on so many initiatives, but this will probably the most fun thing we partner on. I am so energized by this opportunity to put the spotlight on our stage here in New York City with the mayor because there are no two greater champions and believers in the city and the state than the two of us. And we wanna spread that sense of optimism that we innately have about the possibilities of our comeback. Yes, we've been down, we've been knocked down before and we always rise up. So we talk about symbolism, the symbolism of the National Democratic Committee selecting New York City for their 2024 location will be a symbol of a rebirth of not just a community, but of the Democratic Party as remind people that the values of our party, the Democratic Party are uniquely American values. We value our diversity. We welcome people from all over the world. The Statue of Liberty is that symbol that is recognized by others seeking freedom from oppression. And today that same symbol allows us to talk about coming here, women particularly, who are being oppressed and denied their rights in other states to have a medical procedure known as an abortion. So we're gonna talk about these issues in 2024. This is the place to have that conversation we believe because we're gonna be able to show an incredible contrast and who's fighting to protect our city streets more than New York City. The partnership we have once again talking about this nonstop to ensure that we remain the safest big city in America which is what we are today. So these are the issues that matter to people getting people good paying union jobs as we rebuild our economy. We're gonna talk about that. And also what we have to offer not just historically as the place that had a Democratic Convention in 100 years in 1924. So it'll be the 100th anniversary. It occurred right here in New York City. It was our first. This would be a great centennial of a convention coming here. But also the history of the last time the Democrats hosted a convention here was in 1992. And it was a very good year for a young guy, a governor out of Arkansas named Bill Clinton. So things turn out well for people who are nominated in this city as our recollection on that as well. So we have the history. We have the values. We wanna showcase the contrast between the Democrats and the Republican Party. Interesting also intersection of the fact that we are talking about an insurrection that occurred in our nation's capital at this time. We're also recognizing the fact that this is the nation's first capital here in New York City from 1785 to 1790. So we can make all kinds of connections. The symbolism is glaring in why this should be the location for the next convention. But as the mayor said, the nightlife, the vitality, the energy, the excitement, this is a comeback. And by 2024, we'll be hitting it on all strides. And people will wanna come here to celebrate the rebirth of our country after COVID, the long, dark slumber of COVID, but also the rebirth of our Democratic Party once again re-energized. And there's no better place to do that than right here in New York City, in New York State. So we know what we have the best. We're happy to brag about it because we're New Yorkers, that's what we do. But I think you'll walk away from here after two days of exploring all we have to offer with that sense as well that this is the only place that this convention should and can occur. And we look forward to hosting this together as partners in 2024. So thank you very much. And with that, let me bring our great national leader, Jamie Harrison, who has been out there on the front lines, comes to New York City often. We see him here, but he's all over the country talking about why Democrats need to get elected to save democracy. Yes, that is exactly what's on the line, the protection of our democracy and our values. So Jamie Harrison, take it away. Thank you, Governor. Thank you, Governor. Thank you, Mayor, for your hospitality. It is always great to be in New York. It's always great to be in the city that never sleeps. And many of you who have attended conventions know that people do not sleep during conventions. Particularly the chairs. So let me just say I'm honored to be joined today by many of our officers of the DNC who are here with me and our technical team as well. This is a team of folks who have done so many conventions. They've forgotten more about conventions than I've ever known. And so I am just overjoyed to have them as partners to be in this effort to look through. What we do during these visits is we look under the hood. We kick the tires to try to make sure that we are picking the best city that represents the values of the Democratic Party. We are the party that stands for freedom. There's only one party in this country that stands for freedom right now. And you see it first hand. And you will see even more of it tonight when you see the hearings on January 6th. There's only one party that stands for diversity. There's only one party that looks like America in every aspect. Think about the diversity of this great nation which is our greatest strength. There's only one party that actually looks like America that has the values of this great nation. And that is the Democratic Party. And so for the convention, that is our one time in four years that each party gets to put on full display who they are and what they represent. I know what we represent. I know what we are striving for. We believe in reproductive freedom. We believe that men and women should control their own bodies. We believe in voting rights. We believe that everybody, regardless of your ideology, should be able to exercise your right to vote. We believe that climate change is not coming, but it is here and that we have to fight back against that. And so what we are looking for in a city is a city that will host this great convention and we have so many great cities across this nation. We are looking for a city that can help us make that case, that can demonstrate all of that diversity for not only the people who attend in that city, but for folks all across the country and all over the world. So again, I wanna thank the governor and the mayor for their hospitality, for having us here today. We're really excited to visit all the places. I know I can't wait, I'm a big NBA fan, so can't wait to be on the floor of Madison Square Garden. And the restaurants here, of course, I probably don't need to eat anymore, but I will. But it's just great to be here with two amazing Democrats who really embody all that we are as a party and I thank them for their friendship and their leadership. Thank you. Mr. Harrison, I wanted to ask you, we hear a lot of rhetoric from New York and I'm sure from other cities across the country about the current crime issues that big cities are facing in New York is no exception. How much is that public safety issue going to play into the decision you make? Listen, we got a mayor who served in the police department, who's the mayor of the city of New York. We have a governor who is tough on crime and is gonna make sure. So all of these cities that we are visiting right now, I feel very confident that our visitors will be safe, that they're gonna do everything that they can. And these mayors and these governors are working very hard to address those issues each and every day, so that's not a worry for us because we know that these are gonna be some of the most secure events around the country. So thank you. Mr. Harrison, this promise that by 2024, New York City will be an improved New York City, safer or more vital. How much stock do you put on a promise? Well, with these two people making the promises, it's guaranteed that that's gonna happen. They are true leaders that have demonstrated time and time again that they know what they're doing. And so I have full confidence. We already see the improvements that they're making in terms of infrastructure and security, working with police forces and all. So it is not something that I question. Again, we wouldn't be in the city if we didn't have confidence that they didn't have their act together and we know that they do. Mr. Harrison, I have a question for you, having to do with the kind of city you're looking for in the past, a lot of times, Democrats and Republicans have picked swing state places because they wanna make a statement in terms of the politics of the election. Are you gonna be taking that into consideration as well? Will you look at the possibility like Georgia, which could be a swing state as opposed to New York, which is solidly blue? I think every city that we're considering will have their own story, right? They will have their own pitch about why it's important to be in that city, why it's important to be in that state. I think for us, what we are looking for is the city that can demonstrate and illustrate the values of the Democratic Party, about who we are, where do we wanna go, where do we wanna be. And so New York is one of the great cities that can tell that story. And so in the end, we'll make the decision based on the technical components of what we need for a convention, but we'll also make the determination on which city we believe best tells the story of that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are trying to tell to the American people. And I think New York is one of those cities that's in that mix to tell that story. I think the governor and the mayor would both say to you that we are the only place that could tell that story. I'm sure they will. And they've already done it. Yes, good morning. How are you coordinating transportation given that the city has become, let's say, narrower for vehicles? There's been more development. There's a lot more construction in the streets. How do you get people from point A to B? Well, I think the mayor is best suited to answer that because that's one of the things, our technical team will discuss with his staff about because transportation is really, really important. So, mayor, I don't know. I think that you just gave us probably one of the top selling points that we have. As I crisscrossed the country, no one has the transportation infrastructure like New York. You could, as the governor was indicating earlier, I've attended conventions when you on those long bus rides and you're trying to figure, I'm like when I was a child saying, are we there yet, dad? We don't have to say that here. You know that from our subway system to the bus system, to being able to control lanes, we hold the United Nations leaders each September and we move about. We know how to hold big events. No one does it like New York and particularly in the area moving people around. We're going to be able to move around the delegation. We're going to be able to move around every day New York is. And so this is the best place. That is probably one of the top selling points we have our transportation infrastructure. Given the concern that New Yorkers have about getting on the subway, how concerned do you think out of towners and delegates would be riding the subway? It's the best subway system and we're seeing every day since January, the removal of 1,700 people who are living on our subway system, the removal of the encampments, the presence of our uniform offices, our manner of how we are patrolling and mobilizing and utilizing and deploying our police officers. We're turning the corner. People are getting back on our system every day. And then we have so many alternatives to moving around the city. We have one of the best bus services you can have from Crosstown to Uptown to Downtown. We even have the guys that are on the little bikes and the people that ride in the back. We get around, New York moves. We got bike lanes, we move in the city. And then we walk. We have some of the best hotels and restaurants right around Madison Square Garden. We're gonna hang out tonight. I'm the night life mayor, so I'm gonna show them some of the product as we take them throughout the city. But from our transportation is safe, reliable, and dependable, our subway safety plan that we rolled out at the beginning of the year. We're seeing a return on our investment and we're gonna get people around. And we're pleased about that. How much, you know, you mentioned, you mentioned the encampment policy that you instituted once back. When you guys did that, how much did you have events like this in mind? Like that, doing that in a way was a precursor to being able to hold events like this that I'm sure you see as a boon to the city's economy? Well, I think it's going to the previous question. The governor and I heard overwhelmingly from New Yorkers that stated they were concerned about the subway system. And to our credit, she heard it. We sat down with our teams. So it was not about just looking at how do we attract conventions and large events here. It was how do we attract people back into our subway system? And so there was a duality to our approach. We wanted to make our subway system safe and reliable for everyday New Yorkers. But then as we talk about the Royal Cup, soccer that we just won with New Jersey when we started talking about attracting, you know, conventions back to Phil Madison Square Garden. All of this was in mind. We knew we had to deal with the visual presence that our city was on a rebound and recover.  And so, yes, we had short-term and long-term. We knew 2024 was coming. And we knew that when the curtain rises, it has to rise on New York. And we wanted people to know that our city is back because we have the right partnership to do so. What have you been? Thank you. I spread the assignments around. As you're, you know, trying to alert Democrats to New York, there's been some discussion that the redistricting maps that are out might actually help Republicans gain a foothold in the city council. And I was wondering if you took that into account when I knew you appointed members to the Districting Commission. Are you worried at all about the Republican expansion and local politics? The, our appointments, they were to, for the city council maps. The, Albany did the congressional maps. This is, we have the largest number of Democrats in the entire country right here. This is, this is Democratic country right here. And as the chair stated, the party is the face of the Democrats. New York is the face of the party. So we're, we believe that we're going to retain the majority in the Senate and the assembly. We believe that the maps are not going to erode the fact that Democrats know this state and city and country needs to move in the right direction. And we're the party of the future. And so we're gonna mobilize the voters. We're going to get them out. We have the governor on a ticket that is going to increase the number of Democrats. We witnessed that before. And so we're not worried about, how they skewed the lines in my opinion. We're going to stay focused on getting our voters to the polls so we can win these seats. Mr. Mayor, another question for you. Going back to another, going back to the subways and as you talked about the deployment of police officers, what are you doing differently? And what is the NYPD doing differently about deployment of officers? Have you guys added more cops? And do you think the more cops should be added? And especially are you concerned that tourists are gonna come here and see these high profile cases like the shoving and the death of Michelle Go, someone getting shot in the queue train on the way to brunch? Are you worried that that's going to freak people out and have them not come? I had a meeting yesterday with mayors across the country. My good friend Houston mayor is dealing with some issues. All the big city mayors, Atlanta mayor, Andre was sharing some of the issues he was having there. All the cities that are being considered are dealing with the similar issues that we're dealing with here in New York. Some of these issues are not new to New York, but we're sharing information. And 2025, I am strong, a strong belief in 2025, you're going to see how all of our plans are going to materialize into the product that we know the city could be. Now, the over three million people use our subway systems a day. We have such a large usage, you know, a system where out of those millions of people, you have an average of six crimes a day out of those millions of people. Every crime matter, but deploying police as we are doing now where we're doing spreading them out, deploying them better. I've always stated we were not deploying our police correctly. I was a former transit cop and I know what deployment looks like. We're spreading out our resources, but we also did something else. We're having our uniform, precinct officers parking, going into the subway system doing inspections and actually enhancing that patrol. This was a brilliant idea that the police commissioner and Chief Wilcox put together to compliment. And during these high profile events, we're going to also add new officers inside our system where you're going to have a dense population of people there. So we're gonna compliment the existing transit police personnel, have our officers in the precinct do more visual inspections. We're doing thousands a day do visual inspections and then have those officers that are doing desk duties for some reason to also compliment what we're doing. We're gonna have the manpower. No one has the manpower like we do in the New York City police department. We're the best police department on the planet, not in the country, but on the planet. People come here to learn how to police. This is the, when you talk about public safety, you can't say it better. You start public safety with NYPD globally. Mr. Mayor, I wonder if there's any economic estimates about how much benefit this will be to New York City, especially as the restaurant industry, the hotel industry, Broadway and others are struggling to come back after COVID. Will this be an economic shot in the arm of both the city and the state and how much? It's a lot. I think the average is about 230 million dollars. You know, I say all the time when I'm on the street, I meet tourists. The first thing that I say to them, spend money. And those who are going to attend the convention, they're going to come out to our restaurants. They're going to come out to our Broadway shows.  This is a real money generator for us. A lot of the money that we have to raise is going to be private donors that we're putting together the committee. But what happens when a delegate goes to a restaurant? That dishwasher, that waiter, that waitress, that bartender, the busboy or girl, you going to shop on Fifth Avenue? That store clerk. You stop to get some hair supplies? That Dwayne Reed. This is a money generator for us. To have these Democrats come to this city and spend their democratic dollars so that democratic voters can benefit from the democratic economy, that's just a win, win, win, you know? We are so excited about that. And it's a boost to our economy. Now, the governor and I would tell you, we're on our way back. 95% of our hotels are at occupancy levels pre-pandemic. We have 450,000 people in Times Square a few weeks ago. People are coming back. You got to hear it. When you're on the streets and you're watching people move around the streets, you're seeing the invincibility of New York City, which produces the invincibility of America with its born and invincibility of a president that was put in office about the invincibility of a party. This is a great moment for America. And when New York rises, like in 9-11, we rose on 9-12. Once again, I say COVID was not terrorism, but it brought terror. And we showed the country the invincibility of this country. And now in the convention, and even when we lead up to it, we're going to show once again that this party is the party of the future. And chair, this is the place to be. I like, you're right, Governor, why are you going out of the cities? This is the place to be. New York City, you know, this is it. As Jay-Z say, if you can make it anywhere, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. And we're going to make it again. We're going to produce another president. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.


from him since he reported his motor cut. I said try him. Metropolitan airport to Andrews in 601. Metro calling Andrews in 601. Go ahead. You can't get a word. Get summers in 630. Find out if he's seen anything yet. Yes sir. Maisie. Yes sir. Get a hangar. Find out who will serve with Andrews ship before I've left and send him into my office. Get summers. I'm trying now. Metropolitan to summers in 630. Metro to summers in 630. Go ahead. I got him, Mr. Powers. Good. Ask him if he's seen anything of Andrews. Metro to summers. Chief wants to know, have you cited Andy yet? Go ahead. Numbers to Metro. Visibility up here very bad. Line 3500 feet. Very dark. Nothing yet. Get his location. Metro. Metro. What is your position? Go ahead. That's very rough. Don't care. Get much lower. Twin peaks and central. All right. Tell him to come on in. Get that mechanic Maisie. Yes sir. She's on his way, Mr. Powers. Get the directors of this airline down to my office right away. Get them out of bed. Get them out of bed if you have to, but get them down. Send that mechanic to my office when he comes. Yes sir. Metropolitan to summers. Chief says come on in. Don't take any chances. Here's the weather. Visibility about half mile. Ceiling 200 feet. Surface wind 30 miles. Show him in and get his service record out of the file. I want to see it. Yes sir. Night mechanic and A-hanger. Yes sir. What's your name? It's Gerald sir. New man, huh? Yes sir. Who hired you? Roby sir. Field operations manager, huh? How long have you been with Trans-American? About three weeks sir. Did you serve as Andrews ship tonight before he started out? Yes sir. How? Well, I gave it the usual inspection sir, just like always. Did you check the mags? Yes sir. Why? What's happened? I'll tell you what's happened. Andrews was bucking his storm over Twin Peaks when his motor cut on him. It's the last we've heard. Motor cut? That's what I said. He radioed that much to us and that's all we've had from him. I guess you know that makes the third ship we've lost in three weeks. Yes sir. And they're all out of A-hanger. I guess you know that too, don't you? Yes sir. You're the man that's responsible for those ships that's Gerald. Three ships. Eighty thousand dollars worth of airplanes in three weeks. All three on your ship out of your hangar. What's your explanation? Well, I don't know what to say sir. I gave them all the standard inspection. Mags, switches, lines, tanks. Everything was all right sir. They turned up when they left here. Isn't that all? Yes sir. All right. You're fired. What sir? I said you're fired. Mr. Powers, don't you think that's just a bit hard? Why is it? I'll show this entire organization that I don't intend to put up with inefficiency around here. Lord knows the aviation industry is having a hard enough time as it is. Kant's American is going ahead and we can't do it by losing planes. That's all. But sir, how do you figure it was my fault? I don't want to argue this matter with you Fitzgerald. We've lost three ships out of your hangar in three weeks. The pilot told us that the motor cut out on them. You were paid to see that the motors performed. I did my best sir. Your best wasn't enough. That's final. Yes sir. Tell me if he did come in as you go. Yes sir. Anything from Andrews yet? Now get Robbie out of bed. Tell him to call out all the men on the night shift. Give them cars. Tell them to scour the country this side of Twin Peaks. Andrews probably bailed out. I'll just figure that out. You got those directors on the phone? Yes sir. All except Mr. Kirby. His phone didn't answer. They said they'd be right over. Good. Summers is up looking for 601. I had him called in. The minute he's down, send him into my office. Yes sir. That's all. Yes sir. There's a young lady outside to see you. She's been waiting. A lady? What she wants? She wouldn't say Mr. Powers. Her name is Delroy. Delroy, huh? Well, send her in. Mr. Powers? Yes. I'm Irene Delroy. Well, what about it? What do you want? I want to talk to you, Mr. Powers. Sorry, Mr. Delroy. I'm very busy. We're over an appointment tomorrow. I'm sorry to inconvenience you, but I want to talk to you tonight. It's business. It's 1045. I have an important meeting. You'll have to wait. Sorry, Mr. Powers. I'm sure your board of directors won't mind waiting a few minutes when they find you're dealing with the government. The government? Yes, Mr. Powers. I'm from the Department of Justice. Trans-American lost its third ship tonight. How do you know that? Details are out of place at this time. I want to know where this ship was last reported. Well, just why should you or the Department of Justice be interested in our ships? The Department is not interested in your ships, Mr. Powers, unless your ships carry government mail. I see. Well, you have nothing to worry about. They'll find the mail in the wreckage. I don't doubt that, but I rather doubt if you'll find the $30,000 in government securities which was included in the shipment. Your ship carried $30,000 in negotiable securities tonight. You mean to say that? I have said nothing other than that. Eight days ago, a similar ship had was carried. Your ship crashed, the mail was recovered, but the shipment was missing. Why was no report made to me at that time? That has no bearing on this case. Twenty-one days ago, you lost another plane. Included in the mail shipment was $5,000 in currency for an upstate bank. It was not in the mail when the wreckage was found. You mean that our ships are being deliberately wrecked? You may draw your own conclusions, Mr. Powers. That's number 630 coming in. Send him to look for Andrew. I hardly know what to make of your story, Ms. Delroy. I rather expected it would surprise you. Now, send them in. My directors, Ms. Delroy, you'll remain? Yes. Good. I want them to hear your story. Good evening, Campbell. Mr. Hardy, Lewis, come in, gentlemen. What's the meaning of this, Powers? What's up? What's so all-fired important that you have to get us out on a night like this? Don't start spouting about the weather. I've had my hands full tonight. Gentlemen, France American has lost another ship. What? I thought that would bring you around. Now find chairs and sit down. What ship? One of the new fast-mails, our latest low-wing job. Why, we just took delivery on that ship last month. Why, we stand to lose... $30,000. Why, my... Not only that, gentlemen. We stand to lose our mail contract with the government. Exactly. Our business, our contracts, Powers, I demand an explanation.  You'll get it. You'll get all you want. I want you to meet Miss Delroy from the Department of Justice. It seems that they want an explanation, too. Delroy, these are the directors of the Trans-American Airlines. Tell them what you told me. There's little to tell, as yet, gentlemen. The department has reason to believe that your ships are being deliberately and very cleverly wrecked by a ring of mail things. Why, that's not what it seems possible. All what does your department base its content? On the fact that all three of the ships which your company has lost in the last three weeks carried government securities which were easily negotiable. And on the fact that all ships were lost within a radius of one mile of each other. Where did we lose the fast mail tonight, Powers? Somewhere between Twin Peaks and Signal Hill, according to Andrew's radio reports. You remember, gentlemen, that the other ships were lost at the same point. Miss Delroy is right. What does Andrew's report? Didn't have time to report much. That is, motor cut on him, that's all. He was in bad country. I suppose he bailed out. We haven't found him yet. Say, Andrews was piloting those other ships when they cracked, wasn't he? That's precisely why I called this meeting tonight, gentlemen. Andrews is our oldest pilot, possibly our best. I'm going to let him and every man connected with the dispatching of the eastbound plane go. I honestly believe the only way we can wipe out this thing is to clean house. I hardly believe that will solve your trouble, Mr. Powers. What do you mean? Whoever is responsible for your trouble will not let trivial things stand in his way. If you want to see your ships carried through on schedule, you must cooperate with us to apprehend the criminal. Well, how do you propose to go about it? Well, I've made no decision along those lines as yet. I merely want you to assist in placing all information that we may need before us. Well, certainly. You'll find that we're... Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Powers. Well, we just got a call from the state highway patrol over near Kingman that they just picked Andrews up on the highway. He's okay, sir. Bailed out. He's okay, huh? Well, tell him to bring him in. I presume we want to hear from him. Right, gentlemen?


How many times Must we go through this? How many times? Must we watch my man's Cody Rhodes receive the beat at the hands of Brock Lesnar. How many times? How many we didn't stream Monday night raw tonight Me and Doug were both busy taking care of separate things or at night So we weren't able to stream but I was able to check out the segment of Cody Rhodes receiving the beats and not only did he receive the vicious beats He received the beats in his hometown in front of his mother it's like I Don't know. I just I just don't get it. I just don't get it how You can sit up here and tell me that it is it's for me entertaining I don't find it entertaining to see One of the top baby faces get beat up time and time again The only time Cody has come out on top In a situation with Brock is obviously what happened at I believe that was backlash The first match they had he ended up coming out on top on that one Barely in a sense to be honest with you And then I want to say a few weeks ago when he he served up some beats to Brock Lesnar Even though it almost didn't happen the way it they had structured it look like Cody was gonna get the beats again That's the only time And anytime he has a match with him he he has a little bit of offense before he receives the beats and the thing is With this segment Obviously, they were you know, he's trying to get Brock out there And he you know, he he started to get a little emotional because his mom was there in the front row He started getting a little emotional. Obviously the crowd was loving the hometown Return, you know, so he was very emotional in the promo and what he was saying You know with his mom being out there. It was dope. It was a good promo as expected from Cody it's just Seeing this guy You know hug his mom before he leaves to hear Brock Lesnar's music He's getting ready, but Brock doesn't come out and then Brock Lesnar music hits again And he does that funny-ass walk. He does y'all know what walk I'm talking about that.   Well, then tonight at the WrestleMania Brock's cutting the interview Why did you attack Cody and maybe Brock's about to say something and that's when Cody Attacks him he hits him with a steel chair or he hits him with a weapon or something like that Or just attacks him from behind and yes, he's getting some good shots in but ultimately Brock overpowers him You can work with that You can work with the guy that is never giving up. For example, they could have did this maybe tonight Maybe it could have been a situation after that happened, you know, his arm is kind of bandaged up Hopefully, you know, you know storyline. I was not we broken, but he could have came after Brock could have you know Hit him with a weapon hit him with a steel chair or something and maybe security have to break it up something where he tries to get his get back He's not just laying down. He's not just writhing in pain after every second and he has with Brock And once again, we still don't know why Brock is doing this and with a love They've been teasing it here and there that maybe maybe Paul Heyman has something to do with this Maybe Romans is Romans behind this Maybe Roman paid off or told Paul Heyman to pay off Brock to make sure we take care of this Cody problem And we don't find out until like maybe later on you don't say or they tease it I would have I would appreciate this feud a little bit more because we know the overarching story is Cody Going back to take down Roman now It would give Cody another reason to get get rid of Brock Get him out of here because he's coming off like a paid mercenary from Roman and now I'm even more pissed Or he would be more pissed because Romans trying to end his career by Soliciting somebody's help. All right, I got to take you out Roman now things have gotten personal for real It's we not only did you screw me out at WrestleMania like you you know I'm saying your your family members will solo Cost me the title. I should have I should be the champion now You're trying to end my career because you're afraid of me That would have gave the extra That extra needed Logic and reasoning and like I said they could have teased towards it.  I'm just me personally.  I do think the match they will have at SummerSlam should be a good one Hopefully it's their last one. I think it will be Cody wins it.   You're gonna fight him. I Don't know man. Some may say I'm complaining or what not. That's just my personal opinion Personal preference or opinion on it. I just feel like the whole Cody getting beat up in horrific ways It's kind of run his course Let's finish this for you get it done with because we still don't know why Brock is doing this and move on to something else We'll see how things play out in the weeks to come. Hopefully Cody can get some type of leg back something damn But comment down below. Let me know. Are you guys still enjoying this Brock and Cody situation? There's their segment or their feud that they have right now guys are still enjoying it Let me know if you're not. Let me know why and also Come up with a reason why Brock would want to do this like come up with a a Logical reason why Brock would want to end Cody because the only thing I can think of is he's being paid off by Somebody aka maybe Paul Heyman or Roman most I could Paul Heyman as the middle man to help Roman out That would be the only Logical thing I can think of but if y'all could come up with another logical reason Oh, I brought you trying to murder this man every cent every time he sees them. Let me know down below But I appreciate all of the support well doing a video game I'm still young speedy you to the rest of the world. Appreciate your kicking me. See y'all next one. Peace


I am choosing to go, I am choosing to follow Jesus. I am choosing to obey the great commission. I am choosing to love the way that he first loved us. I will not settle for anything less. I am choosing to be a disciple of Jesus. Audi Radiant Church. It's good to see everybody this weekend. You guys feeling like falls in the air? It's feeling crisp, it's feeling good. It's time for some donuts, hot apple cider, and college football. Come on, big 10. College football's coming your way. Hey, this weekend, I want to make an announcement before I get into the message. For those of you who are joining us online, welcome and Portage family, we love you and wherever you're at, Radiant has a 24 year legacy and a big part of that legacy is my legacy. You guys have heard me many different times. Make reference to my grandfather and the role that he has had in my life and the mentor and the encourager that he's been. This morning, Saturday morning at 1130 a.m., my grandfather went home to be with the Lord and he is right now in the presence of the one that he served for 73 years and he is rejoicing in the presence of Jesus. And he was a disciple of Jesus for 73 years on the 22nd of September. Him and my grandmother celebrated 70 years of marriage and that's a rich life. And so you've heard me talk about how many, how many different times over the years I've mentioned that when I was a little boy, he taught me how to love God and how to love his word. He would let me sit on his lap and he would read the Bible to me. Well, this is the Bible and I've taken it out of my library. This is the Bible that my grandfather used to read to me when I was a kid and on the inside of it, it's dated from 1974. My grandmother gave this to him on their 25th wedding anniversary. And so grandpa, well done. You did really, really good and we love you, we celebrate you. So I wanna thank all of you. I've gotten a lot of texts from people because I posted it on Twitter and appreciate that so much and I'm doing well, I'm gonna miss him but I know that he is way happier right now than he's been in a very long time and I can't wait to see him but not too soon. So looking forward to that day when we get together again. Turn with me in your Bibles if you would to John chapter 14 and by the way, I just wanna shout out Pastor Tim Matthews crushed it last weekend. Amazing message. If you're online and you did not watch that message you absolutely need to go back in the archives and you need to watch that message. It was an incredible, incredible teaching and I'm gonna build on that. This is week number four of our series entitled, Disciple and the title of my message this weekend is the way in is the way on. The way in is the way on. John chapter 14, beginning in verse number one. Jesus said these words, let not your heart be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many rooms and if it were not so, what I've told you that I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself that where I am, you may be also and you know the way to where I am going. Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going, how can we know the way? But Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me and if you have known me, you would have known my father also but from now on you do not know him or you do know him and you have seen him. This is an important text, an important conversation that Jesus has with these that he has called to be his disciples. He's talking to them about the way, the way of Jesus, the way to eternal life, the way to the father and it's a very popular, well-known, one of the very first Bible verses that we memorize is when Jesus says, I am the way, I am the truth and I am the life. What does Jesus mean by I am the way? I think it's interesting that especially in context of our technologically advanced culture, our DIY culture where you can basically do just about anything, technology has given us the ability to do just about anything. If you've got GPS in your car or you have it on your smartphone, how many know that that's quite in advance from the old days of having a Ram McNally map in the front seat of your car? I firmly believe that GPS has saved hundreds of thousands of marriages because of the fights and the arguments that used to take place about, you need to turn here, you need to turn there. Now you don't have your wife or your husband in the passenger seat telling you where to go. Now we have the voice of another on the GPS telling us where to go and my particular GPS voice is a British woman. I don't know why it's just easier for me to take instruction from a British lady. It's like, turn left in 500 feet. What is she doing? Technology has given us the ability to more better, I don't think that's good grammar, but it's good reality to more better find our way. And when it comes to trying to figure out a way to do something, well, you can pretty much Google just about anything or you can go on YouTube and you can find the way to do something. If you're looking for a way to do something, you can find it. You go to YouTube, millions and millions of posts on the way to do something. When it comes to finding the way to eternal life, Jesus said, I am the way. I am the only way. No man comes unto the Father except through me. Jesus claimed to be the way, not a way. And when Jesus invited his disciples to follow him, including us, how many know he's invited us in that same invitation to follow him, to come and to see. When Jesus invited us to come and follow him, he's inviting us more than just going from point A to point B. He's not just concerned about getting us from here to there. Jesus understood that he was inviting us to follow him so that we could become like him. Jesus isn't just the way to heaven. Jesus is the way to life. He's the way to live life. He's the way to find life. He's the way that leads to life. You know that the word way is really interesting because a lot of times when we talk about following Jesus, we have terms that are synonymous with what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We use phrases like, well, I'm a Christian. Okay, that's probably the most common. Or I'm a believer. You may have heard people say that. I'm a believer. I believe in Jesus, so therefore I'm a believer. Some people would say, well, I'm a follower. All of those are accurate. But do you know that the earliest description of the disciples of Jesus was they were called followers of the way? Followers of the way. Listen to these scriptures. Acts chapter nine, this is very early on in the formation of the church. It says, but Saul, that's Paul of Tarsus. Still breathing threats and murders against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and he asked him to give him letters to the synagogue at Damascus so that if he found any belonging to, here it is, the way, men or women that he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. In Acts 19, verse nine, it says, but when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief speaking evil of the way. And then verse number 23, it says, and about that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the way. Then look down at Acts chapter 24, it says, but this I confess to you that according to the way, this is Paul. Now he's no longer hunting down Christians because he's antagonistic to him. He has encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus. How many know that that was a life-changing experience? Saul went from Saul to Paul. He went from resisting Jesus to loving Jesus. He went from arresting Christians and followers of the way to joining them and following Jesus on the way. And later on, when he's describing what that event was, he says, but this I confess to you, he's talking to a leader. He says that according to the way which they call a sect, I worship God, the God of our fathers, believing everything that was laid down by the laws and written by the prophets. And then in verse 22, he's speaking to Felix who was a political leader. He says, but Felix having rather accurate knowledge of the way, this is Luke writing this. He said that Felix, even as a political leader, because he was Jewish in his ancestry, he had an understanding of the way. Notice they didn't call it, he had a knowledge of Christianity. He had a knowledge of a denomination. He had a knowledge of a philosophy. It was called the way. Early on, following Jesus was called following him in the way because what Jesus was concerned about was not just getting us to heaven someday when we die. Obviously that's the benefit of it. Jesus said in John chapter 14, where I'm going, you may also go, but he was also concerned with forming us and shaping us in the way of Jesus so that we could fulfill the mission of Jesus on this side of eternity. When Jesus invited the disciples to follow him, they had no idea what they were in store for. Jesus said, follow me, where are we going? You're going on a journey, but it's not from point A to point B. It's from point U to point me.  So what does it mean when we talk about a way, a way, Jesus way? I want you to get that phrase and maybe even write it down and begin to meditate on it. What is the Jesus way? Because there are lots of different ways for you to live your life. I'm a little bit of a coffee guy, if you know me. And there's lots of different ways to brew coffee. The worst way is a bun coffee maker. That's sin. But I like pour overs, I like Chemex, I like V60. There's lots of different ways. There's lots of different ways that people live their lives. There's lots of different directions that people point their life in. But Jesus said, I am the way. Jesus actually categorized ways as there's two of them. Listen to these words in Matthew chapter seven. When it comes to eternal life, when it comes to what we do with our hearts and what we are formed by, Jesus said there's two ways. In Matthew seven, Jesus said this, enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide, the New American standard says is broad and the way is easy that leads to destruction. And those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow, the gate that leads to life is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life. And few are those who find it. Jesus said that there's two ways. There's the wide way and there is the narrow way. There's the wide way, what's the wide way? The wide way is the way everybody lives their life. The wide way is the way of the world. It's the way everybody's going. It's the consensus. It's the way of the world. It's wide, which means it's easy to get through. Everybody's going through it. It's a wide road. It's easy to go that way. Why is it easy? Because it's our default setting. We're born into this world with sin and a heart, selfishness and death already at work in us. You don't have to practice being broken. You don't have to practice death. You don't have to practice sin. None of us have to practice being selfish. We're born with it. And so the easiest way to live your life is to just live the way that feels right. Think about what Proverbs says. Proverbs 14 verse 12 says there is a way that seems right to a man. But in the end, it is the way to death. So if we just live our lives based on what seems right to us, it's easy. Well, I'm just kind of going with the flow. Everybody else is living their lives. Have you ever figured out that everybody else is leading to death? There's only one human being who has ever faced death and beat it. There's only one human being. He was fully God and fully man. And he not only said, I'm the way, the truth and the life. He also said, I am the resurrection and I am the life. Jesus is the one that in the book of Revelation appears to John some 40 years after his resurrection. And he's holding keys in his hand. He says, behold, I am the one who holds the keys of death and eighties. But why is the way that leads to death? So many of us just like, well, the best way to live my life is the way that feels good. The best way to live my life is what I see other people living. The best way to live my life is the way of the world. And what we do is we end up being shaped by the very same things that are shaping other people and it forms us into being vessels, not vessels of honor that live out the purposes and the plans of God all the way until eternal life. But what ends up happening is we get formed and shaped into the mold of this world. And instead of being vessels of honor, we become instruments of death, not just for ourselves, but for other people. Have you noticed the default setting, the operating system that we're born in this world with is selfishness? Have you ever noticed that? You don't have to teach a kid to say no. You have to teach him how to say yes. Share with your little brother. No. Oh, he's working on it. He's getting really good at resisting. He just normally is so generous. I mean, we're trying to teach him to be less generous.  And you know what? My teenagers, they just instantly jump on Facebook and they're not on Facebook because only people about 50 years older on Facebook, but they normally jump on whatever social media platform and they're encouraging their friends. I'm telling you, you gotta stop that encouragement stuff. You're giving away too many positive words. You gotta be a little bit more critical, a little bit more judgmental, a little bit more insecure. No, where does that come from? Our default operating system. There is a way that seems right to a man. Think about the way that just naturally seems right to us. But Jesus said that this wide, broad way that everybody else is going, it leads to one destination, death. Not just physical death, but the death of the purposes of God, the death of the life that Jesus came to give us and yes, ultimately, not only death in the grave, but a second death in hell. That's where it leads. But listen to what Jesus also said, narrow is the way that leads to life and few are they who find it. Jesus said, my way though, the Jesus way, it's hard, it's narrow, but it ultimately leads to life. And few are they who find it. It's rare, guys, it's rare. Why? Because it takes the work of God in us. The love of God is the only way that we end up loving God back. It takes humility on our part to say, my way is a broken way. My way leads to death, your way leads to life because the way of Jesus is so counter-cultural. It is so subversive. It is so opposite of what comes natural because it doesn't come natural. It comes supernaturally. It comes by the spirit of God at work on the inside of us. We don't wanna go the wide way, we wanna go the narrow way. Jesus said in Mark chapter eight, if anyone would come after me, in other words, if anybody would say yes to following me, if anybody wants to come after me, let him deny himself. In other words, deny his way of doing things. Say, you know what? My way is not the right way. God's way is the right way. Deny himself, take up his cross and follow me for whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's sake will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul? So think about this. All of us, whether you know it or not, have a way that we're living our lives. We all have a way. A way means these are the values. These are the priorities. This is the direction. These are the goals. We have a way of measuring a metric, a plumb line of measuring success in life. What's the success of the world? Well, if I'm rich, I've done well in life. If I'm popular, I've done well in life. If I'm famous, I've done well in life. If I'm happy, I've done well in life. If I've experienced the pleasures that I want to, if I express every desire and everything that I have on the inside of me and I get it out and I actually fulfill it, then I've succeeded in life. And Jesus said, no, that is not success. He said, well, what's wrong with that? That sounds like a pretty good life. It's fading. See, the trick of this world is it convinces us. If we do what we want, when we want, the way that we want to, it will bring satisfaction and life to us. But what it does is it just leaves us empty looking for something else to pursue. Ecclesiastes was written by a man who had everything. Solomon, Solomon was born into the royal family. His father, David, had stockpiled wealth, give all to him, and Solomon came into power. He built the temple, Solomon's temple that in modern dollars would cost somewhere around two to four billion dollars to build. He paid cash for it, lest anybody thinks our building program's out of control. He built it, the glory of God came and filled it. He had God's presence in the temple. He had between wives that he married and concubines which are sex slaves, he had 900. The Bible says there was not a wiser man who ever lived. People came from all over the world to ask him difficult questions because God put a spirit of wisdom on him. He had wealth, he had money, he had youth, he had pleasure, he had position. He had everything.  And you know how he starts that book? Emptiness, emptiness, everything is empty. King James says it the best, vanity, vanity. It's all foolishness, it's void, it's just vanity. I've lived my life for all of these things and guess what, at the end of my life it took me my whole life of pursuing these things and living in a certain way to come to the conclusion I wasted my life.  You can't hold on to it. Because nobody, listen, nobody escapes the grave. Nobody bypasses the grave. And all the things that this world can offer you, guess where they stay? Right here. Nobody pulls a U-Haul trailer behind a hearse because you can't take it with you.  Doesn't mean that you're not gonna be happy.   I knew you before the foundations of the world were ever laid. Before you took your first breath, before you were a person, you were a purpose and I was the purpose giver. If you will trust me, I will lead you beyond a way that seems right to you into the way that is right in me and it will lead to an abundant life here and in the age to come. That's what it means to follow Jesus. Jesus is the way in to the kingdom and he is the way on into our life. That's who he is. He's the way in and he's the way on. He's the way to our salvation. Acts 4-12 says that there is salvation in no one else. No other name given under heaven by which we must be saved than the name of Jesus. How many are grateful for the name of Jesus? Grateful for the cross, grateful for the salvation that Jesus won. But listen, in American Christianity, here's what we're focused on. All right, I pray to prayer, now I'm saved. Woo! My life should radically change right now. But then you wake up tomorrow and it's like, hmm. I love Jesus, but I still feel frisky. I love Jesus, but I'm struggling with some, how come I'm not a saint? Well, number one, you are a saint because when you get born again, here's what happens.  You have a soul and you live in a body. Your spirit gets saved the minute you are born again. When you receive Christ, your spirit is saved. Your body will be saved when Jesus resurrects it and glorifies it and immortality puts on immortality. When perishable puts on imperishable. That salvation of your physical body will take place when Jesus returns. But between the resurrection and your salvation is a process called sanctification in which the Holy Spirit, who Jesus puts on the inside of you at the moment of your conversion, he now goes into overdrive of working, shaping, and forming you into the image of Jesus throughout the days of your life. And that's why Jesus said, follow me because he knew it was gonna be a journey. We look at salvation too much as an event instead of a journey. What did Paul mean when he said, work out your salvation with fear and trembling? It has a beginning.  But what can happen is your soul and that part of you that is your mind, will and emotions and the way that you see the world, the way that you see God, the way that you see yourself and the disciplines, the practices, the way that you live your life begin to be shaped and changed by the Lord. On your way out today, and those of you who are aligned that's available for you, we've created something called the rule of life and over the next couple of weeks, we're gonna be talking about this process of spiritual transformation. This is the work of the Holy Spirit. Spiritual transformation and it's very practical, you see because salvation happens in a moment but sanctification or spiritual formation takes place every day of our life to where we surrender to the way of Jesus and we begin to be formed and conformed into his image, not conformed to this world anymore. And when you pick this up on your way out, there's just some practical things in here that will help you begin to think about, what is forming me? What is forming me? And if you just allow yourself to, by default, say okay, I've made Jesus the Lord of my life, I prayed a prayer and now I'm just gonna kind of coast and let whatever happens, happens.   In other words, I'm shutting some voices down and I'm bringing some voices of the Holy Spirit, of the Word of God, of solitude, of different things like this and I'm going to allow the Holy Spirit to begin to shape me and conform me to the way of Jesus. On your way out, I just wanna encourage you to pick it up and begin to read it, begin to think about it and sometimes in our messages and preaching as pastors, we can become so big ideas but there's no traction to it. And this has some traction to it. You'll be able to take this home and begin to look at your life and begin to look at your time, look at your rest and look at your focus and your attention and recognize that there are some things shaping you. Let me ask you a question today. If you were to really stop and think about the way you live your life, even you might be listening to me and you're not a disciple of Jesus but most of us probably are but if you just stopped and asked yourself the question, what are the things that are really forming me, shaping me today, what would those things be? Would it be some media? Would it be some people, some relationships? Would it be some pain and experiences that are shaping you to this day? I mean, think about it. Think about the things that form you. When you look at your life and if somebody were to ask you, explain to me the way of your life. They're not asking you, okay, what do you believe? They wanna ask you, okay, not just mental but how do you live your life? What's the way that you live your life and what shapes that? We would have to stop and really take some inventory about those things. What does Jesus want to shape us? How does he wanna form us? He wants to not just save us, thank God for salvation but our relationship with God does not end at salvation. If Jesus only came to save us so that we could go to heaven then when you got baptized we would hold you underwater until the bubbles stopped coming up and then we would celebrate another soul going on to heaven. Can you imagine? Hallelujah, glory to God, another soul has gone to heaven.   God is not a God who is disinterested at all about your life.  You see, Jesus is not just the way in to eternal life. Jesus is the way on into transformation, change and purpose. And in following Jesus, the Holy Spirit continues the work that Jesus began at the cross. John 16 verse 13, Jesus said, when the spirit of truth comes, this is the Holy Spirit, when it comes, look at what it says. He will guide you into what? All truth for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears me speak, he will speak and he will declare it to you. The things that are to come, he will glorify me for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. The Holy Spirit is not just like some Mark. He is the person of God, the presence of God who now lives on the inside of us and he's not a silent partner. He doesn't wanna be your co-pilot. He wants you to get out of the car, get into the shotgun seat and let him begin to lead and guide you.  I think you turn left here. No, maybe it was right. Okay, circle back. We're going, it's like, do you know where you're going? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, you're just driving around. It's like, you don't have a clue where you're going. That's what happens when we let the spirit of the world direct our lives. Well, my friend said, if I do this, then you know, woo, my life's gonna be good. It's like, yeah, they don't have a clue where they're going. But the spirit of truth, God, third member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit dwells on the inside of you. Jesus called him the helper. He's your helper, he's your guide, spirit of truth. And what is he doing? He's leading us into all truth. First Corinthians chapter six says that he is the sanctifier. First Corinthians six, 11, it says, talking about such were some of you. In other words, your old identity before you came into Christ. But you were washed, you were sanctified, and you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the spirit of God. The Holy Spirit's put on inside of you as a homing device towards truth and towards God's purposes. And he wants to lead, he wants to direct you. But so many of us, listen to me, so many of us don't allow the Holy Spirit to have his way because we're allowing other voices, the spirit of this age, our past, other people's opinions, our desires to be the guide and the leader of our lives. It's like, well, you know, I don't know why I don't have a desire to really serve God. I mean, I pray to prayer.  Holy Spirit, your word is truth. Can't tell you how many Christians have said, you know, I love God, but I read the Bible and I just disagree with it. Can I just tell you, I don't care. When you can create the heavens and the earth, and when you can die on a cross and then be raised on a third day, and when you can go floating up in clouds with about 12 people watching you and you can take the throne over the universe, you get to dictate what's truth.  I'm just, I'm just, Tim, I think you left a little residue up here because it's like, it's like getting on me. Think about these scriptures. Paul wrote this, Galatians 419. This was his prayer for the saints. My little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth, until Christ is formed in you, until Christ is formed in you. Paul said, I'm like a parent. This is the apostle to the church at Galatia. He's saying, I'm praying, I'm laboring. Until I begin to see Christ formed in you. Romans 12 verse two, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Why? So that you might prove what is the good, the acceptable and the perfect will of God for your life. Don't be conformed to the world, be transformed. Let Christ be formed in you. The goal of following Jesus, listen to me, and we're gonna break this down over the next several weeks. This is where the rubber hits the road of being a disciple for Jesus. It's not praying a prayer, it's going on a journey. It's submitting to a process, it's being fully formed to be like Jesus. I can't do that, no, but he can. The goal of following Jesus is that when someday we see him, we are like him. Let me end with this scripture. Just sit back and soak this verse in. See what kind of love the Father has given to us? That we should be called the children of God, and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is because it did not know him. Here it is, beloved, we are God's children now. And what we shall be has not yet appeared, but we know this, that when he appears, we shall be like him. We are children of God now, but when we see him, then, not only are we gonna be his children, but we're gonna be like him. We haven't yet seen what we're gonna be. Guys, you have no idea what God has in store for you. How he wants to transform you. How he wants to change you from the inside out. He doesn't want you to be some old raggedy sinner saved by grace, who just kind of barely gets up into heaven. He doesn't want you to struggle with the sins that so easily beset you and the weights that hinder you in the walk for Christ. He wants to begin to change you from the inside in quoting my grandfather's favorite hymn, his favorite chorus he used to sing in church. Jesus on the inside, working on the outside, oh, what a joy in my soul. Oh, what a joy in my soul. Can you imagine what that day's gonna be like when you see Jesus, whether by death or by rapture. When you see him to go, I look like you. Look at what he did. He changed me. My attitude changed. My heart changed. My purpose changed. The authority and the anointing on my life changed, transformed. I was a statistic, but I become a saint. I was an asterisk, but now he knows my name. You wanna know my name? It's carved in the palm of his hand. It's called I am loved. I am saved. I am seated with Christ in heavenly places. All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. My shadow heals the sick. My words make demons tremble. His word in my mouth is agreement between heaven and earth, and it's how his kingdom comes. When I pray, my father hears. When the sick enter into my presence, they are healed. When the hopeless enter into my presence, there's a word in my heart of hope, and it changes atmospheres, and it shifts things. I have the ability to pray, to worship, and be changed into the one who laid his life down for me. Come on, that's good news. Jesus is the way in, and he is the way on. What do we need to do? Submit, just say, Jesus, I do not wanna be formed. I wanna be formed by the opinions of man.  My sin no longer defines me. My future is not defined by my past. I have a new name written on a white stone that only he who created me knows. And the Holy Spirit, the same Holy Spirit that separated the mountains from the sea, put birds up in the air, fish in the ocean, stretched out the universe at the rate of 186,000 miles per second, the speed of light, is the same Holy Spirit that dwells on the inside of me. If he can make the heavens and the earth in seven days, just think what he can do in you. Would you stand with me? Oh, he's so good to us. Jesus on the inside, working on the outside. Oh, what a joy fills my soul. Heavenly Father, we're praying that you would teach us the way of Jesus. We've learned the way of the world. We've learned the way that seems right to us, but we know where it leads. Jesus, we wanna follow you in your way. We wanna practice your presence. We wanna be like Jesus when it says, man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. The Son of man can do nothing of his own, but only that which he sees the Father do. And he only speaks that which he hears the Father say, Lord, we want our desires to change into shift.  And so we say, Lord Jesus, have your way. Have your way in us. With your heads bowed and your eyes closed. I wanna take this moment because many of us, maybe you're watching online, maybe you're in one of our buildings you may have thought to yourself, I've never really fully submitted to Jesus as Lord of my life. I know he said, follow me, but I just thought that meant prayer prayer. But I really wanna surrender, submit to the Lordship of Jesus. I want my sins to be really forgiven and I want to live a brand new way. How do I do that? Jesus said, if we'll believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, if we will invite him today, he will save us, he'll forgive us. And he'll invite us onto the pathway, the way of Jesus. This is where it starts. If you find yourself right now in a way, the broad way that leads to destruction today, get off that road and get on the Jesus way. And when no one looking around if you're here and you'd say, I know I need to get right with God, I'm willing to submit to Jesus. I want a new way of life.  If that's you, I wanna include you in this prayer, I just want you to raise your hand wherever you're at. Thank you, sir, I see your hand. Just scanning the room, if that's you, just raise it. If you're at home, just indicate that on the comment.  Just say it with those who are raising their hands. Say, Heavenly Father, I submit to Jesus. I declare Jesus is Lord. Come into my heart, forgive me, save me. Holy Spirit, lead me. I wanna walk in the Jesus way. I reject the way of the world. I reject my own way. I'm choosing you from this day forward.  Amen and amen. Come on, let's celebrate that. It's good news. Here's the last thing I wanna do. I wanna invite our prayer partners ministry team if they would go ahead and step into place. Today, we're not just opening children's ministry this weekend, we're also reopening up our prayer teams because we believe in the power of prayer. We believe in the power of prayer and today you may need prayer. Maybe you say, you know I'm a disciple, but I'm wrestling and I just need God's grace, His empowering grace to meet me, to help me. Maybe you need a healing. Maybe you need forgiveness. Maybe there's a battle that you feel yourself in and you just need the Lord to come to your rescue. Here's what I wanna say is if you're online, you can right now go to the comment section and we have prayer partners online ready to pray with you right now. But if you're here and you just need prayer, I'm gonna pray and we're gonna dismiss and I'm just gonna invite you to come and receive prayer as you desire in our team. They've been praying for you and for this moment and we would love to agree with you that God is gonna work on your behalf. Lord, today send us from here as followers of Jesus. Send us from here as disciples and Lord, meet us. You're so good, Father.  Lord, let your kingdom come and your will be done in our lives. And send us out into the world as followers of the Jesus way. We pray in your name.


New sound recording technology could help researchers keep closer tabs on biodiversity a rapidly dwindling measure of global health. Biodiversity is critical to maintaining the global ecosystems that provide our basic needs, air, water, and soil able to grow food. Human activities such as over-exploitation of resources, pollution, habitat alteration, and climate change are causing biodiversity loss so extreme that many caution we are entering the sixth mass extinction. But it's not too late. World leaders have united to promise to conserve biodiversity. Meaningful efforts, however, require cost-effective strategies. One of the most promising solutions to emerge in recent years is passive acoustic monitoring. Natural soundscapes provide rapid insight into the diversity of animals in a certain location based on metrics known as acoustic biodiversity indices. These audio features are proven to predict the number of species in a given area. Although very promising, current acoustic technology is high in cost and low in energy efficiency. Many critical biodiversity hotspots are in remote areas with no Wi-Fi or power networks, limiting the potential for much-needed long-term monitoring. Now, this all-in-one sensor design could make acoustic monitoring significantly more convenient. Equipped with a microphone, a low-cost signal processing chip, and a network signaling module, the device can capture and analyze acoustic signals and immediately send the results to a central hub. Deceptively simple, this design represents two important improvements over existing devices. First, the device is faster. Most state-of-the-art systems carry out signal measurement and processing separately. In this new system, measured signals are automatically converted to a corresponding acoustic biodiversity index. That means researchers can get the results they need directly. Second, the design is more energy efficient. The system runs lightweight communication protocols, and only the calculated index is immediately transmitted to a server, ready for review. Compared with similar detection systems, the new device showed considerable performance improvements. With no degradation in acoustic data quality, the new system offered power savings of up to 280%, and the acoustic index of a one-minute recording could arrive to the server 30 seconds after being recorded, allowing for near-real-time analysis. Further improvements could yield even greater gains in performance. For example, data collection and processing efficiency could be boosted by deploying a large network of connected sensor devices. These and other tweaks could make the new system a powerful tool for monitoring biodiversity around the globe.


Church hopping is not healthy. See, the Lord Jesus Christ created the church for a reason so that we could together be what is called the body of Christ and use the gifts and abilities God has gifted us with to serve Him and serve man.