The title of the message is helping people. Helping people. As many of, our purpose statement, and you see this on the hard copy of your notes. our purpose statement as a church is helping people journey from brokenness to wholeness through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
And I want to take the opportunity this morning to focus on the first two words of our purpose statement. And to give you some truths that I think can help you help others in that particular journey. We're gonna be looking at several passages of scripture as I've already alluded to and And please use the notes if you would find that helpful. the night of New Year's Eve, just a few weeks ago, my wife and I went out to Cabazon for dinner and to do some shopping, and while we were walking through the outlet mall, we went into the Nike store.
And once inside the store, my wife saw a shirt that she wanted, so she headed toward the checkout counter to buy it. While she was in line to make her purchase, I stood near the front entrance of the store and waited for her. It did not occur to me what I must have looked like standing near the front entrance of the store with my arms folded. But while I was standing there, a young lady had finished with her purchase.
And was walking toward the door with her items in a bag. She must have thought I worked for Nike. Because she opened her bag toward me to show me what was in it. And held out her receipt for me to see....
