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Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities within the Church · Barrett's Swaggy Life Talks

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: We've done everything you've asked.
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Everything's going according to plan.
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: We want county, and the backpack has never been stronger.
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: So tell us, governor, what else can we do for you?
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: I got it from here.
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: Welcome back to another episode of the best way you can lay dogs.
• 0:55
  Speaker 1: Today I'm going to talk to you about what are you doing if you have a disability but want to be used by God.
• 1:00
  Speaker 1: The first question is how do we overcome obstacles that we face?
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: Now?
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: I believe in community and people in the church, and it's sad to say that it is hard to find people these days.
• 1:20
  Speaker 1: Tell us how I know.
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: For me, I let God place people in my life that didn't help me out at various times.
• 1:30
  Speaker 1: I didn't accomplish like a script or read in Bible, but not only that.
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: I would share my own life story with other people.
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: I'm making my disability part of that.
• 1:50
  Speaker 1: I'm making it where it's not negative or down upon like society likes to do, but let people up and, mainly, show people that you can do this too.
• 2:10
  Speaker 1: What I would focus on most is sharing Jesus, like Bible says.
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: My next point is finding church online that you can attend, whether it's the local church or some big church.
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: It's a better comedy.
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: It is really a fine community, even though it might be virtual.
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: It might be in person, you might get to know people on the world, but if you put yourself out there, you'll realize.
• 2:51
  Speaker 1: If you don't have a disability or not, you will find that you struggle with the same thing as other people struggle with that obstacle too.
• 3:05
  Speaker 1: Put myself in this kind of example.
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: I go to the other recent church.
• 3:15
  Speaker 1: Yes, I attend their online campus called EFAM, even though I don't always agree with what pastors even says.
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: But it makes me think and it makes me have a community to build around and I have a bunch of believers that couldn't hear my struggles and hear my thoughts and the message.
• 3:47
  Speaker 1: And if I don't agree with something, I'm lucky to be in a good bed.
• 3:56
  Speaker 1: Thank you for who I am.
• 3:59
  Speaker 1: I don't should go to anything.
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: The best reason for the best I can give you is to put yourself out there and be yourself and find the community that works for you.
• 4:17
  Speaker 1: I'm missing elevation before, but elevation is a really good disability community and, like I said, you can join online.
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: I'm proud of these two nouns, but I'm a equal, greater elevation myself.
• 4:36
  Speaker 1: So even though, like I said before, I don't always agree with what the student party just has, or any of it Some of the guest speakers, for that matter.
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: I want to encourage you to find the community, whether that's your local community or find it all on campus.
• 4:59
  Speaker 1: And you know community is one of the main challenges For us with disabilities.
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: I know I love finding local churches.
• 5:13
  Speaker 1: I've been at places in Makiol, chester, south Carolina, a couple online places before elevation and I know I have something that can be.
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: Sometimes you meet great people but that's not the right fit for you because then I have the right things at the right accommodations.
• 5:41
  Speaker 1: So if you go or sometimes you're left out on the bank manner, like I was when I was a kid I was put in a corner and they didn't really teach me anything in children's charts, I will say you know, finding the right church for you is tough, but not the focus on church.
• 6:11
  Speaker 1: Focus on what God came for, which is to get the good news at the gospel.
• 6:15
  Speaker 1: Find your community, whether it's as a couple, friends, one or two people, and just don't be scared to try one thing and give up.
• 6:31
  Speaker 1: You've got to try over and over and over again to find the right fit for you If you give up.
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: You're living the devil when you're not reaching your full potential, like God wants you to be.
• 6:48
  Speaker 1: And what I really enjoyed about this series is showing you what the bubble truly says.
• 6:57
  Speaker 1: I know I didn't add a lot because I wanted to try to keep it as real thicker, and the fact that I speak for themselves.
• 7:07
  Speaker 1: I know this series has been short, but next month I have it.
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: I guest on the podcast and I'm very excited about it.
• 7:17
  Speaker 1: Thank you for joining this short series and I hope you enjoyed these episodes, and I will see you next month with a special guest.
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: Thank you for this.
• 7:29
  Speaker 1: You can email me at b-a-r-e-t-s dot.
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• 7:38
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