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Becoming A Formed Future– The Formed Future · Still, Here

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to these words from the book of Revelation chapter 21 verses 3 through 5.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, Behold,
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: God's dwelling is with people,
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: and he will dwell with them,
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: Death will be no more.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: Neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: The first things have passed away.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: The formed future began at a threshold.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: We pictured a person learning to stand and walk steadily while the world around them changed.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: The first task was simple to say and difficult to practice.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: Stop being tossed around.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: Find a center strong enough to respond instead of living in reaction.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: 31 days later, the horizon is wider.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: Revelation gives us a new heaven, a new earth.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: And the New Jerusalem coming down from God.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: The movement matters.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_00: Babel tried to climb upward and make a name.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: The New Jerusalem comes down as a gift.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: Humanity does not manufacture the future God intends.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: God brings renewal, presence, healing and life.
• 1:51
  SPEAKER_00: Then comes the sentence that gathers the whole vision.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: Behold, I am making all things new.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: All things, the inner life, relationships, communities, culture, the world, creation itself.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: The movement we have followed through these weeks has always been moving in that direction.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: You have practiced noticing pressure before pressure becomes formation.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: You have listened to fear without letting fear lead.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: You have learned that more information is not the same as wisdom.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_00: You have practiced presence,
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_00: discernment,
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  SPEAKER_00: love, compassion, vocation, peace, reconciliation, and the next faithful step.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: None of those practices gives you control of the future.
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_00: They give you a way to meet the future as a person being formed in Christ.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: This is where the title becomes personal.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: The formed future is more than a future we hope to see.
• 3:07
  SPEAKER_00: It is a life being formed in Christ.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: God is shaping the person who will enter what comes next.
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_00: The invitation is to become the sign of God's future in the present.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: Where anxiety dominates, carry peace.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_00: Where people become abstractions, see the neighbor.
• 3:31
  SPEAKER_00: Where efficiency replaces presence, stay human.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: Where division grows, practice reconciliation.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_00: Where fear narrows the soul, let love widen it.
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: Where the future feels overwhelming, take the next faithful step with God.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: You will never carry the whole future.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: You were never asked to.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: You can carry the life of Christ into the part of the future that meets you today.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: So, look back for a moment.
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_00: What pressure can you recognize more clearly now?
• 4:11
  SPEAKER_00: What practice has made you steadier?
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_00: Where has your perception changed?
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_00: Where is love becoming more visible?
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: What faithful step feels like yours to take?
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_00: Then, hold one sentence quietly before God.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: With you, I want to become a person who…
• 4:35
  SPEAKER_00: Do not turn that sentence into another demand.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: Let it become a direction.
• 4:41
  SPEAKER_00: Formation is not a race toward a perfected future self.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_00: It is the steady work of receiving the life of Christ and carrying that life into
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: the day you have been given.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: The future God is forming is already beginning in you.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_00: Lord Jesus, you are making all things new.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_00: Continue that work in me.
• 5:12
  SPEAKER_00: Form my thoughts, desires, relationships, choices, work, and presence around your life.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_00: Keep me steady when the world shifts and make me wise, loving, courageous, and hopeful.
• 5:30
  SPEAKER_00: Let my life become a sign of your future in the places you give me.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 5:39
  SPEAKER_00: As you take this message into what comes next, carry this prayer with you.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_00: Make your future alive in me.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_00: Let your life shine through me.
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_00: Make your future alive in me.
• 5:58
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• 6:10
  SPEAKER_00: Let your life shine through me.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_00: Make your future alive in me.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_00: Let your life shine through me.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay steady, stay open, stay present.
• 6:32
  SPEAKER_00: You are still here.
• 6:34
  [music]