Jonesing for Jesus clip 4 [2 of 3]

We need to be real.

 We need to have conversations about the struggles we have. We can't say everything's all good because it's not. The thing I hate the most in church is saying, How are you? And you tell me I am fine. And maybe someone who overheard you might know your business. They might be like, No, he's breaking up with his wife.

No, his kids hate him. No, he's struggling with drugs. I could be the clerk at the convenience store. I was like, You can't be doing fine. You just bought a suitcase of beer last night. You know, I mean, but at church, I'm doing fine. I'm good. I'm good. We're not good. We can't pretend we're good. We gotta be real.

That's why I like those guys down there. Celebrate Recovery. What are we celebrating? Our lives are broken. We have struggles. We, we, we, we just don't know left from right. We don't know up from down and we're gathering together. We're eating some food. We're having fellowship with one another. What are we celebrating?

That's what we're celebrating. The togetherness, the fellowship, the relationships that we build with one another, because this guy is going to call me out and this guy is going to call me out.