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Charlie Kirk Unveils Freedom Square Movement to Restore Biblical Values Across American Churches
Charlie Kirk partners with Dream City Church to launch Freedom Square, a nationwide initiative bringing biblical clarity to cultural and civic issues. Speaking at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Kirk addresses the urgent need for churches to engage with the public square, drawing on historical examples of America's great awakenings and the church's role in preserving freedom. The movement aims to equip believers with knowledge and courage to defend religious liberty while bringing the unchurched to Christ through civil discourse rooted in Scripture.
The Launch of Freedom Square
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, announced a groundbreaking partnership with Dream City Church to launch Freedom Square, a monthly gathering designed to address cultural and civic issues from a biblical worldview. Starting May 4th, Freedom Square will meet on the first Tuesday of every month at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, with plans to expand to over 1,000 churches nationwide.
Kirk shared his vision alongside Pastor Luke Barnett and Pastor Tommy Barnett, emphasizing that the initiative aims to provide moral clarity in an increasingly confused culture. The monthly events will feature teaching from prominent speakers, always framed within biblical principles, and will conclude with an invitation to accept Christ.
America at a Kairos Moment
Kirk drew from Scripture to explain the critical time America faces, distinguishing between chronos (chronological time) and kairos (a decisive moment). He argued that the nation stands at a turning point where the church must step forward with courage and conviction.
"We're in a kairos moment where the body of Christ, the bride of Christ, the church is going to be asked a question: are you going to contest for moral righteousness in the public square when it matters most?" Kirk stated. He pointed to biblical examples of believers like Esther, Mordecai, Nehemiah, and Joseph who served as counselors to kings and spoke truth to power.
The Biblical Mandate for Civic Engagement
Central to Kirk's message was Jeremiah 29:7, which instructs believers to "seek the welfare of the city" where God has placed them. Kirk explained that the Hebrew word "bakash" (seek) means to demand or aim for, while "shalom" (welfare) means peace, stability, and serenity.
"Your welfare is tied to the welfare of the nation you're in," Kirk emphasized, noting that while eternal salvation isn't dependent on government, the ability to freely practice faith and spread the gospel is directly impacted by the level of religious freedom in a society.
Kirk challenged the notion that politics and faith should remain separate, arguing that only those living in free societies have the luxury of believing government doesn't matter. He cited examples from communist China, North Korea, Cuba, and the Soviet Union where the gospel has been severely restricted due to tyrannical governments.
America's Great Awakenings
Kirk provided a historical overview of America's four great awakenings, describing them as "firewalls and backstops" that prevented the nation from moral collapse. The First Great Awakening in the 1740s-1760s, led by George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, and John Wesley, laid the spiritual foundation for America's founding in 1776.
The Second Great Awakening in the 1820s addressed the drunkenness, debauchery, and self-indulgence spreading through the young nation. The Third Great Awakening addressed the moral crisis of slavery, with Christians like William Wilberforce, John Quincy Adams, Thaddeus Stevens, and Frederick Douglass leading the abolitionist movement. Kirk noted that the Republican Party was founded in a small white church in Ripon, Wisconsin, with the single purpose of abolishing slavery.
The Fourth Great Awakening, led by Billy Graham in the 1950s, served as a bulwark against the spread of communism and socialism in America. Kirk argued that Billy Graham's anti-communist crusade for Christ prevented America from following the path of China, Cuba, and other nations that fell to communism.
Why America Didn't Become Communist
Kirk posed a question rarely asked in schools: "Why didn't America become communist?" While much of the world fell to communism in the 1940s and 1950s, America resisted. Kirk credited Billy Graham's massive open-air revivals where he preached against Soviet communism and called people back to God.
"Billy Graham was talking in open-air revivals against the rise of Soviet communism and its infiltration in America," Kirk explained. "When America was falling backwards, who was there to hold it up? Billy Graham, getting back in the word of God, saying give your life to God, do not give yourself to the utopian promises of secular-run socialism or communism."
The Church as Essential Infrastructure
Kirk addressed the treatment of churches during recent lockdowns, noting the contradiction of allowing big box stores, cannabis dispensaries, and abortion facilities to remain open while churches were ordered to close. He highlighted the case of Mike McClure in San Jose, who faces $2.6 million in fines for keeping his church open.
"What you're doing right now is illegal in San Jose," Kirk told the congregation. "What you're doing right now, a brother in Christ, Mike McClure, is facing 2.6 million dollars in fines, and he continues to open his church and have his doors wide open because he says if I even have one person that gives their life to Christ, that is worth it."
Kirk argued that the correlation between church closures and skyrocketing mental health issues is not coincidental. "It's not that just the church is essential, it's the most essential institution in the entire country and it should never close again," he declared to applause.
Dream City Church's Stand for Freedom
Kirk praised the Barnett family and Dream City Church for their courage during a difficult time when many churches buckled under pressure. He recounted how Dream City agreed to host a controversial event when pressured by cancel culture and public attacks, yet the church leadership "didn't give an inch."
"I have been trained to be disappointed," Kirk admitted. "I'd get calls from universities saying, 'You're under attack here,' and it was so amazing—wait, they're going to stand with us? They're actually not going to just pull our contract? They're not going to cancel us? It was so rare."
Pastor Tommy Barnett, who has been in ministry for 67 years and preached over 30,000 sermons, reflected on the changing role of the church in American society. He noted that in early America, "two-fisted men of God" unashamedly stood at pulpits and provided moral guidance to kings and leaders, keeping the nation on course.
Arizona: A Microcosm of America's Struggle
Kirk expressed deep concern about the direction of Arizona, noting the legalization of marijuana, rising taxes, and curriculum changes in schools that contradict biblical values. "As Arizona goes, the nation goes," he warned. "This is a state where, depending on the values and the decisions of every person in this room and in this area, the entire nation goes that direction."
Kirk, who moved to Arizona from Illinois because he viewed it as a freedom-loving state, said he refuses to sit by while the state changes. "I am not going to be able to live with myself if we have our office in Arizona and if we're spending our time here and we're not doing everything we possibly can to impact the city and the nation and the state around us," he declared.
Freedom Square's Vision and Purpose
Freedom Square will serve as a monthly gathering where people can bring their questions about what's happening in schools, workplaces, and culture and receive biblical answers. Kirk emphasized that the events are designed not just for believers but also for "free thinkers"—those who may align politically with conservatives but haven't yet accepted Christ.
"There are people that would call themselves conservatives but they're not yet christians. What a great ministry opportunity to say, 'Hey, I know you agree with me politically, you're not yet a christian, let's open the doors and have you come to the church,'" Kirk explained.
He described Freedom Square as following the "Galatians 3 model," where teaching on civil government and self-government keeps people in place until faith or revelation comes. Kirk shared that he regularly receives emails from people who were burned by the church years ago but have come back to faith after hearing his teachings on liberty and discovering that liberty's source is God.
The Church's Comprehensive Role
Kirk pushed back against the notion that churches should avoid civic issues and only focus on "the gospel." He argued for a comprehensive view of the gospel that encompasses all of life—marriage, family, sports, athletics, and yes, civics and government.
"The gospel is all-encompassing. It's salt and light. It's not compartmentalized, it's comprehensive, it's in every arena," Kirk stated. He suggested that some churches avoid these topics out of fear of controversy or losing tithes and offerings, but argued that the opposite is true—people are hungry for moral clarity.
"A lot of people in the church today are looking for moral clarity. A lot of people are coming to the church and they're saying, 'Hey, the world around me is confusing. My 14-year-old is being taught that there's no difference between men and women. Is there?' And if a church is not willing to use biblical truth and to offer clarity, then all of a sudden people are going to say, 'I'm not looking to the church for much of anything anymore.'"
A Call to Courage Over Comfort
Kirk challenged the notion of comfortable Christianity, pointing out that Jesus never promised comfort but rather persecution for those who follow Him faithfully. "Did Jesus ever call for comfortable Christianity?" he asked. "Blessed are you who are persecuted in the name of me. James 1 says that you should be thanking the Lord that when you get persecuted in the name of Jesus."
He noted that Christians who receive approval from secular institutions and media are "probably not doing what Jesus promised." True Christianity, Kirk argued, will always challenge the world's values and face opposition as a result.
The Threat to Religious Freedom
Kirk warned that religious liberty is not expanding globally but contracting. "More countries are locking down and going after Christians, not opening up. There are more people that live without hearing the name Jesus every single day or every week than here. We take that for granted," he said.
He explained that worship itself is a challenge to anyone seeking total control because it declares that ultimate purpose comes from God, not from government or bureaucrats. "What you're doing physically today is a threat to them," Kirk told the congregation, referring to those who seek centralized power.
America: Founded by Christians on Freedom
Countering the narrative that America's founding was secular or primarily about slavery, Kirk presented historical evidence that the nation was founded by Christians on principles of freedom. He noted that half the signers of the Declaration of Independence studied divinity in college, and all but three were regular church-attending Christians.
Kirk highlighted that God is mentioned four times in the Declaration of Independence and that the first new sovereign piece of land approved by Congress—the Northwest Territories (Ohio and Michigan)—prohibited slavery in 1783. "It was the first new sovereign piece of land in the history of the planet that prohibited slavery. They don't teach you that in schools all the time, do you?" he asked.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Speaking Truth
Kirk referenced Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor who spoke truth during Nazi Germany, as a model for today's church. The vision for Freedom Square includes developing "1,000 Dietrich Bonhoeffers" across America—pastors and churches willing to speak moral truth regardless of cost.
The Gospel: Grace, Not Works
In closing, Kirk presented the gospel message, explaining why he does what he does: because he gave his life to Jesus in fifth grade. He presented a logical argument for God's existence through the laws of mathematics, thermodynamics, and physics, arguing that creation requires a Creator.
Kirk distinguished Christianity from other religions by emphasizing grace. "Every other religion is going to be like check this box, come to this thing, do all these things, and then eventually you can get closer to God. Christianity is different. Instead of you getting closer to God, God got closer to you."
He explained grace through the metaphor of a courtroom: "You go in front of the judge and he lists everything wrong that you ever did. By the way, this is what's going to happen when you pass from one life to the next. You're going to go in front of a judge and he's going to list everything wrong you ever did—will be a long list for all of us—and he's like, the only way that we can reconcile this is you're going to have to be in a bad place forever. And you're about to get that judgment and then someone says, 'Wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on.' They interrupt the proceedings. 'No, no, I'll serve that sentence for him. He's good. He can live forever.' That's grace."
An Invitation and a Blessing
Pastor Luke Barnett closed the service by inviting those who had not yet given their lives to Christ to do so. He explained that everyone will stand before God and be asked one question: "What did you do with my son Jesus?" He presented two options: paying for one's own sin in hell, or accepting Jesus's payment on the cross.
The service concluded with Pastor Tommy Barnett leading the congregation in prayer over Charlie Kirk and his fiancée Erika Kirk (they are getting married May 8th). Barnett prayed for protection, strength, and blessing over their lives and ministry, with the entire congregation extending hands toward them.
"We know that as they go out and they proclaim truth and righteousness and freedom, we know that satan's not going to sit back and send them a great congratulatory letter saying you're doing a great job. He's going to fight them. Lord, help them to know they have friends behind them, people behind them that are praying for them, that are fighting for them, and we are behind them 100%," Barnett prayed.
The launch of Freedom Square represents a renewed commitment by Dream City Church and Turning Point USA to engage the culture with biblical truth, equip believers with knowledge and courage, and ultimately bring more people to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
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check out our website dreamcitychurch.us if you have any questions about what is happening in our ministries our outreaches as well as our schools dream city christian and dream city college all that information is on the website well it's a very special sunday because we have charlie kirk coming to speak to us this morning he is live here at the 11 a.m service so you chose a great service to be a part of but he is the founder of turning point usa and we are so excited to hear him talk about coming back to biblical values it's such an important topic in our world today because it only seems like culture is getting further and further and further away from biblical values so how can we as a church help our next generation and us as well come back to biblical values so that we can come back to what god intended for america to be and then also we have fight like a girl just around the corner it's our two-day women's conference on april 30th and may 1st make sure you register we already have 760 women registered so there's limited space make sure you get your tickets go to dream city dot church slash fight like a girl and use code dc splendid member we would love for you to be a part of that there's going to be amazing speakers food breakout sessions it's going to be a great time well we are about to head into our service but before we do let me just pray for you dear heavenly father thank you so much that we get to be in your house today thank you for our amazing speaker lord help our hearts to be open and receptive hope our minds to be open and receptive to the word that you prepared for us to hear today let our pre preconceptions lord go away so that we can hear best what you want us to hear and receive today in jesus name i pray amen [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] good morning german city fence come on let's worship the lord today [Music] i'm gonna find my victory [Music] [Music] [Music] is oh my god 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i feel the same inclination to share this that when we begin to sing the phrase god turn it around the spirit of god just said he just said about face about face we understand the thing about about faces this is that when authority says about face you turn you change your posture you change your line of sight you change what it is that you've been focused on and for many of us i can tell of my own story i've done my about face but sometimes my face didn't get about what god was trying to get me to do i was too focused here when god was saying he's gonna turn it around cause god turn it around god turn here you gotta picture yourself taking that about face what were you focused on and what is god saying turn your eyes to heaven this morning let's sing this chorus one more time say see all of my hopes let's change our focus this morning let's get about his face [Music] in the name of jesus come on let's let's do that today let's get our gaze on heaven today we worship you father we thank 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of this together you hold it all on your hands so we'll set our eyes on eternity this morning god we love you we thank you for our time of worship we thank you that you abide in the praise of your people we thank you that you see god that you notice that you see every person here god and we love you for that we praise you we love you in jesus name can we all just shout amen hey well thank you for worshiping this morning online thank you for digging in church look open your hearts up today god is speaking and i know he's going to show you some things today why don't you greet a few people in this beautiful atmosphere and just say look god is for you he sees you he loves you speak life over them today in jesus name [Music] so [Music] hello how y'all doing today huh what about that worship is that amazing we are so blessed here at dream city church it has been a busy two weeks it's been wonderful and uh last week was easter how many of you were here for easter let me see your hand look at that look at that and we just continue this week was just some great ex there are exciting things going on at dream city church all the time and we want you to be a part of it if you're here for the very first time there's a get connected card right in front of you in that seat bag so if you could grab that and fill that out and we have welcome centers on each side of the lobby and you can drop it off there and if you would we will give you a gift just for doing that i don't know what it is i think it's about two or three hundred dollars weekend and then and then if you come the next two weeks after that we have a gift for you every single week and the last week of course it's a car so no not really but just make sure you come we we want you here to be a part of the amazing family of dream city church can we let our first-time guests know how much we appreciate them being a part of our services ushers would you prepare for our tithe and offering today what a blessing it is to give and we're bringing our tithe to the lord it's his we're bringing it to him malachi chapter 3 and verse 10 we quote it often he says bring the whole tithe into the storehouse it's a command of god don't don't blame any pastor for asking this it's a command of god bring the 10 of your income to the lord and he says but if you'll do that and trust me i'm going to open up the windows of heaven and pour out blessings on you that you you won't even be able to contain them how many would love to have an uncontainable blessing today well let's be faithful that's what we're doing as we give our tithe god is faithful to bless us and then we give our kingdom builders offering which is above that that helps us to do so much more to move the kingdom football down the field and we are seeing so many great things happening above the budget in all the different ministries all over the state everywhere and it's because we're all coming together and we're giving that kingdom builders above our tithe and we're watching incredible things happen that we really couldn't even do on our own so thank you thank you thank you for being faithful for being so generous you're an amazing group of people if you have your offering hold it up right now if you gave online hold up your phone i want to pray for it and i want to pray god's blessing on you and on your offering today so father we love you today we thank you for these wonderful people people who just trust you and believe you with everything in their lives and especially their finances and now lord i ask that as they give you will bless them prosper them so they'll be able to even do more for your kingdom next time and god i pray you'll use this offering to touch and to change lives around this state and around the world we love you lord in jesus name amen god bless you they're going to pass the buckets turn your attention to screens for some of the great events that are coming up good morning and welcome to dream city church i'm aubrey we are so excited that you have chosen to join us this morning there's so much happening here at dream city let's see what's coming up here in the next few weeks join us this wednesday night for our brand new series entitled the end of the world as we've known it i think we can all agree that a lot has changed in our world in this last year and we believe that it is important to be aware of the signs of the times we can't wait to see you wednesday night as we kick off this study in the book of revelation [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] we are only two weeks away from our fight like a girl conference make sure you go on our website dreamcity.church slash fight like a girl to get your tickets or in the lobby to get a discounted rate because prices will be higher at the door we are so excited to welcome pastor joachim lundqvist on sunday april 25th his 30-plus years of experience in youth ministry shines through in his creative messages that have the ability to reach and relate to every generation don't miss out and make sure to bring a friend sunday april 25th are you ready to take your next step at dream city the next steps growth track is beginning this morning but don't worry you can still jump in next week this four week class will help you deploy your talents gifts and resources to further god's kingdom maybe your next step is water baptism we've got you covered we'll be hosting water baptisms at all of our campuses on sunday april 18th for more information about next steps or water baptism visit dreamcitychurch.us next sunday we will be continuing our series the comeback join us as we learn what it truly means to have a christian worldview once again thank you so much for joining us this morning we don't want anyone to miss out on all that we have happening here at dream city so check us out at dreamcitychurch.us our mobile app or facebook and instagram enjoy the service [Music] well how many are glad to be in god's house this morning man it's so great to see you all hey would you stand to your feet one more time we are going to introduce our special guest today and uh i want to give you a little context to why we're doing what we're doing uh here at dream city church and it was about eight months ago i began to pray that god would use this church as a beacon of light in america to encourage other churches and other pastors to really take a stand for righteousness to take a stand for biblical values during this day and age we're living in i i learned last year that 78 of church kids who graduate out of youth groups and they go to a secular college within one year they no longer have a biblical worldview after one year in secular college and so here at dream city what we have begun to do is totally revamp the way that we do education from cradle all the way up to college because we want our young people to really understand what they believe to own what they believe so that when they go into college they really have a firm foundation and a firm grasp on on who they are and whose they are as well so i began to ask god to raise up this church and little did i know that he would send to us a young guy i can say young guys half my age a young guy who is literally shaking america today standing up for truth standing up for freedom and uh we had lunch a couple months ago and he presented this great idea that's truly going to impact the state of arizona we're going to talk a little bit more about that here today but you know him many of you come to hear him today your your heart is going to be so warm when you hear what he has to say would you welcome our friend charlie kirk as he comes to share here today and i'd also like you to welcome the pope of dream city church my dad pastor tommy barnett as he comes as well so we're going to ask you this is going to become an interactive service so we want you to you know make some noise if you like what you hear give an amen or give a shout or give a hallelujah whatever you you're going to say but we want you to get involved and just really encourage today um dad you and i were talking just this past week about the change in the american church over the past 67 years he's been pastoring or in the ministry 67 years and preached over 30 000 sermons so talk about the church the culture first of all luke my i want to say that we're so thrilled to have you we really believe that you are a gift from god that you've sent to the body of christ to help us see change in this nation luke is right now we talked about a long time what we could do we'd be again discuss how can we bring all just christians together because we're still on the largest blocks in america today and we thought of different leaders different spiritual leaders and thought no this spiritual leader would alienate this group over here and we couldn't think of it but then you walked in to our church and we felt like god had really ordained that moment is that right yes and the truth is we've seen the world slip in bible days it was the men of god who spoke out against righteousness they stood for truth for moral clarity it was the ones they were the ones that spoke to the kings and the leaders of the land in the early days of america guess who was the voice that they listened to it was a two-fisted men of god that unashamedly stood at the pulpit and proclaimed the gospel and kept us on course for god but we see the slippage through the year somehow we bought that thing of separation between church and state well we really believe that the church should be separated from the state but it was to protect the church from the government to put their heavy hand upon it so with that in mind i want you to tell us what we can do as a church that we would take our rightful position how men of god throughout america could literally stand up and count today we've been on the wrong side of history and now we want to get back on the right side of history amen well i um i'm thrilled to be here today i want to say hi to all of our turning point usa team here uh we have our we have our headquarters right down the street and i grew up in illinois and the fun thing about being from illinois is we have term limits in illinois it's one term in office one term in jail right right barry you know all about that and i came here to arizona because i wanted it to i thought it was a freedom loving state and it was at the time and i think we all agree as we look around our state we're like whoa this is not what i remember it's not what i moved to and all of a sudden for the first time there's people that are saying i'm leaving and just in this last couple months legalizing marijuana highest taxes in the country we're starting to see curriculum taught in our schools here that is totally outside of values that we share and we're talking we're trying to ask ourselves the question what's happening here in the state of arizona and so erica and i are getting married may 8th we're very excited here in arizona and i am not going to be able to live with myself if we have our office in arizona and if we're spending our time here and we're not doing everything we possibly can to impact the city and the nation and the state around us because this this state right here is people know this is as arizona goes now the nation goes this is a state where depending on the values and the decisions of every person in this room and in this area the entire nation goes that direction so some churches are saying we're not getting involved in this stuff we're just doing nothing but the gospel now first of all we all do the gospel every single day the gospel is all-encompassing it's salt and light it is not it's not compartmentalized it's comprehensive it's in every arena it's in sports it's in athletics it's in marriage ministries and yes it's in civics and in government i think some christians and churches are afraid to get into this for two reasons number one they're afraid that it's going to be too controversial well the word of god is kind of controversial isn't it it's true it's inerrant there's one way one truth one life it's uncompromising and so that's i think that's a little bit of a cop-out the second is i think people are afraid they're afraid that they're gonna lose ties and offerings and they're gonna lose attendance first of all why does that matter but other other thought is it's actually the opposite i think a lot of people in the church today are looking for moral clarity i think a lot of people are coming to the church and they're saying hey the world around me is confusing my 14 year old is being taught that there's no difference between men and women is there and if a church is not willing to use biblical truth and to offer clarity then all of a sudden people are going to say i'm not looking to the church for much of anything anymore and so where we are as a nation right now dare i say we're at a turning point in our nation but i also believe that it's a decision point you know in in the bible in mark in particular the greeks had many different words for time the greeks had different words for love as well i'm sure you guys have covered that very well agape phileo eros storge just name a couple but also the greeks had a couple words for time for example first there's chronos where we get the word chronological from and then kairos two totally different ideas for time so chrono says hey what time is it what day is it kairos is a completely different type of time it's in a decision moment it's it's a time that's built different than others i really believe that we're in a time that's more consequential than that even 10 years ago or 15 years ago you know and the bible tells us this it's a linear time as you know you talked about previously luke which is exactly right we do not believe in a cyclical or a circle but we believe in a linear way of looking at time but this time right now is a kairos moment where we're going to be tested where the body of christ for the bride of christ the church is going to be asked a question are you going to contest for moral righteousness in the public square when it matters most when you might lose friends when people start saying you're a bad person because all of a sudden you want to speak more clarity into these issues and this is where the church is supposed to take its proper role and if you look all throughout the old testament esther mordecai nehemiah jeremiah joseph just to name a couple counselors to the king the people that the people the heroes that we look in the scriptures that go to government that go to our leaders and say this is what is right and this is what is wrong and so this is the time for the church this is the kairos moment for the church where we must step up and we must speak moral clarity for our nation it's so good so about a month ago we went to our church board and we said we have an opportunity for us to really make a difference to really impact the young people of our city and we shared about what we were wanting to do in partnership with charlie and to hold a specific night here once a month and we're going to call this night freedom square where people can come all the valley and fill this place and talk about the issues they're dealing with in their school in their in their workplace and uh speak truth into these issues and so starting on may 4th we are starting a brand new extension ministry here at the church it's called freedom square and uh you're all invited to come bring your friends now we don't mind preaching to the choir you know we're preaching the choir for the most point here this morning we also want to bring free thinkers your neighbors your young people who are still trying to figure out what truth is and and how to stand in this day and age that we live in we will need to bring them to this place when we talk about the very issues that they're battling with every single day in their school so we're believing this is truly going to have an impact on the state of arizona talk a little bit more about freedom square and then we're going to turn him loose for about 30 minutes to share right from his heart well thank you and and i wanted to say this about the barnett's power shows the man aristotle famously said that and i think pressure shows the man so when things get tough you get to find out what people are made of i think that the last year we learned that right when things are tough you get to see who people really are well i got to see who the bar nets really were so i'll tell the abbreviated version of this story things were locked down it was uncertain uh what was happening and i got i actually met the barnetts on an airplane flying from miami to phoenix a year and a half about a year and a half ago and we immediately hit it off and we had a wonderful time and i came to this church and i was blown away and we had an opportunity to host an event with a certain speaker and um that could draw a crowd and [Applause] and and look it was a time where people wanted to gather was difficult obviously state and local ordinances all sorts of stuff and i asked dream city and you guys said yes and it got tough there was pressure from the public and everything and your leaders here didn't give an inch they leaned in they did not succumb to cancel culture and they were amazing and that's courage that's courage and that's the right thing and i was blown away i said whatever it is i want to do something again with them again because i have been trained to be disappointed like just to get calls from universities called you're under attack here and it was so amazing like wait they're going to stand with us they're actually they're not going to just pull our contract they're not going to cancel us it was so rare it was like oh my goodness someone's actually willing to fight for something in our country it was amazing um no seriously and i was so touched by that and a lot of you remember that moment and it was it was really special and so i i moved and i know i know what you guys are made of because that was that was that was incredible and so that's this is why we're doing it uh people have questions and you should have questions i i do this for a living i do three hours of radio a day i do two podcasts a day i give over 300 speeches a year and i spend two hours with my phone off every day learning and reading and listening so this is my full-time job i get it if you're confused about what's happening in the country what does the bible say about this what does that's okay bring your questions bring an open mind that's what we're not we do not even begin to say that we have all the answers but we have really good starting points we have good places where conversations can be started and i think you can think differently about these issues because what i what i find and i've spoken over 50 churches in the last year from steve smotherman's church to the great jurgens church to many others is that the body of christ is hungry for knowledge they're hungry for what to do they're hungry to say charlie i know something isn't right in my soul right that's the spirit telling you but i can't always find the words to articulate it's my friends i can't always find the scriptures to reinforce it i and and that's what we're trying to do here and it really goes after a verse in jeremiah that i'm going to share in a second which is to seek for the welfare and those are two hebrew words we're going to go through them for the nation or the city of which you are in guys we're losing arizona and i don't mean politically forget the politics i'm talking about values you guys know it you walk you drive down scottsdale road and you're seeing things you've never seen before right you're you're in the you're in the communities you're like wait a second something's changing here and it's not the arizona that it used to be and that also involves the public square the ecclesia and we want to be solution oriented right one of my biggest complaints is when people just complain when they just talk about everything wrong i'm like hey let's do something about it we're in this beautiful state we we have this beautiful facility and the bar nets and the leadership team here and everyone on staff has just been unbelievable they said you know what we want to be part of that solution we want to be the place that opens the doors and it's a ministry opportunity everybody because believe it or not there's people that would call themselves conservatives but they're not yet christians what a great ministry opportunity to say hey i know you bully agree with me politically you're not yet a christian let's open the doors and have you come to the church and hear from this and i could tell you this it's the galatians 3 model you know my our whole podcast team is over there they get the emails just like i do and there are people that are giving their life to christ that were burned by the church 10 years ago but you know what they saw something i said and they said i like the way he thinks i'm going to listen more and they started drinking from the streams of liberty and they wanted to find its source because liberty is not man's idea it's god's idea and the galatians 3 model is this the galatians 3 model is that the law the teachings of civil government and self-government keeps you in place until faith or revelation comes so amazingly in the reverse of what people are telling you this is actually going to help bring people to christ is that we're going to open the doors of the church we're going to say tell us what you're hearing in your schools tell us what your concerns are and they'll be a teaching first one will be luke and i we're going to bring in some of the biggest speakers you can imagine you guys have seen our conferences at turning point imagine us bringing that into the church but it's always going to be around a biblical framework always and there will always be a call to action for people to give their lives to christ but i think and i know in fact i see it in this church and other churches the churches that offer this in one one shape or form rob mccoy's church james cadiz steve smotherman jurgen troy maxwell is that the body of christ digs deeper the body of christ says now i see the intersection of my faith and the action in that kairos moment so circled on your calendars everybody we want to pack this place up and uh it's going to be every monday every month first tuesday every month starting on may 4th i got a 30 minute 30 second comment here and that is we have a pastor's conference every year and over the years we've had 250 000 pastors that have attended this conference they're going to be here we have a chance now to literally change america through pastor school to get this message out and say the church doesn't have to be afraid and i gotta just throw this in here i am so proud of my son he's the toughest guy that i've ever met he's a tough guy well i'm just gonna keep it going i am so proud of charlie kirk we love you we stand with you we are friends who won't just pray for you but we will fight for you that's what friends do so come on one more time welcome charlie as he shares thank you great [Applause] thank you thank you i just want to say again the barnettes have been amazing and our vision is to bring freedom square to over a thousand churches across the country we need 1 000 dietrich bonhoeffers in our country we need them fast we're going to talk about dietrich bonhoeffer who is a teller of truth i want to take a couple minutes and just build out what the role of the church is in all of this more specifically and give you some historical context and so first i want to read from the scriptures in jeremiah but seek the welfare of the city okay the word seek that's not a great english word honestly for what it's supposed to be it's actually a word it's it's bakash it's aim desire or demand so the scriptures are saying to demand the welfare what is the word welfare we think of welfare as getting stuff and that's not what the word welfare means this way it's shalom or shalem peace that which is unbroken stable serene right so right there in four words in hebrew it's saying we must demand peace serenity and stability of the city or the nation where i have sent you into exile and pray to the lord on its behalf and this is my favorite part for its welfare you will find your welfare wow your welfare is tied to the welfare of the nation you're in now that's not to say that your righteousness or your eternity is tied to it that's not what we're saying but i think it's fair to say a historical observation is that your welfare your ability to be free is tied to the government you have just ask anyone that grew up in the soviet union or in cuba was the gospel raging in the soviet union of course not how about communist china today north korea you see there is a belief only someone who lives in a free society could believe this which is that politics doesn't matter only someone who can lead lives in a free society has the luxury to believe that you should not get involved in the government around you because you don't actually see the threat of the tyranny that comes there ask anyone who fled any one of these dictatorships or tyrannies what that looks like so the most important thing you could do in your life is give your life to jesus christ number one uncompromising no question what's the second most important thing to make sure you can do the first thing you know the window of religious liberty is actually closing in the world not opening more countries are locking down and going after christians not opening up there are more people that live without hearing the name jesus every single day or every week then here we take that for granted and that's the default position by the way the default position of humanity is to not have gratitude not have respect just act like these the things are always are not understand the sacrifices that were made before that gave us what we have around us so why do we have what we have around us and is it special or is it exceptional yes it is we have plenty of problems as a country i talk about them quite often we've plenty we've made plenty of mistakes but make no mistake america is not a mistake america's a moral good for the world it's an exceptional nation it's a big difference so what is our country our country is founded by christians one of the biggest lies are the things i was never taught is that this country was just born out of nothing and it was atheists and deists that founded america half the signers of the declaration of independence studied divinity in college all but three signers of the declaration of independence were bible-believing regular church attending sunday sunday church attending christians that god has mentioned four times in the declaration of independence it says clearly the laws of nature and nature is god this idea that god is the most important and not king george is a uniquely american idea in fact but the question is what happened before that in 1776 when three documents were written and i encourage everyone to dive deep into them but that's why we're gonna have freedom square so we could dive into them together and we're gonna have readings and we're gonna get into it common sense by thomas payne wealth and in korean to cause the wealth and the net increasing to the cause of the wealth of nations by adam smith and then the declaration of independence but what's happening in the 1740s or 1750s that's a pretty good question right was just everyone just meandering and kind of minding their own business no america's gone through four great awakenings and the way that we should teach awakenings is how we're not teaching them in our schools it's more than a religious revival it's a firewall and a backstop against america crumbling i'm going to prove it to you so america was founded by the first great awakening george whitfield jonathan edwards john wesley pastors that were getting out into the streets and preaching the word of god talking about you are free through jesus not through king george that you must give your life if you want to go read a harsh teaching if you think your pastor gives you a hard time go read sinners in the hands of an angry god by jonathan edwards and come back to church and you're going to be you're going to be like okay i've now heard it all go the need to repent i mean it's only said 35 times in that sermon it was given all across the eastern seaboard so all of a sudden for the 1740s 1750s 1760s this protestant bible believing dare i say evangelical bottom up revival was happening in america now this was a new thing because all of a sudden literacy rates were increasing for the first time in human history because the word of god gave everyone a reason to go read so all of a sudden people were asking questions they were saying now that i've given my life to christ i believe god is in charge i believe that there's an ultimate creator why are we governing ourselves this way why do we not have the consent to the governed or separation of powers these questions were starting to be seriously asked for good reason the first great awakening led to the founding of our country and our founding of our country despite what you might be taught in schools was founded on freedom not on slavery i'll prove it to you the northwest territories the first new sovereign part of land in america new land went in front of congress in 1783 their first act of congress they needed to approve or deny the northwest territories you know what the northwest territories were ohio michigan they're not with the northwest we'd consider that was the northwest back then the capital the northwest territories was war in ohio but do you know what made the northwest territories different it was the first new sovereign piece of land in the history of the planet that prohibited slavery prohibited it they don't teach you that in schools all the time do you the new piece of land now of course we wrestled with this we fought a war over it we'll get to that in a second of how christians were involved in it but then america started to rest on their laurels a little bit get a little apathetic sound familiar right 1820s rolled around and drunk and debauchery and self-indulgence was spreading throughout the land and that was the second great awakening so here's how i want you to think about awakenings in the church you guys ever do a trust fall in school you just kind of fall back right that's the natural state of humanity is to fall back you want to know the old testament in like 25 seconds god blesses israel rejects and they do it again that's the old testament it's the natural cycle to mess it up right it's just one over the other so there has to be a backstop so that trust fall someone catches you right well america was 1820s and who caught them the second great awakening that the church did activist pastors going out in the street talking about the need to repent and then all of a sudden america was brought back into its place fifth fifth president james monroe wrote about this extensively then john quincy adams and then andrew jackson and then martin van buren john quincy adams was an abolitionist by the way we'll get to that in a second went back to congress just to go talk about the abolition of slavery because he was so moved by the scriptures what about the third great awakening well it was what i call the second great crisis in america which is what do we do about this moral travesty of slavery now just so you understand slavery was the norm prior to america every civilization had human beings owning human beings in fact before we get on our moral high horse there are more slaves on the planet today than there were back then just go to the southern border parts of central america the horn of africa the fact we've abolished it is a is a huge leap forward and something that we should applaud we must understand why abraham lincoln famously said if slavery is not wrong then nothing is wrong it was william wilberforce an evangelical protestant bible-believing christian in britain who led the abolitionist movement john quincy adams who was inspired by the scriptures to argue for the abolitionist slavery thaddeus stevens the frederick douglass it was the church that founded the anti-slavery party now the anti-slavery party is better known and again i'm not getting into politics this is facts it was actually founded in a church a little white church in ripon wisconsin and was called the republican party it was founded on one thing that we must abolish slavery we'll figure out the rest that if we can't abolish slavery then nothing else matters you can go visit the little little white church house and up in ripon wisconsin middle of nowhere and they said we are going to argue for this idea of equality allah eutheria and isonomia the greek words for freedom and equality under god now it's tough it was messy literally a lot of people died a lot of sacrifices were given but it was christians that were pushing it forward it was the church that was getting into it the church again america was falling backwards right the church caught it and brought it back into where it was supposed to be the next great awakening and the historians argue there some say there was a great awakening in the 1920s there might have been but the great awakening that i i would accept that all of us know the most about that some of you lived through but we don't talk a lot about is that we know that socialism and communism was spreading to the world through the 1940s and 50s china became communist cuba became communist zimbabwe became communist do we ever ask ourselves the question why didn't america become communist that's a good question to ask a seventh grader right why didn't it work here well a man that many that is known for a big bigger and better thing but should also be known for this that all of you know was an anti-communist crusader for christ in the 1950s his name was billy graham i encourage all of you to go listen to the sermons of billy graham in the 1950s where billy graham was talking in open-air revivals against the rise of soviet communism and its infiltration in america so when america was falling backwards who was there to hold it up billy graham getting back in the word of god saying give your life to god do not give yourself to the utopian promises of secular-run socialism or communism it was the church that put its back into its proper position how many people here have been impacted by billy graham every hand should go up because we're all basically here thanks to the teachings of billing billy graham the people that he taught the people he inspired the type of bible-based open-air expositional verse by verse teaching he made that mainstream in america millions of people to christ but the people he inspired but he also said no you have a vertical relationship with your creator not a horizontal relationship with your state you must understand where your rights come from so now we are in this time right now we've had it really good i was born in 1993 many of our staff right around the same time people always laugh when i say that it's like i remember i don't remember 1993 actually so a couple years after the wall fell we beat soviet communism without ever having to fire a shot we beat him because we beat soviet communism because ronald reagan god bless him he decided to make this a theological debate ronald reagan famously said america is going to win because america understands that god's in charge and joseph stalin is not pretty amazing now what do we know through the course of human history things get good you get really wealthy get lazy get atrophied that's what's happened to the church not this church but the church in general focused on budgets baptisms and buildings i love all those things but all of a sudden if the public square around you is decaying then who's going to catch america when it's fallen because america's fallen again that trust fall and the church is doing this right now go ahead some pastors are saying it doesn't matter we're like every other nation some pastors are saying that's not our role some pastors are saying i only do the gospel when the right way says no we're going to catch you because we care about bringing people to christ because if america falls it's going to be a dark day for the gospel we're going to move it right back where it needs to be and it says clearly in the scriptures and these are just the taste of them blessed is the nation whose god is the lord the people whom he has chosen his heritage acts 5 29. righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reparation or is repulsive to any people proverbs 29 2. i could go on about the scriptures saying the nation will be judged and i'm not saying that we're necessarily going to win people ask me all the time they say charlie what's the point we are going to lose see that's awfully fatalistic isn't it and they say the end is here who cares the house is on fire let's get the kids out i always laugh i say if the house is on fire why don't you pull out the fire like what a kind of crazy belief is that why don't you do something to fix around you i think this kind of apathetic we're going to run to the hills and wait for the hurricane to pass and we're going to get zapped up you guys can determine your own eschatology i'm not here to talk about it here's what i'm going to say is jesus said occupy to like him is jesus said to be salt and light because jesus wanted you to be in the public square and i'll tell you right now did jesus ever call for comfortable christianity who are the christians that get the new york times articles right now the christians that all of a sudden believe a certain political philosophy of the world not challenging the world with biblical truth right so all of a sudden if you're winning approval over that whole let's say organization you're probably you're probably not doing what jesus promised you if you were doing the right thing blessed are you who are persecuted in the name of me james one that you should be thanking the lord that when you get persecuted in the name of jesus so should christians care should we care about the welfare of the city around us now let me be clear let me be very clear you shouldn't care more than righteousness or you shouldn't care more about eternity that is always the number one the number one the number one but also a holistic view is to ask yourselves the question boy if we do nothing we're all going to be sharing the gospel from prison and that is not an ex if you think that can't happen here i got a soviet dissident for you to meet if you think that can't happen here you should go meet joseph bondarenko who is a soviet preacher who was locked in prison for 23 hours a day for 15 years for preaching the gospel is the gospel on fire in communist china right now of course not now here's a reason why the church has been targeted there's a reason why and this is why this church is taking the right posture and the right tone is these churches that decide to do nothing man they don't really realize the game that's being played here because the appetite of the tyrants and by the way it is just go through look throughout the bible of how people always want to centralize power for themselves right they refusing power which by the way george washington did which he's a hero the humility it took for him to actually say i don't want to be king for life changed the course of human history it did george washington was a bible-believing prayerful reverent pious man who understood that god's that rights came from god but understand that some of the churches that are deciding not to get engaged or get involved in this they don't understand the game that's really at play here understand what you're doing here when you're worshiping what are you really saying what are you really saying to the rest of the world you're saying that this is my ultimate purpose my ultimate purpose is not given to me through government fiat or through a bureaucrat or through a top-down order you see that's a challenge and a front to anyone that wants total and complete control and before anyone in the external world says oh no they don't want total and complete control just read a little bit of 20th century history because it's always more the bible clearly says that if you do not find jesus christ as your lord and savior you will not stop to try to conquer your earthly desires satan tempted jesus and said you can have the whole world no that's that's not for me but there's people today where they always just want another inch they just want another piece of territory but the church gathering what you're doing physically today is a threat to them and you can understand in the last year and this is one of the reasons i got so passionate about this i spoke with over 50 churches in the last year jurgen steve smotherman james cadiz rob mccoy amazing people is that when i started to realize the church was being singled out in this entire equation some of you might be unconvinced what you're doing right now is illegal in san jose why because of government because of decisions people make in the ballot box what you're doing right now a brother in christ mike mcclure is facing 2.6 million dollars in fines in san jose and he continues to open his church and have his doors wide open because he says if i even have one person that gives their life to christ that is worth it but that's just a reflection of the leadership or in the government around you why is it that walmart and home depot candace cannabis dispensaries and abortion factories were open but the church was supposed to close you know so i i get a chuckle out of this people say you know we have to why is it that there's so many mental health issues i say it's interesting you don't understand that there's a correlation between closing the church people's community their ability to worship and find salvation and then we're stunned and we start to see all these things start to skyrocket in the country it's not that just the church is essential it's the most essential institution in the entire country and it should never close again period [Applause] so in closing we're doing something about it we're not just going to be observers we're going to be gathering we want you to learn we want you to seek and this is going to have a national component to it we're going to blast it out to other churches but i'm going to tell you guys right now i'm going to go down swinging for this state it it pains me what's happening to arizona right now it does this has been happening in real time and you feel it right it's changing well who's going to catch arizona with the nation that's where dream city is coming in right is that that backfall that natural movement is like we're going to catch it we're not just going to prevent it we're going to build up new we're gonna have godly people that are gonna raise their hand and say i'm gonna go run for school board we're gonna have godly people that are like you know what i'm gonna go become a precinct committeeman i'm a godly people they're like you know what i am gonna start to ask questions what my kids are learning god lead people that are going to be engaged and involved and aware of the welfare in the city and you're going to realize that there's a new level of your belief in your faith where you're like wow i now can spread the good news and the sweetness of the gospel in all arenas and so we're i want i want to pack this place out on may 4th and every month there it's and so tell your family and tell your friends and it's going to be something that you can count on and that we really want the spirit to move in this and so in two things in closing if i if i said anything that really captured your attention you guys want to listen or learn more we do two podcasts today um on the charlie kirk show podcast and we spend a lot of time on them we are the number one christian conservative podcast out there on all of apple and so if everyone took out their phone and subscribed to the charlie kirk show we would beat the new york times in the podcast chart by tomorrow morning so that would be kind of a fun thing and rachel maddow too which hey jeff how you doing man um and so if you guys feel moved to do that it's a great blessing to me and to us and we're going to be rebroadcasting these discussions on dream city on our podcast feed so that millions of people can hear them and so if you do not know how to subscribe to a podcast there should be an eight-year-old around here that can uh show you how to do that on uh spotify or apple podcast i know it might seem insignificant but it's a real blessing to us and thank you and um once you hit that subscribe button alright here's in closing people ask all the time they say charlie why do you do what you do it's because i gave my life to jesus in fifth grade and every year it starts to mean more and more as i realize how broken we actually are and how in need of salvation we are there is a creator for those of you that are logical and rational that are here today and you like my videos you say oh boy he's getting all mystical on me explain to me the laws of mathematics and thermodynamics and physics as an act of randomness explain to me the ability to be build superstructures like this without the roof falling in and the laws of nature and yes of nature is god so if there's creation we all agree there's creation some music sounds better than others some things move you more than others so there's a hierarchy of the good well then therefore there must be a creator that made it that way so if there's a creator when is the creator ever revealed himself well we have a book for that where there's a beginning and there's an end and we're somewhere in the middle where we're made in god's image we rebelled we're good at that right we rejected him we decided to push it away and we're kind of now in this period where this gift has been given to all of us now we say it's a gift and here's why you can't earn it it's not the varsity basketball team it's not a promotion this is a different type of thing every other religion is going to be like check this box come to this thing do all these things and then eventually you can get closer to god christianity is different instead of you getting closer to god god got closer to you totally different and so the gospel in forwards jesus took my place three words him for me two words substitutionary atonement one word grace what is grace we talk about it a lot we have songs about it well first what is justice justice is getting exactly what you deserve you stole something from a story you go in front of a judge they sentence you to six months in prison mercy is you go in front of a judge you steal something you get one month instead of six months you get less of what you deserve but grace boy grace is something that human beings can't even comprehend we only have a little bit of an understanding of it so you go in front of the judge and he lists everything wrong that you ever did by the way this is what's going to happen when you pass one life to the next you're going front of a judge and he's going to list everything wrong you ever did will be a long list for all of us all of us myself included that you've ever done wrong and he's like the only way that we can reconcile this is you're going to have to be in a bad place forever and you're about to get that judgment and then someone says wait wait wait wait hold on they interrupt the proceedings no no i'll serve that sentence for him he's good he can live forever that's grace we don't deserve it we can't comprehend it it's god giving us an opportunity to be with him because he wants to come back into contact with you and i say to young people all the time if you ever find anything better than jesus christ please let me know because you won't so you could search every chasm under every book and everything at all points that uh that ultimate purpose so if you have not given your life to christ then you feel the spirit moving i highly encourage you do that it's the most important thing you could possibly do and then as a second of that i encourage you to make sure other people can continue to do that that churches can remain open that values can be expressed that speech is still allowed in our country and that's exactly why we're doing freedom square i want to close with this this is a special church with great leaders and together we are going to make a positive imprint on the nation and the city around us i'm so blessed to be part of this and the act of boldness and courage which is so lacking in our country and all of us are in this together now and this is going to be a great day forward for our state and our nation god bless you guys thank you so much [Applause] [Applause] would you all just remain standing for a moment just remain with us for just well we're actually five minutes early this is taller than normal this podium here it's really tall isn't it pastor brad he says now i know how he feels but before we close our service today we want to give you the opportunity to begin this relationship with jesus christ charlie was talking about that final day when each of us will stand before a holy god and give an account of our lives to him and the one question that god's going to ask you on that day specifically is not where you baptist not were you lutheran not were you an atheist there's no labels in heaven it's what did you do with my son jesus because my son jesus never hurt anyone he only loved people and healed people fed people the bible says he went around doing good works so the question would be what did you do with my son jesus only two options really one is i rejected him i refuse to make him the lord of my life the leader of my life i refuse to build my whole life around his teachings around his wisdom which by the way is the best way to live this life or you can say i accepted him as the sin sacrifice the one who died on the cross in my place see sin is always paid for you understand that right sin is always paid for there's only two ways for to be be paid for number one you can pay for your own sin in a place of condemnation for eternity it's called hell that's one payment plan but there's a better payment plan and that's the one that god provided for you through his son jesus when he died on the cross and he shed his blood and he said if you put your confidence and faith in my redemptive work on the cross you can be cleansed you can be healed spiritually and you can begin a relationship with god today you don't have to work for it in fact all the work has already been done it's about accepting his work and applying it to your life now some of you would say well if jesus did all that work then i'm good right if he died for everyone if he's a savior i'm good right no the bible says there comes a time when each of us has to personally appropriate the work of jesus christ on the cross to our personal sin problem you understand that we have to ask him personally i want to give you that opportunity right now to say yes i want jesus to be my substitute i want him to be my savior would you close your eyes and buy our heads for one final prayer today boy the holy spirit is moving in this place today i feel his presence here right now some of you for the first time maybe in your whole life you've seen your need for a savior and you will receive him into your life today how do you do it you ask him you put your faith in jesus christ and what he did on the cross it's almost like he's you're a parachute you're saying i believe he's the only way for me to be saved so right now all across this place while heads are bowed your eyes are closed maybe you're watching online and the spirit of god is dealing with your heart today would you say these words right from your heart right from your lips to god's ears today the bible says we should call upon the name of the lord and we shall be saved would you call upon his name right now i'll lead you in this prayer just say dear heavenly father today i give you my life i believe you i believe you sent your son jesus a perfect sacrifice and he died for me and i accept your free gift today of grace by faith i put my trust in you thank you for hearing my prayer thank you for making me new the bible says the old is gone and the new has come i've been made renewed today in jesus name amen come on let's put our hands together and just say thank god for those who said yes to god today if you if you prayed that prayer with us today please stop by our information hub on the way out we have a gift for you we'll give you a brand new bible to help you get started in your christian walk it's important that you read the timeless ageless wisdom of god to help you live a better life so we hope you'll do that as you leave here today also you find out more about the community here at dream city church and how you can be involved how many are glad you came to church this morning that's just been great charlie i want to do one more thing charlie would you please come up one more time erica would you join him too you guys are erica they're getting married here real soon [Music] i'm really embarrassing you now erica the bible says that one can put a thousand to flight but two can put ten thousand to fly one can do a lot for the kingdom but two when they come together they become exponentially stronger and mightier so i just thought it'd be very appropriate today for all of us just uh we don't want to weird anyone out here but just stretch your hands toward them and we're going to pray for them they're stepping out they are doing things that's shaking the kingdom of darkness and we're going to pray a covering over their lives today so father we just lift up charlie and erica as they go out and fight the good fight as they raise that standard high we pray lord for your protection upon their lives lord we know that as they go out and they proclaim truth and righteousness and freedom we know that satan's not going to sit back and send them a great congratulatory letter saying you're doing a great job he's going to fight them the lord help them to know they have friends behind them people behind them that are praying for them that they're fighting for them and we are behind them 100 we pray blessings upon their life strength upon their life give them a peace that only you can give and we're going to rejoice as we see great fruit come as a result of this ministry in freedom square and how our state will become a christian state amen we will impact the state for the glory of god in jesus name amen amen god bless you guys have a great day we love you all be blessed [Music] thank you so much for joining us this morning make sure you tune in on wednesday night at 6 30 for our brand new series the end of the world as we've known it where we will be talking about revelations and the end times so tune in invite your friends it's always interesting when we talk about this we love you dream city online campus have a great weekend [Music] [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you
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