He Knows Me Series

Well… I just wanna welcome everyone here to Embrace…

at all… 6 of our campuses…

I still can’t believe it… 6 campuses.

My name is Adam…

I’m one of the pastors here…

and as always… we are so pumped… that all of you… are with us today…

We’re just so excited… that you are here.

This is one of my favorite times of the year here at Embrace…

There’s just an excitement that fills the air.

And it doesn’t hurt… that it’s football season either…

But this Fall… is seriously packed with awesomeness.

Today we’re starting a new 3 week series…

And then on Oct 9th… we have Nick Hall joining us…

Last month… I talked about a guy originally from Fargo…

who gathered a half million people… to pray

in Washington DC.

Well… Nick is that guy… and he’s going to be with us.

In October… I’ll be doing a series called Waves…

a series that I’m pumped about.

And then on the 16th of October…

Jason Roy… from the band… Building 429…

will be leading worship at our St Croix Campus…

and I might be slightly jealous.

and I also might be “sick” that day…

and unable to preach.

No but seriously…

we also have a couple of cool things in the works right now.

some surprises that we’ll share about…

over the next couple of months.

Basically… between now and Christmas…

every single week… is going to be powerful.

and you will not wanna miss it!

every single week… is a chance to invite someone

And if Embrace is our home…

I can’t encourage us enough….

to make weekly worship a priority.

And not just for ourselves… but for others…

But once again though…

we are so glad that you are here… with us.

Now… jumping into things for today…

I just wanna start by talking about something…

that is kinda awkward… to talk about…

and it’s something that most of us do… daily.

And yet… it’s also something that we don’t like to admit…

and we try and hide that we do it…

because it’s just so weird…

but if we’re being honest…

most of us… are guilty as charged.

And what I’m talking about... is clearly…

Facebook Stalking right?

I mean… except for the 2% of us…

that don’t have access to the information super highway…

we are all… Facebook stalkers…

can I get an Amen?

We are just guilty of things… like looking at someone’s pictures…

and we know what the inside…

of someone’s house looks like…

even though we’ve never been there.

Guilty of knowing way too much about our friend’s life…

that we haven’t seen since first grade.

Guilty… of just knowing way… too much…

about people we barely know.

And by the way… it’s even worse…

It’s even worse… if you don’t have a Facebook account yourself…

because you’re “above Facebook”… or something

but you use your spouse’s facebook…

to stalk people… from there.

It’s even worse…

And there’s a special place for you.

And by the way… yes, if you’re an Instagram stalker…

it’s the same thing.

And just in general though…

Facebook stalking… is really really strange…

but it’s just… plain creepy…

when someone else… Facebook stalks you.

Like when someone…

asks about your date the other night…

and did you enjoy... your chips and salsa at Chevy’s

when they weren’t with you.

It’s like… how did you even know I was on a date?

And when someone starts sharing… stories…

about you… from college…

when you didn’t know them… until after college

It’s just kinda creepy…

And when someone finds out that you’re gonna have a baby…

before you find out…

that you’re having a baby…

It’s just kinda awkward.

And also… if you don’t know this… a very clear sign of knowing…

that someone else is Facebook stalking you…

is when a person randomly likes a picture that you posted… back in 2009

but again… it’s just crazy…

how much you can know… about someone…

and about someone else’s life.

that you just… shouldn’t know.

And on that note… I give all of you permission…

to edit your privacy settings… on Facebook… right now.

No but seriously though…

speaking of stalkers… in the Bible…

and did you like that transition?

we went from Facebook stalking… to the Bible.

In the Bible…

one of my favorite books… is the book of psalms…

Like I just truly love the psalms…

Why? because they’re just so raw and they’re so real…

and for the most part…

they’re just easier to connect with.

But specifically… one of my absolute favorite psalms... is psalm 139

Which you should have been given as you came in today…

But psalm 139… is a psalm from David.

the same David who killed Goliath…

the same David… who would end up…