Being Vulnerable with Raleigh Sadler-CMAW045

What You'll Hear:   Raleigh wasn't growing up in a Christian household. He was invited to a vacation Bible School and they had cookies He later prayed to receive Christ at 8 years old, though he doubted it for years He is the founder and Exec Director of Let My People Go, a non-profit dedicated to stopping human trafficking which is the exploitation of vulnerability for commercial gain He had his dream job as a campus pastor in West Virginia when they phased out his job.  At the same time, God was calling him to be involved in the issue of human trafficking A great way to find what God is doing is to seek out those most vulnerable Our churches often reflect us, our socio-economic background.  We like to be comfortable It's easy to love those who are clean and aren't dealing with trauma. God is calling us to love those of His choosing, not those of our choosing We can seek out those most vulnerable in the workplace, just like in our high school cafeteria If we want to get to know someone, we have to actually sit down, and hear their story on their terms If we do this, it will broaden and will deepen our dependence on the Gospel Vulnerability is not easy, but it's worth it When we talk to people and are being transparent in a way where we're actually risking something, people open up Men have been taught that emotional constipation is the norm and something to which we should aspire If we focus on self protection, we'll never be free to protect others The Pharisees used their religiosity as a mask and hid behind it, as Christians we often hide behind our own masks and we aren't vulnerable If you're not vulnerable with God, you're not going to be vulnerable with others There's a big difference between the theology of the glory and the theology of the cross Human trafficking can happen anywhere because there are vulnerable people anywhere Human trafficking includes sex trafficking, but also labor and domestic servitude Debt bondage involves a trafficker making someone owe them something and continues to increase the debt Your brokenness could ultimately point someone to wholeness Go to www.thevulnerablebook.com or www.lmpgnetwork.org