Jerry Sweat

Married to Denise and father of Ryan, Ashley, Lindsey and Rachel. Grandaddy to Sinclair, Aspen, and Summit. Pastor of Beach Church.

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@edstetzer A grandchild has taken a phone hostage!

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@MarchMadnessMBB Does anybody have an answer for defending Zach Edey?

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When margin is low and pressure is high its easy to pull back rather than stretch your leadership. It’s tempting to hold steady when we should risk. We never grow during status quo, it’s only in the stretch. https://t.co/kTJS9dmHMp # via @danreiland

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So proud of my daughter and another one of her big accomplishments in pursuing her passion for song writing and music:
See this Instagram video by @trellatunes https://t.co/SeBXNeGgbu

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The God Who Was Born on Christmas for You

Into what kind of world was God born? A world full of hurting people who hurt each other, hurt themselves, and sometimes will do terrible things to themselves just to make the hurt stop.

For them, for you, God was born. For bruised children and broken men. For wounded soldiers and battered wives. For you—no matter your hurt, no matter how screwed up your life is, no matter what kinds of stupid decisions you’ve made, no matter how filthy and vile and useless you think you are—for precisely you God was born.

He gladly left a bright and shiny heaven to plunge headfirst into the mud and muck of our world full of darkness and unbelief and tragedy. He didn’t stand in the light and beckon you out of the darkness.

He invaded the night.
He came in search of you.

Into this mad world, oozing with pain, racked with guilt, pockmarked with graves, God gladly and willingly was born to make you his own flesh and blood.

The deeper you have fallen, the farther he will dig to find you. The darker your despair, the more light he will bring to seek you out. The farther away from God you are, the better he sees you.

No life has sunk so unfathomably deep that he cannot dig down to grasp you by the hand and climb out of the pit with you in his arms.

That’s the kind of God who was born on Christmas. That’s the God that Jesus is for you.

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"Excellence is not about radical changes but about accruing small improvements over time."
James Clear #GLS23 @BeachChurchJax

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“Transparency plus empathy plus consistency equals trust.”
Craig Groeschel. #GLS23

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@skipper_chase @1010XL Podcasts!

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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin

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Jesus: “ I am making everything new!” Revelation 21:5
@BeachChurchJax 9 & 11 am
#EasterSunday

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Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom!

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@CandiKForbes Thank you, @CandiKForbes ! I stopped what I was doing and read almost everything Bill has written on this revival. So humbling and inspiring! Thanks!

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"You don't get what you deserve; you get what Jesus paid for." Emmanuel Escobar

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@espn @MiaOBrienTV Love this! Trevor shows class, character, and amazing leadership!

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According to Jesus, greatness is not about living for power or authority; it is about living to serve others.

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@JonAcuff 1.5

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Yes, Jags!

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@adamweber @iamembrace Beautiful!

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"Lowliness is not self abasement, self depreciation, or a martyr complex. Instead, it is a humility that expresses itself in a willingness to be curious, open, flexible, and teachable-regardless of the title or position we hold." Peter Scazzero

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"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Jesus. (John 16:33)