SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2026
ROAD TRIP: ARE WE THERE YET?
~ SERVICE ORDER ~
DRIVE
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
MESSAGE
I SEE YOU
I WILL FOLLOW
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
BLESSED BE YOUR NAME
~ QUICK UPDATES ~
BAPTISMS & TMP HANGOUT AT WESTWOOD LAKE
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TUESDAY MEN'S GROUP
Come hang out with us for an hour every Tuesday morning from 7-8am on Zoom. Email men@themeetingplace.org to get the link. Can’t make it every week? That’s ok, join us when you can.
TMP CARE TEAM
When you, or someone you know are in need of practical, spiritual, or emotional help, please reach out to the TMP Care Team by emailing support@themeetingplace.org or by filling out the form online.
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DONATIONS RECEIVED
* The week of June 28, 2026 - $4,383.98
* The week of July 5, 2026 - $7,636.01
* Required weekly giving to meet budget - $6,400
Our Vision: to be people who are all about unleashing God's extravagant love on this city and around the world.
Our Mission is simple: to help people take their next step towards Jesus.
Check out the cool 2 minute video recap under "watch" on the TMP website and app!
TUESDAY MEN'S GROUP
Come hang out with us for an hour every Tuesday morning from 7-8am on Zoom. Email men@themeetingplace.org to get the link. Can’t make it every week? That’s ok, join us when you can.
TMP CARE TEAM
When you, or someone you know are in need of practical, spiritual, or emotional help, please reach out to the TMP Care Team by emailing support@themeetingplace.org or by filling out the form online.
SUFFER FROM FOMO?
Do you have a Fear Of Missing Out on what's going on at TMP? Join our email update list--it's usually only one email per week, max, and it'll help keep you "in the know" around here. Sign up here.
DONATIONS RECEIVED
* The week of June 28, 2026 - $4,383.98
* The week of July 5, 2026 - $7,636.01
* Required weekly giving to meet budget - $6,400
Our Vision: to be people who are all about unleashing God's extravagant love on this city and around the world.
Our Mission is simple: to help people take their next step towards Jesus.
~ FROM THE MESSAGE ~
“Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are. We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.” So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands. - Exodus 1:9-11,14
Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act. - Exodus 2:23-25
“Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them. Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.” - Exodus 3:9-10
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, ‘If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.’ - Exodus 13:17
A good land - a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. - Deuteronomy 8:7-9
So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle. - Exodus 13:18
‘By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud... and by night in a pillar of fire…’ - Exodus 13:21
“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you." - John 14:15-17
Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act. - Exodus 2:23-25
“Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them. Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.” - Exodus 3:9-10
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, ‘If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.’ - Exodus 13:17
A good land - a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. - Deuteronomy 8:7-9
So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle. - Exodus 13:18
‘By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud... and by night in a pillar of fire…’ - Exodus 13:21
“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you." - John 14:15-17
~ COFFEE QUESTIONS ~
Remember a memorable road trip. What made it memorable?
1. Garry said we tend to love beginnings and celebrate endings but struggle with the "in-between." Why do you think waiting is so difficult for us?
2. Read Exodus 13:17-18. God intentionally took Israel the longer route because He knew they weren't ready for the shorter one. Can you think of a time when something took longer than you wanted but later realized God was preparing you through it?
3. Which statement from the message connected with you the most?
"God wasn't just leading them to a destination; He was preparing them for it."
"The wilderness was more than a desert. It was a classroom."
"Faith isn't trusting God when you've arrived; it's trusting Him while the scenery is still changing."
Why did that stand out to you?
4. Garry challenged us to replace the question, "God, are we there yet?" with "God, what are You teaching me on this part of the road?" What "in-between" season are you currently walking through, and what do you think God might be teaching you there?
5. Read John 14:15-27. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit is always with us. What are some practical ways we can remind ourselves of God's presence when life feels slow, uncertain, or frustrating?
1. Garry said we tend to love beginnings and celebrate endings but struggle with the "in-between." Why do you think waiting is so difficult for us?
2. Read Exodus 13:17-18. God intentionally took Israel the longer route because He knew they weren't ready for the shorter one. Can you think of a time when something took longer than you wanted but later realized God was preparing you through it?
3. Which statement from the message connected with you the most?
"God wasn't just leading them to a destination; He was preparing them for it."
"The wilderness was more than a desert. It was a classroom."
"Faith isn't trusting God when you've arrived; it's trusting Him while the scenery is still changing."
Why did that stand out to you?
4. Garry challenged us to replace the question, "God, are we there yet?" with "God, what are You teaching me on this part of the road?" What "in-between" season are you currently walking through, and what do you think God might be teaching you there?
5. Read John 14:15-27. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit is always with us. What are some practical ways we can remind ourselves of God's presence when life feels slow, uncertain, or frustrating?